#plus how he can put the loincloth thingie on

[yael-art-den]

Re-drew the God of Thunder's most autistic soldier

Older designs (2019 and 2020) and extra design info/process after the cut

2019 (Left) and 2020 (Right) redraws of Caleb. I didn't want to redesign him, more just redraw his design with my current skills. His design is *really* old and would benefit from an overall update, but I wanted to keep him the same overall and just tweak a couple things.

My main reference was the 2019 design, I wanted to keep the same pose and scars (that I didnt add in 2020.. for some reasons) The golden bracelets and choker give him this whole "holy but wild-esque" warrior vibe, but they needed to look more weathered and a bit rusted so it would fit better (He is not royalty or something like that). I changed the green hue of his weapon from the end to the blade, so it looks more like a magical, albeit simple, halberd. I fixed his clothes' design so it would make more sense for his body and tail; and the scale's pattern now looks way better and look like scales and not.. Patches?

(How the clothes work)

Last but not least, I knew I wanted him to have a slightly different anatomy. He NEEDS to be strong, but specially the oldest drawing, he is too defined and.. weird. Caleb is not a bodybuilder, and he is still fairly young, so I went for a slightly less defined (albeit still REALLY athletic) build that looks more realistic. His main rival, Rey, is a straight up bodybuilder, so that would also help with a contrast between the two

If I were to rework him, not just a redraw, I would lean more into the Champion/Herald vibe. More scars, or at least give them more importance (I didnt want to clutter the design too much here), remove the gold and change it to a brass or oxidized steel if I were to add him any armor at all, and removing completely the golden details on the clothes. Maybe in the future tho!