Commission - Closed: Raven's Commissions

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

16 Nov 2010 at 15:00 - 281

@InfestedHydralisk - That indeed is nice. Photoshop seems a little overwhelming at first but the time and effort you put into learning it would be worth it. A lot of graphics/art programs seem to have followed the Photoshop UI (there are some variations but you'll generally find your way around other graphics software if you're familiar with PS)

@Perynne - Your artworks look amazing and yeah worrying too much is actually more detrimental than what we intend to be. So for our Art Trade, you do the same with mine - just have fun with it. Go crazy if you want to..just not too crazy that I would see an Alot's face in the final piece rofl

@Frost - *hughughug* Thank you!

@Thistle - Thanks! and Yay for Toothless!

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

17 Nov 2010 at 06:25 - 282

So update on that WIP. I am trying a different technique. Was going the grayscale route at first then I found a different tutorial that I wanted to try. It seems easier to put flat colors right away if there's a clean lineart:

http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/...IP-2-186462724

And a bday gift to one of my guildies. Started this a couple of weeks ago and just did the finishing touches tonight. Another experimental piece by using rough brush strokes. Used the grayscale method on this one. Well..hand is kinda off but he liked it and told me to not worry about it

Tommy's

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2006

[Bone]

Mo/

17 Nov 2010 at 12:55 - 283

:3 Nice colours!

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

19 Nov 2010 at 05:38 - 284

Thanks Tommy! *hug*

And finally finished redoing that commission. Tried a different style.

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

19 Nov 2010 at 08:08 - 285

Nice!

I like how she's reaching up towards the viewer, and the colours are so pretty. I think using some textures for the background and perhaps even her clothing would work to add a bit of extra shine/detail to it. Then again, textures seem to be a matter of taste, and don't always work like intended. :P

Toothless. <3

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

19 Nov 2010 at 16:10 - 286

Thanks Perynne! Yeah I contemplated on putting more textures but I didn't want to make the pic too busy. ^^

As much as I am pleased with this one, I am going back to my grayscale technique lol. I might give the lineart thing another try and make it thinner next time. I like how it makes the picture pop out more.

And <3 Toothless indeed

Jessyi's commish should be next then I will move on to my Art Trades. I also got a couple of rough sketches (personal art) that I might want to speed paint or try out in Corel Painter.

Jessyi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

20 Nov 2010 at 00:16 - 287

SUIGINTARA! Or um...水銀タラ I guess...

You know though...Suigintou was only the first Rozen Maiden. Imagine...an entire line up of Rozen Taras...NO...I will call it..."Tara Otome" (タラ乙女)!

This plan is 206% genius. My name George Zimmer and I guarantee it.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

20 Nov 2010 at 09:16 - 288

Preview of Jessyi's commish ^^:

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

22 Nov 2010 at 01:40 - 289

Here's Jessyi's commish. Thanks Jessyi! <3<3

Jessyi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

22 Nov 2010 at 03:24 - 290

タラ...私の黒い天使様

A sufficiently perceptive or insane person can find meaning in virtually anything. For instance, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups taught me at an early age the synergistic power of combining two extraordinarily awesome components; the result being greater than the sum of it's parts.

What I'm saying is...Chocolate is to Peanut Butter what Rozen Maiden is to Guild Wars. How you perceive my sanity is neither here nor there, but nobody can argue with results.

I'm very pleased with what Raven did for me, and this is my roundabout way of saying thank you.

Now to begin planning commissions for the remaining seven dolls. Maybe after Wintersday...or maybe I should say Desumas.

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

22 Nov 2010 at 04:31 - 291

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jessyi

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

22 Nov 2010 at 05:21 - 292

I could follow it easily.. not sure if it's a good or a bad thing.

I've only seen around three episodes of Rozen Maiden though.

