RoninDude

Overly-Accessorized Tennis Girl Sketch

It's sunny, and I felt like drawing a sporty girl. The Tennis Racket needs work... I will be coloring this for the $10 weekly pinup tier. Work has been uber busy, but I am cutting through my commissions. Thanks to my Patrons, I can start re-evaluating how much work I take on, and begin to work more towards my artbook, and perhaps even a comic. That means more content, here, for you all! I'll provide more info on that, in the next few weeks. Until then, enjoy this sketch.

April 2015 Patreon supported

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Figure practice

Here is some really loose figure practice I did today. Figured I could share it here. ;) Nothing special, just felt a bit stiff, so I needed to loosen up.

4-17-2015's hi res pinup

It has been brought to my attention that the hi res download of last week's pinup did not post along with the thumbnail. It's weird how Patreon makes you upload the same image twice... Oh well, here it is!

Weekly $10 Reward Tier Pinup 4-25-2015

I am a day late on this, sorry about that! I got sick. :( Anyways, here is a random fan girl. Hope you all like it!

Sexy pinup sketch

Here is a sketch of this weeks sexy pinup. Random girl is random. :)

Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - 4-17-2015

Here is the colored version of the sketch I just posted. I'll go ahead and let everyone just guess what is happening, because I really don't know. I am going with the idea that she fell out of a tree. XDAlso, this is probably as saucy as you will ever see this character. >_>'

Sketch - Dangers of climbing

Probably not a good idea to climb a tree in a bikini? I dunno... Anyways, just a random sketch, really. This week has been pretty busy! First time in a long time that I've ran into a form of art block, where I just kept redoing and redoing a particular picture... One of my commissions that I have in me work list. It was nice to step away and work on this, which just came together really nicely. I was hoping to get some more sketch work done on the next illustration, but the best I could get aw...

update

I should be getting some more sketches and concept work for my art book in, soon! been pretty busy, but I should be getting some free time to bust out some progress towards the next art book related illustration, hopefully this next week. Talk to you all then, and thanks again for all your support!

Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - 4-10-2015

Here's a quicky I got done today, doing some more photo reference study. This one was based on a photo of the cosplayer "Nonsummerjack". Just a bit of experimentation, again. Doing stuff like this helps me improve my coloring and shading. Anyways, hope you all enjoy!

Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - 4-3-2015

I actually did this last week, but I wanted to wait and post it for this week. It's a bit of a study, using a photo reference and converting it into my style. It's more painterly than usual!

March 2015 Patreon supported

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Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - 3-27-2015

Whoops! I uploaded to the wrong area, I think. Patreon is being a bit weird... I've tried to upload it a couple of times and it ends up either dumping attachments or not putting it into the "Creations" Tab...Anyways... Another pinup for the weekly $10 tier rewards! I used a reference photo of a Japanese model for this, to study color and shading.

Expression and Facial Variation Practice Sheet - LINES ONLY

And now just the lines, for anyone who likes to see that.

Expression and Facial Variation Practice Sheet

I was getting a bit tired of all my female characters looking like identical dolls with exchangeable hair, eye color and ears, so I decided to do a bit of practice on making different facial features, as well as a set of random expressions to see if I could be consistent. Pay no mind to the far right expression... Just imagine she's being fed strawberries! Also, I may get around to shading them all, but I ran out of time today. I suppose the static expressions on the left were the only ones I re...

I am adding a new reward tier! For the sake of adding more exclusive content to this page, I am offering weekly uber sexy pinups submissions for all patrons who donate $10 or more per month! These submissions will include original and fan-art related characters in sexy lingerie and skimpy bikinis, arrayed in all sorts of alluring poses. I have uploaded two already, one of Tifa, and one of a bar wench (not my Lin, if you are wondering), and I will be uploading at least one a week from here on. ...

Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - Hard Working Maid

Just a silly ol' maid hefting a silly ol' box.

Weekly $10 Tier Pinup - Tifa

Sexy Tifa, lounging around in a camo bikini. I hope you all like it!

Random Elf girl Portrait Sketch warm-up thingy

Just a little profile practice for elves. It's a bit different than usual, but I need more practice doing profile shots of characters. After I finished, I realized her hair kinda reminds me of the elf from Dragon's Crown.

Elven warrior sketch

Here is a sketch I did for the elven warrior, as a potential replacement for the final version with the ship. I liked it enough, but I just felt that it fit better as a comic panel, and not as a poster, which is what I was going for. Anyways, I just wanted to share it.... And she probably should have taken her boots off, lol. Doesn't she know sea water is bad for leather and metal armor? XD

Race Anatomy Study

I actually posted an unfinished version of this over on DeviantArt. Strangely enough, a huge debate started over whether I had depicted the elves "wrong", by having them be shorter than human.Despite having been told that it was concept art for a personal story, people kept comparing it to games, like World of Warcraft, or Dungeons and Dragons. In the end, I just decided to take it down. It's hard to focus on developing a world and setting for an original story if you have random people "taste t...

February 2015 Patreon supported

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Elven archer vs Thieving Pixie

Here is another shot of the elven archer, though this one probably wont be included in the art book, I wanted to share it here, anyways. It's just a random idea I had that I felt the need to draw. XD I have been having some issues trying to figure out another set of images, so it was nice to take a break and have a picture come together pretty easily.

January 2015 Patreon supported

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Elven Archer Thumbnail Sketches

Download for full view!I've been working on this in my off time for the last few weeks, trying to come up with a good image that bridges the gap between my first elven archer image and the one of her fighting the werewolf. These are meant to be loose, so that I can get the idea down quick enough to see if it's worth rendering fully. While I like all of these as individual images, I feel that none of them quite hit the mark as far as story telling goes... I guess that means it's back to the drawi...

December 2014 Patreon supported

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Festival - Colored Sketch WIP

Here is a Work In Progress shot of my newest personal piece. It was just a bit of randomness one night that evolved all on it's own. I started out drawing the girl, then threw a background in there. Then I felt that it needed people! I may add a few other things, to really give it that lively "festive" feel to it. For example, that boy needs another kid to be playing swords with. I am thinking a chubby kid with a pot on his head. Anyways, I just wanted to share this, and let everyone know what's...

November 2014 Patreon supported

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Elven Archer Pinup 1 PSD File

Here is the layer file, hope it helps for those who want a closer look at how I do it!

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Elven Archer Pinup 1 - Finished

Finally! I've got this to a place I am happy with. Now I can start working on the next one.For this piece, I decided to go with a bit of a darker atmosphere for the forest. After all, she's hunting some dark and dangerous critters, so I felt the mood would be portrayed better with a bit of a darker color pallet. Time to start sketching up the next one, where she spots the wolf, and prepares for a sneak attack!