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Weekly Pinup Sketch

This one is being a lot of fun to draw. I love to play with different angles and poses that I wouldn't think to draw, very often. I imagine she's probably fallen out of a tree again, and is a bit embarrassed that someone might have seen her tumble. So much for the fabled dexterity of the elves!

With a few of my characters, I have become really cautious about how I draw them. I want the art I do of them to remain true to the character. In the past, as I was developing as an artist, I did draw a few of my characters (namely Lin) in fairly erotic situations, either nude or nearly so. I have come to regret this, because such pieces are so far outside of the actual personality of the character themselves. That's not to say that I won't have characters that are intended to be sexy eye candy, but it won't be all of them. The elven archer is one such character that isn't meant to be a sex symbol of any kind. Still, she's meant to be cute, and a little goofy, so these sort of pictures don't hurt her authenticity, I feel. Some things I had to be intentionally careful of, when drawing this, like making sure that she doesn't have a cameltoe, or underwear slippage. She's gotta be cute, but not trying too hard, if that makes sense. Even her choice in under garments took some consideration, and I decided to go with some booty shorts like Yoko Littner wears (in the anime: "Tango Toppa Gurren Lagann"). That way she's not too revealing, but also not losing cute/sexy points.


Anyways, thanks for reading my mental ramblings. Maybe it gives  a bit of incite into what I think about as I draw these. Some pictures are just randoms that I can do whatever I want with, while other characters require some special consideration.


Ok, that's it for now! I hope you enjoy this weeks sketch, I'll have the colors done soon! Thanks for all your support!
~Ray

Weekly Pinup Sketch

Comments

Hehe cool! Thanks!

RoninDude

Of course! Thanks dude. :)

RoninDude

I am very glad to hear that! I want to do so much with my art, so I am glad when I hear that people appreciate my efforts to maintain consistency with my characters. And yeah, that's about right with the elven archer! She's very action oriented, and being a young elf raised by country folk, she's fairly handy, but lacks a bit of self consciousness that would help prevent her from getting into embarrassing situations.

RoninDude

Thank you, that means a lot to me. I am grateful that you appreciate the deeper aspects of my work, as I am always trying to add some of that in. I also need to keep my character's consistent. It just feels wrong not to.

RoninDude

I love her shouty face!! :D

James Champlin

Alright, if you say so. Good piece, looking forward to the colors

DonAnon

I'm going to echo what Sotakoira says below. To me having a sense of what your characters would and wouldn't do/be seen doing increases their validity as characters not just pictures in their own right. I've always thought of the Elven Archer as a girl who occasionally acts before she thinks and as a result can end up in these embarrassing situations from time to time. I think this picture his 'just right' sexy but not over the top. I imagine the thief from last week is similar but maybe moreso due to her lack of experience maybe she gets more/flashier wardrobe malfunctions (which i'd be delighted to see more of!)

Michael

I think this 'character ethic' of yours is part of what pushed me to partake in this Patreon. I follow a lot of artists on deviantArt but a very select few here. I guess as a writer myself it really ties a scene together to be able to imagine the events leading up to and happening after a particular picture. Any true artist should have a sense of character to all their work, and you definitely do!

Sotakoira

You know, that's what I've heard! XD

RoninDude

Haha, I am working on it. Hoping to have it finished tomorrow. :) Glad you like it, man!

RoninDude

Aren't elves supposed to be graceful? :D Love the pose, very funny.

Sapphic Neko

fuck making a joke, I need the colored version of this in my life,... like now!!

Pwn3rship

Thanks!

RoninDude

cute!

redguard153

Indeed! XD

RoninDude

Hehe, thanks! She's out in the sun a lot, so it makes sense, right?

RoninDude

Awe, don't feel guilty, dude! I'm talking about some nudes I did of her in her present incarnation. I did those on my own. It's not really a big deal, anyways, just a lesson learned. I've changed a lot as an artist over the last couple of years, and my direction has, too. Lin has been more of a mascot character for so long, it is only natural that I explored different aspects of my style, with her as the subject. Now that she's in line for some more detailed works, it's best to be more careful with how I portray her, and the other mains I have plans for.

RoninDude

Now I feel pretty guilty about Lin, but your thoughts make a lot of sense. Glad to see your are feeling further along and developing your craft in more ways than one.

DonAnon

Love her freckles!!

TY 2022

I can hear the branches breaking from here. Poor Archer elf.

Matthew D. Riddle


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