#kenhallow

Whooooooo!! Been working on this for a few days and it's finally done! I love Unfezant, it's one of my favorite Pokemon, I really enjoyed drawing these guys c:

So the Pokemon Nuzlocke Comic Discord that I'm in is hosting an art study group, and the first 'assignment' for those participating was to draw a fully colored piece with characters and a background, utilizing whatever your current skill-set is. The goal is to then redraw this same piece at the end of the year and see how we've improved.

Atm my skill-set basically comprises of:

Clean lineart (sometimes colored or tinted) Flat colors, no shading Pretty decent at painting clouds and sometimes okay at painting environments

Before this piece, my best works were probably these two- https://www.deviantart.com/iron-zing/art/Biohazardia-dragon-sona-commission-751832627 https://www.deviantart.com/iron-zing/art/Wings-of-Fire-Commission-Lacuna-738580539

Both of those were done with the same approach, but I wanted to try something MORE with this piece, something a step above what I usually end on. To do that I tried a few things. So at first I colored the birds with their game colors, straight from the anime art. But they didn't look like they were actually in the scene. To fix that, I color picked each color, turned the opacity of my brush down to about 40%, and made a short brush stroke over the pink sky. Then I color picked THAT color and used it for the birds. By doing that I was able to keep the colors close to their actual look but still fit in the scene

I'm a big dumb dumb with colors so figuring out that's a good way to pick colors was like a eureka moment for me XD;

I also tried adding some effects to this piece. I have never tried blur or chromatic abrasion before, normally I don't do any kind of effects. I just ink and color a piece and then I am done. But those effects really added a lot to the piece I think, they helped it from looking to flat.I'll upload a version of the piece without effects to show the difference. https://www.deviantart.com/iron-zing/art/Unfezant-No-Effects-827061902

Unfezant, #521 – Proud Pokémon

Males swing their head plumage to threaten opponents. The females’ flying abilities surpass those of the males. Males have plumage on their heads. They will never let themselves feel close to anyone other than their Trainers.

Type: Normal/Flying

Category: Proud

Ability: Super Luck, which boosts the critical-hit ratios of moves. Or Big Pecks, which protects the Pokemon from Defense-lowering…

Day 206 - Kenhallow | ケンホロウ | Unfezant (Male)

This is Mt. Nevasca. Site of the Old Reign's roots. After having to leave Hollow Island once Pumpjin closed off its borders and began preparations for an attack on neighbouring nations, Hatoboh (Day 160, seen below) went to investigate.

Along his way, the approaching winter's harsh arctic air made Hatoboh undergo evolution to withstand it. Now, Kenhallow waits among the winding branches of the Permafrost Forest until the fabled Exiled Six (Day 178, 179) return with the new revolutionaries to take on the improved miltary forces -- lead by Chillarmy, next autumn.

Amongst the bitter cold, beneath the crackling ice, an ancient secret waits to be unearthed. Mt. Nevasca is shrouded in the mysteries of the first winter. Winter covers all.

(P.S. New Pokémon drawing every single day! If you don't know what's going on, Day 156 - 179 were a little story I have going on.)

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