Some things

Uh, wow, it's certainly been a long time since I updated this thread.

Lately I've been trying to make an effort to do more in Photoshop.

Digital stuff - mostly Pokemon and Zelda fanart, some studies:
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(^Study of this picture)
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Figure drawings:
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Sketchbook stuff:
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Mother

Pro Adventurer
AKA
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Especially love the figure drawings, as well as the skull and statue head. You're so talented!
 

Cookie Monster

NOM NOM NOM
Uh, wow, it's certainly been a long time since I updated this thread.

Lately I've been trying to make an effort to do more in Photoshop.

Digital stuff - mostly Pokemon and Zelda fanart, some studies:
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(^Study of this picture)
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Figure drawings:
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Sketchbook stuff:
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Good to see you're still around. Love the work, especially the figure drawing. Makes me want to pick up some charcoal again. It's been too damn long.
 
Thanks for the comments! Cookie Monster, I hope you get the chance to do some figure drawing again!

More of the same sorts of things:
Digital (Pokemon, Zelda, clouds)
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I used phone pics for these cloud studies. I'd like to get to the point where I can sort of invent more in terms of color, since phone pics obviously aren't the best reference.
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Figure drawings:
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^Messed up the abs/torso, but I think I did better than I usually do with the legs.
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Sketches:
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Thanks!

Digital:
Trying out the lineless coloring look:
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Some faux watercolor Minish Cap Links:
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Kitaro:
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EDIT: The arm looked a tad too thin and the hand too small, so tried to resize them a bit.
Hopefully the legs/feet/sandals look alright - I did what I could, but I didn't really know what I was doing with those. Also, if anyone's interested, here's my first pass at it:
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(And the initial, old sketch:
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All the sketches I post are pretty old since I am behind in scanning my sketchbooks)
The main issue I tried to fix was that it didn't have the upper torso twist that happens when running.

Sketches:
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Haha, thanks! But I'm no good at coming up with new designs, I just like having fun with the existing ones. The more recent generations have been somewhat of a mixed bag for me, but there are still a number of designs I really like. I do definitely have a soft spot for the earlier gens, could be nostalgia, but I think Gen 2 and Gen 3 strike a really nice balance between simplicity and fantastical elements, and Gen 1 is classic.
 

wander

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You are too modest. I've been telling you how fucking sick your artwork is for a decade. now sure, that's not the most helpful thing to hear, but what can I hope to tell a pro?

maybe if I adopt my hip persona for a moment... and lay it down plain...

Technique goes without saying is sublime. You know you can improve in the "we are all students, said the grand master" sort of way...

but what I want to say is that your aesthetic is sick.

and it's all yours. and lots of people who can draw don't have that. they just make stuff that looks like everyone else's "I watched youtube videos on speed painting for a year" art. it's nice but it's not art. you make gengar, a cool dude, into art. mad props.

And I'm not alone. I know you've come up with some dope shit, Pokémon or otherwise.

This stuff is super dope. looks like it belongs in an artwork book released in honor of the game you were lead designer on.

that people bought

like paid actual money for. at exclusive events and then scanned for online peasants who couldn't get tickets to said events.

one day, I'ma attend an event like that, and I'ma find your table at the event and be like "sup, I'm a dude who lives on the internet, seriously no permanent address comes close to my internet hours, and I'd like your signature on this bad boy *lifts gengar plushie aloft* if you would honor me"
 
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Aw, thanks, wander - that made my day! That's legit the nicest comment I've ever gotten.

Few more Pokemon sketches, these are the last of the things that I have scanned so far:
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And I've been messing around with that Kitaro running drawing because it's been bothering me, but I think I've just gotta move on at this point and try a simpler pose (and start from scratch, not on top of an old sketch).
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I've still been trying to do digital stuff more often (gotta get the most out of that PS CC subscription :monster: ); the digital things and figure drawings are from this year, the sketchbook stuff is quite a bit older since I'm still behind in scanning my sketchbooks.

Digital:
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^The bandana folds were giving me trouble, not sure if this one's better?

Figure drawing:
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(^Messed up the leg length on this one, there's always some proportional issue that trips me up)

Sketchbook (almost all Pokemon :monster: ):
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Digital:
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^For the above two for the soccer ball I traced over a soccer ball model from sketchfab (I had no hope of getting the hexagons and pentagons right, otherwise), but the model and artist's account seem to have been deleted, so I can't link back to it anymore, unfortunately.
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^This is a study of this photo of a sculpture.
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^I don't really like this one, but it took forever so I might as well post it, I guess. I redrew/painted the head like three times and I still can't get the forms to look right. I think in general, when drawing, I have a problem with depicting which things should be further forward or back more in 3D space; I don't seem to notice the problems when I sketch, and so when I clean up/paint my drawings it becomes really frustrating.

Sketchbook:
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I may post some figure drawings later, once I get them off my phone and resize them.

Thanks for looking!
 
Digital:
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A study of some clouds; I wanted to test out starting with a warm underpainting (basically just an orange layer here).
Sarazanmai fanart:
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Gutsy Frog fanart:
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Figure drawings:
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I've not done any figure drawing since early on this year (since COVID happened). The place I go to has started up in person sessions again but I've not been going because I'm trying to be really cautious. I've likely gotten super rusty so I should probably start practicing with photos or something.
 

Glaurung

Forgot the cutesy in my other pants. Sorry.
AKA
Mama Dragon
Ah, I remember Gutsy Frog!!

Those figure drawings are pretty good. Practicing with photos is not the same, but it's a good substitute.
 
It's funny, Gutsy Frog is relatively "new" to me since it's only been getting an English fansub for the past few years. Official English subs do exist but I think it's only ever aired on like literally one channel in California or something (interestingly, there was some live-action TV movie being produced a few years ago but it's unclear if it ever aired lol). The US didn't seem to get as much classic anime in the past as Europe or other regions.

Yeah, working from photos isn't the same - the big drawback, IMO, is lighting/values. Still, there are some benefits like being able to study poses that a model wouldn't be able to hold for a long pose and being able to take as much time with it as you need (as you can see, I rarely make it to the actual shading stage :monster: ).
 
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