Sketch 15: Ifrit

Helloooo there. Ah yes, yet another post. And yet another Final Fantasy summon. But not JUST any summon, but a very familiar face to most of you, I'm sure. Final Fantasy VIII being my first ever FF game, this particular character was, and still is deeply embedded in my memory. I just don't know what it is. It could be the distinct cave in which you explore to obtain this fella, or it could be his signature animation when you summon him. So much badassery; so much HELL FIRE.

And so I thought it would be fun sketching this guy, but it proved to be a challenge when you plan to actually draw fire using only black ink (unless it's Amaterasu, hah). But nonetheless, I did it and I had a great time doing so. 

Let's get to it then! 

Equipment: Pilot G-3 pen 1.0mm, Pilot Wingel 0.38mm, Zig Millennium 0.05mm, Mechanical pencil 0.5mm, Eraser 

Yup, the exact same arsenal of pens as the last post, except for one. I added in the Zig Millennium. I'll explain why later. So as usual I started out with a rough pencil sketch of Ifrit. This took me about 30-40 minutes. 

I just drew the outline of it's figure and I didn't really focus much on the details because I usually work on those when I start inking. So after that I started to ink the outlines and this is what I got:

As you can see I added in a bit of details. This took me about the same time as the initial sketch. 

Now, here was why I decided to use the Zig. 

Notice the 2 distinct lines? The thinner one was done with the Zig and the thicker one the Pilot. You might think that it does not make much of a difference, but trust me it does. After what seemed to be an hour or so, this was the final product :)

Hope you've enjoyed this sketch and I'll see you in the next one I make :)

DFTBA!