[Selkirk]

very cool work so far ... here's my first cora sketch...still tryiing to figure out her helmet/costume/bazooka

[Lowestofthekeys]

Another exciting contest!

[Selkirk]

a few more-getting a better handle on that bazooka .

[Amaakir]

@ororo: Love the uniform, and her expression is just terrific. I think the bomb being lit up that way is just superb, it gives your Cora a lot of personality.

@Ewaldus: Nice sketches! I like the helmet from the bottom right Cora, and the pose and attitude from the one above that one is just awesome. Great job on the details!

@notpill: I totally feel the WWII look on your character. I personally like your first sketch over the rest, because I consider it has a lot of detail to it. How about adding some Steam punk to your design? Drag her out a little from the oldies look with a mechanical arm or some weird stuff like that, take the chance now that youre dressing and undressing here (lol) to see if the steampunk addition is to your liking or not, I don't think any harm will come to her if you experiment a little!

@PatVanDeKunsten: Nice composition! I do feel the colors on Cora are a bit muddy at the moment. The background will be quite grey and dark, so maybe leaving her skin color without any black tones will help creating contrast and making her pop out a bit more. just my 2 cents, tho

@ProofPudding Nice sketch and concept! I'm not quite sure, but I feel her torso is a bit weird, not sure if its something involving anatomy or if its the line of action. With your permission, maybe I could do a paintover to discover whats bothering me and come back to you with my 2 cents of advise?

@Lowestofthekeys: Interesting concept, maybe I'd check the proportions of her face a little, althought it might just be the perspective what's fooling me in which case don't pay any attention to what I'm saying :P

@Selkirk: Love your style, it's pretty unique! If I may, maybe I would add some extra clothing, since I get the sensation she's more of a futuristic cannoneer rather than a SteamPunk one. I'm really looking forward to seeing you progress on your concept! Good job on the bazooka also!

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So, after thinking a lot about it, I decided to get my Cora a lot more beefier...A LOT. With a little inspiration from the Heavy artillery guy from Team Fortress 2, I decided to take a my Cora into a different direction and I actually had a lot of fun in doing so :P

Here's my WIP so far:
My new and improved Cora is big, sexy, and she knows it. I added some extra gizmos to sell the steampunk look I want to give her.

As always, any suggestions and crits are most welcome.

[trailofcrumbs]

@amaakir This latest one is awesome. It has a ton of character.

@Selkirk. Your sketches are capturing the tough woman feel of the character, but I think your costumes seem more "Road Warrior" than WWI

@hyunjaelee The bottom right one is great. I'd love to see it fleshed out.

@Josemus Your sketches really suggest a personality for her. I think the costumes are a bit conventional though. If you google the womens American Red Cross uniforms for WWI it's not too far off from what you've got there. You can definitely push it further.

Some first passes on Cora. Not "steam" enough maybe? C & C welcome.

[ProofPudding]

@ProofPudding Nice sketch and concept! I'm not quite sure, but I feel her torso is a bit weird, not sure if its something involving anatomy or if its the line of action. With your permission, maybe I could do a paintover to discover whats bothering me and come back to you with my 2 cents of advise?

@Amaakir: That would be awesome, Thank you. Something was feeling off to me as well.

[Lowestofthekeys]

@Amaakir

Thanks for the feedback man, I'll take a closer look and see if I can re-proportion her face a bit

[Amaakir]

@ProofPudding: I did a paintover over your original drawing. I kinda had to rebuild the whole construction lines in order to find out what was kinda off to me.
First I determined that she was leaning a lot to her left, so straightening her out was the greatest issue I could find.
I think her head is a little, tiny bit too big also, and took the liberty to fix her breasts, which in my opinion were a bit too separated considering the guide lines once I had straightened her out.
Also, her feet seemed to be on 2 different perspective views so I fixed that a bit also.
Notice how the weight of her body falls on a certain leg/foot, you can discover this by posing as your character (It's silly doing it, so be sure to be alone when you do so lol) so it must be more rigid than the leg without that much weight.
As an extra, raise her shoulders a little, you should notice (if you pose as your character) how your shoulders are a tad raised, specially if you're carrying a big gun on one arm.
The biggest issue, I repeat, was her leaning towards the left, it gave her a lot more credibility once I straightened her out.
Don't take my doodles too seriously since I did them in my break from work, but I think that checking the stuff that I'm writting down here will help your character a lot.
I hope it helps and thank you for letting me help you out

[notpill]

I missed some sketches in the work flow so this is a superwip.

I'm trying a general retro style, something like a propaganda poster...

[Sorknes]

Still early days, didn't have time to do any more until today... Trying to keep in mind the whole dress up thing with the fashion and all. Gonna start to block out some more gear and stuffnstuff on here now, I think.

And at some point I need to get the light right. O.o Geez, didn't realise it was so far off before now!

[HyunjaeLee]

@notpill I am loving that steampunk canon!
@ororo that is a cool looking sketch, cant wait for the next update
@trailofcrumbs cant wait to see how your sketches turn out, especially the one on right and on bottom
@Amaakir haha, love your character, such strong personality. For some reason, to me her breast plate makes her look a bit too viking-esque
just realized her cannon is phallic shaped....hm...

[Ewaldus]

Some progress. I'm so not used to designing weapons or have any experience in steampunk hehe but it I do enjoy a challange

[Amaakir]

@Ewaldus: Loooooooove the inking, man, awesome detail and sweet expression. I want colors, NAO

@HyunjaeLee: thxs for the feedback! Yea, I also got that feeling from her breastplates also, I'll have to come with something up to make it more steampunk. Nice progress btw! What just bothers me a bit is that she doesn't quite look like a "she" lol I'm aware that you tried to get her to be a lot more tough looking, but even her body gives no hint of her being a woman. And about the weapon...hm...lol jk, I really didn't notice any weird on it's shape until you brought it up haha

@sorknes: Haha, that happens to me all the time when I start adding some background, but it's really looking good!
Remember taking into account the colors of your background and how they would bounce ounto your character, try adding some whites and light blues when you get more into fleshing out the light and shadows of your Cora.

@notpill: Awesome colors, it definitely brings the feeling of a propaganda poster and I love the idea. I'm just in awe with the detail and how well done the weapon is, I'm really eager to see you take this to the next step!

@trailofcrumbs: Thnxs for the feedback, I'm glad you liked the concept I don't think your character needs more Steampunk, it will definitely get more steampunk once you start getting some color in your design. The hat-helmet however does give her a somewhat asian soldier look in my opinion. Keep up the good work!

I'll be travelling all day long, and will have a busy weekend at school, however I'll use the computers there to try to finish my Cora, great concepts and artwork allready!

[Selkirk]

you guys definitely gave me some great ideas-she definitely needed more clothes . must agree she was more sci-fi/road warrior girl-tried to incorporate some of the ww1 looks you guys were using...of course now im running into a drawability problem . can i actually draw this costume .

[MrBrown]