Watamote

I finally did a painting of Asuka Kato from Watamote. I really like the way she tries to get closer to Kuroki, even to the point of giving Kuroki’s weirdness a pass. I am a bit weary that she will get corrupted by her but I think there won’t be another Kii-chan incident (I’m sure Kuroki won’t let that happen again). She’s just such a nice genuine person. Plus she’s gorgeous.

The drawing was done for the 17th day of Inktober 2019. It was painted with Corel Painter except for the snow which was done with Photoshop using a combination of the scatter brush options and then using a special effects brush. I quite like how it turned out.

This painting has three versions. The original drawing painted of course. And then two versions of her holding an umbrella, one with snow and one without.

Asuka Kato miniskirt #darkcloudxero #加藤明日香 #AsukaKato #Watamote #ワタモテ #私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い! #snow #hachiko #ハチ公… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
(@DarkCloudXERO) January 25, 2020

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Tomoko and Yū Wink

Posted by Nube Obscura on January 15, 2020

Posted in: Artist Project, Chance!, Traditional X Digital, Update. Tagged: Corel Painter, DARKCLOUDXERO, dip pen, g pen, hug, ink, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, peace, pen, scarf, shorts, snow, Tomoko Kuroki, Watamote, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, wink, winter, Yū Naruse. Leave a comment

This is a colored version of the 10th day piece for Inktober 2019. I really like the relationship between Tomoko and Yū. I also love the way it has developed throughout the story. Originally this piece was supposed to be taking place in autumn, but since we are now in winter I decided to put them in a snowy scenery. This piece was painted with Corel Painter.

There are three versions. One “clean”, one with warm breath and one with snow (plus the warm breath). I don’t know how to post them here since they tend to get taken off when posted here. If you click the picture it will take you to Pixiv where you can see all three versions.

Or actually here is a preview from twitter (sadly the previews aren’t full sized).

Tomoko and Yū Wink #darkcloudxero #私がモテないのはどう考えてもお前らが悪い! #ワタモテ #watamote #黒木智子 #成瀬優 #TomokoKuroki #YuNaruse… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…—
(@DarkCloudXERO) January 16, 2020

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2019 17 Asuka Kato miniskirt

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 17, 2019

Posted in: Artist Project, inktober, Update. Tagged: Asuka Kato, Inktober 2019, It's You Guys' Fault I'm Not Popular!, long hair, miniskirt, personal, smile, socks, Sweater, Watamote, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, work. Leave a comment

Today’s pixiv theme is miniskirt. Have been wanting to draw a piece on Asuka Kato for quite a while so I took this chance to do so.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

Inktober 2019 10 Tomoko and Yu Wink

Posted by Nube Obscura on October 10, 2019

Posted in: Artist Project, inktober, Update. Tagged: day 10, dip pen, fall, Inktober 2019, No Matter How I Look at It, pen, personal, scarf, shorts, Sweater, Tomoko Kuroki, Watamote, Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui!, wink, work, Yū Naruse. Leave a comment

Today’s Pixiv theme is wink[ing]. I really like Watamote and wanted to make a piece on it again. Decided to go with Tomoko and Yu. I went with a Fall vibe.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

I thought that I had uploaded the process for this piece when it was only a drawing. But maybe not, I couldn’t really find it. In any case this is the final painting which was first drawn traditionally then painted over with Photoshop. Traditional X Digital. This is going to be a long post… Hope you enjoy (๑ ˊ͈ ᐞ ˋ͈ )ƅ̋

The original drawing was made quite a while ago but I don’t remember when exactly. Looking at the picture properties it says it was on May of this year but I’m pretty sure it was at the very least done last year… In any case I was thinking of doing it traditionally but cleaning it wouldn’t be enough to erase my mistaken lines. So I decided to hold off till I could paint it digitally in a competent way.

This is the line art (which I later had to clean digitally… that took a while (๑⁺᷄д⁺᷅๑)◞՞):

References used:

This is the neighborhood photo I used for reference (I had edited the colors using Photoshop but I made the mistake of not saving it…. ◍´Д‵◍ )

I wanted to use this color scheme at first, but did use it for inspiration over all.

Rough draft (this was the original idea I had and worked from this):

This is the drawing process (Looking at the placement and tools, this truly was a while ago):

So with the drawing done, finally after so many … months… here is the color process:

So at this point I remembered and figured it would be as good time as any to finally fix Yuu chan who I drew too big. If I remember correctly this was one of the reasons I decided to paint it digitally.

Phew… 〝〇〟⊂(｀･Δ･´)⊃〝〇〟

That should be all.

Hasta la proxima,

-NUBE

I really love Watamote. And I really love the development of Kuroki Tomoko. She started out with a skewed view of the world and her place in it, but little by little she started growing up. I think most of the fans tend to resonate with her. We all probably had that moment when we thought or did rather embarrassing things that are hard to think back to, but (at least for me) those experiences make one learn and grow as a person. One can read the manga and look back to one’s own similar experiences and laugh back about it.

Sadly it seems like the anime didn’t rate so well so we only got a season. I loved the anime but it seems like it was taken as a series that was making fun of anime viewers (ahem… otaku…) and people with social deficiencies, would that be the right term? I can see where they are coming from, but for many people like me, it is the exposure and interaction with people that helps with overcoming these problems and looking back at those tough times as a funny moment of my life. But I guess for people who might be stuck in that position it may seem like something else. The OVA also covered some of these issues as well as making fun of the fact that a lot of the popular animes are made up of cliches and generic anime tropes.

All in all, if you haven’t already I truly recommend that you check out the manga which is still ongoing (and has gotten better as it goes) as well as the anime which is a treat to watch. I just warn that you have a strong stomach since it has scenes that are so embarrassing to watch one feels the second hand embarrassment in amazingly high amounts.

Highly recommend it. (ﾉ´ヮ´)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