"A Hopeless Dream Chaser"
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
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
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
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
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
Aesthetic.
Reference used:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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
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
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
Today’s prompt is “Clock”. I had vary vague ideas of what I could draw but then I remembered Cardcaptor Sakura. Then I remembered there was the time card episode (#12 for those interested). And sure enough it fit quite well. I was making up everything as I went along and looking at the references I screen-grabbed from the episode. Personally I liked the way it turned out, I wan’t to come back to it and take more time on it and try to color it.
By the way, Cardcaptor Sakura is among my favorite animes and my favorite Clamp series.
Man, that angle makes it seem like I am in the sky. It’s amazing how such a simple tilt can make a big difference. It might be a good idea to try and remake other anime scenes so I can study their impacts and effects.
These are the references used:
Now for the process:
If you actually read these and scroll through them you will see something a bit extra.
I was actually starting with my g pen but I made the mistake of once again trying out the Sakura Koi ink markers. And I just don’t really like the way they work or how they have color. Personally I would have preferred if they were more neutral with no color other than the grayscale. In any case because of that I drew it twice.
Original try:
And there you go, I made another dumb mistake…
Was actually planning on only working with the top part of Sakura, but decided to go ahead and create the bottom portion of Sakura’s body. Surprisingly it went rather smooth.
Then comes the Koi pens.
It doesn’t look horrible. In fact it has a rather interesting appeal but would rather just use black, white and everything in between.
And here is the second try. This time I only used a “normal” pen, which made me draw much faster. Lines were all consistent so I knew what I would get, plus since it dried instantly I don’t have to worry about smudging the ink so no wait time to move from one end of the paper to the other.:
Couldn’t figure out how to ink it in a time efficient way. I already drew this piece twice and I have more work to do so this line work will do for now.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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
Man, this week has sucked. My XP Pen stopped working properly and my cursor kept travelling over to my secondary screen every time I tried to use Corel Painter. And despite uninstalling the driver and reinstalling them I just couldn’t get it to work. At one point I gave up since it took too much of my time and decided to try out Photoshop. It worked there, but then the drivers crashed and my pen just refused to work. Only way to make it work was to restart my computer but that messed up my workflow since it happened so often. Then there was my vehicle that had faulty turn signals… I had to troubleshoot that for the whole week during my free times. It was a pain but I managed to find the source of the problem fixed today. So hey….. (๑ ˊ͈ ᐞ ˋ͈ )ƅ̋
Anyway, back to inktober, I was thinking maybe I should work with the inktober prompts after talking with my brother. So I decided to do just that. While talking with my brother I was reminded of the whale from Re: Zero. These were some of the most epic episodes. Really loved learning about Wilhelm van Astrea.
This is the final piece:
These are the references, (screen shots from the anime, ep. 20-21):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562344/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562234/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/44559562184/in/dateposted-public/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/darkcloudxero/31407543598/in/dateposted-public/
This one was inverted to fit with my drawing.
This is the process:
Could’ve worked with with the values of Wilhelm van Astrea’s clothes, but this simple shading should be ok for now. It’s rather late so I need to call it a day.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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