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Glow - [ FFXIV, Patreon reward ]
Added 2021-04-20 14:23:37 +0000 UTCI'm so glad to have finally gotten to work on a Mystery Box reward! Really hoping this will be the first of many.
The "Mystery box" is a new type of reward I included in StarStickers this year, in which a patron can only give me their character to draw, but they can't choose how I draw it. I could chose to do this in whatever way I see fit - from drawing the character as another species, to painting it with traditional media, to going full abstract. A reward only for the daring!
For my first MB I decided to go with turning this patron's FFXIV character into a mermaid. I was inspired by the OCs blue and green hair and really wanted to make that the centerpiece of the image.
This did turn out more detailed than I expected these rewards to be, but at the same time I haven't had such a good time painting something in a long time. I really had a blast working with this explosion of color and I'm really looking forward to coming up with new ideas for upcoming rewards!
As always, your thoughts are more than loved. =]
Comments
Thank you so much Muse- that really means a lot. =]
Onyrica
2021-04-26 22:45:22 +0000 UTCMystery Box is an awesome idea. As for this commission, I love so much about it that I don't quite know where to start. The iridescent quality of the colors grabbed my attention first. The pose is so unique and her expression is just striking. Beautiful work!
2021-04-26 21:55:16 +0000 UTCHey Pun! Honestly? It was a happy little accident. I was masking the hair to paint the gradient over it and I inverted the mask, which left those gaps invisible over a very bright under layer. And so I felt like that felt right- like windows into the wider ocean. Same thing happened with the lines - I accidentally switched the lineart to Divide and suddenly it was glowing, so I just rolled with it!
Onyrica
2021-04-23 18:06:28 +0000 UTCI'm so in love with the iridescent look the torso details have and how that is included in the glow they have! Can I ask about why you thought to leave sections of the hair (or hair gaps) the solid light blue? I absolutely LOVE it but I would never have thought about painting it that way and it's opened me up to new techniques I'd like to try :3
Kon [Pundawan]
2021-04-20 20:05:33 +0000 UTC
