Monster Hunter Wilds Weapon Design Contest - Shatterseal

These were submitted as entries to the monster hunter wilds weapon/pendant design contest. Only one per person could be chosen for the voting rounds but Shatterseal ended up winning! Thanks to everyone who voted for it, and shoutouts to all the other entries; there were a ton of incredible designs.

To the modelers, animators, vfx, artists, and whoever else works on making it- I hope it isn't too much of a pain, thank you. Hope everyone enjoys using it in game, can't wait to see how it turns out.

During sketching for the gunlance I had the idea for the ghostly girl trapped in a mirror shield, but changed it to a storm whirlpool for a bit more excitement. The trapped girl became the initial idea for the shatterseal, but breaking it with her in it felt too aggressive, so I changed it to be a trapped monster instead.

Felyne symphony may be my favorite idea, with the sort of nested character in a weapon concept, but I could see it being a ton of work and maybe not feasible.