Art A Bladed Beast's Return!

[Xra]

[font=Century Gothic][color=Blue]Hello children! Few may remember me way back when... Now, I'm back (with better grammar)! But that's not what this topic's for...

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[center][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue][b][size=4]Xra's Art and Etc.!
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[/color][/font][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue]Yep, I've done quite a bit while I wasn't here. So let's take it slow (In an estimated order of oldest to newest):

[url="http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/9174/tckfinishedde8.png"]Tak-Cha-Kwat[/url]: A bug warrior. He has experience working for someone he wishes not to reveal...
[url="http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4460/stuntfinisheduz3.png"]Stunt the Puck[/url]: He charges first and never thinks to ask questions (he's mute).
[url="http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/2245/bixlerfinishednk5.png"]Bixler the Serval[/url]: A quiet loner whose eyes tell of a sad story.
[url="http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/11/khanusfinishedjp4.png"]Khanus[/url]: An elf that shares a heart with a sinister dragon. He's also a midget.
[url="http://img334.imageshack.us/img334/5355/teenyberryfinishedbb7.png"]Teeny Berry[/url]: A homicidal demon enfeebled by a curse.
[url="http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/804/themacabeetl0.png"]The Macabee[/url]: The silent guardian of the royal bee colony.[/url]
[url="http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2257/trueberrynewex4.png"]Trueberry[/url]: The real form of the weak Teeny Berry. The killer of many and the assassin of more.
[url="http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/3227/armicefinishedky2.png"]Armice the Armadillo[/url]: A rescued and upgraded 'dillo whose sticking by Teego's side. (He's getting redrawn soon.)
[url="http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/5123/mikofinishednz1.png"]Miko the Bat[/url]: Just an innocent little bat girl... or [i]is she[/i]... (She [i]needs[/i] to be redawn soon.)
[b][url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/2694/uncrosseyedxrafinishedqn8.png"]Xra[/url][/b]: My namesake. My own character. The [i]main[/i] character. An alien whose saving the planet!... That is, whenever he gets to it.
[url="http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/1718/kyrofinishedad9.png"]Kyro the Kangaroo[/url]: A kangaroo with grand mechanical prowless and a grudge.
[url="http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/5641/wedgefinishedbn7.png"]Wedge the Golem[/url]: The gentle giant that just doesn't want to kill anymore.
[url="http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/8058/varrgupdatehb3.png"]Varrg the Puck[/url]: A puck that's well versed in his race's technological breakthroughs.
[url="http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/557/pengofinishedwd7.png"]Pengo the Penguin[/url]: ... PENGO PENGO PENGO PENGO PENGO!
[url="http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/1930/dwahfedericofinishedlz1.png"]Dwah Federico[/url]: An untimely soul tethered to a rag-like body. He fights to get his life back.
[url="http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/1134/firebrandfinishedjo7.png"]Firebrand the Lion[/url]A young orphan simply search for his calling in life.
[url="http://img75.imageshack.us/img75/9324/oinbasedfinishedho5.png"]Oin[/url]: A race of onions that inhabit Earth. While mere pests on their own, [url="http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7639/oinsfinishedqw5.png"]there's power in numbers[/url]...
[url="http://img139.imageshack.us/img139/8757/bobobombfinishedkm3.png"]Bo-Bo-Bomb[/url]: One of the few escapees experimented on to make boxing more interesting.
[url="http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/828/nacefinishedem2.png"]Nace the Vulture[/url]: A bounty hunter that torments Bixler's being.
[url="http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/3623/wispfinishedhg3.png"]Wisp[/url]: Xra's... dead mommy?!
[url="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/3604/youngxrafinishedtg7.png"]Young[/url], [url="http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/2093/bladedbeastxralr3.png"]Bladed Beast[/url], and [url="http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6982/truebladedbeastxragx8.png"]True Bladed Beast Xra[/url]: The different faces of Xra. After all, what good is a hero that doesn't get different forms? ... I kid, I kid.
[url="http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3246/xionfinishedyo3.png"]Xion[/url]: Xra's older half brother. A generic case of jealousy? Most likely. (Fuzzy, might need to redo.)
[url="http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/7849/teegofinishedre8.png"]Teego[/url]: A biomechanic with a good heart. He's saved the lives of a few animals with his technology.
[url="http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1181/blankblankfinishedck8.png"]Blank-Blank[/url]: A tiny, life threatening experiment by Teego. It grows as its core grows.
[url="http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9493/vasquezfinishedna2.png"]Vasquéz the Titanic Pelican[/url]: A large (see: commercial airline) bird that runs his own transport service. He has a distinct hate for technology.
[url="http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4589/malleie4.png"]Little Princess Mallé[/url]: Heir to the royal bee throne. She and her brother, Gavé[/color][/font][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue]lle, seek to return the fading color and energy to their kingdom. Good luck, Macabee.
[url="http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/3273/magusfinishedrv5.png"]Magus the Hoatzin[/url]: A backwater bird with a split-personality. One minute, he's a goofy pest that likes to scare people, and the next, he's an expert gunman ready to take the target out.

