This is Shyla The Fallen from Rift. She's one of the leaders of the Guardians, but in the Defiant starting area, she's one of the many of the leaders that have fell to corruption. Evil fairies are just awesome anyway. I'll probably be drawing more of the little buggers. They're just hilarious.
I've been working on this throughout the week, between other work and filling up my sketchbook with ideas for another very cool thing I'm collaborating with an awesome writer. ;)
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I pretty much threw out all the habits I have formed in the past year or so and started over. Nearly everything was completely opposite of what I've been doing of late - lots of layers, lineart, complete background, and most importantly, I drew it via pencil and had the concept 90% there before it went into the computer. The one thing I didn't do which I regret is take the time to get some photo reference. The pose is a little stiff and the hands aren't quite as nice as I'd like them to be - but overall I think it's one of the most put together pieces I've done yet.
Here's a gif showing the steps:
I did do some post-scan fixing in a blue ink pen between the ink layer and the scan. I also made a point to fix anything I found as I went along. Having the mindset of doing it right instead of just getting it done makes a huge difference.
This went generally faster than my other stuff that looks less complete, but there's a few areas I think I can do better yet too. There's places where I need to spend more detail, and alternatively others where I do too much detail but it doesn't add to the piece. Getting better though!
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