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Some Behind-The-Scenes on Fire Emblem Fanbook
🕑 Added 2021-11-22 20:58:55 +0000 UTCThis will be the first time where I will be going in-depth with my thought process with some of my pieces. Let's begin!
So initially, I had planned on going to Comiket in the Spring of 2020 (before the big pandemic hit). It was cancelled, while I was still working on it. I wasn't really thinking of a theme at the time, except for the fact that I drew whoever came to mind. As a result I was a little bit iffy about the contents. When it was announced it wouldn't happen, I wanted to take the time to sharpen up my skills and think thoroughly who would be in the book, and apply for Comiket again.
I was set on drawing every major heroine figure from the Fire Emblem Series, in their re-classed outfits (with a small exceptions of some). It was going to be a lot of work since I tend to go pretty hard on stuff I'm really passionate about. đ
I started working on the new content right after Legendary Lilina was dropped in FEH, which was around the end of December 2020.
I already drew her back in older scrapped version of my FE book (in January 2020):
I wanted to approach Lilina differently this time around and give her more courage and strength. I hope I will have a little bit of extra time before my deadline to add a few more finishing touches on her. âș
Eirika will be in the book as well (I hope people know how much I like Eirika simply by how many times I draw her haha). I always do my best to draw her the best I can, but I feel like when you have a favorite character you want to draw, you can't help but to give nothing less than perfection.
While I absolutely had fun drawing her, it made me realize how much I still have a long way to go to reach to my ideal drawing. I think one thing I was very pleased with, was experimenting was the rainbow-ish marble material on the shoulder plates and on the breastplate. Also because I had the lineart, I was able to use some of it for the current new one I would be including in the book.
Originally I was going to have her in her CYL outfit for the book, but I was not satisfied with how I drew her, despite that I was decently close to done. I knew I was absolutely was not going to be happy, so I mustered up a new blank drawing canvas, and began thinking of a better picture.
I am really happy I decided to, because I am quite proud of how she looks so far. I need to add a few more finishing touches and adjustments, and make sure I don't use too much time with her, otherwise other drawings won't be finished... Also, she will be getting a two-page spread, so look forward to it. đ
Finally, let's move on to a finished piece that I've already uploaded its entirety on twitter.
Byleth originally had a different pose before I came to draw a more symmetrical, serious looking piece. Originally I wanted to draw her lamenting on the fact Sothis would no longer be there in a form she can speak to. It was going to be an emotional piece, but.... I felt like it stands out a little strange compared to the rest of the book, so I scrapped the idea.
So instead, I took one of my Celica WIPs for the book, and thought it would fit more with what I wanted to portray with Byleth. Mila got replaced by Sothis, Celica got replaced by Byleth, and Julia got Byleth's pose.
As I was sketching, I'm like "YEAH this is pretty cool, NOW I'M GONNA ADD ALL THE RELICS" I was so dead-set on adding it even though I know how much extra time it would take to draw, and get them right. Thank goodness there were an even amount of relics because I wanted to make sure that the relics were positioned in a way that it looked good compositionally. I didn't want them to look "flat" so I had to angle the weapons just slightly for them to appear 3D. I think it was worth doing to add a bit of extra flavor to the piece.
Getting the color/effect on Sothis was a tad difficult, the end results reminded me of how their final Smash looks like, and decided it was good enough to leave it at that.
Anyways that's it for now, I hope that these kind of thought process on my works will spark interest! Wish me luck on finishing the rest of the book!
Comments
Gidmodo
These look amazing! Good luck at Comiket!
kirindas
Good luck! It's going to be awesome!
Arklos
Did more than spark interest, I'm absolutely loving them so far! Can't wait for it! đ„°
