Commission Work for Null_Blastio, featuring their original character, Morag Hettrick!
Man, this was was a toughie when it came to the lighting, seriously.
This commission also presented challenges that were really fun to solve, and raised a lot of questions about how to handle lighting in the future. The character posing was really quick to nail down, as the very first sketch that I...
2020-07-24 11:07:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This was commission by Gihyou, to create a new original character by the name, Sonia.
I really enjoyed putting this character together, as most of the challenges revolved around how to present the character in a way that isn't just completely static or overly complicated. The biggest thing about creating new characters is really being able to present that character without making it hard ...
2020-07-23 11:56:22 +0000 UTC View Post
3 individual partially-finished works, with the PSD versions in the next post!
There haven't been too many opportunities to upload any of the non-commission work these days. Since none of these are really 100% finished works, it feels right to stick em all together. I don't know how I'll be uploading these to instagram, but we'll see how I puzzle that out.
All of these works were do...
2020-07-20 12:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostHey guys!
Since commissions have been going, it's been hard to find time to do my own thing.
That said, I've been spending a little time experimenting and doing a bit of painting when I have the chance. Since I can't seem to find any good time to upload them between commissions (as I like to leave a day or 2 in between each upload), I'll be taking the chance we have tomorrow to drop...
2020-07-19 18:46:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Commission work for Aaxita, of their original character, Ann.
I'm really liking the shapes in value these days, I think I'm making a lot of progress! Here, we got to do a lot of that with an environment, and it was actually really enjoyable. I think as we keep working toward improvement, we'll see more and more growth in both character and backgrounds.
Hopefully I keep it up!<...
2020-07-17 19:22:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Commission work for FatesDreams of his original character, Geela "Happiness" Legacy.
This commission was really cool, coming off the cusp of a weekend of poor sleep but effective practice! The first two sessions working on this were normal, but the third came after a weekend of super janked sleep. I have two works from that weekend that I'll be posting soon.
During my janked s...
2020-07-14 08:55:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Some commission work for RageCakes, of them, their spouse, and their best friend!
This one was super cool! It took a little longer than usual to finish but that's to be expected with this number of characters. Luckily, none of these characters were wearing anything too complicated as FF14 designs are typically pretty complicated. I got to try some new techniques around the 2/3 point in th...
2020-07-09 20:50:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Some commission work for Divercia, of Inori from Guilty Crown wearing a cat-themed onesie.
This commission was submitted to me as a gift for Divercia's friend, Jonny, and the cat onesie is supposedly an inside joke amongst friends! It turned out really nicely, I'm liking the colours and shapes. It took a few adjustments to the sketch before I was really happy with the pose we have now. I ...
2020-07-06 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Some commission work for WayTooDistracted, of their original character, Amon.
This character is intended to be inserted into the Boku no Hero Academia universe, and it was a really cool design that I got to work on!
We went through a few talks during the stream about how the design should look, given that the complete character hadn't been assembled before I was given the comm...
2020-07-03 10:18:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This commission for Arra of their characters, Galahad and Jeanne were finished the other night!
I'm really fortunate to get commissions with characters like these that are so enjoyable to work on. I actually had to redraw this one from its original iteration because I didn't feel like the original version had enough emotion and intensity to it.
I'm still working out a fe...
2020-06-25 15:59:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Decided that since I'm going to be mostly busy with commissions for the next little while, I should probably find some time to do my own work in between all of it so that Patreon still gets cool exclusive stuff for it!
This is a quick little paint, not quite finished, but it's definitely a fun design I got to put together. It's got this kind of weird mix of .Hack and BlazBlue feeling to i...
2020-06-23 12:09:06 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a commission for Teekums, of their original character, Arrasyl Reinhart!
Was a pretty tough commission given that not only is there a lot going on in the armour, the pose had to be somewhat dynamic, and some surfaces were particularly challenging to represent when going into the paint.
I do think we managed to convey the character in a really cool way in the end!
Some commission work for Glitch, of an older character of theirs named Valkyrie-Chan, with some design inspiration pulled from Macross.
Continuing from the Sweater painting, however, we're working to carry along this stylistic use of line and colour that I've grown really attached to. I think this round of commissions will have a very distinct look to them, and we've kicked off really str...
2020-06-18 05:12:05 +0000 UTC View Post
This was a really, really fun one to work on!
During the sketching portion, I was really drawn in by the expression of the face and decided we'd be rendering it. Still exploring my options for design in sketch line weighting and the overall visual aesthetic but this is definitely hitting just about all the right notes. I really hope that future works of mine follow this direction. 2020-06-15 13:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm feeling pretty good about this one!
We've been taking steps toward a more concise stylization since I'm a little tired of trying to be something I'm not in regards to my style. I keep trying to get rid of lines and paint things out of the work that I actually like.
There's still a lot of things that I could do with the colours and general rendering that would be better, bu...
2020-06-11 19:29:29 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a Final Fantasy Red Mage inspired design, worked on in about 6-8 hours during a Sunday podcast with JayAxer!
I did spend a little bit doing the sketch during a previous stream, too.
I was actually pretty worried I wasn't going to get much done on it, but I haven't touched it since and the only thing that isn't particularly presentable is the fire. That said, I don't plan to ...
2020-06-05 09:30:54 +0000 UTC View Post
So I've finally finished the Troll Hunter!
It's a little bit out of the ordinary but definitely something that I'm pretty proud of as a whole. It was pretty difficult after a certain point because it started feeling like I was just polishing parts that didn't make much of an impact on the whole scene. I could have definitely gone in more depth for the background and such, but I thin...
2020-06-02 08:56:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This Alice in Wonderland inspired character bust design was a ton of fun to do!
I really feel like we're starting to nail down colours and work out just what makes everything click, colour-wise. This feel to the depth and tonality in the colour temperatures is something I've been looking for, for a long time- and we're finally starting to nail it!
This also marks the debut of our ne...
2020-05-27 14:47:36 +0000 UTC View Post
My first post in just about forever!
I'm still working my head around how Patreon works since I have been pretty inactive here for a while, but it looks about the same as I remember it! I'll be testing out Patron Early Access to see how that goes, figuring out how long it should be and everything.
Anyway, this is a thing that I did early in the morning when I had a bit of a realizat...
2020-05-26 08:15:24 +0000 UTC View PostSince DeviantArt has kind of transitioned to its new layout that I'm really not a fan of- I might actually start working on this page a bit more! It'll take some time, but I think it'll be a good idea because you guys here have been supporting me despite the lack of content here.
Anyway, the plan is to start renovating the page, dusting off some old text and writing new stuff! It'll basic...
2020-05-25 11:24:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys, I know being a patron hasn't really offered much in the way of rewards these days, but I really hope that everyone patron-or-not has enjoyed the livestreams on Twitch.
Some of you may remember that I've mentioned the possibility of doing mini-workshops exclusively for Patrons some time down the line.
These workshops will be exclusive to people on the community Discord...
2019-10-30 20:29:12 +0000 UTC View Post