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    Thanks, guys. I'll finish this when my back gets better but for now I'm sorta zombie-like. I'll also need to update my style as it is quite dated now when compared to the current state of the game.
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    My back is getting less stiff so I was able to finish this today...sort of (not gonna do a background as I don't really feel like it).
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    You seem to be a man of many talents
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    Coll stuff here Ascension - my only critique would be that the mouth looks a little strange, but I'm not sure how you would fix it.
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    Yep, that part's been killin me. I've never been able to draw lips.
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    I remember something from a class I took once...for mouths use 2 parallel lines; the top line would be however wide you want the 'lips, the bottom about 40-50% of the length and centered underneath.

    Not sure if that would work with your style.
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    Very nice. Everytime I try to draw people they turn out all stiff. That's find for ancient Egyptian tomb drawings but not for a more realistic approach. I draw stuff now and it's terrible when compared to the work I did when I was 16.

    For your warrior's mouth, it looks like he has no upper lip. I would add a bit of the same colour as his lower lip to the top. Make sure the middle part of the upper lip colour aligns with the little "quotation" notch under the nose.
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    Yep, I'm aware of all that stuff, just never been good at lips except those fake wax kinds Just one of those things for me.

    At any rate, here's my second "refresher" that I'm messin with...dancing girl The first one is clearly crap but it shows the stance that I wanted; the second one is rotating the figure more toward the viewer to be more dynamic, actually taking my time, and making her a bit more Frazetta-like. Still working on the top hand and elevated foot. Once those are done I'll put in some hair and harem clothes and sparkly jingly things.

    Edit: whoa, I forgot that I was working big on these, I've been doing the drawing at 30% zoom...oy vey, sorry.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ascension View Post
    The first one is clearly crap but it shows the stance that I wanted;
    LOL. Your 'crap' is about a zillion times better than I could manage - even if you gave me a photo and some tracing paper!
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    Spent some time looking at belly-dancer costumes but didn't really like any - vests make it too gypsy and pants and sleeves make it too Jasmine (from Disney's Aladdin) - so I made my own. Jewelry will take a long time but I'll do that last. Just about time to "ink" it or "paint" it...not sure which way I want to go...never done digital painting so I'll have to learn that.
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