[Fanart] Thank you Vanadiel!

karla

karla

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BlackMage-Female
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RedMage-Female
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Paladin-Female
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Quetzalcoatl
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FFXIV
Otak
This fanart is the cover illustration of the FFXI doujinshi (fans comic) book I'm currently working on. The characters inside all are my LS-mates, hehe. (shh... they still don't know I'm drawing them..muhaha)

It maybe interesting to show my process on drawing a CG pic, so I hope you guys enjoy it ^^

DAY 1 ::: Outline

First of all I did my rough sketch on paper, then scan them into computer.
I am not the kind that can make my drawing clean and clear on paper..
lol so this pic isn't very detail.. just showing the location of ppl.

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DAY 2 ::: Fine Outline

Here comes the most painful early stage of drawing a CG -- make a fine outline. So I scanned the pic and open it in Photoshop, using the "Brightness and Contrast" tool to make the lines in sketch more visible (lol). Then open a new layer and use a small size brush (2~4 px), and draw the detailed version for colouring with the help of my old wacom tablet that didn't work very smooth :oops:

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oh yea forgot to mention that, the FFXI modelviewer is a handy tools when it comes to drawing armor and weapons -_-....

DAY 3 ::: Final Outline

Okay.. just the outline it already took me a day.. and my right arm almost broke-_-

day3.jpg


Tomorrow I will post some pic when I colored the pic, later ! 8)
 
That is so awesome!!!
 
Very cool. Makes me wish I was in your LS :P You're very talented, but hey, you've heard that a thousand times already im sure. :P <3
 
Damn i wish i could draw i only got some talen in photoshop and other programs used for images... im not that great though but wow....
 
/jaw drops to the floor.... :shock:

/kneel Karla

There are a ton of talented people on this server! WOW..

I had a Wacom tablet back in the day.. but it broke :(. Now I have to do all my photoshop tracing with my mouse^^. That is one tedious job, but it is sooo worth it.
 
DAY 4 ::: Colouring

Current Process :oops:

day4.jpg


and here is a pic showing all the layers @ Photoshop, oh, Layer 4 is the layer where I put the fine line..

day4-1.jpg


And that's how I did the shading, using brushes low opacity, and painted multiply layers.

day5.jpg

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Very nice work. I still wish you'd draw me some time. I've been a fan ever since I saw your picture of Zoner.
 
:shock:

You are awesome!

Please tell me you do these kind of things for a living, because if you dont well.. my god, you really should. You're simply fantastic. Everything (that I've seen via qcdn) that you have drawn/colored is very skilled. I could definately see you doing cover art for many things. Wow. <- That's like all I can say when I look at your stuff.

We have some damn talented artists on QCDN, but wow.. the expressions on the faces that you do is simply amazing. It's not easy to give personality just to a drawn character, but you do it incredibly well. Man, I only wish I had that kind of talent.
 
O..... M..... G.....

I am so sexy with a gun!!!!!

:lol:

Wow Otak, you never cease to amaze me with your art, I can't wait to see the finished product either. /clap!!!!!

(Now everyone can see what Otak looks like when being {secret} {poke} at Jeuno AH... so cute when you're mad! :twisted: hehe, J/K :wink: )
 
Ecks said:
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You are awesome!

Please tell me you do these kind of things for a living, because if you dont well.. my god, you really should. You're simply fantastic. Everything (that I've seen via qcdn) that you have drawn/colored is very skilled. I could definately see you doing cover art for many things. Wow. <- That's like all I can say when I look at your stuff.

We have some damn talented artists on QCDN, but wow.. the expressions on the faces that you do is simply amazing. It's not easy to give personality just to a drawn character, but you do it incredibly well. Man, I only wish I had that kind of talent.
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Instead of writing my own...ill just steal Ecks'

That is incredible though....nice job
 
Great poses...I love the setup you have all the characters in. Really clean crisp style and final outline. Its just damn good. Cant wait to see the finished product.
 
Updated pictures ^^

After a week I finally finished coloring the 5 characters ^^:
This pic doesn't finish yet, after this I have to do some clean up, and adjust the brightness and contrast, also the background/words to it. :roll:

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Your draws make my processor wish they were never put together.



GREAT WORK!
 
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