Chudd was my entry into the Dominance War III contest again over at GameArtisans.org. It placed 4th overall. This was the most exhausting piece I have ever made, and probably the most fun.

I wanted to work with more abstract shapes and textures, and build story and depth in the character through details. I wanted big and dominating. Chudd is a demon lord and I wanted it to personify evil.

The theme was post apocalyptic fantasy. So as a nod to the post apolcalyptic part he wears machined armor, and wears a gas mask made of a dead angels organs.

Atop a snowy mountain during a blizzard, it is a stark contrast to the fire and brimestone setting usually represented in demon imagery. I hoped to make the viewer want to know more about what is going on. To compel them to read deeper into the image, and start picking up more and more details.