Today I wanted to talk about a rarely discussed issue that is near and dear to my heart. Many will look at the title of this article and scoff, but this attitude is precisely the problem with the more commonly discussed issue of feminism and the sexualization of women in modern media.
IT’S FINALLY DONE!
The Prize Image to our Deviantart 5K Kiriban winner,
http://golden-grahams.deviantart.com/
He chose to have us draw an image of his two friend’s characters, Rime, and Amethyst. He wanted me to put a spin on things, by drawing them in Phantasy Star Online 2 inspired gear since they are both really excited for it’s release.
This image challenged me in many ways, and took a lot longer than I planned for it to. First off, the Detail was very very hard to replicate properly. As such, this drawing required me to change up the way I do line-arts. So my lineart took longer and was a lot thinner than normal. The hair was another thing that I decided to play around with, I have decided to improve the way that I paint hair on my characters, and this image was the pilot for my new style. I do hope to continue improving the way I shade hair.
Overall, I enjoyed drawing this. Rime and Amethyst are two really cute girls, and were a pleasure to draw.
The background was the product of some quick photoshop magic, using this stock image [link] as a base.
Thank you all for being so patient! I will now move on to the next commission that I have lined up.
~Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
One commission down way too many more too go! ;-;
This was a commission for my friend David, he wanted me to draw him and his girlfriend in a last stand during the zombie apocalypses.
Enjoy!
-Antigone of Faerie’s Dice
More progress on the commission for our contest winner of the Deviantart 5k Kiriban. I did my best to get the character details/personalities down the very best that I could, while also tweaking my method of linearting to fit these highly detailed costume designs. My main philosophy going into this illustration: If it’s less detailed than the original PSO-2 Concept art, then it’s simply an inferior piece of art.
With that in mind, this drawing aims to be at least as good, if not better than the official PSO-2 art. I hope I at least came close so far DX!!
~Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
For the winner of the Kiriban 5k! An in progress shot of his prize for showing support to Faerie’s Dice. ^^
Our winner decided for us to create an image, not for himself, but for his two friends! So selfless! I thought it was a really nice of him. =) Not only that, but him and his two friends all have amazing taste in video games. These two characters I have drawn are the Original Characters of his friends, all decked out in Phantasy Star Online 2 styled gear! Honestly, I had forgotten all about this game, but after playing with the character creator to help give myself some inspiration for the clothing designs, I found myself getting excited for the release of the game as well! I can’t wait to play it when it comes out!
With that being said, this sketch has actually taken me quite a bit of time to complete. The main reason is because of the insane level of detail in the costume designs. The textures are HELLA detailed, almost more detailed than that of a Halo Game! DX Essentially, this means more drawing and painting for me! But it’s a labor of love, as I am enjoying every step of this. I am a pretty big PSO fan, and am happy to be doing this awesome piece of fanart!
FYI the character on the Left is Rime, the character on the right is Amethyst. Two amazingly busty/sexy characters if I do say so myself! Happy to be drawing them. ^^
Stay tuned for more!
~Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
Hello everyone! Here is the full lineup of DreamHack Characters! It’s taken Antigone quite a while to complete this lineup, a lot of thought went into each character design, but personally, I’m quite happy with the final character lineup.
In other news! Recently, a contest was held to see who could be the 5000th viewer on our deviantart page! We had someone snag it right on 5k exactly! So we are currently working on a commission for him! I’ve actually spoken to him, and he has chosen something for us to draw! Antigone and I will be working together on this commission like usual. Personally, I love the idea he has come up with and can’t wait to draw it! I think I will keep it a surprise though! So do look forward to the sketch of it, as that will be getting posted sometime soon.
Recently, we got back from Hama-Con! An anime convention located in Huntsville AL. It was a smaller convention than were used to, so we had a bit more of a difficult time there than normal. We had a few elements working against us too. Mainly the fact that the convention was more of a family convention, and thus, ecchi didn’t go over as well as it normally does at cons. Even so, we broke some nice profit, and are happy to have made enough money to continue supporting our convention traveling! ^^ Joy!
For the full update on the Kiriban 5k winner, as well as our experience at hama-con, go take a look at our deviantart page!
http://faeriesdice.deviantart.com/#/d52doxk
Thanks so much!
~ Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
Above are some pieces of Concept art in progress for the two characters, Raven, and Cardinal. Both have yet to be full rendered. Some changes are likely to be made in their designs before they are moved on to the final coloring stages.
So in other news, a promotional kiriban contest is going on in our Deviantart Page right now!
Below is a link to our Deviantart page as well as the Journal Entry, taken from our page.
http://faeriesdice.deviantart.com/
“Hello everyone!
