Clay wing

It has been around four years since I have done anything with clay so working with this has been quite difficult. Inbetween sketching concepts for my characters I have been practicing modelling little bits and pieces.

This is a really bad quality photo of a wing (lighting + camera is rubbish) that took about 25-30 mins to make.

I have also been experimenting with body shapes and poses which I will later post.

Kimi-Weapons

These are a few quick sketches of weapons I was thinking of giving my character. As League of Legends is a MOBA (mulitplayer online battle arena) the game play is very hands on. Thinking about how my character will fight during the game I have decided to give her two weapons, a spear for her ultimate attack and a bow for her normal.

Kimi clothing-addition

Character 1-Purah

These are a few quick sketches I have pulled together of possible clothing for Purah. As she is going to be a fallen angel with some inspiration from the grim reaper I wanted her to have a dark look to her. This will be shown mostly with her make up and wings. As for her clothing I am wanting her to have an elegant feel, in the images below I believe number 3 and 5 give the style I am working towards.

Kimi clothing sketches

These are a few quick sketches of what my character could possibly wear. Still not happy with the designs so more research and development is needed.

Character 2 - Kimi

Before I start looking into creating a finished character design for character number one I have started coming up with ideas for my second character Kimi. 

As this character is going to be based off Native American females I have been researching different face paints they use. Because League of Legends is a current game I want the character to have reference of the Native American culture but add a modern Western twist. 

These are a few designs I have come up with keeping things simple and using colours they wear.

Character 1

These pictures are a few quick sketches I have done of different wing styles I have been thinking about using for my reaper/ angel of death character. As I am wanting her to be quite a dark character I have been looking at crow and eagle wings for inspiration.

As a result of sketching these ideas I am thinking of using image number 1 as this wing style adds a feminine twist to the design.

Character Moodboard

This first moodboard is for character number one (no name yet). Whilst looking through the different characters you can already get on League of Legends I found that a Native American theme has not yet been used. As a result of this I have decided to look into creating one of my characters based on this.

My second moodboard is for character number two and just like the first still no name as of yet. The inspiration for this character is based on the grim reaper but will be a female version, sort of like an  angel of death.

Character Ideas Mindmap

Female Characters

Here is another moodboard which shows only female characters from the game which I will be using as reference. Characters such as Morgana and Caitlyn have been greatly inspirational for my character development so far.

Looking at the original concept art for these characters I have found they also create different skins which you can purchase in game. This allows me to experiment with different themes for my characters as they use Halloween, Egypt and winter/snow for alternative skins.

Moodboards

As I am wanting to work on creating characters in the style of the game League of Legends I have pulled together a simple moodboard to show the variety of characters they currently have. This also shows the painting style they use to create their concept art for the champions, which I will be incorporating into my own.

Initial Idea

For my Final Year Project I will be creating 3D clay models of several original characters based on the game League of Legends. I will also be making a Concept Art book to compliment my designs.

Using this game as a reference I plan to look into the development processes undertaken by the artists who worked on the game. This is to help maintain their style to create several original character concepts.

For the final outcome I hope to achieve 2 or 3 clay models of each  character design, with development sketches supporting these. Also I will be pulling together an art book to compliment my work and to add any additional work I produce. These could be things such as concept artwork, paintings or clay development.