Free Art 4 U! (As Long As You Read The Directions)

[Aldur]

The first one is spot on.


The second does indeed look a little asian. It also looks like her hair lost volume on the very.


The third one's really good. I like it.


The fourth one ot looks like her nose is a little shorter but higher on the face( it might just be the dynamic pose though) The back of the head seems a little small.


Summary: I like them!

Here's the rough full body pose I was talking about.


Edit: Sorry for the repost but some stuff bugged out.

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer Alright, I have a draft up.


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I DO want to include swords. I just haven't exactly figured out how I want to do it, yet. There's ample space in the background on the left. I'll probably put a ton of swords and racks over there.

 

[Aldur]

@Aldur Forgehammer Alright, I have a draft up.
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I DO want to include swords. I just haven't exactly figured out how I want to do it, yet. There's ample space in the background on the left. I'll probably put a ton of swords and racks over there.

That's amazing!

 

[Ignitedstar]

[QUOTE="Aldur Forgehammer]That's amazing!

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I wanted to make sure that what I have is okay before I start moving into linework. Linework is when I really have to sit down and draw EVERYTHING. So the draft is good, yes?

 

[Aldur]

I wanted to make sure that what I have is okay before I start moving into linework. Linework is when I really have to sit down and draw EVERYTHING. So the draft is good, yes?

Would you mind making her a little less bulky and give her a thinner neck? The pose is great and the scene is awesome though.

 

[Ignitedstar]

Yes, I can certainly do that. Now that you mention it, she is a bit wide on the waist.


You said her eyes were brown... what color is the thingy on her necklace? Also, what's the color of her earrings?

 

[Aldur]

Yes, I can certainly do that. Now that you mention it, she is a bit wide on the waist.
You said her eyes were brown... what color is the thingy on her necklace? Also, what's the color of her earrings?

Ignore the neck thing. Her earrings are made of silver so a lighter gray.

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer I apologize for taking so long. Drawing time has been rather short this week. Still:


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Things I've been thinking about:

• The background immediately behind her is going to be the darkest part of this piece.
  
• The angled rectangle on the top right is a window and will be our source of light.
  
• The table. At first I had originally intended for it to be made of wood, but then I thought that would be strange and it would make more sense that it would be made of metal. Your thoughts?
  
• I was running out of ideas for clutter. Should I add more? And where?
  
• The band on her right hand. Was it supposed to be feathery? It was SOMETHING, but just not what the band on her left hand is.
  
• I wanted to draw more swords, but then I quickly came upon the realization that designing them isn't that easy.
  
• A few stray lines here and there. Will be cleaned up before I start with flat colors.
  

Now is the best time for changes. When I go into flat colors, we're not gonna look back.

 

[Aldur]

My, my! That looks amazing! And don't worry about the timing. You're doing this for free so I couldn't possibly urge you to do it quicker.


Sure, the table could be made of metal.


Oh and the band on her right hand was supposed to be a furlined glove. I'm sorry, I totally forgot about that.

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer


Flat colors put down; awaiting your approval:


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I noticed that whenever I did flat colors, I always made most things one FLAT color. Like, 20% of the picture would be a single color (you can see this in my color). I think my mistake has always been right here, when I'm supposed to be putting down my flat colors. Up until this morning when I realized it, I was always putting my other "colors" down as simply parts that I do when I shade. However, I think that's because I have been confused this whole time as to what "flat colors" and "shading" parts are actually doing.


So long as I continue to do my flat colors this way, I think my finished products will look significantly better.


Alright Aldur, is everything okay with this? We're 75% there.

 

[Aldur]

Amazing! Yes, everything's alright!

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer Alright, how's this?


Final touches. Did I forget to shade/color something? Last second details that need to be done?


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If not, then I will privately send you the full 1520x1960 image while the public gets this one. Make sure you keep it!


EDIT: Oooh, just noticed something. I forgot to shade the left side of her lips just slightly to match the shading on the left side of her face.


EDIT 2: Fixed.

 

[Aldur]

If you could shade her right hand so she wears a fingerless leather glove I would love you for about two or three more lifetimes! The piece is amazing!

 

[Ignitedstar]

@Aldur Forgehammer


How's this?


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EDIT: Wait. A few more things...


EDIT 2: There we go. Should be okay, now.

 

[Aldur]

It's perfect!

 

[Ignitedstar]

Full image sent. Aldur's picture will be the final piece I'm doing. I ended up being busier than I wanted to be over the time I was doing this Free Art event. With college around the corner for me, I'll have to cut this short as I get ready to go back to school and getting off my butt to start working on my comic again.


Thanks to everyone for participating. I hope I'm not too busy next year to do this again. I hope more people will be interested.