"A Hopeless Dream Chaser"
Today’s drawing is the second iteration of the sword strike rough draft I uploaded previously. This time around I added the outlines of the armor, trying to figure out how it would sit on Guts.
Next update on this piece will be the line art.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This time around I wanted to play with lighting after deciding to paint a thunderstorm. Looking through Pinterest I found a good gif reference that I could use to learn from.
As I was painting, the colors didn’t really pop out the way I wanted. When I finished I decided to play around with the levels that revealed what I was aiming for. Going for darker colors and more saturation on the blues was what was missing.
Next time I will hopefully be able to do it without having to edit the levels.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Although I am working on some new work, I also want to RE:do some previous attempts with my current skills. Now that I a have caught up to Berserk, I want to draw and paint so many things from the series. But this also means I can work on previous attempts that need some work.
This time I decided to go back to a Morda 2020 inktober drawing.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
It’s strange going back to Corel Painter. One of the things that Corel Painter just can’t do as well as Krita is the blender. But being able to work with only one brush is amazing.
This background will be for a future piece. I wonder if any of you know what scene I’m depicting. I’m currently re-reading the series so I can have a better experience with the newer chapters.
I’m still not too conviced with the clouds so I might retouch them at a later date. Currently I’m working on the subjects, there are a couple of them so it’s taking a while for the rough drafts.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Line art of Iori Yagami. Next comes painting him. I have some of ideas of what I want for the background but, we’ll see.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
An update to the current drawing of Iori that I am working on. Overall this gives more of an idea of what I am going for.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This year I learned about lightning sprites and found them to be quite pretty and surreal. It also reminds me a lot about Evangelion. Don’t know what I will do with this, perhaps nothing but practice. We’ll see.
Today I was working with the pen and tablet settings and things seem to be working much better now. I should have installed the XP drivers a while ago. Playing with the pressure and opacity seems to be more responsive in the way I have been craving. I’ll have to try out more scenes and subjects. It’s taking me a while but Krita is pretty good. I just have to approach things a bit differently.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
For now here is a quick rough draft of a future painting of Iori Yagami. I feel like i need to push the pose a bit more and make it more dynamic. I also want to add more people to the background to make it more interesting.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I originally tried painting this drawing back in 2020. To keep with the theme of the original attempt, I decided to go with a flat style. Though it would have been interesting to try it with my current style.
I was quite content with the simpler painting but I wanted to add in some lighting to really emphasize that summer vibe.
Original attempt in 2020:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I can finally draw again. For now here’s a rough draft. For now it’s the main idea.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I was hoping to edit this painting a bit more after giving it some weeks till I got back to it. But due to certain things going on I think this will have to do. Perhaps in a couple of months or years I’ll come back to it. Having said that, overall it captures what I was intending to do.
Aside from the lighting, I also redid the grass and made some edits to
Rei’s proportions and repainted some of her facial features.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This will be the background for a RE:do of a past painting that I did years ago.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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