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Surprise! Another post on the same day?! I wanted to post the Kerry Eurodyne illustration I keep mentioning but forget to post, lol. Not this time. (⌐■_■) I made this illustration a few months back, I was experimenting with brushes & my art style. There were a few things I was happy with here like the background. It was a bit more abstract but I liked the colors. The illustration itself needs more work. Some things weren't proportioned correctly, I need to pause regularly & distance myself so I can spot these mistakes earlier. I also need to work on fabric folds. I kinda bs-ed it. Fabric is something that tends to give me trouble, especially when rendering. Need to do more fabric studies so I can at least bs more accurately, lol. ໒(⊙ᴗ⊙)७✎▤ Capturing texture is also hard. But I'll get the hang of it with time.

SAMURAI

Apr. 29th, 2024 11:28 pm
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Yes, the long awaited SAMURAI piece is here! I actually finished this a few weeks back, but I was on the art grind. (ง'̀-'́)ง This illustration was a fun challenge. It was my first time drawing five people in one illustration. Coordinating that and trying to make them not seem stiff was troublesome, lol. I still think some of them look stiff but practice makes perfect. I'll get that down eventually. The background also gave me a hard time, that's something else I want to improve on this year. I'm not 100% satisfied with it, but I did learn quite a bit and incorporated that into the next piece, which I felt helped it.

I based this illustration off one of the No Doubt photo shoots, I love fun band shoots and wanted to do that for SAMURAI because I find that kind of fan content lacking. So I must will it into existence, lol. ᕙ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ I'm also currently working on another one that's based off of Alice In Chains. That one's kinda goofy. Working on their expressions has been a treat. Although for that one, it's gonna be one member short because I couldn't figure out how to incorporate her into the piece. I feel like these fun challenges will pay off, I experiment and learn something new each time. ⸂⸂⸜(രᴗര๑)⸝⸃⸃

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A Kerry piece to accompany Johnny’s. I wanted these two art pieces to complement one another. I referenced photos from one of Miyavi's photo shoots for the both of them. He looked so badass in these shoots so I drew Johnny and Kerry with his pose and set. He’s such a stylish guy and an awesome musician, I love the way he plays guitar.

I’m really glad I was able to create more in line with what I had envisioned this time around. Like I was able to get the colors I wanted and the values. I feel like I improved there. I'll most likely revisit the Johnny piece and make the corrections now that I know what to look for. The challenging part about the Kerry piece were his tattoos of course. I had to guess how they would wrap around his arm. Do I think I captured it accurately? No, but I did my best, lol. It was good enough for now.

I finished the Hazbin Hotel headshots, I'm really glad to see the improvements there. The first time I drew them were back in 2021, it's nice to see how far I've come. I'm also getting ideas for the Rogue piece, I might do my own little photo shoot so I can have references to work off of. I'm excited to draw her mohawk again. <3 I also have ideas for a SAMURAI piece but I want to look at band photo refs and I might want to do one for Alt, her netrunner outfit is too cool to pass up. The CP 2077 brainrot continues, but hell am I having fun lol.


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A young Johnny & Kerry! I had loads of fun drawing this piece. I loved drawing Kerry's mullet, he so totally rocked it. I'm slowly getting the hang of the tattoos. I had an easier time with Johnny's tatts though, had a breakthrough with his snake tattoo. I finally figured it out, lol. ᕙ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ᕗ Kerry's tatt's on the other hand, those are gonna take me a bit, especially his older (2077) self's tatts. Like yes, they look hella sick but they are also the bane of my existence. They always take more time to do. Perhaps, in the future I'll nail them since I can't help but feel the insane compulsion to keep drawing him, lol. (ಥ ͜ʖಥ)

Currently have two more CP2077 pieces sketched out, I wanna play around with colors and lighting. I also have plans to redraw some Hazbin Hotel headshots I did back in 2021, I think it'll be fun to compare how much has changed and I watched the series. Gah, I loved it. I love Sir Pentious and Lucifer, lmao. Ψ(ه’́⌣’̀ه ) Those two had me cackling.


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Another Kerry Eurodyne pic, referenced a shot of Miyavi's for the pose. I loved how dynamic he looked in the photo, so I wanted to capture that for Kerry. For this illustration, I wanted to work on dynamic poses and try out a new way to do leather/latex. I want the characters to look less stiff when I draw them. I also want the clothes to look more tactile. I feel like with this illustration I was able to take a step in that direction, which I'm proud of. I know it's not perfect (don't think it ever will be) but I'm improving.

Still gotta work on incorporating backgrounds. This one turned out alright. I also have to work on lighting. I want the piece to feel cohesive. I'm not quite there yet. But as the year continues, I'll chip away at it. I'm excited for the challenge.


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Thanks @/elvenbeard for allowing me to reference your work, your model was absolutely stunning!
This piece gave me a bit of trouble. First with the background, I had to change it a few times before I settled on this. lol. Then, it was the tattoos (I left those for last). His tattoos were so troublesome to draw and even now they're not like 100% accurate, but that's just how it's gonna be for the meantime. Overall, I had fun working on this piece and all the little challenges that came with it. I feel like I leveled up with this one.

Also, I just absolutely adore Kerry! He's so sassy, stylish, and petty; it's great! lol. And his voice, I freakin' love his voice! (Both the speaking voice & singing voice.) Simply divine!


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