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CuriousCucumber — the Keymistress and the Stableboy
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Published: 2018-07-18 14:00:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1304; Favourites: 63; Downloads: 0
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Hihihii look what I found
lovely old sketches of my very much not forgotten fantasy AU! Mercury is a super short-sighted stable boy, who works with Speedwind. He loves his job but has difficulties performing his best due to his poor eyes and this causes him to be cranky almost all the time.
He dislikes the higher society and hates being bossed around by the noble - which is why he was set on a collision course with the castle key mistress the moment she walked in his stable.
And well ... it's not like Lumia thinks very high of dirty stable hands either.
These two hate each other. They get on each other's nerves the moment they meet and the only reason for them to even try to get along is that both are highly dutiful
(and that Speedwind asks them to) and they have things to take care of - such as saving their friends' asses when they get in trouble. Both are really good at that
Gee I've missed this....
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Those of you who don't remember - yeah I have many AUs XD
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he also has a vest to go with the shirt
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MUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH >8D
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Hi, I'm from ProjectComment
In my opinion the best thing about these characters is the way you have made the facial expressions. Each scene is unique in that sense, full of charisma and convey very well the emotions and feelings they have
Volume, shadows, lights, reflections
I see that you have marked the shadows on the skin and the weapons, but in the clothes they are very soft, leaving an unequal contrast that perhaps does not fit well. Maybe I'm wrong and the style you try to do is really like that, but otherwise I would try to balance the intensity.
Talking about the reflections of light and brightness, I only perceive them in the characters' hair, but in the rest of the body they aren't noticed. Similar to what happens with shadows.
Stroke of the outlines
The lines have enough quality and a very fine result. However I think they are diluted a little with colors. At least I perceive better the folds of the clothes and some details in the scenes that you have made in black and white.
Colors, saturation
I see that you have used few colors, and slightly desaturated. However, I think they are quite appropriate for the style of the character. Anyway, this is usually quite subjective because there are other people who prefer very bright and vivid colors in these cases
Poses and perspective
In general, the poses are attractive and dynamic within the possible range. In addition you have rightly convoked the perspective and the point of view of the viewer to captivate us
Proportions, anatomy, symmetry, mass
All these aspects are very good, especially the way in which the bodies interact between them and the weapons they hold in their hands.
What could be improved is the size of the hands, which in some scenes seem a little small, for example in the one below and the one on the right. Although it's not something too serious.
Details
Finally I would like to mention some small details that I love, such as the dirt that you have added to the hands in the scene on the left and the one above. It could be even better if you add more in the trident and clothes, along with some breaks or holes, although this is just a suggestion.
Good luck and keep going!
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Thank you for your comment >u<
This is just a collection of sketches and I was going for a simple approach :3 hence not so many colors and super simple shading - kinda testing it out.
Combining traditional lines and digital coloring is a bit of a challenge for me still hence I can see why the lines might not seem to match the coloring - still working on that.
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No problem, keep going!
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Looks like a perfect match! 
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I think so too! Now we just gotta make them agree XD
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I love this. It looks like a lot of fun.
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Heh these two are very fun
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Cheers!
I am here to make a feedback of your work from the group ProjectComment
So let's not talk anymore and go straight to the point!
I love the characterization that you have given to the boy who seems to be very happy and the girl who accompanies him being his counterpart to contrast the personality of the protagonist, they seem to have a good dynamic of rivals / friends and their designs are quite beautiful, you can distinguish their silhouette in a simple way and that is always pleasing to the eye.
Now I will go a little to make some design observations, from the left side we have the boy in a clear and quite fluid pose, but he takes me out a bit that you did not make his left hand, at first I thought he did not have it and it was part of the design, but the rest of the sheet seems to have it, maybe you should take care of that if you are going to present it as a character design.
I can also see some small anatomy errors especially in the image that is down, where the two characters look defiant, the girl's left arm does not seem to be in perspective and it folds a little strange, maybe that could be solved using a reference, because of course, even if you know a lot about anatomy the references are never too much; 3
I think that same mistake is in the image on the right, the girl seems to be too close to the protagonist and does not seem to have too much depth, you can improve it with the perspective and not doing so close to him to appreciate more of her pose.
And that's it, keep creating Curious Cucumber
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Oh these two are rivals for sure XD at least for now.
Mercury surely has his both hands, yet in the standing pic his hand is supposed be bent behind the thigh.
There are probably way more anatomical mistakes I'm sure - a couple of this sketches were older and I was too lazy to fix them XD
And in the sword pic they are sort of supposed to be standing back to back and she's actually on a higher step than him
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Wonderful character design! You did such a lovely job with body movement and expression
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Thank you
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That's good because I have too many X'D
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*gasp* there is no such thing
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teheheee!!
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I gotta say Merc and Lumia are always so fun to work with XD and in this AU they are HILARIOUS
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Your fantasy AU sounds awesome!!
Kind of reminds me a little bit of the one me and are testing out.
In ours, Sky is a Sheep header that dabbles in Archery from a Quiet village while Combiner is a Knight from a Mad kings castle.
They find a Calf that Follows the sheep girl around and she's TERRIFIED of it XDD
If Mercury needed any help herding sheep, I'm sure Sky can help with her "Sheep magic." As what Bin calls it when all the fluffy animals follow her around.
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Been a while since I worked on it - but it used to be a big thing! now gotta make it bigger again!
Mercury is a stable hand so he's more home around horses actually
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Horses huh?
With Sky's short height (5'4 smol babe), She has trouble doing everything with the horse, Like getting on and off. XD
And even if she does get to the top, she needs someone behind her so she doesn't fall off, though...She once did get her legs stuck in the stirrups just trying to climb down and the whole thing got tangled, making her hang on the horses side. XD
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Oh Mercury is not very good at riding (even though he's not too short), but he's excellent when it comes to taking care of horses
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Sky need help taking care of her new pony since it likes running off with her on it.
Things too excited for its own being XD
and she gets the ride of her life trying to stay XDD
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Mercury on muuten ihan perkuleen söpö ilman laseja, tiesitkö? O u O
Mun suosikki näistä on toi molempien paha katse. XDD Näyttää kuin joku Kron olis tölvässy jotain tyhmää niistä.
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Se ON! Ja tyhmästi aika monessa AUssa suurimman osan aikaa sillä ei erinäisistä syistä ole laseja vaikka ne on yks sen tavaramerkki.
Mut se on söööpöööööööö ...
Tyylii joo XD Mercury pitää Lumiaa ihan karmeena päsmärinä, mutta se ei tajua että se on itse aivan yhtä piikikäs ihmisille joista se ei tykkää
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XDD Haahahahaaa.
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