A very poorly taken picture (must get a scanner soon) of a concept Ive had in my head for a while. First of many sketches I suspect. An early visualizing of idea.
The thought was of re-inventing the D&D esk storyline, creating a new sort of Wizard that was enough of a traditional look to feel like an obvious wizard and yet be, different.
My basic thought is that he holds a scar from a past battle with a power as evenly matched to his own, or perhaps greater. That I wanted to show that the scar was one created by magic and that this man was tied to magic.
I eventually came to the image of his head having been almost smashed open. a large chunk missing. but the wound looking like literally that, smashed. The surreal contrast of a lightbulb glass like cracked edge to the edge of the wound, but appearing on a form that was clearly and obviously a soft skin. The idea of these two opposites and impossible images appearing at once.
The idea needs a lot of work to, well work, but I still like the image in spirit. This was just a fifteen second doodle. Christopher lee being the basis for the general look of the face. I could also picture the wound with a constant slow stream of smoke quietly drifting out from the cavity left from the previous encounter.
note: this might lead to a character here in void. but i'm not sure yet, so im not going to move any stuff related to it into the incubator just yet...
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