"A Hopeless Dream Chaser"
… day 24. Can’t believe the month is ending and I haven’t really had time to really watch many movies to get in the spooky season. I was having a hard time deciding what to draw today too. In the end I decided to do another ink painting. This time of some branches. Wonder what I’ll choose tomorrow?
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I decided to give another path a try. Next time I want to try painting someone.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
It’s been a while since I last made some ink paintings so i decided to give it a try. I’ll be doing some more ink paintings in the coming days. It’s much faster using the brush compared to the pen as to be expected.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I decided to invest on some new refillable brush pens and pens by Kuretake and Pentel. For the first test I decided to draw Airi with the Kuretake brush and pen. Bit of a shame that I didn’t have enough time today so I was limited on the details I could draw.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
For todays drawing I chose Fiona from Spy Family. I decided to draw her in the outfit she used in her first appearance. I’m actually tempted to draw her in the rain as well.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Today’s prompt is “Ridge”. I decided to just make a quick drawing today using only my brush pen.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Day 13, today I decided to draw Kurapika. Him and Killua fight for my favorite character spot. I was thinking of inking and hatching but time was limited today.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
For day 4 I have decided to draw Goku. There was the meme of Goku in his drip which I thought was hilarious. I could care less of the Supreme brand, but what was fun about Toriyama was that artwork often showcased the Dragon Ball characters in trendy outfits. I always loved seeing Goku in different outfits. I think the most recent example in current Dragon Ball was the snow outfit used in the Dragon Ball Super Broly movie.
This time I decided to make Goku’s hair slightly less triangular, I guess making it somewhat soft. I also wanted to try out a different eye design. I finally got the chance to hatch for this drawing. But maybe I should play around with thinner lines next time I do a simple hatching technique.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I think I drew this on Friday, it was a couple of days ago. I didn’t have a plan in mind really, I just drew and this came out. Then the idea of life punching us at the most random times came to mind. I have an idea of making this into a scene. We’ll see.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Airi recently released some photos of her as a Santa that I found both cute and fun, so I had the idea of making a painting using that idea.
I’ve been working on this painting for a couple of days now. I first drew the line art with a combination of my brush and my g pen for Airi’s base body, not including her clothes. I did this because I feel I make clothes look to stiff with the pen. For the background I used a lighter mixture of my ink while Airi herself was inked using a more concentrated ink mixture.
Over the last couple of weeks I have been playing around with the shortcut keys I feel I need most to make paintings more efficiently. I’m really glad I did because it made the painting process flow much smoother. The painting was much brighter but I feel this darker amber atmosphere fits the scene a whole lot better.
Merry Christmas everyone, and Happy Holidays! I think I’m going to take a three day break and just chill for a while. Hope you guys have a great time.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
I wanted to just draw a quick brush painting because I was looking at Yoshitaka Amano’s artwork. There were these pictures that Airi posted where she was dressed in a happi and wrote a small stage. It’s a really fun subject. Line size variation was a bit tough to control when the ink is too watered down. I guess using a smaller brush would quickly fix this, but I’ve seen other artists do a lot with just one brush. I’ll have to practice this a bit more.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This painted version of this drawing:
has been waiting for about a month now to be uploaded. Actually looking at the date, it seems I painted this back in September 6… I had something planned to accompany this piece but I could always add that later.
I wanted a late 80s/ early 90s look. I wanted to emphasize the speed so I manipulated the tilt of the median and buildings to give that effect. Looking at it now, adding some wind lines in the foreground will sell that effect even more. I’ll probably add that to the accompaniment I mentioned above.
I just remembered that it took me a good while to find the model of the motorcycle (it was specially hard since I don’t really know much about them). For those interested in knowing the motorcycle used in the Ai no Dangan MV, it was a Honda VFR 1200F.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
