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Alpha-Bread — Lost Nymph

Published: 2013-04-26 03:10:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 289; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 1
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Description Remember that picture I mentioned where I practiced with lighting and transparency effects? This is that very one! I'm feeling iffy about it but this is the first picture where I made a decent effort at shading and glowy-ness and whatnot, so I'm still kinda fond of it. Plus this was just supposed to be a practice sketch so I only drew one eye...I need to get rid of that habit.

This would be La, a member of a dragonlike species in a story I've yet to finish planning. It's a strange name, but her kind is named based on the first thing they hear a human say and that particular human didn't get the memo. There are a few other eccentricities in their culture, but that's a story for another day. Anyhow, she's called a nymph in the title because her species works in a similar way to bugs(Though they're still human-sized when they take a human form). Of course, nymph isn't a very accurate term since these guys have a sort of "cocoon" stage.

And that background there was made from scratch, because I wanted to show off her transparent wings...and practice backgrounds.

This should be the last in my recent onslaught of picture-uploading, since I'm finally out of finished pictures, and the unfinished ones'll take time to color. Basically, I'll be going back to a normal pace(probably)!
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Comments: 17

Kath-Leena [2013-11-16 23:35:18 +0000 UTC]

So good! La is wonderful!

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Alpha-Bread In reply to Kath-Leena [2013-11-17 07:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thanks!

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Rikato-T [2013-04-26 21:52:11 +0000 UTC]

I love the wings best! Or the tail. Or the hair...? Anyway, I like your picture!

Their culture sounds pretty cool. If one of them was talking to me, their name would probably be 'Hi!' If I knew about their culture, it would most likely be an anime name.

<- That has nothing to do with this. I'm just craving cookies.

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Alpha-Bread In reply to Rikato-T [2013-04-26 23:37:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Yep, names like Hi and Hello would be all over the place!

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Riolutae [2013-04-26 14:01:38 +0000 UTC]

Love the eye, the wings, the tail, the stars, and the MOON! Great job, Alpha-Bread-san! *thinks* Hn...you need a nickname. There's Wolf-chan, Alpha-chan, AB-chan...

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Alpha-Bread In reply to Riolutae [2013-04-26 23:44:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Hmm, can't say I've had many nicknames. Al-chan would be hilariously misleading, but it seems like I get called Alpha-chan more often and that's nice, too. >w<;

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Riolutae In reply to Alpha-Bread [2013-04-27 08:03:55 +0000 UTC]

Cool! ...I guess it'll change depending on how lazy I am at the moment! XD

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Alpha-Bread In reply to Riolutae [2013-04-27 17:08:45 +0000 UTC]

Works for me. Yay, now I've got a nickname! ^^

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Riolutae In reply to Alpha-Bread [2013-04-27 17:44:09 +0000 UTC]

Hai, hai, Al-chan!

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Billiam-X [2013-04-26 12:22:20 +0000 UTC]

I agree with Agent Cricket. The spooky eye's glow is really eye-catching. I really love the hair you put on your characters too.

And since it's just a practice sketch, I think I can steal the hair and use it in my later works xD

Nothing to see here!

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Alpha-Bread In reply to Billiam-X [2013-04-26 23:49:00 +0000 UTC]

The hair is one of the most fun parts to design, after all!

Oh, you. XD

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OmegaTheOmniscient [2013-04-26 03:56:23 +0000 UTC]

Spooky sounds right to me. You know, in a good way. Is there a more positive sounding spooky substitute? Then again, there's nothing particularly negative about spooky... I retract everything I've ever said. My brain needs sleep......

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Alpha-Bread In reply to OmegaTheOmniscient [2013-04-26 06:32:08 +0000 UTC]

Nah, I get what you mean! She's supposed to give off an eerie feeling even though she's not necessarily frightening, if that makes any sense. >w<;

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OmegaTheOmniscient In reply to Alpha-Bread [2013-04-26 12:01:25 +0000 UTC]

Well said!

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AgentCricket [2013-04-26 03:46:54 +0000 UTC]

Her eye is probably my favorite part of this whole piece! It looks super spooky XD

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Alpha-Bread In reply to AgentCricket [2013-04-26 06:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Most of the reason I doodle her so much now is because the eyes are really fun to draw!

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AgentCricket In reply to Alpha-Bread [2013-04-27 02:16:56 +0000 UTC]

They are really pretty ^^

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