/ edits: OKAY, before plurk goes down?? I guess? I'm making a new plurk for my trainer portrait edits
cause the old one is way too far back now
here is a progress check for diana
BonnieBrit if there's any tweaks or whatever you'd like me to make specifically you can tell me, I really won't mind
(and I'm sorry for the jankiness drawing shoes is actually kinda tough for me)
for the uninitiated or the people who have seen this a billion times I do trainer portrait edits for people in this game. yep. I'm okay at it
at least it's free
oh my god it looks anazing already!
perhaps a peek of another scar from the bottom of her shirt? they kinda go all the way down (unless it looks too awkward. youre the one with the artists eyes!)
oh no I was actually wondering "hum I wonder if those extend down, should I show them in the gap there?"
...also whip scars is now in my search history haha WORTH IT
haha
yeah no Diana's got some nice scars, i actually made an image to try and keep track of them fft
so youre totally right in thinking they extend down
these are so cute
thank! 
I try to make them look like not crap!
I try to make them look like not crap!
they're awesome though
I never got back to you with mine lmao
I'm still here whenever you're ready!!!
and also tweaked it a little, that better BonnieBrit ?
oh also what color scheme does she generally go for with her clothes, or is the default black tank/blue jeans fine?
aaaah l love it!
yes I have stuff ready for you. I'll hit you up when I'm on next!
um, colour wise i think black jeans/leggings are more Diana's style
hmm i suppose it depends what colour you're making the boots?
boots would probably be like dark reddish brown?
like so
oo yeah theyre nice
and yes I did literally just google boots outfits to see something properly color coordinated lol I'm crap at that rl
and that belt, I was contemplating turning it into a pokeball belt but wasn't sure if you'd be for that
I can just make it like, gold and shiny, and tank can be black too
for her top since white wouold probably show up more scars than shed a simple grey or stripes would probably do 
that belt sounds amazing! could i get a line art preview?
absolutely, when I finish the lines I'll post a progress check again before putting down colors
lol I was just making sure that I had exactly what you'd like in mind before starting the final lines
so yes to pokeball belt or just keep it plain?
hmmm, like little actual pokeballs?
yeah like trainers would keep on their belts in the anime, I don't have to it was just a thought
yeah i think thatd be a cute idea
maybe the odd few or something? since obviously she cant be carrying that many balls with her
it'll be a fabulous belt
i so excited
okay!! redid some draft lines, I have to bed now but tomorrow after work final lines will be a thing, then shading + coloring
sort of related, personal editing project I'm doing for botan :V
in truth I'm glad to have something else to work on cause botan's hair itself murdered me
im in love
I'm glad you like her!! she's been an interesting challenge in itself (the hair was the easiest part)
okaaaay final progress check before the colors go on
looks good! are the scars not there because you dont line them?
Yeah I wanted to line them in a different color
BonnieBrit: 
she's done!
she's done!
let me know if anything looks off or something, my tablet doesn't play nice with my laptop as well as my desktop
aaaaaaaaahhhhhh!
shes amazing!
Transmutedself: when you're ready, you're next in the queue!
oh nice, I actually have some stuff put together. can I pp you?
sure
um, i hate to mention and it totally get if its too much effort to change but she looks more like she's giving a worried smile than smirking?
oh no it
....thanks keyboard
it's fine, I figured that might look off since for reasons I don't understand the original model doesn't have...visible eyebrows? so that's an eyelash but it's...yeah anyway
it's a quick fix hang on
thankyou ;;
i think it's because her new awesome hair hides the fact the original model had half lidded eyes
oh i never asked, what name and where would you like me to link as credit?
um you can link to mimikkyu as a credit, and I'm mozart
awesome. i just didnt know if you had a different artist handle
better?
sorry again tablet is super fiddly with laptop for Reasons Unknown
haha its like an optical illusion. when i first look at her she looks worried but the more i look shes smirking (i think it may be my tired eyes and coz the eyelash looks attached to the eyebrow)
omg i cant get over how good her scars and belt look
there are many optical illusions there it's true, hair line, eye line, eyebrow
i love her so much
imma go shove her in everyones face now
thank you!
please enjoy her okok
for the general queue, tomorrow! (because now I should be bed instead of arting) I will start on world's okayest brother ed elric!
yes, go sleep!
