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Published: 2011-06-27 01:11:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2954; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 243
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Quick paint of Tonberry from Final Fantasy
Love this guy, cept watch out cause he holds grudges!!Cait Sith
P.S. I promise his lantern isn't floating x)
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Thank you!! =] Are you a Final Fantasy fan? x)
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Youre very welcome! I don't know much about Final Fantasy I just really liked the picture
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Aww well thank you anyways ;] In the game, this guy's a real pain! haha
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Hahaha, aw he just needs a hug, thats what all pains need
What technique do you use to draw?
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Haha! That's very true ;]
I kinda switch with every drawing really :O With this one I sketched at 3X the final size. Then I blocked in some base colours and made layers over those with blacks and whites were there were shadows and highlights (seriously the file looks like a trainwreck of layers for everything). It was really all about playing with layer settings in photoshop. After, I did texture fills over the colour layers on the clothes/knife/shoes and used a brush to give texture to his head.
But I started playing with SAI lately and it's excellent for making lines and it's at least 50% faster and more accurate since you can change the flow of the pen (you can't on photoshop). Even though I made this about a month or so ago, my style changed a lot ^^" have you looked into SAI? It works wonders and makes filling colour 100000% easier if you connect the lines =] Come to think of it, even my colouring techniques have changed a lot from this... o.O
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Thats excellent! I will have to check SAI out for sure, my art work is mostly uncolored and more of a manga style, so I think something like that will work perfectly for final editing, inking, shading and such done.
Can you send me a link that shows the product and where I can buy it?
And thank you so much for the description, it was very helpful.
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I'm glad!! I took a look at the ones you have posted and I really like them! =] You've got a great grasp on proportions and details ^^ But hmm... I found the free trial from systemax here [link] which I ran through a scan and came up safe. You're probably able to buy it in store, but I've used the free trial even after it expired. You're allowed to use it, but you can't save. Lately I draw in SAI, then print screen at 100% to another program where you can remove the white around the edges. (I usually paste it into Gimp [link] , then click "layers", "transparency", "colour to alpha", and select white. It removes all white without leaving that border -- you get just the lineart. Then save it as a png without background colour and open in PS).
Another good tutorial on colouring is here [link] =] It's actually the tutorial I used to colour my latest submissions. It looks more cartoony in her image, but she's able to make serious works like this one [link] using the same steps plus the texture bit that I used in my tonberry drawing =]
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Wow these links are great!
Hahaha I am glad you like my work but I am not very proud of it, but I know I will get better, I just have to practice, watch others and learn as much as I can!
I had a manga creator program that did something similar with layering, so this shouldnt be too hard to get used to. The problem now is finding the time to use it, hahaha XD
Thank you again for the help! I will have to try drawing something this week, I am inspired!
Even though I am back to college this week I should be able to find some time.
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That's the spirit!!! I'm glad you're feeling inspired and willing to learn even more ^^ It's people like you who deserve to make dA's front page and DD's. It's hard to find anyone willing to work at anything anyone. But good luck with college and I'll watch for your posts!!!
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Thank you!
I think people like you who help people like me should get the credit! 
I will try to upload something this upcomming week! I am gald to hear that you are looking forward to it.
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Merci~! haha I actually drew something
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Im glad you did, you are a great artist
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Thank you!!! 
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