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Ender the Water BenderAdrian Marceau - 2015/12/22 |
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Title : | Ender the Water Bender |
Artist : | Adrian Marceau |
Published : | December 22nd, 2015 |
Updated : | July 25th, 2020 |
Mediums : | Procreate |
Tags : | dj-oavatarwater-bender |
Related : | Full ResolutionOriginal Sketch |
Five years ago I started drawing a picture of DJ in Procreate in a "dynamic" pose. At first, he was pointing a gun but after deciding I couldn't draw guns I revised the picture to have him "bending" crystals like the Earth Benders in Avatar the Last Airbender. The line-of-action was alright but I didn't like how his face was drawn and I was having a hard time with the proportions. Not only that, but I wasn't enjoying how it felt drawing with a stylus on the iPad and eventually I closed the app and kind of forgot about the picture.
Fast-forward to today, a day after I got my new iPad Pro + Pencil, and I decided to take another stab at the picture. I revised the face until it looked the was I wanted it to and I finished the rest of the body until I was happy with it. It's not perfect (there are some issues with the perspective and the shading + pallet are pretty muted) but I'm still glad I finished the lineart and colouring. In this version of the picture (there are two), he is bending water instead of the green crystals of the original. I think it looks cool, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't rush a bit. Check out the Earth Bender version of the piece to see it with a different overlay.