[Daily Doodle] FFIV - Rydia (SFW)

[justira]

@ff_press: [FFIV] justira: Rydia portrait (G)

Daily Doodle: Time for a ladyperson! I really didn't base this very much on her FFIV:DS renders — those didn't seem distinctive enough to me. In fact, this isn't really based on anything. (I really did mean for her hair to actually be a touch messy/wild, not just wavy.) I tried to do a few things (quietly) here — basically more room for certain traits than really expressing them. Room for sadness around her eyes, room for fierceness in her brows, room for mischief in her mouth. I'm sure that sounds quite pretentious, but I had fun trying to sneak the touches in. Also, I was quite sick today! So this felt nice after that.
Time: 30-40 mins

Comments

[lassarina]

...huh! Interesting! I've always thought of her as having a much more angular face (probably the Amano art talking, or else my tendency to create physiognomy based on personality), but I can see her in this, mostly because of the hair. (I think fanart for the older games is so much more interesting, as we have so much less to work from.)

[vi]

Oh! This is gorgeous.

[seventhe]

She looks beautiful. To me there's a really good combination of the mischevious-child / warrior-adult you see in the game. :D

[stealth_noodle]

I love her eyes--she looks like she could get very expressive with them at any moment.