Wall 1 for Daystar Design's Birthday Bishie contest
I started this wall way back in April of 2009. I really wanted to do a painted wall although I hadn't done anything like that before and it looked really difficult. I consulted about a gazillion tutorials and references.
First I painted the hair, left it alone for a while, then painted the skin and then Ed's arm scared the crap out of me and I didn't touch it again until earlier this year, when I discovered SAI (I use GIMP). Painting is SAI is awesome and I am really happy with how the arm came out in the end, it's now one of my favourite parts. I did the arm, cape/coat, pants and bg in SAI.
Fave part: painting in SAI Least fave part: exporting continually between GIMP and SAI. I'd lay down the base vector in GIMP using masks and then paint/blend in SAI, but the only compatible file type is psd. Layers: around 200 Scan: Edward ElricBg scan: Chemin du Retour
The title is inspired by the theme of moving forward so important in FMA.
Comment and faves are really appreciated. :)
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2 years, 5 months ago
The painting job is very lovely. The hair looks natural. As for the BG, I would have to say that it is wrong. Especially the perspective. The tracks are horizontally straight and then Ed is tilted way too much. If the BG was tilted also, I'd understand the perspective. Also, Ed's cloak is not blending much with the BG. Anyway, the painting's really nice but the BG and the character just don't blend that well. ^^v
2 years, 5 months ago
You did a great job painting it, look hard to do that hair, i do not like the BG, since the sky is good, I think you can change or try something with the BG, just the paint is so good, i will fave it. you can improve the BG, really, is not bad, just something is missing. well done =)
1 year, 7 months ago
Edward is so cool~