Marin’s Room

The colored version of the line art I did a couple of days ago. I wanted to convey the morning light, so I went for a warmer tone. Looking at the furniture, decorations and items on the anime, some of them were altered and yet others were kept quite faithful to the manga. I’m really impressed by the amount of details in this series. I really do feel the love for it by the animation studio.

For Marin’s outfit, I chose the look she had when Gojou visited her home in chapter 18-19. There’s quite a lot of details on the pillows/cushions and Marin’s shorts, which had me a bit worried. What I did was paint in the base colors and played with the lighting, and then added the details/patterns. Luckily I have enough experience now painting things like this so painting them in didn’t take that long. The posters and specially the Shizuku-tan body pillow were like painting a whole separate character.

Once I had the colors that would dictate the values and hue, Marin was painted last of course. While working though, I did have to modify things accordingly. This is definitely the biggest advantage of painting digitally. I had a slightly less saturated color scheme but I liked the warmer feel that I ended up with.

With this finished, I will reward my self with the two latest episodes of the anime.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

January 25, 2022 1

A present to my self

Well today is another year that I got to live. In commemoration I drew a picture of Ai Takahashi as the last drawing of the past year and the first drawing of my new year on this earth. I started doing this on new years, but I think it makes more sense to do it every time I gain a new year of life. Don’t you think. I do this to mark my progress every year and also to make those days even more special. Truthfully the reason I was able to be content over the years was because I had Morning Musume fill me with laughter and awe when watching their music videos or variety shows. The person that really stood out and made me get interested in the group though was Ai-chan. The first ever appearance (for me) was in their music video “Mikan”. That video just captivated me and left me wanting more. It was truly painful having her go, just when I was beginning to know her.

For this reason I decided to draw her, my favorite Momusu.

It may not be my best work, but it isn’t too bad either.

Another drawing that I am working on, is of another one of my favorite Momusus (although I do have to admit that I absolutely love all the members from the “Platinum Era”), Reina Tanaka. This is the last drawing I have worked on this day, another present to my self. And also a work that I wish to present to Reina-chan on her birthday this month. I will do my best to make it one of my greatest pieces.

As of now it is still a work in progress, but here is a sneak peak:

November 2, 2012 0

Ai Takahashi Graduation Commemoration

It’ was really sad to hear the news when it was announced that Ai Takahashi was going to graduate a couple of months ago. So to commemorate the graduation of my all time favourite Morning Musume member I decided to draw her. I chose to draw her in the Mikan Motif because that is the first video that I saw and discoverd the group. The person who really captured my attention with her smile was none other than the cute and beautiful Ai Takahashi. Her gaze and smile as well as amazing voice captivated me. For some reason I kept having problems when I was drawing her, it was really hard to capture her face expression.

October 18, 2011 0

RE: Eri Kamei

Here is the drawing of Eri Kamei with a few minor fixes. Since I had to draw it as fast as possible for the Youtube Video I couldn’t really add too much shadow to give it a more realistic feel. Here it is down below.

September 19, 2011 0