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Behind-the-Scenes October 2022 Week 4: Part 1

Hi Deluxe tier,

I have some WIPs today. Not too much though. I've been having a bit of a rough time these past few days, but I managed to get some sketches done and one of them colored. Anyway, here they are, I'll have more on Wednesday.

October 2022 Artwork Week 4

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork. Each option was suggested by a deluxe patron and were the top three choices from the Art Poll for this month.

1. Previews

2. 3rd Place Erza. For 3rd place I was originally going to do just...

October 2022 Artwork Week 4 Hi-Res

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork. Each option was suggested by a deluxe patron and were the top three choices from the Art Poll for this month.

1. Previews

2. 3rd Place Erza. For 3rd place I was originally going to do just...

Behind-the-Scenes October 2022 Week 3: Part 2

Hi Deluxe Tier,

Here's updated WIPs for this week's art.

1. Erza Sketch. I added color and went ahead and rendered it a bit. I think the texture and colors of on the metal armor came out well. I need to work a bit more on the face. The...

Art Tip: Mapping the Face

Happy Art Tip Tuesday everyone.

Here's a method I use for mapping the faces of my characters. I think it's an easy method for remembering where to put the features, just halves and thirds. Even characters that use the same method can look ve...

Behind-the-Scenes October 2022 Week 3: Part 1

Hi Deluxe tier.

I hope you had a good weekend. Here's some stuff I worked on this weekend.

1. Uzaki WIP. Uzaki got 2nd place in this month's poll with 11 votes so she gets a colored and shaded sketch. It's already more than a sketch be...

October 2022 Artwork Week 3

Hi Everyone.

Here's this week's art.

1: Previews.

2-5: Del Avry, Poste's Roommate. The Poste and roommate drawing I made last month was well received so I decided to draw more. Poste's roommate's full name is Del Avry (it sounds ...

October 2022 Artwork Week 3 Hi-Res

Hi Everyone.

Here's this week's art.

1: Previews.

2-5: Del Avry, Poste's Roommate. The Poste and roommate drawing I made last month was well received so I decided to draw more. Poste's roommate's full name is Del Avry (it sounds ...

Behind-the-Scenes October 2022 Week 2: Part 2

Hi Deluxe tier,

Here's some stuff I worked on these past few days.

1. Goth Roommate WIP. I did a little clean up and rendering all over.

2. Lady D WIP. A bit of rendering and color adjustments. I also forgot she had black roses o...

Art Tip: Drawing the Head in Perspective

Hi everyone.

Happy Art Tip Tuesday. Here I have another art tip to go along with last week's. For more advanced angles of drawing the head, I find it helpful to draw a box as a perspective guide then construct the head from there.

Give...

Behind-the-Scenes October 2022 Week 2: Part 1

Hi Deluxe tier.

Here's some stuff I worked on this weekend. I wanted to get the artworks in progress so I could have time during the week to work on other stuff.

1. Goth Roommate Pinup WIP: A pinup of Poste's roommate bringing in boxes...

October 2022 Artwork Week 2

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork.

1. Previews

2-5: Kawakami Pinup. I felt like sketching up some Kawakami and ended up doing a full pinup painting.

6-7: Tsunade x Sakura. This is a nsfw artwork that was voted on last...

October 2022 Artwork Week 2 Hi-Res

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork.

1. Previews

2-5: Kawakami Pinup. I felt like sketching up some Kawakami and ended up doing a full pinup painting.

6-7: Tsunade x Sakura. This is a nsfw artwork that was voted on last...

Art Tip: Constructing the Head

Happy Art Tip Tuesday, everyone.

Here's a tip for constructing the head. The head can be made up of two basic forms, a flat sphere for the cranium and a wedge for the jaw. This is a good base for adding details on top of as shown with my OCs...

October 2022 Artwork Week 1

Hi everyone!

Here's this week's artwork:

1: Previews.

2-4: Phantom Thief Ivy. I drew Ivy dressed up as Panther from Persona 5 because the game is releasing on Switch this month and Halloween is around the corner. The second one w...

October 2022 Artwork Week 1 Hi-Res

Hi everyone!

Here's this week's artwork:

1: Previews.

2-4: Phantom Thief Ivy. I drew Ivy dressed up as Panther from Persona 5 because the game is releasing on Switch this month and Halloween is around the corner. The second one w...

September 30 Update and Art Previews

Happy Friday, Everyone!

I have art previews and some quick updates/reminders.

First here are the previews:

2022-09-30 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

September 29 Update

Hi everyone.

Happy Thursday. Just have a few quick updates today.

First: I'm working on painting a new comic page and have two artworks in progress (Ivy and Poste) for this upcoming weekend. I'll have previews tomorrow, same time as al...

Art Tip: Face Plate Method

Happy Tuesday everyone,

Here's a tip I use when drawing faces for quick figures. It's a start, more detail/structure can be added later, but I find that this method helps with getting a feel for the placement of the eyes and mouth at differe...

September 26 Update

Hi everyone,

Here's some updates for today:

First, poll reminders. The Tsunade poll will end this week, and I have an art survey too. Don't forget to vote if you'd like.

Tsunade Poll: 2022-09-26 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

Content Survey

Hi Everyone,

I have a question about the content I make.

"Would you prefer I prioritize Artworks, Comics, or Animations?"

I wanted to make a lot more progress on my comic and animations this month, but I got caught up in making t...

Fav Art Poll September 2022 (redo)

It was brought to my attention that I accidentally had Inko on the survey twice with no Isabelle option. I can't edit polls once they've been posted so I've copy and pasted the original post here with the correct options this time. I'm sorry for a...

September 2022 Artwork Week 4

Hi Everyone.

Happy Saturday. Here's this week's art.

1. Previews.

2. Poste Cosplaying Tracer. I went for a complimentary color palette for this one. I think the colors came out well.

3-4. Mirko. I went for a more simple lig...

September 23 Update and Art Previews

Happy Friday everyone!

I really need this weekend, this week was hard to get through but we made it.

Anyway, here's some art previews and updates.

First the art previews:

2022-09-23 23:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post

September 22 Update

Hi everyone.

Just another short update today.

I have 2/3 artworks just about ready for Saturday, and am working on the last one. They are the top three from the art poll this month: Mirko, Poste, Urbosa. I'll have previews tomorrow. 2022-09-22 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

October Tsunade Poll

Hi everyone,

It's time for a new Tsunade poll for October.

There are SFW and NSFW options. The SFW options will come with nude versions.

In the event of a tie, I'll be the tiebreaker.

You can vote for as many options as you...

Art Tip: One-Point Perspective Practice

Hi everyone.

Here's some suggested practice to improve one-point perspective. I made some examples as practice for myself as well.

I sort of intended level 1 to be easier than levels 2 and 3 (going up in difficulty). It's also more gea...

September 19 Update

Hi Everyone.

Happy Monday. Just a short update today.

First, I'm working on the Art Poll stuff this week. I have Poste and Mirko started. WIPs were posted yesterday. Here's a tease:

2022-09-19 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

September 2022 Artwork Week 3

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork.

1. Previews.

2-3. Calla Boob Squeeze. I used the Deluxe poll from earlier this month to decide on a new Calla painting. A Boob Squeeze artwork was chosen. In my head, Calla is very stoic a...

September 16 Update

Happy Friday everyone.

I have some stuff today, mostly art previews and poll results. But first: Thank you to the new patrons who joined over this week!

First here are the art previews:

2022-09-16 23:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post