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Art and Lore - 2/20/00
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Welcome...and Farewell
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Hoiyas fellow RPGamers...I apologize once again for this very late update, you have permission to throw koosh balls at me and raspberry....but behold, the large update of fanart...I cleared everything in my POST boxes. The reason? *ominous drumroll...*
I am leaving RPGamer.
For a month or so (ha, gotcha!!!) I'm so sorry, I couldn't resist ^_^ Yer not rid of me yet, but I have decided that I need to stop *talking* about a web break and actually *take* one. And since my superiors have approved, and negotiations with my RPGallery substitute curator are already underway, I'd like to take this moment to bid you all a fond, temporary farewell while I disappear off RPGamer for a while. We don't get paid vacations while employed here, but at least I can take a break, and perhaps scrape my eyeballs off my laptop screen!
Important Message from Lorelai
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Guess what? The Artist Archives are all updated!!! A HUGE thanks to Juryu, and her predecessor Josh Kelley, for their coding knowledge...for they made the organization possible! Now...ARTISTS of RPGAMER!!! You need to GO to these archives and check your entries! Are they correct? Are you listed exactly as you want to be? (i.e. any duplicate names due to different name entries, like some fanart under Lorelai and some under Wei-Ling...scripts don't know the difference...) If you find any errors, e-mail Juryu. Here's her specific directions:
The game fanart pages and the Artist Index page have been recently updated.
It is most likely that there are a lot of mistakes in these, and it is too
much stuff for only one person to check. So, I would like to ask each of
you artists to ckeck for mistakes in your own fanarts. Go to the Artist
Index, see if it is all right with them there. Are any of them missing? Are
the links working? Then go to the game fanart pages here where they are
supposed to be, and check for mistakes there too. Report any mistakes
to Juryu. Inform your name, title of
the fanart with problems, nature of the problem, page where there is a
problem, date when your fanart was posted. We can only fix problems with
your fanart if we know where they are!! Oh yeah, if you have too much free time on your hands, please search for mistakes with other people's fanart too!! ^_^
A Cookie for your Thoughts
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The Art Corner: Update
This place is running BEAUTIFULLY. I have to thank all of you for your generous contributions, support, aid, consolation, and pretty much just being there and making it all possible. *HUGS* The Art Corner, RPGamer, all you artists and art fans...what more can I ask for? I'll miss ya on my sabbatical ^_^;;;
Ask Lore: My Lifestream@hotmail.com e-mail is now CLOSED because I got an outrageous number of spam e-mail. So now, I'd like to inform you of my NEW "get to know Lorelai" e-mail address! It's...*drumroll* lorelai at rpgamer dot com!!! ^_^ Dat's right. I'll still be checking e-mail while I'm on a break, I've instructed the future curator to use his/her own e-mail address for e-mail submissions. YOU BETTER SEND ART TO THAT ADDY, NOT MINE! ^_^
Art on IRC: come to esper.net and join #artcorner, the official channel for The Art Corner! I just registered it, so I welcome you to join. If you're a staffer (aka a critiquer) please be sure to drop by, I need to op you in the channel ^_^;;;
A Word on Today's Fanart:
TONS and TONS and TONS....
![Wei-Ling Lorelai Wu](/fanart/mystuff/loresig.jpg)
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Schala from Chrono Trigger
" Schala: Flame of Zeal "
Artwork by Susan "Celes-Dawn" Emplit
Comments: A picture I've been working on for weeks, a bit at
a time. Those who have seen my art know i have a bit of a pendant obsession,
and I just needed to draw a candle, so...
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Kefka of Final Fantasy VI
" World of Ruin "
Artwork by DancingMadKefka
Comments: This was my first real attempt to CG a picture with
Photoshop and do it decently. Kefka himself took a week to do (as I
colored him in my Digital Media class, before I got Adobe on my machine
at home), and the background took an hour (it's composed of two different
photographs I've taken). Note - I'm new to this CG stuff ^_^ The smog
effect got a little overbearing at some points, but I was trying to
capture just how horribly the world fell when Kefka began his reign.