I should also be in bed but what's responsibility
pffft overrated
exactly
RE: The trainer edits. How does one sign up to get into the queue? I've been fussing about trying to find the right portaits
oh you just plop in a request, that's all
I don't like have a formal signup sheet or limits cause these aren't commissions, they're just lil freebie things I do when I have time
Ah okies! Well after Bonbon showed me your work on Diana (Which I adore) I wanted to see what you could do for Jinx and Gaige of course <3
Maybe using these girls? I'm open to suggestions of course if you have any ideas or preferences
I think they're perfect, and yes of course I'd be happy to do ones for gaige and jinx when I've finished ed
I probably shouldn't be so confident but I really haven't had trouble with the bases people have given me so far with editing and such at all
You are fabulous. Take your time of course! And if you need any information or has questions!
Transmutedself: 
anywaaay progress check for edward, any tweaks feel free to point out
anywaaay progress check for edward, any tweaks feel free to point out
god all I can think of are tiny little nitpicks, this looks really good so far!
for the sleeves, I was thinking more vest with shirt under it even with the "canon style" so I probably should have been more clear there.
so the gloves would be over the sleeves
like in the pokemon image if that makes sense
yeah I can see that, it's a quick fix anyway so no big deal
ALSO I KNOW I SAID EITHER WAY but would it be a major pain to change his hair to the ponytail?
I realize the braid and the canon similar outfit make him look younger than he's supposed to be lmao
nah I just did the braid to see if I could because ed's bangs were being a pain and I like, wanted to spite him???
it's weird you get into a weird brain when you're drawing
HIS BANGS ARE AWFUL
like I legit
that's the hardest thing to draw imo, give me automail any day
I hate his stupid bangs, they're the worst
fuck u ed I can draw your stupid hair I'm an adult
lmfao
but anyway yep, tweak sleeves/vest, tweak hair, got it
I think his movie look is easier because his bangs are more long/flowy and less blocky imo
BUT YMMV THERE
also doing a pokemon version belt would be cool if that's not too much?
I FEEL SO NIT PICKY OMG
nah you're not, I like doing this stuff
and that's what the progress checks are for anyway! so people can be like "all right so this and this and"
here's a laundry list of shit I should have mentioned to started with
"and another thing /rolls out list"
I don't know if this is at all helpful but like you can see his bangs are longer/kind of more realistic looking as an adult
I have this entire movie screen capped so I can find a better reference if you need it for the hair
I picked that one because it's the same angle and you can barely see the ponytail anyway so that's cool. good choice me.
lol so I'm not tired exactly but first glance made me look at the scuffs like "what the hell kind of facial hair is that"
anyway! I'll take on that reference since it is closer to his dumb face, yes. did you want the jacket/vest tweaked entirely so it's more like the vest he has in the movie or is the popped collar fine?
THAT'S FALLING FROM THE SKY
they couldn't have beat him up more if they tried
oh god no, he doesn't dress at all like the movie in VR.
