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One of my Inktober '16 pieces I decided to color digitally.

I found out about Shantae when I saw Ray Narvaez, Jr. and Ross’s playthrough of Pirate’s Curse on Grumpcade, and I’ve really wanted to play one of the games since then. Maybe it’s the nostalgia goggles talking, but when getting a glimpse of the graphics, it kinda reminded me a lot of Jazz Jackrabbit (2, specifically). The soundtrack is just as catchy as well.

If not for really creative character designs and colorful art style, I do like the premise and its sense of humor about how silly and ridiculous it can get. Call me old school, but I’m instantly hooked on stuff with the simplicity of a character going on big, crazy - and above all else, fun - adventures.

As for the coloring, I stumbled across the song, “Dance Through the Danger”, and kinda worked the feeling of that phrase into the coloring; I made the shading layers red (for a warm lighting effect) to contrast with the dark backdrop.

HNNNNG, Shantae has such a cute design. :3

Description
One of my Inktober '16 pieces I decided to color digitally.

I found out about Shantae when I saw Ray Narvaez, Jr. and Ross’s playthrough of Pirate’s Curse on Grumpcade, and I’ve really wanted to play one of the games since then. Maybe it’s the nostalgia goggles talking, but when getting a glimpse of the graphics, it kinda reminded me a lot of Jazz Jackrabbit (2, specifically). The soundtrack is just as catchy as well.

If not for really creative character designs and colorful art style, I do like the premise and its sense of humor about how silly and ridiculous it can get. Call me old school, but I’m instantly hooked on stuff with the simplicity of a character going on big, crazy - and above all else, fun - adventures.

As for the coloring, I stumbled across the song, “Dance Through the Danger”, and kinda worked the feeling of that phrase into the coloring; I made the shading layers red (for a warm lighting effect) to contrast with the dark backdrop.

HNNNNG, Shantae has such a cute design. :3