Traditional Art Aqua Sketch

Discussion in 'Arts & Graphics' started by .Kairi., Jan 19, 2008.

  1. .Kairi. Kingdom Keeper

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    I followed this screenshot of her:
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    I dont like how her mouth or hair looks, so I'm going to redo it. The rest of her is drawn from what little I could see of her armor. CnC, please.
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  2. Xigbar The Freeshooter

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    It's pretty good although it couls use se work on the shading. Also the nose should be more defined and the eyes are a bit too big, but other than that it's fine. You should color it in now. ^.^
     
  3. Cocohints "Up to now, the most discussed topic is global war

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    Well, the basic propotions are there - it's just some minor nitpicks that would be needed. I think the reason to that may be that you haven't used guide lines to make measurements (what you're trying to do is to draw Aqua exactly like she looks like in the game, right?), which I recommend that you do. It's not too late to use them for the drawing.

    The eyes became too big for the head, so you should try making them smaller. One thing I was taught about eyes is that (pointing out the obvious here) the eyeballs are completly round like an orb, and is put in place by both upper and lower eye lids. Study how the lower eye lid is different than the upper one.

    The nose has always been tricky to get right, especially in realism it is hard. The keyword here is so shade there it is dark, but also leave the light parts be - it takes very little to get something overshaded. Determining shape makes all the difference.

    For the mouth, the lines determining the lips should be extra light. Right now they stand out too much. And the lower lip is actually thicker than the upper one, so add more there. Here you can have a tiny line that is drawn hard, because this is the area where the chin will begin to appear - it goes inwards, so that's why there's shadows there.

    When you draw the shape the head, the chin will be like an egg. If you imagine that is should give you the right idea how to draw her head. When you start on the cheeks it's like a whole new part of the head, so try to keep the eggshape intact, but also to create that round feel her face has.

    About hair I will repeat what I have said to most people - you gotta loosen up loads when drawing it. Hair isn't meant to be stiff (not even Sora's), it's meant to have flow. You can see it for yourself in the gif. There's a difference between animating hair and drawing it, when you draw you have more freedom. So give it a try, when drawing the hair you barely have to think too much.

    I hope this has helped you as advice. :>
     
  4. Hakurei Reimu Take my hand. And then I'll fly with you right up

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    That...is an awesome pic of Aqua. The eyes should b a little smaller and further apart. Other than that, great job.