Samus Aran's OG armor concept

I was looking through metroid's original concept art and wanted to create a piece that combined the dynamic posing of the modern Samus with the atom-punk aesthetic of the concept artwork.

Final Image

step 1: initial reference photos

step 2: first draft

second draft

back to step 1: final reference pose, copying the smash ultimate render

step 2: final pencils

step 3: final inking

step 4: marker rendering

step 5: final render with background.