Happy New Year.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Tag: life
One more year of life 2021 Colorized
I finally colorized this drawing. I had planned to do so sooner… but I finally got to it. What I had in mind was going for a Ukiyo-e style. I went for a simple painting style and then texturized with with some layers I overlaid upon it.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
One more year of life 2021
Another year has ended and a new one has just begun. Let’s give it our best this year as well.
Feliz Dia De Los Muertos!
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Nube Commuting Home
There’s a contest currently going on with Corel. It’s supposed to end today. As soon as I finished with my 2B painting I started working on this one. Aside from using a reference photo for the background I went ahead and painted Nube from memory. The original version was lighter and faded so I went ahead and added a multiply layer to add more color to it. I just started painting and just let it flow.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Another year of Life 2019 and Sayu as a Pokemon Trainer
Time is flying by quite fast. Looking back I have been quite busy this year. I’ve also invested in more art supplies. They were definitely worth it, I just hope I have more of a chance to practice using them on this new year. Luckily I have taken cared of the hardest and most time consuming parts left for this year. So fingers crossed that I’ll have more time to create and experiment on new art pieces.
I somehow managed to make it through Inktober despite it all. I think I have gotten a bit quicker when drawing. I’ve also noticed that I can make poses from my mind and it also happens to be much faster. I do have to work more on color though. so I will be using some of the ink drawings and coloring them.
Here is a piece I drew just for today.
And I will begin uploading the latest pieces I have been working on over the past year.
I’ll start with a drawing I did of Sayumi as a pokemon trainer. I first drew it then after I scanned it I printed different copies so that I could try out different styles. This one was done with Copics using Hiro’s ( siiteiebahiro ) style.
Originally drawn on 6/6/19 and painted on 6/11/19.
Feliz Dia de los Muertos.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Riku KHII Bust
Whenever I have time I have been playing through the Kingdom Hearts series before I go ahead and play Kingdom Hearts III. So far I have finished the original, saw the 358/2 days scenes, I started playing Chain of memories but it was quite straining so I went ahead and saw the scenes on youtube. Anyway I finished Kingdom Hearts II about two weeks ago. And I gotta say, the design for Riku in Kingdom Hearts II was definitely the best version so far. I’ve seen his design in Kingdom Hearts III and so far KHII is still the best. Both with the cloak and the his normal clothes.
As a side note, after finishing Kingdom Hearts II I decided to go back to Chain of Memories and slug through it. I really don’t like quitting. I’m almost done with Sora’s section then there should be a short section where I play as Riku.
Here is the finished piece done with my G pen and my Copics:
I made a quick background with Photoshop and Corel Painter:
References used:
Process:
Digital background process:
That should be all for now.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Hikaru Matsuyama true player
What I like about Matsuyama is that he truly is the counter character to Hyuga. While Hyuga started as a force all on his own, Matsuyama was a complete team player. On top of that they influenced each other quite a bit as the story progressed which allowed Hyuga to build up his team play and for Matsuyama to develop his individual play (which allowed him to go against ace players). But despite this, it’s obvious that Matsuyama just doesn’t have the heart to be cold blooded enough to win at any cost. I really liked the way he had to remind himself to be a bit rougher and not worry about Tsubasa’s injuries in the middle school arc. Yet despite this he still put his own body in the line so that Tsubasa wouldn’t injure his shoulder further. Truly a man among man.
I tried to start tapering off the details as I went further back with the background but I feel it would have been much easier doing it with water colors. I want to make a piece where I combine both. Copics are cool but one is limited by the colors one owns, and they are freakin expensive. … I wonder if I should have added a bit more color to the crowd, but I also didn’t want to add too much detail as well as muddy it up. I did learn a good bit after this piece so I will try it out on the next one.
Of course this piece is based on one of the most recent episodes:
References used:
The process:
They will finally cover Hyuga vs Tsubasa in the coming episodes. Can’t wait!
