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Young Ponf by ~Riatsila:iconRiatsila:

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Rough sketch of Ponf, back in his early days as a mercenary during the war and before he started using his trademark mallet.

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=Arkatera Mar 30, 2009, 5:46:50 PM
Woot! I likes the leg wraps and boots!
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~Klaora Mar 30, 2009, 6:00:50 PM
Oh, wow. Ponf looks very fun and lively here.
I'm not sure which of the two I like more. The older one looks very strong and reliable, but I like the younger one's design.
The clothes look good in my opinion. I like the little details, such as even adding things like the shoe laces and belt loops. It looks to me like you really thought this out.

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A truly wise man once told me to never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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~Riatsila Apr 2, 2009, 1:46:04 AM
I'd actually worked this one out, partially based on a character design tutorial of sorts someone posted some time back.

Ahh, here it is: [link]

Many thanks. I think of all my characters Ponf has really developed the most since I started working on this story. He's always been one of my favorites, though I never did a whole lot with him before...I'm trying to remedy that XD

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"if you were listening, Nintendo's pass through anything." -Col. Jack O'Neill.
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~Riatsila Apr 2, 2009, 2:14:59 AM
When working on the young version, I decided that having wraps should be a recurring element with Ponf :3 I'll need to redesign how he appears early a little if I want him to have some there too, but it shouldn't be a problem

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"if you were listening, Nintendo's pass through anything." -Col. Jack O'Neill.
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~Klaora Apr 2, 2009, 4:51:30 PM
Oh, yeah! I'd seen that a while back and the pointers were very good. I lost the link, as I was too stupid to put it in my favorites, so thank you for the resource!

I'm curious now, as there's not a lot of info out there on any of your characters. =P
I've far too many with that problem as well. (Heck, I don't even draw them. XD) Even though I don't have a lot of the background information, it's fun to imagine what everyone's story about.

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A truly wise man once told me to never play leapfrog with a unicorn.
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~Riatsila Apr 4, 2009, 7:16:02 PM
Sure thing. That was seriously one of the most helpful things I've found in a LONG time.

Don't know if you've ever seen Slayers, but I'd initially made Ponf to be more of the dumb sidekick, much like Gourry (a complete idiot, but amazing in battle). I'd quickly (if inadvertently) changed him into a more intelligent character and just recently I started working more on his backstory of the days when he was a mercenary during the war.

Lol. Although it seems like all I ever draw are these guys, at the same time I know I don't even draw them nearly as much as I should ^^;

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"if you were listening, Nintendo's pass through anything." -Col. Jack O'Neill.
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