"A Hopeless Dream Chaser"
Short update. Did this one rather quickly. It doesn’t look bad, but it could obviously be done much better. Some lines were in excess and give a messy look on Bulmas hair among other details. Really enjoyed working on it though.
References used:
The process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Can’t really add too much description since I have to update a couple of them, but I mainly did this one since my brother really likes this character. It isn’t finished since I didn’t have much time but probably will be when I have a bit of time.
Here are the reference pictures:
Although I’m not updating the posts with these pictures I do upload them on my Flickr account when I upload a picture since I bulk resize and upload them at the same time.
And here is the process:
Thats it, will update if I do finish it.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Today’s prompt is “weak”, I had some ideas (mainly Shinji…, and Tomoko from Watamote though portraying that may be a bit tough since she is such a complex character) but in the end I don’t know if they would work or repeat too much of the same ideas. So I decided to look at some of the manga in my collection and then spotted my Initial D volume sitting there and remembered that Itsuki and his 85′ existed. He talks a big game but is… well… pretty weak. The perfect candidate!
This is the finished piece:
Here are the reference pictures:
And here is the process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Today’s prompt is “Clock”. I had vary vague ideas of what I could draw but then I remembered Cardcaptor Sakura. Then I remembered there was the time card episode (#12 for those interested). And sure enough it fit quite well. I was making up everything as I went along and looking at the references I screen-grabbed from the episode. Personally I liked the way it turned out, I wan’t to come back to it and take more time on it and try to color it.
By the way, Cardcaptor Sakura is among my favorite animes and my favorite Clamp series.
Man, that angle makes it seem like I am in the sky. It’s amazing how such a simple tilt can make a big difference. It might be a good idea to try and remake other anime scenes so I can study their impacts and effects.
These are the references used:
Now for the process:
If you actually read these and scroll through them you will see something a bit extra.
I was actually starting with my g pen but I made the mistake of once again trying out the Sakura Koi ink markers. And I just don’t really like the way they work or how they have color. Personally I would have preferred if they were more neutral with no color other than the grayscale. In any case because of that I drew it twice.
Original try:
And there you go, I made another dumb mistake…
Was actually planning on only working with the top part of Sakura, but decided to go ahead and create the bottom portion of Sakura’s body. Surprisingly it went rather smooth.
Then comes the Koi pens.
It doesn’t look horrible. In fact it has a rather interesting appeal but would rather just use black, white and everything in between.
And here is the second try. This time I only used a “normal” pen, which made me draw much faster. Lines were all consistent so I knew what I would get, plus since it dried instantly I don’t have to worry about smudging the ink so no wait time to move from one end of the paper to the other.:
Couldn’t figure out how to ink it in a time efficient way. I already drew this piece twice and I have more work to do so this line work will do for now.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Oh, man. If you know anything about Evangelion and Shinji Ikari I hope that just looking at the drawing will be enough to portray the theme and what I was going for. Could have shaded it and add a bit more to the background, but this feeling of loneliness and emptiness I think fits well.
Had to make a quick one today since I get busy during the weekends with my other job. Also this is the second piece following the prompts. I was quite surprised at how fast I was able to make this drawing… （・□・）
Here is the drawing:
References used:
This is the process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Man, this week has sucked. My XP Pen stopped working properly and my cursor kept travelling over to my secondary screen every time I tried to use Corel Painter. And despite uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them I just couldn’t get it to work. At one point I gave up since it took too much of my time and decided to try out Photoshop. It worked there, but then the drivers crashed and my pen just refused to work. Only way to make it work was to restart my computer but that messed up my workflow since it happened so often. Then there was my vehicle that had faulty turn signals… I had to troubleshoot that for the whole week during my free times. It was a pain but I managed to find the source of the problem fixed today. So hey….. (๑ ˊ͈ ᐞ ˋ͈ )ƅ̋
Anyway, back to inktober, I was thinking maybe I should work with the inktober prompts after talking with my brother. So I decided to do just that. While talking with my brother I was reminded of the whale from Re: Zero. These were some of the most epic episodes. Really loved learning about Wilhelm van Astrea.
This is the final piece:
These are the references, (screen shots from the anime, ep. 20-21):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562344/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562234/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562184/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/31407543598/in/dateposted-public/
This one was inverted to fit with my drawing.
This is the process:
Could’ve worked with with the values of Wilhelm van Astrea’s clothes, but this simple shading should be ok for now. It’s rather late so I need to call it a day.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Started really late so not much time, need to get to sleep soon. But here is a quick drawing of Athena Asamiya from King of Fighters 99′. She was another one of the characters that I really liked/like using.
This is the piece, no shading just the outline this time:
Looks really rough and unfinished, but that’s alright.
I used both these as the references:
Here is the process:
A shame I didn’t finish it, but those are the struggles. I will explain what took so much of my time tomorrow.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
SNK and the King of Fighters are by far my favorite fighting games, and I always felt that they had the better designs compared to their competitor Street Fighters. Man, King of Fighters. It just brings back memories from my childhood. I started with the Art of Fighting on my Super Nintendo. It was one of my favorite games that I played with my brothers back then. Then I later learned and played the King of Fighters (and of course Metal Slug) on the arcade machines that some people had in their houses or in the small shops. Those were some fun times (though it did eat up my coins).
