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I'm sharing fan art and so can you! || A ResetEra Fan-Art Topic! (keep it SFW)

Dice

Dice

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Welcome to a ResetEra Fan-Art (F-Art) topic!!!

Whether you're sharing your own or wanting to share someone else's gorgeous creations; I sincerely miss the Fan Art topics we had at the other forum, and I think it's time to bring it back!!

A few things.
1) Keep it SFW!!! (most important)
2) Please source/credit/link the artist if/when you can; we can help others find new artists this way.
3) If not much trouble, share the game/character name if it's not immediately obvious.

Some of you following me on Twitter or Timblr have probably seen me posting these; instead of replaying the series, I wanted to draw the heroines of the Final Fantasy series for it's 30th anniversary (hope you like!!). I've been a lifelong series fan, so I took about a couple months to make about 15 portraits and wanted something fans could geek with me over or those who don't play to at least enjoy some pictures.

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But enough from me, there's too many great artists out there that inspire me..

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Always had a soft spot for the first Mario RPG. Yoshiyaki is a colour and lighting master and uses it to create some incredible 3D-like depth. There's a good number of VG fanart too~
https://yoshiyaki.tumblr.com

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Nisat is my current art crush for creating some gorgeous Overwatch art, specifically on Symmetra
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POST SOME ART!!!
 
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Kangi

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I love following EarthBound fanart. Always a ton of it, and always so much visual charisma. It lends itself well to cartoony artstyles, like this guy's:

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(Ness, by tubartist. Yeah, it's technically Smash fanart, whatever.)

And I'm a sucker for good pixelart, no matter the franchise:

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(Freya (FFIX), by elchenco)
 
Ghos

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Camille_

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Wow at the pics so far! Time to bring the bar down a bit, so people might be more enclined to post :-D

I don't make half as much
or really, 1% as much
fan-art as I'd want to (I keep more lists of "fanart to do" than actually do finish making images off those lists I'm afraid), so hopefully this thread will get me to make and/or post more regularly, but so far, here are some of my more "recent stuff", in the hopes some here might be interested:

(for Inktober 2017)
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(back when they were still announcing the cast, I really should go back and do an updated full cast picture sometime soon)

Been mulling cast pics for Tales from the Borderlands, 2064: ROM, Night in the Woods and Technobabylon, among many others, for a while now... I hope talking about them will help me get around to them sooner than later!
 
Bufbaf

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From the era tos:

13. By submitting user content to ResetEra, you grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, unrestricted, worldwide license to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies, perform, or publicly display your user content in any medium and for any purpose, including commercial purposes, and to authorize others to do so.
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I'm not sure but just keep it in mind before posting your original art I guess.
 
cmagus

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I've done a few I could put up. Mostly Final Fantasy XIV stuff I do when I'm bored.

Regula Van Hydrus
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Ravana (I did this when he was first announced and there was really only one concept of him so it's kind of my interpretation of him at the time)
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My character
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Fredrik

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Okay I'm jumping in too, here are some of mine:

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Old school Lara Croft, old drawing but shaded recently

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Another old one, this is from IO on C64, possibly my favorite retro shmup of all time! :)

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Vivi, made for my wife who love this character, printed it on a canvas eventually as a gift :)

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And we all know this one, I hope! Based on the (imo) superior US cover art
 
SOLDIER

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I really want to practice with character designs/fan-art. I know there are tried-and-true resource guides, and I tried dabbling with the "draw a box" website a bit back.

But I was just wondering if there was a specific path I could follow to start practicing character drawing. I feel the sooner I try it, the more motivated I would get, rather than just drawing (crude) lines all day. Basically, I want to skip ahead from drawing vases or flowers and just jump to (cartoonish) human anatomy.
 
Ghos

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SOLDIER said:
I really want to practice with character designs/fan-art. I know there are tried-and-true resource guides, and I tried dabbling with the "draw a box" website a bit back.

But I was just wondering if there was a specific path I could follow to start practicing character drawing. I feel the sooner I try it, the more motivated I would get, rather than just drawing (crude) lines all day. Basically, I want to skip ahead from drawing vases or flowers and just jump to (cartoonish) human anatomy.
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There's no skipping ahead. If your fundamental skills aren't strong enough to draw simpler subjects like vases and flowers well then you won't be able to tackle human anatomy the way you're hoping to. Humans are one of the hardest things to draw regardless of style. What will help you get there faster is cementing in your head that growth is going to be slow and the only real way to speed things up is by mastering the basics first.

Edit: Here's the self-study thread if you haven't seen it yet.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/art-self-study-ot-drawing-and-painting-101.527/
 
BadWolf

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SOLDIER said:
I really want to practice with character designs/fan-art. I know there are tried-and-true resource guides, and I tried dabbling with the "draw a box" website a bit back.

