idk why but im always intrigued by cool eye sketches like those :O good job and keep up the great work! :]I also did that thing with the eyes again, this time trying out a wider range of drawing styles:
On top of that, I'm working on developing a new style for illustrations with a heavier emphasis on gradients. Not much to show for it now, but here's one of the test products:
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Mini's Logos, Sketches and Assorted Nonsense
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I generally don't take requests unless it's something for the website itself. Sorry!
Some nonsensical doodles of some little mons:
Plus a couple fully developed ones:
I'm trying to be a bit less anal in general about my artwork, and try to just have more fun with it without fussing completely on the quality to the point that it becomes stressful to draw. I may end up posting more of these silly sketchbook pages and short, experimental drawings as a result.
Nice drawings MiniArchitect! I secretly wish to have that cartooning skills of yours. They look really smooth.Some nonsensical doodles of some little mons:
Plus a couple fully developed ones:
If it's okay to ask, what software do you use to create these?
Thank you! I use Adobe Illustrator for most of my artwork, which for me is more interesting to work with in comparison to other drawing programs.
Another weird test product working with gradients:
Voltorb makes for an easy guinea pig since he's like... just a circle and all.
I like the recent doodles and fully finished images you posted, they have a relaxing cartoonish vibe that's really pleasant to look at, so from my point of view I'd definitely look forward to more of that kind of stuff. And of course, kudos on experimenting with so many different styles as of lately ^^
Thank you! One of the biggest faults I've felt with my artwork thus far is that there was little variety to it, so it would grow stale to me after a while. I'm hoping by making some more radical stylistic choices and working in a less deliberate manner I can mix things up, and make my artwork more captivating.
Another sorta WIP thing:
Not sure if I'll work on it more, but still kinda neat.
Sorry, but I'm still not taking them as of now.
Working on some more expression and pose practice:
I've been trapped in my apartment because of snow for the past three days :(
Gave me some time to work on additional practice work though:Loose arm structures in pencil:
Attempted to get some practice in with my tablet after neglecting to pick it up for a few months. Still sort of hard to get used to:
And then some hand studies on newsprint with colored pencil:
Something fun I've been working on over the past couple days:
Plus the initial sketch:
I feel like I need to get better control of light and shading in my drawings. I have a habit of only adding shadows and highlights along the edges, and end up with big open areas of flat color that I don't know what to do with.
I also wanted to make one of these for Misty with Staryu+Starmie but this one ended up taking around 11 hours or so and I don't have the patience for another e.e
I did some gesture drawing over the weekend:
Plus, some sketches from the first assignment for my new illustration course, to draw skulls in varying degrees of realism:Blue pages are 1-minute poses, purple are 2-minutes, and red are 5-minutes.
Some things I've been up to lately:
For the Flying Press article Otterly Amazing:
And some gesture / pose work to practice with my tablet:
Some short, 30 - 60 sec poses compiled together:
Pose studies from photos, each done in roughly 1hr 30min
Remember this? I've been trying to work with this style again for an illustration for one of my courses. Still definitely a work in progress though:On top of that, I'm working on developing a new style for illustrations with a heavier emphasis on gradients. Not much to show for it now, but here's one of the test products:
The subject is this guy named Charles Babbage. A bit too tired to run through the all the info right now, but the gist of it is he invented the Difference Engine, a massive machine that was in essence the world's first calculator, which later came to be used to develop computers and programming language.
Here's the original sketches to go with it:
Finished!
Or at least as finished as it's gonna get, too many other projects to work on to add all the other background elements from the sketch in there.
I'm pretty happy with how this turned out! There was a lot of blending and overlaying gradients together to smooth out the colors, and the result is pretty far from the style I traditionally work in.
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Lookin' dope dude, I think you might want to roll witha different background color though since the red you have makes the contrast look a lot weakerNo gamefreak couldn't make octillery into a better mega no matter how hard they try. You're OOZING TALENT. (pun with ink guys)
Man, I haven't thought about that Mega Octillery in a long time. Thanks for the kind comment!
In more recent news, here's my Mega Diancie for Pokemon of the Week:
Plus a few progress shots; kinda wish I saved a few more versions along the way to better illustrate the progression from sketch to the final version, but this should still get the idea across.
This represents a lot of firsts for me. First time I drew the base sketch entirely with my tablet, rather than with pencil and paper, first time utilizing gradients to such a great extent in a large-scale illustration, first time working with such a heavily angular style and mixing it with round and curved elements. This is one of the most interesting things I've made in a while, and I feel it was worth all the effort in the end.
...even if it did take 3+ months to complete.
For the second run of the Smogon Classic, I revisited the project and completed the remaining two logos for the DPP and BW cup!
Special mention: the DPP Cup's design was partially inspired by aXl 's Heatran sketch from a few months back!Last edited:
Hey quick question, are you taking requests for banners? I have a RMT called Whimsikrow, and I have a rough draft of the banner, but was wondering if you could complete it, because holy crap your art is sick. Lol. I will edit this post with the rough draft in it, cuz im on mobile right now
Keep up the good work!
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That's the best darkest art I've seen. Great job! ^. ^Another sorta WIP thing:
Not sure if I'll work on it more, but still kinda neat.Users Who Are Viewing This Thread (Users: 1, Guests: 0)
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