Luna - COMPLETE!

"Luna" is one of several names for the spirit of the moon. This lunar personification comes from Roman mythology. Other names include Diana, Artemis, Phoebe, Selene and many others across the decades. A simpler design this time but minimalism can be a beautiful thing :)

Undine - COMPLETE!

 

Whew~ This one took awhile. Lots of research and color experiments were done for differing textures. She's finally done! We finally have Undine, the water spirit, in full color glory : ) Think it took maybe 30-ish hours to complete over several days. When you get locked in rendering something like this, time just passes in a blink.

The "Leaf Bringer"

Keeping with the current theme of spiritual beings for the elements, this is my take on a tree spirit. I call him "The Leaf Bringer". He's a red fox in Japanese wear with a very full backpack. This pack contains an enormous variety of tree seeds from oaks to maples to gingkos and so on. He's a solitary little fellow but he will aid those lost in the forest he's currently walking through by showing the way back to civilization. The short sword at his waist is used primarily for chopping dead branches or felling trees so they can return to the soil.

Luna, goddes of the moon(another work in progress)

A page from Roman mythology. Luna is one of the names used for the their goddess of the moon. She holds a mirror because the moon's bright white color is reflected light from the sun. I see her as a small being, maybe child size, with an eastern flare with the kimono and type of mirror she holds. Her hair flows long and dark like the night sky with some ethereal FX (the spheres floating around her hair) A color version will be following soon after I finish the Undine design render.

Undine, spirit of water (work in progress)

Now we arrive to the final design that I will be taking for color. It's taken at least 5 or 6 retraces to get to this point over the course of a couple of days or so. Undine, the water spirit from Greek mythology, will have a full render coming soon : )

Undine now has a more interesting costume with much more detail. My favorite part are the pearl beads that wrap around her waist. The theme of water was still kept with the clothes transitioning into water beyond a certain point. Also added a forehead ornament and reverted her hair style back my first design.

After looking at my Undine design for a bit, I thought 'Man, this is boring....I can do better than this!'. Thus, it was back to the drawing board so to speak. Having clothes made of water for a water spirit is fine but it's also been done a million times and leaves very little for the viewer to take in without the fancy render and FX. Also, the hair was boring too! (what was I thinking?)

This was what I thought was going to be my final design for Undine. Being a water spirit, I thought it only right that she be made of water and the clothes made of water too.

This one is the starting point for the Undine design. I always start with pose first before worrying about any costumes or details. If the pose fails to work, no amount of detail or fancy rendering will fix it.

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Tales of Lyla, issue #3: Settling the Score

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