Elite Four - Draka! (Patreon)

The final Elite Four member, Draka, is here alongside her Bagon, Shelgon, and Salamence!

Quite honestly, I wasn't expecting Draka to come out so well in the short amount of time I actually spent on her. Given that she isn't canonically gendered, there's a lot of freedoms involved, though she uses few accessories, I think she came out well, and matches nicely with her sisters Lancette and Clair.

Her default outfit is the normal appearance, whereas every other slot has her dragon form accessories, though they aren't meant to "always" be visible.

These three cuties are some of my favorite Dragon-types in all the games, even though I never actually caught a Bagon in the original R/S/E games :(

These two, Bagon and Shelgon, are actually designed off their older Moemon sprites. Currently, they are being updated to new versions, but I don't particularly care for them, tbh. Still, I loved the designs of the original, so here we are. Their hair is slightly similar (except the back hair, and Shelgon's "rigged" armor pieces), but it was quite difficult getting the hair to look just right.

See this? This is the alpha mask to make the unnecessary hair piece transparent. This isn't "hard" to do per se, but it takes time to find the right alpha transparency. So don't take it for granted, I strive for authenticity here!

Salamence is one of the most beautiful color palettes. Red and Blue (and White) is not only very contrasting, but very Patriotic! Standing beside a US. Admiral-dressed Draka feels so American.

Much like with the alpha transparency for Bagon/Shelgon, Salamence's hair ColorMask was equally difficult getting right. I would normally resign to just adding different hair pieces with their own color, but I wanted to try blending Salamence's hair in this case, for future reference, really.

Anyways, I hope you enjoy all of them. Cards are attached below as usual.

Enjoy! See you next drop!