Finished my design for this challenge! There are some things I wish I could change but I won’t have much time to work on it before the deadline. Overall I’m pretty happy with this! For my process, I started by writing down what the references made me think of. I kept thinking of the Covenant aliens from the Halo games, so I wanted to create a design based on them. Since gargoyles stand guard over where they are, I wanted it to be a more bulky and defensive design, like something you’d need to fight to venture into a new area. Once I found a silhouette and general design I liked, I finished the lineart and began blocking in values with cel shading. I used gradient maps to get the general colors down and then added some final touches. If I had more time, I’d have made a variant where it looks abandoned and overgrown, making use of the flower reference photo, but I can always revisit that once the semester’s over. Hope you all like it!

Fleshed out one of the sketches I showed earlier in between working on some school work. Figured out a lot of things I like and didn’t like for this design and am working on the final sketch idea now! Pretty happy with it so far so I wanted to share my progress :)

its been a while since I took part in a challenge ! felt inspired by the pics and drew some ideas, not sure if i'll finalise any of them though 🥹

Working on sketching out some poses and proportions for this challenge! Something about the references made me think of the aliens from the Halo games so I’m taking some inspo from them for this. My next step is to sketch our some armor ideas and brainstorm ways to best incorporate the provided refs into the design.

🌟Andromeda, the divine caretaker of stars. She's part of an automaton species of interstellar beings who watch over planets and celestial bodies to ensure they maintain stability. With her gauntlets, she can manipulate the energy of stars and nebulas to prevent calamity. The material of her form has high-temperature resistance to withstand the strongest of stars and the cold of space. The inside of her skull holds a star representing the sector of the galaxy that they maintain, being able to communicate with other caretakers of the same galaxy. These references were super pretty to use as inspiration! For Andromeda herself I mostly referenced the shiny purple helmet and the cog as a hat on a mechanical android-like base. The gauntlets are based on the rock, and the helmet reference also inspires the open plates on the palms. This was an enjoyable way to exercise my creative exploration skills. I hope to be able to join the next one ehe ^^