The artwork was heavily inspired by Toby Dutkiewicz’s art for the Bionicle comics, more specifically his Karzahni piece. As well as a bit of MNOG for the background
The mask is intended to be a more “G1-ized” version of G2’s mask of creation. Additionally I added the Three Virtues icon as best i could into part of the mask, making it its crest.
This one is my favorite so far. Only thing I’m not a fan of is the mask – it looks more like a creature face than a legendary mask to me. But I do like the detailing on the mask, especially the DUD symbol and the runes.
I very much like the art style combination, and coherent look of this piece. It truly looks like a character rather than a mixture of pieces.
I like the mask as well, but KingK’s mask still fits better I think, at representing the cultures of MU. However, this one is the best original mask so far.
Also, a bit more runes on the armor would be nice.
But those are just minor preferences and if this won, I wouldn’t be dissapointed
At first I wasn’t really digging the asymmetry of the mask, but after I read your rationale for it being the UDD symbol, I’m 100% here for it. Overall it’s definitely one of my favorites. Good luck!
I love your take on the Mask of Creation. Until you showed a side-by-side with the G2 mask, I thought it was an entirely original design. The Three Virtues logo is also a really cool inclusion. I like how you based the style on Tobduk’s rendition of Karzahni – that’ll make it nice to show the two alongside one another. I think the only downside I could make is that the background is a lot busier than the Karzahni piece’s backdrop, but as a standalone piece that really doesn’t matter.
sick
G2 MoC, gooooooolllldddd, and good artstyle
checks all my boxes
plus it’s actually a good redesign of the MoC instead of ripping off elements to shamelessly reporpose (ahem khingk)
So far my favorite entry. The thin elongated face and crown is more or less how I originally thought of Artakha’s mask before this entire contest started, and I love the rest of the art itself.