RGG Tattoo Study
This took... ages. A couple weeks of work off and on as I wondered if it was worth the
effort- and it was. I simply needed to figure out a work flow. I tampered a bit with my lining
pens and used a completely different brush than usual for colouring since I wanted to do this
with no blending which I tend to rely on a lot in my digital work.
This is of course, Kiryuu's tattoo. His dragon is in such a weird position and I had to first try
to figure out the torse and how it's posed before adding the limbs. You can tell even though its
the same tattoo design its off in a few places since I was doing it by eye.
I have a timelapse of this luckily but I need to convert it to a gif so I can upload it onto
here. Also why do dragons have human noses....
May 2024
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Loose Ends Part 2
Three iterations of this idea are finished but none look quite the way I had in mind. The process
did get significantly faster but also I realized how important overlap is for this type of
piece. I wanted to add gel pen atop the last around the perimeter but I forgot I leant most of
mine out recently to a friend since I hadn't been using them.
Most of these were coloured using pencil crayons but the last iteration I started using copics
because pencil crayons were frustrating to get that clean bright look I had in mind.
April 2024
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Loose Ends
This was a labour. I started with a sketchbook page and then tried to replicate something
similar on nice paper but with more structure.
I first drew a grid in non-repo blue to keep the sizing more consistent (since the sketch was
free-hand). The first design I fucked up and then realized I wanted something that was
symmetrical and also a neverending loop.
This was the product of my second try once I had a frame of something symmetrical, but it is not
in fact a loop... nor is it actually symmetrical (onto the third try I guess).
If you look closely there are 2 strings that are unconnected and 1 looping one: making 3 in
total. It's still a work in progress since I'm adding some colour to it too. I will add an edit
here once that's done.
March 2024
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Ukulele Painting
She's naked... This process took a lot because I had the wrong kind of sandpaper for it
initially till I bought more.
The initial painting I did in acrylic I really disliked so I layered a shitton of posca
markers on the main body while leaving the back with most of the gradient acrylic showing. I
finished it off with a gloss spray that stank up the basement so bad you could smell it all
around the house.
I did restring it after it dried and it still holds up pretty well! I was
worried that leaving it unstrung for the whole process and all the pigments on it might warp it
too much to be played properly again but I was pleasantly surprised (though it didn't actually
fully dry for a whole week and the spray made it sticky that entire time).
Bonus is I finally got to put on Low G tuning strings on the thing and I'll never forget which
uku is mine.
March 2024
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Boar Head
For this piece I used a 7px and 10px sized brush. I looked through a few pictures for reference
since I was a bit confused about the direction that the tusks and teeth should go in relation to
one another.
I think I'd like to try this idea again but with the classic decapitated imagery and from a
profile view.
Fun fact: boars under 10 monthes old are called "squeakers"
February 2024
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Pidgeon & Koi fish
Three brush sizes for the pidgeon (5px, 10px and 15px) while the koi fish only had 10px and 15px.
I'm actually most proud of the koi fish I think since the lines look a lot more cohesive than the
pidgeon. I think I shouldn't be using the zoom feature on clip when drawing because I get way
too focused on details that dont quite work (the feathers look out of place).
The koi fish reminds me of those fish kites more than a real fish but it's cute.
February 2024
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Rose and a Spiked Flail
Three brush sizes used: 5px, 10px, 15px (small details, main shape, and thick outline
respectively).
I like the flail more than the rose, but I think I'd want to redo the handle since it looks bad
in comparison to the rest. As for the rose I initially didnt like it but I think having the
small detail in 5px changed my mind in the end of the process.
February 2024
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January 2024
January 2024 things! And dumping more media. Will reorganize later
Jan 2024
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Pet Bouquet Designs
Designs made for stickers and keychains.
Three variations: Cat, Dog, and Bunny. Done in CSP (clip studio paint).
2021
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PORTRAITS
Final Fantasy XIV Character Flash Portraits
Portraits done in 60 minutes during cafe hours or as offline commissions. Watching the time
became paramount since I could only work so long at the cafe before I got tired. I felt like
I got
really confident towards the end in picking up small character design features and having a
good layer system in my sketches.
Sometimes I had to trust the process even if I wasn't 100% on board with my sketch, instead
it was always easier to build upon whatever rough I had rather than starting over like I
wanted to, and sometimes those terrible roughs end up turning into my favourite pieces.
2022-2023
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Sketch Dump
Some scrapbooked sketches.
2022-2023
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