minazumi, sword bearer
puKKa said:
It's not wrong, I just thing it looks kind of odd since she is holding the sword between the thumb and her forefinger and if it's just laying there the sword would fall cuz of the gravity, if the sheath is'nt empty that is
haha, no prob, i originally had her hand "around" the sword, but that looked akward as well, seeing as how her body posture suggests she has no need to use it, so i drew her hand sort of toying with it instead, by resting it betwen her thumb and forefinger.
for those of you who asked about the character, i drew her on a whim, as a drawing lesson i posted in an earlier thread. she is my interpretation of an anime "drow elf". her race comes from d&d. although i do not play the game, i read a lot of the books, because they are facinating. they are a race of subteranian elves that have an empire beneath the great city of "menzoberanzan" in the forgotten realms. their race naturally have cobalt blue skin and yellow or green eyes, and they avoid daylight. they are generally a lawfull evil race that worship dark gods. however, occasionally, a drow's allignment will change under extreme circumstances, as this characters has. my intention for her as a sylph "majical elf", was to give her nobility in the eyes of humans, hence, all the gold. drow do not usually wear it, they prefer silver. anyhow, she has been granted control over a vast area of woodlands outside menzoberanzan, and by night she protects its forests and helps converts of her own race overcome their evil allignments, and helps them to attune themselves with nature, the way the wood elves have for centuries, instead of a drows natural habitat of subterania. she is also the "sword bearer". a drow asigned the duty of protecting a patron diety that governs their city below ground. its a majical weapon of course, and weighs nothing in her hands.. light as a feather
about software > i always hand draw manga first, then, depending on the project, i'll either ink the picture or i will scan and trace the original. for this picture i used photoshop and illustrator. i use illustrator to trace my own work (vector) , and photoshop to color. i prefer to color by hand with acrylics, but i was just having fun, besides, coloring digitally is pretty much a standard now in animation. , oh, and i got plenty more where that came from puKKa
dont know if i posted these before...
