Princess Mononoke 07
I’m not even going to pretend I’m going to stick to one hour drawings anymore. Anyway, I’m very happy about this one. The pose is from here. It’s really nice when I get lucky making a nice piece. I only wish it was consistent. EDIT: added more shading.
So I’ll probably set that up if anyone wants to see or something? I might warm up with doodles in which case anyone can pipe in and have my draw something.
Y’know if you want…
Link: http://livestre.am/3Wgkc
Pausing livestream cause I am hungry and no one was on anyway.
Watanuki 06
I feel like this is…not very original. I mean, the composition was I guess. Just typical of the kind of thing xxxHolic would do. I guess that means I captured the style well or something, maybe? Anyway, I’m not happy with the coloring really so I put the lineart up too.
I’m not supposed to have them.
Is this official fanon now? I (probably) didn’t start this but if I did that’d be cool.
Korra drawing 05
My hour drawing! Except…it was 3 hours. Hope ya’ll like it. Pose was from here. Commission me?
Mordio here again, because I guess I’m the “leader” of this project.
[Warning: long post ahead]
I was the one who had the original concept for this story somewhere around 6 years ago. To be honest, aside for the Reidaro themselves and a few names, there’s very little similarity between the first “iteration” and the current one. The version that’s available now is the only one which has been written out. Its creation was inspired by my first playthrough of Tales of Symphonia—a story which I still love to this day. I wanted to make an RPG which had an intricate plotline and a multitude of characters who would all have some impact on the world. Yet, that wasn’t all of it. I wanted to take advantage of the medium of video games and the benefits it had over books to create a truly immersive experience. In the rpg, Grey’s personality would be crafted by the player’s choices which would have a big impact on who joined the party and what events occurred. Of course, this is a lot easier said then done, and such a project is a huge undertaking for a team, let alone an individual, so I spent years daydreaming instead.
Sometime between then and last year, a few of the characters (Quartz, Grey, Addie, Tome-az) were given initial designs. Kichi and I are currently dating and have been for over two years now (We met somewhere around six years ago as well, but we didn’t really become great friends until high school, and we didn’t start dating until junior year). In Novemeber, 2010 I wrote a novel for NaNoWriMo unrelated to Reidaro but fell in love with writing. Kichi encouraged me and as I divulged more and more information to her, she only became more interested. She started drawing the characters and even created a few, offering editorial advice here and there. When 2011 began, so did our noveling adventure, which, while sometimes it goes slowly and other times swiftly, has never ceased since then. We didn’t really have an exact moment of “let’s do this”—it was more of a gradual thing, although we have had “let’s do this” conversations since then.
I still want to make the story into an rpg, and I’m currently a Software Engineering major in college so I’m acquiring the programming skills to do so. Kichi is in Graphic Design and has been providing a plethora of illustrations to keep me motivated and as references. This dream is still alive and going as strong as can be.
