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[Nanarie]

Yep. The first drawing I've ever sketched, lined, and colored (digitally, at least) without giving up halfway through. Yay! 

The clothes are based off the Shenkuu Garden NC set:

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But idk if I'm feeling the colors of the clothes and I have no idea what to do when it comes to shadows. So if anyone has any color suggestions or advice on shading, etc. I would love to hear it!

Edited by Nanarie, 19 August 2014 - 11:34 AM.

[Fikri]

not bad for the first drawing! uhh i think the shadow needs to be darker. there is shading in your drawing but it isn't too obvious which makes it look kinda flat.

[Fikri]

oh also you need to save this in a higher quality, @Nanarie.

[Nanarie]

oh also you need to save this in a higher quality, @Nanarie.

 

Oh yeah it is looking a bit grainy. It's like 140 mb in photoshop and I squished it into a 700k jpeg. Let me try that again. 

 

About the shadows, do I need more or do I just need to make the existing ones darker?

[Fikri]

Oh yeah it is looking a bit grainy. It's like 140 mb in photoshop and I squished it into a 700k jpeg. Let me try that again. 

 

About the shadows, do I need more or do I just need to make the existing ones darker?

 

woahh... 140mb. try make the existing ones darker.

[Nanarie]

woahh... 140mb. try make the existing ones darker.

 

ok idk once I put it in the post it comes out all grainy X_X 

 

But I'll try and make the shadows darker now. 

[Lily]

Very pretty! I think it's very well done. You are very talented

[Nanarie]

I just clicked the image and found the full copy on photobucket
Perhaps you could just link the full size image under the small one in your post.

 

I uploaded a png and I think it might be a little better? x_x

 

@Lily Thank you! ^^

Edited by Nanarie, 19 August 2014 - 11:04 AM.

[Prisca]

Wow that is amazing! Great work!

[arcanum]

Wow, its really pretty. You definitely have some talent, lady!

[Liesa]

Oh that's cute :3

[Nanarie]

Thanks everyone! I tried darkening some of the shading and here's how it turned out, idk if it's better or worse? 

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Edited by Nanarie, 19 August 2014 - 11:35 AM.

[Fikri]

it definitely looks better to me.

[Nanarie]

it definitely looks better to me.

 

thanks!

[Grimley]

That's very nice, great job! I am still struggling but improving when it comes to digital drawing...maybe one day I'll figure out what I'm doing.

[Nanarie]

That's very nice, great job! I am still struggling but improving when it comes to digital drawing...maybe one day I'll figure out what I'm doing.

 

Thank you! And I'm definitely struggling with you! I just look at a lot of pictures on pixiv and try to copy them/wing it. 

[Grimley]

Thank you! And I'm definitely struggling with you! I just look at a lot of pictures on pixiv and try to copy them/wing it. 

 

Well again, you're doing an awesome job, and it's so much fun trying to tackle something new like that, isn't it? I've done quite a bit of coloring/design altering of creatures II create from a line art base provided by the game site Khimeros, but creating my own line art to then shade and manipulate is definitely a steep learning curve for me!

[Nanarie]

Well again, you're doing an awesome job, and it's so much fun trying to tackle something new like that, isn't it? I've done quite a bit of coloring/design altering of creatures II create from a line art base provided by the game site Khimeros, but creating my own line art to then shade and manipulate is definitely a steep learning curve for me!

 

ooh is that perhaps what your icon is?  

[Grimley]

ooh is that perhaps what your icon is?

 

This is a creature I own in Khimeros, but it's a Gold Custom that I essentially gave a theme to the main artist (in this case, "Alien") and paid for, and she created it.  

[Nanarie]

This is a creature I own in Khimeros, but it's a Gold Custom that I essentially gave a theme to the main artist (in this case, "Alien") and paid for, and she created it.

 

Ooh I see. o-o So is that site like FR how you can create skins or whatnot?

[Grimley]

Ooh I see. o-o So is that site like FR how you can create skins or whatnot?

 

Yep, it sure is, I only joined it in February...but it's many years old! What I enjoy most is that it's a cozy community: just something over 20,000 players. Anyway, I spend a lot there for custom goodies that I enjoy a lot more than NC items, and the people are nice. I guess that is also why I am branching out to threads other than mostly Neopets-related ones here, as I love the Codex community but really prefer other games now over Neopets.

[Chappy]

Better than what I can do~ It's amazing to me :3

[Nanarie]

Yep, it sure is, I only joined it in February...but it's many years old! What I enjoy most is that it's a cozy community: just something over 20,000 players. Anyway, I spend a lot there for custom goodies that I enjoy a lot more than NC items, and the people are nice. I guess that is also why I am branching out to threads other than mostly Neopets-related ones here, as I love the Codex community but really prefer other games now over Neopets.

 

Ohh yeah I think a lot of people on Codex aren't really into Neopets anyway. The neopets community as a whole is a sack of shit so I can see why.

 

And haha, thank you @Chappy ! ^^