nvalkry draws

Bard Main @ Final Fantasy XIV
Commission & merchandise artist
Sometimes found in FFXIV/KH zines
E: [email protected]

Tools & resources

If you want to get into drawing FF14 characters or you need extra help, here are some free resources to use:> FF14 Benchmark
Helps with angles, hair, horns, etc.> FFXIV Web Model Viewer
Helps with seeing gears from different angles

> Eorzea Collection
Helps with seeing items in different colours and gearsets> Ffxiv armory collection
Collection of all gear sets> Ffxiv art reference gallery
Reference guide for all class skills and attacks> Hero Forge
This is DnD related but still really helpful for fantasy poses!> Image Color Picker
Useful for picking out hex codes for your colours if you don't have a painting program> Magic Poser
Helps with lighting and poses> Male head, light reference tool
Helps with portrait angles and shadows> Paletton
Helps with choosing colours> Shade's Game Source's emote playlist of all races and genders

Here are some fantastic NPC character sheets and resources that you should check out if you would like to draw them (please support the people if you can too!):> Ardbert
Made by @nateharmonica on Twitter. He has lots of other neat NPC char sheets on his Ko-Fi as well (spoiler warnings)> Emet Selch
Made by @zerosshadows on Twitter> G'raha Tia
Made by @TheRyaccoon on Twitter> Zenos
Made by @zerosshadows on Twitter> Spoiler warning! Ascians
A collection of images and information made by @Igeyorhm and co on Twitter> Spoiler warning! Endwalker NPCS
A collection made by @orlais on Twitter

Recommended art programs include:> Clip Studio Paint
You can buy this when its on sale which happens often! The PC version is a once-only payment while the iPad version is subscription only> Medibang
This is a free art program which I'd recommend while waiting for Clip Studio Paint to be on sale> Procreate
This is only for iPad. It's a pretty nifty program

How to art

Sometimes you just need some quick practice with your gesture studies and more so here are some useful links (nudity warning):
> r/SketchDaily
> Line of Action... and other times: the basics is needed:
> Draw a Box

Here are some Youtube tutorials I’ve been using to understand things:
> Marc Brunet’s “How to paint like a Pro (5 easy steps)”
> Ross Tran’s ”Illustration Master Course - Ep. 3: Portraits”
> Sinix’s “Painting like a Sculptor”
I also used Bearbrickjia’s Domestika Portrait course too!

If you'd like to expand your understanding of 3D things, learning Blender really helps!
> Blender
> Blender Guru's "Blender 3.0 beginner tutorial - part 1"
> Grant Abbitt's "Complete beginners guide to blender 2.8 | free course | part 1 | the interface"