Only_Jerry
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A Sword Wolf?! (and revisiting the 'journal' format)
🕑 Added 2024-08-31 15:00:09 +0000 UTCI suddenly have this craving for the ramblings I used to type on dA. I think this is a nostalgic way of bringing back the rare semblance of a process for my doodles - if I'm not lazy haha.
That being said I'm going to give it a shot with:
This sword wolf man. He's like the FF2 weapon master Firion but furr-
Legends say he goes by Triafis1.
I collect a bunch of references before I start a sketch. 3-5 refs is my personal sweet spot.
Once I get something that looks like a sketch done, it's time to refine the lines. During this point, I'd pepper a few details here and there. It teeters between 'yeah, it totally makes sense' and 'I have no idea what I'm doing'! Ok-
It's onto colouring. I wanted to portray this weapon wolf lord like one of the trainer portraits from a really ancient/obscure ARPG (Dragon Slayer II - Xanadu). I cheated and used the remake though, since I love the vibrant colours. How old is it? 29 years old, what the FUC-
After recovering from the realisation that remakes can be old too, I discovered that the grey tones on the lupo didn't work as well with the background I wanted to slap on. So from this point onwards, it was adjusting colours and any last minute tweaking.
And presto! Finito! Comprete!
Hopefully this was decent of a read and sorry if I jump between past and present tense!
Comments
Adam
Oh no he's hot....... (it's cool to see the process c: )
Kitashi
Very cool to hear you talk about your art process; I hope you decide to keep doing it!
Asuvir
I immediately knew who this was gonna be haha!
SakuraWindsS
Very very clever use of the medieval attire to outline the character well! Always a pleasure seeing the process of a master đ
Vulpes Sciurus
The journal format is back? Huzzah! Keep up the great work!
Risa the Wolf
Love seeing the process to bring such amazing art to life! đ„°
