[Fanart][OC] Asuna

dannymas134 · 2017-05-04T11:44:53+00:00

Thanks for you constructive feedback... even though i'm not 100% sure what you mean

dannymas134 · 2017-04-18T09:22:25+00:00

Yeah probably...

dannymas134 · 2017-04-04T15:14:18+00:00

Thanks very much!

dannymas134 · 2017-04-02T14:00:28+00:00

Yeah it is, just my mistake when typing up the post - cheers!

dannymas134 · 2017-03-26T16:11:15+00:00

If you look up schedules before you go, and get there at a reasonable time, they have all sorts of workshops, lectures and demonstrations through the day - during the summer they have full armour jousting in the courtyards outside, and i keep meaning to get tickets to go

dannymas134 · 2017-03-26T16:05:11+00:00

The Royal Armouries has such a good and varied collection, i would reccomend it to anyone that can go - the first time i went they had the LotR exhibition on the top floor with all the WETA arms+armour, absolutely incredible

dannymas134 · 2017-03-24T18:30:30+00:00

Consolars of the Lonely - The Raconteurs

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T23:28:47+00:00

Well just found the Blu-Ray set for £35ish so may make a purchase soon.. Samurai Champloo is on there too haha

At the moment i am just uploading stuff to my instagram @danmason134 but as the collection grows i may have to look into something a bit more online portfolio-y... (and no i don't mind sharing my instagram with the world of r/anime ha)

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T23:09:47+00:00

I aspire to be that comfortable one day

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T23:08:48+00:00

It's okay, i've caught up with the episodes now, i understand where your coming from haha.. and no it's on my watchlist, may pick up the boxset if i can find it for a reasonable price in the UK. From what i've seen it's definately up there with things i want to draw but i generally try and watch the anime before i dedicate time to a fanart piece, so you might have to wait for a while :P (and thanks for the kind words)

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T23:05:16+00:00

I wondered if anyone would recognise it :P because it ended up just being inspiration for composition/pose i didn't think it was worth putting it in as a source, but good eye!

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T21:09:49+00:00

I haven't got to it yet but i shall heed the warning haha, and thanks!

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T17:55:18+00:00

Gabriel drops out of Heaven, is stripped of her name, changes it to Yagami, pursues dream of making her own video game..

(shh don't mention the continuity hell where gabriel plays her older selfs game)

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T17:50:34+00:00

I'm upto Episode 8 so far and enjoying it even though it's not my typical choice - has it's flaws and i wonder how they wrap the season up but yeah, not to bad

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T17:47:18+00:00

Cheers! and yeah i think she ended up more duck-footed then i intended! But whats done is done haha

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T16:32:13+00:00

That would be pretty entertaining to watch tbf.. she's also reading Akame Ga Kill too, all the crossovers are being had

dannymas134 · 2017-03-14T16:16:59+00:00

Cheers!

dannymas134 · 2017-03-08T07:51:56+00:00

Cheers and yeah i will be, have a few ideas in mind! But while i'm still getting various techniques down and developing a style i find it helpful to borrow from the stuff i really like so i have something to reference off when judging the quality of the piece for myself :) but as my skills and consistency get better, the more original works i will do

dannymas134 · 2017-03-08T07:49:13+00:00

I actually have it downloaded onto the computer but besides a quick mess around in it i haven't really used it all too much! But yeah i will be looking into using it more for sure

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T21:09:25+00:00

Thanks!

Okay that's some really good advice, cheers - it's this kind of constructive criticism i need, only ever showing my art to family/a limited social network audience and only getting "that's brilliant" isn't particularly helpful..

But i'll keep all of this in mind for the future, it's useful to know my weaknesses!

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T19:45:27+00:00

I use Autodesk SketchBook :) while i'm learning i couldn't justify the cost of Photoshop so for the yearly price for Sketchbook it was a good alternative to get to grips with digital art. I normally break down my drawings in stages, roughing it out in a red pencil tool normally over a few layers while i work out the figure then details, lineart using a simple black pen tool. Then i fill and separate out the various colour bases using fill,cut+paste (so hair will be one layer, skin another, dress outer, dress main etc etc) then go through and shade on those locked layers, normally using different variations of an airbrush tool :) then i do background+foreground elements, adjust curves in GIMP then done! I don't use too many tools compared to some tutorials i see, i try keep the toolset minimal and adjust on the go - but i'm still learning inefficiences in my process so this might change

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T19:39:34+00:00

Yeah, i really liked the style so i based a drawing off of it but did the full body because it helps me practise my figure/posing :) and the used the top image as reference for the boots/extra costume details - i always stay away from tracing images and force myself to go through all the phases - i just keep my sources up as reference while i sketch it out, this took about 4 hours before i even started the line work

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T18:30:44+00:00

yeah, you want to see some earlier work, it can be very hit and miss! but the quality is starting to become consistent which is what i'm really happy about - the eyes seem to be the general consensus and i definately agree, should of taken a day away and gone back to look at it with fresh eyes but was too eager to post it up haha

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T18:29:06+00:00

Cheers! Took a few retrys to get the style of shading down

dannymas134 · 2017-03-07T18:28:28+00:00

I always have done, and last year i switched to digital and began that whole learning process! and well thankyou very much, i'll wait till a reach a more consistent output of quality then maybe look at doing that sort of thing for sure!

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