Sephiroth sketch

[telophase]

Hopefully I actually have paper large enough for this...






ETA: Phew, barely. The charcoal paper I use for the pencil things is 12 x 18" and the pic is 11 x 17".

The light shapes on his face and neck are me putting guides for the pencil shading. And now to work up a Vincent and I can get this show on the road!

ETA: The final pencil piece is posted here.

Comments

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

Sephiroth's like Texas in a way: large, hot, and all for the death penalty. @_@

the word need more cowboy sephi

[flusterdance.livejournal.com]

May I metaquote you? :D

[matildarose.livejournal.com]

I'd be honored! :O

Damn it, I should have used this icon when I said it. :|

[lillym0n.livejournal.com]

im totally loving the composition here *__* <33333~
Cloud's reflection on the sword is going to look fantastic in the finished version of this .. i can already imagine it *3*
but na, aren't Sephy's eyes too far apart O_O?

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :D

Eh, they may be, but it doesn't bother me - I knida like he way it makes him look a little alien. I'm 3/4 of the way through shading the pic, so it's too late to change now. XD Although if I get a hair to try painting it, I may push 'em together and see what it looks like. :)

(And I'm amazed at how well the wing is turning out in my pencil shading piece - I've never actually done feathers before like this, and it sort of accidentally worked. XD)

[lillym0n.livejournal.com]

lol 8D; i see .. i know how painful it is to change something wrong in the picture when you are half way through it .. i thought its still in the sketching stage so there might be still some time to fix it. but if you like it that way then so be it :D .. heh
i've always been fascinated by wings but sadly never tried drawing them before now ..
don't you love it when parts of your drawing *accidentally* start looking great =P .. lol XD
happens alot with me XDDD

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Nah, I'd started in on the pencilling and shading already, so there would have been no way to erase and move the eyes without it being noticeable. :) Charcoal paper smushes down a bit when you use tight, sharp linework like the eyes need, so the outlines of the eyes would still be there.

Yeah, the accidental stuff is great. XD

[helen-keeble.livejournal.com]

Very cool!

The leading edge of the wing is looking a little flat to me, in contrast to the lovely detailed feathers, but I suspect that's just because there's no shading on it yet.

I like Sephiroth's slightly alien/elvish wide-set eyes!

[helen-keeble.livejournal.com]

(and has Seph actually got "Black" tattooed on his knuckles, or is that a shading directive?)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

This is the thing that I take the basic lines from to transfer to the charcoal paper to start shading. The lines on it are *all* shading directives. :)