Tag: Traditional X Digital

Inktober 2024 Day 05 Binoculars

I started re-watching Psych. Man I love this show. Funnily enough in the first episode they were using binoculars so I decided to draw one of the scenes. Everything is traditionally done but I messed up Gus’s skin by using a really dry Copic marker and in the wrong tone. Thinking back, it might have been better to use an ink wash. I was also contemplating just hatching it all out. but that would be an insane amount of lines to try out some of the ideas I had. So I had to make a choice, redraw it all and hatch it all again or just edit it digitally with Clip Studio Paint. I opted for doing it digitally. Although if I was smarter I should have played around with it digitally first before committing to just doing something irreversible. One other mishap was on Shawn’s hair where I was careless and rested my finger on some fresh ink. Hopefully I won’t be as tired tomorrow.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Naoko Kawai and Coffee

After being left in my upload folder for a couple of weeks, it is finally time to upload this painting. Although I’m glad it took this long because as I was getting ready to upload I noticed that the cup was a bit wonky in the opening. After fixing that I felt it was a good enough time to add some steam to the cup. After a long while, this time I decided to paint it in an 80s anime style.

Here is the process,

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 31 Haniel (Marin Kitagawa)

We made it, Today is the last day of Inktober 2023. And I have decide to finish it off with Marin Kitagawa cosplaying as Haniel the Archangel. The lore and aesthetics of Haniel are quite beautiful and also spooky for lack of a better word. The artist made a good job to convey that.

I was unsure how the hands and claws look, so I had to go with just long nails. My first plan was just to darken the background around Marin but that just looked too plain. And I wanted to extend beyond her ankles so I edited the bottom part and add to it. Marin was inked and hatched traditionally and everything else was done digitally.

Happy Halloween! May next year also allow me to participate again in Inktober.

Hasta el proximo año,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 30 Monster by the Window

Happy Birthday Meimi Tamura! Hope you have a great year.

This piece is based on the play Marigold in which Meimi Tamura plays the main role of Gerbera a Dhampir (a being born from a human and a vampire). It is quite a tragic and beautiful tale about a mother’s love. Meimi’s solo is absolutely beautiful and my favorite part of the play. If you get a chance do check it out. Luckily it was recorded and released in both dvd and blue ray. And some fans have created subtitles for the whole series it seems which is awesome for us international fans.

The whole drawing has been done both traditionally (the line art) and digitally (inking, hatching and combining two separate drawings). Meimi was drawn on one paper and the window on another. With the amount of details I wanted to add, I decided to do the inking digitally since I probably wouldn’t have finished it in time.

Planning, sketching, inking, hatching and everything else in one day was crazy. But, I got it done. With this, I only have one more day and Inktober is finished!

Hasta mañana,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 23 Mami Tomoe

And to top of the original main members from Puella Magi Madoka Magica is Mami Tomoe. I would say she is my favorite member along with Akemi Homura. I really like the radiant energy that she exudes, so it was a big surprise when I first saw that infamous episode of hers that really showed us the danger and stakes that magical girls had to go through. In any case, I wanted to emphasize her confident and playful personality through her pose.

Hasta mañana,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 22 Akemi Homura

Today I drew Akemi Homura. Now there is only one more member left from the group that I want to draw. I forgot to draw the soul gem again… Thank you clip studio, I really like your realistic pen.

Hasta mañana,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 19 Pouting Red Panda

I recently saw a really cute video of a jealous and pouting red panda who wanted some apple slices. It’s crazy how animated the whole scene looked, like I could seriously see that happen in an anime.

This was mostly done traditionally but I tried to do a shadow underneath the red panda. But didn’t like the way it turned out so I hatched a new one using Clip Studio. The scan also had this weird reflection on the chest so I quickly darkened that section digitally.

Hasta mañana,

-NUBE

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Inktober 2023 Day 10 Madoka Kaname

We’ve made it to day 10. Today I drew Madoka. I drew and did the line art traditionally and then inked and hatched with Clip Studio Paint. Doing it digitally I can try out different ideas without having to start all over. The only other way I can think of doing it traditionally would be to buy transparent paper so I can preview how it will look like before I permanently add in ink.

Hasta mañana,

-NUBE

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Virtuous Contract 2B

It’s funny, now that my skills have gotten a bit better I have been going back to old art pieces and see what I can do with them now. And in Pixiv there is currently a contest where they want us to upload redo’s of old artwork to showcase one’s growth. Somehow this all came together at the same time. I’ll be uploading some more artwork throughout April.

Working with blues is still a bit tough for me so I want to do some more later this year.

As for this art piece, I edited the line art to change the proportions and angles. Once I had that edited I came up with the background so I could come up with the color theme of 2B.

I felt it would be a shame if I didn’t have a version without her blindfold.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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Cheeky Smile Anya

I was planning on uploading this on Friday. But it just so happens that there was a prompt on Pixiv for pink hair, so why not upload this now. I uploaded a version with screen tone and one without. The screen tone adds good bit of texture. I like it a lot.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

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