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Roxas (XIII, The Key of Destiny) | Kingdom Hearts © Square Enix and Disney

Submitted to 's competiton here: [link]

Hey Guys!

First off, if you are wondering what the hell happened here, or who just brutally murdered the line art, Well, I did. I seriously had no idea how I was going to go with this in colour when I started, and I just let the pencils write themselves for the next four or so hours. This is practically an experiment really. If it succeeds, that's that. If it fails, we all know what never to do, yes?

Now, the idea was that the light was coming from the Oathkeeper charm in the bottom left there, and I tried to avoid using straight black as much as possible, so the blues and grays and violets were used instead. Notice how Roxas's Head is finely detailed and towards the bottom, the definite lines start to fade until only shades are used to suggest form. If this worked or not, please tell me!

Then there's the gradient background. Most of my watchers will know that yes, I have done this before in another piece. I feel kinda slavish over doing it again, but it was the only background that I saw that could fit, and I had no other idea for it as well.

Also, green hair. As a result of shading with blues, well, you have to shade the hair, in this case with blue. The problem is that the yellow was already there. I really don't mind it, but a few people that I showed this to did, so personal preference that, I guess.

As always, feel free with comments, advice or criticisms, as we all aim to improve here, yes?

Also, mention the god-awful-thing-that-must-not-be-named series and you're dead. Srsly.

Work Progress

EDIT: More shading, new photo, colour around charm. parts of the hair seems brighter than they should because of bend in paper. May have to take another shot.
EDIT II: Fixed hair brightness.

Cheers!

Description
Roxas (XIII, The Key of Destiny) | Kingdom Hearts © Square Enix and Disney

Submitted to 's competiton here: [link]

Hey Guys!

First off, if you are wondering what the hell happened here, or who just brutally murdered the line art, Well, I did. I seriously had no idea how I was going to go with this in colour when I started, and I just let the pencils write themselves for the next four or so hours. This is practically an experiment really. If it succeeds, that's that. If it fails, we all know what never to do, yes?

Now, the idea was that the light was coming from the Oathkeeper charm in the bottom left there, and I tried to avoid using straight black as much as possible, so the blues and grays and violets were used instead. Notice how Roxas's Head is finely detailed and towards the bottom, the definite lines start to fade until only shades are used to suggest form. If this worked or not, please tell me!

Then there's the gradient background. Most of my watchers will know that yes, I have done this before in another piece. I feel kinda slavish over doing it again, but it was the only background that I saw that could fit, and I had no other idea for it as well.

Also, green hair. As a result of shading with blues, well, you have to shade the hair, in this case with blue. The problem is that the yellow was already there. I really don't mind it, but a few people that I showed this to did, so personal preference that, I guess.

As always, feel free with comments, advice or criticisms, as we all aim to improve here, yes?

Also, mention the god-awful-thing-that-must-not-be-named series and you're dead. Srsly.

Work Progress

EDIT: More shading, new photo, colour around charm. parts of the hair seems brighter than they should because of bend in paper. May have to take another shot.
EDIT II: Fixed hair brightness.

Cheers!