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Is this still being updated? I was thinking of contributing on the solaire-ish character. Throwing my two cents from the safety of my pillow fort.

[hi! im not dead, but I have other priorities right now haha.

anyways! I don't remember the solairish character but you are welcome to contribute!]

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[ ...im making a map for Jackal Knight AU]

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[  Yaoi dark souls baby memes all over my dash whoa ]

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[ im gonna get back to writing stuff for Jackal + answering some of the asks that have been sitting there forever.

Let me know if i owe you a reply even if its like from when i first started this blog ]

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Pugton of Mirrah :o

((IT EVEN HAS A PUG CREST))

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[ Im responsible for this, and i intend to draw more, you have been warned DkS peeps ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ]

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>base sketches by blazemalefica >isn't this one of blaze's sideblogs

Lol. no man.

Our art styles are totally different. Or at least I thought so until now, hah.

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Hahahahah i colored it :D

Base sketches by blazemalefica :D

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Hydra Knight

idontknowhowtodrawsnakespleasehelp

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and a maned fox.

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[ i dont like sketching things… I just wanna render :| ]

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[ i dont like sketching things... I just wanna render :| ]

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It doesn't have to be the helm, if that's really your only problem -- give the helm some regular design, maybe samurai-esque. Then I'm thinking maybe something like Lautrec's Armor? The snakes kind of wrapping around his torso and coming up over his shoulders forming pauldrons. Maybe think asymetrically, make his left side slightly more armored with a serpent coiling around down to his knuckles. owo i'm very excited for this idea of yours, as you can tell

[ Okay. more sketches based on suggestions. Ffffffff man I am perplexed by this design]

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Ahh!! That looks so cool! I was also thinking it would be cool if it had a shield with a hydra on it. like the tentacles creating around a circle shield (like the ones used by spartans) and he could have a trident. or even a trident / net combo like some gladiators.

[ sure, ill try it ]

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[ Eh...  working on it ]

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You may have a lot to draw, but this way you won't feel like you don't have nothing to draw. <: also, I'm really excited to see how you make the hydra knight. <:::

[ Yep! and I’m working on it! I saw this rad octopus hat awhile ago and it got me thinking that Hydra Knight could be like an eastern warrior. but its going to take awhile to design and render, haha ]

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Landscape/Environment Tut

Okay so i got a few notes on how i go about Environments/Landscapes…so i’ll share a method thats easy to work with….bare with me its been a little while since ive drawn them Lol

First thing you want to start of with in your gradient background…use what ever is your preference. Depends on the setting, ima do some type of desert/dusty place.

You’ll learn that the Lasso tool is gonna be your bae when it comes to environments…that and its pretty useful. Now your going to be working in three tones, 1.Dark 2.Mid 3.Light and it will always be the darkest at the front fading to light towards the back…make sense? So you will have three layers for each one to make your life easier and Lock those layers so you will only color within that area. Make sure the dark layer is on top. 

Here is where the fun kicks in…we add our dets, try to stay with each tone and dont end up making it all muddy so you cant distinguish each one. Now you can go about this any way you please, you can paint it all in with one brush ( for some reason people get anal about shit like that, thinking there great for using one brush…i think if you got tools use em if you know how to do it right.) Or you can use custom brushes…since this is a tut ill mostly use custom brushes to slap stuff around. Its up to you really, also use the lasso tool like i said its your bae.

The lasso can help define things better for you, so i wanted to add a structure type on the third layer. If you want to give an effect that the selection ive made is in front of the background right click your selection and invert it, add some lighting around the edges…only a little though you dont want to over do it.

Also if you’ve done something on a layer you dont want to mess up or paint on what you can do is create a clipping mask on that layer. Its kinda like locking the layer to that one so you dont go outside of the layer or ruin what you worked on. Make a new layer above the one you wish to attach it to and right click the newlayer, a menu will pop up, your looking for clipping mask. Once you clicked it the layer should look like what ive circled. 

Once your done working on each layer we are gonna put in some mist effect, this is something that helps separate each section. So make a new layer between each of your three as shown in the image. Like i said you can use what ever method you like, i just use a soft brush or cloud/mist brush to get what i want. 

Now we are going to add some definition to the image a good one to use is Curves. You can find this where your layer menu is, at the bottom you’ll find it, ive circled what your looking for. On the third image is what will appear when you click curves, all you need to do is drag the little square and you’ll see some magic happen. So adjust it to your preference. If you want you can also mess with brightness/contrast too. ALSO i would recommend adding a person in the image, it gives you an idea of the scale your environment is.

I was going to end it there but hey, ill show one last thing…its pretty simple. and that is some water reflection, we are going to turn the middle into water instead cause its a little boring right now. I merged all layers but the first one, you then want to make a selection and copy/paste. Free transform in the shortcut is ctrl T and do a vertical flip on it then adjust so its mirroring the top. 

Now make a clipping mask like i explained earlier on the reflected surface and use the radiant tool…i think its called that lol it gives it more of a water surface like you see. For the image below it i used a custom brush which creates a water effect, aaaaaaaaaand bam you got you water now covering the area…easy huh. 

And so this concludes the Tutorial and you have the end result. Hopefully that gave some tips on how to approach landscapes…they can be confusing sometimes on where to start. Enjoy and let me know if it was useful or not :P

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art to do list for this blog:

1. hydra knight NPC

2. Fog sorcery NPC

3. Miracle/hex NPC

4. More environment renders

5. Glatisaant render

6. Castle NPC peeps

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[...i should write a general starter thingy.

i'll get to it eventually]