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Sep 20, 2011

Drawing Older Dudes

Edit: Please tell me which looks better - 
darker skin/hair or lighter skin/ hair?
Also keep in mind that this isn't his final sprite... just trying to figure out his design!




I've always had a hard time drawing characters that look over the age of 12 o_x
But after redoing Reimei at least 7 times I think I'm happy with him... he's 19, so I want him to look at least a *little* older than my usual characters, who are normally high school age.
Anyway, Reimei is I guess the main guy of C[N]. (Though, I won't tell you who the true ending is with ;D)Because I'm trying to break stereotypes, he's not quite a tsundere... though he is close. He's definitely a
complicated person with many sides.
Now, I'm still not sure how I want the other two guys to look. I really want one of them to have a ponytail though. Cause manly ponytails are just awesome 8D (has been watching too much No. 6)

21 comments:

  1. GryphbearSeptember 20, 2011 at 11:12 PM

    Pretty nice. Although when you say "older dudes" -- I keep thinking in the region of 25-30's. lol. But older guys and women usually have a bit of padding to their face. (30s+), unless they've been in a famine or eat like a bird up to that age... Heh. :)

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  2. TeaCupSeptember 21, 2011 at 8:16 AM

    Thanks! Haha, older dudes for me is like... over the age of 16, since I've always done high school stories until now. But yeah, drawing people over the age of 25 is whole different story XD

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  3. GryphbearSeptember 21, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Heh :) It's alright. Hmm, I think the right looks better. The left (lighter) makes him look washed out or something.

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  4. OtomeFever :xSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Hm..well,Id say that the one on the right looks like it has more depth and looks more lifelike or something, if ya know what I mean :] but either one looks great anyway! Your art is just *v* (drools)

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  5. sifrisSeptember 21, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    hmm, maybe you should put some kind of background behind him? or a colour maybe, just to give you a better idea of what context the sprites are going to be in. that helps me with my colouring. C:
    so far I like the left one better, though~

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  6. AnonymousSeptember 23, 2011 at 10:44 AM

    I like the second picture best. It's more defined, it's easier to make out his facial features. Both look nice, and both hair colors look nice, but the extra shading in the second one makes it pop more. :)

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  7. Karina SertichSeptember 25, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    I like the first pic better. :)

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  8. RainrinSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:06 PM

    I actually like the one on the left a LOT better. (I actually completely love it). The one on the right kind of looks like a creepy serial killer u.o

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  9. TeaCupSeptember 25, 2011 at 1:38 PM

    Ahaha, opinions are really mixed, so I don't know anymore XD;
    It's funny that your opinions are so different, considering all I did was darken the colors using the variation tool. I didn't change anything at all, really, lol.

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  10. RainrinSeptember 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I think it's most because older people tend to have smaller eyes, so when it darkens it becomes a bit scary :P

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  11. AnonymousSeptember 26, 2011 at 9:11 AM

    I prefer the second one.

    But wow, he does look mature (and hot) in both of them.

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  12. LilySeptember 26, 2011 at 12:25 PM

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  13. LilySeptember 26, 2011 at 12:28 PM

    I think maybe if you just darkened the hair on the left one it might look better? ^^ I'm not sure though~~

    (apparently I removed my previous comment O__o i have no idea what i'm doing!!)

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  14. AkiSeptember 27, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I prefer the first, it just looks better :]

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  15. MayuJanuary 29, 2012 at 5:58 AM

    Hmm..
    I think I like the second picture a little bit more, although I like the skin color of the first picture more. So maybe you can do the light skin color but still darken the hair?

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  16. Miu-chanSeptember 14, 2012 at 9:08 PM

    I think the second one (dark one) looks better, the light one looks too much...light? Dark colors make him look so cool and mature, so..2nd one ^^

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  17. Lu FalleirosSeptember 23, 2012 at 1:17 PM

    I think the second fits better... ^^
    The first one, look so much... Washed?? I don't know...

    But for me the second look older and more... Interesting! ^^

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  18. AnnaNovember 3, 2012 at 10:43 AM

    Probably the second one (the darker one) (:
    They both look great though!

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  19. UnknownNovember 4, 2012 at 12:14 AM

    the darker one but with light hair i think would fit in. But they both look terrific.

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  20. Lyra LaurantNovember 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM

    I think it all depends on what personality they are going to have.
    The lighter looks like a gentle, caring character.
    The darker looks like a more manly and mature character.
    I like them both =3

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  21. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2013 at 12:05 AM

    I would choose the image with the darker hair.

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