Kronos - Apollo Character Design

Kronos - Apollo

Earlier this year, I designed Artemis for my 2020 Rookies entry, however I decided to give this brief another shot and also design her brother, Apollo! 

Whilst I used the original colour palette for Artemis, I knew I wanted to make Apollo gold to match the typical colours associated with him in Greek mythology, as well as still convey the sun god status of his. This was also helped with the golden yellow accent colour for his weapons and halo.

These characters would serve as a boss duo the players would battle in the hypothetical game, the players having to battle their way up the AI Greek pantheon after an outside source unleashes a virus only known as Kronos upon the AI systems. 

For the designs, they weren't as varied as Artemis' as I had more of an idea of the look for the duo, I just needed to make sure they complimented each other well. I did try out a silver pass of Apollo in case the gold was too much, but it dulled him and Artemis down. 

For the final render, I chose to feature Apollo with the bow as he is the god of archery, and is known for his bow in combat. I also elected to remove the two shoulder capes as it ended up being too much colour on hi and was overwhelming to look at.

And a final image of the two siblings together! Overall I am much happier with the final result of these designs and feel the convey my original idea much better than the first attempt at this brief.