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Otona na no yo Saki Shimizu

Posted by Nube Obscura on December 15, 2020
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I wanted to once again give the 90s anime aesthetic another try today. I painted Saki using Photoshop and the background with Corel Painter. For the texture that makes it look like it’s being shown in an old tv I used the Photoshop filter (I believe it was noise) which gave me just the right textured I wanted. I could have gotten away with it if I had muted the colors a bit more but this works even better.

Saki’s outfit and dance moves are quite amazing in this pv. I wonder if she would ever consider doing a solo career? I’m just glad she is still active online though, I really enjoy seeing her Kendama progress.

The original drawing was done for inktober 2020 day 13: https://darkcloudxero.com/2020/10/13/inktober-2020-13-saki-shimizu/

Otona na no yo Saki Shimizu

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Athena Asamiya Idol

Posted by Nube Obscura on November 25, 2020
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This drawing was originally drawn on the second day of Inktober 2020 which can be found here: https://darkcloudxero.com/2020/10/02/inktober-2020-02-athena-asamiya/

When it came to painting Athena I was imagining some colors I had seen in what I think was a promotional video of Sonoko Kawai. But when I was trying to find that video I failed. More than likely it got deleted or it might have been someone else but I’m pretty sure it was Sonoko. This is one of the reasons I have started to just back up any videos that I like and that interest me.
With that option out of the question I remembered I had some JR Christmas commercials that had similar colors to what I wanted. I ended up using the commercial featuring Eri Fukatsu. Getting the skin tone correctly took a couple of tries since I hadn’t used it before. I should definitely play around with such lighting more.

Athena Asamiya Idol

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 28 Float Morda

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 28, 2020
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Today’s prompt is float. Since we are nearing Halloween and the prompt is float, I decided to draw a witch. After a little bit of thought I decided to draw Morda from Berserk. I wonder is she will be joining the party once they leave the island? It would be strange is she didn’t. This time I decided to just go ahead and come up with a pose from my mind. When I was done, I noticed that it was similar to what was drawn in chapter 361. I guess that image stayed in mind.

Inktober 2020 28 Float Morda

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 24 Yuki Cross

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 24, 2020
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A quick drawing of Yuki Cross from Vampire Knight. It somehow looks weird since it isn’t inked but I guess I’ll figure it out when I get a chance to ink it.

Inktober 2020 24 Yuki Cross

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 18 Yukino and Yui

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 18, 2020
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Since were are past half way through this month, we are closer to Halloween now. I’ve been re-watching “My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected”. I never got to finish it when it came out. So hopefully this time I actually get to finish it. I’m really enjoying it (currently in season 2). In season 1 episode 8, Yui and Yukino both dressed in cosplay. The costumes used are what I used for reference in this drawing.

Inktober 2020 18 Yukino and Yui

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 16 Rocket

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 16, 2020
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This was drawn using a reference from the show Shoujo Commando IZUMI. Recently I watch this channel named Kenny Luderdale who showcases old school anime and Japanese shows. On one of the episodes he was talking about this show which at the beginning was going to be a Sukeban Deka sequel but changed into a mix of a lot of 80s action movies.
His video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0GmMbH-1hc

I was thinking of doing my take on this one photo that apparently some people were thinking was of a schoolgirl Vietcong: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CO1J7nAUAAAQxSw.jpg

What’s funny is that when I was plugging it into the Google image finder it marked it as a photo of Fusako Shigenobu, leader of the Japanese Red Army.

But decided to go with this one instead: https://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/20170814/21/naokiyablog/9d/1b/j/o0270038414005057674.jpg?caw=800

I took some screenshots of some other cool scenes but I will same that for some other time.

While I was drawing it with ink I began to wonder whether what she had even had rockets. I began to remember that Kenny referred to her weapon as a bazooka. Luckily when I searched information about the bazooka, I learned that it was indeed a type of rocket launcher so I was still okay. Didn’t get a chance to ink or hatch it but I should probably try and do so for some more pieces in the coming days.

Inktober 2020 16 Rocket

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 15 Sayoko Yamaguchi

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 15, 2020
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I’ve been wanting to try Yoshitaka Amano’s style. When I was looking through my collection of references I decided to use one of Sayoko Yamaguchi.
This one: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/e7/98/cd/e798cdc7649e243b8ac5bc5bddfcaa21.jpg

Looking at the linework done in the reference paintings that I have of Yoshitaka’s art I believe he was using a brush to get the effect that some areas have (some are lighter, and some are darker). So with that in mind I watered the ink and passed over the areas I wished to darken twice. I wanna try working with this style more and at some point with color.

Inktober 2020 15

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 13 Saki Shimizu

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 13, 2020
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Today was a rough one but I managed to make some time to draw. Today I decided to draw one of the planned drawings I talked about a couple of days ago. I had to composite many reference pictures that I had screen captured before October I believe. I was unsure if I should draw her at a closer view or not (if I had I would have had more time to add more details and ink/hatch the drawing). But I really wanted to draw Saki’s outfit from Otona na no yo! She looks like a really cute doll. Personally I believe she had the best outfit by far for that music video. While I was looking at the screenshots of the mv (it took me a while but I captured all scenes where Saki appeared, most of the video), I got to compare everyone’s movements during the dance scenes. She can really move. Her dance moves are powerful and cute, I don’t really know how to describe them but the flow and execution are definitely top notch. No wonder she is the captain.

Inktober 2020 13 Saki Shimizu

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2020 12 Hermione Granger

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 12, 2020
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Didn’t really feel like going with the prompt today. Just looking through my references I decided to draw Hermione, which I don’t think I’ve done before. I went with the way she looked in the first movie since she had that cute fluffy frizzy hair (they really gave up on that look as the series of movies continued). Plus a witch does fit with October. I should probably make more fall and Halloween inspired drawings since we are about half way through the month already.

Inktober 2020 12 Hermione

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE