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When did it suddenly become cool to hate everything? It's a growing problem, especially in the entertainment world, and no one benefits from an increasingly hard to please, pessimistic audience.
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Time: 60+ hours. Materials: 100% TRADITIONAL. Copic multiliner and Copic sketch markers. Size: 3 pieces of A4 paper taped together (~ 11.5 x 22 inches), digitally connected using Photoshop CS3. WALKTHROUGH: [link] DETAILED SHOTS: [link] If you guys were wondering about my sudden two-month hiatus, THIS WAS WHY. I've been working on and off (mostly off OTL;; )on this piece for about 6 weeks in preparation for Anime Expo artist alley. Consider it a tribute to all the games and gamers out there. The Nintendo DS is probably my favorite console along with my trusty PS2 (mostly because they're the only ones I own OTL OTL OTL;;; ) DS ports many of my favorite series, so I decided to cram them all into one picture because I'm too lazy to draw separate pictures of each of them. Smart, huh?  It was very hard choosing which games to put in here. If I had more time and paper space, I'd stick quite a few more in there, but it's huge as it is D: There is a total of 47 characters from 16 different games in this piece. Screw this, I'm retiring. The sketching was the biggest pain in the gluts, but a huuuuge thanks to my fantasmical buddy ~e1n who helped me with a bunch of stuff (turning Phonix Wrong back to his Wright self, perspective, elebits, angles, manhands, etcccc). I would have failed so hard if it wasn't for his help D: Coloring went relatively smooth except for those stupid little elebits that's practically invading every corner of the picture. The smallest one is about 1/3 the size of my fingernail. Now imagine coloring that with a medium-large Copic brush. DO YOU FEEL MY PAIN? (Actually no, I got a kick out of it *masochist*) Much of the time was spent on studying the styles of each individual game character then learning how to draw it. Each game has its own way of outlining and coloring, and I tried to include them all without having everything look like a huge mess. I ended up with a somewhat organized clutter. Hur hur 8D Speaking of elebits (the tiny blue and red creatures everywhere), there are 18 elebits total. Can you find them all? Drawing and coloring the picture was only half battle. Connecting three separately scanned pictures took about five hours straight. Clone tool is my new bff orz;; Sadly, a lot of the colors and shades were lost through scanning. I had to go back and adjust individual colors to make it look like the original, but there's still some left that can't be changed D: Tl;dr- Yes, this was fun, no, I'm not gonna do it again for a few decades, and yes, I am quite proud. Pikachu girl in the front (c) me. Game characters (c) whoever they belong to. *lazy* List of games included: Final Fantasy (Chocobo Tales, Tactics, Crystal Chronicles), Pokemon, Professor Layton, Super Mario, Mario Kart, World Ends With You, Kirby, Elebits, Phoenix Wright, Zelda: Phantom Hourglass, Harvest Moon, Disgaea, Bomberman, Ninja Town. Comments Omg.
That's awesome! xDDD I LOVE IT! Great job :3  Luke with mushroom = win
-- Signature Type ● Retroactive ○ Sticky  Amazing piece
  -- ----- ಠзಠ ----->(ノ´∀`)ノ Geez.  I love the shell! The koopa shell? With the wings... it's blue? Just making sure. ^.^
Always so detailed, crazy person!  You're...... crazy.
-worships- You're so awesome! D; -- Emerson said, "All is riddle, and the key to a riddle is another riddle."  Oh my god your markers have got to be DEAD! XD
-- "I would much rather be hated for who I am than adored for who I am not"  OUTSTANDING!!! bravo! bravo!
 ooooohie!!!! look at all the colors!!!!-- Chuck Norris can slam a revolving door Chuck Norris has banned rainbows from the state of North Dakota When Chuck Norris makes burritos, the main ingredient is real TOES Chuck Norris is what Willis is talking about  Wow! That's amazing!! 8D I love the colors and characters!
-- Before time began.... there was... The Cube....  Holy crap, this is epic. D:
 This picture is bursting forth with detail and fun
I get the giggles, since i think i own all those games with those characters in it. -- DERP DERP INTERPLANETARY FEDERAL REPUBLIC! |
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Critiques
The amount of detail that's been put into this piece of work is eye-watering. Your colouring skills are second to none - and the fact people think it's been digitally coloured should be a compliment to you and your skills! The colours are so well blended, shaded and a treat for the eyes to behold. As for the drawings - wow. Superb amount of detail, and it's obvious that you've put in a huge amount of work to get the likenesses of each character just right.
A lot of artists might not have had the same dedication as you to get this finished, but I'm sure I'm not the only one when I say I'm glad you battled it through and completed it.
From an artistic viewpoint, this piece of art is clearly beautiful. You did a fantastic job putting a large group of characters together and not make it look too crowded, which is a common problem in this type of pictures. The way the image is colored is great too, as all the characters manage to stand out without getting confused with the background or other characters.
I love the concept of how all the characters are part of a single world as you play the DS. You did a fantastic job there.
Also good points for keeping everybody in-character (Neku and Shiki's expressions are perfect), and all the little details (such as Luke eating the 1-up mushroom). They all add a personal touch to the image that make it even more special.
Perhaps the only thing that saddens me is the lack of Elite Beat Agents (They're DS exclusive too!), but that's definitely not something worth taking points off. Great picture, perfect score all around.
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