8/31/15 - Ilyana Thumbs

So I started work on the thumbnail sketches, generating ideas for the full composition. I'm likely going to take the top right one and flesh it out a lot more. I like that pose for her, as it's based on her attack animation in the game increasing familiarity and it's a powerful pose.

Tomorrow I'll probably have a very different set of thumbnails, as I'm now juggling a lot of different projects thanks to uni. This means more diverse work but it might get a bit confusing as I jump back and forward. There's a lot of different pieces I need to work on now.

And I'll show the start of one of them tomorrow!

8/30/15 - Ilyana Design Final

So this is the design I went with:

After I took some mentorship suggestions. I'm pretty happy with it, I think it looks pretty cool. Now it's on to the composition and rough sketch!

Which I will show progress on tomorrow!

8/29/15 - Prep sketches

So I started prep work for the next character a few days back:

This time, I wanted to do a bit more of a study on the costume, so I drew out a few variations that kept the same core themes I saw in the original design. Not much to say besides that. I've got a few days of work for this piece saved up so I'll definitely have stuff ready to share for the next few days!

Till tomorrow!

8/28/15 - Fiora Finish!

Ho damn that break was longer than I thought it was. But here I am, finally settled back in and ready for another semester. I'll begin posting daily again.

And to celebrate, I uploaded the Fiora piece!

Not much to say besides that. I've started the next piece (another FE piece) and I'll be uploading progress on that one starting tomorrow!

So I'll be back tomorrow with new stuff!

8/10/15 - Short Hold Again

Hello,

So it might be obvious by my really spotty posting recently, but things have been getting rather busy as I prepare to go back to school, visit up family and friends again while wrapping up summer projects. I'm inconsistent with my work schedule right now, so I can't promise consistent updates for a while. I'll update when I can (I expect the Fiora piece to be done REALLY SOON and some more FE concept stuff done shortly afterwards) but I can't promise a daily update for a while. My estimate is 14 days, as that's when I'll be back in the rhythm at uni, like earlier this year.

So hang tight and I'll be back again soon!

8/7/15 - Even Closer to Done

I finally got around to work on the wings and spear. I still have a few small changes, a refine pass and some effects left, but it's looking pretty close to done!

Once I'm done I'm probably going to do a few more smaller sketches and design stuff first, and then I'll dive back into another full fledged piece like this. And hopefully I'll work faster.

That said, I learned a LOT while working on this thanks to Kienan and I'm excited to both finish this one and see what the next piece will bring!

8/4/15 - Almost Done

Hey, sorry I keep dropping updates; internet has been on and off. I'd like to restate that I'll be much more consistent come September. So bear with me here. In another news, I'm almost done with the Fiora piece!

The face and breastplate are mostly done and I fixed up some other things around the image. The rest should just be polish and cleaning lines!

I hope to have it done by tomorrow but I'll just have to see. Till then!

8/1/15 - Fiora Again

I'm getting really close now! And I have an actual update!

This step, the cleanup phase, is easily the most boring and also the most time consuming. It takes a long time to polish and is far harder to notice the amount of progress when I'm making it. So it's a bit of a drag, but here's what I got done:

Most of the changes this time were in the face and breastplate. I am almost done with the latter but I think I'll be spending a bit more time on the former.

So that's all for today and with any luck, I'll be finished with this piece within the week!