Archetype Shivan sketch

This is a conceptual design for a new Archetype character, who right now I'm using the name of Shivan [based off the name of the Hindu god Shiva, I'll explain in a moment], and the improved design for the Wind element emblem.

It's been a long time since I've done any real conceptualizing for the other 16 Archetypes, besides Advent and Destiny, and I was pleasantly surprised of the outcome I got when I started sketching this character. For a long time, I always envisioned the Wind Archetype being themed off of a bird, but since three [actually four now] other Archetypes have bird-like animal themes, I really wanted to go outside of the box for the element of Wind.

So I recycled another creature, the Tiger [which was originally going to be the Metal element], which fit perfectly, since in Asian mythology the Tiger is commonly associated with the element of wind, a fact I only learned after I made the change! When I started thinking about which custom accessory I wanted to have on Shivan that was unique to his armor, I had in mind a kind of short cloak, something that could visually represent his elemental abilities, and what better to represent wind, then a piece of cloth that would flutter as the wind kicks up?

In another case of massive coincidence, after I had settled on the tattered cloak feature, when I looked up the mythical role of the Tiger in an old mythological creature book I have, I discovered that Shiva was often portrayed wearing a tiger skin! Which is what lead to me naming him after Shiva, for now at least.