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Celeste - Character Concept
🕑 Added 2021-10-14 07:47:06 +0000 UTCWhelp, I dunno where to even begin with this one...
A long time ago (in a galaxy far away?), I found myself daydreaming about a particular artistic thought experiment. I wanted to create a character where the mechanics of the design "hid" some of the character's true form, instead relying on multiple angles and silhouettes to convey the full extent of her (extremely curvy) physique.
The only way I could figure out how to do this was by eliminating depth from the character entirely- essentially forcing her body to render out as a 2D representation of itself in a 3D scene at all times. But how do you make a character like that interesting? I guess you could go the "shadow route" and make her some sort of ethereal entity that only appeared as a shadow projected into the scene (presumably by some unseen body), but that's not very fun or interactive and kinda unsettling past a certain point. I want curvy girls with quirky attitudes, not Lovecraftian horrors that want to steal your soul.
So then I had the idea of creating some sort of "celestial" entity instead. Her body would essentially be a gateway (or portal) to another universe, through which you could view a brilliant rendition of a nebula from different angles (or some other gorgeous space phenomena- it'd probably change based on her mood). She would, in essence, become the personification of an entire universe, while her body would need to be rendered out as a literal "hole in space".
Thus, Celeste was born (yeah yeah, creative name, I know).
This is just a huge proof of concept right now, but one I might try to refine in the future. I really just wanted to see if this sort of thing was possible on a technical level, which it mostly is. If I were building her "for real", I wouldn't reuse an existing body (some of the more astute might have noticed that she looks an awful lot like Vanessa- that's just because I used whatever mesh assets I had on hand for this), and she'd probably be a lot more lithe with significantly more "comical" proportions. It had also occurred to me that some sort of aurora-borealis effect might be nice to snake across the surface of the body for a hint of depth, just because the 2D effect is *really* two dimensional at the moment.
Anyways, yeah... Sci-fi stuff, I guess. At least this time there's (technically) boobs?... >,>
PS: the original MP4 file at 1080p is attached in case the GIF glitches out, since Patreon won't let me upload MP4 files as videos directly for some reason...
Comments
Jager1525
I think it's an interesting concept. I love how we can appreciate her voluptous body in the mirrors, it gives me some kinky ideas. For example she is floating over a mirror floor, if you look her from the front she looks like flat silhoute but if you look at the floor you can see her curvy body.
Well, it was either Celeste or Starfire, but the latter had *definitely* been taken by a major franchise, so I really didn't want to go there >,>
Dan
Dude, don't dunk on yourself for naming her Celeste. I have made worse and more obvious references in my character names :)
ARK Redeemer
That's a really awesome design, really clever how the view through her changes as the camera pans! :)
Great minds think alike? >,>
TheDarkOneZK
Lmao this actually reminds me of a character design of mine
