magic item research

 normally what makes a item magical is a large amount of vibrant colours and either one distinctive several, shields on the other hand are about the same but most of the time the colours are less vibrant and the shapes are uniquely shaped.

some of the most iconic magical items in gaming include the tri-force from the legend of Zelda series or the Pandora's box from god of war, some of the most iconic shields in gaming is the hylian shield and the bubble shield from halo

I like this shield design at the right because the shape of the design in the middle looks like a sun and im a fan of space stuff

i like the design at the right because the spiral design is nice along with it being a better shade of blue for my taste

i would like the projectile fired by the shield to be like this colour because it fits the space design because it looks like space

i made an alt design for the shield by first making it a silhouette and changing a few things to make it recognisable then i used clipping mask to place an object on the shield and then i made a gem with photoshops ai but made the aura surrounding it in weavesilk.com 

the design of my shield in 2d made in photoshop

this is what im making but in 3D. i will update this with an actual design in maya soon

i built the shield in maya using polymodeling spheres cubes and cones as well as the mirror tool by converting it from a nurb to a subdiv and converting subdiv to a polygon