Fixing up Vale

This is one I started at the beginning of the month, but I really disliked the colors. I tried to remedy some things today:

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Here’s how it looked before:

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Something about it still dissatisfies me, though – I think when I did the original drawing I didn’t plan it very well so the composition is blah, and even though I tried to fix some things it might not be fixable at this point without just doing a new drawing, which maybe I should do instead.

Or maybe I’ll just crop it, because I did like how the head was turning out:

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When it’s just the head there are some parts about the color I like better in the before version than the after:

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Lots of sketches

I was pretty productive today!

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This is a very quickly done character concept, I don’t think it was more than 3 hours. It still needs to be refined.

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This was the first thing I colored today. I wanted to sketch and try a more relaxed technique of just starting with color, adding line occasionally on top of the same layer if needed, then the lines would naturally eventually be painted over.

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I felt like attempting some city sketches, this was the first one.

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This was the second one. It’s the only one I used a photo reference for (a photo I took in NYC looking down a deserted alley in Chinatown), and oddly enough I think it’s the weakest one.

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The third one. I had fun with these.

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Did this random drawing before bed.

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A little doodle of Elsium to try painting with a soft brush, which is a method I’m not very familiar with.

Elsium Sketches

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Boy do I love sushi, but it sure makes me feel unproductive, and … yawwwn … tired. Going to bed now.

Update 2:
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I had tamagoyaki, soba noodles, eel rolls, lots of different kinds of masago, an amazing cabbage salad with peanuts… ahhh.

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I forgot I also started this last night. I’ve finally got a name for this character. Vale! One of my few girl characters who actually looks somewhat girly.