It’s my birthday today, so I only had time to quickly color a very scrawly traditional sketch I did earlier in the week.
It was fun drawing (and coloring) some canon outfits that I barely draw these three in. (Except I messed Ed’s up, oops. I realized after I inked that his outfit in the Nyotalia episode was a blazer, not a sweater, X’D)
…Also, sorry, Raivis, I messed up his hair as well 0__0. And Liet’s hair is a little too short, oops.
Despite all of this, I do somewhat like how it looks as a colored sketch?
Under the cut are the usual extras (the trio’s original anime eye colors, as well as Raivis w/ purple eyes):
I always draw these three looking sad, so I decided to try drawing them with happier expressions. (Because they deserve everything good ksdhfjsdf)
I know when I traditionally draw lineart, it’s not as clean and polished as my digital lineart, but I feel like I can draw expressions better. (Same with hair; I for some reason, the hair always turns out better when I draw it traditionally.)
And since I already had the lineart sketched out, once I scanned it, I had more energy to focus on coloring. (Digital coloring is so much fun!)
I had a lot of fun with their outfits! Each one was loosely (some more than others) based off of one of their alternate canon outfits (which I will add under the cut).
Other stuff under the cut will be the usual alternate versions (Liet with fluffier hair, these three’s Seasons 1-4 anime eye colors, and Raivis w/ purple eyes, like he was shown with in older artwork).
I have been feeling very frustrated with my art for awhile (specifically my digital lineart), so I decided to try something different: draw the lineart traditionally, then color it digitally.
I used to do this all the time when I was in university, but after I didn’t have access to a scanner regularly, I switched to drawing my linearts digitally. (Now that I have my own scanner at my new job, I can scan traditional lineart more frequently!)
While I don’t see too much of a difference (though I do like how I drew the clothing folds better traditionally), I like how I draw hair better traditionally. For some reason, I can add more details to it easier, and it doesn’t look weird. (Which is why the lineart I draw digitally seems a bit more simple, which frustrates me.)
Does anyone have an opinion? (Like do people like the traditional lineart better than the digital, or vice-versa?)
Some bonuses under the cut (aka, messed with Liet’s hair as usual, used the original anime eye colors, and gave Raivis purple eyes. …I am very indecisive with how I color these three sometimes, so I include all the alternate versions I have, in case someone likes one of those better):
There was a post going around awhile back with the joke ‘what if the B.altics switched clothing colors at a world meeting’. I thought that idea was hilarious, so I sketched it out.
In some very old art, Eduard’s usual outfit was more on the green side than blue, so him wearing shades of green here doesn’t look too weird. Raivis rocks the blue; it goes well with his eyes. BUT LIET. He looks…so weird wearing shades of red. Sorry, Liet, X’DD
Some extras under the cut (made Liet’s hair fluffier, used the original anime eye colors for them, and at @hesacuriouscat ‘s request, gave Raivis purple eyes):
