Princess Kitana, A Most Dangerous Adversary

"Edenian Princess - Kitana" final

Princess Kitana.  Fans of Mortal Kombat know her as the ninja with the sweet bladed fans.  Any time I see a fan that folds up, I immediately think of it as having blades.  This was my 2nd attempt at drawing the lovely Edenian Princess.  My original effort a couple of years ago had some major anatomical issues.  This one is far better in every respect.  My primary difficulties I had with doing this picture was the perspective of her arm and subsequently her fan blades (which is why they look really big).  I had to pose a model in DAZ Studio to aid me with getting the perspective right.  The background was a modified stock photo I found on Deviant Art.  I had originally tried to draw a waterfall and mountain side behind her, but it didn't come out so well.

I really like my color selection for her clothes and her skin coloring.  Getting skin to look right (especially when so much of it is shown) can be quite tricky.  I've been studying some of the colors by Peter Steigerwald and Nei Ruffino for pointers on how I can improve my own coloring.  Anyone who's ever tried coloring knows that it can be difficult to get right.  But no matter how good someone colors, the anchor of a picture will always be the line art.  I've always said that no amount of coloring can save a bad picture. 

Still Kickin!

"Samus Aran - Birthday Suit" sketch

After what's quickly becoming a routine hiatus of not updating this blog, I have returned yet again this time bearing brand new art.  This sketch to the left marks the first time drawing the Samus Aran character.  Yeah, yeah, another naked woman.  I've drawn many naked women before, but what I strived to do differently with this sketch was to create an original pose from my mind, try to draw decent water, and to try and draw somewhat smoother and cleaner line art.  For the most part, I think I achieved those things.

When I got the idea to do this sketch, I was thinking about how Michael Turner could make things such as water and movement seem so effortless and smooth.  So when drawing this, I made my best effort to make everything appear as streamlined as possible.  The hardest part of this sketch was in getting her outstretched hand to look good, and even then I'm not sure I did the best I could with it.  However, I couldn't derail an entire drawing for a lone hand, so I rendered it as best I could and moved on.  All in all, another solid sketch if I do say so myself.  Drawing is a lot more satisfying if you feel that you're improving and are producing good work.  I plan to add colors to this soon.