Inktober 2018 #31 Osaka Knife Final Day!

On October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I… made… it….. ヘ（。□°）ヘ

I guess it was a bit tougher than I thought after all…

This time I had the idea of Osaka from Azumanga Daioh. Since it’s Halloween I kept remembering the scene where she had a knife. It started with that then I eventually evolved to what I ended up with. But because I didn’t really have anything in mind I just made up things as I went along. Eventually it turned out kind of like a slasher movie scene. I wonder how I could have made the background look better though? (・_・ヾ

So, yeah that perverted lolicon teacher was a thing. I remember laughing a lot at it when I was a kid but now as an adult… that situation truly is very spooky scary skeletons. Poor Kaorin. (●ฅ́дฅ̀●)

In any case, Happy Halloween!

While I was drawing Kimura sensei and I put him behind the bush I noticed too late that the position of his hands were in a rather … dangerous position so I had to change that in any possible way which luckily didn’t look too bad. ╭( ･ㅂ･)و ̑̑ ˂ᵒ͜͡ᵏᵎ⁾✩

References used:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/45607395612/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/31785430738/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/31785430858/in/dateposted-public/

Process:

It was at this point that I was seriously in a spooky situation so I had to think fast and fix it.

Doesn’t look good now at all but I was hoping that the future me at that point would be able to fix it.

Welp, that’s it for now. This Inktober experience was quite enjoyable but it was also … stressful? I had to keep this rhythm going which was comforting but there were times where I didn’t have enough time to work on any drawings so I had to rush it and try to beat down the clock and also upload it here, Pixiv and Twitter. Yet despite everything I managed to do it.

I’ll try to be a bit more consistent with my updates from now on but using color is something that still takes me a while to do. I hope to be able to do so at least once a week.

In any case,

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #30 Schierke

On October 30, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

Hey it’s almost Halloween so how about drawing a witch girl from Berserk. Schierke was a great addition to Guts team. She is definitely at the very least the second strongest member. I really like her design and personality.

Almost at the end of Inktober… it was much easier than I thought surprisingly. oh!((ﾟoﾟ#

References used:

And here is the process:

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #29 Mimikyu

On October 29, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I know that a lot of people think that the Pikachu-Like Pokemons are lazy but I really like this Mimikyu design. Having such a gloomy Pokemon that feels it has to hide his true identity with a Pikachu costume is quite amusing for me. It really makes one feel for Mimikyu. That whole segment of the game was one of my favorite story-lines of the game actually.

Reference pictures:

Process:

Hope you guys like it.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #28 Akko Kagari

On October 28, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I finally watched Little Witch Academia!

I happened to have a bit of time last week and saw the OVA and loved it. It was so fast paced and the animation was absolutely beautiful and the amount of movement the characters did was really fun to watch. After that I of course watched series. It got slow from time to time but I enjoyed it quite a bit. It touched me quite a bit in certain episodes, I was rather surprised and pleased. I want to talk about it more but I will save that for another time.

As for the drawing it is a quick one.

Here is the reference picture:

And here is the process:

That’s it for now.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #27 Berserker Armor

On October 27, 2018October 27, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I’ve been mesmerized by Miura’s artwork when I finally decided to read it I think two years ago. Truth is that I probably would never have given his work a chance if not for my brother. I’ve seen covers and anime previews about Berserk but the promotional videos made it look like a generic anime about a guy that created a lot of bloodshed and gore. And it’s not that the series doesn’t contain this imagery but it is so much more. In short it is a masterpiece. (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧

The protagonist Guts has so much tribulations and yet despite it all he continues to fight, though more importantly… live.

One of the cool additions to Berserk was the addition of the Berserker Armor. The way it can amplify his ability to fight beings far beyond humans capabilities but at the cost of his body is such an amazing idea. Dragon ball did this back in the 90s with Goku’s Kaoiken but since Toriyama was forced to continue writing all of that was thrown out the window with the Super Sayajin transformation. I really feel that the idea of having to think whether sacrificing ones body would be a good idea or not was a really interesting concept that would have made Dragon Ball Z better. Luckily Miura used this concept in a very interesting way that really makes one feel every fight that Guts has to go through with a lot of anticipation and excitement. If you haven’t given this series a shot please do. Just make sure you are of age since it has a lot of mature themes.

For this drawing I used three different pens. I used the G pen, the felt tip and the brush to paint the cape and the lower body. I was quite surprised that I was able to do everything that I was imagining quite easily. I was worried that I would have had to do Guts cape with my G pen. Thankfully I didn’t have to. °˖✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧˖°

These are the references used:

And here is the process:

And with that I end the day… （⌒▽⌒ゞ

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #26 Maaka Karin

On October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

Did any of you guys read Chibi Vampire? We got it here in the States around what 2008?… Anyway it took the Vampire genre and played around with it quite a bit. I remember hardcore vampire knights weren’t too happy because of that but I enjoyed it a lot. ٩(•̤̀ᵕ•̤́๑)ᵒᵏᵎᵎᵎᵎ

The idea of a reverse vampire who “feeds” off of misfortune is quite tragic and hilarious. Man that would suck if Karin met Touma from To Aru… （*/∇＼*）

I really like Yuna Kagesaki’s art style and dark humor, it is quite appealing. I suggest if you guys have a chance you give it a chance. As for the anime I didn’t see it. I didn’t like the simplified style that anime had during the 2000’s. I may give it a chance at some point but I don’t know much about it (well there’s that and there wasn’t a good quality version of it online at the time or in the library).

