AoH - Secret Santa 2011

FINALLY I'm sorry I'm so late ....

A really belated Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to ! _{I'm still in time for Epiphany okay.}
I decided to draw his OC, Dylan Rhodes for this one; I do hope it looks like him. Some things went differently than expected.

This picture was really really difficult to work with lol. A lot of steps went into it. Lining it was the most difficult part, since some elements such as the belt, armguard, and bow had to be redesigned on paper. Thus, I learned some important lesson which is to always be prepared before starting to ink. I was messing around on SAI for ages before I decided that I had to go back to paper ; w ;

Conceptually, most pictures I've seen of Dylan were action, or dramatic, so to contrast I wanted to draw a calm sort of setting for him.

After working out all the design and the lining issues, the coloring went smoothly after that. Actually I think so far this is the best I've colored, taking in some observations I picked up while looking at other arts.

Many thanks to everyone and everything that helped me out with this ;w;/

Thanks to these people for watching me draw this and either giving me feedback or just plain keeping my spirits up. Also I ripped off Lilbang's style to help me color =7=

[link] This beautiful coloring tutorial

Mingta, where I used the bird photo reference. And whoever drew those Fire Emblem official arts since I was referencing them too.

Despite such a long time I spent on it, I'm really happy with the result. I hope my recipient is too.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! o 7 o/

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