So. This is a picture I did of Jonas. Though he fills the page, I tried to still make it seem like he's small...mainly by using the omgwtfgigantic sword as a reference point. Do you think it's easy being a faeling pureblade? Do ya?!

It's nice! Though, he looks a little squished. It might just be the style though. I don't really do anime-style drawing myself, so I'm not certain on what's appropriate for the proportions. So many other things about the style in general seem strange to me (great big giant eyes, tiny nose and mouth, weird transparent hair, etc.) that this might just be more of the same.

Anime style seems very popular though!

He's meant to look a little squished; he's crouching and looking up at something just behind the viewer. And, I do anime-style because it's really not hard to draw something and have people say it looks good...

Compensation for his tiny body is an overly large sword. I smell a new Final Fantasy character...


Good work, regardless.

Many don't believe me, but I've never played any Final Fantasy. :/

I meant more that the head seems squished down into the chest and the shoulders and arms seem squished into the torso. Like a big invisible hand is squeezing him, with it's big invisible thumb on his head pushing down.

That's because Final Fantasy comes from Japan and their booklets are drawn in Manga
style. You just have to watch Anime or read Manga to adopt the style. (Anime=Moving
images while Manga = still images)

I think you should work on the perspective of the head a little bit, Jonas. Yes he's
crouching, but the head positioning is a bit severe. The shoulders are also a little too hunched.

Fair enough. I've been looking at the artisanals, though, and I'm thinking about submitting this...since you others know more about it than me, do you think that this drawing has any chance in the big, bad world?

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I would reccomend color, and yes, please show us a little neck. Let the boy breathe!

I'm in the process of Photoshopping in some color now. I guess it couldn't hurt to throw in a few lines and give him a neck while I'm at it.

I think you need to work on it a bit more before submitting it. Add some colour, and clean it up a little. (If you don't have time to colour do be sure to clean it up) I don't know for sure that you will win anything, but it has a decent chance. Don't be too dismayed if you don't get anything, and don't expect to win. I only say this because I know people who have put their heart and soul into their drawings only to not win. Art is subjective, and if one person says it's bad, it only means they think it's bad.

Edit: There is a right and wrong way for proportion, though!

If you're going to submit it, I'd recommend making it look more Lusternian somehow (you might be planning to do this in colouring or so on, I'm not an artist so have no idea). I know I've submitted a lot of things in the past that I thought were good, but just weren't Lusternian

*ponder*


I'm not sure I have the room to make it any more Lusternian. Maybe a "wyrden tree" background or something...but I'm not really adept enough in Photoshop to do any more than that, and some flat colors with basic shading. >_>