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Published: 2016-09-27 08:21:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2607; Favourites: 262; Downloads: 0
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My annual Vincent Valentine piece (I have noticed that I draw him at least once every year, two times if I am lucky). I don't know how it became a tradition of mine but it's nice to have something to fall back to and compare every year!He has been my favourite character for many years.
I am falling in love with my traditional medium all over again. Here, I've used Copic markers as a base for colour (just a light solid colour) and then going over to add shade and detail with Faber Castell Polychromos colour pencils. I add baby oil in areas of pencil that I really want to pop or smoothen. Anyone interested in my technique, please ask, I'll be happy to help and if enough people want to know, maybe I will make a tutorial in anyone is interested
I have recently been practising very hard with more dynamic poses, better anatomy and different backgrounds (I need to draw stuff besides flowers etc.)! I sincerely hope that I am improving in these aspects but who knows.
I kind of regret not doing figure drawings earlier in my high school years and waiting this long (in my busiest university years) but I guess better late than never.
Hope you guys enjoy my work!
Media:
A4 Bockingford 110gsm Sketch Paper
Faber Castell Polychromos Coloured Pencils - Set of 36
Copic Ciao Markers
Faber Castell PITT Pens - Size S + Brush
0.3 2B Kurutoga Mechanical Pencil
Pentel Hybrid White Gel Pen
Pentel Hi-Polymer Eraser
General's Kneaded Eraser
Baby Oil
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Art (C) C-Yen / Me
Vincent Valentine (FFVII) belongs to Square Enix
Want to see more of my other Vincent Valentine pieces? Check out these!
Blood of a Raven
Bleeding Valentine
Eternity
Lament
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Comments: 51
Your work is stunning! I love the way you did the pants!
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Thanks so much!
I swear the pants took a lot longer than everything else so I am glad you like them
Have an awesome October
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You're welcome! Have an awesome October too!
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I just read the description of this picture. I would definitely be interested in seeing a tutorial of how you colored this, especially since I use colored pencils for all my drawings as well. The coloring job is beautiful so I'd love to see the whole process of how it was done
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I think you should have placed vincent a bit more to the right of the composiotion. Great pice though
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Thanks for commenting and fair opinion
I placed him more left aligned to give the appearance of jumping out of the background - hence why he's not restricted by the white borders. It's not the most conventional composition but it's the way it is for a reason.
Again, I respect your opinion and thank you for taking the time to drop a comment
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YouΒ are very welcome
I like your idea, I just think it would be better to move the whole composition abit toΒ the side asΒ it gettingΒ a bit stuffed on the left.
Keep up the great work
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Yesss, traditional!! I wonder, what exactly does the baby oil do? OvO
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Traditional is my love (don't tell my partner I said that shhhhh)
The pencils I use are Polychromos which are oil-based (instead of wax-based) so the baby oil liquifies the pigments making it smoother and more blendable. It can be quite messy to use though if you're not careful! But, basically it's how I get my traditional pieces looking brighter than how they used to be. If I ever have time, I might make a tutorial on it!
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Woah, just looked them up! So those are the fancy-looking Faber Castells XD So they kinda work like watercolor pencils but with oil instead of water? Doubt I'll be getting materials like that anytime soon, but it's interesting.
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Hahah I guess you could think of it like that. Personally, I don't think you need fancy pencils to make great art. I spent 7 years just using normal Faber Castell coloured pencils and only just bought the "fancier" ones this year because I was getting bored of using the same old ones all the time.
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Agreed! But yeah, it's nice to experiment with other media too ^ ^
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I'm interested in learning new techniques 
How do you come up with dynamic poses and backgrounds?
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That's great!
How do I come up with them? By drawing a whole bunch of miniature thumbnails of different poses and then put background after. Hahah, I know that doesn't make much sense to you. To give you an example: here's the process of my Aqua piece www.instagram.com/p/BKNde5zDWLβ¦
You can see in my sketchbook with mini blue thumbnails in the corner. Depending on the one I like, I make that into a sketch concept, followed by adjustments etc. and make it into a bigger clean lineart. Then all the colour etc.
To get better at dynamic poses, practise figure drawing whenever you can. 10-15minutes a day can go a long way! Don't be afraid to use references.Β I generally use a mirror and take a photo of how I want certain body parts if I am stuck.
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Wow that's a lot of drafts^^
I've been meaning to ask, but how do you enlarge a smaller photo without making it look weird when you draw it?
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When I am enlarging my pieces into a clean work, I scan the smaller one, adjust and fix things on Photoshop (flipping the image, find the mistakes or things that look weird) and then print it off onto a larger piece of paper. The image does get stretched and very grainy. I then trace via my window my concept sketch onto my drawing paper to get the general outlines and silhouette of my character and add details where I think needs them. I then ink everything.
You could freehand from small to big but this can take a lot of time, lead to more erasing and dirty smudges onto the clean work.
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Thank you very much^^
Is it okay if I ask you one more question?
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You can ask as many questions as you'd like 
Feel free to note me if it is easier for you as well
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Awww thank you
He's so interesting!
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I have nothing aganist you drawing Vincent every year 
As always it's beautifull piece:: You got better with colors .
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Haha, all day everyday right? Nah, even I would be sick of that!
Thanks so much, gotta keep trucking along.
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OMG! THIS LOOKS FANTASTIC!XD I Like!^^ and thank you for specification!^^
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Such grace, such beauty!Β Β
What colors and amazement that this piece carries!
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Your quite welcome! you've got an awesome talent there.
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