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Published: 2010-02-08 04:42:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 851; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 27
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Fanart of Sheena from Namco-Bandai's Tales of Symphonia.Great, not only can squid not get over these frackin' games, but she's abusing photoshop filters now. I SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF MYSELF.
Before you ask, the writing on her cards is 100% BSed by yours truly.
Honestly though, I'm happy with this.
I'm still knew with this whole 100% digital art deal, so feedback would be rad.
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I'm not a huge fan of the games but this is my favorite character from them
I still love your style, i think it gives the characters more life.
And
AT LEAST YOU HAVE BACKROUNDS!
*cry*
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As for Symphonia, I hated it the first time I played it, but for some reason I kept playing it, and for some reason I found myself enjoying it.
But thanks! I'm working on backgrounds, and this is one of the better ones. >_<
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don't get over this game ..it's too awesome to get over!
i like her pose! it's very sheena-ish.
awesome work!
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It just seems like I've been drawing nothing but fanart from the Tales series. My poor, poor watchers.
But thank you!
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It's not often you see super-imposed, interestingly shaped panels like this in an image-- wait a moment, you're squidlarkin. 
Well, now I recall what your gallery is like and I know you have a tendency towards softer and pastelly colours, which will affect my critique because I was going to suggest to you that you shouldn't be afraid to use some bolder, deeper shading. Obviously, it is your style to keep things light and airy - but perhaps even your most pastel-like images could really be given a little more depth by making more use of different hues. For example, in this image, I can see that the purple you used for the tunic remains the same hue from its darkest to its lightest parts. Don't be afraid to shift further towards different hues as you let your tones get darker - for example, on skin, I often give my shadows a blue tint! It can add a lot of depth.
Phew, hope all that made sense. Oh, but before I drop this topic, there would be one good thing about shading boldly on an image such as this - I would expect something with such a thick and angular border to be shaded with a bit more of a graphic impact. 
Anyway, keep it up. 
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I had a moment of "I know you from somewhere..." too! 
And now that you mention it, I totally agree... the style of the border and the shading do seem to clash. 
Thank you so much~! 
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Heheh - go ninja girl with standard-issue magic charms!
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YES.
On a different yet similar note, I've been playing Muramasa Demon Blade, and I can't get over the ninja in that game. My poor roommates. All day it's "Look, look! 
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I think my brother got that game recently - I'll have to try it out one of these days.
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I freaking love it, but that's just me. 
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Lines are a little fuzzy, looks kind of out of focus because they're not very dark. Otherwise it's gorgeous. Nice composition
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Hm... I've been trying to move away from solid black lines all over the place, but I see your point. I may go back and add in more shadow/lines, and see if that helps. Thank you!
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Mmm I getcha. I think it's that even though you're not using solid black lines, you're still essentially using lines. The lines are just not solid, but they're not quite as gradated as more "realistic" shading would be? Totally dig the little floral pattern, though--didn't even notice that the first time!
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Well... I was totally planning on trying to go more realistic with no lines, but then I wimped out halfway through... so this was the result.
And thanks! I'm glad the flowers turned out well.
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