Leonie Schusterschitz
Ariana (Character Design)
October 2017
Black fineliner and pencil on white paper
Character design for Ariana, a shape shifter for the story "Legend of Kaylen". She can shapeshift into a wolf whenever she wishes due to a curse of a frost deity. However whenever she shifts, she loses control over herself in wolf form bit by bit, which will eventually lead to her losing control completely and being trapped in this form until she dies. Her design resembles the warrior in the work "Ice Warrior" strongly as I was still developing Ariana at this point.
On the left hand side, I had sketched, both with HB, a wolfs eye and tried to create an eye shape for her, which resembles it. This is to show her connection to her wolf form.
On the right hand side is a sketch of her staff, made of ice and with runes engraved along it. She uses this as her primary fighting weapon when she is her elf form. The staff is drawn with HB pencil for the base and 4B for the finished outlines and shadows.
I choose a dynamic pose for her to understand her body and body language better. It was a great opportunity to study the proportions when some parts of her body, such as the arms and shoulders, are cropped due to her 3/4 stance. It was also a chance to study the movement of her hair and clothes in a dynamic position.
Ariana (Character Design)
October 2017
Black fineliner and pencil on white paper
Character design for Ariana, a shape shifter for the story "Legend of Kaylen". She can shapeshift into a wolf whenever she wishes due to a curse of a frost deity. However whenever she shifts, she loses control over herself in wolf form bit by bit, which will eventually lead to her losing control completely and being trapped in this form until she dies. Her design resembles the warrior in the work "Ice Warrior" strongly as I was still developing Ariana at this point.
On the left hand side, I had sketched, both with HB, a wolfs eye and tried to create an eye shape for her, which resembles it. This is to show her connection to her wolf form.
On the right hand side is a sketch of her staff, made of ice and with runes engraved along it. She uses this as her primary fighting weapon when she is her elf form. The staff is drawn with HB pencil for the base and 4B for the finished outlines and shadows.
I choose a dynamic pose for her to understand her body and body language better. It was a great opportunity to study the proportions when some parts of her body, such as the arms and shoulders, are cropped due to her 3/4 stance. It was also a chance to study the movement of her hair and clothes in a dynamic position.