Art Revisit some archetype design + silly sketches

I just woke up one day and remember how lacking some of the redesign I did for SOME of the archetypes design, so I decide to tweak or even remake entire character sheet while keeping their story and theme relative the same. I working on some big project right now so that why lack of activity, maybe I should pose sketch more often, just maybe.

Spoiler: Summoner Revisit

Summoner is one of those design that like I don't really know what I was doing but also have clear vision, if that make sense? He first meant to be wood carpenter but for some reason I make him very weak and nerdy even tho that not really fitting people who do wood working for a living.

This redesign make him look more mature and serious while also giving him more wood carpeting accessories to be more stand out like saw, hammer, and brown apron. Also playing around the fact that summoner can summon more than one totem by having him carrying multiple boxes that summon puppets and effigies.

Background wise, this design just make him more in line with Boltslinger which is a good thing since they meant to be partner in crime. I just sometime like to imagine him using his little puppets as helping hands in his workshop and also use them to carry out heist when they need some fancy corkian parts for their project.

Spoiler: Shadestepper Revisit

Shadestepper I will be honest here always lack luster of a design in my opinion, the first iteration(the one I draw on paper) literally just has web class assassin cloak, and this is of course an issue for obvious reason. I then decide to make more original cloak in the second iteration which is latest 2023 one which is nothing but just lesser version of the web class assassin cloak. Other than that the rest of general design kinda boring and lacking in a way that I can't explain other than "it's boring". Also their hood shape look too much like Vi'han which to be fair it's probably due to how I always draw hood exactly the same.

This revisit as a whole remake the entire theme by making the design inspire by shade monster or shadow creature. The cloak being entirely remove in favor of scarf, a design that been taken from Acrobat(more info in his own description). The claw being use as main weapon while Nightcloak dagger being its own things. Hood now has unique shape. Greaves now has more sharp blade because I think that cool.

While this revisit done same job as the original with their character so I would not say much cause it pretty much the same "scary assassin that actually turn out to be shy" kind of character.

Spoiler: Acrobat Revisit

Acrobat got a long history of design in my opinion, he certainly change a lot and probably has the most iteration and concept. At first, he was first plan to be female character but later change to male for the reason I forgot. Then the first iteration that ever post publicly was kinda underwhelming for the most part with pretty much standard uniform and such. The 2023 design were literally just the last one but more rough up and with scarf covering his mouth since I feel like that give him ninja vibe for some reason?? Yeah for some reason the concept of "homeless man dress up like ninja in medieval setting" was on my mind there. Problem I have with this design is that everything feel so tack on and there for the sake of being there.

In this revision, I still keep that homeless ninja theme so the design relative similar with minor adjustment. He feel more like homeless robber and rough up with his new pant and adjusted arm brace with constrast color. His scarf now got transfer to Shadestepper and now he got this cape cloth that still covering his mouth, similar to Light Bender but with covering mouth thing.

Similar to shadestepper, this revision did not really change much of his character but just revision to fix some minor problem I have with the design. He generally meant to be like scout-like character who cocky and show off that meant have a lot of bickering with Boltslinger.

Spoiler: VERY MINOR CHANGE

These three just get VERY minor change so I wont go indepth about it, they just got tweak because some direction got change

Spoiler: Additional Sketches

 

Yooo the shadestepper looks sick!