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Racer Sayumi Honda CR-X

Posted by Nube Obscura on September 18, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: モーニング娘。, CR-X, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, dress, 道重さゆみ, hat, hatching, Honda, ink, momusu, MORNING MUSUME, racer, racing, Sayu, Sayumi Michishige, Short Hair, socks, Stabilo pens, usa chan, 本田. Leave a comment

Right now I’m in a Hello Project art mood, I can’t help but want to draw the members whenever I want to try out a new style. But I figured I should try to draw some new subjects, so I was looking through my reference folders and decided on drawing a Honda CR-X which I quite like. Once I had the line art done I decided to try out a new shading style which consists of just laying it down with parallel lines. I quite liked the aesthetic of this style. But once I was done I wasn’t too sure what else I should do with it.
Then I started thinking about maybe implementing someone in front of the car. Then it hit me, I could use that Sayu picture I drew where she has short hair. Once I cleaned up the background I resized Sayu so that she would fit the size of the CR-X and well… I really love the way it came out. I guess things were just meant to be. Somehow that short hair and hat make her fit that racer look.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Momoko Tsugunaga study Momochi Zukan

Posted by Nube Obscura on September 15, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: カントリー・ガールズ, ボーノ, Berryz Koubou, Berryz工房, Buono!, Country Girls, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, g pen, hands, ink, maru pen, Momochi, Momoko Tsugunaga, pen, perspective, Short Hair, 嗣永桃子. Leave a comment

This is a study from Momoko’s photobook Momoko Momochi Zukan. I actually wanted to try something new but ended up trying to do a realistic take by using hatching and cross hatching. I wasn’t satisfied with the way it came out since some lines came out too thick for the shadows. But I figured if I thickened some of the line art and darkened certain areas to change the values and lighten the hatching I made for the shadows. And sure enough it worked. I could push this effect more if I added more shadows around Momochi. Maybe adding interesting hatching would give it a cool aesthetic.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

C-ute day 2020

Posted by Nube Obscura on September 10, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: Airi Suzuki, ℃-ute, ℃-ute's Day, ℃-uteの日, 矢島舞美, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, 鈴木愛理, 萩原舞, g pen, ink, Mai Hagiwara, Maimi Yajima, maru pen, Okai Chisato, Saki Nakajima, 岡井千聖, 中島早貴. Leave a comment

Today was a busy day but I somehow was still be able to draw, ink and edit this piece with photoshop. I wanted to give the ink style of the previously uploaded drawing again. But this time five times.
Today (yesterday in Japan) was ℃-ute’s Day. So that is the reason I drew this drawing. Thank you ℃-ute for all the years you’ve given us.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

I had drawn this back in I believe June 3rd of this year. Back then I had no idea of how to color it. I did at some point wanted to make it with gray tones but couldn’t figure it out. Today on my Youtube recommended’s list was a video featuring the art of tourniiquet, this one here.

After seeing it I decided to give it another try. I liked the way it turned out but wanted to add more contrast and texture somewhere so I eventually ended up using some paper texture for the background. I really like the way it came out.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

I attempted doing an ink drawing of Sayu with her short hair back in 2018 for inktober but wasn’t satisfied with the end result, so I decided to draw her again. This time I used a combination of both ink and digital hatching and some small manipulations to the diamonds below the table which were done in the wrong perspective.

Really love the way short hair compliments Sayumi.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Metal Bat ink and copic

Posted by Nube Obscura on July 8, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: バッド, ワンパンマン, Bad, copic, DARKCLOUDXERO, delinquent, dip pen, 金属バット, g pen, ink, Metal Bat, One Punch Man, pen, School uniform, yankii. Leave a comment

I’ve been doing a couple of paintings these last two days but I won’t be showcasing them till a couple of days later. In the meantime I decided to make a simple and quick drawing. At first I was of doing it completely with ink but ended up doing it with a combination of both. Although I’m sure I could have done a lot more interesting effects I wanted to emulate a smooth color coverage.

