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[Vamp]

I'll start it simple


Smexy Fargus extended for better height in fe7X fixed stripes and other changes

old -> updated

[Fire Blazer]

The chest hair, ragged hairband, and after-shave all have too much detail.

The arms really improve between the two portraits, by the way.

...Oh yes, and I've heard a lot about you and your skills. Which means that I already know you have some. XD

[Vamp]

Starting from the top left corner of the reference compilation, this is another example of the 3-day growth/stubble from fe7x, although it isn't exactly like any of the stubble's beside it, it has a similar style to Fargus' in my mug. The middle image in the top row has far too defined stubble, Fargus' hair isn't dark enough to produce anything like that, and the image in the top right gives a far too sinister feel, the style of stubble I do is probably closest to Orson's, which is more refined and subtle, while it still conveys the effect wanted, overall while it may be more detailed, it is consistent within fe7x and gives a good aesthetic quality to the mug.
Regarding the chest hair, as you can see, chest hair shading isn't really consistent between other fire emblem mugs, mine is probably closes to the red/green examples except that it is thicker, and tufts out as I wanted him to be really quite masculine, fe7 Fargus' own chest hair style is probably my least favorite and is quite ugly to look at.
The headband uses the typical fe6/7 style of dithering and more shading to add a ratty/worn look to clothing/armor as you can see in the shirt and helmet displayed, his headband is just a bit more worn.

[Vamp]

A few of my greek mythology sketches, forgive the bad scans! (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

H- Hades

J- Jynx

K- Kore(Persephone)

M- Medusa

N- Narcissus

T- Terpsichore

These are done on A4 pages in pencil, graphite and tinted graphite as well as coloured pencil for some of the brighter colours, my apologies for horrid scans

Going to get my mark back for them tommorrow, fingers crossed it'll be a good once, they're probably the best drawings in the class.

Also, minor fargus update:

[Fire Blazer]

^Yeah, I can't really see any changes except for that it SEEMS like you recolored it to FE7-stylish colors.

The sketches are pretty good from what I see. It seems like your ability to shade hair has carried onto graphical art. lol

In general, you seem like a pretty good artist. Going to major in something artistic maybe? XP

[Vamp]

LOL Fargus' colours were always fe7, I changed his arm shadings again as well as his vest flick

I'm studying design at university

The sketches are quite different from my normal style, i usually draw more realistic and actually shade skin! haha, but this was based on Greek mythology, so i decided to have everything a lot more floaty, and as I had to do 26 of these, all 14 in size I thought i might keep it a bit more simple than what i usually do, they took about 10mins - half an hour each as opposed to my normal portrait sketches which take more like an hour+

[Vamp]

More Drawings! (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

A- Aphrodite

B- the Boreads

D- Demeter

E- Eros

G- Gaea

P- Poseidon

Q- Hera, Queen of the Gods

R- Rhea

S- Styx

X- Xanthos

Z- Zues

The others are the ones I can't seem to find on my comp, though I'll probably re-scan them when I get my assignment back.

[Vamp]

More Drawings! (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

A- Aphrodite

B- the Boreads

D- Demeter

E- Eros

G- Gaea

P- Poseidon

Q- Hera, Queen of the Gods

R- Rhea

S- Styx

X- Xanthos

Z- Zues

The others are the ones I can't seem to find on my comp, though I'll probably re-scan them when I get my assignment back.

[Vamp]

Double post :| *yay*

->
Finially finished cleaning up my Ishtar after that splice contest on feu a few weeks back, ended up getting rid of most of the splicing in the process but oh well I think she looks tonnes better.

[Vamp]

Quad post, but I have new works so okay


Yay for battle splice comp haha, this is for SF's battle splice comp
Quite proud of this, although the concept is quite lame and just a plain peg rip off haha

[Vamp]

My entry for SF splice comp, Karel, Isadora and Beta Eliwood

how I got there

[Vamp]

Vid of Leanne is up, not rly happy with the end result in the vid.


Current version, still editing it though, I don't know but it just isn't wow-ing me guess i'll keep working on it.

[Fire Blazer]

Sorry I wasn't really around to comment and everyone else can't think of interesting things to say. >_>

I don't really know what to say about Ishtar... not your best work, I don't think, but not bad... meh, I liked the previous hair better...

That battle splice is really cool, mainly because the pose is pretty original and isn't just the typical Pegasus pose with a different weapon or armor or something boring like that.

The SF splice comp portrait reminds me of Geitz... I mean he could go for Geitz' long-lost crazy brother or something. XD

I can see why Leanne wouldn't wow you. The colors are eh (just bland, not colorful/exciting) and without the wings it feels... empty, like something is missing, since that is a big part of Leanne. The portrait is good, the hair is FANTASTIC (like MAN it's crazy how you do that hair) but yeah, just doesn't wow, even if it's a good portrait.

