MERCH MAKINGS: I-NO from GUILTY GEAR
Added 2021-03-05 20:30:01 +0000 UTCSo, as I teased, I've got a draft for the first Guilty Gear piece I've worked on in a really long time! I-No is one of my favourite characters in the series, so I felt it was only right to start with her! This design will be a sticker, though if enough folks like it, I'll see about having charms produced as well!
Okay, so I'm gonna go into some details that probably nobody cares to know, but I'm doing it anyway: this is one of those pieces that I know will be primarily digital, so I wasn't as "careful" about drafting this as I would be for a traditional piece. With traditional art, I know I have to make every line count. However, I knew this would be digital, so I'm a lot more forgiving of my mistakes:
*The layout still needs to be "trimmed" in places. It's still too big for what I'll need for the sticker if I want this to work. That will be adjusted in the digital process.
*The guitar and wing were flipped, copied, and pasted--the nice thing about digital art is that if I need a duplicated design, I can do that a lot more easily. I love the challenges traditional art brings, but holy shit I am not a masochist!
I'll be inking this traditionally and then doing most of the heavy lifting on a digital format. It's still far easier for me to ink traditionally overall since I can make the lines look more "natural" and less "sterile" (I had inked that Kiryu standee completely in a digital medium and I honestly wish I hadn't).
Anyway, if you've made it this far, I hope you're looking forward to the finished piece! I'll update you guys with the finished artwork later this month!
