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Mugen

Sketched in Photoshop and finished in SAI. I really didn't mean to make a comeplete drawing but I wanted to practice a few things including lines, lighting/shading, and incorporating an existing character using my own style.

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Marcomatic

2014-02-06 06:21:24

Forget what that last guy said, he's single and being a bit too harsh.. I think it's a great style you have, Nice thick lines and bold tones looks great. Interesting look on the shadow ;)

LurkinPanda responds:

Thank you.

PoisonHeart

2014-02-06 03:29:58

i dunno, man, i'd still keep an eye on your anatomy. it's really just the proportions. shapes are bitchin, tho...but looking again i'm kinda thinking i see every part of him is to a different scale, haha.

check that hair, too....but this is great, though. the tones are mostly rad, i especially love it around the left foot towards the heel. i think the weakest one is on the left leg, while the right works the same technique doesn't convince me of the left. the strongest linework is the inside of his cuff below the left arm, if'n you ask me, and definitely the organic parts also.

i think the cast-shadow is kind of awkward, but i know i f*ck those up alot. as in, almost every time, or they just come out blahhh....

i think the color balance is good, and i really like this one overall. is it an original character, or is that from a television program or something?

LurkinPanda responds:

Thanks. Over the last two months I have been working on anatomy so I expected to mess up quite a bit. Linework is a bit hard for me at the moment as I still use a 5 year old Bamboo Pen and Touch That is becoming more and more useless. So I have to pet my lines a lot to get them looking somewhat smooth and clean. I tried using the scratchy look on the inside lines and worried on thickening the outside. Mostly this was to test out how far I've come in my studies regarding body shapes, lighting, and using SAI as a main program again. I think I'll use photoshop as my main program though after this. Once again thanks for the review I will work on these tips. Also the character is not mine, he is a main character in an Anime called Samurai Champloo. The art style on the show is great and usually this character has a much wider body thickness and very skinny limbs but I wasn't trying to copy the creator's style.