...That I understood exactly why anime characters felt the need to announce their attacks. I felt so alive...I had to shout something, but I would have felt stupid shouting nothing, so as my energy rippled around me and incinerated the demons before me, I shouted, "BLACK DRAGON WAVE!"'
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From Tears of the Sun: [link]
Sketch: [link]
"Ink": [link]
Flat color: [link]
Still not done, as you can see, but I shaded it as best I could. Now I just need to finally face doing the Black Dragon Wave, which, as you can see, I've been putting off. I might also add a background, because I know I should. It's just a matter of if I will or not. Should I? (Even if people say yes, I probably won't. At least not for a while. I'm not one for backgrounds. Bleh.)
Hope you guys don't get sick of this before I'm done. XD
Oh, and Merry Christmas!
EDIT: Download rather than full-view for the actual bmp version. Why am I not surprised deviantART screwed up the actual image again by using the jpeg?
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Chaos/Ketsue, Tears of the Sun, and the picture is mine.
The Black Dragon Wave is (c) Yoshihiro Togashi.
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(2nd) EDIT: Alright, I want criticism/critique for this so I can fix it. I'll first off say what I know (and what my friend Terri told me I should change. X3):
-Her head is slightly too big, her left foot had to be moved back, the joints on her fingers are wonked (but I actually like that mistake for some reason), and the bottom of the pants should be at the same level as the shoes, not above. The shading on the hair is unrealistic, and the hood of her hoodie doesn't look anything like an actual hood; the foreshortening of her arm could be fixed, though I'm not sure I know how to do that.
And as to what Terri said: The way her mouth is opened looks kind of... Weird. And there's a little bump in the lining of the bangs that makes you think her nose is really big and round (picture Rudolph the Reindeer).
She also added somethin' about the hoodie color, but since it's based off of an actual hoodie I'm not going to change it. >.< As to the open-mouth thing, I had also noticed that--does anyone know where I can reference how someone's mouth opens when they're shouting that isn't anime?
So, anything else? Hopefully not too much more, but there's definately a lot to improve on in this.