Aaaaand that's how it's done! A bit (haha, yeah, right, "A BIT") overdone with the backgrounds details, but this is how I try to channel Kirby's aesthetic excess, I guess?...
Also -the usual:
2020-12-22 10:00:02 +0000 UTC
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Posting only half of the inking process because of how gargantuan the commission is! But, for a change - here's also some sketches (last 7 pictures). I very rarely share pencils of my work separately - especially for commissions - but in this case, the scribbles I made were very fun on their own.
Come back tomorrow for the second half of the process photos and the finished piece itself! 2020-12-21 17:28:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Did any of you noticed yesterday the change in the wooden spikes between the last process photo and the scanned version of the drawing?
Well, here's the thing - I kinda overdid it with those spikes at the very beginning, with all the textures and mold, so it really needed some cleaning up at the end. And thus, I fetched my white ink, used by me maybe 2 or 3 times a year!
Also, t...
2020-12-20 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been hoping to one day be commissioned to draw my all-time favorite character from my all-time favorite cartoon (ok, "animated film" XD) - and it FINALLY happened this year!
This ended up being one of the the most complicated art pieces I've done in my life, and it was 100% worth it.
Enjoy!
2020-12-19 20:14:24 +0000 UTC
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Buckle up - we're going to A3 Commissions Country! Whooooo!
I've been staying away from "bleeding" pages for 95% of my work, but in Yesaul, I decided to let loose a few of the bigger panels and let them really overflow from the panel borders.
A simple thing, done by so many so easily, and yet my head is still spinning, haha!
(No panel border angled at anything other than 90 degrees, tho. We're running a comics business, not ...
2020-12-18 12:15:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Kinda forgot to take proper process pictures, but here they are -
Forrest Kaysen:
Laura Parton:
Hooo boy! That was a REALLY fun one <3
now someone, commission me to draw her in her main costume, too!
Continuing with the process posts!
I bet some of you have already got PDFs of the anthology in your Kickstarter updates - how did you find it?
Revolver Ocelot! Faye Valentine! Final Fantasy! Dorohedoro! DUNE! First Knife! Sekiro! Yellow Angel AND Batman! Nemesis the Warlock! Prophet! Zagreus! Harry Du Bois! Dororo! GEEEEESE! And Much, much more here - and to come next ^___^
2020-12-09 12:47:00 +0000 UTC View Post
(or, as they also call him, "Artem Dumov")
I really cant express well enough how much I appreciate Artyom's input on the story - from the "meat" he grew on my incredibly primitive story bones ("Artyom, please make up a proper story about a deserter from the weird sci-fi space version of Baron Ungern's army for me!"), to the 3D models I used and layouts he drew fo...
2020-12-08 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
(This post is going live for all patrons of all tiers to show you what's going on on $3+ tiers! )
Here they are, the first 7 pages of "Yesaul "!
We completed our work on it (and, basically, the entire Dagger Dagger anthology itself) yesterday. Since its conception, the story grew almost 2 times bigger and spawned an entire universe in our ...
2020-12-05 18:36:22 +0000 UTC View Post
When I do grey tones in my artwork, I almost always think of them in means of creating future screentones rather then sticking to solid greys. And yes, those greys look good on physical originals (I'm just a little bit against the current trend of slathering every inch of commissions with actual physical screentones), but when I see my art in print or on scree, I need me some DOTS. n That...
2020-11-28 12:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Love me some iconic steamy action by José Luis García-López ^____^
With how samey general line Gundams are, it's still very fun to make some of them more lean and some of them bulky as hell.
But please, for the sake of future zine - commission me to draw more "bad" guys of the Gundam universe! :D
Hey there, fellow Slavic Nihilists and sympathizers!
Here's the very first, opening page of "Yesaul" for your pleasure:
I was really nervous about this one - First Pages are kinds important for this here Yojimbo/traversing and inhabiting deserted spaces fan, you...
2020-11-25 16:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a classic case of me going full Louis Wain on my drawings. And I won't lie - I LOVE going into this mode! Also, in my time, I hope to draw all of the Moorcock bois.
Here they are - my absolute favorite dynamic manga duo <3
*repeatedly slaps knee very loudly* HELMETS HELMETS HELMETS
Why don't they just call it "Star Helmets" ? That's what the entire franchise is about anyway, right?!! <3
Had a huge, tremendous pleasure of finally sitting my ass down to draw Kenzo Okuzaki (from The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On) for a friend. I hate drawing portraits in general, but every once in a while you come across a human being so fascinating, that even their face becomes a harrowing image you just need to translate onto paper. So, I needed to get this potential...
2020-11-17 08:35:58 +0000 UTC View Post
My Slavic Nihilism zines are back on the menu after the recent reprint, and it means tons and tons of sketches I have to draw inside them! If you've ordered some for yourself recently - be careful not to spoil anything for yourself here ;) Maybe even skip the post! I don't mind and won't feel hurt!
2020-11-10 08:48:13 +0000 UTC View Post
(I'm posting these pages completely out of order, and I am sorry for any future confusion in your memory T____T )
This page is pretty spoopy, so happy Halloween to you all tomorrow! <3
Bonus: some battle animals designed by 2020-10-30 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
This was actually the very first page of my next Dune sketchbook, bu I've kept my initial sketch untouched in pencils for almost two months before finally getting to finish it this week. What do you think about this Irulan? A pretty unorthodox drawing for her, I suppose.
Also - my reference for the lion mural:
2020-10-29 10:00:03 +0000 UTC
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A small post to praise my new friend - a block of small paper squares usually used for notes and memos (I’m sure you are familiar with the concept). Recently I’ve been using them to sketch - sometimes even during Zoom calls - and very often it ends in some very interesting results. If you pay close attention to the photo, you’ll notice that both versions of my recent Sandworms and the Gui...
2020-10-27 15:06:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Welp! That sure was a colossal amount of work for one page, hahaha.
Flipping through the process photos above, you could notice some pretty dramatic edits happening to the page on later stages. And I'm still going to clear out even more of background inks and grey tones from panel 1, because I obviously got carried away in the process there. That's what I'm calling "meditative drawing", a...
2020-10-26 20:02:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Pretty basic, but expressive designs, huh?
2020-10-26 14:17:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Back to semi-regular posting, yay? Very happy about this one. Took me two tries to nail the bastard, but, ladies and gentlemen, we got him! Same creature design, but completely different tone and character - thanks to all the tech-jewellery, lil' pee-pee and entourage.
(Also, here's that old Navigator piece from before!)
2020-10-23 07:18:47 +0000 UTC
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Hey fellow $3+ nihilists! Look! This is what happens when I decide to show Thomas King and his cronies what a REAL ninegrid is ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).
(I probably shouldn't show every single page I do for this story here, but I love it so muuuuuuuuch T____T And I need to share it with people!)
Anyway, as usual - pencils versus inks:
2020-10-21 16:48:57 +0000 UTC
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(Don't miss the first post here!)
Rare occurrence: me redrawing a huge chunk of a commission from the scratch??? Welp, first of all, on my initial drawing I ended up using too much white ink (to get rid of some "dirt" around the letters), and the paint in big amounts looks too messy f...
2020-10-21 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
