Work in Progress

[SFyr 1,982]

So I kinda burned an hour or three doing a digital sketch inspired by the requests section, namely this post here: http://mlpforums.com/topic/90762-i-am-in-need-of-the-art-of-thy-oc/ I don't fully know why, but I just found myself liking Aquaspark (and her ref) enough to give it a shot.

 

Anyways, it's not far from midnight here, I'm kinda stalling until I hear back from them about the coloration, so...   I kinda felt like sharing what I have so far in the meantime.

Relatedly, I've been meaning to do like, some kind of art dump bit on this forum and/or just tacking on requests/ocs/random crud as I go about them.

But I'm not quite there yet. So yeah. Here's some art of some sort.

^{_{*Character is obviously not mine; see above link}}

 

Lineart (though sadly I deleted the initial gesture sketch):

 

After adding bases and easy-to-swap-out color layers...

 

EDIT:

Shading is done, and honestly, I'm quite proud of how it turned out. Still awaiting color correction instructions.

For kicks, and evidence of why I think I'll keep separate color layers for all my works now:

 

 

Layers are my best friend now.

Edited March 14, 2014 by SFyr

[DND 2,355]

I really like your style~ Your lines are really nice and base coloring is neat and tidy. I hope the finished product is posted! Thanks for sharing this!

[~Silver Essence~ 2,625]

What extraordinary progress this is so far!

 

Very well done, it's looking quite nicely.

[SFyr 1,982]

I really like your style~ Your lines are really nice and base coloring is neat and tidy. I hope the finished product is posted! Thanks for sharing this!

Thanks so much!  I've kinda been making my peace with line styles, and at the moment I've taken the messy/sketch-like approach.

Either way the final product would be like, shading/color correction.   ...The former of which is always experimentation for me.

 

 

What extraordinary progress this is so far!

 

Very well done, it's looking quite nicely.

Thank you!  I'm happy to hear that~♪ Now hopefully the next stage just improves upon it, haha.

Thanks for commenting. 

[Virgil 685]

I really like it and can't wait to see the finished product . I dig the armor and you did a great job making the cape distinct from her mane ( which I would imagine is very tricky ).

[SFyr 1,982]

I really like it and can't wait to see the finished product . I dig the armor and you did a great job making the cape distinct from her mane ( which I would imagine is very tricky ).

Thanks so much!   I appreciate you saying so, haha. Maaaay do the next step later today, but I'll see how things go. 

[SkyBound 829]

I always love seeing the progession stages of an art piece; it is always a joy to see to me.

 

I can honestly see why you took a shining to this character; both the design and colors are quite appealing and I am enjoying the your style for the line work. I cannot wait to the finished version, so keep up the lovely work. I hope to see more from you soon!

[SFyr 1,982]

I always love seeing the progession stages of an art piece; it is always a joy to see to me.

 

I can honestly see why you took a shining to this character; both the design and colors are quite appealing and I am enjoying the your style for the line work. I cannot wait to the finished version, so keep up the lovely work. I hope to see more from you soon!

Same. It's interesting to see what things start as, and wind up being.   I wish I could have rolled the lineart and initial sketch together, but I deleted it before realizing I'd like to show it.

 

Anyways, thank you so much!   Shading tends to be the stage I'm least sure about, but I guess just all the more reason to continue it. I need the practice. 

[Arial Flame 28]

I feel like this reminds me of something... but that thing isnt coming to my mind...

[SFyr 1,982]

Aaaand. Burned an hour or two, but I got the shading done. Turned out better than I expected.

Also, if anyone wants to add tips/criticism on any subject, especially that involved for shading/stuff regarding the third pic's stage, I'm all for it. 

Edited March 14, 2014 by SFyr

[SkyHeart 102]

*sob* its so beautiful... *sob sob*

 

^^ so pretty! Good job :3

[SFyr 1,982]

*sob* its so beautiful... *sob sob*

 

^^ so pretty! Good job :3

Thank you! I just hope the hours spent on it were worth it, haha. 

...Now just playing around with colors, because I made the coloration based on single, paint-bucket-friendly layers. Takes me like, 30 seconds to do a complete palette swap, and I'm loving it.

[Satsuki Kiryuin 1,155]

Woah, das some gud art. 0.0 Nice job. x3

[SFyr 1,982]

Woah, das some gud art. 0.0 Nice job. x3

Thank you !!   Honestly I expected it to go worse, haha.

[SkyHeart 102]

Thank you! I just hope the hours spent on it were worth it, haha. 

...Now just playing around with colors, because I made the coloration based on single, paint-bucket-friendly layers. Takes me like, 30 seconds to do a complete palette swap, and I'm loving it.

I'm just learning how to use digital art stuff, so half of that made sense ^^ lol but none of mine look like that yet... *stares starry-eyed at your drawing*

[SFyr 1,982]

I'm just learning how to use digital art stuff, so half of that made sense ^^ lol but none of mine look like that yet... *stares starry-eyed at your drawing*

Digital art is a tricky thing. I'm still learning a lot of it myself, haha.   I've probably gone through 5 different ways to do lines by now, and several different shading strategies. The former I have an idea of, but the latter... Well, I still don't 'know' how to do shading, I just kinda wing it. Every. Time.

I believe in you though!   If you set aside some time to practicing, or maybe watching/observing how other people shade, I'm sure you'll see a gradual slope of improvement.  Part of why I did this was, well, for sake of practice.