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Some FFVIII stuff this time
I was talking about traditional pencil sketches so here's one, presenting characters from FFVIII this time:
Attachment 63544Kiros, Laguna and Ward and their weapons.
I always somewhat liked Team Laguna's characters a slightly bit more than the main characters of the game itself. Not to mentions that the battle music 'Man with the machine gun' is great and I always remember being so exited that I got to listen to it again while fighting when the party went to the dream world http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif. I also liked that they were past the teenage already, even thought when first playing it in late nineties I was just a kiddo myself. Also while doing this I realized that this must be the very first fan art I have ever made of this game since I was just 8-9 or so and first thought that it would be so cool to draw Laguna's team.. but well it didn't turn out that great as I recall it. I've never really drawn much from this game. So I wanted to do that now.
I always was a bit confused by the fact that in some pictures and angles they made Ward look so old, even too much so, seeming a way past his age (25) when he actually is quite young. It's quite hilarious, as if when you get past 20 or so in games world you become this really wrinkly and uninteresting older person over one night http://e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/biggrin.gif. It's nice to notice that they include some older badass characters in the new games too, (as the older and now wrinkly fans obviously need some characters they can relate to). Nah, it just nice to have all ages showing a bit more, not just teenagers.
Next I'll try and finish one digital painting, so I get some variation. Thank you for interest guys, it means a lot to me!:chocobo:
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Something completely different
As the title says, this has nothing to do with Final Fantasy, as It's original stuff I do to fill in my sketch books;
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I want to develop my eye for colors with these mainly, as I really want to improve my understanding of it and my art further.
So this is a bit of topic, but maybe it's good to show that I do original stuff too, not just fan art.
Tools: watercolor, copic markers, pen and white ink.
Thanks for looking and commenting so far :).
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The lies they tell ( Original artwork)
Some update with speed painting practice:
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I've been a bit busy as summer is here and I've some big decisions to make,basically I must decide if I go to university or not this autumn. If I decide that I go, I must move to a different city, and of course find a new apartment and so on.
A big part of me says that I really don't want to move. Studying of course would take an enormous amount of my time, the time I now have for doing art as well. That really is the aspect of it that really makes me doubt if it's the right choice for me. I already have one cultural degree as well, and when I think of the future I would like to be in 10 years from now, and it's doing art as a living, in a one way or another, that often does't come with degrees and papers. It's about if you're any good or not, do you have skills. Of course people are different and some need/want someone there to say how they should practice and study, but I've always liked to study on my own.
So it really makes me think if I am making the right choice that is true to my heart if I decide to go. Would I end up drawing less and processing less, because studying would take me so much time again, and most importantly, would I end up being unhappy doing something that I truly don't want to do.
it's a question that forces me to face the expectations I think the society and the "others" have for me, and what my own heart says. It feels hard as I feel that many get so exited about the word 'university' already that they don't really question if it makes any sense for that person individually.
Having a high degree from arts would sound nice, but does it make me any better drawer or a person, not maybe that much, if my heart isn't in it. Am I doing it for me, or for that gray mass of "other people" I think would keep me in higher value if I went to that school they value so highly? It's hard to walk your own path and trust that gut feeling you have inside of you.
Oh well, there are two months yet to decide.
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Finnish spirits/gods part II
Okay, just updating again with traditional stuff. A second piece to the Finnish ancient god and spirits series I decided I would try to do. It's also a good reason for me to keep my sketchbook with me as it's refreshing doing something that gives me more free hands when designing, not just fan art all the time. I went for more cartoon-like/decorative style even more than usual, as I wanted to have that soft and exaggerated face and feel. I also loved some anime series when I was little, done in the late 80's, (I remember there was just 2 poorly dubber VHS videotapes in the nearest library, and I watched them over and over again not knowing a thing about anime or manga). The style used in them and how the features were made fascinated me and charmed me like no other cartoon I had seen before that. So it's kind of paying homage to that part of my childhood.
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It's nice to give more freedom to myself, especially with these traditional sketches. It gives me opportunity to try different styles and really bend things and have fun.
Anyway, the character: Vellamo is a gentle and good spirit of water, vedenhaltia. There's also a water spirit with a darker nature, Näkki, that lures people near water to drown and die. More about that when I have the drawing done :).
Anyway, thank you all for the positive feedback and being interested, I appreciate it truly.
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Traditional update - Louhiatar The Witch of The North
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Another traditional one done for the ancient Finnish gods/spirits series. She isn't a god thought, but a powerful witch with the ability to shapeshift and cast powerful spells. She rules the north, Pohjola, as it's Queen. In Kalevala poems, It is written that she gave birth to three sons, named cripple, carcass and blind, witch then shot the first lumbago into man. In other poems it's said that instead of three she gave birth to 9 children, causing all different illnesses, plague and pain. Shes also a mother of wolves, and in one poem she shapeshifts herself into a big eagle and chases the men who stole her treasure. So the feathers link to that story and her ability shift shape.
Shes a strong witch and character, so even though shes described as older woman in the poems, I decided to make her ageless being.
I'll update again! :)
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Update - Original character -
This time it's more original stuff. I wanted to paint with complimentary colors and practice more with my style and try to keep it more organic . I had an idea of a character that had some mechanical body parts mixed with organic shapes inspired by insects.
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I wanted to relax but also do something different. I wanted to try and get a bit cinematic feeling to this. I always find I interesting and also important imagining the characters as living beings, moving and breathing. Sometimes you can have this feeling that the character itself is telling you how it must look. Or then I'm just spending a way too much time painting, staring painted characters and thinking those as my imaginary friends and.. yeah :D. Just kidding.
Okay but seriously talking, thank you for the inspiring feedback this far and being interested! :)
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Traditional art update - Guardians
Some character head sketches, practicing style. I find it quite relaxing to have a workflow where I can switch between digital paintings and traditional sketches/illustrations. My comfort zone lays quite much in drawing flowing shapes and faces if I want to just relax. So That's what I tend to draw when I just pick a pencil and draw freely what feels good.
Thanks for being interested! :)
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Life Duality - Traditional work update
This is a pencil sketch I did one night, and it's a bit more personal that my usual drawings. You can read the story behind it here on Devianart :
http://midorisa.deviantart.com/art/Life-Duality-562318581
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Anyways, thanks for being interested!:)
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Original illustration update - Aarni
Hi all!
Just updating with an original sketch and continuing my Finnish gods and creatures series. I've had some delays on digital painting and with my equipment but I want to keep posting stuff, so it's more traditional work for now.
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It's a spirit that is guarding places called "aarnihauta". 'Aarni' is the name of the spirit and 'hauta' means grave. They were often thought to be near the mass graves were people would bury valuable items inside.
Done with a pencil, ink and golden ink. Anyway, thank you for being interested so far!
As a side note, I've started the Fran piece that Fynn requested by the way, so it's on it's way :).