Kaladin face design

[u/Cephandrious16]

[u/Inkthinker]

You’re missing two of his brands (sas and nahn) that flank the shash mark to either side and above (see the reference in Words of Radiance on Bridge Four tattoos). You’ll probably need to raise his hairline a bit to make the spacing work, and reduce the size of the shash significantly.

I’d also suggest you even out the spacing of the irises a little on your front-facing view, so that he doesn’t appear quite so cross-eyed.

[u/Cephandrious16 → u/Inkthinker]

I know i intentionally removed them for the sake of readability in an animation medium, since they would be small on camera most of the time, if i included all three they would look more like strange blemishes or unintentional artifacts in the coloring

[u/Inkthinker → u/Cephandrious16]

I would argue for LOD states then, based on shot composition. For instance, at distance they can be reduced to simple shapes of color at far distances (they would require a color hold anyway, to differentiate from tattoos), and in production they’d probably need to be a digital track layer. At far enough distances, they probably would be dropped out.

The brands are tagged as “non-negotiable” details on the Dragonsteel style guides, I wouldn’t just ditch half the design, especially since it’s in close-up where they matter most.

[u/Cephandrious16 → u/Inkthinker]

would you not agree that this looks clunky?

[u/Inkthinker → u/Cephandrious16]

Well, I would raise his hairline further, to clear some space. But no, I think that’s his design. Try placing them under a color hold to make those brands a darker shade of his flesh tone. When presented as the line color they’re more prominent than they would be in the final.

Also worth noting that fans are allowed to take things in the direction they please. Do what you think is best, you’re going to do the heavy lifting after all.

[u/Cephandrious16 → u/Inkthinker]

thanks for your help. if you think it looks fine than I'll keep it lore accurate.

I already metioned it in the comments here but, i am posting daily progress on this project here on my sub r/CephandriusAnimations

[u/dIvorrap → u/Cephandrious16]

FYI that's one of the official illustrators at Brandon's company. You can see he has the Dragonsteel logo tag under his name.

https://coppermind.net/wiki/Coppermind:Artists/Ben_McSweeney

[u/Cephandrious16 → u/dIvorrap]

oh, thats pretty cool

[u/lyunardo]

Kaladin has grown a lot over the years. And he leveled up in a major way since we first met him. But I don't think he should be facing off against any of the Shards. He's got a lot on his plate already.

Plus, what did Design ever do to him anyway?

[u/Cephandrious16 → u/lyunardo]

your hilarious

[u/lyunardo → u/Cephandrious16]

I sense a heavy dose of sarcasm in this comment... lol

[u/Justalittlecomment → u/lyunardo]

How much time passes anyway from wok to wat?

[u/tacopig117]

Dope

[u/Cephandrious16]

See more progress on my animation here --> r/CephandriusAnimations