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Yes, I am well aware that it shares a name with a song from the Kingdom Hearts II soundtrack. But that song was stuck in my head when I started coloring it in, so there we go.Either way, with most of my drawings packed away for going back to Uni as of last night, any sane time that I had for myself was spent either playing videogames (Okami FTW) or doing a separate drawing aside from the usuals. Once again my mind flickered to Spyro, and so I ended up drawing him and Sparx in what can reflect the coming Summer months. Not even the amount of energy they both had while playing together in their swamp home is limitless, as shown here.
Quadrupeds have never been my speciality, but I think I'm starting to improve my methods in posing techniques having grown used to guiding quadrupeds in videogames in recent times, whether it be Spyro or Amaterasu (lead in Okami) or any other character. I might need to track a mannequin down before I go home to help improve a little more. I did however get some new blendable colors while I was out, leaving me to try and test out whatever shadow techniques I can on certain colored elements here. It's going to take a while to transition from the double-ended crayola shaders I've often used in the past.
It also turns out that two of my kid cousins ended up coming to my house while I was in the process of drawing. And at the end of the day, the youngest of which had copied the Spyro reference that I used on a lined piece of paper very accurately without the need of tracing and will show it to her school mates when she goes back tomorrow.
I hope this goes down okay. Comments are much appreciated
Spyro and Sparx belong to Sierra. Nuff said.
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Comments: 18
SarahSpyborg259 [2019-05-01 14:22:48 +0000 UTC]
Yup. One of those days... Β
Great job, anyways. This hold up even over a decade later.
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eaglesqueen [2016-03-23 01:53:58 +0000 UTC]
you Β r Β coloring Β good Β Β its Β so nice
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Ignitus1992 [2008-05-28 19:49:44 +0000 UTC]
Sparx: Mommy, fluff my pillow...
Spyro: That's not a pillow, that's my tail. Lemme sleep
Sparx: Mommy, five more minutes...
Spyro: IGNITUS!!!!
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Lilliflora [2008-01-12 08:58:22 +0000 UTC]
That's amazing! Awesome coloring and they both look sweet ^^
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Razzek [2007-09-19 18:09:37 +0000 UTC]
Rexy! I didn't know you were on dA until just now. I love your colored pencil work here, and Spyro and Sparx are adorable.
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freqrexy In reply to Razzek [2007-09-23 19:44:08 +0000 UTC]
You do now, just that I haven't been here in ages XD
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Spyroflamesredsbum [2007-05-07 03:26:31 +0000 UTC]
AH *Xplodes* NOICE JOOOOOOOOOOBBBBBBBB O_O
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silversister [2007-04-21 08:16:18 +0000 UTC]
Curse you all for getting to listen the KH2 soundtrack. x(
The pose be done well, IMO. Both Spyro and Sparks I think you've improved on. The catty sleeping pose I think is greatly done too... ^^
What can I say, great to see people still making quality Spyro-fanart. ^^
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DDR-Maniac [2007-04-15 22:17:38 +0000 UTC]
Nice job with the colors. One suggestion if you don't mind..Spyro's head is a tad big. Nice work here.
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freqrexy In reply to DDR-Maniac [2007-04-15 23:21:36 +0000 UTC]
That's what you get when I referenced one of the ANB concept drawings but yeah, I'll take that into account. Thanks.
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Lady-KL [2007-04-15 20:46:36 +0000 UTC]
That's sweet. I like how you blended the colors.
The white patches on the mushroom and on other spots look a little messy...you can use a white colored pencil or a blender to smooth those out.
If you have trouble with four-legged characters, I suggest looking at books on animals or using Google Image Search to find a pose.
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freqrexy In reply to Lady-KL [2007-04-15 23:20:56 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, Google Image Searching was what I ended up doing for the pose, namely dogs. Though, I seem to approach things by doing stuff rather than seeing stuff which is why I self-suggested a mannequin (and lo and behold I actually found a few dog and cat ones on Amazon and eBay not long after uploading).
A white pencil should be able to help out here; there was one included in the aforementioned color package. I'll see if I'll get through to approaching it.
Thanks very much
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OzyOxy [2007-04-15 17:41:45 +0000 UTC]
wow the colors are so beautiful in this! i really like the pose too, its very calm and rrelaxing
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