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This is One-Horn, one of the main characters of a comic book I was making. I penciled in the first ten pages-or-so but I decided to stop because there wasn't enough depth to the story, I've decided to make a different comic instead. ^-^This is very lazy (terrible) artwork, but if you're wondering, I made it with colored pencils and Tombow brush pens.
In case you're curious, I will tell you a bit about him since if I make the comic at all it will probably be a loooooong time from now.
(prepare for a long meandering story- just skip this if you don't care)
So One-Horn (as he's called by all the people in the land where he lives) has the ability to turn into a great and terrifying beast. Whenever he smells or sees blood, or is provoked he often loses control and in his animal form tends to go on rampages, destroying entire towns. But he really can't help it and feels horrible about it, but he doesn't know what to do, so he journeys across the land trying to find out how to stop it, or what he is even.
So when he finds the lone survivor (a girl named Violet) in one of the villages that he had destroyed he decides to help her. Since she was the lone survivor, everyone blamed her for what happened and she is now homeless and hungry. He takes her along on his journey so she can find somewhere to live. Of course, she hates the beast that destroyed the village, but she doesn't know the she is in fact following it.
Of course a big tense battle and stuff happens and he changes unbeknownst to her and people are attacking him left and right until he was mortally wounded. She followed the beast after he was wounded so she might deal the final blow on him herself. Although what she finds isn't quite what she expected.... (look at the picture- not entirely a monster, but not entirely not a monster) Eeek! How is he gonna get out of this one?!?!
LOL, it's kind of an immoral, violent and cliched story but for some reason I still feel compelled to like it. >_< Don't judge me for it!
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CrystalMoonsArt [2015-05-17 06:15:11 +0000 UTC]
It is amazing, I was wondering what do u use to draw. I love itΒ
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to CrystalMoonsArt [2015-05-17 21:18:26 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
I draw it first with a regular pencil, then I use a lightboard (you can get a crayola brand one for as little as 20$ on Amazon- that's what I use) to trace over it with a cheap (thin) piece of watercolor paper and a black Prismacolor colored pencil. Then I color the traced picture with Tombow dual brush pens and do final details (filling in white bits, ect.) with Tombow Irojiten colored pencils. After that's all done, I take a white gel pen and put highlights on the hair, teeth, eyes and whatnot. -I hope that helps!
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Haramihat [2015-05-16 20:22:42 +0000 UTC]
I love the way you did the expression, and the tail is amazing! ^.^ The story sounds interesting! I have a soft spost for this kind of characters... If you go on with the story, let me know!
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Haramihat [2015-05-17 21:23:35 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! Usually people think I'm weird when I talk about my story ideas! I will let you know when I take it back up, but the main issue with it is that it's lacking depth. I have the main plot generally in my mind, but there isn't enough stuff going on between.... The story moves way to fast and I feel like readers won't be able to get to know the characters very well if I do it the way it is now. I'm going to wait, and I'm sure I'll come up with meaningful things to fill in those empty spaces eventually!
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Haramihat In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-18 05:28:54 +0000 UTC]
When I have that problem I try thinking about the character, give him a back story, because it's that which gives everything more depth... The reader needs to have the feeling that we're moving FROM something and more importantly TOWARDS something better (or worse if it's a tragedy)
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Haramihat [2015-05-18 22:44:42 +0000 UTC]
I tend to have the issue of putting in so much backstory that it weighs the whole thing down! But you're right, I think I need to step away from my fear of backstory. It's hard to find the right balance between boring you reader and not though....
One-Horn himself has a past with his older sister in the wastelands where they were raised. Maybe I can do a flashback when the story feels like it's moving from one event to the next too fast. I'll have him open up to Violet a bit and have him talk to her about it... Β Β -If she can get over what he is, that is!
But for now, I'm a bit exited about my other story, it's a lot more detailed in my mind. (as of this moment) We're getting a new desk set up right now so I can start doing artwork in a more proper place! Maybe if it doesn't feel overwhelming I can try tackling both stories.
