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Published: 2018-10-06 19:23:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 831; Favourites: 14; Downloads: 3
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(Grant me power for my name is Arubasu ~ as it's translated in the anime.)


Like I mentioned in the status I may not be doing Inktober, but it doesn't stop me from doing ink works. Just don't expect daily submissions, or only ink/markers.


Yeh, I just found another great anime! (What I've been doing lately...):

 ゼロから始める魔法の書 (Zero kara Hajimeru Mahō no Sho, lit. Starting the Magical Book from Zero). Too bad it's only 12 episodes long. (And why is almost every good anime based on a manga...?)


I just love Arubasu, and especially how he says でも (demo = but, even, however) or  けど (kedo = but, however) and his 'rebellious' spirit, as well as the particular scene. Because, who wouldn't want to ride a 獣堕ち (kemonoochi) while being chased, wearing a fluttering cape and shooting magical spell arrows at other sorcerers who're chasing you?


Maybe it was the 'poison' theme of Inktober or why my inbox was suddenly filled with so many archery drawings by different deviants but it kind of inspired me too. Or encouraged whatsoever. Been a while from my last archery piece, anyhow.


The main focus was perspective. I want to seriously practise it to achieve more depth and variety to my works. Though I don't want to do it the classic boring(?) way of here's a train railway, see how it gets smaller in the distance? - way.  I also had a great struggle with the placement of the text before realising it doesn't have to read straight from left to right. What if I step it, instead? And so the struggle was solved, on the 'placement' part. Also, realised I rarely include texts in my works.

However the background, especially behind アルバス almost gave me a sleepless night, specifically the low right corner... lol Another hard thing about this was that again, it was going to be a night scene, and I can count the previous experiments of a night scene with five fingers. ^^ The pose itself took several sketches.

The bow shape in the anime reminds me of a horse bow, so I thought to make it that, not sure what it's supposed to be if anything. But those are just so cool-looking I couldn't resist drawing one! A bit unusual colour scheme as well, though may be because of night colours.


All in all though, it didn't turn out quite what I expected but can't say I plainly hate it either. Kind of a love-hate relationship with this piece as was the process, well... doesn't surprise me. xD


Tools:

A5 semi 'Copic proof' paper (it bled on the second paper but not through that and the texture is pretty smooth)

a pencil for sketching, Copic Gasefunde [Nylon Brush] (my love! ) ink pen, Copic Ciao and Copic Markers, white gel pen.

Refs:

www.deviantart.com/thestarligh…

i.pinimg.com/originals/38/ae/c… (for the bow shape)


The characters, setting, story © ゼロから始める魔法の書

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Comments: 6

Foxofwonders [2018-10-25 19:24:05 +0000 UTC]

Very nice overall!

The bow and the flaming effect look great, and of course it's always satisfying to see that the bow and arrow are being held in a realistic way (of course I wasn't expecting any less from a fellow archer, haha). I really love the flowing of the cape, and the overall poses of the characters look good. It's indeed a nicer way to practise perspective than just drawing train tracks fading into the distance.
I can definitely see where you were going with the perspective, though one thing that could have brought it to view even better would be to introduce foreshortening on the boy's arms. Right now, they look like they're seen from the side, where actually, I think you wanted to see it come toward the viewer a bit more (the hand holding the bow already appears bigger than the hand pulling the bowstring, after all).
It also wasn't immediately clear to me that this was a nighttime scene, perhaps because the colours are rather bright and saturated. During nighttime, you typically see very little colour. Perhaps a very dark green or blue would have worked better for the vegetation. It would also make the text and the characters stand out more!
It was a bit tricky to me as well at first to figure out what is darkest during the night, and what I found out was that the treeline is typically pitch-black, whereas the sky is a dark blue or a dark grey (depending on where you are).

In the end, I love the impact and composition, and the text blends into the art really well! Keep up the great work and keep on practising and improving!

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TheStarlightPrincess In reply to Foxofwonders [2018-10-27 07:47:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Haha, how does one make a bow that shines white without lineart? It wasn't easy, but I like it now.

The hands are somewhat different size now but indeed, I aimed for a bit deeper perspective but the figure kind of looked too good to be rubbed again so I used that (second sketch). And since I still used the anime screen shot as a some kind of ref. Maybe if I had started from the hand that's the biggest to the viewer I could have better realised the rest of the body and the foreshortening. And I wanted the pose to point somewhat upwards to put emphasis on the bow and how the arrow's going to fly further. Doing that with a front view, I don't know how it could have worked out. ^^ Well, there's always the next time... The sitting pose on the other hand was a bit tricky as there's a small foreshortening there with the knees. I'm glad he has trousers because figuring out the knees is eww.


I guess I can understand that. It looks a lot darker to me because the progress was too light for a long time. I had trouble with the clouds and at first I had done a bit too many so the shiny effect of the bow didn't work. I ended up erasing most of that cloud by the sky. I also didn't have that many ideas for markers how to make the furthest clouds and I liked that green and grey combination. But I know, it could be darker. Maybe there's the moon somewhere? XD


I'm glad to hear that! I had no idea what I was going to do with the text. Well the first phrases turned out great. His name though was a long struggle, I used this and that and went over it since I didn't like it. Before the blue glow it was light green, I'm surprised I got rid of that with gel pen and blending other markers. Though some if it is still there but not that it bothered. I will!

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queenofeagles [2018-10-24 19:51:13 +0000 UTC]

wow, you're drawing a lot of epic stuff! love it

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TheStarlightPrincess In reply to queenofeagles [2018-10-27 07:20:56 +0000 UTC]

Heh thanks! Thank the hours I've spent reading manga or watching anime, haha! XD Nah, I really want to improve and try different things. 

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seralune [2018-10-19 13:38:45 +0000 UTC]

So awesome

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TheStarlightPrincess In reply to seralune [2018-10-19 19:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it!

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