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DISTRESED DAMSELS: A Mucha-ish EMPOWERED illo depicting Emp as a goddess from THE CHASTE AND THE CHAINED (and more)!
🕑 Added 2024-06-21 14:48:39 +0000 UTCSo!
One of the $20-tier art requests from April solicited the concept of Emp from Empowered depicted as "the Chained Goddess" from fantasy project The Chaste and the Chained. I tried for an Alphonse-Mucha-inspired illo (as seen in a photo from a reference book of mine):
...and worked up this rough pose for Emp:
...which, oddly enough, was derived from another photo with an upper-torso pose quite similar to the Mucha illo.
Wellp, earlier in this month I kinda-sorta finished the illo, after slathering on a chain motif based on an outline-generating layer in Clip Studio Paint:
That is, I drew the chains as white linework with the layer spawning a black outline. Shockingly effective for such a simple approach, gotta say.
Note that I lost patience with rendering Emp's hair in true Mucha fashion, and just left the stylized mane as is. Note that this approach is not unlike the riff I was considering for the Half-Elf's hair from other fantasy project The Last Party:
...which, of late, is a visual flourish that I might end up discarding, as the technique looks good but is incredibly time-consuming.
Speaking of $20-tier art reqs, here's another Empowered-based one from last year combining her with an OC superheroine (or villainess, mayhap?):
And now, back to work on on a new introductory story for fantasy project The Chaste and the Chained, folks! Finished roughing out all 31pp yesterday, and am now moving on to scripting the dang thing, which I hope to wrap up (along with recopied and redrawn page thumbnails) before the end of the month. Yay?
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: No idea, TBH, but something should be coming up in the next M/W/F slot. Let's find out together, shall we?
Comments
The Silver Socialist
These new pieces are really good. I particularly like the Request piece. I love how the honey is wrapped around her breasts. In order for Emp to escape she HAS to expose her breasts. ๐
Adam Warren
If you do, please tell him I said hi!
Steven Ng
I just saw the news about the Bubblegum Crisis Complete Archive yesterday. Glad to hear youโre doing the introduction. I am almost tempted to go to SDCC to meet Kenichi Sonoda again.
Aidenke
That Emp piece turned out looking brilliant -- the stylistic choice for the border absolutely feels right as a nod towards the fairy tale convention, and combines with a lovely angle/pose on Emp to make a lovely result!
Will_K
Emp with Mucha sensibilties. The effect with the chain works well, Mucha could've put it to good use.
Lex of Excel
Honey Trap is a villain, yes. Very glad you decided to show this one off again!
