the white drew carey Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 (edited) So I finished it. Feel free to visit the actual page itself here (which also helps to boost my page stats... ) : http://www.asplenia-...ack-2012-again/. Otherwise, after the image I will include the part from the blogpost discussing what I did to make this and, of course, what I did wrong! I tried many new and different things with my markers for this one, to varying degrees of success. For the purple and pink fabrics crossing Minmay’s chest and waist, as well as her head scarf, I tried to emulate the original animation and refrained from using solid black lines, in order to create a more soft and flowy feeling. Regretfully, a “marker malfunction” left me with no choice but to put Minmay’s face in more shadow than I had planned, but it kind of works out considering she is under stage lights, yes? I also have to admit that I made a big error in applying Minmay’s lipstick, and am not very happy with how it positions her mouth. Errrr… For the Megaroad in the background, I used a technique of varying greys and black, as well as multi-layering shades of colors in order to get a slightly blurred look. I’m not sure how well it turned out, but I hope it looks OK. Edited January 7, 2012 by the white drew carey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikuro Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Awesome good job man! That came out really well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted January 8, 2012 Author Share Posted January 8, 2012 Thanks! As I said above, there are some obvious (to me) issues, but I'm glad you like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapetang Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Great job! Love the drawing & shading on the VF-4, and the foreshortening on Minmay's hand. Two tiny suggestions for the next one (take w/ a grain of salt): mute or tone down the background bring the focus on the foreground characters & mecha spread the starfield in clusters so that it's less uniform; perhaps add a colored nebula streak Keep it up!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted January 20, 2012 Share Posted January 20, 2012 It's awesome man!!! I don't like how the stars turned out. Smaller, and in clusters as grapetang suggested would probably do the trick. There's also something off with the Megaroad, it does not blend well (the shading makes it look out of focus, maybe you were going for that effect?). Just constructive criticism Other than that it's perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted January 23, 2012 Author Share Posted January 23, 2012 Yeah, the stars did turn out poorly. I may go back and do more work on that, or just leave it as is. The Megaroad effect IS supposed to be blurry and out of focus. Whether it works aesthetically or not, it is the effect that I was going for, so I guess it worked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chillyche Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 I like the out of focus Megaroad. I love the clothing and its coloring. I too am not a fan of the stars. I love analog art... who thought we'd ever have to say something like that? Working with markers/pens is a dying tradition. I don't like Minmay's lipstick -- it makes the shape and angle of her mouth feel a little off. I figured I do something besides gushing over the work, since I think it's pretty awesome. Maybe some feedback about what isn't working will make the next one even better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the white drew carey Posted January 29, 2012 Author Share Posted January 29, 2012 Chillyche- I agree with everything you said. It is like we have the same brain! The lipstick really got screwed up. Uff-dah! "I figured I do something besides gushing over the work, since I think it's pretty awesome. Maybe some feedback about what isn't working will make the next one even better?" Precisely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfunk Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Nice, it really pops from the background I like the out of focus Megaroad. I love the clothing and its coloring. I too am not a fan of the stars. I love analog art... who thought we'd ever have to say something like that? Working with markers/pens is a dying tradition. I don't like Minmay's lipstick -- it makes the shape and angle of her mouth feel a little off. I figured I do something besides gushing over the work, since I think it's pretty awesome. Maybe some feedback about what isn't working will make the next one even better? Agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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