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"Dark Dragon"
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I made this image in the spring of my High School graduation. I was in drawing II at the time, and I was already very interested in anime. I wanted to start working in a comic art style of drawing and utilize my imagination more like I did as a child. I took all my favorite elements of dragons and combined them to get this guy. I named him Hei Mu, Chinese for "a shady deal". I also designed his body, but It was left in the rough draft phase. I post-processed this drawing with a minimum filter to darken the lines a little.
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by Ben Scheele / created 3-8-00
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"Princess Lillevivia"
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I studied a book on drawing female manga characters, as well as some of Masamune Shirow's work, and then applied the knowledge I gained from them to the creation of this drawing. While I am not completely satisfied with the proportions, it was a major improvement over my previous efforts at drawing the female form. I am quite proud of the costume and overall character design. I sometimes wish that I had left it in just the line art form, which would have allowed me to shade and color it using painting programs and my graphics tablet. I didn't have that capability at the time, and I needed something to do in my apartment at the U besides homework, so I went and filled the whole page up. I drew it on 8" X 10" paper.
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by Ben Scheele / started 1-13-01, completed 3-2-01
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"Emulating Amano - Terra"
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My aunt bought me the Final Fantasy - Japan art book by Yoshitaka Amano, and I was instantly love struck with his color use. I found an image on the inside front cover sleeve of the character Terra that had a great feel to it, but was hurt by the slight ugliness that the sketchiness of the drawing gave her. I made my own version inspired by it except without color, changing her clothes, pose, hair, and jewelry slightly, and also making it more symmetrical and refined. I now wish that I would have added the playful dragon and background as well, but it is still a favorite of mine.
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by Ben Scheele / created 4-15-01
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"Esper Girl Terra"
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The 16 bit graphics of Final Fantasy III did not allow for much detail, but they definitely let your imagination run wild. I made my own interpretation of Terra in esper form, which was what she could morph into during battle due to her mixed ancestry. I based it on the tiny images in the game, where she is naked, pale white and pink with blank white eyes and hair down to her ankles. I later came across the concept drawing that Amano made for her, and I saw that mine was quite different. It had the pupils defined, she was dark pink, had fangs and fur and looked downright feral. I am guessing that my version is closer to how most gamers imagined her to look.
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by Ben Scheele / created 6-19-01
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"Metal Saviour Elgris"
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My aunt also bought me an import art book called Super Robot Generation. Yes, I know what you're thinking -- it's one of the reasons we sometimes call her "Auntie best". I am very much into mecha. In order to draw them well you need to be able to think three dimensionally, and also build up a certain vocabulary of forms. Learning the history of the giant mecha is a good place to start. I loosely based this mech on Giant Goag, a 13.5 meter tall, 12.5 ton, butt kickin' robot from a show that aired in Japan in '84. I never actually saw the show, but I suspect it was cool enough.
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by Ben Scheele / created 5-25-01
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"Special Beast"
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I drew this in response to a thread on Studio G.T.'s concept design forum. They were creating character designs for a story idea that someone posted. I designed this secret weapon by combining a chameleon with an ankylosaurus. It's sort of sketchy, but sufficiently scary. I never actually posted it; I think I drew it after they were done with that topic.
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by Ben Scheele / created 5-28-01
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"Ninja"
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If I were a ninja warrior, what would I look like? This! I don't know why I have a thing about ninjas; maybe it's because they're totally sweet. I gave him some armor for blocking blade swipes if he gets into a big brawl. I think the design has a slightly modern feel to it, and is somewhat reminiscent of Shadow from Final Fantasy III, except less gaudy. I used a minimum filter to make him look more sinister.
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by Ben Scheele / created 4-17-02
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