Concept Image - Second Attempt

May 17th, 2009 / Filed Under: Anaksha 2 /

OK people, here’s the re-engineered image of Anaksha, and as you can see she is looking a HELL of a lot better!

I think I’ve pretty much nailed it! What do you think?

This image is actually how I originally imagined her (which is why I was so determined to re-draw her instead of just using the old drawings). The only thing I might go back to is her old hair-style, or I might just keep her new one. I don’t know - I’ll see how it goes.

The Virgo tattoo is also gonna be simplified, along with lots of other things to keep the drawing time to a minimum.

Another issue I have is her “chest” size. :) I’m having trouble deciding whether they’re slightly too big, or just the right size (yes you can go ahead and stare - I’m sure she won’t mind!! :) ).  Although one thing I’m not gonna do is make ‘em larger cos I think it’d just make her look slutty like a lot of typical comic book characters, which is not the kind of image I’m going for here.  In my opinion, sexiness is defined by style and class not sleaze.   Whenever you see female lead characters in comic books, they always draw them with ridiculously huge breasts.  Personally I think they’d look so much better with a normal sized bust, but hey that’s just me.  I’ll shut up now! :)

Anyway, as always I’d love to hear your opinions on everything.

10 Responses to “Concept Image - Second Attempt”

  1. Tim said this on May 17th, 2009 11:33 pm

    First off, it looks marvelous. I especially like the new hair style. In comparison, this version is much better. Second, the “chest” area looks fine. I do have to agree with you with the comic book cliché problem, but hers look fine.

  2. Max M. said this on May 18th, 2009 2:04 am

    Nailed it. Looks different enough from the first game to distinguish, but not too different, so much that I hate it. I think it’s perfect.

  3. Sora Kagami said this on May 30th, 2009 9:44 am

    Her new style, it makes her look more intense, like the 2 above have already taken the words out of my mouth, I’m just adding another word.

  4. Jorim said this on June 21st, 2009 4:09 pm

    I’ve got nothing more to say then what is already said. It looks good.

  5. Kayla said this on July 6th, 2009 5:03 am

    I love this. And coming from a female who plays videogames, I love how “normal” she looks. Not overly sexed-out, but a still complete badass. I love the storyline in the first one too. Hopefully that will still be a huge factor in the 2nd instead of just another shoot ‘em up game.

  6. Lavi said this on July 30th, 2009 11:05 pm

    Excellent! She doesn’t look slutty or overly exagerated, she looks strong and perfect for what she is intended to represent. Very beautiful, but a true angel of dark justice. The game was excellent, mostly due to its story and music, but I also enjoyed the graphic killing. It was also far from pointless blood-shed. Congrats! Looking forward to the second one!!!

  7. Response to Lavi:

    >> “Very beautiful, but a true angel of dark justice”

    OMG that’s so freaky! You’ve ALMOST guessed the title and one of the taglines for the sequel!! LOL :) You’ll see when I release the project name later on this month. Anyway, well done! :)

    - Arif

  8. Tim said this on October 26th, 2009 3:00 am

    Honestly, i think that her chest should be a TINY bit bigger. but other than that, a beautiful model for concept art. I loved the first game, and i can’t WAIT for the sequel.

  9. Stephen said this on October 30th, 2009 2:38 pm

    That is great, also i seem to recall you mentioning to let you know about any ideas for the game.

    Especially toi get over the people who thought the game was Feministic to the extreme, i thought it’d be a nice touch to add a boyfriend into the mix-a psychopathic one at that =D

    Thanks for reading,

    Stephen

  10. Atropos said this on December 26th, 2009 4:32 am

    Anaksha looks great but I find that her breast can be reduced a little. They give her too much of a sleazy Lara Croft look. Her bust seems just a little out of proportion with her waist but that’s just my opinion I may be wrong.

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