We have been getting a lot on new watchers lately and have really been wanting to do a contest but we don’t think that there are enough active watchers to do so! D:
SOOOO we (Bryan and I) have decided to have a “contest” for who can catch our 5000 Kiriban</i>!
Its amazing how much response we have been getting from everyone on Deviant Art and we want to celebrate that by giving whoever catches a screen capture of the 5000 Kiriban</i> (or the closest to 5000 we receive if nobody gets the 5000) and sends it to us either here or to our email faeriesdice@gmail.com will get a drawing from us!
Yep, that’s right. For doing basically nothing, you get a free commission from us of pretty much whatever you would like. Of course there are SOME limitations. Nothing too elaborate, preferably only two characters. Also, if the winner should want an OriCa card commission, we can do the illustration, but we can’t craft and ship the card for free, that will cost a little extra. And no horse porn/ Zombie porn.
Other than that, sky is the limit! A Sexy OriCa card, a full illustration, furry, softcore ecchi, hardcore hentai. Whatevvverrrr you want! ^-~
We understand that we have many loving supporters that don’t have the money to support us, for all you guys, this is the least we could do for you. Thanks so much for supporting us and bringing us so much success! <3 <3 <3
Good luck to you all!!!
Antigone and Bryan of Faerie’s Dice”
On a side note we have a pole going on right now to see what you all would like to see from us more so make sure you go vote on it!
-Antigone and Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
I’m sure many of you might be sick of seeing these two by now, but just in case you aren’t! Here is the final version of both mystic Elf and Aqua spirit together! I was commissioned to do this, so I do hope it turned out well! I tried to take elements from each of their backgrounds, and combine them into one scene. I kinda think it turned out okay. =)
This image will be crafted into one of our Yugioh OriCa cards, however! It will be the first completely original card. It’s going to be a special magic card, with a unique effect!
Hope you all enjoy!
~Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
Hey there everyone. Here is some progress on my latest Yu-Gi-Oh Orica Commission. Honestly, I really don’t have much to say about these. I was really excited to do these at first, as these two cards and what they symbolize mean so much to me. But to be honest, lately I have felt just terrible. I’ve been criticized a lot, for just doing what I love doing. I try not to bother anyone or hurt anyone’s feelings with my art, I just do it because I love it. But constantly I get criticized and hated every now and then. It always hurts though when a family member is the one to bring fire. Honestly, it hurt. Badly. I’ve been afraid to do any work or really post anything at all. I love what I do, and I love what I am. I have no doubts about what I am doing, nor any doubts about my moral and spiritual compass. But others do about me. Knowing there is family behind my back, secretly talking about me and that are ashamed and disgusted at who I am, what I am all about, and what I love to do. It makes me uneasy and afraid to do anything. For the past few days, I truly haven’t been living. I’ve just been miserable, frustrated, and afraid. It’s times like these that I need the goddess to help guide me. And even so, It makes me even more afraid to know that I put myself in even more danger just by saying the word “Goddess”. The powerful spirit that I believe in, that I understand, that I learn from, was born from, and that guides me, is so hated…
~Bryan Of Faerie’s Dice
Hello everyone! Just a small update with my latest Yu-Gi-oh OriCa card commission! I went ahead and did the Line art for both of them! Now that they are nice and clean, I am going to proceed with the base colors, and then the painting process. =)
Also! please excuse any sluggish progress. Currently were preparing for our next Anime convention, UltimaCon!
This convention is all the way out in New Orleans! So it’s going to be quite the drive for us. Around 7 Hours! We have been (yet again) scrambling to make sure that we are well prepared with a large inventory of products/prints to sell at our Artist Table. =) Wish us luck! As it will be quite the experience for both of us! The convention btw, is taking place right in the French Quarter. Pretty sweet!
~Bryan Of Faerie’s Dice
To see the finished product! Go Here
http://faeriesdice.com/2012/04/28/mithra-in-the-mirror/
I actually finished this drawing a week or so ago, I just forgot that I recorded part of myself creating it! ^^; Anyways, sorry also that I didn’t record myself painting the background. Next time I will be sure to show my entire process.
For those of you that don’t know, this is a sped up video of inking and painting a piece of Final Fantasy XI fanart that I did of a Mithra. The whole thing took around 4 hours. So if nothing else! Sit back and enjoy the music! It’s an awesome FFXI remix by the amazing DJ Plaeskool. The song is called “The Empress’s Secret”. It’s a remix of the song that plays in the main city in the Treasures of Aht Urgan Expansion pack.
Enjoy everyone!
~Bryan of Faerie’s Dice
