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Haha alright, Tig I got a couple of compositions for consideration. You'll have to excuse the horrid attempt at sketching in the character outline, I'm still in the design process so it will look tons better in the final. On the left sketch it's a little hard to see but there are buildings in the background. An alternative to that one could also be having one or two of the glowing flowers in the background instead with shadowed out buildings on either side. Let me know what one seems best for you.



Also, Nyghtfang, I'm just starting the more detailed work on your character and I'm not entirely sure if it's heading in the right direction. My concern is that the clothes might look a little too plain human for an elf to be wearing and I don't know if that was your intention with the character or not. Let me know what you think, if it looks fine or if you want me to change it in one way or other. Here's the sketch of the front view as it is right now:

Hey I just stopped by and noticed how good the art and the composition is, I now the requests are closed at a moment, but could I reserve a spot for when they open up? I would really appreciate it. Your art is well done. I'm in no hurry to get a request done, so if you could let me know whenever a spot opens up. =)

Well, thank you I honestly don't know when I'll be able to take more requests, it all depends on how busy my next semester is going to be. It could be as long as a few months before I'll be able to open up the floor again. What I can do is drop you a note when I will be open for more requests and if at that time you will still want it I'll gladly take it. Thanks for your interest

I kinda like both concepts kai, but I think the first picture (but with a added lighting with the flowers as you suggested) would be neat

My reasoning is that the second one has almost too much lighting.. I think it lessens the feeling of isolation and a lonely mood. Not to say the character is depressed or anything though! I guess now that I think about it, lighting is really gonna be important to me (sorry if im asking a bit much)

Very happy with it either way though! Thanks! *pounce*

-Tig, the being picky but thankful cat!

Hm... Yeah, I get what you mean. It looks a bit Christmasy (go figure ) Well, I spent a bit of time trying out different layouts and came up with this one. It's sort of what I was talking about, having very few flowers to light the scene. I think that with the mood you want to go for, it's best to leave the background with very little line-work and put all of the focus on the shading instead. I might also actually zoom the shot in a little as well to put the focus on the character more.

I got two more questions for you meanwhile. First, how does the character pose work for you? And also, was there any particular type of flower that you wanted for this? I've started leaning toward more of a tulip design lately but wasn't sure if it would fall in line with what you had in mind or not.

And don't worry, you're not asking for too much. I try to put just as much focus on the composition and lighting as I do on the actual character designs. It's what sets the mood of the piece. It's also why I offer sketches, because it's easier and faster to change anything you don't like at this stage before I go on and spend however many hours on the actual line work and coloring Anyways, let me know your thoughts.

No problem, you do some good work, I was just reserving a slot for when you do open things up, and no worries I'm not in any hurry to have any work done. Just let me know and keep up the good work!

Hmm... I like the pose to be honest, though the character needs to express sadness or more so, a lonely and lost feeling :) we may have to try some other poses if'n its not to much to ask (I do realize that she's not easy to work on haha)

The flowers tended to be almost vine like, wrapping around laterns and buildings, which really helped add a different look to things. The "tulip" look was kinda good, but since they tend to hang, it was always angled downward. (this wasn't explained in our messages I know >.< sorry!) I loved the xmasy idea to be honest. A trick to make my world less "depressing" ect, and to highlight peaceful moments, I used the flowers to be relatively joyful appearance. Comforting by look as well as the light they bring. So I guess I kinda liked the idea :)

Sorry to be a pain!

@ admiralmcgregor: Sure thing :) Thanks again.

@ Tig: I fixed it up the sketch a bit but haven't had the chance to toss it on the computer that's connected to the internet. I understand the emotion that you're going for and don't worry, it's getting there. I just fixed up her posture a little to show that more and her facial expression will be important for that as well. Like I said, I'm zooming in the shot to put her more into the frame and put the focus on her instead of the flowers. I realized that this was also a bit of a problem while looking it over.

Not to worry! We'll get it done :)

Resurrecting this from the ashes for a limited time. A note to those who approached me with requests in the past - if you are still interested then let me know ASAP and we'll try to get you squared away.

Ylanne, I redid the sketches and base work for your character. I've gotten to a good progress point on the composition and with some rough color work on her head. Take a look at the full sketch and the crop bellow and let me know if you have any comments before I proceed.

Oh good heavens. I'd done near and forgotten about this -- checking the dates, this was two years ago. This was an interesting thing to see appear in my "View Your Posts" thing. So I do have a few comments as well as an explanation. I have prosopagnosia, or face-blindness. That means that I am unable to differentiate, distinguish, recognize, or remember a person's facial features -- regardless of the closeness of my relationship to a person, or the frequency with which I see him or her. This is true both in person and in photographs or videos. Thus, of the pictures that you saw that I drew of the character back when you were looking through my sketches, I have to confess that I have absolutely no idea whether the figure looks identical or even similar from different sketches of mine. I can't tell. Basically, what I am saying is that in your continued work on this piece, you should ignore to a point the sketches of mine that you'd seen -- I often draw particular facial features slightly out of proportion or differently from drawing to drawing, and I am none the wiser. In regards to the partially colored draft, I think some of the facial features are a bit out of proportion, particularly with the sizes of the lips and eyes, which is probably more a result of consulting my sketches than a deficiency on your part. (You are a far better artist than I am, and also have the benefit of not being face-blind.) Otherwise, it looks quite good to me.

Thank you again for your time and for putting up with me over what has apparently been two years.

Blessings and peace,
Ylanne

Hah I think you're the one that's been putting up with me all this time, Ylanne (thanks for that).

I am taking another look at the overall proportions. They're easily fixed at this stage before I start in on the details. I'll keep the above in mind, though, and will try to stay as close and true to the written description as I can. That way we'll be sure to get it right :)

I'll try to have more for you by the end of the week.