AC Cloud

My finished version!

I did have some problems doing this drawing. Get ready for a long story, and imagine I am saying this in a horribly dramatic voice.

The main problem was that I actually wanted the coloring to look good. Not just good, but awesome. I haven't given two shits about my coloring in a long time, save the picture "Ender".

So I took a look at *shirotsuki's gallery and thought, being me, "Hey, I could make my coloring look like that if I wanted to." I remembered she had a coloring tutorial up, so I downloaded, then opened it. An amazing step-by-step process suddenly enlightened me. I applied this to my sketch, and guess what? It started looking good!

And because of this revelation, I thought, "Hell, I could become uber like *shirotsuki overnight!". Turns out I was wrong. Dead wrong.

Her tutorial was only for base colors. After I put these down, I didn't know what to do. My mind froze out on me. I was unable to think, or act. What do I do next? My brain gave no answers, but instead played the japanese opening of One Piece over and over again. With no further tutorials to turn to, I was as lost as a lost person in a desert.

I must do something! I hesitantly put the tip of my tablet pen on the tablet, and started drawing, adding in shadows. But no! It looked hideous! For 3 days I slaved at the computer, trying to make my drawing look beautiful!

I was done. I brazenly tackled the swords. Much easier than I imagined! I got them dowe within a mere 2 hours. Alas, one final cliff loomed up before me. The background! I shuddered in fear. I spent two hours looking at backgrounds the masters had painted, and trying to juxtapose them unto my drawing. Failure.

Then I threw on some bullshit. THE END!