Silver Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design · 2024
Soya Lankastar Digital Art
by Mania Carta
- A' Design Award 2024 Silver Winner in Computer Graphics, 3D Modeling, Texturing, and Rendering Design
- Awarded April 15, 2024
- CLIENT: Sandstorm
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About Soya Lankastar Digital Art
The design of soya reflects the style of the Persian culture in a captivating dark design. A dark hood with crescent symbol for even more mystery design, the ornament necklace adds an additional touch to the witch. The ornament visual design was an inspiration from the window ornaments in the churches. the dragon biting her ears give her such fantasy dark mystery look character design. combining all those elements give to soya a unique visual dark fantasy witch character design style.
Within the evolving landscape of contemporary digital figurative art, this work emerges as a compelling exploration of the intersection between classical portrait traditions and speculative character design, demonstrating how contemporary 3D modeling and rendering technologies can achieve expressive depths previously associated with traditional media while simultaneously opening new aesthetic territories. The portrait appears to draw upon centuries of European portraiture conventions, particularly the dramatic lighting schemas developed during the Baroque period, yet recontextualizes these traditions within a futuristic or fantastical register suggested by the subject's distinctive silver-blue hair coloration and the elaborate metallic collar that suggests both armor and adornment. The technical achievement evident in the hair rendering alone merits particular attention, as each strand appears individually modeled and lit, creating naturalistic volume and movement while maintaining the slightly otherworldly silver-blue coloration that positions the figure outside conventional realism. The skin rendering demonstrates sophisticated understanding of how light interacts with human tissue, capturing the subtle warmth of blood beneath surface layers and the delicate variations in texture across different facial zones. The decorative elements near the temples and cheekbones introduce ambiguity regarding the figure's nature, potentially suggesting technological augmentation, ceremonial ornamentation, or innate fantastical qualities that invite narrative speculation without demanding resolution. The direct gaze establishes a relationship of mutual regard between depicted figure and viewer, conferring upon the subject a sense of agency and interiority that elevates the work beyond mere technical demonstration toward genuine portraiture in the psychological sense. One might contemplate how such works negotiate the boundaries between idealization and individuation, between the creation of fictional beings and the ancient human impulse to capture presence and personality through visual representation.
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- Unique Properties
- The design of soya reflects the style of the persian culture in a captivating dark design. A dark hood with crescent symbol for even more mystery design, the ornament necklace adds an additional touch to the witch. The ornament visual design was an inspiration from the window ornaments in the churches. the dragon biting her ears give her such fantasy dark mystery look character design. combining all those elements give to soya a unique visual dark fantasy witch character design style.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Soya's artworks have different shots.
The main artwork of soya is a portrait of size 2250X3000 pixel. - Tags
- Witches, gods, darkness, revenge, power, mystery, fantasy
- Production Technology
- Character production and all design was made in blender from modeling, texturing, rigging and final compositing.
- Design Challenge
- The production of soya starts after the completion of the witch niferia, because luna was the main protagonist of her story she wanted to create her sister but more mysterious and beautiful that have strong personality.
Her characteristic is calm witch but with her magic elements she is very powerful that can destroy anything in her way, and she have the power to summon a legion called tamitra the goddess of light. - Project Duration
- The project starts in tokyo after the completion of niferia the dark witch.
- Operation Flow
- Soya is a witch that going to save linerma from the chaos that enix made.
- Research
- The research of soya character got inspired from oriental, persian and arabic style, but she wanted to create for her something unique and mysterious, so because her interest to fantasy witches and darkness, she went to look for persian ornaments elements then combined and mixed with many elements such as hood, necklace and the crescent in her hood.
All other elements such as clothes design, hair style, and final visual was from her imaginations. - Inspiration
- During her young age, maniacarta was always motivated by video games, during her career she gained many experiences and with the passion she have and imagination she decided to create her own story related to witches and darkness, the story can't not be spoiled so much but it's around fantasy world and fights between gods, darkness and witches who need to protect the land of linerma that enix bring it to chaos for a reason that only one witch know.
- Image Credits
- Soya lankastar the light witch of linerma
By マニア カレタ (Mania Carta) - Patents
- Soya lankastar the light witch of linerma
By マニア. カレタ (Mania Carta)
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G0E3 ShopDesign Interview about Soya Lankastar Digital Art
From there I start to think about how I can give a beautiful dark touch and make her unique from there I start to get inspiration from witches and mystery fantasy characters to create her to a new level of creativity.
The way made soya is like using Lego, it was for me like a puzzle to achieve what I want at the end from there I start to think about creating different lighting scenario and cinematic shots to give the final visual and representation of her characteristic as a light witch.