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<blockquote data-quote="Storn" data-source="post: 5834334" data-attributes="member: 6698"><p>It is odd how sometimes character concepts and commissions seem to run in similar thematics. I remember getting a few years ago, 3 speedster archtypes in a month. While 2 is not quite a trend, they did sorta tumble into my to do queue at the same time.</p><p></p><p>First up, we have a samurai for Death Tribble that called for a pretty straight forward treatment in the concept description.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/Samurai72II.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Next, we have a character from a Legends of the Five Rings campaign. A monk who started out in the Spider Clan, became disillusioned, and went over to the Phoenix clan. But the white swash is symbolic of Takijiro being of two worlds. (Very similar to my own Tsuntake PC who was of Dragon Clan, but his mom was Unicorn and she died saving a lot of face for the Dragon, so Tsuntake was raised knowing he would go serve Shinjo Shoji of the Unicorn...also a young man of two worlds.) </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/Takijiro72.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Lastly, for today, I've got another one done for Inkwell's Monster Project kickstart. This time, I got to do a White Dragon. Dragons are tough. So many artists before me have done Dragons, hard to bring your own stamp on it. I think it is informative to show my mistakes and missteps. The first draft of this was rejected by Inkwell and rightly so...although when I had done it, I was too close to it and thought it was fine. I was rather happy with it. But after it's rejection, I started to see its flaws and a talk with my wife about it really cemented that it, well, sucked... and that I needed to do better. So here is the first sketch:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/WhDragonsk72.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And here is what a good art director, a good wife, a couple of tossed away sketches, and drawing with chums at a coffee shop can accomplish. In my opinion, so much better. Joe over at Inkwell deserves a lion share of the credit for pointing out a much better wing attach to body arrangement. I also wanted to say that I really enjoy working in light colors sometimes. It is fun to do almost watercolor over pencils digitally.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/WhiteDragon272.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Let me know what y'all think...</p><p></p><p>And here is the link to Inkwell's Monster Project kickstart in case anyone missed it before and are interested: <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inkwellideas/monster-stock-art" target="_blank">Monster Stock Art & Minis by Joe Wetzel — Kickstarter</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storn, post: 5834334, member: 6698"] It is odd how sometimes character concepts and commissions seem to run in similar thematics. I remember getting a few years ago, 3 speedster archtypes in a month. While 2 is not quite a trend, they did sorta tumble into my to do queue at the same time. First up, we have a samurai for Death Tribble that called for a pretty straight forward treatment in the concept description. [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/Samurai72II.jpg[/IMG] Next, we have a character from a Legends of the Five Rings campaign. A monk who started out in the Spider Clan, became disillusioned, and went over to the Phoenix clan. But the white swash is symbolic of Takijiro being of two worlds. (Very similar to my own Tsuntake PC who was of Dragon Clan, but his mom was Unicorn and she died saving a lot of face for the Dragon, so Tsuntake was raised knowing he would go serve Shinjo Shoji of the Unicorn...also a young man of two worlds.) [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/Takijiro72.jpg[/IMG] Lastly, for today, I've got another one done for Inkwell's Monster Project kickstart. This time, I got to do a White Dragon. Dragons are tough. So many artists before me have done Dragons, hard to bring your own stamp on it. I think it is informative to show my mistakes and missteps. The first draft of this was rejected by Inkwell and rightly so...although when I had done it, I was too close to it and thought it was fine. I was rather happy with it. But after it's rejection, I started to see its flaws and a talk with my wife about it really cemented that it, well, sucked... and that I needed to do better. So here is the first sketch: [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/WhDragonsk72.jpg[/IMG] And here is what a good art director, a good wife, a couple of tossed away sketches, and drawing with chums at a coffee shop can accomplish. In my opinion, so much better. Joe over at Inkwell deserves a lion share of the credit for pointing out a much better wing attach to body arrangement. I also wanted to say that I really enjoy working in light colors sometimes. It is fun to do almost watercolor over pencils digitally. [IMG]http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y35/Storn/WhiteDragon272.jpg[/IMG] Let me know what y'all think... And here is the link to Inkwell's Monster Project kickstart in case anyone missed it before and are interested: [url=http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inkwellideas/monster-stock-art]Monster Stock Art & Minis by Joe Wetzel — Kickstarter[/url] [/QUOTE]
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