Art and Lore - May 3rd, 1999

Welcome to Art and Lore, RPGamer's Fan Artwork Gallery! I'm your host, W. Lorelai Wu, and you will notice that there's been a bit of a renovation in here, in format and otherwise. Hope you enjoy your stay!

• Remember, to submit art to Lorelai, send the URL of the picture or attach it to the e-mail, to Lorelai. My e-mail address for fan artwork is fanart@rpgamer.com and for personal RPGamer contact, it's lorelai@rpgamer.com.

Artist: Petra Rödig Petra is amazing. Heck, I have to say it to her (yeah, HER) personally: Petra, you're amazing. Not only do you have cool taste in RPG characters (notice the affinity for Rei from Breath of Fire III, the stylish shot of Gremio, and the awesome portrait of Alucard) You render them with such style, such finesse. I especially LOVE Alucard, it's great how you chose to use such a collage-type pattern instead of traditional figure drawing. And, of course, that same loving Petra touch is apparent in Gremio, and unquestionably in Rei.
Weretiger	Rei at Ease	Portrait of Gremio	The Rose of Night

Artist: Sandara-3 Sandara, I have to know... (1) What does that 3 mean, in your nickname? (2) Who's your art teacher? I'm so impressed by your work and your maturity level ^_^ and I'm glad i've unofficially gotten to know ya better. I was so impressed by your rendition of Sephiroth in the library. Do you know, I can FEEL his pain right through your artwork. Plus, I swear it could be a screenshot from Final Fantasy VII: The Movie or something because it's so well done. ^_^;;; Your profound sketch Red XIII and whimsical Beach picture too, are of such....Sandara Quality! ^_^ Red XIII especially has a fleeting characteristic, probably due to the unique style.
At the Beach ink, Photoshop	Red Concept sketch pencil, ink, watercolor	Revelations ink, Photoshop

Artist Gallery

Star Ocean: Crawd and Rena Sakana Graphic pen, pattern papers	Billy: Bringer of Justice and Truth Anne "Lumina" Barrie done in computer graphics	Tifa! Pika! Tifa! Amanda Zhang pencil, Photoshop
A hearty welcome to newcomer artist Lumina. You sure know how to make an impression on Lorelai!!! (namely, submit a Billy fanart ^_^) Ack! It's just GORGEOUS! Your sense of perspective is accurate and powerful. Lighting, too, is a plus in your picture; I love the glow on the cross. Amanda Zhang is back, once again the theme is Tifa and Pikachu! (with Cloud in the background) Would I be wrong if I ventured a guess as to what your two favorite video games are, Amanda? ^_^ Anyway, Tifa looks stunning, especially her hair: the texture and the light effects make it look really attractive, and gives Tifa her sensual air. Finally...Sakana, welcome back! Your artwork, as usual, is drop-dead awesome. You just HAVE to tell us the secret to this "pattern paper" that you speak of. Your work looks like it comes out of those manga books; I admire you and that graphic pen of yours...whatever that may be... (Lorelai looks at her regular, plain ol' Prismacolors)

Commented Works

Fire, Water, and Wind: The Three Delta Children Richard Abril ink, Photoshop This piece took more than a week to do since school was in the way. My main objective was to experiement with texture on the clothing. Hopefully, by doing this experiement I can create a sense of depth and more value. The background was done to be symbolic of the element I believe these three kids posecess. Over all, I'm pretty satisfied with this piece except I wish I had neater linework.

Who's your Fantasy Girl? Tana Destinée Pencil, Fractal Design Painter 5, Adobe Photoshop 5 I saw some of the other work on RPGamer and was inspired to have a little fun. But who to draw? All of the Final Fantasy characters rule! So I just drew a bunch of them. ;P Took me about a week and a complete start over, but I got it done. Oh, and I actually am a girl, so don't think I'm some perverted guy or anything by putting all the girls together with that title. I just like to tease guys sometimes.