I’ve been wanting to create an armored character in a hand-painted style for a while, and I finally got around to it. The character design came together pretty spontaneously. I didn’t really use any specific references — I just started sculpting from scratch without having a clear idea of what the final result would look like. Surprisingly, painting the highlights and shadows on the armor elements turned out to be quite intuitive, although extremely time-consuming. Overall, I’m really happy with how it turned out, and I think I’ll continue exploring this direction in my future work. You can find more of my work on my ArtStation: https://kosmasek.artstation.com/