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Join Africa-comic group!NO, this isn't the official cover yet
But I loved, LOVED making this. I made this picture with the sole purpose of practicing lighting and colour palettes. Then it turned into a cover. Deal with it.
Yes guys, the moment is drawing close. The comic should actually come sometime soon. As soon as I've got enough time to keep two comics at once AND do my exams.
Q:Arven! Arven! When is the comic going to start?
A: Please refer to my FAQ section, question 4-8.). Thank you!
Soooo. This is Africa (left) and Chui (right) with the typical African background behind them. One would probably expect them to be about to kiss or something, but... judging on their expressions, I wouldn't be surprised if they clawed each other's eyes out any moment.
NO, just because they're female and male respectively, and they're rivals doesn't mean that they'll become mates in the end. They actually, SERIOUSLY hate each other. No excuses
Enjoy!
Coloured pencils on A4 paper
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Oh my oh my thank you SO much^^
I'm so happy you like this drawing's every aspect, I truly am^^
Thank you so much, truly!
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your very welcome
it's very true..
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Aww thanks a lot again^^
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First off, let me tell you this cover is making me dying to know more. This is excellent cause it draws you in wanting to know her story and the tight rivalry between these two. (Like you saud) Lots of fans are probley hoping they will become mates in the end. I however, would love to see some action rivalry. (Team Africa!) e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/b⦠" width="15" height="15" alt="
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Aww thank you SO much for this critique! <3
I'm really happy you like the cover
And you're right, it's a classic that male and female rivals end up becoming mates
But in this case, Africa and Chui REALLY hate each other, and would never be mates
Truly thank you for the tip on the chest fur
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Your welcome, im always excited for your awesome art work.
Dont u hate how everyone assumes when there are a male and female character, they automaticly fall in love? Ugh. I mean cant they just be friends or enimes? I love when there is male v.s female fights
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Hoho, well, I think it's kind of natural XD And since in most stories, that happens for real, that two arch-rivalls, male and female, fall in love at the end, I don't blame people who think that :'D
But Africa and Chui really, and I mean RALLY hate each other XD
Hoho, truly thanks so much^^
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Bon, je voulais poster un vulgaire commentaire, mais finalement, j'opte pour la critique.
C'est rΓ©ellement un magnifique poster ! Γ§a nous fait baver et nous donne envie d'en savoir plus sur ce projet ! ^^
Rien a redire sur la technique ! Encore une fois, tu gères le crayon de couleur ! ^^
Il y a nΓ©anmoins quelques dΓ©fauts :
- Déjà , le thème choisi pour cette affiche est assez cliché, du déjà vu. ça casse un peu l'ambiance.
- Tu aurais pur forcer sur les ombrages. S'ils ont le soleil en face, certaines parties doivent vraiment Γͺtre noires. C'est un dΓ©faut rΓ©curent dans tes pages de Chakra, lΓ oΓΉ ils sont dans la cave.
- L'herbe est jaune, mais l'arbre est tout vert ! Tu aurais dΓ» rajouter des petites nuances d'ocre dans l'arbre pour montrer que c'est cuit par le soleil.
- De mΓͺme pour la savane : c'est une terre assez sΓ¨che avec des touffes d'herbes sΓ©chΓ©es par-ci par-lΓ . Quelques rocailles aussi.
Ce que je te propose donc, c'est de te faire une solide banque d'images, avec des photos de savanes, de vΓ©gΓ©taux, de rocailles, etc...Que tu ai des "munitions" lorsque tu es Γ court d'inspiration.
Γ§a aide beaucoup !
- Ces traits au crayons dans le ciel perturbe un peu mon regard. Mais Γ§a, c'est typique de papier d'imprimante. Pour y remΓ©dier, je te propose de changer de papier. Depuis quelques mois, j'utilise du papier bristol, autant pour le crayon que pour le feutre et Γ§a a changΓ© ma vie !
