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Mako, my zora character, in an undersea garden with fictional fruits. My mom's birthday is coming up, and I wanted to draw her something. She really liked Mako, so I figured I'd draw him with a background. Hopefully I can go out today and get a frame for this.

Zoras are really fun to draw once you know how, and I decided to add my own touches to him, such as the colorful fins and the purple markings on him. There actually is a lot more to this picture than it is portrayed here, but the scanner ate it. Scanner's too small and picture is too big...ugh

Took much longer than I thought, roughly twelve hours plus virtually nonstop, but it was worth it. Faber Castell and Derwent Studio pencils on Strarthmore Sketch paper

zoras belong to Nintendo

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:iconyami-no-matsuei:
It's so pretty. I love the soft colors you used for the picture. Beautiful~

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"Run... scream... fufufufu... hahahaHAHAHAHA!!! YOUR SCREAMS ONLY MAKE MY BODY SING!!!" Riku
:iconsaigith:
Thank you very much! :D

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Only a fool would sniff out serpents. Though I do so to kill them, and I am no fool
:iconyami-no-matsuei:
^.^ You're welcome.

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"Run... scream... fufufufu... hahahaHAHAHAHA!!! YOUR SCREAMS ONLY MAKE MY BODY SING!!!" Riku
:icontitanfrompso:
Nice drawing! I think the zoras are the best creatures from Zelda. Btw do you have any tips for coloring because I suck at it.

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Dead Space: Know God, no fear. No God, KNOW FEAR.

F.E.A.R.2: "You're like a pizza at an anime convention. Alma will find and consume you!"

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Easily the best race, totally agree! As for the tips, I'm more than happy to help out.

I use colored pencils, Faber Castell because they blend really well together and they come a in a large variety of colors, although they're a bit expensive. What I like to do when coloring is color one thing at a time, for example a face. I'll start out with a light shade of color, such as a really light blue for the zora. Once I have a light shade down, I take a q-tip (yes, the thing you clean your ears with) and blend it the layer using a small circular motion. Once that's done, I take a darker shade of the same color (a slightly darker shade of blue), then I use that to get the basic idea where the shadows are. Repeat the blending process, then a third darker shade, and repeat. Once I have the three shades of color I want, I take a black pencil and very lightly go over the areas where it's the darkest, like underneath the eyes, nose, along the jaw. What I recommend for blending the black is a color pencil blender, which you can find at A.C Moore, Michael's,and other arts and crafts stores, and use the marker to blend the black. Q-tips work, but it looks more gray than black. Finally, after I'm done with the black, I use a kneaded eraser to lift some of the lighter colors to make a highlight, then I soften the edges a bit with a bit more blending.

I hope that helps. Maybe I should make a tutorial if that doesn't, once I know how :P

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Only a fool would sniff out serpents. Though I do so to kill them, and I am no fool
:icontitanfrompso:
Wow, that was a lot more advice than I expected. Thanks for being so willing, until now, I used napkins and toilet paper to blend the colors. I'll open one of my art kits to use the blender. Thanks!

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Dead Space: Know God, no fear. No God, KNOW FEAR.

F.E.A.R.2: "You're like a pizza at an anime convention. Alma will find and consume you!"

My new avatar is courtesy of :iconMikey114:
:iconsaigith:
You're very welcome! Used the same material awhile ago, but I read a tutorial somewhere and the artist said she used q-tips, so I experimented with it and found that it worked.

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Only a fool would sniff out serpents. Though I do so to kill them, and I am no fool
:icontitanfrompso:
I see.

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Dead Space: Know God, no fear. No God, KNOW FEAR.

F.E.A.R.2: "You're like a pizza at an anime convention. Alma will find and consume you!"

My new avatar is courtesy of :iconMikey114:

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