Argh.

Prepare for ugly!

Okay, I'm going to be doing this thing where I try and practice getting a style; lineart; and just general improvement by updating every day (hopefully; within reason) with a Pokemon gijinka college/high school-themed drawing. Sooooo, day one is Arcanine!

This Arcanine's known as "Windie" and he's one of the top runners for the school's track team. He can usually be found on the track in the morning jogging before school, and during the afternoons at practice.  He doesn't like people touching his luxurious tail.

Okay, I spent most of the day struggling with this guy's GODDAMN HAIR and his body. So this is super lazy as a day one. Hopefully tomorrow's will look much better. >_< I'll probably do Zubat or something.

Kokomo

Was feeling blue the other day so I decided to draw Marmaduke and Svetlana together being friends. I also tried out a new lineart technique that I'm going to see the results of when I try to color this. The pen tool lineart was cool and everything, but I found it janky to use and really annoying when trying to flood fill stuff. So, we'll see with this! Hopefully the lines aren't too bold.

Also expect some more painting practice from me. I really want to try and learn how to digitally paint. I might do it as an art challenge or something.

DREI

These pictures are horrible, lol.

This one I drew yesterday and today while I had no computer (it was done on paper). The prompt was "Secretive yeti boy who wears leather pants and hates Gum". Well, crap! I forgot to make him secretive. You see, originally I was going to make him shy and sad-looking, but that grin, man, it won me over. So have a non-secretive yeti-boy. Though he looks more like a goat. I didn't know what to do for this one.

Don't know when my next monster sketch will be since I'm doing a buncha requests. But hey, more "serious" art will be back. Yay!

Zwei

DAY TWO: (This time using the Monster Generator from Generatorland.)

Analytical Futakuchi-onna girl who wears a maid outfit and wants Clutch.

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Was bored yesterday and needed something to draw. I saw the Tumblr fad of the Monster Generator sketches, but I didn't like that particular generator (hoo boy am I obsessed with it now) so I used Seventh Sanctum's crossbreed generator. This is what I got:

The romantic, seasoned male half-Nightmare archer. His non-human ancestry gives him a strangely attractive appearance.

I didn't know what a nightmare was so I just made something up. I also just drew for fun and didn't use any refs or models or anything as I am trying to remember how to just create characters. It's uh, really literal, but I had fun while drawing it. I'll be doing more of these so be on the watch out, lol. I'll probably take more time with them too, and practice getting smooth and workable lineart. I wonder how people do it fast yet utilitarian at the same time?

To Change the World

UNCENSORED VERSION: Clicky here!

What I'm currently working on. This has to be one of the better full-bodied pictures I've done with this new style (still having problems with the neck area, though). It's Damon after feeding and having shifted back into his humanoid form. When he shifts, his clothes don't go with him, so he's obviously nude. Plan to add some bits like his remains and shit, but other than that, soon I'll be ready to lineart him.

Also am having problems with getting him to look the same throughout every picture.

STOP! PUT YO' HANDS IN THE AIR

Having a bit of trouble getting this to FREAKING LOOK RIGHT. Might just erase everything from the head down and start all over again.

Anyway, this is Jules. Jules is a state policeman who finds Damon in an abandoned house he is sent to investigate. The two become roommates of sorts with Jules taking care of his little vampire buddy and Damon just shacking up with him. I doubt they're going to have any sort of a romantic relationship (I imagine Jules to be more asexual), but there's probably going to be some sort of "bromance"/male fanservice oh god i just walked into you showering-type comedy that'll happen. WHO KNOWS.

As for me, I'm going to try to fix this before I colour it. Argh.

Damon

Whenever I end up colouring something, it always looks like the most toony piece of shit.
I'll come back later and see whether or not I like this more. I had to repaint it like, two times. Don't know if I'm going to post it to DA.

Wish I could colour more realistically. Oh well. IT ARE A JOURNEY.


Edit 2:06 AM:

Updated version:

  I tried to unsaturate it a bit but...I don't know. I'm done with this for now, lol.


Edit 10:14 PM:

Okay, this is the version I uploaded:

Still looks too damn toony but...whatever.  Maybe it's the lines?

YAY!

Not bad for babby's first lineart, isn't it? It wasn't as bad (tedious) as I thought and only took a few hours. Now I can't wait to color this sucker! I haven't coloured something in such a long time. I hope I still remember how, haha.

Bite Me!

A vampire character that has been floating around in my head for a while. He is the personification of a greater false vampire bat. :D He doesn't have a name yet, but tentative ones are Damon or Will. I'm not sure whether or not to make him someone's familiar or have him travel about on his own volition. As a vampire bat, he has a voracious appetite, and especially prefers insects (grasshoppers and crickets) and other bats. And though he can see as well as any human, he prefers to listen with his large ears.

I might try to ink and color this. Oh God! I am so impatient when it comes to inking, but it will be a challenge. I really want to color something. This will also be my first time, so, welp, here it goes.

Kindred Spirit

Someone on DA requested that people draw his original character, a warrior named Kieno. He sounded interesting, and I had a picture of him in mind, so I decided to take a shot at him! I had fun drawing him, and did lots of new things. Like I've never had a character with facial hair before, or short spiky hair. Getting these to look even remotely right took a while. It was also my first time drawing armor and sword hilts and such.

I'm also experimenting with this semi-realistic style some more. I don't want all my characters to look the same or to get stuck not varying facial features. Still having trouble with full figures though. And don't even get me started on coloring.