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Kodachi Kuno Swimsuit

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 27, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: anime, らんま½, beach, clouds, DARKCLOUDXERO, Design, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, flicking hair, g pen, ink, Kodachi Kuno, Ojou laugh, one piece swimsuit, princess laugh, Ranma 1/2, sand, side ponytail, swimsuit, thighs, Traditional X Digital (Color), 九能小太刀. Leave a comment

For the background I once again used some of the new oil brushes for the background. These are made by Martina Palazzese (used brush 04). They add some really cool textures, but sadly they don’t blend. I’m really missing Corel Painter in that sense. Of course I went with an 80s painting style and added two layers of shadows and one of lighting on Kodachi. I was debating on whether the background should be during the day or a sunset. I ended up going with daytime lighting but it does give me an excuse to do another Kodachi painting.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Miyabi Natsuyaki Birthday 2021

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 25, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Berryz Koubou, Berryz工房, birthday, braids, Buono, Buono!, DARKCLOUDXERO, digital painting, dog, Happy Birthday, Miyabi Natsuyaki, peace, PhotoShop, PINK CRES., portrait, xero, 夏焼雅. Leave a comment

Happy birthday Miyabi!

Time has been a bit short lately, but I somehow managed to paint a piece in time (at least in my location) for Miyabi’s birthday. This time I’m trying out a new oil brush in photoshop from the dry oil brushes by Martina Palazzese. I quite like the texture it gives, especially to the line art. Hopefully I’ll have a bit more time to play around with it on my next painting.

I quite liked the outfit Miyabi showed on her instagram and the one Peace wore on another picture. So I decided to combine them.

Miyabi:

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Peace:

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Because of the lack of time today, I went with a flatter coloring style which I want to practice more and get better at. One artist whom I really look up to in this regard is Takato Yamamoto. You can see his work here:

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It seems his style is called “Heisei estheticism”, sound freakin awesome.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Ranma striped Swimsuit

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 24, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: 80s Anime, anime, らんま½, beach, black and white, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, g pen, girl Ranma, ink, line art, one piece swimsuit, pigtail, pigtails, Ranma 1/2, Ranma Saotome, red hair, stripes, swimsuit, thighs, Traditional X Digital (Color), 早乙女乱馬. Leave a comment

Line art can be seen here:

https://darkcloudxero.com/2021/08/10/ranma-striped-swimsuit-line-art/

Green and red looks really good on Ranma, so I decided to make the stripes green.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Chinami Tokunaga Thoughful

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 23, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: anime, Berryz Koubou, Berryz工房, Chinami Tokunaga, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, g pen, ink, line art, looking up, PhotoShop, resting, thoughtful, Traditional X Digital (Color), 徳永千奈美. Leave a comment

The painted version of the line art I drew a couple of weeks ago.

It can be seen here:

Chinami Tokunaga Thoughful Line Art

I ended up editing the line art quite a bit since I messed up the proportions. I noticed this even more when I was painting. I went with an 80s anime style. I think I’m getting the hang of it now. Chinami looks super cute in this style.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Kyōko Koizumi ‘Dunk’ Cover line art

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 17, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: anime, cute, DARKCLOUDXERO, Design, dip pen, drawing, Dunk, g pen, head band, ink, Kyōko Koizumi, School girl, Short Hair, smile, Traditional X Digital, xero, 小泉今日子. Leave a comment

This is based on a cover of ‘Dunk’ featuring Haruko Sagara as Sukeban Deka Kyōko Nakamura. I drew this free hand with my pen, without a rough draft which gave a rather unfortunate facial features. I had to edit things out in order to get it all working and looking more presentable.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

For those who actually visit the site, here is the unfortunate original line art:

Naoko Kawai sneakers

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 16, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: 80s, 80s Anime, 80s idol, anime, DARKCLOUDXERO, digital painting, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, g pen, ink, Naoko Kawai, PhotoShop, Short Hair, shorts, smile, sneakers, sporty, thighs, Traditional X Digital (Color), xero, 河合奈保子. Leave a comment

This is the painted version of my Naoko Kawai line art that I uploaded previously.

reference used: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/69/b7/80/69b78021607eea118dabbbfff4a78946.jpg

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

The new Evangelion movie has finally been released here in the States. But I have yet to see it… This drawing is to commemorate it’s release. Really looking forward to watching it when I get a chance.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Naoko Kawai sneakers Line Art

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 12, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: 80s, 80s Anime, 80s idol, anime, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, g pen, ink, Naoko Kawai, Short Hair, shorts, smile, sneakers, sporty, thighs, xero, 河合奈保子. Leave a comment

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On monday I was in the mood to just draw a couple of pieces with pen and no rough draft. Some were good, and others were a bit off… The original drawing of Naoko was ok, but I decided to clean it up digitally and make a simpler version by using less lines and details and rounding out some areas.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Kodachi Kuno Swimsuit

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 11, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: anime, らんま½, DARKCLOUDXERO, Design, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, flicking hair, g pen, ink, Kodachi Kuno, Ojou laugh, one piece swimsuit, princess laugh, Ranma 1/2, side ponytail, swimsuit, thighs, 九能小太刀. Leave a comment

Today’s drawing is of one of my favorite Ranma 1/2 characters, Kodachi Kuno.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

Ranma striped Swimsuit Line Art

Posted by Nube Obscura on August 10, 2021

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: anime, らんま½, black and white, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, DRAW, drawing, g pen, girl Ranma, ink, line art, one piece swimsuit, pigtail, Ranma 1/2, Ranma Saotome, stripes, swimsuit, 早乙女乱馬. 1 Comment

I haven’t really been doing much summer drawings have I. So how about we do a couple. Starting with Ranma in a striped swimsuit.

Hasta la proxima,

-Nube

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