WIP Starcraft Protoss

[ChenZan]

Hi, im working on a Starcraft piece for my personal portfolio. I just wanna put this out and get some feedback. I'd like to know what you think. Right now its very early stages of paint and roughing things in.
Heres some shape sketches i did and a quick color rough which i didnt use but in the process gave me a better idea of what i wanted. Next is the current painting that im working on for the character, just started it today maybe a half an hour in, havent gone into the painting and fleshed everything out yet but ive got a good idea of what i need to do.

The main focus of my guy isnt quite design but more so shape and how he stands out with lighting poping from the background and foreground. His head and most of his armor will be in shade and his eyes lit up with is Protoss energy. Theres also a minor light source around his neck to underlight his jaw.

The main lightsorce from the foreground will be the energy hand on his right and obviously the ambient light fromt he background.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/wip1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/Wip2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/starcraft_2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/Starcraft-copy.jpg

[kuroart]

looking good so far. hard to crit at an early stage for me, but it looks good.
I really like the sketches.
can't wait to see it progress.

[Tad]

liking what i'm seeing so far!

boy I played far more starcraft than anyone should in my day..

hmm, maybe I should reinstall it ;)

[Keenox]

Very nice lightning. I want to see some progress.

[Denysiuk]

It's going to be great! Keep working on it and use ready pictures of starcraft characters

[ChenZan]

added new angle and new hand pose to try and break the dry pose.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/starcraft_2.jpg

[AdamDillabo]

KEEP WORKING i want to see it finished.

[JAG.]

hey man these are good. great design. definitely finish this - JAG

[ChenZan]

Final had time to sit down and start fleshing it out, so far so good, im feeling positive about it,but usually thats not a good thing cuz i let up too easy on myself. So Im askin what everyone else thinks so far?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/Starcraft-copy.jpg

[dave...]

love the blue, especially considering the earth tones of the armour. The contrast= nice mood. However, i'm not sure about that arm up the front, i think it breaks up the picture a bit, as if it was an afterthought. Other than that, my only concern would be that smoke in that environment would obscure more of the character, or at least you would'nt be able to see it with such clarity.

Overall its really cool though!
nice one

[ChenZan]

The hand in the front was an idea i was playing around right before i called it a night. By no means is it final fleshed out asset to the painting. I was thinking of adding either a terran or zerg slain enemy down in the fog. Or do you think it doesn't need that part at all?

[LooneyMann]

This is looking really cool : ) Did you know that Blizzard is having an art competition right now? The deadline is mid-september, I think. You should enter.

[Koh]

Great work so far, the arm thats raised in the mist is very skinny , maybe make it a little bigger , and give it some back lighting? hmm The color scheme is very good and looks great for the protoss.

[RainbowLungs]

This is looking really awesome! my only crit as of now would be a little change in hue or temperature between the eyes/lights on it's face and the background, since the color's the same it's almost like you can see through it's eye sockets...besides that it's looking super bad ass!!! can't wait to see more!

[dindon]

I would change the angle of the hand at the bottom to point towards the Protoss guy's zealot glowing-blade-thingy. It would keep the viewer in the picture instead of leading out.

[ChenZan]

Thanks for the hand tip, im still contemplating wheither or not it should stay in.

[Hendric VII]

the pic doesn't really need the hand, it is pretty dynamic without it, but if you decide to keep it it really needs something more to draw a little more attention to it. Great stuff so far.

[ChenZan]

Yeah, im thinking it doesnt really need it.

[JenZee]

Wow this is totally sweet :D!!! Go Protoss!!!! Where are you Starcraft 2?! Well, where are you Starcraft Ghost in fact.... lol Anyway, I love the color scheme, great lighting choices. My one nitpick so far is that the facial area is lit only by the blue lighting from the background. Like another person said, it kind of makes the head area less intereseting... given the guy's pose (and how Protoss move) also, the head would be pretty close to where the front knee is, and if you've got the warm lighting on the knee, some of that should probably show up on the head too. This is all just super nitpick though, I had to look for a few minutes come up with something to say :9. Awesome, I can't wait to see it finished!

[ChenZan]

Thanks for the words JenZee :D No that'd be awesome though if i did work on Starcraft2 or Ghost. I changed the color of the face yellow eyes now. added more detail and used texturing around the armor. I wanted to give it Protoss/Ancient engravings on the armor similar to Egyptian and Mesapotamian language similar to Hammurabi's Code.

Took out the hand too.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/chenzan/Starcraft_almost.jpg

[Infinit]

great progress up to now
the shading is well done and the lightning roXX
the pose and composition are much better then in the beginning too

I can't wait to see more

[JenZee]

Dude that's so hardcore... I'd run! :D The yellow eyes and additional lighting are making this look sweeeeet :9. Hurry and finish! lol jk, don't hurry... but I'm looking forward to seeing more ;)

[Sirithduriel]

Great progress. The concept is great, and they way he's just about to hit full light, and not being just a silhouette anymore, is somehow just terrifying ;)

[L. Scott Knight]

This thread got me back into playing StarCraft. This is great work for a great game.

[AdamDillabo]

looking awesome so far. they need to make a world of starcraft.

[Cam Sykes]

YEah it definately works better without the hand. It now gives the Impression that the viewer is gonna be the victim.

[Naali]

Nice athmosphere in the picture. One thing that bothers me is that his feet are like different pair. His left thigh looks fatter.