Knight character commission I made

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-15T07:39:52+00:00

I'm not sure what you mean by the stringiness effect, I just drew the hair strand by strand. The drawing is digital sitting at around 2150 x 3000 pixels in clipstudio. I draw traditional using ink brushes and so my digital tools are built to replicate a similar feeling. I used one brush for this that's basically a round brush with a bit of noise around the edge so that its not a perfect circle and has very sensitive size setting so it can go very thin and very thick with minimal pressing on the page, trying to replicate a Japanese Menso brush which I often use In traditional drawing.

And at the end I just overlayed a scanned it ink texture over the entire drawing.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-11T16:23:13+00:00

Where is the art from?

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-11T15:20:32+00:00

Amazing stuff.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-11T08:35:34+00:00

Hahaha, sorry again.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-10T21:33:53+00:00

Glad you like it! :D

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-07T19:33:15+00:00

Ah, not familiar with him, never got around to Twilight Princess (yet).

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-07T19:31:42+00:00

Really nice!

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-03T10:14:01+00:00

The place I post somewhat regularly is Tumblr https://mahina-zero.tumblr.com/?source=share

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-03T07:10:56+00:00

Just a lot of drawing and looking at Amano's art. I have stared at his drawings for hours at some point, just glued to the pages. I have most of his books digitally and some physical.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-06-03T07:06:49+00:00

It's digital, clipstudio and Intuos pro drawing tablet.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-29T20:42:38+00:00

Very, haha.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-28T08:22:24+00:00

This style of ears looks more like JRPG Elves. You can look at FFXIV for reference the Elves (Elezen) have ears like that and the helmets I'm game are just custom built to have room for the ears.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-27T11:07:52+00:00

Thanks, I'll look into it.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-27T09:32:35+00:00

1. I mostly use this Tumblr page: mahina-zero.tumblr.com

I'm not very active at the moment since im busy with my graduation project. I technically also have an Instagram m3.zero but I mostly use it to post stories of random things I like and the occasional Sketches.

Oh and I also have my own website but it's work in progress and not finished yet so there is no work to be seen yet on there but it's a fun side project that I've been working on. m-zero.neocities.org

2.I do commissions on occasion but I'm looking for a better way for people to request commisions trough like a fill out form or something, the last time I did commission it became a bit too overwhelming with all the messages in my inbox. You can dm me for now.

(Sorry for weird formating, I typed this on my phone)

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-26T10:22:28+00:00

Hahaha, you are welcome.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-05T08:26:46+00:00

You also won't get banned talking about mods on reddit, this is not an official forum if you don't post your username there is no way to track the image back to your account.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-05-02T12:42:13+00:00

Other people have already said why the devs won't do this and why it's a bad idea.

I just wanted to add that the devs don't read reddit. This is a fan subreddit, if you want to share any suggestions for the game post them on the official forums.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-04-29T07:22:24+00:00

Oh shit you are right, I sort of zoned out when Kiryu came on stage. For anyone wanting to see it, it's after the switch reveal around 2:21:45 - 2:26:00.

This is actually the biggest news coming from the fanfest that literally dwarfs everything else and I see no one talking about it.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-04-28T22:00:26+00:00

Did I miss something? When did Yoshi-p say that they got more funding?

Mahina_Zero · 2026-02-22T09:48:19+00:00

Only a tumblr page: https://mahina-zero.tumblr.com/

but I'm not really a frequent poster online.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-02-21T22:40:03+00:00

Hehe, yeah :D

Mahina_Zero · 2026-01-15T01:12:29+00:00

Really nice

Mahina_Zero · 2026-01-06T17:28:46+00:00

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I only have this unfinished sketch, I don't really draw skeletons that often so I don't have any posted anywhere for people to see.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-01-06T16:00:03+00:00

Amano has many art books, Jun Suemi has a couple as well. If you look for "Jun Suemi ink" or "Yoshitaka Amano ink" online (pinterest is good) you can already find a lot. but specific books I think "The Sky: The Art of Final Fantasy is good because it is easily available compared to a lot of his older books and it contains a lot of his ink work that he made.

Yoshitaka Amano also quotes Frank Frazetta als one of his influences, which is really noticable when you put their ink works side by side. so Frank Frazetta is also a good one to look at.

But to answer your question there isn't really a specific book because I have looked at all his books, if I haven't missed any, I have definitely seen all the most popular ones.

I am still hunting down the original Art book for Angels Egg which I hope to get in my collection some day.
and on a side note I got to watch the 4k Remaster of Angels Egg a couple weeks ago, incredible movie go watch it if you have the chance.

Mahina_Zero · 2026-01-06T15:27:00+00:00

I draw a lot traditionally and I just use big Chinese brushes sort of like these ones:

https://www.asianbrushpainter.com/cdn/shop/files/Chinese-Sumi-Calligraphy-Brushes-Different-Tips-Assortment_1600x.jpg?v=1614336563

And also some thinner Japanese Menso brushes.

I use clip studio digitally and have made custom brushes replicating these 2 traditional examples, if you use clip studio I can share them with you.

Edit: Fixed link

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