Nice work Ravenhawk! I love the detail in her dress, all the little wrinkles on the top and the lace and feathers. Wish we had something like that for mesmers ingame.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

22 Nov 2010 at 05:45 - 293

lol I understood what Jessyi said too

Thanks Perynne and Jessyi .I gotta admit, I had a lot of fun with that dress. lol. It seemed daunting at first but I liked how it turned out.

And here's something I did after Jessyi's commish for the anatomy thing I am having in my DA page. It's my mesmer. Drawing two pretty and sweet looking blonde girls in succession gave me a craving for sketching my raven-haired, hot-headed mesmer again

Jessyi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Mo/

22 Nov 2010 at 06:21 - 294

Quote:

Originally Posted by InfestedHydralisk

I can't follow this post...

I aspire to complete confusion, but really all you need to know is that I was unnecessarily over-complicating a metaphor. Actually, I think I'm still doing it.

Ok let me try again. Chocolate and Peanut Butter put together creates something better than Chocolate or Peanut Butter alone. The same is true for Guild Wars and Rozen Maiden. Yeye.

"Desumas" is an inside joke. One of the characters has red and green eyes and says "desu" all the time, so they just nicknamed her "Desu". The eye color + the name = Desumas instead of Christmas.

Thistle Xandra

Site Contributor

Join Date: Aug 2010

22 Nov 2010 at 07:59 - 295

both are so pretty!

I love what you did with your pose! I wasn't able to work on mine that much this weekend D: Hopefully I can get my sketch a little better before linking it on your journal

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

22 Nov 2010 at 15:15 - 296

Thanks Thistle! No worries, you got until Wednesday. I also got busy this weekend working on Jessyi's commission and doing chores so I only managed to make one for the workshop. Was hoping I could draw my ranger as the archer pose..hmm..maybe tonight. Let's see how it goes. I do want to get started on my Art Trades though.

I am really enjoying this workshop a ton. I can't believe how helpful references are. I was looking at my old drawings before the workshop and all of them are poses that are pretty generic. Nothing wrong with that but I just noticed it's a common theme lol. I still do them once in awhile but you can tell that I was scared to try out different angles and perspective in the past. I have gotten over that now. Everything I learned from the workshop is a great way to cap my first year in digital drawing

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

22 Nov 2010 at 15:48 - 297

Oh yeah I understand it now, maybe it was because it was 5:30 am...

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

24 Nov 2010 at 06:29 - 298

Working on one of my art trades atm. Here's a WIP. I got a little carried away and decided to put an actual background .. Colors might change. started in grayscale and just slapped them in real quick lol

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

26 Nov 2010 at 05:13 - 299

Finished one out of my four Art Trades. Yay! Still don't know which one to do next.

I suck at backgrounds >_>

In the meantime, I felt like drawing a male character so I sketched my ranger (alternate version). I am contemplating whether or not I should finish it. We'll see if the mood hits me I guess.

Tommy's

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Dec 2006

[Bone]

Mo/

26 Nov 2010 at 08:25 - 300

Ohh I like that ranger! Very powerful pose! And his eyes are great too, nice touch.
The WoW one, not so much

It looks too chaotic to me. Perhabs try some different brushes for the background?

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

Join Date: Jan 2009

bone

26 Nov 2010 at 12:36 - 301

Thatranger picture is wonderful, what do you mean finish it? I can't see where you could improve on what you have there.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

26 Nov 2010 at 13:05 - 302

Tommy & Aeronwen - Thanks!

@Tommy - yeah I wasn't very happy with the background lol. I dunno what brushes settings to use >_> Do you use special settings on yours? I always loved your backgrounds.

@Aeronwen - I meant clean up more and maybe full color. I'll keep that version and make a colored version I guess. I also like the b/w by itself already.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

26 Nov 2010 at 18:55 - 303

Well, I decided to finish that ranger drawing. Trying a more realistic route. Here's the WIP so far:

http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/Ran-WIP-187510930
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/WIP-2-187519059

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

28 Nov 2010 at 00:54 - 304

And it's done. My ranger (alternate design version):

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

28 Nov 2010 at 01:16 - 305

Looks great Raven ^^ Always love when you draw your own characters, no "guidelines".