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Haramihat In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-19 14:35:56 +0000 UTC]
Oh, I don't think it will be overwhelming, on the contrary! I'm working on a few stories myself, and the only problem I find is separating different worldsΒ Β Β Still for me characters' backstory is one of the best things I get to write! But you're right about not boring the reader...
What's the other story about?
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Haramihat [2015-05-20 13:44:00 +0000 UTC]
It's about a girl who is accused of being a witch and is being hunted. (we're not really sure if she's a witch or not...) She is chased into a dark part of the woods where a monster lives, and the people stop chasing her at that point. Soon the beast attacks her and she thinks she is going to die, although right before she faints from her terrible wounds she sees that a mysterious person in a mask has come to save her.
She wakes up under the care of those who chased her and she finds that they're too afraid to do anything to her because the masked man who brought her there is known for showing no mercy to them when he's angered about things like this. When she feels well enough (she lost her leg to the monster, eek!) she goes to see him out in the woods where he lives, and all sorts of things are set in motion- but in short it ends up that they (the girl, the dude in the mask and his brother) are pursuing a giant monster that is destroying all in it's path. Is the girl really a witch? Why is the guy wearing a mask? Are the brothers even human?
I don't think my description did much good... >_<
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Haramihat In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-20 14:22:32 +0000 UTC]
No, I find it very interesting! The guy in the mask is veeery intriguing!Β Β Β Β
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Haramihat [2015-05-20 14:49:28 +0000 UTC]
Thank you, that really means a lot to me! His brother (Branton) is a jerk, but he (Braiton) is very noble, but can't talk at all- which causes a lot of communication problems. I'm going to make a picture of the three and put it on here as soon as I have time! Today I'm gonna be busy painting the room where my desk is gonna though. (I really want to get started on my comic!)
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Haramihat In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-20 14:55:54 +0000 UTC]
I'm looking foreward to seeing Braiton! He really did sound like a noble character... But poor him ("porello" ehehe it's better in Italian). A voiceless character must be difficult to handle!Β Β
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Haramihat [2015-05-20 16:50:06 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I was thinking about making the story a novel, but it's way too hard to have him in writing! Too many big long blocks of text and one-sided conversations for that! It's hard enough to write with characters that /can/ talk! But I like the idea of having a story where the girl can fall in love not just by someone's looks or words, but purely by their actions. (He can write, but he doesn't do it often.)
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Haramihat In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-20 16:53:32 +0000 UTC]
I really like the idea, too! Now I can't wait to see the story!Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to Lord-of-All-Monsters [2015-05-16 12:04:43 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
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mariead-chan In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-16 11:02:05 +0000 UTC]
The hair looks so realistic! Wow!!
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to mariead-chan [2015-05-16 12:07:54 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, I always try my best to make the hair and eyes look pretty! But you can see I was being lazy with this picture because I obscured most of his body with his cloak. (I know I shouldn't do stuff like that, I always get better when I draw the difficult things, but I was feeling lazy!!! D: ) I'm glad that you like it! Thanks!
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mariead-chan In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-16 12:32:16 +0000 UTC]
What colours do you use??! I would love to be able to do this!!! And dont worry about being lazy i do the same! Cx
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Smoochiecoocoo In reply to mariead-chan [2015-05-16 12:50:43 +0000 UTC]
For this picture I got cheap watercolor paper from target and I did the outline with a black prismacolor colored pencil and I colored it with Tombow dual brush pens and put more detail in with Tombow colored pencils. For some of the highlights here and there I used a Signo gel pen. My mom and I got the Tombow stuff on good deals at Hobby Lobby (clearance!!!) and on Amazon, but I do believe you can collect markers and pencils individually. If you can't find them, I used to only color with roseart/crayola colored pencils and markers, they don't come out bad if you practice, but you need a lot of patience!! XD Maybe I should make a picture with my old materials for fun.
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mariead-chan In reply to Smoochiecoocoo [2015-05-16 14:19:57 +0000 UTC]
I will have to buy some cx and yesss!
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