I didn't do the usual anime-style coloring that's found in most fanart
because I was trying for a more realistic approach... which is really
hard to do when you're drawing a character from a video game ^_^;
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Hero, Nanami, and Pilika of Suikoden II
" Waiting for Jowy "
Artwork by Chuei-San
Comments: Colored on Photoshop 4. ^^; I tried to draw the touching
scene where the hero, Nanami, and Pilika anxiously wait for their friend
Jowy to return to Muse City. I tried using softer shadows than I usually
do and overall I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. ^_^ The
background was not drawn by me, it was off a "Fujisan Sushi" restaurant
calendar, my apologies!
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Cast of Suikoden II
" Group Photo Shoot! "
Artwork by Eisu
Comments: Ahhhh, this one is done right after I finished my
second (maybe third) Suikoden game. In this one, they were supposed
to have a serious Group hoto Shoot but Viktor managed to pull some stunt
on the last minute, and ta dh, Shu is dissapointed, Nanami and Eilie
is mad and the rest is just laughing. Okay, it's not good in content,
but I'm proud of the result in the art.
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Sephiroth of Final Fantasy VII
" Burning Cold Emotions "
Artwork by Maggie Bradshaw
Comments: I dont really know how this pic came about, all i
know is it didnt start out as sephiroth, but it started leaning so much
in that direction just made it him! This was done in Photoshop 5.0 and
originaly drawn on a sheet of paper with pencil and outlined (duh ^_^)
This is a new coloring style i was just kinda of playing with, please
tell me what you think! good or bad! enjoy!
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Seifer Almasy of Final Fantasy VIII
" A Happy Seifer "
Artwork by Nutz
Comments: Ack, this was suppose to be a full body pic, but
i got lazy and cut it up to his waist.. so the goofy pose. He's suppose
to be slouching with his arms on his knees (of course he's sitting down)..
And I think he looks too happy.. doesn't look very usual, ne?
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Cast of Final Fantasy VIII
" We are SeeD "
Artwork by Amel
Comments: The SeeD soldiers having fun.
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Rydia of Final Fantasy IV
" Rydia "
Artwork by Elaine Fair
Comments: Rydia...she's my favorite female Final Fantasy
character! (a lotta f's there...) So I drew her, my ultimate honey-pie.
^_^ I wasn't quite faithful to Amano's design, but I was happy with
the result nevertheless.
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Jessica, Luna, Mia of Lunar: Silver Star
Story Complete
" Lunar Renaissance "
Artwork by Amanda Swiftgold
Comments: Alternatively entitled "Swiftgold Practices Drapery",
this is a picture of them cool gals from Lunar:SSSC in assorted Renaissance
clothes. Also featuring enough fabric to clothe a small RPG. Basically,
I was sitting in Art History class, looking at Renaissance slides for
two hours, and my muse knocked me upside the head and said "You want
to draw lots of drapery and big long dresses!" So I inflicted in upon
the girls from my current favorite RPG. Perhaps I shall victimize the
guys as well...
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Nash of Lunar: Silver Star
Story Complete
" Nash "
Artwork by Laura
Comments: Hmm, my first fanart picture done
completely in Photoshop. I spent a lot of time working on making the
face look like it had some muscle in it instead of having it just smooth
(well at least that's what I was trying to do). The hardest part of
this pic was Nash's outstretched hand, a definite pain ^_^ .... Overall,
I think kinda like the way it turned out.
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Charmander of Pokemon
" Where is my master? "
Artwork by Noble Knight
Comments: I drew it with pencil, ink, and coloring
pencils. Beginners' stuff. :P As to WHY I drew it...well...I was a little
depressed, and I had just seen an abandonned puppy on the side of the
road (which I picked up and took home). It sorta inspired me.