As for the reference picture I used, surprisingly I came up with the idea of drawing Metal Bat (one of my favorite S rank members) when I was looking through one of my 80s reference folders. I came upon an ad for the Be-Bop Highschool movie poster. If you look at of the actors named Tōru Nakamura, he looks a lot like Metal Bat. I seriously wouldn’t be surprised if he was based off of the actors image in the movie. Which you can look at here: https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2691/7222/products/12933_abd05aff-36ce-4d72-84be-65e945c0d7da_1024x1024.jpg?v=1584502254

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Are you a bad enough dude to join the Red Ribbon Army?
This has been an idea I’ve had for a couple of months now. Originally I planned on having all the main players of the Red Ribbon Army present in the poster showcasing the different locations one could be stationed at around the world but after drawing out a rough draft I felt it was too busy so I went for a more simplistic one containing Commander Red and Staff Sergeant Black. I figured it would be fun to play around with the idea of the painting done in episode 50 of the anime where Black was shortened and Red was taller and had a more rustic and wise appearance. I then wanted to copy the look of the old War World II recruitment posters. The text in the black box is from the Red Ribbon Army theme song. Line work done with one of my diluted inks and using my Holbein watercolors.

Red Ribbon Army Wants You #darkcloudxero #DragonBall #RedRibbonArmy #CommanderRed #StaffOfficerBlack #レッド総帥 #ブラック参謀 https://t.co/r00KCB0RI7 pic.twitter.com/gYLEh2kj5X
— DarkCloudXERO (@DarkCloudXERO) June 26, 2020

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Luffy Onward

Posted by Nube Obscura on June 23, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Update. Tagged: モンキー・ディー・ルフィ, ワンピース, brush, coat, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, g pen, ink, luffy, Monkey D. Luffy, one piece, pen, pirate. Leave a comment

Just to change it up a bit let’s draw a guy this time, and let’s try a new angle (as advised by my younger brother). For this drawing I decided try out a new technique I saw a couple of years ago. This I believe is what they call foreshortening. It worked amazingly well so that I could draw out Luffy’s arm and finger pointing at us. When I finished drawing I then shaded the drawing by using ink and brush. Now Luffy is ready to move forward and become the king of the pirates.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Rei Ayanami glance

Posted by Nube Obscura on June 19, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Berryz Koubou, Berryz工房, Blue hair, Buono!, copic markers, 綾波レイ, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, eva, ink, maru pen, Momoko Tsugunaga, neon genesis evangelion, red eyes, rei ayanami, School uniform, Short Hair, 嗣永桃子. Leave a comment

I wanted to try working with the more simplistic style again today. For my model I chose Momoko Tsugunaga and while looking for some reference pictures I came upon some where she was cosplaying as Rei Ayanami. Which in turn just turned into Rei Ayanami in the end. I don’t have enough blues in my collection of Copics so I’m a bit bummed that I wasn’t able to do much with her blue hair. Looking at my drawing there are still traces of Momochi which I like. At first I had Rei smiling but decided against it. The end result gives her an expression of noticing the viewer and glancing over.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Airi Sporty Jacket Copic

Posted by Nube Obscura on June 18, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Update. Tagged: Airi Suzuki, キュート, ボーノ, ℃-ute, Buono!, C-ute, copic markers, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, 鈴木愛理, ink, maru pen, pony tail, Sports Jacket. Leave a comment

For today’s drawing/painting I decided to try out some of the inks that I created yesterday. Since I would only be doing the lineart with it and coloring it I went with the lightest ink I have. As for the style I went with LittleThunder‘s style and coloring since it is probably my favorite traditional art style. Today before I had begun today’s drawing I saw her latest art video of her painting one of her drawings. So with that in mind I went with a more simple and flat coloring style only adding some coloring in the skin and hair. I really love the way it came out. Although I have yet to try this coloring style with a background which of course would have a lot of variables that I would have to work with. But that will be for another work and day. I quite like the way the ink interacts with the copic markers.

I really liked the photo I used from Airi‘s instagram. It has a retro 80s-90s look which really fits with this coloring style.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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