Gesture Drawings - Combat

Full body dynamic poses have always been one of my (many) weaknesses when it comes to drawing. As such, I spent a little time today knocking out some combat type poses from various references.

Sedune

Sedune is a kayeni, much like Tessida. One of the interesting items of note about kayeni is that they possess an epidermal layer just below their very thin melanin layer that is highly reactive to adrenaline, seratonin, and various endorphins. In a nutshell, kayeni skin color changes with their mood. Sedune is an activist singer/beat poet, and when she gets fired up while reciting her poems or singing, her skin undergoes impressive hue shifts. To enhance the effect for her audience, she has gotten geometric designs tattooed across her entire body to mask and accentuate the changes. The result ends up being a scintillating kaleidoscope effect dancing across her skin.

On a technical note, this image demonstrates why I really should have taken a color theory course at some point. Also, sticking to a particular style likely would have been helpful.

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.