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Right, so I pulled out of the previous GFX round due to not being able to finish on time. Since then I've been working on the image on-and-off and now it's finished only about a week late.
The picture shown below is half the size, the fullsize one can be found by clicking on the picture.
The full resolution pic (1280xs1024) is low quality...the high quality version is 1.1Mb and doesn't fit on photobucket xD Lame. Except I feel justified with the size...this was hand-drawn from start to finish.
I should have tidied up the sketchlines more, but wasn't actually intending to spend this much effort on it. Meh.
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I was taking a welcome break trying to free myself from those shackles that were the WoM (oh god you have no idea how heavy a weight of nearly three years feels when you can barely muster up the energy to think about when you're going to move it forward!!!) Lately I've been reading way too much Air Gear (for you manga nuts out there, it's by Oh! Great, enough said), so I thought I'd doodle something out and revisit an old character of mine (well, Cen's idea).
Here's a small version, I guess this'll get tidied up and become a concept sheet!
Maybe I ought to put more clothes on her...
Might as well leave this here.
The sash/skirt thing could be due to the lack of a neck tie, a jacket, demin preferably, would give her a rougher look, especially on top of the otherwise feminine corset. Shades are for rule of cool, as well as the fact that she is missing a way to shield her eyes, something she might be needing if she goes - flying in the sun, and gain her an advantage in gear wars, as she outside would be able to navigate with the sun in her face, while she inside, in darker buildings, would have to adjust her eyes from darker to lighter, and not lighter to darker, which does take a while.
The results of the second round of edits:
Note that I also increased the width of the belt. Extraneous straps on the gloves are such a manga thing. While Crimson's emblem is a heartagram, her secondary feature is the rose: this'll feature in the design on the ATs, as well as on the rotating joints and the clasps that hold both the sash and the chaps to the belt (I still can't get comfortable with an actual leather boot AT... leather boots don't flex at the ankle at all!!!! I'll think about it.)
Once we reach an agreement I'll line and colour it. I think I might even bump up the resolution so I can get some REAL detail work on it haha.
Guys, I have a confession to make.
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I freaking hate doing clean lineart.
Note that the hair and stuff is uncleaned lines from a prior layer. Oh god this had better looking awesome coloured or I am going to rage!
She has to have proper hair, doesn't she.
Or at least not sketchy lines.
(And yes, I did reline that entire picture just for that and some details.)
We're finally starting to get a little somewhere.
There's still a very long way to go, though.
What colour should the gloves, chaps, and boots be?
Doubtless some of you are getting sick of daily updates on this... but hey, fleshing out a concept takes time!
Wonder what colour the wheels should be. After this, it's time to render and detail! Piercings, glasses, hair, leathers, jacket, corset, sash, chaps and gloves, boots... each with their unique material characteristics. And then what to do with the background...
