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[Solar's Harper]

Always looks good Orthodoxia , just one issue with angling, I noticed a kind of sharpened bend in Melissan's lower body (around the hips) as she was leaning backwards. It looks a bit too sharp and kind of makes her appear a bit like one of those paper characters being folded or something.

You could smooth it out a bit to minimise that effect.

But like I said before, like the other ones, I love it.

[Orthodoxia]

It was supposed the represent a split second of a quick motion, but I know what you mean. I'm still deep in the process of learning anatomy and proper drawing, so all my drawings have one mistake or another but that's the path to improving.

I am very grateful for SHS challenges because they make me think 'out of the box' and help me improve over time. Not to mention they're fun as well

[Orthodoxia]

Someplace, somewhere in hells...there is a bar. A special bar, for special kind of people

Melissan, Irenicus & Sarevok (if he hadn't been resurrected in ToB) drinking and talking about guess who.

[vilkacis]

Heeh. I want to know what they're saying...


Hm. Infinite losers. That sounds familiar somehow.

[aVENGER]

IIRC, Home For Infinite Losers (HFIL) is the censored substitute for Hell in the US dub of Dragonball Z.

[Orthodoxia]

Heh, long time ago I watched Dragonball in German Dub, but never in English, where Hell was known as simply Hell. It could be I have picked it up somewhere along the Internet, but no, I didn't make the connection immediately.

[Kulyok]

Melissan, Irenicus & Sarevok (if he hadn't been resurrected in ToB) drinking and talking about guess who.

Superb.

[aVENGER]

Heh, long time ago I watched Dragonball in German Dub, but never in English, where Hell was known as simply Hell. It could be I have picked it up somewhere along the Internet, but no, I didn't make the connection immediately.

Interestingly enough I watched it in German as well (back when it was still running uncensored on RTL2) but I remember stumbling upon the HFIL acronym somewhere, possibly Wikipedia.

Anyway, awesome work on that pic!

[Galsic]

Cute stuff so far, everyone .

As for my entry, I think certain bits o' detail are rather shaky, but overall, I likes what came out. I originally intended to draw in her staff, too, but I decided that was unnecessary frill (in other words, I got lazy ).

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[Solar's Harper]

She's got wrinkles and abnormally sized gloves.

Looks great Galsic, one leg looks thinner than the other for some reason tho, and I mean more thinner than you'd expect from the angle.

Other parts of the figure look fine, at least to my eyes.
Now back to the question on just how old is the player's stepgrandmother supposed to be.

[Galsic]

She's got wrinkles and abnormally sized gloves.

Have you ever seen her concept art? Personally, I think them gauntlets are badass! And wrinkles? Granted, I don't picture Melissan looking particularly young, but most people, regardless of age, do get smile lines, especially when smiling as widely as my Melissan there, so nyaaaa !

Looks great Galsic, one leg looks thinner than the other for some reason tho, and I mean more thinner than you'd expect from the angle.

Well, keep in mind that more of one leg is hidden by outfit than the other. If, however, you are referring more to the knee areas, then you have some mighty sharp peepers .

[Jazhara7]

Hey, remember me? I'm still alive.

And for some reason, this challenge of all that could have, inspired me to draw something.


...and in ballpoint pen, of all the the media that I could have used, too.





I actually wanted to draw her with a slightly bewildered expression, gesturing and making an annoyed comment about how her breasts seem to have been attacked under her armpits...

...because that's the first thing my mother and I noticed, how weirdly her breasts seem to be attached, in this picture (I think it was that one. It's also in the concept art, but it's not as obvious).
However, I worked too much on the eyes, so they didn't have the "WHAAAAT?!" look any longer. Still, I'm very happy how this turned out, considering I did it in 20 minutes, and I usually do not trust myself working with Ballpoint pens (I need to be able to erase, though I'm learning to use the erase less and less.).

Needless to say, there's some errors in this picture. But I'll be darned if I point them out!



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[vilkacis]

...never thought I'd say this, but she's actually kinda cute.


CUTE. MELISSAN. IT DOES NOT COMPUTE.

