Hi everyone,
I was considering waiting until I had every drawing finished, but there are over 50 requests, and less days to do them in, so I will post this in sets, as they are completed. I plan on drawing every character that has been requested, with the exception of those who left completely, have not appeared in over three months, or requested group shots (because it does not work with what I have in mind). I have tried to go in the order the requests were posted, but people were sneaky and tried to slip in their characters. However, considering they were fellow Explorers, some things just took a higher priority? ;) But, no more. (With the exception of Demarthl and Aiselyn, who was the last ones to sneak their own requests.) Meaning, don?t PM me, please. This is what the thread is for, and if I get any PMs about drawing characters from this point on, I will not only ignore them, I won?t draw those characters when there is time. I have my own requests, too.
The following sets will be done in the style of the present ? B&W line-art, two-color BG, box with name. I really like how it came out, so I?m sticking with the theme. josePhoenix (Tavaris) and Moogie have asked if they can color their images, and I?ve agreed. However, I ask that no one else do this without at least asking me, and without immediately expecting another agreement. The theme is for emphasis of character design, and in many instances I find color detracting. You can always color these by yourself, privately, and keep it on your computer ? but the second something is uploaded to the ?net without my consent, I reserve the right to hunt you down with a brick ;)
Following that, if anyone now or in the future wants a .PSD copy of their character (with layers, perhaps for background removal in sig purposes), please say so. I will gladly send those out to the character owners.
These took approximately two days of work ? one for planning/drawing, the other for digital inking/tweaking. Original sizes for all of them approached 3000x4000 pixels. All done with Photoshop CS. Fonts used: Kaela for names, Redensek for website.
Thanks! :)
Bernie - (The first dwarf I?ve ever drawn, so my humble apologies to Bernie for messing him up so.)
Karyuu - (Am I allowed to draw my own character? You bet I am! Three cheers for costume redesigning.)
Leonor - (One of the images I am going to redo, as it didn\'t line up with what the player imagined. Every drawing is a learning experience. But honestly? I just think I didn\'t draw enough trinkets. )
Moogie - (I realize that I?ve drawn Moogie before with a completely different look, but I wanted to go for something more detailed in this one ? thus the numerous utterly useless-beyond-aesthetics trinkets of sorts.)
Nilaya - (The spots! Er. Well, not quite as both me and Nilaya?s player imagined Nilaya, and I?m likely going to redo this one as well. Again, learning experience.)
Savarin - (Erm. Less is more?)
Tavaris - (Really like his shortsword.)