That's all for now. I have other stuff I'll show off later.[/color][/font]
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[Katana]

[size=1][color=royalblue]*points* You made sprite comics! =D

So yeah. The first thing I muttered when I came into this thread and saw the picture was, "Holy ****". Zomg, that's a huge collaboration of characters! I have a hard time doing those things. ;_;

Well...it seems you have quite a stock of pictures. Miko, Kyro, and just generally the animals, reminded me of characters in Animal Crossing. XD (Hey, I love that game...)

What all this really makes me think of is an old video game that uses highly-advanced 8-bit technology. You would get the manual, and as you look through it and see these awesome characters, you get really excited. Then you start the game, see them in their 8-bit glory, and cry a little bit on the inside. You want pretty pictures.

Magus the Hoatzin...[strike]Naruto in bird form?[/strike] >_>

I like the smooth coloring and the simple shading. You don't over-do any of it so that it looks out of place with the styling. Overall good job, but, as you pointed out, some characters need to be re-drawn or tweaked a little bit.[/color][/size]

[Boo]

[size=1]You have so many ([i]many[/i]) characters listed up and still they are all original. That's cool. I especially like Kuro the Kangaroo. :3

Like Katana said, the smooth colours and simple shading is nice and you don't overdo anything. Sometimes they could use some work on proportion or realistic positions. For example Bixler, who really lacks a neck, or the Macabee who's (his) left foot is in an odd position. But they all look cool and original.

Oh, and I love the little descriptions of their character next to the links. ;3[/size]

[Xra]

[font=Century Gothic][color=Blue][quote name='Katana][/color][/font][size=1][color=royalblue]Magus the Hoatzin...[strike]Naruto in bird form?[/strike] >_>[/color][/size][font=Century Gothic'][color=Blue][/quote]Agh, you're not the first one to see that. No one would prolly believe me if I said that the design was purely coincidental and based on an inside joke that involved godmodding.

Thank you both for the nice comments. How about some Sonic fanstuff?:

[url="http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3717/kleptnew2bg5.png"]Klept the Hybrid[/url]: A chao that got twisted with an Artificial Chaos. [url="http://img421.imageshack.us/img421/1581/kleptcomboor3.png"]He could also change into different forms[/url][/color][/font][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue][/color][/font][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue] depending on the chaos drives he consumes, but their design effort is nonexsistant right now. It's merely to give an idea of other stages.[/color][/font][font=Century Gothic][color=Blue]
[url="http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/3287/thepoodlefinishedwp3.png"][i]Mr. Danger[/i][/url]: A disco poodle, enough said. [url="http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/9100/thepoodlefinished2es8.png"]It also comes thickly outlined[/url]!
[url="http://img335.imageshack.us/img335/4839/dapinfinisheduk4.png"]`Da Pin the Panda[/url]: A large buisnessman who rules the crimeworld with an iron fist. He's essentially a Sonic version of Marvel's Kingpin.

Don't hold your breath, I've got plenty of other things I've fiddled with.[/color][/font]

[Boo]

[size=1]Oh my, I love these. o.o

Klept the Hybrid looks so clean and cool. The sponge effect kind of thing you used to make him look watery worked well.

The poodle is totally groovy. An excellent awful colour of pink. Nice details with the thing in his hair - of which I currently can't get the English name in my head - and the open jacket. Oh, and I really want that sword. The only thing about the picture that I don't really get is why the big pink blob, in which his mouth and nose are, doesn't go down again to the left side, instead of keep going up.

The Panda looks like the Kingpin a lot. And now that I write this I see you put that in his description. <<; His grumpiness is really well done and looks cool. The only thing I don't really like in this picture is the odd placement of his left foot ([i]his[/i]!). The colouring and shading are wonderful.

They all are great and probably better than the ones you've shown before. The colouring and shading on all is great and they're still original. XD[/size]

[Xra]

[font=Century Gothic][color=Blue]Now for some prettier pictures!

From old to new again:

[url="http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8373/nanaekfinishedqp0.png"]Nanaek and Butterfly[/url]: Okay, so we know that I suck at making backgrounds. Nanaek had an interesting charm though, and that's why I have some pride in it.
[url="http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/3854/rossofinishedru9.png"]Rosso[/url]: Just a simple polar bear on the beach. Most of these characters aren't very complicated and were made simply for the heck of it.
[url="http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/2640/stuntshowtimegy9.png"]Stunt in Action![/url]: Here we go. This was an experiment, using the sketch lines themselves instead of tracing over them with a boring brush. Since Stunt has such an easy character design, he was the first victim and made it out without a scratch.
[url="http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/8100/calafotofa3.png"]Calafoto[/url]: A turtle that has eyes only for you, babeh. This picture [i]really[/i] needs a cleanup, but I'm too lazy.
[url="http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/7960/teenypotentialfa5.png"]Teeny Potential[/url]: Another grungy picture. I could've done a better job drawing the Trueberry parts, but ah well.


... I've [i]still[/i] got more.[/color][/font]