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
This if for those of you who read these posts, I was actually working on a new piece for the day after Valentines day but some things happened and I had no choice but to postpone it. Here is a preview (will release it next year, probably):
Happy Valentines Day 2019
Welp today was Valentines day so since I want to participate in the seasons holidays a bit more so that the years don’t feel so monotonous I of course made a drawing for today. I’ve been wanting to do a purely pen drawing this time. I also wanted to try out siiteiebahiro ‘s style for a while now. So I used this chance to give it a try. What’s funny is that as I was trying to find the link to Hiro’s twitter account I stumbled upon one of his videos where he showcases his inking process. Looking at it, it is obvious why they both look so different when it comes to the way the hair was inked. Having said that I’m glad I didn’t see it till after I was done so that I could compare both styles.
I used Airi Suzuki as a reference for this piece using a photo from her photobook “Aoiro”. I just changed some things to make her in the manga style and having her hold a gift.
Here is the final piece:
References used:
Here is the process:
Hope you guys had a great day today.
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Gengar Starry Sky
I tried doing another piece using photographs as the “paint”. My brother actually suggested I made one with Gengar when he showed me that photo I mentioned before (when I made Lynn Minmey). Also here is the artist and the picture I mentioned name is kotetsu_of (link will take you to the artists instagram).
I’ve always been a fan of this Pokemon and it’s previous evolutions.
With that said here is the finished piece:
Without a background:
Here are the photos used and reference:
Photos obtained from Pexels.com
Milkyway by kendall hoopes
Purple/Pink starry sky by Luck Galindo
star clouds and also the full moon by Pixabay
Here is the drawing process:
Digital process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Goku vs Broly
About a week ago or so I got to see the Dragon Ball Super: Broly movie in the theater. Out of all the Dragon Ball movies I have seen so far it is definitely my favorite. I didn’t really care much for Broly before (I mean sure he was strong and had cool powers but
┐(￣ー￣)┌ )
but I did like the way everything was connected with all the events up to this point. To think that someone stuck in one planet could have so much power to not only keep up with Super Saiyan blue but to far surpass it. Who knows how Broly would fare against ultra instinct but I’m guessing that they are setting things up to have Goku power up even further with Broly.
I liked that most of the fight with Broly was martial arts based, really hope they bring the focus on that again in the future. One other thing to note is that the artwork and painting was much better than not only the anime but also the last movies. The only complaint I have is the cg section which just didn’t look good and was really out of place when it happened. It was only for one section of the fight but it does make me wonder why they decided to so in the first place.
Final painting:
references:
drawing process:
digital process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
Trying out different coloring styles: Lynn Minmey
My brother showed me this cool picture that was drawn and then had sections of the dress cut out so that the artist could use the sky as her dresses color. Since I was already drawing Minmey so that I could practice with my pen on bristol paper. Bristol paper is cool and all but it starts to bubble up and break apart when I use water media on it so I decided to paint it digitally. And since I was already preparing the drawing for using photographs as the “coloring” base I figure it would be a good enough time to practice different coloring styles and backgrounds.
I was just focusing on drawing and painting so I didn’t keep any records of the process this time.
Minmey drawn with my G-Pen:
Using photos as the back base for Minmey’s shorts, hair and eyes:
And here is Minmey using the anime style painting with a beach background:
Minmey using the anime style painting with her room as the background:
And finally using the colors from the reference picture:
Here are the reference pictures used:
That will be all for now.
Hasta la proxima,
– NUBE
Sora – Let’s begin a new adventure
Kingdom Hearts III has finally been released yesterday (although I wont be able to play it till I finish 2 and all the games that came after it. But in commemoration I decided to make a quick piece for it.
here it is:
Of course I pre-ordered my own copy so that I can play it hopefully very soon.
Here are the references used:
Here is the drawing process (decided to finish the line work using my Stabilo pens):
And here is the digital coloring process:
Hasta la proxima,
-NUBE
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