Memory of Fractalis

Explanation:
The first of a series of promotional artworks for Shadowdawn, the jRPG set in my original story world of Euterra. There will be eight in total, each set before the story of the game (or manga as it may turn out to be at this rate) and focusing on the life of each of the main characters. The theme of this portrait is the character Galven (the red-headed guy eating ramen), who is enjoying an unusually quiet moment outside of his cabin home in the forests of his homeworld Fractalis with his friends. He really likes his ramen (noodles) :3 The character at his back is Morsett, a thief who likes to get him into trouble at his home village. Princess Lyone is the cheeky girl in the center, and Prince Candril is the knightly looking guy behind her (yes, he's a guy... maybe that explains his expression ) Viola is off to the right... she's an Itonal, which is a race of music-loving faerie people native to Fractalis who used to be made entirely of living energy until they were forced to take physical form.

Comments:
This was an incredibly difficult project, since I 1) don't draw backgrounds (first one in 6 years, and 3rd one ever) and 2) have never drawn any of Galven's friends before. So not only did I have to concept them on the fly, I also had to figure out their outfit colours and everything @.e; I'm also not very fond of perspective... but that is probably lack of practice with real backgrounds and having to worry about a vanishing point. I hope by the end of the series of portraits, I'll have learned a lot. I just hope you enjoy this work as much as I do :3