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Bit more playing with MangaStudio between papers. This is another couple original characters I brewed up. Master Ink, the lady on the left and forefront, is a Zenith idea I have had about based on the philosopher Mozi and general going neck-deep in the idea of a "philosopher-king" concept and goal, along with an army of folks going about and saving towns and building fots. Lady Ren, the woman on the right, is her majordomo, top student and second-in-command.

I wanted to try a few things with this picture. First, speed (failed that). Second is more dynamic posing and angles than I typically get in some drawings and seen in my want of late I think for more than just "stand there with a head 3/4 pose" I guess, though admitedly not as actiony as it could be (that's a couple others i Have in mind right now). Third is multiple characters on page, and composition with that. Fourth is some random new technique stuff: Figuring out hair still (I think I'm getting a hang of that though) and eyes (I quite like hwo they look here).

I need to work on cleaning my line art and I think the shading and highlights still look messier than I'd like, but that's for now I think a result of me still ending up with too thick of lines as a picture goes along. I need to take advantage of workign in higher DPIs and go thinner, I think.

Anyhow, random couple weekend's worth of work. Probably still too slow (I think I put like 17 hours into this). But still was fun.

And stuff.

EDIT: Quick tweak of some clean-up and changing Wren's hair, which is the most nitpicky part I have of it at this point. :/

Description
Bit more playing with MangaStudio between papers. This is another couple original characters I brewed up. Master Ink, the lady on the left and forefront, is a Zenith idea I have had about based on the philosopher Mozi and general going neck-deep in the idea of a "philosopher-king" concept and goal, along with an army of folks going about and saving towns and building fots. Lady Ren, the woman on the right, is her majordomo, top student and second-in-command.

I wanted to try a few things with this picture. First, speed (failed that). Second is more dynamic posing and angles than I typically get in some drawings and seen in my want of late I think for more than just "stand there with a head 3/4 pose" I guess, though admitedly not as actiony as it could be (that's a couple others i Have in mind right now). Third is multiple characters on page, and composition with that. Fourth is some random new technique stuff: Figuring out hair still (I think I'm getting a hang of that though) and eyes (I quite like hwo they look here).

I need to work on cleaning my line art and I think the shading and highlights still look messier than I'd like, but that's for now I think a result of me still ending up with too thick of lines as a picture goes along. I need to take advantage of workign in higher DPIs and go thinner, I think.

Anyhow, random couple weekend's worth of work. Probably still too slow (I think I put like 17 hours into this). But still was fun.

And stuff.

EDIT: Quick tweak of some clean-up and changing Wren's hair, which is the most nitpicky part I have of it at this point. :/