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Tag: concept

WARNING: incoming karate chop

Posted on July 10, 2021 by Cal

playing around drawing some ladies and good old dynamic possés so why not make one a kangaroo lizard WHATCHU SOME KINDA KUNG FU WRESTLER?? WINDMILL KICK THAT NON-EXISTENT SUB BUTTON BOYEE (or lady)

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The tragedies of colorblindness, part 2

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Cal

the wife helps with color schemes a lot lmao. color helps but it’s not really my thing. doesn’t really excite me and i don’t think in color. kinda sucks cause I think it would help differentiating the characters but B&W
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If only we weren’t colorblind

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Cal

some more outfit ideas. mostly made-up but they have some inspiration from african and some middle eastern designs. i steal elements from things i like all the time just like pretty much every other artist on the planet.again, trying to
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It’s more practical than it looks

Posted on April 15, 2021 by Cal

in the days before industrialization, women deserved some major props for their work especially when they had to carry loads themselves. in many places around the world they still do, and carrying supplies on their heads still is a common
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Words about words

Posted on March 16, 2021 by Cal

As mentioned previously, I spent a couple weeks before ch3 doodling the characters and trying to streamline them more before I had to draw them in motion. In hindsight I wish I did that more for ch2, but hopefully I
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Posted in BLOGTagged arbo, armor, art, concept, design, militia, old, outfit, rene, silne, soldier
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speaking some NONSENSE!!

Posted on March 2, 2021 by Cal

language and communication (or lack thereof) plays a huge part in the motherland. generally speaking, the languages shown to the reader will be translated in a form that makes sense to the character’s POV. basically the reader is generally in
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Tattoos IN THE WILD

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Cal

throwing around a few more tattoo ideas. based off a bit of maori stuff. more or less. i imagine if these people were real they would tattoo themselves all over the place and try to show them off (like we
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A tablet aside

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Cal

no page this week unfortunately. still got a doodle for yall (patented rob liefeld tinyfeet™) i hadn’t really drawn sago (ch 1 character) since I got my new tablet. the main reason why the two chapters look a bit different
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Character concepts 3 – armor

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Cal

(click to view larger) some armor design concepts. on the whole metal is rarely used in Motherland due to a variety of factors, but the majority of regions have access to substitute materials. these alien ‘resin’ compounds are mass-produced from
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Character concepts 2 – helmets

Posted on June 9, 2018 by Cal

this is close enough to a character concept in my opinion. it can be pretty tough sometimes but it’s always fun to have to design clothes and armor and such with non-human parameters. Of course the motherlanders aren’t that different
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