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Terry Bogard Lunging Punch

Posted by Nube Obscura on April 2, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: ザ・キング・オブ・ファイターズ, テリー・ボガード, blonde, Corel Painter 2020, digital art, digital painting, gloves, hat, jeans, King of Fighters, lunging, pony tail, punch, Terry Bogard. Leave a comment

I didn’t really have any plans when I started painting Terry. I just started painting forms so that I could play with the Real Tapered Wet Flat Brush. Again, I was amazed by how the strokes came out but sampling the colors was a pain. Of course the solution is to have a separate layer with the colors readily available off in some corner. I was thinking of adding some power effects to Terry’s punch but I think keeping it simple this time should be fine. I just wanted to focus on the pose and movement.

Terry Bogard Lunging Punch

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Rei Ayanami grassy nap

Posted by Nube Obscura on April 1, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: エヴァンゲリオン, Blue hair, Corel Painter 2020, 綾波 レイ, DARKCLOUDXERO, Evangelion, grass, hat, nap, neon genesis evangelion, plug suit, rei ayanami, Short Hair, warm, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

There was something very comforting seeing Rei doing some farm work. It gave some really strong Ghibli vibes. I wanted a dreamlike aesthetic so I used really vibrant colors for this painting. Rei looks quite peaceful. In a way, this piece is the opposite of Asuka’s winter painting.

This painting was done using Corel Painter’s Sargent Brush and tapered oil brush.

Rei Ayanami grassy nap

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-NUBE

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Winter Asuka

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 31, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Asuka Langley Souryu, Asuka Shikinami Langley, エヴァンゲリオン, breath, Cold, Evangelion, hat, neon genesis evangelion, scarf, 惣流・アスカ・ラングレー, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

Just yesterday we had some more snow, although it very well might be the last one of the season. That inspired me to paint who I believe is Asuka from the teaser trailers. Those living in Japan know for sure. I wonder when we’ll get a chance to see it over here in the States. I wonder what the rest of he outfit looks like? Seems like she has some type of a backpack. I quite liked the breath animation so I decided to include it in my painting.

Winter Asuka

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-NUBE

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Berserk Unit 02

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 30, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update, Welcome. Tagged: エヴァンゲリオン, berserk, broken, Corel Painter 2020, digital art, digital painting, Eva unit 02, Evangelion, neon genesis evangelion, red, unit 02, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

I have been planning painting the other Eva units when they go berserk. This time though, I went for a complete digital painting. Rewatching the scene when Asuka activates the berserk mode is quite heart wrenching in all aspects. Specially since even then, she was completely overpowered and wrecked. Even now it’s hard watching her suffering that much. The end of Evangelion version is quite different from the rebuilds which I could also paint at some point, Although I would probably opt for a complete body since it has very interesting angles and poses. In this portrayal of the berserk scene in the End of Evangelion, I did a what if Asuka could over power the lance and destroy the mass produced Evas.

This painting was also done using the Real Tapered Wet Flat Brush, just as was done with Airi’s painting. Except for the background which was done using the Tapered Oils brush.

Berserk Unit 02

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-NUBE

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Airi Jacket

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 29, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Airi Suzuki, ℃-ute, Buono!, clouds, coat, Cold, cool, Corel Painter 2020, cute, dark hair, digital painting, 鈴木 愛理, japanese, sea, smile, snow. Leave a comment

We are actually still getting snow where I live, so that inspired me to finally give this painting a try before the weather finally changes to a warmer one. I really love the colors of Airi in this cold weather and wanted to give it a try for a while now. It’s also been a while since I did a realistic painting so I opted to go for that. There are so many more photos I want to try painting so we’ll see when I get another chance.

This painting is based on Airi’s digital photobook vol. 92. I only used the real tapered wet flat brush for the whole piece. I like the brush but it can be hard to use because when I try to use the same paint color, I can’t quite get it back using the eyedrop tool since each bristle stroke is different and mixes together. I already have a number of paintings lined up where I kept trying out this brush and a new one that I believe is my new main brush, to be used with the oily bristle and tapered oils brush.

