Scorch Fiend ǀ My Splinterlands social media challenge entry.

Greetings to all! I am pleased to share with you my participation in the weekly social media challenge. On this occasion, I present to you my fan art drawing of the Scorch Fiend, also known as the Hugging Demon. I decided to choose this card because of its robust, wild and complex design, which inspired me to create a drawing that reflected my personal style. Let me describe the step-by-step process in more detail.

Process

Step 1: The first thing I did was to use geometric shapes as a guide to build the structure of this creature. These shapes served me as a reference for the next step.

Step 2: Here I started to make the sketch, following the shapes established in the guide. As you can see, the character started to come to life. Naturally, I used an image as a reference to capture the distinctive features.

Step 3: At this stage, I made the line art of the character based on the previous sketch. I emphasized the arm that is closer to the viewer, giving it a greater thickness and trying to maintain the coherence of the perspective throughout the drawing.

Step 4: At this point, I began coloring the creature's body, rendering the rock areas with their respective shadows and highlights. I wanted to make sure to capture the texture and solid appearance of the rock in this step.

Step 5: Next, I colored the Scorch Fiend's mouth and multiple eyes with orange and yellow tones, trying to convey that fiery, flaming essence characteristic of the creature.

Step 6: To intensify the feeling of heat and fire, I added lava cracks emerging from the character's body, as shown in the reference image. In addition, I added a red glow to the lava areas, mouth and eyes, to enhance its hellish appearance.

Step 7: In order to create a light effect from the lava, I added more pronounced shadows behind the Scorch Fiend and applied a motion blur on his arm, in order to convey a sense of action and dynamism.

Step 8: I also incorporated more lava elements into the character's hands and mouth, in order to emphasize that lava is flowing from these areas. I wanted to make sure that the viewer could clearly understand the origin of the lava in the drawing.

Step 9: Nearing the end of the process, I added a sphere of crystalline lava on the back of the Scorch Fiend, following the reference image. This detail contributes to enrich the appearance and story of the character.

Step 10: Last but not least, I added a background that evokes the atmosphere of the Underworld, creating a suitable environment for the Scorch Fiend. In addition, I left my distinctive signature to give a personal and recognizable touch to the artwork.

In summary, this fan art drawing of the Scorch Fiend represents my personal interpretation of this SplinterLands card. I strove to capture its fiery and wild essence, as well as add additional details to enrich the composition as a whole. I hope you enjoy my work as much as I enjoyed creating it - thanks for your attention!
This would be the final result

Original design

My design

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Tools used:

• Wacom graphic tablet.
• PaintTool Sai2 drawing program.