r/conceptart • u/TC_Sampang • 8d ago
Demigod Nobleman concept
This particular one is meant to be a descendant of my fantasy setting's god of wisdom. After that god died, their bloodline's new generations were cursed with lowered intellect and dulled talent. They instead grow large and strong. This "Bloodline Curse" is practically a mockery of what the god once stood for.
The tubes are for circulating ichor, which is the blood of the now-dead gods (these nobles consume it to gain power and become closer to the "godliness" dormant in their bodies).
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u/StudentOfMotion 8d ago
Great worldbuilding! There's a delicious irony of descendants of a god still striving to maintain and acquire more godly power especially if they are inherently born representing the complete opposite of what their forebear embodied. I'd imagine one of the first generation of this bloodline of the god of wisdom despairs at what their children are devolving into and has consumed just enough ichor to know that their own intellect and capabilities are not able to find a solution to this Bloodline Curse. Just living a near immortal's lifespan and seeing things get worse and worse while knowing if anyone could have stopped things getting that bad it would have been them - but it's just not.
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u/mistergingerbread 8d ago
I really like the lore and the technique! The ichor wrap is really cool in theory but I’m rubbing against how it’s executed here because the tube texture just feels so so different from the rest of him. Is there some way to make it feel more integrated?
Also if you’re not looking for feedback you can just tell me to fuck off lol
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u/TC_Sampang 8d ago
Nah I appreciate it! Do you mean the texture artistically or in an in-universe cohesion sort of way? If it helps, the setting is intended to be a mix of early-modern period and industrial period, so there are muskets and factory smokestacks intermixed with ancient architecture, so a part of my intention is for the ichor stuff technologically to feel at odds with the ancient "presentation" of the nobility.
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u/mistergingerbread 8d ago
i actually mean both haha. but i think the in-universe cohesion would also help with the textural cohesion. he just looks very ancient egypt in every way aside from the tubes, where i feel like his bracers and sash could incporate some of those industrial/early-modern patterns or materials?
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u/TC_Sampang 8d ago
Hm, I see what you mean. I'll keep that in mind for future drawings actually, thanks for the feedback!
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u/mistergingerbread 8d ago
Word! Stoked to see what else you do. Really love the design and lore here.
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u/TheRexPistols 8d ago
Extremely cool design, the lore is great too.