Airi Jacket

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-NUBE

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Indifferent Rei

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 26, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: anime, エヴァンゲリオン, classroom, Corel Painter, 綾波 レイ, desk, digital painting, dip pen, Evangelion, ink, maru pen, neon genesis evangelion, PhotoShop, School uniform, schoolgirl, Short Hair, Traditional X Digital (Color), window, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

This piece was much easier to paint now that I had the colors thought out with the Asuka painting. Where applicable I just used the eyedrop tool.

If paired with the previous Asuka piece, than I would think that Rei could care less about Asuka’s provocation and would have her mind in an entirely different place.

Posing and setting was inspired by Momoko Tsugunaga’s Rei cosplay done back in Hello Channel.

I just saw the trailer with Rei planting crops, now all that fan art I saw makes sense. I want to paint her in that scenario as well…

Indifferent Rei

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-NUBE

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Confident Asuka

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 25, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: Asuka, Asuka Langley Shikinami, Asuka Shikinami Langley, classroom, Corel Painter 2020, dip pen, Evangelion, ink, maru pen, neon genesis evangelion, PhotoShop, pointing, red hair, School uniform, Traditional X Digital (Color), 惣流 アスカ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

The base colors were painted using Photoshop so that I could separate each color segments so that I can add to them separately in a different layer. This time I used a different brush using Corel Painter. The brush in question is the real tapered wet flat brush. It has the blending abililties of the the oily brush that I tend to use, but it I can also control the brush size depending on the pressure applied. One other aspect of the brush is the bristle effects it leaves behind as I paint. This can come in real handy when I want to make textures. In this case, it was quite handy on the chalkboard. I was contemplating making the text in Japanese, but I really don’t know the correct way to phrase it. My brother suggested writing it in German but I really don’t think she would waste her time writing in German since she knows nobody would understand her. In the end I just decided to keep it in English. Although since I left the text and chalk drawing in a separate layer, I could always add any text or drawing in the future. I used the pastel brush from Photoshop for the writing/drawings by the way. The line art was complimented with some color ones using the digital brush.

To speed up the process of coming up with the colors for the lighter areas and the shadows I used the divide option for the light layer and the multiply option for the shadows layer.

Posing and setting was inspired by Reina Tanaka’s Asuka cosplay done back in Hello Channel.

Confident Asuka

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Indifferent Rei Line Art

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 24, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Update. Tagged: 綾波 レイ, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, Evangelion, ink, line art, maru pen, neon genesis evangelion, rei ayanami, School uniform, schoolgirl, Short Hair, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

The second line art part to the Evangelion set. This time it’s Rei Ayanami.

Indifferent Rei Line Art

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-NUBE

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Confident Asuka Line Art

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 23, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Asuka, Asuka Langley Shikinami, Asuka Shikinami Langley, classroom, dip pen, Evangelion, ink, maru pen, neon genesis evangelion, pointing, red hair, School uniform, 惣流 アスカ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン. Leave a comment

There are always plenty of reasons to do art of Evangelion. This drawing will actually be part of a set, both of which are now completed. But I will upload them later. This was drawn using my maru pen. I started using my flat pencil again for the rough draft, and it really reminded me of how fluid my lines come out compared to using a thin point like with my mechanical pencils which bring out my bad habit of being too rigid.

Confident Asuka Line Art

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Aggretsuko Spiral of Fury

Posted by Nube Obscura on March 22, 2021
Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Aggretsuko, アグレッシブ烈子, 烈, 烈子, DARKCLOUDXERO, digital art, digital painting, PhotoShop, red panda, Retsuko, spiral. Leave a comment

I had no actual plan when I started working on this piece. I just started putting things together until I ended up with this. After I added the “Rage” Kanji, I felt it was a bit too empty. I figured I would add words that led to anger. While searching online I came upon the anger iceberg. Humiliation, pain, fear, frustration, and rejection. I don’t think Retsuko suffered too much from rejection, so I focused on the other triggers that lead to anger which she has experienced during the show. The spiral was done using the distort function in Photoshop (by having one half in black and the other in white). This was done using Photoshop, Clip Studio and Corel Painter.

Aggretsuko Spiral of Fury

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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