Charlie Dayman

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2009

Trifecta Luminati [TRI]

28 Nov 2010 at 05:38 - 306

Very nice, Raven. I'm loving the anatomy of the arm holding the bow.

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

28 Nov 2010 at 07:51 - 307

Lovely background and colours!

I love how smooth the brushwork is on his skin, it looks almost luminous... :3

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

Join Date: Jan 2009

bone

28 Nov 2010 at 09:33 - 308

I agree the colours are lovely. Awesome work.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

28 Nov 2010 at 21:24 - 309

Thanks guys! <3 <3

And Charlie - I had a hard time with that arm because the angle of my reference was a little tilted and my drawing isn't. lol

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

30 Nov 2010 at 03:38 - 310

And take 2 for my art trade with Tzu because I really hate the first one I made..I hope I don't make a habit of making my drawings twice ...

Aeronwen

not so much fell as.....

Join Date: Jan 2009

bone

30 Nov 2010 at 14:08 - 311

Oooh lucky Tzu, thats gorgeous.

There is something arresting about that one, she looks really cute, until you look at her eyes and then somehow she is quite scary.

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

30 Nov 2010 at 16:22 - 312

Thanks Aero! Always appreciate the comments <3

Quote:

There is something arresting about that one, she looks really cute, until you look at her eyes and then somehow she is quite scary. haha, that's a good way to describe it. And I agree! I did not do it intentionally though. When I draw , I never have a clear idea of the facial expressions beforehand. The look of the character changes as I work on him/her and all the while thinking about his/her personality. I'd show you the original sketch but I don't have it right now *is at work*. I remember the Tzu sketch looking less fierce lol.

I guess that's why Frost always say that I tend to draw my own characters well because I know their stories and personalities by heart.

As for what's next, hmm..My three other art trades are not starting until January so I might work on either a character concept design that I have been putting off or that one New Year themed piece I have in mind for a Calendar or a Wintersday Entry. >_>

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

30 Nov 2010 at 16:44 - 313

wintersday entry!!!!!!!

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

30 Nov 2010 at 16:59 - 314

Quote:

Originally Posted by frostkisses

wintersday entry!!!!!!! Curse you Frost! I just had an idea. And it's no fun because it's a four people entry! Well three people and a bear >_< I don't know if I could finish this lol

Perynne

Site Contributor

Join Date: Oct 2006

Finland

Runners of the Rose [RR]

30 Nov 2010 at 17:41 - 315

You've got a few weeks to finish it, at least. Go for it!

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

30 Nov 2010 at 19:18 - 316

lol but I am practically out of town 15 days of December =P

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

01 Dec 2010 at 01:08 - 317

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravenhawk

Curse you Frost! You know you love me muahahahahha!
Couldnt hurt to try

Wouldnt want you to rush, but I also would love to see your idea! Bears=WIN!

InfestedHydralisk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jan 2007

The Netherlands

None

01 Dec 2010 at 01:52 - 318

You can always draw stickmen..

Ravenhawk

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2009

Eon

Me/N

01 Dec 2010 at 01:55 - 319

Will this do? O_O

I even have a backstory to support it if needed lol

Characters in the pic:
http://roguemina.deviantart.com/art/Trapped-169857986

When the trio was travelling in Port Sledge, they encountered a big brown bear that kept on following them. Dani insisted that they kept the bear...who became Ran's pet companion. Dani named the bear Waffle...amidst Ran's objections. Well, when Mina voted in favor of Dani, two against one would certainly win.

This is really part of their story lol. Waffle is actually our unofficial guild mascot. >_>

frostkisses

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

Wisconsin

Cerberus Guardians of the [GATE]

01 Dec 2010 at 02:20 - 320

its a start...must draw more!