(Repost from 2022)
Looking back on this comic in 2024...I'm not proud of it. It became too personal and I felt it wasn't best for Meta Knights character, which I try to make an attempt at decent in-character interactions and personalities.
Here's the third page on its own. I'm glad MK has those he can trust to talk to anyone about, cause that's what friends are for.
HOOOOLY SHIT OKOK. I FINISHED IT BEFORE THE DEADLINE COULD KILL THRASH ME YAYYYAYYYYY
erm. hello!! hhihhi!! sorry if the intro is long i wanted it to be cool,,, I hope it was cool!!! Here's all the. relevant info!!
Name: Night Terror (Crescent Stardom is her legal name though)
Reference Image:
Notes on Personality: Night Terror, as she is actively reformed here, Is considerably less cruel than her old self. But still keeps very stand-offish to strangers and has a natural glare that tends to make people think she is still as aggressive as before. Be gentle with her and you might be able to catch a glimpse of her softer, more skittish personality that she moreso shows around family than anyone! She is also fairly quiet, so communication with her outside of little spurts or responses will take effort. She's just anxious, that's all!
Backstory and Lore: Separated from her Father; Meta Knight; soon after birth, Crescent Stardom was renamed Night Terror by the evil wizard Nightmare. He altered her form to be as monstrous as he'd made Meta Knight, and raised her to be the one to kill the lone swordsman. Her view on the world was heavily warped until Kirby shattered through it with sheer kindness for their long lost sister. To this day she is in active recovery with her refound family, struggling with concepts of morality and trying to build herself a new image... It's. A work in progress.
I swear, they are not jumbo size @sortanonymous , the camara made them look bigger then they actual are, i sewear i swear, ur eyes maybe probably kinda lynin maybe probably.
also sry, kirb was too fat to fit in me kinda big bag nor do I have every dream friend as plushies which in this case, I wish I could have but idk where to find the last 4
Thanks, I love your rendering too!! Gonna try and make a tutorial ^^
To start off, I'm on Clip Studio Paint and these are the brushes I use! First two for rendering characters (round brushes) and the other two for mostly backgrounds (square brushes)
I used to do lineart, but it takes too long >:( now I just make a sketch and sorta clean it up!
Next I fill it in with a gray color. For simpler pieces I just put in the flat colors, but for more paint-y pieces I do grayscale -> color! I'll be doing that here :)
Also, I make 3 clipped layers on top of the gray - two are multiply, and the top one is screen. On the first multiply, I do a soft gradient using an airbrush
On the next multiply layer, I fill everything in with either a cool-ish or warm-ish gray, depending on the mood ^^
I also determine a light source, and use the lasso tool on the screen layer to block out where (I think) the light hits! Tbh I just do wherever feels right lmao, but I recommend having a reference! I like doing it in triangle patterns
Then adjust the opacity of each layer to whatever feels right, and merge everything (I don't merge the sketch/lineart yet, I do it before adding colors in!)
Now... rendering. Some tips I have are color pick (greys) off of the canvas and use them to paint! Clean up the sketch more, erase edges, but I save details (like Galaxia's red gem, his eyes, etc.) for the end, or during coloring.
After I'm sorta happy with it, I merge the sketch layer, then duplicate it, and add a gradient map! I did this sunset-y one but changed the hue to yellow-ish, then lowered the layer's opacity ^^
Play around with the hue-saturation-luminosity setting!
Now go crazy with blending modes! Multiply, overlay, color, glow/color dodge, etc. Feel free to layer them up on top of each other too, and this is to add the character/piece's actual colors in. For example, I used a white-blueish overlay layer for his mask and glove, blue for his cape, blah blah
Now I clean the sketch up/refine it more. Also, to "harmonize" the color palette, you can add a colored gradient on top. Then set it to multiply, and add overlay/glow dodge layers with any colors you see fit! I like using teal and light/warm orange!
Here is an example of a colored gradient:
Another tip is to add saturated colors on the edges of both lighting and darker shadows, before blending it:
Also I usually add in a light blue/grey in shadowy areas, and lower the opacity for reflective light:
Also! You can lasso + use an airbush with a light blue to block out parts of the background (his cape here, for example). It helps with more depth!
Finally, I like adding sparkles on low opacity :3 And gaussian blur to certain areas! I'm using radial blur on this piece though ^^
For the background, I like doing blocky shapes!! I use my square brush on 90% ish opacity, to color pick different hues from the piece. For lighting I use a glow dodge layer, here's a mini timelapse as well as the finished art!
At the very end, play around with the hue/saturation and contrast tools to change the colors :)
So I’ve been working on these pieces, and this is all I’ve been able to draw and think of for now, but I saw a theory a bit ago that Meta Knight (given that Meta Knight seems to be like Kirby) once had a copy ability but chose to hone one ability; the sword ability. I got thinking, if that were the case, what if he still had that copy ability? Just never chooses to use it. If he did, how would it implement into his current skill? His wings? His sword? Thus a few of my ideas/headcanons for this!
Cutter Meta Knight - Cutter Meta knight’s wings would become useless flight wise. They’d turn into blades that can be shot out and return to him. His sword wouldn’t be affected by this ability, he’d simply have a long range attack because of his wings.
Fire Meta Knight - Meta Knight’s sword becomes engulfed with flames, allowing him to throw Flame Beams (much like his Sword Beam) from his sword. His wings are also engulfed in fire, still able to fly. With his firey wings, he can create a fiery shield around himself as well as being immune to intense heat
Ice Meta Knight - Like Cutter Meta Knight, his wings aren’t very useful for flight. However, they can create gusts of cold wind and snow, allowing him to create cover for himself and others if he build enough snow/cold to create a cold fog. His sword doesn’t change much aside from its temperature. It’s cold to the touch, allowing him to freeze his opponents when attacking (much like how Kirby can freeze them by his freeze breath) In this form, Meta Knight can withstand freezing temerature
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Welp, that’s about all I wanted to share so hopefully these abilities work with Meta Knight :) I also drew these cause I wanted to draw my Kirby design in some Copy Abilities as well hehe