But I was just wondering if there was a specific path I could follow to start practicing character drawing. I feel the sooner I try it, the more motivated I would get, rather than just drawing (crude) lines all day. Basically, I want to skip ahead from drawing vases or flowers and just jump to (cartoonish) human anatomy.
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If you are interested in character art then jump right into it. Drawing what you like will motivate you to draw more. You can get to the other stuff later if you want. The point is to draw and enjoy doing so, don't force yourself to draw things you don't have interest in.

Learn basic human proportions first and then work up from there.

For practice focus on gesture drawing and figure drawing. This will help you the most when it comes to drawing people/characters. Do this while doing character/fan art so you are applying what you are learning.
 
Red Devil

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Monster World IV fan arts courtesy of Joakim Sandberg, who cited the game as his inspiration for the art style of his upcoming Iconoclasts.
 
Ghos

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BadWolf said:
If you are interested in character art then jump right into it. Drawing what you like will motivate you to draw more. You can get to the other stuff later if you want. The point is to draw and enjoy doing so, don't force yourself to draw things you don't have interest in.

Learn basic human proportions first and then work up from there.

For practice focus on gesture drawing and figure drawing. This will help you the most when it comes to drawing people/characters. Do this while doing character/fan art so you are applying what you are learning.
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If the "other stuff" they're drawing is crude like they say then they really should focus on the fundamentals. They can absolutely practice human drawing as well but focusing on fundamentals will make character drawing easier to approach and more enjoyable. Putting it off for later invites a lot of avoidable frustration.
 
BadWolf

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Ghos said:
If the "other stuff" they're drawing is crude like they say then they really should focus on the fundamentals. They can absolutely practice human drawing as well but focusing on fundamentals will make character drawing easier to approach and more enjoyable. Putting it off for later invites a lot of avoidable frustration.
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It's important to get into the groove first and the best way to do that is do draw what you enjoy most.

Forcing a person who is just getting started to draw vases when they are interested in people or nature is a good way to make them feel bored and kill motivation.
 
Ghos

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BadWolf said:
It's important to get into the groove first and the best way to do that is do draw what you enjoy most.

Forcing a person who is just getting started to draw vases when they are interested in people or nature is a good way to make them feel bored and kill motivation.
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A human head is a more complex vase. If they aren't happy with how their vases look they'll be endlessly frustrated with how their heads look. Which, really, is going to happen regardless because they're so friggin' hard to draw. But being able to nail simpler shapes first mitigates a good amount of that frustration.



It's a vase. An egg. An oblong ball.

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This isn't a lot to ask for. This isn't a lot to consider if you want to help your future self out.
 
BadWolf

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Ghos said:
A human head is a more complex vase. If they aren't happy with how their vases look they'll be endlessly frustrated with how their heads look. Which, really, is going to happen regardless because they're so friggin' hard to draw. But being able to nail simpler shapes first mitigates a good amount of that frustration.

It's a vase. An egg. An oblong ball.

This isn't a lot to ask for. This isn't a lot to consider if you want to help your future self out.
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Except it is a lot to ask of people who are just starting out. You can make that stuff sound simple but it needs a lot of practice and understanding to get right and internalize to use properly, to see the value.

These things can be learned bit by bit as time goes on, no need to force it.
 
Ghos

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BadWolf said:
Except it is a lot to ask of people who are just starting out. You can make that stuff sound simple but it needs a lot of practice and understanding to get right and internalize to use properly.

These things can be learned bit by bit as time goes on, no need to force it.
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An egg is a lot to ask for for someone just starting out? Where do you think understanding comes from? From haphazardly tackling the most complex things first?

Okay. I'm done derailing this thread.
 
borges

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Never enter to these kind of threads. What a waste from my side, theres real talent here. My 6yo is marvel by some of the stuff here and super inspired to copy some of them. Congratz all of you!
 
BadWolf

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Loving all the work being posted, so much variety in styles and content.

I'll try posting some of my own later.

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An egg is a lot to ask for for someone just starting out? Where do you think understanding comes from? From haphazardly tackling the most complex things first?

Okay. I'm done derailing this thread.
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You may want to check your previous post, it contained way more than eggs. If you wanted to talk about head construction then you could have simply pointed to a sphere since even Disney animators use that. And it helps the guy out directly since he wanted to draw characters.

Not sure what's so criminal about telling someone to enjoy drawing first instead of turning it into work right away but to each their own I guess.
 
Ghos

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http://danaterrace.tumblr.com/post/169351878770

BadWolf said:
Loving all the work being posted, so much variety in styles and content.

I'll try posting some of my own later.



You may want to check your previous post, it contained way more than eggs. If you wanted to talk about head construction then you could have simply pointed to a sphere since even Disney animators use that. And it helps the guy out directly since he wanted to draw characters.

Not sure what's so criminal about telling someone to enjoy drawing first instead of turning it into work right away but to each their own I guess.
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My entire point is to work on the fundamentals so you can avoid unnecessary trouble and speed things up and enjoy drawing like Soldier asked. What's criminal is telling people to ignore the basics and safeguards when doing that will slow them down and needlessly hurt them. (and for Character Design!! One of the hardest things to learn!!) When I'm talking about shapes, vases and eggs I'm clearly talking about the basics, not perfectly sculpted and rendered anatomy.

