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Wen-M — Anima: Freya's design process
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so basicly you make 3 sketches.. or more. then combine them into 1 character to max out the awesomeness... i should try that o.O damn
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I love to return to this deviation, since process of designing is vey fascinating to me, and there are a lot of things I can compare too, no matter if this designing for school projects or changes in personal works.
It's fantastic to see all way from messy sketch too high-class picture :> It's one of my favs because of all intricate details, and amount of work you put to polish this work- I can see that every single pixel is in it's destined place XD
Ah, and I wanted to say, that even if you're think, you're not good in shading whites, I love how you shade her belly- it's total perfect TT^TT it gives a feeling of soft flesh so strong I could touch it.
Sorry, for such long comment, but I wanted to write down all my impressions about this work
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thanks for showing me the design process gets me some headsups XD
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Man, I apologize for acting an ass about you and anatomy. Of course, the comment to which I'm referring was posted about 3,000 years ago, but that crap is permanent!
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this is amazing !!! great job
i really enjoyed seing the transformation process, and in the end its just PERFECT
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OO" when i saw this work, i became very sad, i know than i ll never can do something like that
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All I have to say is... Wow... I am in love with your skills as an Artist
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Do you use the pen tool when you do your lineart, or do you do it all on tablet? (:
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I really like this, I love seeing the process of how things are made, and I actually think this character has an awesome design. I love the commentaries you made, and the fringes, the clothes, the design in general is awesome, and the pose as well. Nothing but praise on these parts.
What ruins it, is the final picture, with color. First of all, the colors themselves are horrible, white, blond and pink. Ew, the pink is SCREAMING into my eyes! The sketch looks so dark, and mischievous,..then it suddenly makes an awful jump into something sugary sweet. Also the shading and just.. the colors look like some bad 3D game shading. Really Bad.
I love your lineart, on other works also, and your sketches... but when you make colored versions, they always seem to float above the ground/background, with some blurry shadow that doesn't match at all. And the gradient-3D feel of the colors/shades on the characters just looks horrible. It removes so much of the dept it could of had, if there were some simple non-gradient colors and shade that actually followed the shape of the body/items, it'd be so much better.
That's just my opinion though, there's really no need to go spreading it around.
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its good to hear your thoughts on it. =] i appreciate it.
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What if you suck at drawing skeletons? (Or lack in skeletal knowledge mastery?)
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One teny tiny question, Do you EVER do things second best???? That was AMAZING!!!!
I REALLY like how you show us how you do things it really opens your eyes to how much detail goes into what your doing. I have NO IDEA how you can come up with something so SPELLBINDING!!!in just a few hours.
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wow... actually i kinda feel bad for saying this, but i really think you should stop colouring your artwork. you are really good at drawing, but in my opinion all of your drawings are ruined by your weird way of coloring and shading.
or actually, maybe you should experiment with other colouring techniques. trying something different can help you improve in many cases.
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How do you feel that the coloring is bad?
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it kind of looks like shiny plastic, also the characters end up looking sort of flat, and the capes like seaweed because of the shading. the colors he chooses don't always go that well together, like for instance that neonish green he often uses on the grass and the plants... and yeah.. it's just not really pleasant for the eyes...
actually, while looking through his gallery before replying i noticed that the real problem was mostly his way of shading and highlighting, and making his characters look totally out of place by placing them on backgrounds that don't fit at all.
a small color and shading course could be enough to make him a reaaaaally good artist
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nice observation and suggestions 
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Hi !
It's fabulous and what's lot of work !!!!
I have one question :
can you tell me which computer software you take for your finished digital ink ?
Thanks a lot !!!!
^__^
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WOW! Even your concept art is so neat and clean and complete looking!!!
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Its really cool to see the progression in your work. I sometimes ... always... find myself wondering how you got what you ended up with so this was really neat.
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I always love reading these...espescially from Wen-M-sama!
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from first sketch to final inking, about 5 or 6 hours, but not in the same day.
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ah, so during that time, what do you use for inspiration?
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research other characters in the same type
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This is AMAZING!! Great job! I love her design and the step-by-step process of how you did it. You're very creative.
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So this is how your mind works in art progress ^-^ Neat!
Amazing work as always. Take care Wen!
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something tells me you've got an editor of sorts...
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I like the Asymetrical look Kinda makes her look more Twofaced, Or quick to anger ofkilter, and overall scary. Nice play on colors also, it realy brought out the vibrant pink and the darker colors in the claws.
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you are very awesome. i do not know how to rephrase this..you are the best drawer i have ever seen, and yet so umile to post his drawings (and his thoughts) in the internet, rather than feeling "too good" for all this.
you won.
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thanks
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ll continue to be more humble =]
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I love so much this character , her clothes are really amazing <3
You are great , where do you find your ideas ?
I want to be her XD
Well,now I know how it's long to find the good design
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An intriguing process. It's nice to see how you go about design you art.
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Interesting. Thank you for showing us how you work.
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Absolutely fascinating. I adore looking at WIP's and processes, and character design is something I've always wanted to do but have never had the patience to work on properly. I always take my first design as the final rather than trying out different ideas. It's really interesting to see how different your final design is from the original sketch.
Thank you for uploading this, it's nice to know the process behind the finished designs
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Your artwork is just such a visual pleasure. I loved how you showed the anatomy checking phase and your thought process. I'd love to see more pieces like this <3
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Hi there!
May I ask how did you colours this drawing? I would love to see the process of colouring, the brushes used, and the techniques used to make sucha master piece!
Thanks
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wow! this is actual a really helpful sheet to see, I've learned alot about character design just by reading this!
amazing difference between the start and finish, must have took a butt-load of patience to do each step.
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You, my good sir, astound yet again.
I don't think I have ever commented on a process piece before, but this one definitely caught my attention. I do love to see how people who are exponentially better than I am create their art, as it does help in the creation of my own. I have been in an art-funk for a long time, but I still feel I have learned a lot just by looking and analyzing the art of people I greatly respect. This is a great piece because you have broken down your train of thought, not just in words, but with the type, too. In a total "duh" statement, the type really helps to further delineate your process and coherently break it down into easily identified steps.
The thing I find most interesting is the skeleton drawn over the soon-to-be-finished version. I usually start out with gestural sticks and volumize after, but I usually end up with something more stale than sought after. This seems so simple and correct, that I feel rather silly for not having thought of it before. I keep my gestural lines for as long as I can before they start to impede the process. So your idea of the skeletal overlay is something I will start to institute into my own work flow.
Also, it is neat to see the first idea sketch and compare it to the last, final image created and see how many original concepts carried over from first to last.
1.) The lack of sight
2.) The belt upper-arm bands
3.) The X shape of the garter bands around her leg
4.) The Mechanical claw hands
5.) The lines of her top (X, figure 8)
It's all quite interesting really. Thank you for a very revealing, helpful, and beautiful insight into the workings of your mind!
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Very nice! It's awesome to see into your creative process. All this magic has lots of thought behind it
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It is really interesting to see how are you working. 
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Just out of curiosity since you mention the 2 pixel thick lines for inking. What resolution/canvas size do you do your inking at?
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Thanks for sharing. I was always curious of your process that yielded such a clean finished picture.
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