Pokemon - Milotic

[Mobius]

Hello dear FFH, and welcome to this drawing exercise

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Eager to try my new tablet, I got this itch to draw beasts. No better way to do so than drawing a pokemon.

Especially a favorite.

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But before I start, I want to hear suggestions on what animal do you think milotic is based off. I've done some research, but it usually points me to oarfish, ells, some strange parasite snake fish and, until recently, dolphins.

I would like to base it on a dolphin, mainly because of features like:
-Smooth skin, google 'pink river dolphins'
-Skull shape, is somewhat resembling, simpler, and the shape is alter-friendly, unlike the eel's.

Cons are that dolphins are mammals, they breathe frecuently in the surface and have lungs(Unlike milotic's pokedex description, has gills, lives on bottom of lakes), dolphins don't have scales and milotic evolves from a fish. Not that accurate.

Eels and oarfish make some sense in ways, but they just don't connect in the appearance departments. Otherwise we'd end up with something like this.

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(This is amazing, but he kinda left out the 'most beautiful of all pokemans" aspect..)

I'll probably end up making a frankenmonster anyways but, I really want to be accurate for this sketch (Realistic)

Time to play

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Latest rendering:

[Dome]

I support anything pokémon-related
Looking forward to see your work

[jimmyjw88]

Definitely looking forward to this.

[Mobius]

Ok so, might as well update, even though I've got nothing drawn yet.

I arrived to a new place, been sorting things out, and travelling. Began drawing right now, while posting this.
Im trying out new tablet too, might take a while until I get decent at it. 


So far, it's not been going much far from the original design though.. Don't expect a radical transformation just yet.

[Lijj]

 Möb, glad you got a tablet. I'll be checking here again hoping to see more.

[Mobius]

How about, no need to wait, I'll just dump the whole thing here as it grows.



It's very early
And there will be more

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EDIT: Might as well post this skull I did before, both sketch and current wip versions. I was having fun with the tablet and Gimp.. It's amazing

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Milo will probably end up realistic too like that, I hope. And a better pose yes

[Lijj]

Oh woah.. it took me a minute to realize that was painted and not just a photo. The texture on the bone around the ear looks too uncanny. That's going to be neat seeing a realistic monster!

[Kagebunji]

Wow, the skull looks real all right. Heh, good luck with that Milotic, I am curious to see how it will go

[jimmyjw88]

Wow to the skull!! Look realistic!! Definitely looking forward!

[Mobius]

..!!

[Mobius]

It's getting juicy

[feeldawrath]

Looking good so far! Can't wait to see the end product! (:

[jimmyjw88]

Looking great! Getting realistic. By the way, are you using paint to do this?

[MiKeMiTchi]

Gimme your tablet!!! Seriously, that's some nice painting skill there. Looking forward to it. ;3

Jimmy, if that was made in Paint, then I'll be in tears and swear to god that I am unworthy to live in this planet!

[Mobius]

Doing this in paint would be insane, with no brushes or smudge lol.

Im using Gimp and this:
http://www.i-tech.com.au/Library/Image/Product/Wacom-Bamboo-Craft-multitouch-tablet.jpg

[Mobius]

Ok here's the latest:



Btw, I made a Deviantart account recently, which I will update. Here:
http://thelxion.deviantart.com/

[MiKeMiTchi]

Looks amazing! Where did you learn the theories about painting? It's pretty nice.

[jimmyjw88]

Yes, amazing! And yes to Mike's question. Curious.

[Lijj]

Certainly coming along...

So I've added you to my watch; I also have a DA account. I hope to see some traditional art from you as well!

[Mobius]

Experiment, and use alot of references.

For me it's a matter of, draw draw draw until it looks 'right'/patience. If not, repeat. Then my mind integrates that technique or knowledge, in a way.

There's no hidden complexity when you have a brush tool that can put color where you want it to, at the translucency you need, and a smudge tool that organizes it afterwards. Then, details like textures come in.


I bring more