Sketches

 Here are a couple of sketches I've done for the Tarnak race. These are the warriors who are set to free the monster hidden beneath Kepler, as they believe the monster to be the embodiment of evolution itself.

I started using silhouettes for their design to try and come up with interesting shapes and forms. I placed these masks on their faces as a strong feature in all of the designs, my idea was for it to be a mask dedicated to this monster of death they worship.

They all have a tribal look to them, My idea was for the Tarnaks to be an advanced alien race but who prefer to fight like the indigenous warriors of their past. They see fighting at range with long range anti matter rifles as boring and unchallenging and prefer to engage up close as much as possible. 

Ultimately their motives are to free the monster beneath Kepler and gain revenge on the Tryons, who it turns out have built a prison around the galaxy itself with technological limit. The Tarnaks despise the Tryons for this and want to be free of this limited galaxy, and they see the monster as the only way to escape.