Hollowframe 52 - Citrine, April 2023

In April 2023 I added Citrine to my ongoing Hollowframe project, of which the goal has been to draw every warframe in the styles and themes of Hollow Knight.

My design for Hollowframe Citrine is based on the Crystal Golems, Crystal Heart, and Crystal Guardian from Hollow Knight, following Citrine's main theme of crystals in Warframe. Though this is one of the first digital compositions I had done that I was happy with, I also ended up pushing the limit of the Hollow Knight style a bit too much as I tried cramming in too many details. Looking back, I wish I had executed the rendering more cleanly with less tiny shapes. I think at the time I also struggled translating Citrine's body shape into a Hollow Knight styled design, but I feel I could pull off something a bit more effective if I were to ever revisit this.