Character Redraw speed-paint [ + sheet comparison and design insight ]

Initially I was satisfied with Lucien's first character reference sheet but I ended up not being pleased with it in the end. His appearance didn't fit the narrative story that was going on and I wanted him to fit in with the situation he is put in. The research and character inspirations are still the same both appearance and personality wise.

In this post I'm just gonna compare the both old and new designs and give some insight on Lucien's character

Sheet comparison

( Old sheet )

( New sheet )

The difference that I wanted to make between the looks is that in the new one Lucien looks more demonic/cursed. He's not only of Oni blood but his unknown past gives out a realm of possibilities that can lead to the conclusion that is his appearance. People fear him and I wanted something obvious to be the reason of that. He's now more monster like: More patches of his skin are now a vivid red, a tusk is poking out of his mouth and the other half of his mouth is now covered in dark holes and he now has claw like more rough like claw hands (like in the initial sheet but more bigger and ,,intimidating'' if that's the right word).

His initial appearance was too upkept and fancy for a person who's a shut out by society and it didn't make sense with the travelling and fighting he does. I gave him more commoner like clothing, unkept hair and a general more tousled look.

His new reference sheet also has a new idea of how his weapon looks like. For this I used the Master Sword from Legend of Zelda. I also made a small standing sketch to see how the sword would look like in his hand.

( Master Sword )

The old reference sheet will still be used. It's gonna still be a canon design, being used as Lucien's old look and also be used as a way to compare how he was in the past and how he is in the present (to put it more lightly: how he fell from grace).

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