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[mysticdragon3art]

Dimiclaude Week 2024, day 4 (7/24/2024): Claude's birthday.

7/24-25/2024. Underdrawing in pencil. Inked with Stabilo 88 pens. Colored with Copic markers. Digitally assembled in Krita. Background pattern from a previous drawing. Some digital clean-up in Krita, because my first eraser stained smudges into the paper.

Referenced Figma Male Swimsuit version 2 and S.H. Figuarts Body-kun articulated figures. Unlike my usual process, I referenced photos of my figures, instead of directly sketching my figures. I think it helped me do close-up compositions, which look much better than my full figure sketches.

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Day 2: First and Last.

Coz i love drawing cute scene and bloody death situation at the same time~ UwU

[mysticdragon3art]

Dimiclaude Week 2024, day 1 (7/21/2024): fairytale AU. "The 12 Huntsmen".

7/21-23/2024. Drawn in Platinum Preppy fountain pen, using Noodler's Ink. Colored with Copic markers and ShinHanArt Touch marker. Digitally assembled in Krita. I was trying to save time, so I duplicated a bunch of Claudes.

My favorite fairytale (so far) is "The 12 Huntsmen". A princess gathers 11 other girls who look exactly like her. They disguise themselves as huntsmen. Then they go to her fiancée's kingdom, to hopefully make him realize he doesn't have to go through with a marriage to a different princess, that his father asked him to marry, with his final words. There's also a magic talking lion that can see through lies, and has been advising generations of the prince's royal line. The lion repeatedly tries to prove to the prince that the huntsmen are women in disguise, but the princess and the other huntsmen keep outsmarting him.

I just wanted to sort of emulate those screengrabs of people playing Fire Emblem Heroes, who have gathered entire rooms full of Claudes. lol

Claude's huntsman outfit is based on the Archer class outfit from FE3H.

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Dimiclaude Week 2022 day 2: 2 kings. Claude and Dimitri, based on Bicycle playing cards.

Based on multiple Bicycle playing card designs, because the regular deck crops the crowns. Bicycle's "Disruption" deck shows the full shape of the crowns.

I chose King of Diamonds for Claude, because it was posed in a way that looked like the King was talking, unlike the rest of the suits' Kings who brandished their weapons. I like highlighting Claude's emphasis as a negotiator and diplomat.

I chose King of Clubs for Dimitri, because it included a Sovereign's Orb. According to Historic Royal Palaces, it's used at coronations to remind monarchs "that their power is derived from God". And it seemed appropriate for Dimitri, since the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus retains its ties to the Church of Seiros.

12/1/2022. Platinum Preppy fountain pen, using Noodler's Ink. Colored with Copic markers. Fixes with white-out, Uniball Signo 207 gel pen, and Gelly Roll white gel pen. Clean-up and finishing in Krita.

I originally tried drawing this concept, in pencil, while referencing an S.H. Figuarts Body-kun for Dimitri and a Figma Male Swimsuit Version 2 for Claude. I had intended to ink with Stabilo and color with Copics. But just drawing Claude took all night and I could no longer focus enough to finish drawing Dimitri. Turns out, the Bicycle clothing designs are so abstract and carry a history of retaining misprinting errors, that they make no sense, when trying to translate them into a more 3D version, to match my sketches of my 3D figurines. I researched multiple card decks, the history of playing cards, Medieval royal clothing, and portrait paintings of medieval kings, trying to make sense of the clothes on Bicycle's playing cards. In the end, I started new sketches in pen, retaining the 2D flat style, without pencil underdrawing or figurine references, to save time.

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Dimiclaude Week 2022 day 1: supernatural. Dragon-Claude meets a vengeful spirit in a forest.

11/28/2022. Pencil drawing, referencing S.H. Figuarts Body-kun (using fist from Rihito Takarai version Body-kun) and Figma Male Swimsuit version 2, as drawing models. Inked with Stabilo pens, Copic Gasenfude brush pen, Zig Clean Color Real Brush, and Copic Multiliner 0.25 and 0.03 pens. Colored with Copic markers and ShinHanArt Touch markers. Some clean-up with Copic blender 0 marker, Gelly Roll white gel pen, white-out, and Krita. Marker bled over ghost hand and cloak; fixed in Krita.

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I'm still learning to draw digitally, but I thought I'd try to add a background in Kirta. Also made a little darker for a night scene. Not sure if I did that right though. I'll need more practice.

Claude's costume is a combination of his Barbarossa alternate outfit and his 3Hopes outfit. I just omitted more parts of his clothes, especially baggy parts, because I'm bad at drawing fabric, I'm tired, and it's easier to not draw clothes. lol

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Dimiclaude Week 2022 day 5: eloping.

Maybe I should have drawn Dimitri carrying a bag and maybe both of them wearing regular clothes. But I needed to save time, so I used their usual costume designs.

12/4/2022. Pencil underdrawing inked with Copic Gasenfude brush pen Stabilo pen. Colored with Copic markers and a Prismacolor Premier marker. Some fixes in Krita. Referenced S.H. Figuarts Body-kun original figurine and S.H. Figuarts Body-kun Rihito Takarai version figurine as drawing models.

I was trying hard to save time, by cutting corners and not being so exact. But each step of this process got broken up by my weird sleeping patterns lately, so this took too long to finish anyway. ^.^;;;;

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Dimiclaude Week 2022 day 3: feasts.

12/2-3/2022. Pencil drawing, referencing S.H. Figuarts Body-kun (original version) and S.H. Figuarts Body-Kun Rihito Takarai version, as drawing models. Lines inked with Stabilo pens, Copic Gasenfude brush pen, Zig Clean Color Real Brush pen, Kuretake Zig Brushables marker, Daiso Brush Pen Twin, Copic Multiliner 0.3 Wine pen, and Copic Multiliner 0.25 and 0.03 pens. Colored with Copic markers and ShinHanArt Touch markers. Clean-up, fixes, and background done through Krita. . I'm still learning to draw digitally, but I thought I'd try to add a background in Kirta. I still need more practice though. Referenced Google image searches for "medieval feast painting" for window and chair designs. But I used whatever default patterns were already in Krita, instead of aiming for true accuracy.

I think I like drawing a bunch of different food. ^.^

I drew Claude and Dimitri too close together, because my paper isn't very wide, while being conscious of the sketchbook's bookbinding gutter, during scans. My figure models' photos reflect the distince between the characters that I originally intended. I didn't really intend for them to cross forearms like that. But I hope it works anyway.

Don't ask me where the cutlery is. I've been working on this for too many all-nighters. I'm tired. lol ^.^;