UtawareruMALLno 01
Blarrrrgh, can’t believe this is the only non-gift-art fanart piece of 2006. This is Touka from Utawarerumono. I whipped the whole thing out in one and a half days, but it was several hours at once, while listening to MTV2. I wanted to do some Utawarerumono fanart, and had this strange idea about what it would be like if all of Hakuoro’s posse went to go chill at the mall. Like for sure Benawi would be the one driving, and Mukuru and Aruru would head straight for the food court. I still like Karura best, but I figured Touka would be one of the easier characters to draw. I’d like to do some more, but we’ll see if I can maintain motivation.
Lineart was the usual deal, although Touka came out a little older looking than intended. I tried a different coloring method; while it is mostly monochromatic, I tried mixing some similar colors together. I really liked the effect it had, especially when I used burn and dodge for the shadows and highlights, respectively. The style is really fast for messier lineart, because it hides mistakes quite well, and blends quite easily. The downside is that it takes forever when covering a large swath of area, e.g. the skirt. I basically just tapped my tablet like a woodpecker while setting the brush to dry brush.
I messed up Touka’s big ole ears, but overall I’m pretty pleased with how it came out.
By Chris, 8/12/2006 @ 8:21 pm
HAWT, especially the eyes. You should be working for BeeTrain.
By Skane, 8/12/2006 @ 8:49 pm
Thank you!
By moyism, 8/12/2006 @ 9:53 pm
Sweet. Good job once again
By Ender, 8/13/2006 @ 12:43 am
I think she looks older because her eyes are smaller.
Can’t believe you whipped this up so fast. Now you have no excuse for taking 3 months on the next 5k fanart!
By Wyk72, 8/13/2006 @ 6:20 am
Now that’s kawaii….the pose also is nice. Goob job!
By Matte, 8/13/2006 @ 9:03 am
I kind of like her more than the anime version. Very well done.