Kikiriki
07-08-2011, 08:57 PM
<p>Hellos! Since this drawing I did can't be more EQ2 related if it tried to be I thought I'd post it here!</p><p><strong>Backstory:</strong> My Warlock Ratonga Kikiriki loves to mess with the Half Elf SK Lord Commander of the Knights of Freeport. This, of course, is a <em>VERY BAD IDEA</em>. He's a really dastardly guy! But Kiki is such a brat to him, can you blame him? The two have been at each others throats for years! She's married him off to an ogress named Muggadugga, he's had his Highland Stalker cat shake her until she died! He even made a book filled with all the stuff she did to him! Yeah.... they're not gonna be sipping tea together anytime soon!</p><p>I had been wanting to draw them at each other's throats for years but never could figure out a good composition. Til now!</p><p>I started off with the sketch. I use a Wacom Intuos3 (PTZ-431W if that matters)</p><p><img src="http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/KikirikiEQ2/28b856f2.png" width="600" height="376" /></p><p>Then I decided to try a new technique. I knew for ages that Disney animators used colored lines when animating their characters so I thought I'd try it out. It's now my favorite method. I'm so glad I stepped out of the bounds! I also changed the pose on Kiki a little bit to give it a little more life.</p><p><img src="http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/KikirikiEQ2/a854772e.png" width="600" height="376" /></p><p>Once I got the lines fleshed out it's time to start coloring. I make a dark gray layer in the background to use for contrast. Plus, if I color, then switch between gray and white, white wil poke through the areas that didn't get enough color. It's pretty helpful to do this with your layers. I painted UNDER the line art.</p><p><img src="http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/KikirikiEQ2/0c4294b4.png" width="600" height="376" /></p><p>After that I added shading by selecting the blobs of color under the lines. The helm of Lucan I traced with Adobe Illustrator about a year back so I kinda felt like I cheated by using it again on the shield! I used brushes from Brusheezy.com for the effects. Slapped on a fresh screenshot of the Commonlands on chugworthy settings... and voila:</p><p><img src="http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab11/KikirikiEQ2/8a31a099.png" width="800" height="503" /></p><p>I have a super huge version, 1600X848px, but I thought that a little excessive to post! But if anyone wants to see it I'll try to link it somewhere!</p><p>Enjoy! I hope you like it!</p>