HE CAN CHOOSE HIS OWN CLOTHES AGAIN, FUCK THAT GERMANY SHIT
"GIVE ME BACK MY POPPED COLLARS. THANKS. /backs out of the store like 
"
"
basically
I imagine when he arrived he just grabbed the first red and black combo he could find
my limbs leak oil why the fuck would I choose to wear white - Edward Elric
idk ask maka "I fight life or death battles every day yet I choose to wear a white shirt like a school girl" albarn
--that's because her author has fetishes probably but my salt at ohkubo doesn't have a place here
lmao Ed's I wear black because oil mentality is actual canon
he didn't have a choice in COS because of the setting change, I feel like black shirts weren't really much of a thing in 1923 Munich
the biggest difference between arakawa and ohkubo, she actually does put in reasons for things :Va really with maka being so down to earth and official she should be dressing like, pants, but oh no, gotta have pantyshots of your 13 year old protagonist
dammit I just said I wouldn't do that sob
I find it funny Ed wears black to hide stains like alchemy can't clean that shit
don't have time to laundry gotta break shit--ed probably
cries she's too young for that
she's too young for a lot of things and yet, somehow, the canon point I took her from she's better off
HE CAN MAKE A COAT FROM SCRATCH HE CAN CLEAN SHIT
tbh I didn't realize Maka was so young, I used to play with one in a previous game and thought she was like 15
I've also seen the show but not read the manga
that's the problem haha ohkubo blatantly stated he hates "unimportant information" being stated like ages and birthdays
so we don't know, we just have to guess "okay she's probably 13 at the beginning, 14 here, maaaybe 15 at the end of the series?"
soul eater is just, a huge mess, I hate it and love it
oh god
also revision attempt, that better?
I mean tbf Ed doesn't have a birthday either
WHY WOULD WE GIVE THAT SORT OF INFO
also yes good
and also that's kind of the sad part about maka, you don't realize she is so young because she acts older than she is, she has like zero parental input, lives on her own (with her weapon partner but still), she just like, responded to her environment that way and doesn't get much time to act like a kid
...and when she's thrown into times where you act like a kid she's like "how the fuck do you even play basketball???"
YUP
god I remember that
I played a manga Ed in my previous game with her so they were closer to the same age and during an AU event we made them best friends that grew up together.
awww that's cute
they got to have a normal childhood for like a week
the manga is also hella more grimdark than the anime because ohkubo is an edgelord haha
I've heard stories
I need to read it, I struggle reading a lot of manga depending on how busy the panels are
I mentioned the time I pulled her from is actually better for her, yeah after that time she gets torn up by a chainsaw, emotionally and mentally wrecked, "why the fuck did you make this attempted rape scene fetishy god I hate you ohkubo"
so yeah
like I have DN Angel, Fruits Basket and Chrono Crusade and I just never finished any of them. FMA seemed way more straight forward.
attempted rape scene fetishy
that is sure going places
I've...been actively getting omnibuses for dbz HAHAHA
yeah sorry I just. had to. ughhh the whole latter series is a friggin cw but god
oh but it's okay! "sorry soul that was my fault" 
whatever
whatever
THEY JUST RE RELEASED FB WITHOUT THE MARGIN DOODLES a year ago and I can't find it anywhere
I think I saw furuba omnibuses as well, and I was very tempted but at the same time "do I want to go back to middle schoolzart hell"
ironically I've been meaning to rewatch so I thought the timing of a Maka app coming in was pretty ironic. it's on my list.
do rewatch it the anime is quite solid for its goofiness
I watched it when I worked at Blockbuster so I'll need to find it somewhere
down the line a friend of mine might bring in crona so, there's one thing that would make maka happy at least
also sorry I got distracted chattering about soul eater stuff rather than drawing, this goddamned series
oh yes how dare you talk to me
I almost played Soul once but I don't think I could do him consistent justice
I'm such a jerk chatting with people
soul's tough, it's true, doesn't help ohkubo in the manga like...made a pass at giving him an arc and then didn't really
great mangaka you got there
turns out he's from a rich family of musicians and ran away when he found out he was a weapon cause "sweet now I don't have to be a pianist"
also I think ohkubo implied soul gels his hair to make it look spiky and it naturally lies flat
so at least we got that
oh nice
see little tidbits like that I live for
soul actively tries to look as anime edgy as possible, but in truth he's a nerd
I mean Ed deliberately styles his ahoge so
ikr? I wish we got more of those but we kinda didn't, or if we did it's like "right. I don't care about this aspect of DC culture though, also this is america ohkubo we literally DON'T do this"
remarkable
okay edward's dumb face and the rest of him will continue tomorrow, gotta shut off my computer and pretend I sleep at reasonable hours
good luck with that
I don't even pretend anymore
anywaaay I'm about ready to put down final lines and then color, unless there's anymore tweaks needed
the file isn't actually this small I just minimized it to show the full model. ironically ed is too tall
an irony I will never forget
I LOVE IT.
