History of Seven Deadly Sins
The seven deadly sins were first compiled by Pope Gregory I around the year 600. They are pride, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, envy, and sloth. Gregory also compiled a list of the seven virtues: faith, hope, charity, justice, prudence, temperance, and fortitude. The Bible would validate all of these concepts, but nowhere are they recorded in a list like this and nowhere in the Bible are they specifically referred to as the seven deadly sins or seven virtues. They do not pre-date the Ten Commandments which were given at Mt. Sinai around 1450 B.C.
It is probably true that they were used extensively to teach principles from God’s Word, particularly in the centuries before the invention of the printing press when the Bible was not available for the common man to read and study.
Envy: Desire to have equality, posession, or other attribute belonging to someone else
Greed: A selfish desire for more of something than is needed
Sloth: Spiritual apathy and inactivity
Lust: A passionate and intense desire or craving
Gluttony: Exessive and drinking, overindulgence
Pride: A high opinion of one’s own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority
Wrath: Strong vengeful anger or indignation
Reference: BibleInfo, “What are the Seven Deadly Sins?” Available at: https://www.bibleinfo.com/en/questions/what-are-seven-deadly-sins (Accessed: 18 January 2021)
Greed
Greed is the desire for material wealth or gain, ignoring the realm of the spiritual. It is also called Avarice or Covetousness. Greed is also linked with the frog and the color yellow.
Reference: Seven Deadly Sins, The Sin of Greed, Available at: http://www.deadlysins.com/greed (Accessed: 18 January 2021)
As for my Seven Deadly Sins, I have decided to go with the “Greed” one. Among the all, I have found Greed closer to myself as I feel like that way sometimes. When I’m usually angry, I get an urge of greed and want to vomit my anger everywhere even if I don’t need to. This also happens with other emotions as well like excitement or sadness. So, I want to reflect my inner anger and greed feeling into a character.
Inspiration
My main inspiration behind in the choosing of “Greed” is from the characters of the game called “League of Legends”. There are several characters in the game like Mordekaiser, Vladimir, Syndra, Zed etc. who are all greedy in terms of desire. I will take these characters as my main reference and create my own greedy character.
Moodboard
After I have researched about Greed, I have moved on to the next step which is creating a Moodboard about it. I have created my Moodboard in Padlet. In total, I have found about 12 images in total. The stuff which I have researched more deeply about Greed was around human spirit, evilness, death, selfishness etc.
Reference: Padlet – Greed Storyboard https://artslondon.padlet.org/lcapa01201911/k0weikibwyx5865p
Silhouettes
As our first design task, I have created my silhouettes for my upcoming character. I have done around 8 silhouettes in total. Since my character is going to be a female, I haven’t sketched any male characters. I have also tried to reflect “dominancy” through my silhouettes as I am aiming for my character to be really dominant and greedy when it comes to hunting people.
While creating, I have thought about my emotions when I get angry as I try to reflect my inner side into this character.
Rough Sketches
After completing my character sihouettes, I have moved on to the next step which is creating rough sketches of my possible character designs. I have created around 6 sketches in total, with making the designs similar to each other.
After I have completed my rough sketches, I have chosen the design which I wanted to continue with. The design which I have chosen is the sixth one. Out of all, I have found that particular design to be the most greedy and evil looking.
As my next step, I have created 4 different refinements onto the character design which I have decided on. Since it’s an evil and a greedy character, I have added horns and ears to reflect the “evil” feeling.
Refinements
After finishing the refinements, I have decided to go with the first design out of all. I really liked the third design which has horns, but also thought that the design looks too much compared to the first one.
Lineart
Moving on, I have created the lineart of my character. I really liked her final design as my lineart helped it to look even better.
Colour Experimentations
After I have finished the lineart, I have moved on to the next step which is experimenting with colours. My character is representing the sin “Greed”, so I have decided to go with two main colours of evilness which are “black” and “red”, and a small mixture of pink and purple. Then, I have searched for other colours which could also suit my character.
As a result, I have first tried with the colour tonnes of purple. Then, with blue and green. After I have experimented with other colours, I couldn’t suited them right to my character. So, I have decided to go with the colours which I have chosen in the beginning.
Final Render / Design
As my last step, I have moved on to complete my design and the rendering process. Since I have a semi-realistic art style in general, I wanted to use this style in this character as well. As my final render, I have deleted the lineart and coloured it in a more “3D” type way to make it look more realistic type, but in a illustrative way.
I am really happy with the final result as I believe that I have nailed the colours very well and the design suitable with the sin I have chosen.