Popular Post sheep Posted April 8, 2016 Popular Post Posted April 8, 2016 So, I know there's a gallery, but it only allows you to post one picture at a time, and I thought it would be a cool idea to share fanart illustrations I've done. SA is really colourful and reads like a graphic novel in my head sometimes, and I like creating character designs after finishing a book. Inspired by many many years of watching cartoons, as you can probably tell. Feel free to ask questions, give feedback, or whatever. This is just my take on SA, so artistic license disclaimer. Click to open spoilers, click picture to open up full size. Illustrated scenes "Visions from God" "Honor is Dead" "Lashed to the Ceiling" "Blossoms and Cake" "The Chasms are Mine" Character portraits "Kaladin" "Dalinar" "Navani" "Jasnah" "Shallan" "Adolin" "Renarin" Character designs "The Kholins" "Shardplate Proportions" "Dalinar and Navani" "Eshonai and Szeth" "PoV Portraits" "Frenemies" Shallan's sketchbook pages "AK + SD" "Stormfather" "Unconscious Brother" "Oathgate" "Adolin" "More Adolin" Silly stuff "Arena Groupies" "Eshonai the Explorer" "Mornings" "Kaladin Valentine" "Adolin Valentine" The end! 98
Khyrindor he/him Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 I wish I could upvote each of these separately!
Yata he/him Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Some of the "Silly stuff" made me fall of the chair from laughting 1
Argent he/him Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 The Frenemies is pretty great, and so is the Kaladin valentine. Not that the rest are bad, but I love those the most. 2
Rasarr she/her Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 Your art is absolutely gorgeous. I love the character designs, and the frenemies pictures, and the rest is awesome, too. You should've put them in separate posts, I could spend my entire upvote quota on you this way!
Guest Posted April 8, 2016 Posted April 8, 2016 They are really good! You even added some I haven't seen. I really like the "Adolin stuck on the ceiling" one.
sheep Posted April 9, 2016 Author Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks guys! I am glad to see you guys like it. For some strange reason, when I read books, I imagine it in my head in 2D. Which is why my character designs are pretty stylised - it's really difficult for me to imagine Rosharans as real 3D people. When I draw, I read their personalities, pick out their main character traits and try to portray them visually. I also forgot a picture from the OP, so I might as well do it here. "Missing Mother" I also draw a lot of silly stuff that never gets anywhere. At least it ends up as warm-up or practice at details. How the heck does the back of Shardplate work! I just made it up lol. Oh, and just in case you were wondering, or maybe you want to have a laugh, I will share my inspirations for the character designs. I have discovered that if you hold an image or impression in your mind of something while you draw, you can channel its spiritual aspect into your Physical Realm drawing. Pretty cool, right? Thinking happy thoughts => happy looking picture. Dalinar - inspired by Chief Powhatan (Pocahontas) and Sam Vimes (Discworld). I wanted to show authority and command, but still be a dad making hard decisions in a scary world. Navani - inspired by Pharoah Seti (Prince of Egypt). I know it's a dude, but I really liked his aesthetics and tried to translate them in a way that was regal and still exotic looking. Kaladin - inspired by Prince Moses (Prince of Egypt) and Archer (Fate Stay Night). Serious guy with a hero complex. I just liked listening to "Deliver Us" from the Prince of Egypt OST when reading the bridge runs. Jasnah - inspired by Idina Menzel, no kidding. I think it's the chin. Shallan - princess classic. Pick a princess, or pick all of them. Adolin - inspired by Fred (Scooby Doo) seriously, and Gilgamesh (Fate Zero). He's a nice guy who seems like an arrogant guy at first. My depictions of him swing back and forth between and cute face and hot face, but I think I end up drawing the wholesome "boy-next-door" over "lifeguard hunk". Gilgamesh: Renarin - inspired by that glasses aristocrat character from any anime. Like that goat guy from Nichijou. And I know my art style goes all over the place. I try to keep it cohesive!!! 14
Argel he/him Posted April 9, 2016 Posted April 9, 2016 Frenemies really stood out, but they are all great. Arena Groupies = 1
Sunbird she/her Posted April 10, 2016 Posted April 10, 2016 Sheep, these are all GORGEOUS, but my favorite serious one is "Honor Is Dead" and my favorite silly one is "Arena Groupies." I totally cracked up at the look on Adolin's face when he realized what had just hit him in the face. XD 2
Erunion he/him Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Frenemies: absolutely brilliant stylistic design. Well done. Portraits: Amazing. Especially Jasnah - that's one of the best pictures of her I've seen. Probably the best - captures the 'gorgeous, but serious, scholarly and RIDICULOUSLY REGAL' vibe she has going on. But why no pupil? Arena groupies: One of the funniest/geekiest jokes I've seen. Well done. Well done indeed. 1
AerionBFII he/him Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 They're so good i feel like i should apologize because i can't give you more than one upvote.