Reference pictures used from the manga:

Here is the process:

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Because I’m not popular I will get possessed

On October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, Traditional X Digital, UpdateLeave a comment

I thought that I had uploaded the process for this piece when it was only a drawing. But maybe not, I couldn’t really find it. In any case this is the final painting which was first drawn traditionally then painted over with Photoshop. Traditional X Digital. This is going to be a long post… Hope you enjoy (๑ ˊ͈ ᐞ ˋ͈ )ƅ̋

The original drawing was made quite a while ago but I don’t remember when exactly. Looking at the picture properties it says it was on May of this year but I’m pretty sure it was at the very least done last year… In any case I was thinking of doing it traditionally but cleaning it wouldn’t be enough to erase my mistaken lines. So I decided to hold off till I could paint it digitally in a competent way.

This is the line art (which I later had to clean digitally… that took a while (๑⁺᷄д⁺᷅๑)◞՞):

References used:

This is the neighborhood photo I used for reference (I had edited the colors using Photoshop but I made the mistake of not saving it…. ◍´Д‵◍ )

I wanted to use this color scheme at first, but did use it for inspiration over all.

Rough draft (this was the original idea I had and worked from this):

This is the drawing process (Looking at the placement and tools, this truly was a while ago):

So with the drawing done, finally after so many … months… here is the color process:

So at this point I remembered and figured it would be as good time as any to finally fix Yuu chan who I drew too big. If I remember correctly this was one of the reasons I decided to paint it digitally.

Phew… 〝〇〟⊂(｀･Δ･´)⊃〝〇〟

That should be all.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #25 Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong

On October 25, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

Recently I have been remembering my time playing Donkey Kong Country back in the day. Of course the main thing I remember aside from the beautiful visuals was the music. I’ve been listening to the soundtrack since the summer. So I decided make a piece for them. I messed up Diddy Kongs star shirt and shaded the inner star… (＠￣Д￣＠；)

I do feel like making another piece for Donkey Kong some time in the future, but this will do for now.

Reference pictures:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/43755624250/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/31700448158/in/dateposted-public/

Here is the process:

That will be all.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #24 Kuroki Tomoko

On October 24, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I really love Watamote. And I really love the development of Kuroki Tomoko. She started out with a skewed view of the world and her place in it, but little by little she started growing up. I think most of the fans tend to resonate with her. We all probably had that moment when we thought or did rather embarrassing things that are hard to think back to, but (at least for me) those experiences make one learn and grow as a person. One can read the manga and look back to one’s own similar experiences and laugh back about it.

Sadly it seems like the anime didn’t rate so well so we only got a season. I loved the anime but it seems like it was taken as a series that was making fun of anime viewers (ahem… otaku…) and people with social deficiencies, would that be the right term? I can see where they are coming from, but for many people like me, it is the exposure and interaction with people that helps with overcoming these problems and looking back at those tough times as a funny moment of my life. But I guess for people who might be stuck in that position it may seem like something else. The OVA also covered some of these issues as well as making fun of the fact that a lot of the popular animes are made up of cliches and generic anime tropes.

All in all, if you haven’t already I truly recommend that you check out the manga which is still ongoing (and has gotten better as it goes) as well as the anime which is a treat to watch. I just warn that you have a strong stomach since it has scenes that are so embarrassing to watch one feels the second hand embarrassment in amazingly high amounts.

Highly recommend it. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Here is the reference picture (as well as a little sample for those who haven’t read/seen it):

And here is the process:

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #23 SNK Cabinet

On October 23, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

I never owned a Neo-Geo as is expected of most people but I loved playing with their arcade cabinets or as we called them, las maquinitas. Which is why I decided to draw one. I feel it would have done well if I had shaded it but I was out of time.

Here are the references used:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44848319734/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44659127105/in/dateposted-public/

Here is the process:

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #22 Michishige Sayumi Sports Festival

On October 22, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

This time I decided to once again give the maru nib a try again. I looked up information on the net but it seems like a stiff nib is normal when they are new so I used some paper to make some lines and see if I could make the ink flow. It started flowing but it’s so small that the ink is a bit of a pain to make work. I made a small and quick drawing of Sayu doing the Usa-chan Peace. With the maru nib releasing ink I decided to finally do the drawing.

This is a picture from the Sports Festivals that Hello Project used to do back in the day. Those days sure were filled with a lot of fun events. Sad they ended by the time the Platinum Era was around… (︶︹︺)

In any case, although the maru nib gave me problems as I went along it did work remarkably. It allows me to make subtle shading quite easily and more precisely (when it decides to work).

Man… so freakin cute… ⸌̷̻( ᷇ॢ〰ॢ ᷆◍)⸌̷̻♡⃛

Here is the reference picture:

And here is the process:

Personally I loved the way the drawing came out. ◝( ′ㅂ`)و ̑̑

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2018 #21 Michishige Sayumi Short Hair

On October 21, 2018October 26, 2018 By Nube ObscuraIn Artist Project, inktober, UpdateLeave a comment

A while ago now (wow 4 years ago ∑(ﾟﾛﾟ〃)) Sayumi was rumored to have cut her hair short which was a big deal since she had always had her beautiful long and natural hair colored hair. As it turns out it was I believe a wig where Sayu and the other Momosu members had different hairstyles that they didn’t use.

And man let me tell you, she looked absolutely amazing. I was surprised by how short they decided to go with the hairstyle but it fit her really well.

For this piece I had decided to give the maru pen nib a try but it was so small and stiff so I couldn’t really get it to work. I had no choice but to give up since it was getting really late. In the end I used my G nib and some of my other pens. It went well for the most part but I feel I messed a bit on her chin and lower head. I could have played a bit more with the values and I’m pretty sure it would look much better. But overall I liked the way the piece turned out.