Eorzean Zodiac Wheel

[Deirdre]

Mtoto use the old livestream like the rest of us, not the new one! The new one is crap!

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Finished Eva/Nophica today

 

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[Aysun]

Wow. Just wow.

[Abaigeal]

Hnnngggg!! Super pretty~! ♥ 

 

*whispers confession* you are the reason i started drawing agian as of late...i blame you!♥

[Eva]

Mtoto... This is OUTSTANDING!! :love:

[Mtoto Wamoto]

I'm stuck at work, so here's a peak at Halone. The next I post will probably be the finished piece

 

Please note that the line colors won't be weird like this in the final image.  

[Deirdre]

*squealll* so excitedddddd

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Okay, I lied. Here's another update on Halone. Foreground is nearly complete and the background is all that's left after. Anybody have any tips on rendering ice? The ice wall is going to freeze my brain over, I can tell already. 

 

 

*I realized after looking at the hair color that I might need to darken it. Oops!

[Aysun]

First: Beautiful. Holy wow. I'm beginning to get way too excited.

 

Second: Other than just drawing the lines/facets of the ice crystals in a blue color rather than black, I am not sure how to go about this. I'm sure some artsies around here will have good ideas.~

[Eva]

This is shaping up to look amazing!! Can't wait to see it finished!

 

I'm sure there are a lot of great tutorials out there on how to illustrate ice. I found one good one here: http://www.ehow.com/how_7885817_paint-look-like-ice.html - though it's geared more for painting something like a frozen pond. It sounds simple enough but I'm sure there's probably some degree of trial and error involved in getting it to look the way you want. I would think the challenge would be that it's an upright translucent surface that would also reflect light. I bet a general search on dA or google for "ice wall" might help you find some references or get the creative process flowing~

[Ellie]

It's gorgeous so far, Mtoto! I wish I could help you with the ice, but I'm afraid I'd be just as clueless. @__@

[Mtoto Wamoto]

So I finished Halone earlier than I thought.

 

Thank you everyone who helped out on the whole ice problem!

 

[Aysun]

Freakin' amazing~

[Deirdre]

AMAZING MTOTO <3

[Manari]

It's gorgeous Mtoto!  I can't wait to see how the others turn out!

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Menphina/Manari Preview - WIP

 

 

Alt dress color...haven't decided what one to do yet.

 

[Eva]

They're all so wonderful Mtoto! If I know Manari like I think I do, she will probably prefer the green. And I had thought you might go with a deep maroon for this one for sure, but I think the green really works well! :thumbsup:

[Manari]

Eva is right, I personally love the green.  I've always thought Manari looked natural in green.  It goes with her eyes and she's always in the Shroud, too.  But I realize this picture is also Menphina, who's element is ice, so the blue makes sense too.  

 

Both of them suit the picture very well, but I am partial to the green.  Either way this picture is looking absolutely perfect!  I still think you made her hair exactly how I wish it looked in game.  It's so beautiful.

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Oooh, Maroon is definitely a good choice! I'm thinking of playing around with that and pink to play on the whole "love" aspect of Menphina while flora wise, I think I'll go with frozen roses to continue on with her elemental affinity of ice. 

 

I feel like I'm getting faster and getting the whole process down. I think that this piece in particular is really making me focus on the flowers more than the last two, so I think I'll go back once I get the others done and touch up the plants. Aside from the overlay I'm using for all of them, I didn't apply any texturess on the Nophica piece, but I'm considering going back and adding a some to the dress and the trees, but we'll see. 

[Ellie]

Definitely stick to the green, I think. It helps her stand out more than the blue does.

[Aysun]

Currently we don’t have any plans at the moment for illustrating all of the twelve. However, in the Beta Test you might just be able to find some statues of them, so definitely try and explore!

 

Moving forward we plan on having more things like this that give you a better feel of the lore.

 

I think when this project is finished you should show it to SE. For reals.

[Endinka]

:love: Wow Mtoto, these are absolutely lovely, I'm Looking forward to seeing this project completed. Keep up the great work

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Thank you! I'll continue updating as I go along, so please keep an eye as things progress

 

I decided to redo Nophica because I felt it didn't match up to the quality of halone and my current progress with Menphina. 

 

 

 

Scythe sketch

[Mtoto Wamoto]

Decided I'm done with Nophica. No more revising it, I swear!

 

[Manari]

I /love/ the new design Mtoto!  The autumn look is beautiful and that scythe turned out just perfect.  I absolutely love how you made it look like the Twin Adder Grand Company weapons, made from the green metal.  That is just awesome.  This is a great picture.