Inktober 2018 #24 Kuroki Tomoko

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

October 24, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #23 SNK Cabinet

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

October 23, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #22 Michishige Sayumi Sports Festival

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

October 22, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #21 Michishige Sayumi Short Hair

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.

Here is the reference picture used:

I really want to give it another shot and do another one traditionally.

Here is the process:

That’s it for now.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

October 21, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #20 Breakable bottle

I came out of work late this day and had a meetup with an old high school friend I hadn’t seen in a long time so since I would be short on time I decided to take my sketchbook so I could make a drawing while we hanged out. We got some Topo Sabores (a Mexican soda) and saw that as a good fit for the prompt breakable.

Forgot to take a reference picture and pictures of the bottles online look really different so none this time.

Here is the process (even though I didn’t really take more than two pictures):

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

October 20, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #19 Scorched Shin Gojira

Shin Gojira. I wasn’t too sure about the design and the movie itself when I started seeing the first images. And when I saw the film for the first time I was feeling contradicting thoughts since it was such a different take from the Godzilla we all knew up to that point. But after seeing it a second time I really loved it. And I kept liking it even more the more times that I saw it. I really loved that scene where we first saw it make his first atomic breath. The way it transitioned from smoke, then to fire and then to his condensed atomic breath was truly a sight and moment that really touched me. With that in mind, I chose that scene for the scorched prompt.

I’m actually I was able to do exactly what I wanted in this piece. I used the brush tip cover large areas and was able to control the values and textures. I made the fire with rough and irregular lines yet it somehow managed to still look good…

Here is the reference used:

And here is the process.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

October 19, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #18 Bottle Fiji Water

Aesthetic.

Reference used:

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

October 18, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #17 Swollen Goku Bulma

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

October 17, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #16 Angular Himiko Toga

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

October 16, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #15 Weak Itsuki Takeuchi

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

October 15, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #13 Guarded Shinji Ikari

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

October 13, 2018 0

Inktober 2018 #11 Athena Asamiya

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: