Art Jam 11: Chun-Li

Talk to the hand biatch.

This piece is special.

2 weeks ago, we decided to pay tribute to one of the toughest and hottest videogame babes ever, that is of course Chun-Li. I decided to go for a different kind of pose, something I have not done before. This is to push myself to do other things and explore new alternatives. Plus, EDSFOX dared me again to paint it, instead of color it (all digital). 

And even though I begin the sketching during the ArtJam! I wasn't quite sure of the final result. I was not happy with the first 4 sketches, and it took me almost an hour to do one that was sort of decent. So yes, I didn't finish that day, or even that week.

I finished the final art line just in time for the next session, and we did a coloring marathon during last week's ArtJam.

Overall it took me two sessions of ArtJam! to finish the piece, mostly because of the pose and the style of coloring. This has been the closest to painting that I have ever done, not just using the lines over the coloring, but integrating everything as a whole... or at least I tried. 

I'm thinking of making a Cell Shaded version of this one but I'm not sure anymore. It was a lot of fun but at the end it wore me out. 

Check out EDSFOX's version of Chun-Li. It kicks ass! 

Hope you like it.

Art Jam 9: Morrigan Aensland

eldropper's version

2 weeks ago, the Art Jam subject changed suddenly from dudes to babes so, we obviously picked Morrigan as our subject of study. I did my piece and EdsFox did his, and as usual , we colored each other's drawing. But he requested as a personal favor that my coloring this time was more of a painted style, instead of comic book-ish. This was indeed a challenge for me, but I wasn't gonna back out of it. At the end he liked my work. 

But, I did wanted to color mine too, because I just thought that a Cell Shaded look it would end up being perfect for the drawing. Here is how it ended up.

Artline (by me)

Edsfox Version (full view pls!)

And here is Edsfox lines colored by me in a painted style. 

At the end, it doesn't matter which is your style, or what techniques you use, what matters is that you feel right doing it and that you like the result of your work. I't doesn't have to be perfect, it is just another step closer to achieving your goal of becoming a better artist.

I'll update this post with a video of the sketching of the art line later on. 

Art Jam 2: Ryu colored

Hadoken!

This is last week's Art Jam Ryu all colored up. My friend EdsFox did the pencils, I did the coloring. It is worth mentioning that I experimented with new tecniques and I was really exited with the results. Too bad that EdsFox lost his colored version of my Ryu. ¬ ¬.

Done and colored in Photoshop.