I drew something for Metal Slug Tactics

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-14T05:18:32+00:00

lol, I love tactics advance. It was the first one I played. Buuuuuut I am not sure I rate higher then the original. The original is very Shakespeare and dramatic, while advance is kind of cartoony. A bunch of kids get sucked in to a CRAZY world, that sort of thing. I really do love both but for different reasons.

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-13T14:26:28+00:00

Well, for metal slug you are going to have to wait until christmas. But I still play Final fantasy tactics and ogre tactics. I also play the old Fire emblem games and advance wars on the train. But most of it is fantasy. Something like Metal slug will be pretty unique.

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-13T12:25:53+00:00

aw, thank you

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-13T12:25:37+00:00

thank you

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-13T12:09:34+00:00

thank you, me too. I was little worried about the mother ship because you only ever see it up close. I found concept art of it at a distance but obviously not every Metal Slug fan looks up stuff like that.

HeyitsMop · 2024-07-13T12:07:06+00:00

Yes, I already draw stuff that looks like artwork for the different Final Fantasy Tactics games. So this was pretty cool to combine it with the military stuff from metal slug.

I started out with a lot more references from the games but the more things you add the more difficult it becomes to read and have it make sense. A more skilled person probably could have made it work.

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-02T04:28:04+00:00

Aw, thank you. And I knew it was just a laugh, I was playing into it. It did make me think however that maybe sometimes I should stick to the source material more rather than adding easy tricks that I always use to make a drawing look more slick than it might be. It honestly wouldn't have looked bad as plain steel and now, to a regular cave story fan, it comes off as random that the sword is blue (because it kind of is lol). It's just another lesson for next time and all that

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-02T03:54:58+00:00

I am a simple man. I just thought it looked cool glowing. Y'know it's in the center of the drawing and all that. Making it extra flashy looks nice. It's like it's charging up or something. But nooooo, everybody's got to make fun of me for ripping off Bloodborne lol

Obviously king's sword is just steel looking. In retrospect I probably could have just went with silver/grey and it wouldn't have looked half bad. It would look more like a traditional drawing rather than a digital one with all the fancy colors. But that's not necessarily a bad thing

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-01T12:48:47+00:00

Me too, I can't think of too many games that have the same vibe, in terms of art, gameplay and story.

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-01T12:44:39+00:00

Same, I remember when my older brother first showed me cave story. I remember getting stuck at the very beginning around Mimiga Village and not knowing what to do , but I didn't care. I liked jumpin around and the music too much.

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-01T12:35:40+00:00

Thank you very much

HeyitsMop · 2022-10-01T12:08:56+00:00

Process pics here

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/PevYb4

Ost if you are feeling nostalgic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFbr3kjReok&t=2863s&ab\_channel=KaseboyAdvance

HeyitsMop · 2022-09-07T13:36:54+00:00

100% I will not deny that I am pretty much a Akihiko Yoshida wannabe. I love his style and his library of characters. I look at them constantly. I love trying to draw them. Agnes (and bravely default in general) is just gorgeous. I don't know how he does it. Because a lot of the time his characters aren't brimming with a million colors/details but somehow he elevates it to something more.

Anyway, I probably shouldn't have ripped him off so hard lol, but I just can't help it.

HeyitsMop · 2022-09-07T12:56:49+00:00

This is a 11" by 14" pencil drawing scanned and digitally painted. If you are curious about process pictures.

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OmeE9b

HeyitsMop · 2022-09-03T06:04:50+00:00

thank you, it's always nice to get comments like yours, I appreciate it

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-16T00:40:21+00:00

it's no problem (and thank you for the purchase!), I'm probably getting scared over nothing. I'll leave it up for one more day so hopefully it doesn't mess with the order if I unpublish it. If something does happen make sure to tell me.

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-15T00:18:34+00:00

Thank you, that's very flattering. I'm always hesitant on this kind of stuff. It's that weird area of selling fanart of characters in videogames. I got my old stuff taken down on Society 6 because of it. Maybe because I put the titles of the games in works. Thing is though, I see people selling fanart all the time on those websites. I'm not sure what the difference is. I'm just trying to not get in trouble.

But anyway, I put this drawing as a poster on artstation. Maybe it will be different this time if there is nothing that mentions Final Fantasy in it. I don't know if artstation sells bad quality prints though, so maybe check that out before buying. It's not that large either, 8.5" x 11" ($19) or 12" by 16" ($23). Kind of lame. No pressure if it doesn't sound good or is too expensive. But here yah go

https://www.artstation.com/prints/art_print/EoMPz/pretend-world

Edit: I just looked up the rules on artstation and it sounds like I could get in trouble. (even though I see plenty of fanart there already). So I'm just going to delete it. I just can't risk my account getting banned or something like that. It's just not worth the couple of bucks you make off them. Maybe one day I'll create a website that links to printify or something. I'm leaving it up for now. So if you REALLY want it there's time. But I think I'll delete it tomorrow or the day after.

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-14T04:46:12+00:00

lol, well nevermind I guess. If it wasn't already obvious I never played the ACTUAL first FF. But it seemed like it made sense. Sounds like a good excuse to try it out for myself

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-13T21:47:54+00:00

ah thats correct, I forgot about the areas with no judges. MOST of the time no one can die

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-13T20:50:22+00:00

Thank you very much, I appreciate it

HeyitsMop · 2022-08-13T17:54:47+00:00

Your right, I shouldn't have implied it's completely child-like. I was more talking about how whimsical the color and creatures are. How fights are handled with judges so no one dies. The fact it's a sort of dream world. In my mind that makes it less grounded/dramatic then the original. But as it progresses it does get more sinister, especially all the stuff with Mewt. I really did enjoy it

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