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game babble:

This lineart is as close as I think I'm going towards "fan art". It's inspired by one game I've been playing lot of and it keeps on surprising me with it's seemingly endless depth. A real difficulty curve and meaningful customization combined with a deep storyline.

The game is called Final Fantasy XI.

I really felt XIII was an action game where constant saves and auto-battle functions made the game so passive that I felt like it didn't need me to be holding the controller to finish it. To me the whole game seemed to be like a parody of modern game design.

But not XI it feels more like a hyper version of FFIII where even normal fights can become a battle for life and death and the player is severely punished for failing. This in turn makes the game a lot more rewarding to play.

Besides I just like running around as a knee-high tarutaru blasting nukes!

art babble:

First I drew this piece digitally and it looked to me quite okay. I felt some uncertainty with my lines however in the coloring face and that's why I re-drew the whole thing with pencil. Just to see if I can really say that the digital drawing really doesn't need pencil lines. This might be a personal choice but in my view the pencil edition is far better than the digital one. I might post a comparison image in the scraps when the painting is done. (remember to bug me about it if I forget!)

I think I was trying to draw a cat back there but it turned out to look like a dog/pig-thing. I thought it was funny so I left it as it is. (note to self draw some damn cats!)

The coloring is so far looking very Russian (!?) so I might end up completely re-painting this for the 3rd time. But I wanna keep that XI feel with the colors even if this isn't "fan art".

I know I probably should be painting something more meaningful but I like bunnies and bears. I'm sorry!

But for now my Black Mage needs some leveling!

Thanks for peeking

Description
game babble:

This lineart is as close as I think I'm going towards "fan art". It's inspired by one game I've been playing lot of and it keeps on surprising me with it's seemingly endless depth. A real difficulty curve and meaningful customization combined with a deep storyline.

The game is called Final Fantasy XI.

I really felt XIII was an action game where constant saves and auto-battle functions made the game so passive that I felt like it didn't need me to be holding the controller to finish it. To me the whole game seemed to be like a parody of modern game design.

But not XI it feels more like a hyper version of FFIII where even normal fights can become a battle for life and death and the player is severely punished for failing. This in turn makes the game a lot more rewarding to play.

Besides I just like running around as a knee-high tarutaru blasting nukes!

art babble:

First I drew this piece digitally and it looked to me quite okay. I felt some uncertainty with my lines however in the coloring face and that's why I re-drew the whole thing with pencil. Just to see if I can really say that the digital drawing really doesn't need pencil lines. This might be a personal choice but in my view the pencil edition is far better than the digital one. I might post a comparison image in the scraps when the painting is done. (remember to bug me about it if I forget!)

I think I was trying to draw a cat back there but it turned out to look like a dog/pig-thing. I thought it was funny so I left it as it is. (note to self draw some damn cats!)

The coloring is so far looking very Russian (!?) so I might end up completely re-painting this for the 3rd time. But I wanna keep that XI feel with the colors even if this isn't "fan art".

I know I probably should be painting something more meaningful but I like bunnies and bears. I'm sorry!

But for now my Black Mage needs some leveling!

Thanks for peeking