can you also add the rope?
last edit I swear
ye ye
there, rope added so he can lasso some varmints
yee
and as of last night I got the final lines down so today this afternoon pdst I'll be coloring it
aka 50000 shades of black dammit ed it's spring
pdt, blorp what are words
as if Ed cares about seasons, he wears the same outfit in the winter as the desert
you can totally make the vest red to look more like the ranger style though
some variety
[ed voice] edgy red
ed no
ed no
tbf maka's jacket. well. it's black, and way too heavy for where she lives in a literal desert
but it looks cool
you mean ed yes
I mean the first episode we literally get "you're dressed like that in the desert and call us freaks?"
how's this so far for the color palette?
oooh I like the red and black!
I was picturing the gloves more like the trainer class gloves though (also red/black)
and I would probably go brighter on the hair/eyes?
the COS colors are really muted so it changes his hair and eye color from series canon but that's a reflection of the environment because Bones has some weird ~aesthetic kink
yeah I actually color picked from a couple of screen caps for ed haha, manga illustrations have it way brighter than anime
the manga has his hair cooler, '03 has it bright brassy blonde
he has the most color palettes I've ever had for one of these
brassy blonde
YEAH my cousin wouldn't dye my hair when I asked because it was ~brassy~
and I was like THAT'S THE COLOR I WANT THOUGH
also I was going to go for similar color to the ranger's gloves before but thought "does that look dumb, I'll try white at first"
at least now I know it wasn't a dumb idea
bright
AND NO THAT'S TOTALLY WHAT I HAD IN MIND TBH
like this lil shit?
ye
there's a high contrast between Ed's hair in 03 vs COS or Brotherhood
like the cap I gave you is overcast and smoky because shit is EXPLODING AROUND THEM and buildings are collapsing and shit
DUST EVERYWHERE
I know you didn't specify the skin as well but I also kinda wanna brighten it cause the cos color scheme is too muddy for my liking
the COS color scheme is uh something else
Cos in general is like what can we change? we're changing all of it
"we gonna put a very light smattering of mud over this storyboard. yeeee."
PRETTY MUCH
like Ed's hair in that screen cap looks like Ed's hair in the series at night
good clear, brightly lit actual screen cap
I only have a handful of episodes capped and they're all the dramatic night time episodes naturally
he's probably thinking "no. leave me alone. I don't want to be drawn like a french girl"
MAN I DIDN'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE AUTOMAIL OR SCAR BEING VISIBLE
I have definitely drawn him way more "french girl" than this I'm sure he'll survive
I was looking at it, I think with the angle he is for the ranger picture it's fine to fudge how much it's covering up
while I'm coloring I can put a smidge of scarring in the lil corner cause really, why not
I have a lot of feelings about the scarring
they get lazy and leave it out or draw it weird sometimes and I'm like IS A LITTLE CONSISTENCY TOO MUCH TO ASK
I have a lot of feelings about how maka should have scarring but she doesn't because lol girl
also for some reason his automail is not ON HIS COLLAR BONE IN 03
but soul, oh, soul can have one Traumatic Event happen once and he keeps the scar forever because he's a boy
like what did they think his automail was drilled into?
