Ragamuffin's Journal

ragamuffin 2016-10-18 20:43:31 UTC #18

Thank you!

ragamuffin 2016-10-18 20:45:05 UTC #19

Here are some other recent sketches

cedricgo 2016-10-18 23:39:04 UTC #20

Those sketches look very nice. That hellish centaur-demon thing is especially awesome. And I see a lot of medieval/fantasy in those sketches. Are those ideas for your comics?

ragamuffin 2016-10-19 05:38:52 UTC #21

Thanks! Yes, most of these are.

malcom 2016-10-19 07:22:33 UTC #22

First off man I hope you make that comic. I love fantasy and your stuff is cool. From what I see, your doing everything right in regards to studying and creating cool illustrations sketches. Is your final goal to do everything in color?
In my opinion I still believe you should work on your line arts a bit more and do some more value studies. A quick tip regarding values is to do things in layers. 1 layer for shadows and another for lights. Another layer for Ambient Occlusion and you should have a cool base. From there you can merge things and do a paint over to fix things. Anyway keep up the awesome work man. I see lots of potential here.

ragamuffin 2016-10-19 11:53:09 UTC #23

Thanks for the tips! Yeah, i do wanna go full color.
Thanks for the kind words too!
It may be a little while yet until i can start the comic, but i'm getting a lot done. Designing, plus writing, plus art studies plus writing studies has been kinda daunting, but it's engaging work

ragamuffin 2016-10-19 23:51:23 UTC #24

Sketch 8/365

I think i intended all these sketches to be original ideas, but this one turned out as fanart somehow. It's a 'redesign', tho! I think the design itself turned out kind of uninspired, but i got a time limit for these, gotta go with it!

'X' Deploys to combat

ragamuffin 2016-10-21 00:50:58 UTC #25

Sketch 9/365

ragamuffin 2016-10-21 22:09:13 UTC #26

Sketch 10/365

"Daghaxes are stocky carnivores that roam northeastern Varos, growing naturally to about seven feet in lenght. They hunt in packs in the rocky terrain, and burrow underground lairs that can grow to be quite extensive.
Daghaxes are susceptive to infestation and possession by earth elemental spirits. The beset animals; usually large, aggressive alphas, progressively become even larger, and their rocky protusions cover more of their body like thick armor. With supernaturally extended lifespans, some of these monsters grow truly enormous and fearsome over the decades."

ragamuffin 2016-10-23 00:14:44 UTC #27

Sketch 11/365

And also some mouth and eyes practice. I have the human face pretty much mastered, except for the eyes, nose, mouth and a bunch of other things.

catapanoart 2016-10-23 01:59:36 UTC #28

Those expressions look real good. What reference did you use?

ragamuffin 2016-10-23 13:29:09 UTC #29

Browsing google and tumblr, really!
Something else i do is pausing random videos with people and drawing them. I find it better than doing the same thing with movies and tv shows.

ragamuffin 2016-10-23 21:15:44 UTC #30

Fusions! X, from Megaman X + other video game characters

Yeah, it's sunday, so i'm just doing this stuff instead of studying, designing or writing for my comic. It's probably still useful on some level, i hope!
Do you guys wanna suggest any fusions? This is fun

Also Sketch 12/365

Firathion 2016-10-24 23:43:32 UTC #31

Absolutely love the design

ragamuffin 2016-10-25 01:02:32 UTC #32

@Firathion Thanks!

Here's sketch 13/365
"To the people who can understand anything out of the clicking noises he makes, Theodore has a lot of interesting things to say. Unfortunately, there is currently only one such person."

zanben 2016-10-25 04:32:40 UTC #33

I like your little sketches, do you plan on taking any of them any further?

Jamethy 2016-10-25 08:59:44 UTC #34

Hey there, you've got a great sense of storytelling in your sketches! Something I've definitely got to work on myself. Your designs are also pretty cool too. Keep it up!

ragamuffin 2016-10-25 23:56:45 UTC #35

@zanben Yes! The ones i like the most i wanna make into paintings (level of detail yet to be determined)

@Jamethy Thank you very much!

Here's sketch 14/365
"A Faunyr scout, identifying some suspicious tracks"

ragamuffin 2016-10-27 00:34:53 UTC #36

Sketch 15/365

"Traveling has always been dangerous and uncertain for the common people of Varos; the nobility of the Empire has always relied on their magic to solve the problems of long distance communication, transport and surveillance, and have done so mainly for the purpose of defense.
But the last century has brought technological advances that have, to some extent, ended the relative isolation of population centers. Military outposts dot the main routes, with soldiers on constant patrol against banditry and monster attacks. Since the end of the last war, the imperial lands have been safer than they have ever been before, but the men on 'railway duty' are well advised to never let their guard down"

ragamuffin 2016-10-28 00:24:50 UTC #37

Sketch 16/365

"Ogres have a widespread reputation for rowdyness. Warriors are what they are, by their very nature: It is how their gods shaped them to be. It does an ogre no good, to deny the call of the battlefield."