Polina Popova

Sketchbook

Practice sketches and concept work for illustrations.

Bovine character ideation (Fall 2024)

“Coven Camille” step-by-step!

“Sin Eater” palette variants

Thumbnails for a painting of a prayer

Clothing explorations for a demigod, the head of a small forest village

Scrapped illustration “Hailfall”

Portrait commission palette variants

Character design explorations for a sun salesman

Thumbnails for an illustration; a sun salesman peddling his wares after the death of the sun

Thumbnails for the upper tier in a tiered city

Thumbnails for the middle tier in a tiered city

Greco-Slavic building design exploration

Thumbnails for a painting of an observatory

Post-apocalyptic opera house sketch

Melkor’s Divergence (Silmarillion illustration; speed practice)

TTRPG asset “Estranged Daughter”

TTRPG asset "Psychic"

TTRPG asset "Scholar"

Nikolai (resident of the Pedestal)

Alua (resident of Aether)

Bogdana (resident of Aether)

Weapons from the Drakengard/NieR video game series redrawn in high resolution.