request by: LittleBabyDollxx
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
Sora and Riku playing with Obscurus ( ArtByKarenEHaley Entry )
I’ll start off by saying that I want to enter this into the “Professional” category.
The characters are from Kingdom Hearts (specifically Sora and Riku) and the the other character in the tv screen is Obscurus (my Original Character). I’ve also added a photo of Kairi in a poster posted on the wall (giving the impression that she is an idol, or something similar).
I don’t know how others see things when playing games, but I feel like I am right along side Sora (or Riku in the latest installments) on his adventures. In other words we are “hanging out with each other” (sorry I know the description is kinda weak, but I hope you guys get the point). So I thought I would reverse the position and make it seem like Sora and Riku are playing alongside Obscurus on his adventure. In this case Sora and Riku are playing versus mode. Riku having beaten Sora too many times decides to play blindfolded and is still sweeping the floor with him.
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
How to Draw Challenge – Yoko Ritona (COLOR)
request by: XxCherryAngel
Sadly another unfinished drawing today. I was running out of time because of various circumstances, and had to stay up really late just to upload it. It was so bad I actually had to leave my computer on so that I could go to sleep. But never the less I managed to upload it. There really isn’t much I have to fix, it is just a matter of adding some darkening in some areas especially the hair so that there is more contrast and just plain looks much better. Despite that final step I’d say this is definitely one of my best works. The drawing although it did take me a bit of time was actually not too bad. I had decided to work on speed drawings but after noticing that such actions really hurt my work and thus ruining the video I decided to just draw normally and eventually and naturally get faster and more efficient. To no surprise after a year I can produce some good quality work with little to no effort. I have yet to master coloring but I’d say it does not look too bad at the moment. In time I am sure to get better.
In any case, although I have not seen Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann I have heard of Yoko Ritona. The internet and Youtube is filled with her, so it is kind of hard to have not at least seen a picture of her. Whatever my feelings and thoughts may be, I actually was excited to draw her. Hopefully I did not dissapoint.
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
How to Draw Challenge Tomoyo Sakagami and Kotomi Ichinose
request by: rilly2222
This drawing was strangely easy and hard at the same time. While doing the main outline I was actually breezing through quite nicely. It did not look too good but I knew that I could just fix that once I added some shading.
While finishing up Tomoyo and started on Kotomi things started to get complicated. No matter what I did it just did not seem right. Despite knowing the problem I just wanted to try and see if I could perform the impossible of making it look good but I guess that just was not going to happen. In the end I decided to just give up and fix the problem once and for all so I could move on to the rest of the drawing. That dilemma was of course the eyes, once you see the video it should be very apparent.
There were actually a couple of details I have to fix like the overall head size of Kotomi and add some more detail to make it seem like Tomoyo and Kotomi are walking past each other while someone is taking a picture. I have not seen the anime or read the novel but from the information I gathered I figured it would happen something like this.
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
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Luffy vs. Natsu while Naruto observes
So here we have another drawing for another contest that popped up. I want to say thanks to LittleBabyDollxx for giving me the info otherwise i wouldn’t even have known about it.
The theme revolved around the usage of three characters each from one of these series; One Piece (definitely one of my all time favorites), Fairy Tail (Hiro Mashima has not disappointed me yet, I became a fan from his last work Rave Master), and Naruto.
I decided to make it revolve as a battle, but because I only really know about Luffy and Natsu (I did not really get into Naruto when I read a couple of volumes, maybe I’ll give it another chance sometime in the future) I put Naruto as kind of filler. The back story goes something like this; Luffy and Natsu want to find out who is strongest and prove themselves to their respective comrades and the world, while Naruto fought some strong foe (I’ll let you guys use your knowledge and imagination to come up with someone) and won, but still got battle scarred. As he lay on the beach he was to witness an amazing battle by two of the worlds strongest warriors.
Personally I think the drawing looks much better without a background. Reason being that I felt I rushed the beach a bit too much and thus sacrificed a lot of the details. I don’t feel it looks too bad, but it does not meld well with the three figures. I would have to add some color to the lighting that touch Luffy, Natsu and Naruto so that they looked natural. But seeing as I only had one day to work on it, and if I added such details I would lose time and maybe not get the chance to turn something in. Although incomplete this piece should be sufficient (or so I hope).
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
How to Draw Challenge – Mephisto and Amaimon
request by: Soul000Eater
For this weeks requests we have Mephisto and Amaimon from Blue Exorcist which is a really good series.
I wanted to give a simpler kind of drawing and yet make it a cross between realistic and manga styled. The result is not something extraordinary but it doesn’t look too bad either. I wonder if when I’ll be able to master this style? I’m sure I could accomplish it if I added more time to the drawing but I want to bring it out easily and swiftly.
Hope you enjoy it,
– XERO
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