Shout outs to people on deviantArt who helped motivate me and inspired some of these ideas! Here's each character's design process:
D3S-DROID (derives from Destroid. Info on this character can be found here.)
Silence (Kill the Noise)
- One of the simplest designs, the challenge here was to make the rest of his body more interesting, as his head is really the only point of interest. I also wanted to keep this one simple because I wanted to make a plushie out of him.
Klaymor (Klaypex)
- Klaymor had been around since batch 3 but was never released due to colour scheme issues. Originally, the character was half red, half blue, but no matter what orientation or texture I applied to these split colours, Klaymor looked like an airline mascot. It wasn't until this week when I figured the Klaypex red and blue colours should go to the swords and not the character's body.
- His limbs float and can extend great distances, similar to Rayman.
Vicious Infectious (Infected Mushroom)
- Vicious Infectious' cap was originally your typical red toadstool, but I really wanted it to be the bleeding tooth fungus because that's my favourite fungi. I based its design around the giant, mushroom character statue the band has on stage when they play live sometimes.
- Figuring out this character's name was the most difficult. It relates to one of Infected Mushroom's albums, Vicious Delicious.
Don Haus (Swedish House Mafia)
- Thanks to a fellow deviant on dA, I was able to figure out a design for a Swedish House Mafia character. I initially thought of depicting three mafia-esque characters together (like the three members of the SHM group), but the idea of just one head-honcho that could send in other members of his mafia to attack an opponent seemed better.
- Don Haus' head came from one of the designs of the three dots that are often affiliated with SHM. His scarf design is the Swedish flag.
Now for a break from EDM Arena, back to updating the portfolios. Stay tuned for more characters in the future! ;)