[Vamp]

Ishtar, really? Haha i much prefer the new hair shading on her and I'm actually really pleased with how she came out particularly as i used hector, eliwood and lyn spliced to make her.

Edit: minor tweak and fe8 palette too


Yeh I definately want to go through and fix up leanne more, sort out the colours a bit and work on the expression and clothing, i'm pretty much only proud of the hair atm, and I think that if i can get a face and body to be good I might get away without having to cramp wings into a hackbox (might make a version with huge wings that doesnt go for hackbox size though, iono)

*drum roll*
Sneak peak of a project that might take me a while haha, Yeti said this isn't allowed to be vaida's in game outfit which makes it fan service I guess haha but yeah, still cleaning up the linework and the generall shape and stuff, pose is based off some ivy art i found which i then sketched vaida into that pose, scanned it and tried to get line art from that scan I hope I do get around to finishing it eventually, (don't bother cncing the extension of her arm plates and back HAHA i know how bad they are and I'll get around to fixing them soon ) but yeh, mainly wanted to know if anyone thinks there are proportion issues or w/e, I think i got it pretty close to good proportions thought (may or may not make a normal version without panty shot) HAHA anyways... Vaida


2nd video up, round 19 splice contest entry(this one has fun upbeat music to splice to )



And just to compare, Finished product :D

[Fire Blazer]

lol Vaida DOES remind me of Ivy a little

try and not post so many odd pics tho...

also, the area where the hair of the geitz-resembling guy meets the scalp is, to be very vague and unhelpful, odd and bad-looking. like there's a dark line near the right side and it'd be so much better if that one strand of hair wasn't in his eye... lol I guess from far it's all good though.

[Vamp]

odd images of what vaida's skirt flying up a tiny bit isn't as scary as the pepporoni nipples nayr sprited :| *shudders*

That's gna be her lance, not a pole for dancing around haha

[Vamp]

My splice contest entry over at FEND for this week.

[Vamp]

Jerrike is getting a new mug yay, over all the toher ones, the 2nd one is my favorite so i sorta wanted to get that vibe again in his new mug, but I also wanted him to look more like me, so i used my personal mug as a base(and vika's hair, cause i'm lazy, still needa re-shade some of the hair cause it's messy shading still in parts)

anyways

[SmashedFish]

Warning: this is long and detailed. I'm putting it in spoilers as not to have a giant block of text.

Shirtless dude (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

The arm looks a bit too bulgy and the far end looks unnatural where the lighter color reappears, and the hair needs a good bit of work, but it made me all the same.

First on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

The hair could be shaded better, but my real problem with it is its color. It doesn't match with the skin tone. Apart from that, it's quite pillowed, and the bit sticking out over her(?) shoulder on our left should probably be deleted. The neck is at a really weird angle compared to the shirt, as well.

Second on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

Much better. I'm not necessarily happy with the patch of light on his(?) left shoulder (our right). I see what you were trying to do with his chest, but it doesn't really work with the kind of shirt he has. It is pretty good, though, so I'd recommend removing much of the shirt to accommodate it. I really like the hair (except for the top part which attaches really oddly), but the face should be shaded under it a bit.

Third on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

Uhm. The hair is a bit out there, but it borderline works imo. The shirt on our right goes down his(?) shoulder too far, and it covers the right part of his(?) chest (on our left) at a really weird angle. Also, what's the the white stuff on his(?) left shoulder (on our right)?

Fourth on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

I don't like the hair on the left (our right, that is) side of his(?) head as much as I did the hair there on the previous one's, but the shading is definitely more detailed. There's a weird splotch of orange under the neck. Speaking of the neck, it could use a bit more shading. Besides that, I don't have any other complaints, except that the white stuff to our right of his(?) hair where it overlaps his(?) shirt/chest looks kinda weird.

Fifth on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

Much the same as the fourth one, though I like how you replaced the white stuff with more shirt. The diagonal line in that area is weird-looking.

Sixth on bottom row (Click Here To Hide/Show Text)

The rightmost (for us, leftmost) flap of hair needs shading. I like what you did with the hair on the other side, though. (Kinda reminds me of Marluxia, but not in a bad way.) I do have one final complaint here, though: the face looks male but what start you have on the chest looks a bit feminine. It's nothing you need to take out, but keep in mind that you should do something about that somewhere down the line.

Altogether, they're pretty good starts, but they definitely need more work.

Edited by Teh_Smashed_Fish, 20 November 2010 - 02:56 PM.

[Fire Blazer]

Those hairs are unrealistic.

Unrealistically good.

^Btw, props to you for all the spoiler'd critique. XP