Art Contest work - February topic

[incanus]

Well, here's the (really) close to final sketch for the February topic:



I'll be posting progress shots for the painting as it develops .

[TheElf]

Nice

(Will her holy symbol visible on the picture?)

[incanus]

Yep, the circle on her chest just below her neck is where the pendant/holy symbol will go. I haven't decided if it'll be a sword pendant or one of the others yet.

The sword pendant would be the most recognizable with this composition (the other designs would need a closer zoom/view).

[TheElf]

With art, it is often about how do you imagine the character

Why? Since the same character can be in many different scenarios, if she is in a ballroom in a nice dress, that can be different from dancing in the moonlight, yet it is different from a ritual interrupted by people, etc

[TheElf]

Lets see: With your updated art, we have discussed a few topics about clothing, hair color, looks, etc. One of the key things is clothes: What would she wear? I think faith, history and culture are both important factors here.

She worships Eilistraee, and while the clerical vestments for the faith is the hair of the priestess, the question is: How much can be covered by it? How much should be by covered it?

But as you can guess the question is: it suggests she has long hair, very long hait, which can be important.

It also means, in her routine the "nude except for boots" and such concepts (which can be common for succubi or other erinyes) shouldn't be used.

But how often you can see thise "clerical vestments"? I think what she thinks about the society is important for her. And what she thinks about the customs and laws that would restrict her?

While in Blood War she would side with the forces of law, her godess is Chaotic Good, and her experience with rigid lawful good faits would say: she should be picky about what laws, rules, guidelines, etc would she accept.

She would have every reason to follow the tenets of her faiths and if an intollerant society wouldn't like to see the "clerical vestments", that would be a reason to show how bad such intolerance is, and how it should be ignored. But when a community can accept it but they are not so comfortable with it? That is a very different story.

It can lead to adventures quickly.

When you can choose your own hair colors, it can be important what they represent. A silvery hue (with dark skin) could help to represent many things connected to her faith and it is important to her.

When her past, her identity is represented (as an erinyes, etc) the red color is important, it seems to be better than black. Black color isn't that common it can represent what she have left behind.

Even if we speak about clothes, jewelry these colors are common.

Gold (And blonde) are a bit less common. She seen gold often with intolerant faiths, in the hands of realy realy rich and influental members of their clergy who are responsible for such intolerance, and they aren't used often.

[zergnase]

wow, looks very "good" / awesome !!

[TheElf]

He shown me some new image recently.

[zergnase]

he should show it here, i guess more awesomeness ^^

[TheElf]

About materials for clothes, and a colors used there:

Again, if we understand her personality, we can know what kind of clothes she has to wear. While most Erinyes would wear leather (they often don't show much kindness), for her personality silk, and other softer materials, perhaps some lace, etc. can be better.

While here it is a bit harder to avoid the black color, and it wouldn't represent much, so it is more than possible, I would think she prefers other dark hues. As we seen before Red is common. Since I seen purple color used by drow often, and in games she used both purple, green, blue and indigo colors often (even their very dark version) I would say it is somewhat more common for her.

Patterns on here clothes are often silvery in color.

While she wears a bit more white than black, it isn't that common, and the "gold patterns on white" design is something she avoids whenever she can. What would be the problem with white? "Goodness comes in variety of colors", yes, the gold and white way would make her remember something she wouldn't want to remember.

Lenght of Clothes: if the concept is to make people "imagine" more and see less, often the clothes aren't that short

Style: While she is happy to buy relatively expensive clothes often they are somewhat simple in design, with only some exceptions.

Jewelry: While (like most girls) she likes jewelry, she prefers silver instead of gold, while ruby, emerald, sapphire, topaz, etc. are nice gem stones, diamond isn't a "personal favorite"

[zergnase]

what about spider slik, even less restricting then a leather armor but offers as much protection and can have also the superman costume look (if someone needs that...)