"The Dexennial Drifter", Warframe Dex Fashionframe Contest 1st place, July 2023

This piece won 1st place in the Warframe Dex Fashionframe contest in July 2023! The prompt for this contest was to submit any captura, in-game screenshot, or illustration of a Dex cosmetics. You can find the contest forums here: https://forums.warframe.com/topic/1355147-dex-fashion-frame-contest-winners-annouced/

I chose to separate myself from other entries by drawing the (at the time) upcoming Dex Drifter/Operator suit cosmetic, originally concepted by Liger Inuzuka and released as part of Warframe's 10th anniversary event. You can find Liger's original concepts here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/2999WY

I sought to evoke visuals vaguely reminiscent of Duviri, which had just released a few months prior, using bright colors and strange cloud formations. However, I really primarily sought to push myself with this piece by using an exaggerated perspective and utilizing many more of Krita's brushes as I had ever had before. This piece marked a turning point in my digital art, it felt like one of the first times making this kind of digital illustration actually began to click.