Community Kullervo Glyph Commission, January 2024
Back in December of 2023, very soon after I was accepted into the Warframe Creator Program, Digital Extremes contacted me to draw a community Kullervo glyph for Warframe and this was the result!
I was advised to use my experience with my Hollowframe project and to draw inspiration from the Radiance from Hollow Knight for the visuals of this piece, which led to a warm color palette and intense visuals. I also drew from many visual references from Warframe as guides.
It was released alongside four other amazing glyphs made by Ritens, CalamityDeath, Kirdy, and Studio Cyen in the Community Art Pack I on March 27th, 2024, purchasable with Warframe's premium currency Platinum. You can find an article written by Digital Extremes about each glyph here: https://www.warframe.com/news/introducing-community-art-packs
The finished portrait illustration of Kullervo, commissioned to be a community glyph in Warframe!
Video compilation of each WIP.
Idea sketch 1, showing bust shot of Kullervo being attacked by the Liminus as beams of light burst from his chest and a halo of knives radiates around his head.
Idea sketch 2, showing a dynamically-posed Kullervo raising his left hand as beams of light burst from his chest and hand and a halo of knives radiate around his head.
Idea sketch 3, showing a front-facing portrait of Kullervo behind bars with rays of light bursting from his eye and a halo of knives circling around his head.
Idea sketch 4, showing a 3/4 profile shot of Kullervo with a burst of light from his eye and a halo of knives circling around his head.
Early linework sketch WIP.
Early linework WIP, solidifying the shapes and lines.
Further progress on linework WIP, with black shade blocking started.
Mostly-finished linework WIP.
Flat colors and rough background WIP.
Shading and linework refining WIP, started on rendering.
Shading, effects, color, and background WIP, close to finished with just some more polish needed.
A screenshot of the final glyph drawing surrounded by many reference images, including Warframe screenshots I took, those I found online, official concept and reveal art, and the Radiance from Hollow Knight (as one of DE's suggested visual inspirations).
Screenshot of the Community Kullervo Glyph available in game in the Warframe market.
An in-game capture of my Kullervo posed next to the Community Kullervo glyph sprayed onto a wall in the Deck-12 captura scene.
Alternate version of the final glyph illustration with a grayscaled background, which does not appear in game.