I tried... I really did...(a drawing)

[Manibrandr System]

You don't really need formal education if you know what to do to help improve certain areas.

*Has never taken formal art classes*

[Mantaray]

phenominal, to say.

they do look a little old, except the jackal did look a little young in the sprite, and he looks young here, too. great job with that.
seth looks a bit feminine, but that does make up for his horrible pasture in the japanese art xD

if we could see more, that would be lovely. but you dont have to x)

[Hydra.7]

Valerie Valens wrote:

You don't really need formal education if you know what to do to help improve certain areas. *Has never taken formal art classes*

Yey for self taught art-ness! Your art is amazing. :'D

[Yet One More Idiot]

I like your take on the characters, although I do agree that from the point of view of the in-game universe itself, they all look a bit too old (with the possible exceptions of Neil and Jackal, who are meant to be older anyway).

I do think the official character designs in the Japanese manual look absolutely ridiculous; it lies somewhere between clowns and pixies. I've always kinda loved the designs of Will and Kara from the European manual though.

But yeah, you've got some great art going there. Perhaps you could maybe try your hand at the Terranigma characters next? I'd love to see your interpretation of their appearances.

[NoZKeY]

I liked it very much, specially Will, Kara, and Seth. Awesome, great job! I hope to see terranigma characters next time :3

[thefencemaster]

I thought it was really good, although drawing is not something that I understand at all.

[Yet One More Idiot]

I understand drawing perfectly....I just suck at doing it myself.

I'm pretty decent at imagining the scene that I would want to see though, and describing said scene to someone who CAN actually draw it (for a fee, of course).

And with that said, I made a comment in the "Who would win in a fight?" thread in the IoG section, I'm planning on commissioning a big dramatic climactic type scene where Blazer, Will, and Ark (plus their respective girlfriends just for good measure) are walking away from a crashed exploding airship, but should I include Freedan and Shadow too? They do play a major role in IoG, but would also tend to skew the focus of the picture towards IoG and away from the other two games.

[Hydra.7]

Maybe add a ghostly looking Freedan behind Will. I doubt Will would be able to fight on his own. And in the game Freedan is used often. c:

[Yet One More Idiot]

Hydra.7 wrote:

Maybe add a ghostly looking Freedan behind Will. I doubt Will would be able to fight on his own. And in the game Freedan is used often. c:

Hmm, I was thinking of including them, but in the end I decided that I agree with NoZKeY, it would unbalance the picture too much towards IoG. Also, I commission all my art from other people, and each character in the pic will cost me an extra $10, so evening things up by adding other characters as well would just get really expensive.

As to your comments about Will, I think he would be able to fight without Freedan and Shadow - it might take longer to do stuff, but he's young, smart and resourceful, he'd find a way through somehow I feel.