There are few real ways of speeding yourself up and a buttload of ways of slowing yourself down and killing your growth. Guess how many artists see their goals as unreachable and want to give up because they don't know what they're doing and don't understand why their work hasn't improved in years. Stop telling people to blindly walk into pitfalls when there are safer paths to take.
 
lvl 99 Pixel

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I want to make fan art but kind of stopped drawing when I realized its hopeless to start this late in life

Kangi said:
And I'm a sucker for good pixelart, no matter the franchise:

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(Freya (FFIX), by elchenco)
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We rarely get anthropomorphic characters as cool as this any more. FF just ended up having humans with cat/bunny ears like freya/miqote because apparently they need to be attractive to the young boys.
 
BadWolf

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Ghos said:
My entire point is to work on the fundamentals so you can avoid unnecessary trouble and speed things up and enjoy drawing like Soldier asked. What's criminal is telling people to ignore the basics and safeguards when doing that will slow them down and needlessly hurt them. (and for Character Design!! One of the hardest things to learn!!) When I'm talking about shapes, vases and eggs I'm clearly talking about the basics, not perfectly sculpted and rendered anatomy.

There are few real ways of speeding yourself up and a buttload of ways of slowing yourself down and killing your growth. Guess how many artists see their goals as unreachable and want to give up because they don't know what they're doing and don't understand why their work hasn't improved in years. Stop telling people to blindly walk into pitfalls when there are safer paths to take.
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Telling people who are interested in character art to enjoy themselves by drawing what they like while learning things like proportions, gesture, figure drawing etc. along the way is telling them to walk blindly into pitfalls?

Okay.

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I want to make fan art but kind of stopped drawing when I realized its hopeless to start this late in life
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It's not hopeless or late as long as you're enjoying the journey.

Just recently came across an art teacher talk on the subject and he said he often hears this and answered by saying that he had a student in his class that was 80 years, the guy hadn't drawn much in his life aside from basic doodling. In the end it turned out that he performed the best among all of his students simply because he was the most dedicated and passionate and did all the work assigned in class.
 
lvl 99 Pixel

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BadWolf said:
It's not hopeless or late as long as you're enjoying the journey.

Just recently came across an art teacher talk on the subject and he said he often hears this and answered by saying that he had a student in his class that was 80 years, the guy hadn't drawn much in his life aside from basic doodling. In the end it turned out that he performed the best among all of his students simply because he was the most dedicated and passionate and did all the work assigned in class.
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im sure a few people get good with some help. Its just super hard when you're physically and mentally unwell so being self taught is a nightmare. Looking at some artwork you just know they started from a young age and its not something you can ever get close to.
 
Ghos

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Various Ghibli characters

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Telling people who are interested in character art to enjoy themselves by drawing what they like while learning things like proportions, gesture, figure drawing etc. along the way is telling them to walk blindly into pitfalls?

Okay.
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SOLDIER said:
I really want to practice with character designs/fan-art. I know there are tried-and-true resource guides, and I tried dabbling with the "draw a box" website a bit back.

But I was just wondering if there was a specific path I could follow to start practicing character drawing. I feel the sooner I try it, the more motivated I would get, rather than just drawing (crude) lines all day. Basically, I want to skip ahead from drawing vases or flowers and just jump to (cartoonish) human anatomy.
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BadWolf said:
If you are interested in character art then jump right into it. Drawing what you like will motivate you to draw more. You can get to the other stuff later if you want. The point is to draw and enjoy doing so, don't force yourself to draw things you don't have interest in.

Learn basic human proportions first and then work up from there.

For practice focus on gesture drawing and figure drawing. This will help you the most when it comes to drawing people/characters. Do this while doing character/fan art so you are applying what you are learning.
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If Soldier doesn't have the simple act of drawing down and struggles with drawing a vase, one of the simplest objects, then he must focus on fundamentals. He needs to learn how to draw. It's going to be hard to have fun drawing and designing characters when you don't know how to draw.

You telling him he can put off the core skills of drawing is leading him into avoidable pitfalls. Yes. A million times Yes. Have a nice day.
 
BadWolf

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lvl 99 Pixel said:
im sure a few people get good with some help. Its just super hard when you're physically and mentally unwell so being self taught is a nightmare. Looking at some artwork you just know they started from a young age and its not something you can ever get close to.
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It's really up to you of course but there's no reason for you to 'get close to' them. Just do your thing and you will draw things and ideas that they would never have thought of.

Glen Keane (Tarzan, Beast, Pocahontas, Ariel etc.) is considered one of the best animators ever. Should people stop being animators or drawing just because most will never get close to him?

Being self taught myself I can relate that it can be tough but there are just so many free resources online to learn and get inspired from that there is really nothing to worry about.
 
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