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Digital DND character study - Cal Irestorm

acecadet

Dorkatello
Roleplay Type(s)
  1. One on One
  2. Group
I've posted the progress for this character on my art thread, but I decided I want to try to make this a long term project in character design and *UGH* digital painting.
I love character design. I hate painting. Hopefully by marrying the two towards Cal I can actually improve at art.


The character -
Cal Irestorm



Or a story in two pictures: Before and after
beforeafter copy.png
Critiques are welcome. There's still something wonky in his jawline to my eye.
Also I hate lips, why are they so hard to draw.

What's weird is that the close crop looks way better.
That's a face you can definitely trust! (probably)
Screenshot 2025-01-09 at 9.26.22 PM.png
 
Some doodles from tonight, drawn in my usual style. There's definitely something to the bottom left one I might try to expand on. I probably won't do a full painting but I'd like to see if I can paint it to look like a screenshot.


Untitled-1-Recovered.png
 
I've posted the progress for this character on my art thread, but I decided I want to try to make this a long term project in character design and *UGH* digital painting.
I love character design. I hate painting. Hopefully by marrying the two towards Cal I can actually improve at art.


The character -
Cal Irestorm



Or a story in two pictures: Before and after
View attachment 1207648
Critiques are welcome. There's still something wonky in his jawline to my eye.
Also I hate lips, why are they so hard to draw.

What's weird is that the close crop looks way better.
That's a face you can definitely trust! (probably)
View attachment 1207649
This shading must have taken a crazy long time. It gives him a lot of personality though. I love the mixture of tired and determined.
 
Screenshot 2025-01-27 at 8.50.50 PM.png
Preview from the character sheet I'm working on.
I just have to work out the hands and the color, but I am super happy with how this turned out.

I found this video on youtube, "This Drawing Advice Changed my Art" from Anime Charlie super helpful
 
This shading must have taken a crazy long time. It gives him a lot of personality though. I love the mixture of tired and determined.
I want to say I remember how long the whole thing took, but I honestly can't say for sure. But I'll count that compliment as a success in getting the character down *u*
 
WCLOAK.png

Not quite done yet, as I still have to figure out the hand, but I am super happy with the progress. All that's really left is shading.

PROGRESS.png

removable cloak,
 
CAL-CHARSHEET-COLORS copy.jpg
Colors and shading are done. What I usually like to do is a few expressive doodles for funsies, but I've been having a bit of trouble with those.
He's a fun character to draw but hard to keep on model. I'm going to try to fake his military document. Faking paper work is weirdly fun for me
 
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