• Gave myself 5 days to do something. This is what I managed to do. I'm trying to get better at illustrations, but I have patience to work on something for 3 days maximum :( Splash_Process.jpg5000x3140 2.21 MB Splash_Process-6.jpg3896x2429 2.83 MB concept list char copy.jpg5388x3000 1.7 MB
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  • Did a character concept for a course.https://www.artstation.com/artwork/P6gm3y - more:) list1.jpg3541x1920 2.82 MB
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  • Day 4: Star Wars May The 4th =] Queen Padmé Amidala in my art style! First time drawing her and I really enjoyed making this one! Used watercolours, ink pen, acrylic markers and gold paint for accents on my Canson mix media sketchbook. I hope you like it!
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  • A creature design from a while back
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  • Here is some more recent stuff, I need to make more body studies
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  • It's been a while and god, it is so cringe to go through all previous messages xDmy study.
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  • Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?
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  • Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with you
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  • studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.
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Apr '21

Recap of recent events for context:
- Worked on my Artwar 5 piece "Midsummer Shieldmaiden"
- Did some freelance work (still am)
- Rough time strikes (depression, relationships etc. - the usual)
- Stops working on personal art for weeks
- Starts over by posting sketches and doodles online daily.
- Gradually regains my art mojo and passion for art, resulting in work quality slowly going up.
- Stayed on track for 10 days now and no intention of stopping.

I'll post all the sketches I've done so far in a separate post

Apr '21

I started this one yesterday.
Drawing my OC Setsuna sit by the window in her spaceship is something I've had on my mind for a while now.

The original idea was for her to have a "lost in thought" and somewhat melancholic expression on her face, but it was changed to a more sad looking one.

Edit:
Just want to mention that I really like working on square canvases. I'm not sure why I like them so much. Paired with how well they fit Instagram, it's just too good. Can't stop.

Apr '21

Did some color keys (I believe that's the term?) to try out a couple of looks for it.
1, 2 & 6 resonates with me the most, as the cold blues give it that space-y feel and also enhances the sad undertones of the drawing.

While the warmer ones aree pretty neat too they looks like the ship just flew past a star or something. That isn't inherently a bad thing, but it does draw so much attention that you'd wonder if it's about her or the aforementioned star.

A comment I got on it mentioned that 1 & 6 had better values than 2. Around her face and hand in particular, that is indeed the case:
In 2, it's just so bright that she essentially has the same value as the wall behind her - resulting in her fading into it. This is an issue 1 & 6 doesn't have, and the light comes off as much softer, which just fits the image so much better.

Since I like 2 the most out of the three I mentioned earlier, I'll be looking to pay close attention to the values as I move forward. First by doing a lot of greyscale work, then going into colors.

Apr '21

Hi! :grinning: I like a lot the melancholy of this image. In my opinion, the first one is the best (that colour light makes me think of northern lights)

Apr '21

Yoo, that is a really interesting point.
I couldn't quite place it before, because I kept calling it "green space light".
With northern lights as the context, it sure does change the way I think of that one.

Some people told me they liked the greens in that version, so I'll take that into consideration.

Apr '21

Getting the light and colors right was more difficult than I thought it'd be,
Still have a lot left to work on here, but progress is progress.
I'm not the best at cell shaded works with complete backgrounds, but it's kind of looking promising. Not sure where I go from here though haha..ha. :sweat_smile:

I thought I had a chance at getting somewhere in this year's ArtWar, but it turns out that wasn't the case.
Not going to lie, I feel a bit lost now. I poured everything I had into it and since whatever I thought was best for the piece wasn't enough - I'm seriously doubting whatever artistic abilities I have. Like, I can't even tell what I'm lacking.
Anyways.... It is what it is.
There's always a next time, provided I live long enough to see that happen.

Apr '21

I watched this anime called "Wonder Egg Priority".
It was very nice and helped me deal with the stress I was feeling.
The ending was a little weird, but overall very enjoyable.

Apr '21


Cooldown shape study.
Posting something everyday really does help me stay on track and keep working.

Apr '21


Finished the piece I was working on.
I had some friends take a look at it by the end, just to see if everything was working.
It got really dark, but perhaps the fact that not everything is perfectly visible is a good thing.

Apr '21
youtube.com/watch?v=eRlNhKY5q4A

I did it. I made a timelapse video for once.
I swear... I've been meaning to make one for the longest time, but whenever I press record I start drawing like shit.

Apr '21

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I was very pleased with how my RossDrawsTIYS turned out, considering I did it all in one day (yesterday). Unfortunately, I missed the deadline by one day and I don't think he ever saw it. A shame, but the piece itself was nice so I'm not really complaining.

The day after (which is today), I felt slightly burned out from finising two pieces in such short notice and went for a study of sorts instead.

Also, there was a new update for Genshin Impact, so I got rather... distracted.

May '21

OC outfit development and a doodle for MerMay.

I am liking the direction the outfit is going right now. While the pattern work needs to be refined, the see-through arms has potential. I'm not completely sold on the pants, but everything below the belt is lacking.

The mermaid ended up being a sacrifice for seeing how fast I could get a drawing to a sort of refined state. I mean, for a more serious painting, I'd go over and correct it much more of course, but this gets the point across and didn't take too long. About an 1-2 hours to be precise.
Speed = More drawings
More Drawings = Mileage
Milage = Good
Speed = Good
I could be wrong though.

May '21

Today I was blessed with some very enjoyable client work.
By the end of the day, I ran out of time and couldn't draw something more extensive, so I spent the last hour or two experimenting.

Turns out you can color a black and white sketch in some really funky ways, by using gradient maps. I know Mr. Cubebrush himself likes it, but prior to this I couldn't fit it into my process.

Using different gradient maps for different objects let me toss some quick colors onto the sketch, which already had values established. By using multiple layers of GMs and only letting them peak through on certain spots (by masking), I was able to get all kinds of colors down really f*cking fast.

This will come in handy for all those boring B/W sketches I post online.