Tag: Corel Painter

Iko Chan Salute

Iko chan has finally been painted. I was thinking of doing a flatter anime style but I noticed that It was a real pain going from layer to layer so that I could control the shadows and the lighting. Then there’s the limitation of staying within the line art which I find to be quite bothersome. I just prefer to paint on one layer per dimension. So when I just started painting, it felt more comfortable and intuitive. Luckily someone uploaded three of the Iko chan movies to the internet archive. This really helped in getting more details of Iko’s uniform. It was during this time that I noticed both smiley faces. They are a good accent to the look.

For the background it might be cool to add some early computer visuals… but we’ll see at a future date.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Bamboo Forest Background

This is actually the background for a RE:do piece. It has changed quite a bit from my original try. I wonder if anyone will know what I’m remaking?

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Cityscape Background

This is the background for a drawing I made last year of Kurapika. To augment the background lighting I had a separate layer with Color dodge that seems to work quite well for both reflections and making light brighter and the surrounding of the lights and still keep the details of the painting.

I wonder how I will develop this technique in the future.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Beach Background

A piece I’m working one and this will be the background. Summer is finally ending, so I should do a couple of pieces before we finally enter autumn.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Mai Shiranui and Chun Li

Here is the painted version of my Mai Shiranui and Chun Li artwork. I can’t believe it took me years (I believe I said it was an idea from 2021) to give this painting a try.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Underwater Background

This is the background for a future painting. Surprisingly despite all the details and characters that I have incorporated to the final piece, it only took me two days to paint the background and the actual subjects. As for what this painting will end up bein, those who know, know.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Summer Straw Hat

For my my first Painting using my XP-Pen Pro 24 I decided to do a study painting of Airi Suzuki in a summer dress and straw hat. I was a bit intimidated because of all the details on the hat and the dress. But once I started I just got in the groove.

I just recently upgraded my drawing monitor from a 16 inch one to a 24 inch one. My plan was to wait for next year but there was a used one for a good price so I decided to take the plunge. I was surprised by how huge it was. I had to change my set up again since I don’t have the space for the old monitor arm I was using with my 16 inch set up. So far I am loving being able to see so much of the canvas as I work and being able to work on more of it as once. Now I have to move the painting less. The only downside is that the pen has this annoying problem when I’m resizing the brush that my previous 16 inch monitor did not have. I guess all that marketing about having a smarter chip in the pen was not all for show. I wonder if they will ever update the pen to this monitor. I will update how it holds up as I use it more.

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Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Athena Asamiya Peace Re Do Rough Back Ground

Still don’t know yet if I will add a proper background to this painting yet. Now that I have it at this point I have some ideas of what is possible, but I wanted to try this rough background out since I liked it on another painting I saw in my references. To go along with the background, I went for a rough painting style on Athena. There were a couple of changes I made to her face and hair. I wonder if you guys can tell? With this design I wanted a fun, moe feel that emphasizes curves.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Simone de Beauvoir ReDo

Originally painted back in 2020 I didn’t quite like the way it looked. This time around I took off the line art and painted over the original piece until I was satisfied. Also, unlike the original I flattened all layers except two (the background and Simone).

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Waking Up Rei Ayanami

Here is the final part of this painting of Rei Ayanami. I took many rests as I was finishing it up due to various reasons but I’m glad I did because it gave me a chance to see it with new eyes. On top of that, at some point I finally began experimenting with the blending tool. The soft one is the one I eventually chose to use. For harder blending and separation of colors the sergeant tool is is my best tool. But for certain textures such as the skin I need softer blending sometimes.

Overall this was a fun painting to play around with.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Waking Up Background

Having PC issues again. After a couple of months my PC begins going into restarting fits. And once they start, they start becoming more and more frequent. Looking around it seems like it might be hardware issues. Perhaps I’m using more power than my power supply can give or it’s my motherboard. Hopefully my PC lasts long enough to last this year.

On the other hand, here is a background for a piece that I’m working on. I thought I was done with it, but after coming back to it I felt there were plenty of things that I could fix. Sadly the PC issues kept messing with my progress. So I had no choice but to reinstall Windows and also all my programs. As I’m writing this, I still need to install my art programs but it’s getting late so I might have to finish that up tomorrow.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Koopa dungeon

This background will be part of a remake that I made back in 2019. Wow, that’s what in the range of 3-4 years… Time sure is flying.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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