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.
Process montage.