Hype Rewind & Fierce Kitten
By
DerektheAwesome,
Posted on: 2007-04-13 08:47 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
Very well done piece!
Not bad at all! =D Your coloring and shading are das ubersweeten, if you'll pardon my spanish 
One nitpick: The angle of the katana's hilt and blade looks off. It looks like he's either using the flat of the blade or the blade has no edge. Also, if it's a katana, they traditionally have a curve to the blade.
http://www.weaponmasters.com/index.html?ITEM=INDEX <--- pretty handy site for weapon reference pics, if you think you need them. But again, your colors = Teh R0XXZ0RS
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Nice! 
But, a critique: He's holding the sword wrong. A katana should be held with the right hand in front, up to the handguard, and the left hand at the back of the handle, with the pinky hanging off.
Derek, log in or go make a katana scrapper. You will see the way he's holding it is the way it's done in game (left hand over right). And since It's a piece of art of his in game character, it only makes sense.
A gap added would be good, and the blade needs to be turned a little and a curve added....but he was just mentioning that 
�Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play!� - Thomas Gray
Yea, the blade was actually bothering me for the last while. I'll likely fiddle with it later.
On my original Sketch, I had Hype's proportions too small - he was about the same height as Fierce, and his shoulders weren't wide enough. In my process of stretching/skewing parts of the sketch to get his size and torso correct, I kind of warped the sword, so the angle doesn't look right (and the lack of a curve is just me being careless).
And regarding the lefthand/right hand... CoH characters hold their Katana with the lefthand topmost, not the right. The artwork matches the game in that respect. However, I do need to put a gap between his two hands.
Looks awesome Duck.
I know that's how it's held in-game, but that's not correct. Even if you are left handed, it's still held how I said in my above post.
The art is meant to reflect the game character it is inspired by. It's correct in context.
Ok, I reworked the blade a little bit - introduced a slight curve, and redraw the angle it meets the hilt at. Looks somewhat better now.
I think I'm going to pass on repositioning his right hand for now - I played with it, but it just ended up making his arm look broken :P
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Following up on my Moiread and Alan S piece, I've completed another Guardian Couple.. this time myself, and my misses
Hype Rewind & Fierce Kitten
We actually met during a Terra Volta Respec trial playing these two characters, so it just seemed appropriate.
I'm actually liking my outline style better on the Moi/Alan piece - I may end up reinking/colouring this one at some point.
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That piece looks really quite nice!! Great looking style! 
Thanks TA
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Thanks TA
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JOO are welcome Ducky!
Following up on my Moiread and Alan S piece, I've completed another Guardian Couple.. this time myself, and my misses
Hype Rewind & Fierce Kitten
We actually met during a Terra Volta Respec trial playing these two characters, so it just seemed appropriate.
I'm actually liking my outline style better on the Moi/Alan piece - I may end up reinking/colouring this one at some point.