As cool as slimes and serpents and mummies are, there was something adorable and unique about this baby sapphire golem.  From its portly appearance to its spiky quartz deposits, it just looks so very different from all the other characters.  The lineart barely does the character justice, because Cristiano used such vibrant colors and shading to really make the little guy pop.

It’s fitting that the last character we worked on required some extra TLC.  If you’ll recall, we had to make some changes to the slime once upon a time, and we also decided there was at least one adjustment we needed here.  Specifically, we wanted to clean up the glowing color on the golem.  Since everything was one uniform color, and the golem’s eyes, chest and the crack on its belly glow, it almost looked like a face.

There may have been a little bit lost in translation when we described our concerns to Cristiano, because we ended up losing the purple and were left with a lot of blue…

But after that, we did a combo of the two, making it look a little less like a uniform face.  The purple eyes make a little more sense, leaving it look more sentient.

So, after months of QQ art, we’ve finally come to the end of this little set.  Cristiano did a lovely job with our four monster ambassadors, but that doesn’t even scratch the tip of the iceberg as far as what we have to show off for Merge Dungeon.  In fact, we still have so much to show off that next week we’re starting a new series that shows off the actual art from the Merge Dungeon game.  Keep your eyes peeled!

And hey, who knows… maybe some day we’ll see more Merge Dungeon babies…

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The baby mummy was another really easy process to work through.  Cristiano knew exactly what he was working toward, and it turned out spectacular from the very first sketch onward.  Even in the game the mummies are kind of cutesy, but Cristiano instilled so much character into this little guy that it’s hard not to think about using him in other projects.

Once a fresh coat of paint was in place, we could see just how much character was there.  From the textured look to the wrappings, to the beautiful headdress of this baby pharaoh, everything just pops.  The lineart puts things in place, but the color lets it shine.

Cristiano made a few other changes even after we finished working on the mummy.  There’s a lot more fidelity to the character, and he can stand up with the rest of the characters we’ve shown off so far with ease.  The mummy definitely has a lot of personality, and we’re glad we got to collaborate on it.  We’ve got one more character in the quartet to show off, so we’ll see you in a few weeks for that!

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