AerionBFII he/him Posted April 16, 2016 Posted April 16, 2016 I keep coming back to look at these, they are amazing!! The new Graphic Audio Covers are out with Artwork too!!:
sheep Posted April 16, 2016 Author Posted April 16, 2016 I looked up the Graphic Audio cover artworks, and they are all so beautiful. The Shallan one especially. :wub: Most people end up imagining her the same way; it's really very strange. And the Pattern chapter heading picture is superimposed on her sleeve. It's a nice touch. Dalinar's amour wasn't drawn in any of the WoK/WoR artwork, so it's pretty cool to see it here. Stylistically it looks like the King's Plate from the WoR sketchbook page, especially the raised neck collar thingy. Click pictures to open up full size. Drawing Shardplate is hard. It was super intimidating to me at first, when I saw the official illustrations and they all were very detailed and had all those little bits and knobs and things. But then I practiced on it and it's not so scary if you try to imagine the shape of a human under there and ignore all the fiddly bits for later. In my mind, Shardplate's load-bearing back plate is like the racing hump in those MotoGP leather suits And because I'm a filthy shipper who should be exiled to Tumblr, why not put good skills to questionable purposes... :lol: In Shard training, they make you eat a fancy dinner in Plate. It only makes sense if you have to learn to go to the movies or the theatre in your Plate, and walk a girl home afterwards. 16
The Ninja Yodeler he/him Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 All of them are really awesome. But the Dalinars really stood out to me. Very good job. Keep posting more and more and more and more and more.
DreamEternal Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) People, I am afraid something terrible is happening. Was I the only one who noticed that in the "Frenemies" sketch Shallan is holding her shardblade with her... exposed safehand? Edited April 17, 2016 by DreamEternal
Argel he/him Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 Nah, that's Veil, who is learning to not be so concerned about it. 1
DreamEternal Posted April 17, 2016 Posted April 17, 2016 (edited) No, Veil has no freckles! That picture needs to be mirrored ASAP to not break character. Edited April 17, 2016 by DreamEternal
AerionBFII he/him Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 I think you got the links there wrong God damnation... Thanks..haha People, I am afraid something terrible is happening. Was I the only one who noticed that in the "Frenemies" sketch Shallan is holding her shardblade with her... exposed safehand? A true scandal XD Im obsessed with the new GA covers. The characters are exactly what i imagined them being like!
Argent he/him Posted April 18, 2016 Posted April 18, 2016 God damnation... Thanks..haha A true scandal XD Im obsessed with the new GA covers. The characters are exactly what i imagined them being like! The GA link in my thread has Kaladin and Dalinar in higher resolution and without the GA text 1
Popular Post sheep Posted April 23, 2016 Author Popular Post Posted April 23, 2016 People, I am afraid something terrible is happening. Was I the only one who noticed that in the "Frenemies" sketch Shallan is holding her shardblade with her... exposed safehand? hahah, someone pointed that out. There's an explanation for that! People who read Latin letters read left to right, so when I drew the "good side" I arranged them in the most natural way that most people take in a picture. I made the "bad side" go the opposite way so it feels more unnatural, and you see their weapons first. I had originally intended for Shallan to be summoning an illusion, but it's not really a weapon like a Blade or spear, and then I went "hang on, she has a sword, doesn't she?". But then I realised you can't hold a sword while in a safesleeve, so I drew her summoning the sword rather than using it, since you can summon a sword with either hand. So it is Shallan, but me taking artistic license for the sake of coolness value. Let's have some more art here!!!! Character design sketches: Jasnah costume design Dalinar and Renarin in Shardplate (yeah I don't know what Dalinar's Plate looks like either so I made it up.) Szeth and Honorblade. (just messing around here. I draw Szeth as kind of cute and innocent looking, like the Discworld History Monks. They are bald and harmless beggars who can kick your chull!) Adolin costume design (pretty much blatant fanservice here.) Modern Earth AU design (yes I know but I am shameless) (dat official Bridge Four t-shirt ) Detail of the skateboard deck I like to draw characters in a hyperstylised cartoon version because I think it gets across main features of character detail and expression very effectively. And you can look at it without wondering to yourself "what race is she/he supposed to be?" which ruins the immersion for fantasy stories in other worlds. This is why I think SA is better in 2D than live action, but probably not a hardcore moe anime style . A painted style is better for backgrounds and showing texture and depth in an image, but it takes way, way, way longer and I sometimes I am lazy. 33
Rasarr she/her Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 All hail Sheep, bearer of Arts! Seriously, though, they are all awesome. Skater Kaladin cracked me up, as did Adolin costume party
Erunion he/him Posted April 23, 2016 Posted April 23, 2016 I wasn't sold on skater Kaladin until I saw that the skate was Slyphrena. Then I was sold. Well done. Well done indeed.
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