Painter and I

[evey_w]

Finally swapped my old laptop with a new 6GB ram one to fuel the unholy child called Corel Painter, and it seems to run fine after that. Then I went on an experimental coloring fest in which I went through all my old pictures and picked out the ones that aren't completely horrible and seems easy to color, and tried to finish them

Comments

[fyrna]

I love your coloring, Evey. <3 The textures you create with all the shading are amazingly realistic.

I'm kind of into your new icons, by the way.

[that_oneill_guy]

Glad to hear you finally got Painter to work. It's probably good to force yourself to try new ways of coloring, even though you are full of hate for them.

I remember that Ramza and Alma one, I think. Man, how do you mimic the noseless style so well. Whenever I try to draw like that, I just draw a rhinoceros, and then smoke comes out my face, and I collapse.

That's not the point here, though. The point is, colors. I think it looks good, especially the way the hatching blends into the shading.

Edgar looks familiar too, though maybe not colored? Either way, I like the way that watercolor tool worked out for you. The colors do have a very light and fluid feel to them somehow.

Ironically (or maybe I just have no taste) the colors of Larian's and Irda's hair are maybe my favorite thing on this page. I especially like how it's not just different shades of blond, but also some pinks and greens. Also, CROSSWRAITHS. WHAT IS.

Color scheme for Sidney--GET. What did you color him in? Haha, you actually knitted his top, awesome.

YOU SHOULD

[evey_w]

Because seriously, that is probably my most favorite game cover ever. I do admit feeling a bit perplexed by how appealing that noseless style is though, because it makes no sense, especially when you can see the nose sideways.

>Edgar looks familiar too, though maybe not colored?

To be honest, you've probably seen around 90% of my pictures, whereas I post maybe 40% of them. But yeah, I'm pretty sure I've post the Edgar sketch somewhere before.

>Ironically (or maybe I just have no taste) the colors of Larian's and Irda's hair are maybe my favorite thing on this page. I especially like how it's not just different shades of blond, but also some pinks and greens.

That's good to hear, because I worried that the colors may be too funky. In any case, it was fun to do.

>Also, CROSSWRAITHS. WHAT IS.

IT IS A LAME PLOT DEVICE WHICH EMERGED AFTER MAYBE THE 6TH OVERHAUL OF THE STORY. A story which, by the way, has an actual name now. I may rant stupid things about it.

>What did you color him in

WELL GOOD 'CAUSE I AM.

[that_oneill_guy]

I'm inclined to agree with you. On both counts. There's just something about the style that, even after all these years, is still so . . . so inexplicably appealing, as you say. That's why I was disappointed to find that FFTA2 is not drawn in the same style. The job designs are okay, I guess, but Luso is a train wreck. (I am rather fond of Frimelda's design, though, and I absolutely prefer Vaan's and Penelo's to their original ones.)

I WOULD ENJOY A CROSSROADS RANT, IF YOU GET THE CHANCE.

Yeah, I agree that oC's style of zoom is a welcome feature. I've even gotten used to the lack of scroll bars, though I'm still not thrilled about it aha.