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Published: 2008-03-09 22:38:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1421; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 0
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Description Original date of completion: Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Comments then: Fujibayashi Shihna from Tales of Symphonia. Really good game.

I know some of the colors are off, but they differ between in-game and character art, so I just mixed and matched what I liked. If you can tell, this was done almost entirely with my former enemy, the pen tool.

I'm quite happy with how it came out. As for the pose, don't ask, because I don't know. Also, you may have noticed I left out the sleeves connecting her arm warmers to the rest of her happi coat type thing. It's that way on the box art, and that's the way I prefer it. Makes the whole ensemble look much more summer friendly.

Plus, this is getting really picky, but... Some of you will notice that in game, she only had three of the little guardian ofuda -- Wind, lightning, and another that we never discovered the element for. I forgot this while I was drawing them, and when I came to the realization that I'd given her two more than I could account for, I just decided to throw in earth and water because I could.

Comments now: Yeah, I still like this one. I dislike how overtly awful I am with footwear, and how I called her uwagi a "happi coat thing", as well as how I did her nose, but I do still like the background, her kanji, and the pose. Yes, it's weird, and borderline kinky, but it's dynamic. Or at least as dynamic as I'm capable of.

Shihna Fujibayashi is © Namco.

Image is © Mie Shipe, for use in her galleries on deviantART , Sonic Stadium , SheezyArt , and all sub-domains of Spindash.net . Not to be copied, recolored, altered or redistributed in part or in whole without prior written consent.
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Comments: 13

MightyKombat [2012-09-20 15:35:27 +0000 UTC]

Isn't too bad. I always thought Sheena was pretty hawt.

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NightChao [2012-09-19 23:04:41 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work, especially with the background, really gives it a flair to her personality in battle!

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Streaked-Silver [2009-05-19 19:32:21 +0000 UTC]

by far my favorite character to play as in the game, i love just busting open a summon on a boss or other enemy and just laying the smack down extra thick

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chaoie [2008-09-17 02:31:47 +0000 UTC]

OMG! teh schmex XDD

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ancode [2008-04-08 20:10:23 +0000 UTC]

... that one is quite impresive

the ink... they are vectors? the colors are pretty good as well.

I have to beat that game yet, but I am so lazy to install the gamecube again xD

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miezukuri In reply to ancode [2008-04-08 20:13:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, yes, the coloring and the inking were done as vectorized shapes with the pen tool.

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ancode In reply to miezukuri [2008-04-08 20:15:59 +0000 UTC]

photoshop?

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miezukuri In reply to ancode [2008-04-08 20:16:50 +0000 UTC]

Yup.

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ancode In reply to miezukuri [2008-04-08 20:19:11 +0000 UTC]

how long it takes to ink this kind of pics? I used to do it a lot but I used to take LOTS of time... more than in drawing and cging it (in order of 10 times more...). As now I found a way to make lines smother without inking, is a while since I last tried it.

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miezukuri In reply to ancode [2008-04-08 23:43:43 +0000 UTC]

Typically, something like this takes between five to ten hours to ink, depending on the complexity.

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ancode In reply to miezukuri [2008-04-09 08:23:02 +0000 UTC]

yeah XP in my case it was 'bout 10. Still a character of the style of Sonic was more about 2 hours (not a lot of lines). The results are quite interesting still is a lot of time so sometimes I wonder if it is worth to.

anway in sonic style I will keep on because are less lines, so its easier ^^

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Hyperknucklesgc [2008-03-13 19:03:47 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!! Love this!!

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wandering-ronin [2008-03-10 05:00:23 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I remember this one. I loved it back then and I still love it now.

It's great to hear that you're coming back.

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