Hakuryuu: Zagan

As might be clear from the title, this is a ‘companion’ to my previous Magi fan art (which if you missed it can be found by clicking here) as it features Hakuryuu’s other Djinn Equip form – Zagan.

 

I drew the pencil sketch for this piece at the same time as the previous one and having done the first digitally I decided I might as well give this one the same treatment. Compared to the Belial one I was always less satisfied with how the paper sketch for this turned out, and finishing the piece digitally made it a lot easier to fix issues like the head originally being too big.

Although the details in this form – especially at this angle – are ‘simpler’ than the Belial one I actually found this one more challenging. Dark colours are generally harder to get the detail and shading into, and for a while I was concerned that the fur texture on his back and arm would merge together too much. The fluffy ‘ponytail’ (for want of a better description) behind his head is also quite hard to understand the form and shape of from the simple black and white line illustrations of the manga.

If you’ve seen the previous illustration you may have noticed that the first line of text is the same as the previous illustration – since Hakuryuu’s name doesn’t change – but the second row is different since this is the ‘Zagan’ form rather than the ‘Belial’ one.

Below is a GIF image showing a few stages of the process for the painting.

I have also created a speedpaint timelapse for this painting which can be watched below or on my YouTube channel:

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Time taken: 3.5 hours

Computer Type: Windows

Program: FireAlpaca

Drawing Tablet: Gaomon M106K

Character: Hakuryuu Ren (Zagan Djinn Equip form), from the manga ‘Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic’ by Shinobu Ohtaka

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