illustration + design
I had a couple of themed reference studies to finish up almost done with the last one. I wanted to do a couple of weekend illustrations Halloween themed and I was able to do all of the concepts I wanted to do for it. I really enjoy the Procreate rendering process but I am still running into a layers limitation towards the end of completing an illustration it’s kind of a pain but trying to condense the number of layers so it’s not a problem.
For Octobers character design challenge the theme was Aztec warrior. As usual I had a couple of rough pencil sketches and in the end just worked with a mash of a couple of them into one final illustration. I have a number of weekend model reference studies this is just another in a series. Finally I am big fan of animator @rocketboiart his characters really stand out. I did a weekend personal challenge I took one of his characters and did a small animation featuring her.
Cleaned up a couple of illustrations I had on my drive. The Kipo poster was done after finishing up watching season 2 of Kipo I need to have it printed and hug up in my office. The other couple were rendering exercises I wanted to try using some brushes I never use to render folds and shadows. The woman with the sword was my just having fun illustration I am a huge fan of just modern fashion with cool stylized characters.
Finishing up a summer project but still doing small late night illustrations and animations when I can. I found a couple of shortcuts that help me do quicker animations in Clip Studio studying a lot of frames has helped me realize I can do more with less. I watched Beastars a while back and never got around to posting this fan art. Also a couple of draw this in your style challenges it’s always so much fun to interpret another artist work.
I have been doing 3 hour portrait studies in waves. One night I do a couple of sketches, the next night some rendering and the next night add colors and play with the layers a bit. I have a few more to upload at some point. For this months character design challenge the theme was animal skatepark. I designed a 60’s poodle skateboarder.
Getting back to posting more regularly now. Did a series of studies 1 hour a day I gave myself a week to work on each study avg 4 hours each. Besides that went though a couple of tutorials for audio integration in Clip Studio it’s really coming together. The illustrations posted below are for the monthly character design challenge topic fairy and the other I just wanted to draw an archer.
For this months character design challenge the theme was dinosaur racer. I liked what the initial first concept was in my head and just ran with it. A fan art in honor of finishing Gundam 08th Team fantastic series. Looking at a number of animation books I am still experimenting with a concise animation workflow. I do 90% of the work in Clip Studio select fill paint is pure magic.
I think I am done with my Control illustrations that game really made an impression on me. Besides that going all in on some fan art lately a couple of illustrations from Ghost in the Shell and BNA. I did a couple of concepts but went with a different character for the monthly character design topic Final Fantasy. I went with Yuffie Kisaragi from Final Fantasy VII.
Really trying to get into a habit of doing a couple of illustrations a month in 16:9 format. Always trying to push my storytelling skills higher and higher.
Besides that watching sentai shows at lunch have gotten me into a mood lately. I am constantly drawing dueling character poses before or after point of impact. Two in particular I am using OC’s designed by Rocketboi for his new IP. The other a YA version of a Power Ranger designed by Li.Cree.
Just a few illustrations finished up lately. I was reminded the other day just how great the OP to Record of Lodoss is and wanted to draw a couple of the characters in modern clothing. Recently got around to playing Control for my PS4 it’s a pure visual treat. I made a couple of fan illustrations after finishing the game.
This months character design challenge was doctors/nurses. I went with a doctor who uses his fist to battle viruses.
I want to do more animation but time isn’t infinite so here is a mid-jumpkick pose. I used Marco Nelcor’s sentai character as the reference.
Now that I feel pretty comfortable with Procreate I am doing some more dynamic layouts with the grid and perspective tools. I also want to try using a couple of modeling tools I have on iPad to do rough layouts for scenes. Late night I have been watching random sentai series so I have been doing a number of sentai characters and poses that I need to get around to clean-up and posting.
For April’s character design challenge Norse Goddess Hel and her Hellhound. Also a couple of drawings for draw this in your style challenges. Lately I have been trying to focus more on color saturation and experimenting with a looser style. Spending so much time with Procreate I really feel more and more comfortable as time goes on.
