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[Asvoria]

another bump!

[Asvoria]

15 days are left!

[Asvoria]

bumping time!

[Direbolt]

Marking~

[Mommy Amon]

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[Direbolt]

I would like to enter this contest!
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Link to gallery: X
Selected artworks: X, X, X, X, X
Entry: X
Prize preference: 00, -01, 03, 06, 05, 40, 26, 22, 19, 12, 16, 02, 35, 51, 53, 01, -02, 04, 07, 13, 11, 10, 28, 23
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First I want to say that I really appreciate the theme of this contest; I tend to not push my comfort zone much while drawing because I just... draw what I want to, so this was a pretty helpful exercise. ^^ I hope you also like the drawing/design that came of it!

I enjoy character design a lot, but I tend to fall into some similarities among my designs. So since I was adapting something I tried to do some things differently. I struggle with more muscular builds so I made him pretty muscly. I also tried to get the fact they're a dapple in the design by giving them freckles and arm... color change? Not sure what to call this, but it's cool on that one genshin character so I took inspo from that.

Where I really tried to push myself was in the art style, background/lighting, and pose.

Starting with the pose, I try to avoid this kind of... head backwards so the hair isn't covering the face at all pose like the plague. I have a really hard time getting the face to look right when there's no hair covering it, which is why every character I have designed for myself has bangs. In general the pose is also fairly dynamic, though a lot of it ended up being obscured by the clothing.

I also tried to incorporate the background into the drawing a lot. I usually just have my drawings exist in the Void, and when I do draw a background it's usually either really basic or I use layering tricks to make it look more cohesive with the character. This time I tried to have the character interacting with the background and also have some lighting to make it more cohesive! Not a very complex background still, but I'll need to work on that another time.

Lastly, the art style! I've never done a lineless style before! So it was interesting to try and a bit challenging. I usually stop at coloring in sketches flatly, or take an eternity on lines, so it was fun to try something new!

[Asvoria]

Updates!
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- Direbolt was registered for the contest.

Good luck!

[Vully-the-vulpix]

Can I ask what is meant by gallery
sorry if this is a stupid question but this is the first real art thing I am doing apart from some lineart -based okaki scribbles and my school art lessons

[Asvoria]

Can I ask what is meant by gallery
sorry if this is a stupid question but this is the first real art thing I am doing apart from some lineart -based okaki scribbles and my school art lessons

Hellou there! I'm always up to answer all questions that might come up, so please don't hesitate to ask until everything is clear.

With a gallery I mean a sort of website or place that you use to display your art portfolio. Some people use designated websites like deviantART, some have just uploaded a few pictures to image upload sites like imgur. The purpose of the gallery is to show the other judges and me some of your previous artwork, so that we have a reference to judge your work against. After all, this contest is about challenging your own skills

[Asvoria]

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