(WIP) Art Post – Some Video Game Sketches (In Color)

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Here are the colored versions of those drawings I posted like 3 weeks ago. Not sure when, if ever, I’ll get around to shading them. Part of the problem for why it was taking so long to even get these colored was that I didn’t feel like I had the time to work on anything art related aside from the comic, and that takes priority. The other issue is that I just wasn’t feeling particularly motivated to actually finish these. Which you know, you can have all the free time in the world to do something, but if you don’t actually feel like doing it, you’re probably not going to actually do it. I feel like that is going to be a bit of a problem for me going forward… Because I still do want to post more things on here other than the comic, don’t be too surprised if a lot of the random art I post on here is just sketches. Because hopefully that’s better than nothing, right? Anyways, that’s enough yammering. Here are the drawings, and I’ll see you all next post.

 

(WIP) Art Post – Some Video Game Sketches

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Here’s a quick dump of some sketches I did of various random video game characters I just felt like drawing. None of these I actually have properly colored in yet, and that’s not even getting into the shading. As a result, I have no idea when any of these will actually be finished. But hey, some outlines are better than nothing.

First up, we have Squall from Final Fantasy VIII. I feel like I’m the only person on the Internet who cares that 8 is finally getting it’s remaster like the other early 3D Final Fantasies. So I decided to draw Squall to kind of celebrate that fact. I know the game can be pretty janky at times when it comes to the junction system and how tedious drawing and refining magic can be in the game, but I also love just how much freedom all of those systems can give you when you know how to use them properly. Plus, I always just found the setting of 8’s world to be super compelling because of just how contemporary to the modern day a lot of the areas and locations are. I also really loved the monster designs in the game and how old enemies would gain new abilities and behaviors as you progressed. It made the enemies all way more interesting as a result (though, giving all of the monsters collectible cards that you can play with in a kickass card game certainly didn’t hurt either…) Just a few reasons why this weird little game and not something like 7 or 10 is my favorite entry in the series.

Next up, we have Miriam from Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night which finally got released recently. I didn’t actually spend money on the game’s Kickstarter, but I was very interested in the game as soon as I heard it was being developed, because me and my brother are both big fans of the Metroidvania styled Castlevania games. And though we’ll probably never get another one of those again, a spiritual successor made by the same guy is a good enough replacement in my eyes. As of typing this post, I’ve only gotten to see my brother (as well as a certain “jabroni” streamer) play for a few hours, but from what I’ve seen, the game is meeting all of my expectations in terms of gameplay and the sheer variety of weapons and demon shard abilities you can use.  Plus aesthetic character customization, which is always a plus for me ( ‘speically when the character you’re customizing is a cute girl, and Miriam herself is quite the cutie… )

Finally, we have the Ironclad, the Silent, and the Defect, all 3 of the playable characters from Slay the Spire, which got it’s Switch port not too long ago, and as a result, I’ve been playing quite a bit of it. Though I’ve never really played too many card games (mostly just Hearthstone, The Pokemon TCG, and a tiny bit of Duelyst), I’ve always been fascinated  by them from a design perspective and frequently brainstormed ideas for my own card games in my spare time (one particular idea I have for one, I was able to come up with well over 1000 cards for, though it’s all just an Excel spreadsheet and as a result, probably wouldn’t be the most interesting thing to post). And I do have to say, Slay the Spire is a really good card game (slash dungeon crawling rouge-like deck builder). Though, the game does kick my ass frequently because I play too fast and as a result, don’t properly think my turns through. Would still definitely recommend however to anyone who owns a Switch (or a Steam account because it’s on there too) and just likes card games.

That’s everything from me for now. As I said earlier, no idea when I’ll get around to finishing these, but I will say probably don’t expect the finished versions of any of these before the next comic update. And with that, I’ll see you all next post.