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Raine and Squall of Final
Fantasy VII
" Madonna "
Artwork by Meriko
Comments: Raine Leonheart and infant Squall,
from the game Final Fantasy VIII Fanart Comments: *sniff* Yesh, another
sentimental fanart of Raine, done in ink and color pencils. (God bless
Prismacolor!) I did this for my Angel Gallery, and ended up liking all
the skintones so much that I thought I'd submit it! ^_^ This is my second
attempt at drawing an infant, and I'm pretty pleased...it looks human
this time! *laugh* ---
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Id of Xenogears
" Demon King "
Artwork by Nessa
Comments: This is my first attempt at Id, of
which, I find myself to be rather proud of. Save for his hand, it looks
a bit off. I did this initially with your run of the mill mechanical
pencil and coloured it with Photoshop 5.. anyhow, enjoy ;)
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Charlotte of Seiken Densetsu
III
" Happy Happy! "
Artwork by Kouryuu
Comments: I've been playing Seiken Densetsu
III recently and I must say that Charlotte is cute. TTTTTTT So cute
that I had to draw fan art of her! XD Too bad she doesn't look as cute
here as she does in the game. ._. For one thing, it would have been
better if she wasn't just ... "standing there". ^_^;;;Tthe other reason
I doodled this due to experimenting with the non-photo blue pencil.
Although I knew of its purpose and of its ... usefulness for a long
time, I have never used one before. =/ And now that I have drawn something
with it, I realized that I should have used one long long ago for all
my artworks! ^_^ Why? It gives me the excuse NOT to ink my works. XP
(.... I make too many mistakes when inking. -_-;;;) On that note, yes,
no ink was used for Charlotte. =P
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Fuujin of Final Fantasy VIII
" Fuujin "
Artwork by Alex Ahad
Comments: I did this work, because I'm a Fuujin
fan and I also took this opportunity to experiment with combining various
mediums. The background is in colored pencils and water color. The foreground
is CG'ed. I still think I need to improve, though.
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Fighter of Final Fantasy
I
" Fighter's Pride "
Artwork by Speed
Comments: This is the man who paved the way
for the Clouds and the Squalls of today. he just doesn't get enough
respect, does he? Because of his red pixelated goodness, Final Fantasy
is the king of RPG's, if not games, to date. Anyways, I drew with pencil,
outlined in ink, and colored in Photoshop. I started doing an anatomical
sketch for ny art class when I decided to turn it into the fighter.
I used the color scheme for another art class as well, the complementary
color scheme. overall, I'm pleased with the outcome. Thinking about
paying homage to the entire FFI cast.
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Partial Collage of Final
Fantasy VIII
" Fuujin "
Artwork by Felix Leong
Comments: Although I'm tired of drawing Final
Fantasy 8 characters, but this is one of my best art. Created using
color pencils and manipulated using Paint Shop Pro 6, and well......
hope you'll like it :)
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Edge of Final Fantasy IV
" Don't Look Back "
Artwork by Pfeizer
Comments: I made this one a while ago, completely
using Paintshop Pro. I really tried to make his appearance similar to
the game, by watching the sprite. There can never be to much FF Ninja
Fanart in my opinion. Just imagine a celebrity deathmatch between Edge,
Shadow, Yuffie and errr... Zell? ^_^
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Cloud and Aeris of Final
Fantasy VII
" Cloud and Aeris "
Artwork by Joel Crescencia
Comments: Since I've been visiting RPGamer
for quite a while now, I've decided to submit this artwork. It was done
on pencil, and retouched with Photoshop. Don't ask why Mog's head is
over there, it just is.
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Celine of Star Ocean II
" Celine "
Artwork by Pacel
Comments: This was done in Adobe Photoshop.
It was done rather quickly because I was just trying out a new coloring
style so it's a bit sloppy. But I like the results :) I wanted to draw
someone that not too many other people were doing, and I liked Celine's
hair and eye color. ^__^
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