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So, another old deviation I wanted to revisit, and that for various reasons. The first one being that I think the original was ugly. It was made for a contest when I just got out of an "artistic frustration" pass, and it was crappy. Period. The second reason is that the original artwork inspired
 to write a story based on it. The thing is, while the short story did honour a lot the drawing (and me as well), I feel like the drawing did not honour the very well-written and well-thought story. So I decided to do it all again from scratch.So, to resume the idea I had back then, it was to take the concept of Mimics in the Final Fantasy series (monsters that look like treasure chests) and use it... for a materia. And see who would be the first stup... careless person who would fall into the trap. And guess who ? Anyway, for a better background, I really invite you to read 's story : [link]Now about mere technical stuff, I tried to do a tricky perspective, but failed. At least it doesn't seem TOO weird, I guess. Used Painter for lineart and colouring and Photoshop for adjustments. Her costume isn't 100% accurate, since some details of it were really pissing me off, so I preferred passing on them. I also decided to put her ribbon down to follow lz0291's story. Click Download for full size. |
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I is impressed >3
i think the full size is.. too much, but seem pretty nice >3
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But you're right, for the few things that were there, I put a maximum of details. I tried to keep a maximum of those details in this version, while giving a full view this time, because the framing was just... awful. Still, it kinda reminds me I will have someday to do head shots with my new style.
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and of course, thanks for the prasing on my story. glad to see the inspiration i got from the original went full circle, especially when this was the end result
And I'm glad you like it, since you participated in a way in the process of the picture (I re-read your story several times to leave me inspired).
I like this one a lot, but it's probably my unfamiliarity with the story that keeps me from completely charting this as a top-ten, compared to some of your other really good statue pieces. (Oh, and durh, in case you haven't noticed, I really do like your statue pieces.
Something that strikes me as off here, though: the flickering magic surrounding her is a really good effect, but it looks a little jarring because it doesn't affect the surroundings at all (no reflective light in the grass, etc.) That's a really picky nit, though, and with magic, I know you have to keep open-minded... it could be like an astral power signature that is outwardly invisible, but you're just illustrating it for our benefit.
Overall, though, good stuff! Glad to see you redoing earlier pictures... an artist is always re-creating, as well as creating! And I hope to see more all-new ones, too!
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