"A Hopeless Dream Chaser"
Today’s prompt is the Sun. I didn’t have any real plans at the beginning but it eventually culminated in Madoka. And I’m so glad it turned out that way. Wasn’t too sure what I would do for the sun, but this form started taking shape as i was drawing it. Covering the page in black took a while…
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
For today’s theme I chose the eternal hiker Ryoga Hibiki.
It seems like the remake is finally releasing episodes. I’ll try to check it out tonight.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I originally had a different idea for today, but I thought it would be funny to have Xochitl with a passport with the picture of her Japanese disguise. Didn’t have the time to ink and hatch it in today though, but that’s fine I can take my time at a later date.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I had the idea of drawing the Dungeon Meshi crew but I would have a good bit of time to actually do a good job. I’m still currently planning it out. But then I remembered that one time that Goku had to travel the whole world by foot. Using the 3d model really helped me visualize so easily what I wanted.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I started re-watching Psych. Man I love this show. Funnily enough in the first episode they were using binoculars so I decided to draw one of the scenes. Everything is traditionally done but I messed up Gus’s skin by using a really dry Copic marker and in the wrong tone. Thinking back, it might have been better to use an ink wash. I was also contemplating just hatching it all out. but that would be an insane amount of lines to try out some of the ideas I had. So I had to make a choice, redraw it all and hatch it all again or just edit it digitally with Clip Studio Paint. I opted for doing it digitally. Although if I was smarter I should have played around with it digitally first before committing to just doing something irreversible. One other mishap was on Shawn’s hair where I was careless and rested my finger on some fresh ink. Hopefully I won’t be as tired tomorrow.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
It’s day 4, I wasn’t too happy with yesterday’s hatching so I was a bit worried for today’s drawing. I decided to draw my own prompt today. I have started watching Omusubi, an NHK drama. The only reason I knew about it was because of Meimi Tamura. I was a bit worried that her role would be limited but luckily she has been a prominent supporting character. I hope it stays that way because her character has been hilarious. I hope this opens more roles for her. Though I selfishly want to hear new songs from her as well.
This time I went for simpler hatching which I’ve noticed works better. I’m also playing around more with what gets more details and what areas would benefit from empty spaces.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Had some ideas of what to draw today but decided to just draw the Alien boots. Something nice and simple isn’t so bad every once in a while.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This time I decided to draw something outside of the prompts. I wanted to work with hatching. For today’s subject I chose Kiki. Now that I think about it, I draw Kiki a every Inktober. To be fair, I saw a really cute reference picture that gave me ideas. I contemplated whether to draw the actual reference photo or modify it and turn her into Kiki. When I finally decided I also recreated the pose in clip studio to also see how the body would look. By chance the hand gestures also changed as I was posing but I really like it so I kept it. Can’t believe how useful the 3d models are. Now I’m contemplating buying the figma pose figures…
There is this artist named matayoshi that I want to learn from. The hatching is so simple and yet so beautiful.
Here is the artist:
https://www.instagram.com/matayosi_/?hl=en
On another note, I wanted to use bristol paper (the one I mentioned yesterday) but when I was looking at my old bristol book I noticed I only had a few papers left. But I also discovered an old drawing book by Strathmore that had a good number of pages left. Even more since I tend to cut them up into even smaller pieces. I felt that it was better quality then the other paper I used yesterday and gave it a try. And sure enough it didn’t have the same problem of my maru pen cutting the fibers… Who knew I had the solution to this problem all along. I should buy more of this paper when I get the chance.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Airi made a cute post on her Instagram promoting CDTV’s New Year Live 2024. I wanted to paint something for Chinese New Year and this was the perfect subject. Her outfit was super cute.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
The new year has started. Although last year sucked, I have hope that this year can be better. Let’s overcome things. Despite my gloomy appearance I am somehow an optimist. I keep falling but I will continue to get up and keep going if I think things are worth doing. Let’s keep fighting and make this year a great one. Hoping for the best for all of you.
On another note, I accomplished my goal of uploading every week last year. Hopefully I can continue to do so this year as well.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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