- Autre technique qui peut aider : change de marque de crayons. Attention, je ne te demande pas d'abandonner tes Caran d'Ache, mais de les renforcer avec d'autres marques ! Certains sont plus tendres (Faber Castell), d'autres plus secs (Derwent), mais pour travailler les textures, c'est gΓ©nial !
Les crayons aquarellables peuvent aussi Γͺtre un bon outil ! ^^
Sinon, c'est une magnifique affiche et encore une fois, continue de nous faire rΓͺver ! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/b/bβ¦ " width="15" height="15" alt="
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Waaa 8D Seulement maintenant je lis cette critique 8D
Pour quelques raison, je l'ai jamais reçue dans mon inbox D8
DA est stupide D8 Quand tu m'as dit que t'avais fait une critique sur ce dessin, je suis allΓ©e la chercher dans ta page XD Pardonne moi pour Γ§a, je suis trriblement desolΓ©e D8
Mais cette critique m'aide beaucoup! Tous les consils que tu m'as donnΓ© sont super
Et merci beaucoup pour les conseils des couleurs aussi!
Et merci aussi pour ton conseil des crayons
Vraiment merci pour cette géniale critique ma chère, et encore désolée si je ne l'ai pas reçue ;_;
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Merci, Arven !!
J'ai pris bien le temps de regarder ton dessin pour noter les qualitΓ©s et les dΓ©fauts. Tu as fait de nombreux progrΓ¨s depuis que je suis arrivΓ© ici, voire mΓͺme bien avant que je m'inscrive sur le site de DA !
Autre petit conseil :
Quand tu fais tes pages, on voit souvent à certains endroits des traces blanches qui trahissent d'autres traits aux crayons mais qui ont été gommés. Ce n'est pas très joli ni profesionnel.
Je te propose une autre technique.
C'est une technique qui prends du temps mais qui permet d'Γ©pargner le papier :
1) Fais ton sketch sur une feuille d'imprimerie normale. LΓ , tu te dΓ©foule, tu te trompe, tu gommes, etc...
2) Encre grossièrement, sans marquer les détails (avec une taille de brosse seulement. Personnellement, je fais ça avec un petit stylo encre).
3) DΓ©calque le tout sur la feuille que tu veux utiliser pour faire ta page dΓ©finitive (les tablettes lumineuses sont trΓ¨s pratiques pour Γ§a ! On peut en trouver dans le commerce, mais on peut aussi les fabriquer soi-mΓͺme, ce qui est mon cas. ^^)
4) Et ensuite, tu encres correctement ta page et tu colorises.
Comme Γ§a, tu as une page parfaite, sans le moindre trait qui ressort Γ la couleur.
VoilΓ ! ^^
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Aww mais de rien ma chère, c'est moi qui te remercie <3
Merci beaucoup pour tes precieux conseils!
Et pour cette technique aussi! 8D *prend des notes* Je vais bien l'essayer, t'as raison que mes pages ont les signes des crayons sur eux
Avec cet exercice je vais l'Γ©viter! <3 Encore merci ^_^
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Merci et de rien!!
J'apprends beaucoup de chose avec ma formation, alors pourquoi ne pas faire profiter les autres ! ^^
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Wouas, c'est absolument genial! <3 Et c'est très gentil de ta part! <3 Merci encore une fois! <3
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De rien encore une fois ! ^^
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Oh my god I wish I had your talent! XD
Vision: This is phenomenal! The shading you have done on this is just fantastic ARVEN! I cannot even tell you how amazing the lighting on the muzzles look on Africa and Chui, the way the light fades out the lines of the faces and how it shines off their pelts as they stand face-to-face with each other! The way you colored the eyes is wonderful! The mix between the green and gold in Africa's eyes blend so well and make a wonderful combination! And Chui's eyes, although look one solid color in a thumbnail, you showed a variety of shades of gold and orange in the eye. I just love your shading technique and the anatomy is wondrous! And although they are in the usual "African Savannah" background, it has a HUGE impact on the rest of the picture! The shadow of the tree that extends to the paws (hopefully XD) of the two rivals just adds to the great vision of the cover piece! ^^
Originality: This is the only thing that would change in my eyes. As seen, I did not give it a full five stars, but for good reason. In very many movie covers and book covers you see the main protagonist and the main antagonist facing of real close together in the cover. Although the characters are original, the positions are not.