Later when I was in fifth grade I had a friend who owned a Playstation and got to play the King of Fighters 99. This is the game I have the most fond memories of. That’s also where I learned about my favorite King of Fighters character K’. He has such a cool design and at the time it was quite uncommon to see a character with brown skin, which was a big deal for me at the time. Of course we (my brother, my friends and myself) all wanted him to be Mexican and since he had a mysterious background we used that as an excuse to make him so (in our minds). He had such a cool design with his white hair with his cool fire arm. His fighting style was also pretty cool, the way he walked and his moves, then there was the one inch punch… Point is I really liked using him, even if I sucked at using his move set.
This is the final drawing:
I’m thinking of using this smaller nib (I believe it’s a maru nib) to work with the shading and see if that makes it faster and easier than using the G nib. I can control it, but it’s all up to pen as to whether it releases the ink the way I want or it doesn’t jump as I shade.
I decided to give myself a bit of a challenge so I used a gif which kept moving so I had to really pay attention and remember what I wanted to draw. I believe this is from King of Fighters 99′:
Here is the process:
His face looks too clean, nice, kiddy, I don’t know. But I will fix that with the shading later.
All was going well, then I made a dumb mistake when I placed my hand on K’s arm and smudged the paper next to his leg. Somehow that smudge looks cool to me though.
That’s it for now.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Just something simple and fast so I can work on another piece. Funnily enough it was a rather tough piece. Not because it don’t have the skills but because the pen kept skipping and dropping not enough ink or noticeable droplets that messed with the values. Because of that I was forced to work with darker and darker values. A shame because I was aiming to try and get it to look realistic.
Here is the process:
While I was refilling this little container where I keep the ink I wasn’t thinking and allowed an ink bubble to burst which of course fell onto the paper. After ending the cycle of mistakes I go and make simple and dumb one.
I was actually planning to finish it at this point, but when uploading the pictures to my pc I saw that it would be an easy fix if I pushed the values further.
So I did and ended with this.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Today I wanted to draw my dog. I’ve had the idea of dressing him like a human, but that will be some other time (if I do do it, you’ll see what I mean). Now, because has hair all over I have to really think about where I place shading and where I leave it blank. I wanted to comment on this with Reina’s drawing but I feel like I have really gotten better at my control with the pen. I have a tendency to really press down hard when I draw and write, so hopefully all of this translates into my future projects.
This little guy has a tendency to show his cute face when he wants something. Whether it’s to get pet or if he wants to eat or drink some water. He lets us know by acting like he is eating something to say he wants to eat or he licks his tongue really loud to tell us he wants water. He’s such a funny guy.
Here is today’s Inktober drawing:
And here is the reference picture:
And the process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I believe this was started in September 4th and finished on September 23rd? I could push it forward but I feel I should probably keep practicing more instead of getting stuck on one piece. Man… digital painting is still a bit complicated. I’m practicing with colors but I still need to learn more about color theory.
I’ve been wanting to do a 2B piece for a while now, but I wanted to play the game first before I did so. The game was pretty good but I only completed the first part, need to complete the rest of the game when I have time. Man I really love her design. Back when they teased the game I didn’t know what it was about or any information about it, but I knew I wanted it.
I don’t know if it was this video (I don’t think it is), but it did have this image which is what got me intrigued:
Here is the painting, I’ve been practicing getting colors by only using my eye and not sampling the colors from any reference:
I wanted to create an interesting pose, but I don’t know if I succeeded. I wondered if adding a background would make the colors I used work better… But that will be for another time.
These are the references used:
Here is the process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Today is the 7th day so I decided to draw Tanaka Reina. It may seem strange since she is a 6th generation member but back in the day when she first joined Morning Musume she was given the nickname 07 by (I believe it was Iida Kaori). 0 is rei and 7 is nana, so rei+na = 07.
In any case Reina was definitely one of my favorite members in Morning Musume. She along with Ai were the main vocalist for Morning Musume back during the Platinum Era. She always had this tough demeanor, but if one saw Haromoni one could tell she was actually quite soft inside. She was the type who had doubts and was very self conscious but overcame it all with sheer will power and did her best to exude confidence. During the final years that the Platinum Era was still together, it seemed like she was opening up more and getting comfortable… Shame that all things must end.
After leaving and forming LoVendoЯ it seems like she mellowed out and is more comfortable with the people around her. I remember reading a blog post or something of the like where she wrote how she wished she had opened up more with some members when she had the chance. I like to think she was talking about her time with the Platinum Era members…
This time I tried to really control the shading on the face and skin. And this time I made sure to not make the eyes too dark, instead I gave it shades. I believe it looks much better this way.
This is the reference picture used from Reina’s photobook RE (Return). I could’ve used any of them. Looking at them, I really get that sense of Fall.:
As usual, here is the process for those who are interested:
Hey, two days with no dumb mistakes. Not bad.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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