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Nightfall in the sleeping furs
by Mirror
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I'm on an EQ-high again these days...
Dunno if it shows, but I tried experimenting with a different sketching/coloring technique on Nightfall here.
Usually I just do the rough sketch and then go all color crazy, drawing everything on very few layers. And I never do "real" outlines. My messy brain can't cope with them. I mean, I love clean and crisp lines in other peoples work (Joselle anyone?) - but I couldn't draw a straight line if my life depended on it.
Basically, I paint, I don't draw.
Even so... on this particular pic I tried to do the latter. First a rough sketch, then neat (as neat as possible for me) outlines, and then coloring on many different layers.
Unfortunately, I'm quite pleased witht the result.
Unfortunalety- because the process itself was a pain and not something I'd like to repeat very soon.
Posted March 17, 2012, 01:35:08 AM
Dunno if it shows, but I tried experimenting with a different sketching/coloring technique on Nightfall here.
Usually I just do the rough sketch and then go all color crazy, drawing everything on very few layers. And I never do "real" outlines. My messy brain can't cope with them. I mean, I love clean and crisp lines in other peoples work (Joselle anyone?) - but I couldn't draw a straight line if my life depended on it.
Basically, I paint, I don't draw.
Even so... on this particular pic I tried to do the latter. First a rough sketch, then neat (as neat as possible for me) outlines, and then coloring on many different layers.
Unfortunately, I'm quite pleased witht the result.
Unfortunalety- because the process itself was a pain and not something I'd like to repeat very soon.
Posted March 17, 2012, 01:35:08 AM
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Kvitulven
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Comment #1 - Posted March 16, 2012, 05:44:33 PM
SO cod dam pretty! Love the colors, her smile, the sparklyness... Everything is just perfect <3
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nilla
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Comment #2 - Posted March 16, 2012, 06:01:18 PM
O,o she looks very young here.
I'm surprised to see her with a sparkling top! XD |
Berit
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Comment #3 - Posted March 17, 2012, 02:34:35 AM
Oh! this has such a lovely warm feeling to it! her hair looks... cozy?... for some reason... and I really like the pose!...
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branchscamper
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Comment #4 - Posted March 17, 2012, 11:55:25 AM
Your line work turned out really well! I can see the difference between this and your other art but it's still unbelievably pretty!
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silentleaf
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Comment #5 - Posted March 17, 2012, 05:42:37 PM
oh freaking love this!!
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Treefox
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Comment #6 - Posted March 19, 2012, 04:46:52 AM
Looove! Looove! Always love such a curvaceous inviting Nightfall. Somehow quite naughty, this one...
 I like the lines, it's easys to see you tried something different. I like your painterly style too, so it's hard to say which one is better. My favorite part here is how incredibly golden her hair seems to be! |
Amberfox
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Comment #7 - Posted March 20, 2012, 01:12:52 PM
Nightfall has always been one of my all time favorite characters in Elfquest, and you did a gorgeous job of drawing her. I think she and the illo in general look warm and inviting, and the hair looks so realistically lifelike. She does appear young, I agree with Nilla, but I think it's because she's usually depicted with a strong square face/jawline, and she seems to have much softer slightly oval/angular features here.
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Mirror
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Comment #8 - Posted March 20, 2012, 02:51:45 PM
Thanx guys!The hair was actually quite fun doing; the rest was "OMG-I-hate-drawing-outlines".
 But it was a fun experiment! I've never gotten used to Nightfall's "angular" look, by the way (don't like it too much either...), so she always ends up looking somewhat like in the OQ, that is, a quite "young" version with more rounded features. |
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Last Edited: March 20, 2012, 02:57:50 PM
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Wolfrider
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Comment #9 - Posted April 02, 2012, 06:58:02 PM
glugh, I think I'm drowning 'neath waves of wonderful, beautiful Nightfall. You push my head under every time I need air! SPECTACULAR. That's my girl right there and you did her perfectly.
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