Inktober day 13 A Game Begins

[eller]

With the prompt "A Game Begins", it was clear I'd draw something involving chess! Here, two characters from one of my stories are just starting one of their games. Anhai, my favorite demon general, is losing against his sort-of-girlfriend Yora. I mean, they've only played one move so far, but Anhai is totally losing. :D I've just noticed that I draw Yora-playing-chess a lot (here's another pic of her) and that most other pics I have of her are NSFW stuff involving her and Anhai. (And no, I haven't posted that anywhere, and I don't intend to.) Anyway... This was fun. I like how the light turned out.

Comments

[shadaras]

It looks like it to me, at least! :)

Those priorities make sense to me, though I often prefer if both composition and perspective can be good...

[eller]

Sure, ideally everything is correct, composition, lighting, perspective, anatomy and all. But if I have to make a choice (which actually happens quite frequently) the composition is the last thing I'll sacrifice. Because small inaccuracies can be forgiven as artistic license or style, but if the composition is bad, the whole picture is bad, no matter how correct it is. (Which is why drawings copied 1:1 from photos often don't look professional although they're technically not wrong...)

[shadaras]

Makes sense! And yes, that definitely makes sense; so long as the image as a whole coheres, everything works out in the end. :)

[eller]

Exactly. :3