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Melissa T.

The Dark Elf
The Dark Elf by @Noodle (Melissa T.)

Yet another Furcadia character that I drew up for a friend, he is a Drow named Kalannar. Definitely happy with how this one turned out. :D

Mech pencil and lots of india ink on bristol paper.

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Posted: Sunday, 10 October, 2004 @ 05:30 PM

Oh, wow. This is one impressive piece! The shading is very nice indeed, and the black inked areas.

I only complain a little about the anatomy, and more specifically, the arms. So, his left (our right) upper arm looks a bit too short. Actually, I noticed it because I make the same mistake sometimes. XD And, his right forearm, where it attaches to the upper arm, is a bit weird. Like, the cloth looks like it pierces half of his arm. Then, moving down... (yeah, I'm really perceptive at midnight, forgive me) Under the lower half of the tunic, either his thighs or hips are just really short. Like, the thigh should be about the same length or a bit longer than the lower leg... and if you take that height, his groin would be there exactly under the pouches on the belt. Um, and that would be weird.

Er, I guess that wasn't "a little". Well, there went the length of this comment.

And now I will compliment you on the details. I really like the folds and how you did the boots and the weapons! Those are things that I simply don't really have patience for. Especially boots. I squee at the boots.

And then, finally, a question: How did you manage to get it all look so smooth? When I do ink and/or pencils, it's always "line-y" and sketchy; never smooth like this. Even if I used my brush pen instead of the sharp one with a cut end like in the pic you commented on...

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