[Solar's Harper]

Have you ever seen her concept art? Personally, I think them gauntlets are badass! And wrinkles? Granted, I don't picture Melissan looking particularly young, but most people, regardless of age, do get smile lines, especially when smiling as widely as my Melissan there, so nyaaaa !

I know I was joking.

Well, keep in mind that more of one leg is hidden by outfit than the other. If, however, you are referring more to the knee areas, then you have some mighty sharp peepers .

Eh, I'm pretty sure even *I* don't want to know the answer to that one.

But yes, I was referring to the knee area in particular.

...never thought I'd say this, but she's actually kinda cute.

why must I agree?

Ah well, considering the style it looks pretty, Jazha, possibly the neck is the only area I can argue... but I'm finding it hard to even argue that.

Nice work!

[Jazhara7]

...never thought I'd say this, but she's actually kinda cute.


CUTE. MELISSAN. IT DOES NOT COMPUTE.

...never thought I'd say this, but she's actually kinda cute.


CUTE. MELISSAN. IT DOES NOT COMPUTE.

Woo! That's nearly as big a success as managing to Square the Circle would be! :

No, seriously. I'm glad you like it.

...never thought I'd say this, but she's actually kinda cute.

why must I agree?

Ah well, considering the style it looks pretty, Jazha, possibly the neck is the only area I can argue... but I'm finding it hard to even argue that.

Nice work!

Glad you like it too. I have to say, I am quite fond of how her head and face in particular turned out. And considering that's the first thing I drew, I am glad I didn't mess up with the rest.

Yeah, the neck does seem weird. When I started drawing it, before I drew the cowl, it seemed in the proper place though, so I can't help but wonder if it's not just an optical illusion caused by the cowl.

The other thing that irks me a bit is her right leg. The knee is bent to the side at a nearly unnatural angle. I myself can bend my knee a bit to the side (though not to that degree as Melissan is doing there), but I've seen people flinch at me doing so, so it's most likely not very common. In any case, this error was caused by me not deciding on a position for the legs on time, and having sketched in the boots too darkly already. In pencil I could easily correct it, but in ballpoint pen, no can do.

(Oh, and "Jazha" sounds nice. People usually call me "Jaz", but "Jazha" is nice too. Just don't call me "Jazz Music", which a friend of mine used to call me at times, despite me hating that to no end - she tended to only use it to annoy me, therefore. That was even before I had ever used "Jazhara", but was derived from my name "Jessica", or rather the shorter form "Jess". )

Uh, I think I'm talking too much again. Never mind me.



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Edited by Jazhara7, 01 November 2007 - 01:48 PM.

[Galsic]

...because that's the first thing my mother and I noticed, how weirdly her breasts seem to be attached, in this picture (I think it was that one. It's also in the concept art, but it's not as obvious).

That's funny, cuz I don't get that impression from the image you linked to. Her breasts look fine to me there. As for the concept drawing I linked to, that's a different story, heh.

Right then...

Before <charname>: So here's Melissan again. There she's powerful, confident, boastful, and ever ready to take on any upstart Bhaalspawn who comes her way!

After <charname>:



Yeeaaaah, not so much, eh ?

Edited by Galsic, 01 November 2007 - 09:28 PM.

[Jazhara7]

...because that's the first thing my mother and I noticed, how weirdly her breasts seem to be attached, in this picture (I think it was that one. It's also in the concept art, but it's not as obvious).

That's funny, cuz I don't get that impression from the image you linked to. Her breasts look fine to me there. As for the concept drawing I linked to, that's a different story, heh.

It might have been a different picture that I can no longer find, because you're right, it's not that bad in the picture I linked to. However, I think she overdid it a bit with the push-up bra in the image I linked to.

Right then...

Before <charname>: So here's Melissan again. There she's powerful, confident, boastful, and ever ready to take on any upstart Bhaalspawn who comes her way!

After <charname>:



Yeeaaaah, not so much, eh ?

Hehe. Melissan is squish-squish.




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[Ilmatar]

Wonderful entries, people! Thanks for participating in this challenge, but now it's time to move on to the next one to illustrate Viconia. Entries for Melissan are still welcome after this, too, they just won't be counted to the stats.