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Flat colored sketch commission for Merle (FA) of a friend's mithra dragoon character (Final Fantasy XI).Don't laugh at my ineptitude with anthros! D;
I hardly ever draw them and I opted not to use any sort of reference material for the pose.. which is bad on my part, but I still like how it came out? I hope that makes sense! Convenient hiding of the face is convenient, but I REALLY liked having the back front and center instead of the usual about face.
Good change of pace from the norm, though. I could get used to this ~
Secret streamed all of the line and coloring with =Shadowmanic again over livestream. CX
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Mithra/Final Fantasy XI © Square Enix
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Comments: 38
I recognized the Final Fantasy style... I think you did a great job
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I love the Face!XD
Kidding, I really love the VERY dynamic pose, I hardly draw human proportions digitally because its way to hard for me. You should definitly draw more of themC:
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Always nice to see FFXI art C: Especially since I'm going back to it rather soon! haha
I love the posing of this. It seems as if the wyvern is pushing off the mithras arm which I thought was a nice touch! Shows the partnership of the two.
Loved how you drew the wyvern, makes me wish they looked that way in the game! The armor is great too and I like the almost subtle gradient of the armors purple color going up the armor.
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I thought I was done with the game, and then you draw this >.>
I'm starting to miss my little wyvern.
This looks like a wonderful piece!
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Really love how this came out. <3 You draw armor so well! XD I think the poses came out great even if you didn't use any reference. Just out of curiosity how do you come up with all these nice dynamic poses? Do you just do most of them from your head (with lots of practice) or do you use photos or something for reference most of the time? Hope that doesn't sound to silly I've just always loved how your poses seem so natural. Also really love the contrast between the warm and cooler colours in this.<3
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I come up with all of my own poses! 
I've never been great with loopy and whimsical poses, so I prefer the more grounded approach -- having a character move on the canvas as they would in the real world. Never done me wrong!
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You did a lovely job with the Mithra girl, she looks very lithe. I LOVE the colors and the way their poses intertwine, it's beautiful!
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DRAGOON!!! Sorry for the excitement. Loved that game and job.. next to SMN. 
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Aaah, I remember that from my brother's FFO times... I've always wanted to draw that wyvern myself but never got far.
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i automatically thought " THUNDERCATS" when i saw this.. love it!
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Hehe, that tail looks awfully familiar! XD Neat.
Great dynamism, and unique perspectives as well! Beautiful work!
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You did a great job with the pose, even when not using references. I use them (not always), and I still paint c.......p.
Can't wait to see this one finnished.
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It is finished, actually. It was a flat color sketch (which means no shading).
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Ah, all right. It still is amazing.
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THE BEST KIND!
(I prefer flat colors.
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Mithra aren't really anthros, they are human women with orange skin and cat ears and tails tacked on.
I do love that she is looking away, so different from what I'm used to. Adds to the air of mystery.
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They are described as 'humanoid cats' covered in fur, so I think they can qualify as anthros
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Physiologically they are cat girls. I usually require a little more beast in my humans, (or vise versa), before I'm willing to call it an anthro, at least as the term is commonly used on dA.
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Seeing that the therm 'furry' is flinged onto anyone who dares to draw an anthro... It doesn't quite make anything said on DA a standard
Ah well, catgirl/anthro... I'll stick with the therm 'catgirls' for these critters XD
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That would be the world in general dear, not dA. dA is one of the most friendly places for anthro/not furry out there. It isn't perfect, but it is what it is.
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I've seen enough on DA to be careful to who I talk about what
Could be that DA is one of the most anthro-friendly places and I appreciate not getting the name of 'I-like-to-dress-up-as-anthro-animals' when I draw one of my anthros (or whatever the definition of a furry is these days...).
I'm glad I started talking to you though, you got a nice gallery going there
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Oh thank you
dA has its little circles. It is interesting when they overlap unintentionally, someone usually goes bonkers.
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Corrections of note have been made.
And thank you!
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I think the anthro looks perfect, and i too like the pose.
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I'm really addicted to the dynamic in there!
And even if you don't think so, I think your Anthro is great!
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i can't help but stare at the dragon, it came out gorgeously.
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And the .. anthro? did too. XD i can't draw armor at any angle at alll.
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