Tweaks coming tomorrow. And additions.
Can YOU name everyone here?
Line 1: Adhemlenei, Zela’s family: Zela, Flaer, Flairé, Flaria, Menad, Marteth, Bayn, Gullac, and Mathaning
Line 2: Adhemlenei, others: Gyoriing, Muila, Layalin, Kylyralessa, Lyrestan, Tam, Jalril
Line 3: Zelda OCs: Rana and Raelle
Line 4: FE OCs: Ceniro, Salir, Anne
Line 5: Other: Esgalwen (in green???), Angel, Shell, Keesh, Rinako, Konane
Brightly coloured faces!
And then there’s Joe.
Hi! This is a small, brightly coloured, neatly arranged sample of sketches that I accomplished at school or related to school, as these are on mini-flashcards. The blue and green ones are on Latin flashcards; the pink ones are when I decided to devote a whole pack of these to drawing – they come on a handy ring, even. Continue reading
Long nose and high cheekbones – typical kalma and then some
And the last picture of Tam, for now. This one is not bad, but still not right. It brought out the colour change in his hair, at least. One of the points that is off is that his forehead is too far foreward.
Why yes, my collar is awesome
Tam, again, this time in the little book. There’s one more, and then we’re out of the Tam blitz.
He looks weird here. Can’t put my finger on why.
Dig my style, babe?
Ooh, it’s Manly!Tam again. Not so good. His arms are crossed, if it didn’t come out.
“Bud, take a look at that thing.” “Awesome!”
Okay, now we get to see Tam again (looking awfully manly, hmm) and teenage Flairé. They appear to be watching something. That pencil stroke between Tam’s neck and Flairé’s face is confusing me now. I don’t remember what it is. I think it might be Tam’s arm, but I don’t know why he would have his arm like that.
How is it that I find My Neighbours the Yamadas to be Miyazaki’s weirdest movie, but Mom finds it his most understandable? Different mind-sets, I suppose. Well, I really like the bit where they’re ‘driving the car’ and arguing about where to go, and then they crash, and then we find out it’s a video game. We watch it only in Japanese.
Love the Dragon Roost Island music. I just got the urge to listen to it, so I’m listening to it.
Guild Wars is pretty huge! I’ve explored pretty much all of Ascalon that I can get to at the moment, except for the Flame Temple Corridor, and I’m working my way through the snowy mountains right now. I just found a place called Ice Tooth Cave or something, so I’m taking a break and hanging out there until I head out again (probably later this evening)
And now, the finished picture! Ehhhhh… I actually used the tablet a lot less with the shading/highlighting. I used it a lot for the hair, of course, but the clothes… just didn’t work with that. I need to find a way to change the settings so the harder I press doesn’t affect the width of the stroke, but how dark/light it is.
Parts I’m pleased with: Marteth’s dark purple coat; Gullac’s teal shirt; Bayn’s grey jacket. Coincidentally, they’re the ones you can see least of. : P Tam’s jacket is a close second, though. His shoulders came out half-way decent. I’m also happy with all the hair and Flairé’s face, which was worrying me. Doesn’t he look like his parents? X D
I realize that the ink lines only get in the way now. I think I will experiment in the future with not having hard lines at all. With the tablet, I can do that now!
I’m collecting Candy-cane shards in Guild Wars so I can get the Candy-cane daggers (for Gullac, when I make him) and the Peppermint Scythe (because it’s cool). I already have a Candy-cane spear. I wonder if these weapons break if you use them too much? I don’t think so. But I’m a little nervous about actually using them in battle.
Gullac: I’m not! (sproings around like a frog, brandishing his daggers and laughing insanely)
Dude, I haven’t gotten them yet. Give me another hour.
(sings and dances) I wuv my tablet, I wuv my tablet…
I’m using this picture as a tutorial to teach myself how to use it, and to relearn Photoshop as the version that came with it is similar to the one we have downstairs (Photoshop 5) but of course it’s different. So I will be shading and highlighting and making shiny over the next week or so. When I’m not playing Wii Sports Resort (that is a pretty darn good game, if I do say so). The tablet is very handy in that I don’t have to switch brushes to do the the tiny corners – I just let up on the pressure. It’s great! And of course it feels like drawing which is very comfortable. It’s a pretty cool device.
I’m not sure how I ended up colour co-ordinated with Flairé’s princely outfit. I think it’s because it’s a generally accepted fact that I look decent in black and red, and his outfit just happens to be black and red. Hmmmm. Oh, I just noticed that part of it is not the right colour (silly me), so I’ll fix that tomorrow. Esgalwen, too, is usually in red, but she also likes blue and green. …Marteth looks like his eyes are crossed. I better fix that. And maybe I’d better recolour Jalril’s tunic so it doesn’t look like part of his skin.
Y’know, the more I look at this picture, the more I like it. Is that bad?
Whoa! Lots of pictures today, folks! Hold on!
First, a very Merry Christmas (or whatever you happen to celebrate) from all of us here at the Adhemlenei. People in this picture: Marteth, Bayn, Gyoriing, Lyrestan; Mathaning, Gullac, Zela, Flaer, Yoeath; Flaria, Jalril, Flairé, Tam, Rana; Ceniro, Leslie, Jennifer, Esgalwen. Quite a number! Didn’t have room to fit in Silver, but we all know she wishes you a Merry Christmas too. Yes? Yes.
Jalril is just embarrassed at standing next to a girl. Who’s dating his brother. She thinks he’s funny. And cute. Tam is a cloooooowwwwn. X D Flairé is wearing his princely-type tunic which you haven’t seen before! It’s red. Continue reading
He so mischievous
“Dude.” “‘Sup?” “Your hair is blue.” “…Duh.”
Taaaaaaaaaaaaammmm!!! Tatamkanai, as drawn by me. The last you saw him was in doll form, back here. This is, so far, the best picture of him… and I hadn’t posted anything in a while, so here you are, a new hot guy. And teenage Flairé. Teenage Flairé is cute. A little short yet. Compared to Tam. They’re around the same height in adulthood.
As you can see, Tam has super-high cheekbones, deepset eyes, and multi-coloured hair. And Flairé is settling down into a very definite pattern – exotic, tilted eyes (from his mother, y’know) and a wide mouth. And everyone has long noses.
The chibi was my first draft of his total design, and the rest of the picture grew out of it. Sort of.