Jordan

This is Jordan, one of the protagonists for Nexus. Of all my characters, Jordan has given me the most trouble in locking down his appearance.

Vertijar

Still doing a lot of sketching, though with very little in any state to be displayed. Been doing some revisioning of the vertijar race. Some of the original head sketches i did a long time ago weren't doing it for me anymore. Since that sketch, I've kinda pushed the vertijar toward more of a matriarchal amazon-esque race. The women of their species tend to follow a sort of Bushidō code and see themselves as the liberators of the races that have fallen under the thumb of the Ataraxi empire. Also, I'm pretty sure that a race that doesn't have mouths probably wouldn't have evolved boobs, so I've still got some redesigning to do. Expect further iterations in the future.

Cast

Just some quick head sketches of the protagonists for Nexus.

Tessida - Color

In the interest of producing the Nexus strips in any kind of reasonable time frame, I'll likely be angling toward a very sparing use of shading. Here's a sample of what you're likely to see.

Tessida

Women with horns are awesome. That is all.

Torcrist

Meet the torcrist. It is basically biological power armor for the much smaller invertebrates known as torcrid. Technically alive, it has no higher brain functions, and requires the symbiotic bonding with the torcrid to survive. While technically eyeless, most of its epidermis is photoreceptive, and the torcrid symbiote is able to process the massive amount of visual data this yields, essentually granting omnidirectional vision. Another fascinating aspect of supporting a torcrid host is its ability to rapidly alter its host's body structure to suit its needs. The detail and aesthetics of such transformations will vary from torcrid to torcrid, depending on their own artistic talents and preferences.

Space Marine!

Just breaking in my new cintiq. It takes a little getting used to, but on the whole it feels a lot more natural than working with a tablet. I just need to work out a better method for reaching my hotkeys.