Actually being able to SEE what you are drawing can make a pretty big difference in what you can do...
...I wonder how I might fair up in the next Drawing comp on MFGG...

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Edited by: The_Shadow, Mar 18th, 2014 @ 4:06 pm

Here is how this turned out.
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Edited by: The_Shadow, Mar 17th, 2014 @ 11:29 pm

I like the shading on the hat. Your art skills have improved quite a bit, so I hope you keep at it!

Thanks Bibby!

Changed the name of the thread.

Dr. Light BTW, just in case he's been distorted beyond recognition.

My entry for MFGG's drawing comp 2014 #1: Beta Elements.

For this, I chose Mario Sports Mix.
An unused model for Bahamut is hidden within the boss data.

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Edited by: The_Shadow, Mar 22nd, 2014 @ 10:10 am

Wow, that's really awesome. How'd you do the textures on the wings?

Thanks

I generated a texture using a combination of Stagger effects, distortion, rotation, stretched it across the shape of the wings, applied some transparency, then I experimented a bit with blur and sharpen filters, and normalmap generation.

It took several tries, but I finally got something that looked decent.

reducing the colors on the whole image using a series of controlled contrast overloads and transparency overlays did the rest and covered up a whole lot of ugly.

This project is not forgotten....neglected yes...but not forgotten...
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Edited by: The_Shadow, Mar 26th, 2014 @ 10:39 am

Is the lack of buttons on his overalls intentional?

Yes and no,
I was actually initially going to have him in some rather shredded cloths, but I just couldn't get it to look right.

I just skipped them when I colored him in this way.