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Azeyma/Xenedra Lineart Preview.

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For those interested, my process goes as follows:

 

1. First, I do a rough Sketch on a low res canvas, usually 75 dpi. Typically am just trying to figure out the pose at this stage, so lines tend to be very rough and unrefined. I like the sloppy feeling at this stage because I often "see" shapes, lines, and forms that just come up by mistake in the process.

2. I blow up the image size to 300 dpi. At this stage I add some rough values, a general light source, and some shadows. I blend these together to get a smoother image to convey depth.

3. I begin to add some face and costume detail. Nothing fancy here, just some more rough lines. I usually spend some time extra on the eyes, but again, nothing fancy.

4. Once I'm satisfied with the direction and composition of the image, I blow it up again to 600 dpi. My canvas is usually pretty huge at this point, often sitting at 10,000 x 8,000 pixels. I merge everything down to one layer and reduce the opacity of the layer to about 20%. 

5. I begin doing detailed line art at this stage, starting at the face. Costume changes and any other character design elements get adjusted here. Because I'm able to see the values and shadows on my other layer, I get be pretty simple in terms of lines so I don't need to spend a whole lot of time here.

6. I create another layer between my rough value layer and my lineart layer and begin dropping in flat base colors. I set this layer to multiply to blend with my value layer after I've adjusted and cleaned it.

7. I save a copy of each of my three layers and then merge them down together. Fine detail tuning, lighting, and shadows start to get fleshed out. 

8. Finishing touches.

 

Right now, I'm jumping back and forth between scenes and I'm constantly scrapping some and revising others. Once I get to the lineart stage, I've pretty much established that I'm going to use that scene for sure. 

 

Anyways, just thought I'd share~!

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Thank you guys! I've been thinking about making a time lapse gif of some of the pieces when I get the time or maybe even uploading a sped up recording of me painting one of the images once I get some better hardware. 

 

In the words of a wise man, "Please look forward to it." :P:cactuar:

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Just another quick update for you. Taking a step back in the process of Azeyma because I didn't quite like the dress I had going, so I ended up redesigning it once again, hence the reason this one is taking me more time than I want... well that and Azeyma's harem. lol. Anyways, here's the concept sketch and the base sketch for the new dress.

 

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That last outfit is absolutely stunning. I wish there was a drool smiley right now.

 

I can't help but compare it to Lightning's armour from FFXIII-2, only... better? HQ? Lightning's Armour +1? x)

 

I'm really impressed with all of the outfit designs, but the bottom one is easily my personal favourite. I'm a sucker for the wings on one side.

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Posted by Luka Paluka 

That last outfit is absolutely stunning. I wish there was a drool smiley right now.

 

I can't help but compare it to Lightning's armour from FFXIII-2, only... better? HQ? Lightning's Armour +1? x)

 

I'm really impressed with all of the outfit designs, but the bottom one is easily my personal favourite. I'm a sucker for the wings on one side.

 

 

Thanks! I'm glad you like it! I actually ended up referencing and looking up a bunch of valkyrie-like armor, Lightning's armor from XIII-2 being among them. Idk why, but lately I've been pretty obsessed with feather/fur/scale like textures and armors, so you'll likely see a lot of those elements in the other outfits. On the wings being on one side...Actually, I was too lazy to draw in the other side...there's suppose to be a total of 4 wings, buuuuut, idk. If people think that the 1 winged angel look is cool again, I might just go with it. I'm still debating myself if I want to do that. :P

 

While I'm up... Here's the outfit design for Llymlaen :)

 

I'm still up in the air about this design so I'd like some feedback. I'm torn because I want to depict her "watcher of the sea" role and also incorporate some of the lore behind her and Limsa as well (killing sea serpents and all) while also matching the design style of the rest of the Twelve. At the same time, I want to depict her title as "the Navigator" and also incorporate design elements which show travel, ships, and wind (see the old design). I might come up with another rough doodle with the latter half of description and see where that goes.

 

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