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The many faces of Lapis Lazuli

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</spoilers> from the other upload.

Tentatively decided to upload these at 2x zoom so you can see all the cheating and horrible pixel choice decisions a little easier. This is one of the things I've been working on this month, for no reasons other than practice, ultimately. They're displayed in almost opposite chronological order. Angry Lapis was actually the first one done, and the only two expressions that were done on the same face were the two on the bottom. Every other one was rescratched no matter how similar they look to one another, bringing the total amount of scratched shapes/lines to four.

Why is the hair so inconsistent? Because I really really hate hair more than pegasus wings. The hair here, specifically the teal part... it was so annoying and so hard to even begin to understand that it literally brought my mood down three days in a row. I don't... I don't get how hair works -_- I'm over it now, but I'm still not happy, and I'm very upset because I can't comprehend the workings of hair at all. The most I can do is fake it, and it's blatantly clear where it fell apart. I don't know. The actual style of the hair isn't even really what I wanted when I first designed Lapis as a character (see the old icon of him), but I guess this is where it got me for these mugs.

... Yeah. This was a rough journey :c Even so, here you go, everyone. I hope you find it interesting. If anybody wants to bug me about commissions for these, chances are I will not take them because these are extremely difficult for me... so I'm sorry in advance for that. Still, though, I hope you guys find these neat in some way.

Lapis Lazuli :iconrenaturnip:

Also, that angry face? That's extremely, extremely sexy >~>

Also I'm really sorry for how naughty the top right face looks, but, well... at least it's a good face, right? xD
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While I'm wondering what you're seeing in the hair that feels off, I could see where you're coming from. I think what looks off is that if you think about where the hair grows, and where each stand goes, it probably doesn't make all that much sense. That lock of hair to our right doesn't appear to be placed to be quite attached to the head.

If you're talking about this particular style of hair not being what you intended, the only thing that looks funny to me is how a couple of bunches of hair have a layer of hair right under. I have a hunch that we could just simplify them into one bunch. Otherwise, it still reads as hair and IMO that's all that matters.

You also wanna be careful about chopping up your lines into pieces when you AA. I tried making an edit to show what I think is more optimal AA, but I end up having to create a new color because I couldn't easily find another color that can do the job, but here it is: [link]

Instead of having to create new colors just for AA though, you could just tweak your palette. Heck, look at what I did for this piece: [link]

Value is apparently more important than color for AA, so I was able to AA between colors using colors that doesn't appear to belong... using oranges to AA with the pinks. Most of the colors can fit on a ramp that goes from light to dark in a straightforward manner, while containing multiple color ramps inside at the same time.

Putting aside rendering skills, there aren't that many other things I feel are 'huge'. Maybe the eyelashes can be more consistently thick, and there's the possibility of using a composition that is less of a close up and zooms out farther. I recently realized that there is more potential for interesting poses and other elements if you use less room for the face A current WIP of mine is using a couple of abstract backgrounds, just a fun thought <img src="e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s…" width="15" height="15" alt="=)" title="=) (Smile)"/>