"it's taped on right. is that how prosthesis work"
I mean you could probably say the same for FMA I don't remember Paninya's automail having visible scars
and her arm in 03 is the same as Ed's
so essentially I'm just like "fuck you kubs she has scars she never has covering on her legs how can she not"
oh sure, prettification of girls in media is a huge problem in general I think like, I only remember sango from inuyasha having a huge visible scar
and that was really striking to me
now that you mention it that's probably where my scar kink came from
I used to draw her scar all the fucking time
well it also helps sango is a gorgeous badass lady so
she is an icon
man I just looked, the reference image I sent you has his automail hovering nowhere
ed's amazing invisible automail
the most recent cap you sent has his automail but not his scarring hahaha
ed what's your biology
it is there! it's between the collar thing
above his collar bone
oh pft there it is
hiding scar
this is some pedo bait shit but
the scar is more visible on his neck/shoulder not his collar bone where the automail is attached
the scar from his arm BEING RIPPED OFF
and yeah Maka should definitely have scars with all the shit she's doing
there's a lot of fan art of Ed's arm all sliced up and I've wondered if its' the same artist because he HAS NO SCARS THERE BUT ITS' A PRETTY COMMON THING APPARENTLY
these are good examples of the scar as it SHOULD BE
which is ironic considering how fast that scene is, way to pay attention to detail at the most random time
and that remarkable moving automail port
better?
yesss omg
oh shit I forgot to mention fma doesn't do eyebrows visible through hair :| I was going to suggest editing that out instead of coloring it, my bad
eh yeah I was debating about it but the pokemon style does it so I left it, I can edit it out if that's your preference though
yeah if you can that'd be awesome
roger dodger
Transmutedself: 
heeere he iiiis mr amestriiis
heeere he iiiis mr amestriiis
medibang tried to be sneaky and shrink the file down when I was exporting it, then didn't keep the transparency 
BUT I DID IT
omg I love it
/saves this shit
GOOD. ENJOY IT. ENJOY YOUR BOY even though he's a shit
Alkapwnd: al you're up next, did you want me to start on gaige's or jinx's first?
the absolute worst shit
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I'm going to go share him with everyone.
Let's go with Jinx first using the Furisode girl
you want to keep it like the furisode with her outfit's colors or modify the sleeves?
I mean either way I'm going to bed and of course I'll put up initial sketches but hey
Transmutedself: also adds u while I'm at it cause heck
I'd say modify the outfit's colors for sure and the sleeves yeah. Good idea 
if I'm shy about adding people all the time what will get done. nothin
Do you need some pics of Jinx for reference?
if you've got some, generally I'll google myself and yes I know that's a foolish endeavor considering the internet
lmao yeah that is why I always supply my own
and you'd want the sleeves to be more similar to her canon outfit yeah?
that and having three+ contrary canons
also added!
surprisingly I didn't find much creepy stuff of ed when googling myself. thank god
LMAO for him it's less creepy and more what is consistency
the creepy stuff has died down with the rise of Brotherhood
YEAH maka herself like...I don't even know what color palette I go off of with her icons and stuff anymore. the anime is the only consistent palette-ish, everything else can't decide whether her hair is more ashy or more blonde
don't even talk to me about her two toned eyes changing color and switching the dark and light bits?? dark should be on top for balance but it's on bottom now okay
god yeah, manga Ed is the same way like
17 different colors of red for his coat
HIS HAIR IS AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT COLORS it gets lighter as the series progresses
and you know. things are all digital now mostly so you can't....excuse it?? idk manga is weird, comics are weird, fuckin
FMA isn't, she talks a lot in her artbooks about what paints and markers she uses for her colored work
As for the sleeves, yeah a bit closer to canon but if you wanna alter them I won't turn it down. After all she's comfortable fighting in that outfit but she won't turn down a new outfit
what a cutie patootie
Isn’t she just?
Alkapwnd: 
progress check!
progress check!
"something's missing. ah yes, her lil blush stickers"
I'm sorry it's so sloppy compared to other progress shots haha, her hair was a total nightmare, and then there's me going "you know what? she needs CLAWS"
Not at all! This is adorable and I am on board!
thanks to the bots that replurked/liked this I guess. but I've got nothing for you y'all aren't vr members, so shoo
y'all aren't vr members, so shoo
lmao that feel
hello my darlings I haven't forgotten about you
jinx is in final lines stage and will get shading and colors done very soon
I might need to make a new plurk soon though dang