Yay for getting writing done!

[imbecamiel]

Yep, I'm finally accomplishing something with my story for the SNWCG challenge! Not much, but still. I'm finding out I had more ideas than I thought I did, and I'm having fun. :D

And I'm actually managing to get art stuff done, too. Speaking of which, I could use some opinions... I finally got a sketch done of another pose I'd been thinking of for my male Long-Furred dragon, and rather like the way it turned out, but I'm still indecisive about whether I should use that one, or go back and fix up the legs/lower body in the first pose. What do y'all think?

Comments

[ainu-laire.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I'm not able to view the board for some reason... bad link? Private?

Do you have a dA account?

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* Sorry about that! Had a brain burp and completely forgot about that part of the board being members-only. :P I'll try just direct-linking the pictures.

Here's the female (for comparison): http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/Long-FurredDragon.jpg

Here's the first pose I did for the male (with just a doodle alongside it): http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/Long-FurredMale.jpg - this is the one that'd need more major fixing of the lower body.

And here's the new sketch for the male: http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/LongFurredMale2.jpg

(Male and female are supposed to look different - she's larger, with longer fur, for keeping warm and protecting the nest, he's smaller, able to fly, designed for hunting.)

Are you familiar with Dragon Cave, btw? What I'm going to be doing with these is shrinking them down and turning them into 100x100 pixel sprites for the game. :)

[ainu-laire.livejournal.com]

Very neat! To become hardcore you need to draw the skeletal and muscular structures of both and show how they differ.

(... my life drawing teacher is crazy).

I am not, but that sounds fun ^^

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Heh heh, yeah, the sketches are mainly just to have a basic idea to base the lines on when it's sprited - muscle definition and bone structure get better sorted out in the process, as other artists critique to make sure everything works out logically enough, as well as artistically. :)

[silivren-tinu.livejournal.com]

*cheers you on and feeds your bunnies lots of carrots to keep them motivated* I do not seem to be able to get any writing done lately. :P

For my part, I love the way your new sketch turned out! The second set of horns looks great and the pose is very unique. The only problem I can think of might be that you can't see much of the furry wings here, since the sketch mainly shows the underside of the wings. I don't really know if that's a problem, though - it wouldn't be one for me. I actually like it that you get to see both sides of the wings when looking at the sketches for both genders. :).

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thanks! *pats bunnies as they munch on carrots* At the moment I've got so many projects underway that I really want to work on, I think I'm going to have to start taking turns with them, here... *g*

Oh, thank you! Yeah, I'd been thinking about his wings, and at this point I think he's going to have shorter fur on his wings than she does (since long fur just doesn't seem like it'd work so well with them for flying). So I think showing less of the topsides of his wings will be all right, since hers will be more interesting anyway. So yay, I'm very happy you think it'll be good! :D

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I can't see the picture... it tells me I need to sign in or something. :( But I'm glad you got some writing done (especially since I, er, distracted you with my stories. LOL)

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

Gah, sorry about that! I forgot about that part of the forums being members-only. *headdesk* I'll just direct link the pictures here:

Here's the female (for comparison): http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/Long-FurredDragon.jpg

Here's the first pose I did for the male (with just a doodle alongside it): http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/Long-FurredMale.jpg - this is the one that'd need more major fixing of the lower body.

And here's the new sketch for the male: http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f132/Imbecamiel/LongFurredMale2.jpg

The male and female are supposed to look different - she's larger, with longer fur, for keeping warm and protecting the nest, he's smaller, able to fly, designed for hunting.

(LOL, and yes, your stories have been veeery distracting. Very good distracting indeed, but nonetheless. *g* I'm gonna try to leave a review for you on "At Hope's Edge" later today. ;D )

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

What great sketches! I kind of like the first male dragon sketch the best, for some reason. But I don't think you could go wrong with either.

And yay, a review! We likes reviews, precioussssssssssss... *g*

[scarvenartist.livejournal.com]

Yay, I'm glad you're making good progress on your story! (He, it's always nice to be pleasantly surprised by an abundance of ideas once you get started on something. :D) I can't wait to read it. *bounces*

Oo. OOooo. I really like the second concept sketch for the male. The first one is good too, but I love the combined effect of flight and a leap in the second one--it just seems to have more movement. (And it also seems to me that it might be easier to sprite-line than the first...? I have a feeling that if the first one went smaller, it might be difficult to distinguish its front legs at that angle.) Anywho...my two cents. :D Really love seeing these!

[imbecamiel.livejournal.com]

LOL, I've got so many writing projects I really want to work on at the moment... I think I'm going to have to make some king of plan, here, or I'm just gonna go crazy and leave behind a pile of unfinished works. *g*

Oh yay, I'm glad you like the new sketch! *bounce* Mmm, yeah, on both I was trying to keep certain dimensions in mind, to make the transition to sprite less complicated, but I think the second one would definitely be less difficult overall to do well. So since my thought is now confirmed... unless there's some great sudden outcry over on the forums, I think I'll be going with the second sketch. ;D