Siri - The witch of the wild (A character inspired from Dark Enchantress) for Splinterlands Art Contest

Splinterlands Art Contest

So this week I'm gonna share the last Original character I made for this contest. I already mentioned in my previous blogs that I draw and keep some in a queue just in case something happens unexpectedly in real life. I don't keep any more in my drawing software because of some reasons. I think this month I'll probably be busy but let's hope that's not the case. The other reason is that when I look at my old paintings, it feels outdated so I decided to keep only one or two in a queue for the time being and with that being said let's begin!

Siri - The witch of the wild

Character Information

Siri is the witch of the wild, a summoner based on earth splinter. She was an orphan left in the jungle who was later found by the sisterhood of witches living in the forest. As she grew up she showed a natural talent for witchcraft. She lives in the wild in harmony with other species because of her ability to understand and communicate with plants and animals.

She is considered as a master of herbalism and potion-making. Her ability to communicate with the most dangerous animals in the wild makes her one of the toughest witches to beat. She can command and control an army of wild animals during battle which makes her one of the most powerful offensive cards in the game.

Since she is an earth-based splinter, she is weakened by fire elemental cards. Other than that when there is an imbalance in nature she is more vulnerable to all sorts of attacks from her enemies. Her herbalism skills have also a limited duration.

This character is inspired from Dark Enchantress . The idea was to create a positive version of her based on a different splinter.

The Process

I had some trouble finishing this painting XD. My phone was lagging a lot so I had to factory reset it but my dumbass forgot to save the WIP as a transparent png so I had to draw over it and erase a lot of things to make it look like what you see now. I discovered a new way to paint pupils while drawing the river Nymph artwork so I applied that technique on top of the old design. I have to say the overlapping strokes on her pupil does gives an aesthetic feel to her eyes plus I used primary colours such as Red, Green and Blue here to make this painting. The contrast between these three colours is very interesting. I wanted to apply this to one of my paintings for a long time so I'm happy that I was able to do that in this one.

The leafy background was a spontaneous decision. I think it looks good with the background. I had to improvise certain areas near her hands since this pose required it. There must be a place to rest the hands, right? So I made a green wall-like structure behind her to satisfy the overall look. Oh, I totally forgot to say that I gave her a friend as well. You can see the spirit of the forest in a bird form resting on her hat hehe.

Tools used

• Ibis paint X
• Notebook and pencil

Duration: 10hrs

Thank you so much for your time :)