Anime UK News mascot character - can you draw one?

TRASHBAT said:
I completely agree,everyone here has such great talent!

Im not sure if i should submit a mascot now :?
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After the other piece of work you did. You definitely should.

I'll be waiting. :D
 
Well heres my second entry.
A chibi version of Minako seeing as that kind of thing seems to be going down better around here.
Later.:)
 
I gotta say I really like the design on Outlawstar's. Looks more suited to an anime forum than I could pull off. I'd go with that.
 
I'd say Outlaw too. It's flashy, but it can relate to all the fans (rather than a random steriotype image, like a dragon for St George = England, etc.) Plus, it's well drawn.

So I officially drop out the running. (Although I have no idea why no1 even praised/critisized my entry... :( )
 
Chaz said:
I'd say Outlaw too. It's flashy, but it can relate to all the fans (rather than a random steriotype image, like a dragon for St George = England, etc.) Plus, it's well drawn.

So I officially drop out the running. (Although I have no idea why no1 even praised/critisized my entry... :( )
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Thanks so much.
The otaku in came rushing to the fore when I drew this and Im glad you felt you can relate to it.
If theres anything you think I should add/takeaway please let me know.
 
Outlawstar said:
Thanks so much.
The otaku in came rushing to the fore when I drew this and Im glad you felt you can relate to it.
If theres anything you think I should add/takeaway please let me know.
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ACK! No! Don't change a winning combo! XD
I think I made a misinterpritation... :p I meant is's flashy, but not too flashy that the character design forgets the important characteristics. E.g. The shirt doesn't have too much design work to make it look too "pricy", but the colours look bold enough to stand out in a crowd. It's simple, but works!

Then you have the things that relate to typical British Otaku. The mouse, the headband; yet there's hints of a brittish society there (like the blonde anglo-saxon hair, and flags).
I would say that, it's more of an English Otaku rather than brittish though, as it has the St. George Cross rather than the Union Jack... But I hope the Scottish/welsh/Irish can forgive that detail, because I thing the extra detail in the flag may start to ruin the design. (No offense guys.)
 
Chaz said:
Outlawstar said:
Thanks so much.
The otaku in came rushing to the fore when I drew this and Im glad you felt you can relate to it.
If theres anything you think I should add/takeaway please let me know.
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ACK! No! Don't change a winning combo! XD
I think I made a misinterpritation... :p I meant is's flashy, but not too flashy that the character design forgets the important characteristics. E.g. The shirt doesn't have too much design work to make it look too "pricy", but the colours look bold enough to stand out in a crowd. It's simple, but works!

Then you have the things that relate to typical British Otaku. The mouse, the headband; yet there's hints of a brittish society there (like the blonde anglo-saxon hair, and flags).
I would say that, it's more of an English Otaku rather than brittish though, as it has the St. George Cross rather than the Union Jack... But I hope the Scottish/welsh/Irish can forgive that detail, because I thing the extra detail in the flag may start to ruin the design. (No offense guys.)
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Thats a perfect interpretation of what I was trying to get across.
And your right about the flag.
Me being Irish myself I noticed the flag didint go well with the colours I had in mind ,same goes for the other flags.
Oh well.
Although if I do win I may have to change it.Hehe.
 
Well I think we have a winner here. All I can suggest is that you clean up the colouring a little and by that I mean that on the left it's black but on the right side of the image it fades. Probably due to the scanner. Also thicker outlines around the character might help it to stand out on the pages.

Just an offer but if you want I could take your line art and colour it digitally for you.
 
Thanks for the advice.
Ill try thickening the lines in the next post.
I dont get what you mean by black on the left then it fades.
Sorry.Maybe say it another way.
 
Do you have photoshop? because if you do here's a couple of tips that you might find useful to give your artwork a polished finish.

Rather than colouring it on the paper and then scanning just draw the line art. So when you can it you can scan it as 'Text/Line Art' at a 300dpi or 400dpi setting. This way you'll have a large image with visable pixalation (I find it easier to work with when editing or colouring) but when you resize it on Photoshop then it will look smooth and clean.

Before you resize the image though, here's a quick and easy way of doing shading and colouring on Photoshop. All you do is keep the base layer for the lineart then 'create a new layer' and set it to 'Linear Burn' (there should be a drop down box on the frame panel with 'Normal' as default). On that new layer do the colouring with the 'pencil tool'.

Next is the shading. Create another new layer over the layer you coloured with and again set that layer to 'Linear Burn' using the drop down box. You then set the transparency of that layer to about 60% or however dark you want the shadows to be. Set the pencil tool's colour to 'Black' and then do the shading with it.

When you've done you can resize it to about 30% or 40% and it will look smooth and polished. Just some tips that I found rather useful.
 
WTFDaveMustaine said:
Do you have photoshop? because if you do here's a couple of tips that you might find useful to give your artwork a polished finish.

Rather than colouring it on the paper and then scanning just draw the line art. So when you can it you can scan it as 'Text/Line Art' at a 300dpi or 400dpi setting. This way you'll have a large image with visable pixalation (I find it easier to work with when editing or colouring) but when you resize it on Photoshop then it will look smooth and clean.

Before you resize the image though, here's a quick and easy way of doing shading and colouring on Photoshop. All you do is keep the base layer for the lineart then 'create a new layer' and set it to 'Linear Burn' (there should be a drop down box on the frame panel with 'Normal' as default). On that new layer do the colouring with the 'pencil tool'.

Thanks.
I will be certain to try and implement these tips in the future as I am a PS newbie and any tips are welcome.
Just in case it applies or not I have CS2.
Anyway thanks again.
Later.



Next is the shading. Create another new layer over the layer you coloured with and again set that layer to 'Linear Burn' using the drop down box. You then set the transparency of that layer to about 60% or however dark you want the shadows to be. Set the pencil tool's colour to 'Black' and then do the shading with it.

When you've done you can resize it to about 30% or 40% and it will look smooth and polished. Just some tips that I found rather useful.
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