Wew, been busy and tired, but generally all good.
I think there was some good progress this week.
Term 4
10 more feet! I'm finally done with this. I'm also still a bit sick, but I'm heeling well.
It felt like this exercice dragged it's feet near the end, but it's still a step in the right direction!
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Based on feedback from @snakker, I also reviewed the pose and lower body of "Lance".
I basically took a photo of myself in the same pose and the legs aligned pretty well despite the position of the pelvis being at a slight different angle. Not like I was trying to force the pose eihter, I think it's just because of how legs rotate. There were some adjustments to do, mainly on size and shading, and I did adjust the position of the calves slightly. Changes are subtle though.
Also if anyone can think of a good name for "Lance", I'd be grateful.
Personality wise he's the "perfect pretty boy that protects others", he's trying to hold up to the high expectations from his family and legacy, but feels he falls short at different areas despite being pretty much perfect on most aspects (has a bit of low self-esteem). His path eventually crosses with Seki and the others in his pursuit of self-improvement (turning around the heads of the girls).
I just called him "Lance" on a whim thinking of "Lancelot", but he probably needs a better name. I'm thinking "Julius", though still need to think of the family name and a proper first name.
Next is... "Study (copy) the full body anatomy of 10 characters from professional artists/shows/games you like (references ideas: Capcom concept art, Marvel/DC comics, fighting manga, fighting game concept art)" That's gona take a while since I like to practice rendering along with it, but it's also a pretty great learning experience.
Manga
I was humbled by the feedback of the draft, really pumped me up to get going!
Page 1 of 14 from Chapter 31. Because of the fanservicy content, I ended up adding a bit of preemptive censoring that will undoubly be needed before I eventually publish it.
Censored and Uncensored versions below.
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1) Other than the obvious fanservice part of this page, the idea is that Iris is taking a look at her "true naked" self. Tilts her head to the left to show the sad part, tilt to the right to show the happy part, and then straight forward combining both, along with the text to indicate she is conflicted but in the end does what she thinks is best, facing it with a smile despite how it feels, setting the mood for her for the rest of the chapter.
2) Learned a bit about onomatopeyas, too much to compile here, but one main point was that onomatopeyas usually feel better when they are "textured" of the same material of what's making the noise and follow the flow along the object making the noise. There's a lot more to it, but for now I tried to apply some of these lessons here. The "Scrnn" sound of the seat moving is also meant to pull the eyes to the right, since without it it seemed like the eyes simply went up down and skipped the overlaid frame on the right.
3) Playing a bit more with textures as well to prevent the page from feeling "flat white" while still not being overwhelming. Also continuing to try to push that framing to the edge.
As I thought about the work for the following pages, though I do have in mind the look for Iris and Sari as well as the bedroom, I figured I needed a reference for the different values / mood and designs. So that's what I did.
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As usual, the designs are fairly simple so drawing them again and again doesn't become too much of a burden. You can also notice some of the more subtle differences between Iris and Sari here. Iris in general is slightly bigger than Sari, even though she's only one year older. Sari is also a bit more conservative and modest, and still likes to carry around her teddy bear to sleep with. There's quite a bit of psychology behind some of these nuances, but we'll save that for another time.
Wew, I'll probably take a bit of rest for now. It's been a heavy week and there's still a lot more to do over the weekend.
Thanks for taking the time to stop by and read some of my babbling. Have a great weekend!