1. "Well, it's for a Megaman RP. Could you draw a dark-magical-girl robot carrying her adopted eleven-year-old girl piggyback? I made a few images from an online face generator, if that helps."
So this is the part where I rough out a design for the robot character, since the human looks pretty generic, and try to think up some spiffy poses.
2. "Looks great! Just remember, she's pretending to be a dark magical girl... very dark. Kind of inspired by Fate Testarossa. I like the pose on the upper right, I feel like it really captures their character. Also, I know Megaman characters have huge feet, but I'm not really into that."
Sweet. I mourn the shoes briefly, and then start drawing. I only adopted this method recently, and mostly because of animation - grab cheap paper, sketch something out, flip it over, and then trace using a lightbox. (Repeat as necessary.) The robot's legs and the kid's head were really troublesome. I finally get it to a place I like, and then ink on Bristol board.
3. By this point, I am feeling pretty good, so I scan it in, fix up any goofy errors, and start coloring.
4. BAM. I have no idea what happened. Why are they in space? Don't ask me. I mean, you could, but I have no idea.
"I love it! But actually, the girl is multiracial."
Oh, cool!
Approved and paid! I originally meant for there to be more obvious dark-magical-girl elements (the ribbon was a nice start), but ended up favoring a sleeker look. Also, purple and pink.
Wow, using my stuff as an example huh! I'm all ablush! Though I also feel a little dorky for being all 'doopy dee doop' in my lack of clear descriptions in the first place and then my picky tweaks. BUT!
ReplyDeleteIt really turned out very well, it's awesome and I'm flattered you used my commission for this!
Whoa! thanks for showing process-- no wonder you get commissions to do this ^.^
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