The Seven Elemontias: Character Sheet 1 (colored)

From my RP: "The Seven Elemontias" :)

Introducing, Swarza- the scheming, full-of-himself, elf. Elves don't get along with pixies very well (or dwarves for that matter). He prefers those perky, goody-goody fairies over pixies- by far.

Hawk, the feisty little warrior. She was named as such because she once killed a Hawk to protect a group of younglings. She loves to bloat about how she is a great and legendary warrior, but at the slightest sign of a large, pixie-eating bird, she'll high tail it out of there. Her grammar is atrocious and she absolutely can't stand fairies (as most pixies think they're way to goody-goody to be real).

Then there's Namiki. The Element Warrior of Light. Raised strictly within the confines of her rich parent's mansion, she is quite oblivious to the outside world (other than what she's read in books). Although she'd seventeen, her height and features make her appear much younger. She's rather frail and terribly shy; quite fitting for her element. She has the ability to heal wounds. Also, it would seem that most animals have a curious tendancy to completely shun her, despite how she wouldn't hurt a fly (even if she could).

Anyways, I colored this with Photoshop and I really like how it turned out. There's a really sad a depressing story to go with the coloring of it as well. Thing is, after I finished coloring it the first time, I wanted to take a peice of it and make it into an icon. ...but I forgot to make an extra copy of the image and ended up deleting 95% of the picture by cropping it all out with out realizing it. It's amazing that I actually went and colored it again. ^^; It was frustrating and I couldn't find all the nice colors I'd used before, but *shrug* here it is. The thing I'd cropped out was Hawk, the pixie. I was able to paste the 5% saved colored part of the previous picture so I wouldn't have to re-color her at least. The only downside was that it made Hawk look way more black than intended *shrug* But it looks ok.

If you have an tips for coloring in photoshop, I'd greatly appreciate them! I'm trying to get used to it a little more and have found that I really like the out come it can bring! <3

Enjoy!