Nanashi's Arte Gallery, Collection of artwork completed and WIPs. Options

[Nanashi]

Your angle work is really coming along nicely, love the little pose sketch in the bottom right - I went through a phase of drawing loads of those.

I'd love to see more of your coloured work, personally I think some of the black is a bit too heavy compared to the line work.

I'm a bit heavy-handed when it comes to that, lol~ Something goes through my head, saying "Intensity!"

[Nanashi]

Beginnings of a drawing of Mana in his throne room. There is work to be done on this so it will be taken in steps. Any advice on how to go about the settings? It will be a dimly lit gothic architecture-styled court. I might do another version of this at some point, too~

[Show/Hide] Mana in Throne Room

[X-M-O]

Darkened stone walls, candlelight, large castle window in the back ground displaying the moon, perhaps some wine...


By the way, you really have an amazing quality of drawing facial profiles and hair. Very nicely done. ^^
Not to mention you're very good at hands/fingers. D=

[Nanashi]

Darkened stone walls, candlelight, large castle window in the back ground displaying the moon, perhaps some wine...


By the way, you really have an amazing quality of drawing facial profiles and hair. Very nicely done. ^^
Not to mention you're very good at hands/fingers. D=

Thank you for both the compliments and suggestions, XMO~ I actually had not thought of a window with moon, but that would add quite the effect, wouldn't it? Perfect! As for the other ideas, that would fit in just right, I think! I'm going to add these in and see what I have. Again, thank you so much for the reply~

[X-M-O]

You're welcome. ^^
I've love to see the final version, or edited version whichever you prefer to call it, so be sure to update so I can see! =D

[Nanashi]

Sons of Thunder

[Show/Hide] Forest Path Afterbattle

Draft before the final version. Has some mistakes but nothing that can't be ironed out later. First one with background since forest settings are a bit easier for me.


This post has been edited by Nanashi: Jul 13 2011, 04:15 PM

[Spirit_Master_X]

@Sons of Thunder

BRAVE FENCER MUSASHI!!! xD
That whole piece is awesome. The grass and trees looks great. The down enemies looks real good. Keep it up.

[Nanashi]

Thanks! I most certainly will~

[X-M-O]

Wow, the Forest Path Afterbattle image looks fantastic!
Love the style, and the artwork is amazing. =]

Your attention to detail is astounding.
Can't wait to see a coloured version! =D

[amateurhour]

Your linework is VERY impressive. You've got a great attention to detail and you do a really good job of drawing clothing, especially the way it falls and moves on a form in motion.

Also I really dig your mixed styles. You've got a background that would be perfect for a flat brush color pattern, a foreground of two dynamically drawn characters that would look amazing as a cel shaded color job, and a more realistic setting of fallen enemies on the ground. It all blends together very well.

[Nanashi]

Your linework is VERY impressive. You've got a great attention to detail and you do a really good job of drawing clothing, especially the way it falls and moves on a form in motion.

Also I really dig your mixed styles. You've got a background that would be perfect for a flat brush color pattern, a foreground of two dynamically drawn characters that would look amazing as a cel shaded color job, and a more realistic setting of fallen enemies on the ground. It all blends together very well.

Wow. Now those are some ideas! Thank you for your comment and advice. They are amazingly helpful~

[Nanashi]

Some new drawings I'm working on currently! I won't have as much time to post with working on two commission projects but I'll try and slip what I can in here and there~


Phantom Sorcerer Orion concept design

[Show/Hide] Phantom Sorcerer

Dawn Merloci~ 1st Attempt

[Show/Hide] Dawn

Monster concepts 1

[Show/Hide] Monster concepts I

Abyss Larva concept

[Show/Hide] Abyss Larva monster concept

Viktoria update

[Show/Hide] Update on Viktoria

[Nanashi]

Oh my gosh, I barely have time to do anything nowadays! I fit colouring this in somehow just to make sure I could still use GIMP, but not quite done. Hope to have one more coloured and some other drawings up by today or tomorrow, if stress doesn't kill me! Two projects I've been commissioned on have taken up a great deal of my once free schedule so I apologize to those I have not gotten around to finishing their requests~

[Show/Hide] Lucian

[X-M-O]

You're still doing as great a job as ever!
I especially like the outfits you've been working on, but I really like the Phantom Sorcerer. Looks like a great character. =D

[Nanashi]

You're still doing as great a job as ever!
I especially like the outfits you've been working on, but I really like the Phantom Sorcerer. Looks like a great character. =D

Thanks~ I'm glad I have at least some breathing room and I'm able to draw after getting out of my period of doing horribly XD
Orion's outfit came out of nowhere as I had no idea what I was looking for. I had to think about what the Egyptians wore and how I could change it, and that was produced~ The lower torso turned out good but the upper half next to it...haha, not so well~

Two new drawings of Dusk.

[Show/Hide] Smiling Dusk

*I decided I would rather it be shaded instead of coloured~

*Updated Aug. 13

[Show/Hide] Dusk sketches

*I included his Schiavona, Cinquedea, and gunarm for the first time in this.

This post has been edited by Nanashi: Aug 13 2011, 07:39 AM

[X-M-O]

You have amazing weapon designs there. Are those your own ideas? (Meaning the designs, not the types of weapons.)

[Nanashi]

Yep, those are my own designs. I don't know if I could make a new type of weapon because the practical have been taken. The schiavona and ciquedea are pretty basic but I needed a reference of a 1700s pistol since I'm not so good at guns.

[X-M-O]

Well, it's really cool when you can design something on the blade of the weapon, like etched into the sides of the blade.
You could try working with the scimitar weapon, since it also has a blade. I'd be curious to see what types of designs you would make on such a weapon. =]

It's really neat the way you design outfits and such, but this is a different side to your artistic flare and I'm liking it. =D

[Nanashi]

Well, it's really cool when you can design something on the blade of the weapon, like etched into the sides of the blade.
You could try working with the scimitar weapon, since it also has a blade. I'd be curious to see what types of designs you would make on such a weapon. =]

It's really neat the way you design outfits and such, but this is a different side to your artistic flare and I'm liking it. =D

Thank you so much! I'll put a some designs together then. It would be good practice and I really should get into the habit of it, anyway~

[Ninjuit]

I'm not going to lie, your designs are very creative and you have some great control and understandings of lines, but you need to work on keeping your proportions consistent. In a lot of your drawings the heads are too large for the bodies and in retrospect, that means the hands and other features just don't look right. This was an issue I used to have (and still have in regards to keeping hands and faces proportional), though I'm getting better. You are better at drawing than me, but that's just something I think you should keep in mind and work on.