: Why don't you take a seat?
Sunday, March 7 2010
I feel like I could have pushed this piece further. Steve's design has gotten simpler since I last drew him. I still look back on that old piece and shake my head. I think it's because he's just not an enjoyable character to draw. I really like how the expression turned out here though. You get the feeling that he has no respect for anybody.
: somebody likes robots
Thursday, March 4 2010
Man I am so sick of randomly thinking up great summaries for my updates in the shower at midnight but then when I sit down to post the new piece right after finishing it...I got nothin! Well one thing I can say is while I like this drawing, I know it has issues.
On the plus side, it has LESS issues than most of my drawings with actual backgrounds. The computer monitors on the left are the light source, but like the rest of the background, they are too plain and seem out of place. The shadows on wall behind Byon are off, but they SEEM correct. There are a ton of glowing objects and the shadows should be darker in some places. Maybe it's good that I know what's wrong. I did try to fix these things and I even had an elaborate background with explosions and flying objects. I felt it was too busy and kept the focus on the characters.
I had an idea of what I was going to do next and then I immediately forgot WOOOO.
: Who's to say I can't update twice in one week!
Friday, February 26 2010
No that's actually a question.
This was going to be my next "big piece" as I usually get a new one done each week. I actually did this all in one sitting a few hours after finishing up Cammy. It could definitely be better, but I take this as practice for finishing up more quickly and leaving inaccuracies in on purpose. Gainax would have wanted it this way. I also have a couple more sketches that I could post. Some day maybe...
: I drew a Cammy
Thursday, February 25 2010
Seriously, sometimes I just have nothing when it comes to thinking up a clever title.
I feel like her head may be a little big and the perspective in general may be off, but overall I like how this turned out. I would like to try something rough for my next piece. Whoa just as I typed that, I immediately thought Gurren Lagann. Hmmm...
: the dark forest
Saturday, February 20 2010
Every time I think about drawing Breeze, I figure I should draw her with her brothers, but MAN that takes a while. Looking back at the drawing I did of all three of them, this one is definitely better.
I feel like the lighting on her could be better, but I don't usually draw characters with dark skin and it was a little tough to work out. Also I drew the background after the base colors were down so that was my mistake. Regardless, it was worth the effort as I think this Breeze looks much more like my original vision than ever.
: The Forbidden Love of HonGief
Friday, February 12 2010
Inspired by an internet video.
Definitely the gayest thing I've ever drawn.
: New logo for the new year
Wednesday, February 3 2010
Technically I spent half of January working on this logo header, but in the gallery it will be listed as February. As usual, Cilvia looks the best. Comparing the logo from last April to this one really shows how my work has changed. Over the course of 2009 I...
-stopped using multiple layers
-stopped using rough black outlines
-started to use a hard brush for better blending and texture
-went back to drawing an outline first
-realized shadows aren't as soft as I thought
-started using hard light layers for shiny and glowing things
-gradually used more varieties of brush opacity, ranging from 1 to 100%
Well that list was more for my sake than anything else. Now for the standard links. The top one is the old logo, the bottom one is the new one at twice the size it is on this page.
: More than a week late but still good
Wednesday, January 13 2010
So I wasn't too pleased with my last drawing, and when I can't seem to get something right, I draw Cilvia. Cilvia never lets me down.
My only major concern here is that she looks a little too young. Other than that, this is what Cilvia looks like. I think she turned out right and I think the water sprite that I have been putting off for so long also looks pretty juicy. I could have kept going on him, but I think I would have ruined it soon after I stopped here.
As for the subject line, this drawing was practically done last Monday. I had numerous computer hardware issues to deal with over the past week and I would like to say that they are now resolved. Well my new video card likes to drop me out of dualview mode when I turn my TV off and I had to reinstall my tablet driver BUT OTHER THAN THAT I think I can be happy with drawing again. My next piece has 9 characters in it. Still not breaking the Valkyria record, but it's damn close.
: the last time this year, i swear!
Tuesday, December 29 2009
My initial concept for Luciliae was very simple:
-glasses
-blue hair
-sort of alien-looking
Just about every time I drew her, I had strange animal/elfish looking ears and I always hated it. I never wanted to make her look like a furry...but then I saw Avatar! If James Cameron has taught me nothing else, it is that aliens are furries. So this time, finally, Luci has special ears.
That's a whole lot of build up for a whole lot of nothin! I would love to be able to animate sprites day after day, but I just can't stop illustrating. Maybe I'll post the pre-sprite animation for what I am currently working on. I had to take a break from sprites because I wanted to draw Luci again. Overall I'm not even sure if I like it. I want her to have some kind of face marking.
: Zetch is crouching again
Friday, December 18 2009
So after I "finished" Tomoe's stance, I realized how much I wanted to fix Zetch. I changed a lot so I had to go back and redo his crouch animation as well. I added some more frames and just touched it up in general. The left one is the new one.
I have an idle animation for his crouch in mind, but I'm not sure if I want to do that now or move on to his stance.
