Interview about Luna Lankastar The Night Witch, winner of the A' Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design Award 2023
Luna Lankastar the Night Witch of Linerma. This mysterious witch no one knows where she came from but a long time ago, she was raised by the Goddess of Light Visatra, she teaches her all the powers and secrets that most known witches possess, so one day if the darkness arises, she will have the responsibility to protect everyone. As they are witches still trapped in another dark dimension that was created by Enix the god of chaos, Luna got a big responsibility on her back to free all the witches that were locked by the god of chaos Enix, and save Linerma from the darkness.
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View Design DetailsRegarding the production of Luna visual, indeed I got inspired from Korean culture but after that I mixed with my own imagination and fantasy, at first I wanted to learn how to make realism for characters, so it let me develop my skills in different approach but then my thinking went the other way, since at first I was relaying on images reference which most artists does but it really didn't work and after that I decided to use my own imagination and the few skills that I have develop in blender.
For Luna's necklace, I wanted to learn how to make simple model shapes and develop my skills in reflecting image references, so the necklace it was based of reference image I found on the internet and since I like it, I want to take the challenge to make it and reflect in the Luna. As for how the necklace that luna possess and why it is connected to Luna's hidden power, such thing I can't not revealed so you can just wait for it and you will understand the secret behind this witch and everything behind it.
This character visual that I have created it was at first a very good experience for me since I wanted to learn likeness and achieve realism but then I failed because I couldn't reflect what I see as reference images, so I decided to create it from my mind and then I made her in real-time since it was a big challenge for me in blender as it was my first skills development so i can give her the same visual impression based of the realism render.But I think with everything that i gained as skills i will
When I learned than Luna won awards, I really didn't believe myself, my challenge and goal was to break the weakness obstacle I had in characters that's how Luna was made and then it came into my mind to create story for this character and the challenge after was to create all witches, gods, evil dark army and so many other characters that hasn't be showed yet and that's where Visatra came to my mind, Visatra going to be revealed in the story and who rally is she and what is the reason to choose Luna to be the protecter of Linerma among other witches.
Make realism characters dark fantasy with beauty approach was my real goal to that with something that have souls, and it can feel she exist in our world, and since blender was my main tool for her production it went into so many obstacles, challenges but also honed new skills that have never had before. And since blender was free it was my main selection tool for such character production.
When I created Luna and then focus more on other witches productions, I took the path to develop my skill in environment, because character without a cool environment look boring and just floating in space, so I want to take a new approach on presenting my visuals and this is where the dark dimension came into play.
I used my own imagination to make such approach since I like dark fantasy, and my true passion was to make the key to make cool characters.My love and interest in games, anime, and fantasy characters has driven me to develop such witch and they are much more than that that will be revealed.
Well, it's been really 2 years, time go fast, and we evolve with the time.For Luna as explained before, she has hidden power within her, this witch has a deep secret only one person knows and her visual, aesthetic will morph and blend based on her environment, such things as key elements will be revealed in the story.
Because of Luna and the challenge, I took as adventure and path to break my weakness and the obstacle that i had before for character production, that was my key and why i have chooses such path and because of such achievement my passion to characters has grown and since then I can't breathe if don't take out what i see in my mind.
Well first thank you very much for giving me such an opportunity which I had never thought it could bring to me an evolution to something new as also I think with everything that I gained as skills I will remake Luna from scratch with her same visual without changing nothing but with much better aesthetic design especially her clothes and some hidden things that it will be revealed after.
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