Technique: You know your technique is great! Your drawings, whether a comic page, a random picture, or a commission/gift/etc for a friend, everyone can always tell what you have drawn. Your "style" of drawing is unique in your own way and is what helps others see what you have done. Your technique in drawings is always flawless and get down to the point in every detail to express what the picture means without (or close to) any explanation! e.deviantart.net/emoticons/h/h⦠" width="15" height="13" alt="
Impact: Overall this may have started out a practice for shading, has turned into a great piece that, in my own opinion, would make a fantastic official cover for the story, and maybe you should have a vote? If you make another picture for the cover and upload it, you could have people vote upon the original(first) Africa cover, this cover, and the one you'd make. But the impact in this picture is beautiful, the scene is fantastic, and the meaning is gorgeous!
Now after typing this for 27 minutes, my hands are tired XDD I can't wait for the first pages to come! ^^
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OHMYYYY, thank you SO much for this awesome, epic critique! <3 I'm SO honoured that you like this cover!
Making the light effects and using so many yellow tones was pure fun! I love how well yellow shades blend with each other
And you're right about the originality, this was totally not one of the most creative things I made :'D
Oh, that's actually a cool idea!
Truly thank you SO much for telling me these lovely things! <3 You have no idea how much it means to me
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you are so very welcome! ^^ I loved just staring at it XD i think i had shed a tear when i first saw it XD (no joke i actually cried from how bright it was on my computer screen haha) and yes, yellows shade surprisingly well compared to other colors, yellows and blues shade very well ^^ And thank you! :3 I cannot wait for when that shall happen! ^^ Again your very welcome and no i do not know how much it meant, but i am happy it meant that much to you
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HOHO, you can say that
It totally did! <3
And no probs^^
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It over all is very impressive. The emotion of the conflict between these two characters is obvious and strong. I also love how you made Chui's design sharp and anglely(Is that even a WORD?)
The highlights and detail is very impressive, since I know how hard it is to color with such perfect value. In fact, there are very few places I could even tell that you used color pencil.
One thing I did notice was the rays coming from the tree, maybe you should put a few more rays just to make it look more natural, I'm not really sure, it just doesn't look completely natural. another place you could make look a little better would be the cheeks of both characters and the neck of Africa, if you look closely it looks a little sloppy, but from a distance it looks fine.
One thing you could do to make the colors blend even smoother is to run over the drawing with white. This works fine but one problem you may find would be either you would need to make the characters darker or completely change the color design. Another thing you could do is, like smudging, you could just rub the drawing with your finger. These are just sugestions, but I hope this helps. I love Chakra, and I can't wait to see this series!
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Oh my, thank you so much for this awesome critique <3
I'm really happy you like the style and designs!
Also thank you on the tip of lighting, I see what you mean
And thanks for that too
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You're more than welcome! I was really inspired by your comics, and soon I will be starting my own. It was very intresting, writing that critique, since I'm both far younger, and less expirienced than you. The tips I gave you were what I've learned over my expiriences, so, I really love Chakras, and I can't wait to see what happens next Saturday!!
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Hoho, thank you a ton!
I'm really honoured I could help you, and I wish you the best of luck on your own project!
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I do like that it is not a cheesy love story, Africa has come so far and made rivals on her way, I can't wait until you finish it!Β
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Whoa! This cover is amazing!
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Thanks! This took some 6 hours of work
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"They have nothing to lose"?Β
But Africa have cubs, right?Β
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I know this is one of your older artworks, Β but I was browsing through your gallery for inspiration for your one million contest 
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Aww thank you so much! I'm so happy you like this <3 and seriously thank you a ton for your amazing support, I'm flattered!
You did an amazing job with your entry
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You are so very welcome
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Awesome! I especially love the light and shadow on this picture - it looks truly gorgeous
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You're more than welcome! ^ ^
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