For the final presentation of my concept, I decided to add his shield and sword, as well as the pendulum that protects him with the challenge. I think it reflects the strong and imposing spirit I was looking for from the beginning.

For the final proportions i reworked the skull just a bit, just to had it more in the shape language of the rest of the character.

For the color part, I worked with analogous palettes since I didn't want much contrast, but rather sought sobriety.

Then I chose the parts that seemed most interesting to me from the 3 iterations to obtain a piece with a better balance.

I chose a skull silhouette as my base idea because I found it interesting. I began to develop the idea further with different iterations on the armor, looking for something that would give it a certain air of leadership or nobility.

As I started my first sketches, I came up with the idea that it wouldn't necessarily be someone bad, but someone who honors their purpose.

The project began with the goal of creating a character for a stylized fantasy video game, whose initial role would be that of a powerful and imposing guardian.

For the colors I was looking for a range with metallic tints, for some reason when I started exploring references to religious elements made of gold came to my mind, as a way of representing economic power over the people

To explore the shapes, I thought a lot about geometric shapes at first and then tried more organic shapes. At first, I was only focused on the character, but it seemed important to me to have at least a first exploration of what the pendulum could be.