Well, after losing my computer (freaking Windows piece of *&$!), I've finally been able to get this wall finished and uploaded.
The image is a fantastic Shana scan that I got from here at AP. The scan ends on either side of Shana's body, so I had to draw her right arm and the right and left sides of her hair by hand. I used this scan as a guide for her hand, the arm I drew myself.
So, I vectored Shana obviously. Then I vectored another Shana scan for her sword, and yet another scan for her necklace. THEN I painted the flames, using yet another Shana scan as a guide, by hand in Photoshop. (I tried making some realistic flames, but it really didn't seem to suit the wall, so I went with the style flames that are in all of the Shana scans.) Then I imported it all into one document in Photoshop and and began lots of blending...and blending...and just for a change of pace some more blending, creating the sky and other such effects. At the end I decided that I didn't want to crowd it with text; sorry for all you text lovers out there.
So, I hope you like it. Comments as usual are appreciated!
The image is a fantastic Shana scan that I got from here at AP. The scan ends on either side of Shana's body, so I had to draw her right arm and the right and left sides of her hair by hand. I used this scan as a guide for her hand, the arm I drew myself.
So, I vectored Shana obviously. Then I vectored another Shana scan for her sword, and yet another scan for her necklace. THEN I painted the flames, using yet another Shana scan as a guide, by hand in Photoshop. (I tried making some realistic flames, but it really didn't seem to suit the wall, so I went with the style flames that are in all of the Shana scans.) Then I imported it all into one document in Photoshop and and began lots of blending...and blending...and just for a change of pace some more blending, creating the sky and other such effects. At the end I decided that I didn't want to crowd it with text; sorry for all you text lovers out there.
So, I hope you like it. Comments as usual are appreciated!






























