
| DeeperMadness #387259 11 months ago |
Well, theplatinumcolt has a contest on to draw the new villain of series 2: Discord. This is my entry. I'll refer to him as a him for ease of reading (and writing).
For the design, I wanted something big, but not cumbersome. Effectively, he's a lake that's been ponified. More importantly, he's Ponyville's main drinking supply that's been ponified. Sitting in his head and main body is Discord himself, a nod to the black mass that was Nightmare Moon. In the head itself is a purple nucleus. There's a (hidden) cyan one on his other side. I wanted to give him a chaotic symbol or distorted versions of the cutie marks he'd absorbed, but that over-complicated the design. He's also a shapeshifter of sorts; you can imagine him wanting to become a monsterous tidal wave and washing away Canterlot, with a thundering roar as he tears across the mountainside. The head is deliberately shrunken and ambiguous; it exists only as a viewing point. The nucleus would be an ironic weakness of sorts. The more he corrupts them, the more unstable, careless and vicious he becomes. At which point, the Heavenly Princesses can use the Elements Of Harmony, already at Discord's dark heart, as a catalyst to obliterate him. That's about it, I think. Dunno how I got a story from a drawing though. Any questions? |
| Turin_Aramaia #387271 11 months ago |
I remember some sculptures styled like this. Glass, with some odd stuff inside. I forgot who did that. |
| Anonymous #387343 11 months ago |
nice, i like this take on the concept. |
| LaDestitute #387439 11 months ago |
This reminds me of Chaos, from Sonic |
| DeeperMadness #387493 11 months ago |
^Really? I was aiming more in mind of a more fluid Ramiel from Rebuild of Evangelion. |
| Calbeck #387825 11 months ago |
Hrm. Interesting. |
| DeeperMadness #389153 11 months ago |
If it helps, you can estimate his size by scaling him against his tail, which is dredging the last of a riverbed or lake. Assuming the assimilated blobs in the 'head' are still fully pony-sized should help too. |
| DeeperMadness #452105 10 months ago |
Discord has been revealed! Shows what I know when it comes to character design. =P |