Not feeling it

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Hikaru

…I was going to redraw a picture I drew back in 2008, but the sketch just… turned out terribly. I really hope I’m just art blocking because ugh;; There’s no flow, the anatomy makes no sense, the clothes make no sense, it’s just utterly wrong and just seems to further confirm my suspicions that I’ve gone backwards instead of forwards in drawing ability.

There’s supposed to be meaning in the picture but eh… I’ll explain it next year when I do it for real and the anatomy actually makes sense and sigh.

Veeeeent. I don’t really like Valentine’s Day. Too commercial, and too relationships-centred (between divorced parents, my mum’s new relationship and watching my brother and friend change a lot as they dated a few years back, I am a little biased), so as a result I spent the day in a bad mood… But ignoring the horrible proportions everywhere I kind of like the expression in this.

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Happy Birthday, Rippy-chan!

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Hikaru

Here’s the finished version of that sketch from the other day ^^ For a really good friend I made on twitter. She’s Japanese, can hardly speak any English, suffers depression, and is one of the nicest people you’ll ever get to know ;~; I love her very much. She’s the one on the left. All I had to reference was a drawing she had done of herself last year, and one conversation we had on twitter where I got an idea of her body type, but she said it looks like her, so phewph ^^ She liked it, I’m so happy. I finished it on the 8th, but today is her birthday.

I tried a different style of inking with this (it’s more loose and flowing and takes far less time) but apparently I did it so large that the lines looked thin when I shrunk it down and you can’t tell the difference. Also, I’ve been studying hands lately, so they look odd…

Yesterday, actually, under mum’s orders. After some 4-5 hours of searching, thus the victory. Also it only cost $19. Much victory :D I decided to post this on facebook yesterday, rather than just write a status about it. I’ve decided I’m going to update fb with pictures illustrating my status rather than just text as much as possible from now on… It’ll force me to practice and hopefully entertain people at the same time. Even if it is just a doodle.

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Sketchbook page 07022011

Posted on February 7, 2011 by Hikaru

I am posting ~from the future~, which I do a lot by the way. I managed to get an entire sketchbook page filled with sketches, which is really rare for me. In ~the future~, the top left picture has been inked and coloured. It will be posted on the 11th (for a friend’s birthday).

The bottom left picture was referenced, kind of. I had no idea how to tackle that kind of pose, so I stared at some pictures on google before drawing it.

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Colour meme part 2

Posted on February 3, 2011 by Hikaru

The next frame in the colour meme~! This was loosely inspired by a vocaloid song called Filozofio -Другой- (the lyrics talk about a black and white world where only the sky is blue and all of the people and animals are black, while the speaker/singer alone is white). Oh look, it’s Eva again. It didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, but working small is hard for me.

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Goku 020211

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Hikaru

雲のマシンで今日も飛ぶのさ～♪
I love Dragonball so much; Goku is ridiculously adorable. This is my first time drawing him, and it was straight onto the computer, so it could be better, but there you go.

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Spying 310111

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Hikaru

I actually had a really productive day today! I spent the day frantically finishing off my first ever commission (!!), then I felt so good after finishing that and having it so well-received, I decided to jump in and start on that colour meme that was floating around a few months ago, as I’d love to get a better grip on colour (in other words, the colour scheme isn’t mine). Needless to say I quickly found out I don’t know how to paint people. But hopefully by the end of this meme, I’ll have improved! (:

On a side note, Eva’s hair is brown… But if you think I have a clue how to show that with only yellows and greens…

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You’re always just a message away

Posted on January 26, 2011 by Hikaru

My chibi drawings need a lot of work. I sketched this yesterday (at… 1am) and finished off CGing it today. I used to be able to get chibis done in a couple of hours, but this probably took 6-8 all up. Oh well, it’s done… Which means I’ve finished all the art I owe people… Which means I can go back to drawing my characters at last :D

I attempted to experiment with cooler shadows. I don’t think it worked, but oh well. I also experimented with putting some backlighting(?) in. I kind of like it.

Here’s the sketchbook page it comes from:

I am actually going to stop drawing myself eventually. Really.

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Feeling a little under the weather

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Hikaru

It’s been a while since I used Flash. I can’t draw proper pictures in there, but cartoony ones are fun.

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Where are you?

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Hikaru

Hey all, I finally have a new completed image to show you all!This was the prize for whoever caught the moment when I hit 10,000 page views over on deviantART a few months ago. As it was, my best friend Cass caught it! <3 Cass’ requested image was a picture of their character and their friend’s character from an RP in an urban setting. Urban setting became somehow became shopping centre, but regardless, here’s what I ended up with. This is my second attempt at portraying a crowd, and I hope I did better this time.

For anyone interested, I have included some detail shots after the break (:

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Gemma 100111

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Hikaru

A late Happy New Year to everyone. I bring you my first drawing of the year. It’s not a good start. For some reason, if I draw straight onto the computer, I can never get anything right.

It’s supposed to be a drawing of one of my friends, like in Maya Broke – this is another girl from my 3D animation class last year, Gemma.

I’m hoping to bring you a finished picture soon!

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