Heirs to the Legend - Preliminary Planning

This, is another gaiaonline contest. This particular contest has a LOT of bishies which I will be focusing on male only. So after reading up the category and the characters, I just can't help myself to plan out the entries I would enter. Since this time I will be trying group art, I would have to really know the relationship between each characters. And for your information, of all stages, I love planning and research stage the best. XD
这，是另一个绘画比赛。特别是这个比赛，它有非常多的美少年，所以在这个绘画比赛中我只打算画男角色。读了分类和角色之后，我忍不住要作出参赛作品的计划表。因为这次我想挑战组合画，所以必须了解每个角色之间的关系。还有，给不知道的人，在那么多阶段中，我最最最喜欢的阶段就是计划和研究的部分了。XD

This is the simple guide I did after reading up the character's profile. But that is only their relationship part. From this simple Relationship Guide, I would know who to put together and who to NOT to put together.
读完了角色资料之后，这就是所产生出来的简单指南。不过这只是他们的关系部分。从这个简单的关系表中，就可以知道谁可以和谁在一起，谁不能和谁在一起了。

When talking about group art, and especially poster like, one of the important thing is the character's height. Unless all you draw is headshot. The owner has a pretty well explained profile, which I turn the height into stick figures for better visual understanding. By knowing the character's difference height in a group height would add different individualities on an art. Since there are more than 5, so it is better to have a simple visual guide to not make any mistake.
说起组合画时，尤其是海报类的，之中最重要的一点就是角色们的高度。除非只是画肖像。主办人已经有了非常详细的角色资料，之后我将得到的资料画成骨干人形来利用视觉想象角色们的差别。了解角色们的高度会增加图画的个人的个性。因为有多过5个人，所以为了不出差错还是先准备简单的图表以防万一。

Formation, in another word, composition is very important for group art. I call it formation here because this only focus on where the character would be put, composition includes all elements including pose and background. Since I like to achieve a grand showdown of bishies, so the V formation is would be most effective. Basically, either going by shortest middle, or highest middle. I chose shortest and put in consideration of the relationship. V formation, tidy is the point, so if you know the height relationship, you would be able to present the grandness of the formation. I also prepare another option incase the canvas would be toooooo wide. There comes the next 2 tier formation. This 2 tier formation is more friendly and make the canvas fuller, besides will not be affected too much by height.
阵形，或者是构图在组合图也非常重要。我称之为阵形是因为它只是注重角色位置的阶段，然而构图就包括了全部细节，如姿势和背景。因为我想达到华丽美少年登场效果，最能表现的就是∨阵形了。基本来说，不是最矮的在中间，就是最高的在中间。我选择了最矮的阵形，也思考了角色们的关系。所谓∨阵形，整齐是卖点，所以如果你知道角色们彼此的高度，你就可以表现出阵形的华丽感。以防我会嫌∨阵形会很宽，还多准备了一个阵形。那就是二阶阵形。这个二阶阵形比较有亲切感也能将图表现得比较满，还有高度差异也比较不容易受影响。

 This stage doesn't take long when you have all the information ready. I like planning stage because that is  the stage where your imagination go wild and source for ideas.
现阶段并不会费太多时间，只要你有充足的资料。我喜欢计划阶段是因为那是个可以让想象力自由奔放和找到更多点子的程序。