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Inktober Day 12: Whale

Since my graduation ceremony is tomorrow I wanted to get out these pieces I worked on for an Independent Study this semester! The idea around the study was to work on my background skills, and this is what I came up with!

My professor wanted me to include an explanation of the characters and their world, so the first piece (which I worked on 3rd) counted as part of the project.

Piece 1 is a beach/volcano scene featuring Shieth! I was still growing used to the new version of photoshop I was working with, so this one was a little more technical than organic but I am the most happiest with this one!

Piece 2 is a cavern which acts as a throne room for a newly designed character, Queen Umalyte. I used geodes of emeralds and agates as a reference for the cavern walls and floors! There was going to be a chandelier but I worked on this one for too long and was running out of time.

Piece 3 (technically 4) features Darmeon’s castle on the mountains (with Ersee as a cameo)! Since time was running low, I took the chance to experiment with using images as textures! All are licensed for free use with modification. 

The source links: Clouds texture, Mountains texture, Snow texture, Castle base stone, Castle secondary stone, Castle inner stone, Curtains texture

Piece 4 (technically 5) also presents a new character, Queen Eyvi! Since time was scarce, I took a more painterly approach to this one. Painting the trees was the best part for me!

Inktober Day 5: Long

If anyone’s noticed that I’ve been slow with posting art, that’s because I was busy working on these pieces for my Senior Thesis Exhibit! I really pushed myself to do different things with them, and I’m really happy with how they came out! It was a fun challenge working with different limited palettes and settings.

Unfortunately the original positioning they were placed in for the show won’t work here, but it should be simple to figure out if you pay close attention to the backgrounds!