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"Alexander the Great served as king of Macedonia from 336 to 323 B.C. During his time of leadership, he united Greece, reestablished the Corinthian League and conquered the Persian Empire."

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Alexander the great

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It is a website about concept art with a ot of good content gatered. It is very useful to find secondary references like concept books, artists, and studios.

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Concept Art World - Showcasing Concept Artists, News and Inspiration

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Concept Art World is a concept art blog and directory that features news, concept artists, illustrators and designers working in film, game and animation.

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Tomatatoro character fundamental shapes method

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Tomatatoro character fundamental shapes method

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Some people have asked how I went about drawing the Overwatch cast, so I threw together a list of things I think about when designing characters: shapes, silhouettes, colors, and inspiration.

1. Shapes

There are three basic shapes in my toolbox: round, box, and triangle. If I follow my intuition, each shape conveys a personality. For example:

Round = charismatic, harmless, endearing

Box = reliable, uniform, traditional

Triangle = cunning, dynamic, competent (downward pointing more aggressive)

Shapes can also be combined for more complex characters

2. Silhouettes

Block in the character. If I can still recognize who it is, then it has a strong, readable silhouette.

3. Color

Sometimes less is more. Limit the palette for unity and impact. When working with three colors, keep the 60-30-10 rule in mind. Pick one color to make up about 60% of the character, a second color to make up about 30%, and the last color is about 10%.

When working with just two colors, use the 70-30 rule. One color is about 70%, the second is about 30%.

4. Inspiration

Designs come to mind easier when I'm listening to music, or when I have a mental image of something in mind. For example, I was listening to Klezmer music when drawing Reaper, and I was thinking of a chicken when I was drawing Lucio. It can take a while to warm up, so a good source of inspiration is important to stay motivated.

Beyond that, it's up to you!

[ If you want to see the specific artists I drew influence from, click here to see my influence map.]

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Some people have asked how I went about drawing the Overwatch cast, so I threw together a list of things I think about when designing characters: shapes, silhouettes, colors, and inspiration. There are three basic shapes in my toolbox: round, box, and triangle. If I follow my intuition, each shape conveys a personality.

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"All character design is, is a combination of visual signifiers."

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In this video Trent goes through the process of creating a character. He starts with a bunch of diferent aproaches and then finishes with a more refined render and character breakdowns.
I also love how he gets involved with the character story, since this project is part of a indie development and the story was created by him.

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Ikeda Concept art - Character design process. (Commentary)

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This is one of my main references in art.
A artist with a very loose and at the same time detailed style. A background in comics and a love for gaming. He has works with Riot Games and Blizzard, between others.
works:

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Concept Artist/Creator. Currently Director at Aquatic Moon

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Concept artist from Sybo Games, a mobile Game studio(subway surfers). He designs Characters with a lot of expression and vibrant colors. I really enjoy the way he uses almost squished proportions without creating cute characters and maintaining the main idea of the concept
main work: SwordBlade

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Concept Artist & Illustrator @ SYBO Games

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Works on the movie industry as both a environment and character concept designer with astonishing well finished pieces using 2D and 3D.
works:
-Gost in the Shell
-Blade Runner 2049
-Captain America: Civil war

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The lyre is a main symbol of David as long as the battle with Goliath.

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The Famous king of the Old Testament.
The king That defeated Goliath. Usually seen as a very strong self centred figure.

links of historical reference:
- http://www.israel-a-history-of.com/king-david-of-israel.html
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Apparently the four kings from modern playing cards are representations of great rulers from history, but there is no confirmation on that. Anyways, that is a great starting point for characters.

List of the suposed kings:

King of Spades: David, King of Israel from the Old Testament

King of Clubs: Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, who conquered a vast region and lived from 356 to 323 BCE.

King of Hearts: Charlemagne, King of France and the first Holy Roman Emperor, who lived from 747 to 814 AD.

King of Diamonds: Roman Caesar Augustus. Some sources say the king of diamonds is Julius Caesar, not Augustus.

https://www.thoughtco.com/4-kings-in-deck-of-cards-2728321

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The original suitmarks that reached Europe were the Mameluke suitmarks, but those were heavily mutated to fit the local culture in the european regions that adopted the playing cards.
At the end the most common system was the french.

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Playing cards were invented in China before AD 1000, but were brought to Europe by the Egyptian Mameluke Empire around 1360.
https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-2647,00.html