Yu-Gi-Oh Gishki Tribute

EDIT 1/9/2012- ZOMG, it's done and all colored, and turned out a lot better than I thought it would, I'm so proud of this. I know there's mistakes, but this is really such a personal milestone for me, now not only in start on the computer, but in my coloring technique. tried to do the shading as if it's all underwater, and I think that effect turned out really cool (save for some spots that got a bit too messy or not blending enough, but sadly I can't go back and tweak it > >). I also liked how this looked without any line arts, which I didn't plan.


upon submitting, I noticed some problems with the line art in relation with the color (most notably the fish fins at the bottom area), but when I went back to the PS file, turns out I didn't save it, I only saved the PNG here. so yeah, sorry about those little mistakes, I'd fix them if I could > >.

WIP screenshot thing is here






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EDIT 1/3/2012 - finalized the line art more. I need to get used to pressure sensitivity in the line art more, or adjust my brush in Sai a bit, as I like some line width variation, but I feel as if there's too much differences in line width on parts her


also I just spotted some line art mess ups a bit after uploading (most notably around the big fins at the bottom), I'll fix those in a bit. otherwise i love how it's turning out,

since I keep updating with the steps I'm doing on this, I'll also upload a wip snapshot of all this after it's done.


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wait a minute, this is only a rough sketch, why am I uploading it? because 1, to show activity here, and 2, because I'm so proud of this rough sketch, which is my first sketch that I totally started and did only with the tablet, no scanned line art like all my previous works, and I wanted you guys to see this before I go on to finalize it with clean line art and coloring/shading


funny, I ending up drawing something totally different than I planned for my yugioh fan art. Watt monsters in YuGiOh are cool and all, but I was totally blown away in awe when I got my hands on a Gishki deck from ebay. info on the archetype can be seen here [link] . I may still do a Watt fan art, but not feeling it as of now.


back to the Gishki deck, gosh, the card type playability, the bringing back of the ritual monsters to the point of competitive usability, great recycling potential from graveyard to hand, the aqua theme and the card designs. this gishki deck is now by far my favorite. sorry for the yugioh nerding there, moving on


I think the designs are really some of Yugioh's finest in this archetype, particularly because I have a great facination with sea life, and the cards make such good use of the inspirations

monsters here are
Evigishki Mind Augus [link]
Ghiski Abyss [link]
Gishki Chain [link]
Gishki Vanity [link]
Gishki Shadow [link]
Gishki Ariel [link]
Evigishki Soul Ogre [link]



I'll update this when it's all done with clean line art and coloring/shading. I'm so excited to finalize this more