Kirby30 - Star Allies sketch
Added 2023-10-08 18:23:21 +0000 UTCThis one's a monster.
Star Allies is pretty special to me, and despite the public perception of the game, it's a big part of the series' history and in a way marks an end of an era for Kirby. That's why one of my goals for this float is to make it one of the biggest and grandest in the parade.
The Jambastion was my first choice for focal point of this piece, as I felt it represents the otherworldly visuals the game has. It's of course a pretty important area, too. I knew going into the sketch that this would be an insane challenge for me, because the Jambastion has such a complicated design because of how surreal it looks. It's a fortress that doesn't look like a conventional fortress.
However, after sketching it out, I looked at it as a whole. This is WAY too complex for the parade. I was worried that a lot of its detail would hurt the composition, and frankly, I don't know if I have enough patience to do its final lines while still keeping it the isometric perspective. I'm proud of myself for figuring out how to draw it at that angle though; you don't really see it facing anywhere besides head-on in the game, and there's no concept art that goes into detail on its structure.
So I opted to go with a smaller, Jambastion-inspired platform instead, and make Void Termina the focal point. That wasn't easy either! But I think it makes more sense.
