Cloud Strife

Heh- that's not surprising since it's the one out of the three that I did from referance. I did this one to break in my coloured pencils and see what they colour do. I wasn't use to having so many colours, and I didn't know how they felt to draw with. When I did this, I had 60 colours- the ones in the standard set. Now I've added a good 20 or so more colours to fill in the holes in my collection. Yeah- the finishing thing. It's that deal of me having a lack of free time T.T People don't comment on my pencil art either so it's difficult to persevere with a picture that gets little love ^^; Lol- I need to get out of that mindset ^^;

Dramatic colouring is what I've done up till now so I wanted to force some more subtle pictures out for a while so I can learn them. See- I learn colour very recently. Till then, my art was mostly about the line art or grey scale so that's why my blacks are too punchy here (Also the scanner threw about the colours some). you have some good points there though. I'm trying to cut back on my solid or near solid blacks in favour of shading with complimentary colours so it's vibrant and not flat.

The shapes of the ojects in this were actually a low priority for me ^^; I know this sounds bad, btu my primary focus on this was to kind of feel the colour as I drew, so it was more about the colours I used, and how they were applied than the end result ^^; His hair does look a little funny though, yeah XD That was my lack of attention to it . I should keep a slightly better eye on that with pictures that turn out nicer than others >.<

Your words have been helpful- thank you I'm glad that my art has left an impression on you I could ask nothing more than that of my submissions <3

Thank you This was a fun picture to do I like how I was forced to use so many colours in this. It's a shame you can't see the original. IT's a lot nicer than the scan.

Thank you Colouring isn't too difficult with a reference, but I was really surprised at how talented this CGI artist REALLY was that originally did this picture, cause there's so much micro expression, and smaller details that are hard to see with a casual glance Cloud has such an INTENSE expression. IT ws daunting to draw D:

Oh- I couldn't have done this on coloured card XD No, it's on white card- the brand is Stella. I've gotten this book http://www.amazon.com/No-Experience-Required-Colored-Watercolor/dp/1581806264/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1285730598&sr=1-1 and it's been a big hand relearning coloured pencil *correctly* I stopped for ages cause noone taught me how to use them, and I had complaints that my art looked crap up close. Now I know how to use them, it's different I hope Thank you for your comment

Thanks I'm trying to get into colour- specifically coloured pencil. It can be... difficult at times :/ I'm getting there though.

I've only just gotten back into it myself this year. I got put off coloured pencils for ages cause I wasn't taught how to use them so they looked crap up close. I was shown a how to book at the beginning of the year and have been practising since

Heheh- really? ^^ He's a tough one to get right. He has killer eyes D: