Digital Art Character Alteration Workshop...

Hey! I am here to offer up a possibly cool idea for artworks of the future.

The following three pictures are official Square Enix works, (one completely CG, one render, and one that I think is half-and-half), that I altered in an art program called "The Gimp" so that they are either completely different characters or different versions of the same character.

Here is the first:

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This is Antiform Riku. I took the Kingdom Hearts II version of Riku, used the paint fill tool to create the pixelated-looking effect on his legs, then airbrushed over him, making him look shadowy. I used a slanted version of the airbrush to make the "tendrils of darkness" around him. Then, as a finishing touch, I added two yellowish dots for his eyes.

Here is the second:

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This is the main character of my fan-fiction, Kingdom Hearts: Final Master. He is Sora's older brother, age 19 in this version. This originally was KH2 Sora, but I altered it to be Adrian. The very first thing that I did was take off some of the hair, (to make it look different), then colored it silver. I used the paint fill tool to fill in some areas and the paint brush to give him what I guess could be the visible parts of a skin-tight suit, (that is underneath his clothes), on his arms and legs, making little "tears" and drawing scars on both arms and his left leg. I used the same paint fill trick on some parts that I used on Antiform Riku. I also cut him out using the paths tool and the "Make selection from path" button. I put him on a transparent layer and made a new layer to go underneath him. I filled the bottom layer with the teal color, then made swirls in lime green. Then, I put swirls on the top layer, (the transparent one with the original image on it). I also cut out Sora's signature crown necklace and filled in the spaces underneath it. As a nice, added touch, I edited out his eyes and drew them back to look as though they were closed. After that, added some text and voila! Adrian of Destiny Islands.

Here's the last one:

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Kingdom Hearts I Sora looks awesome already, so it was a bit of challenge to make him look as good or better than before. This is how I visualized him for my fan-fiction, Final Master. I erased most of his Keyblade, (in the story, he doesn't have one), and re-drew the parts that I wanted. I used the same old paint fill tool trick on some of his clothes. I gave him the same color scheme as Adrian, just to keep it consistent. I also, as an added little "topper on the cake," so to speak, (no pun intended here), I erased some of his hair and hid it underneath a cap. I liked the idea.

Well, there they are. =D

If you want to, PM me with any suggestions of characters that you would like to see. What I mean is if you want to have a character changed into another, original character, give me a color scheme and "personality" and I'll do my best to make it. I'm still quite new to this, however, so don't expect anything too... Flashy. But, you can consider this as a kind of "preview" of what I will be doing...

Thanks!

- Ol'Sephy

<<<UPDATE!!!>>>

Here is another image that I recently did...

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This is Shadow Cloud Strife. He is conceptually the same thing as Antiform Riku, (above). I just thought that it would be kinda cool and added it for that reason.

I'll continue to update this thread with new pictures as they come into being!

- Ol'Sephy

 

I think Antiform Riku's the best..but he could have had a bit darker aura..and the yellow eyes need more of a glow...but other than that..awesome!

 

Yeah, that was the very first one that I did. I liked it the most at first, then I did Adrian and Sora and I kinda lost interest in it. I'm glad to know that it's good, though! =D Thanks!

 

I'm sorry, but the pics aren't showing up for me.

 

Okay. I couldn't for the life of me figure it out, but I think I fixed it. Try it again. I hope that they work this time...