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Patreon Rewards Moving to Discord

Hi everyone!

By now, most of the patrons may have already received an invitation to the new Sycra Patreon Discord group, but some people may not have connected their Patreon account to Discord, or may not use Discord, so this notice is for those patrons who have not yet done so.

Q. What is this Discord community?  

A. This Discord is a small friendly community of artists or art lovers.  We chat about art, post art, and give each other help.  $5+ pat...

Sycra Patreon Reward - March 2021 Files

Here are the PNG and PSD files from this month's Patreon video:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hxkn8rtm5rq7sga/AAAYDbdzmnAw-mgcyuwkkTwWa?dl=0

Sycra Patreon Reward - March 2021

In this video I talk about my feelings about Patreon, from the perspective of an artist.

Sycra Patreon Reward - February 2021 Files

Here are the files from this month's Patreon video:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/q8n99lyz9zya0j7/AACzpijHpBto8F0fXHntKQZUa?dl=0

Sycra Patreon Reward - February 2021

In this video, I talk about creative burnout, and why it's okay to feel this way.

Sycra Patreon Reward - January 2021

I try my hand at painting some fanart in this month's video.  I walk you through my process and thoughts. :)

Sycra Patreon Reward - January 2021 Files

Here are the files from this month's Patreon video.  Included are high, low and full res PNGs and a Photoshop file with all process layers:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u4xi2pwn6nb2cmh/AACoU4LPxM7Tumi0Vzt1V6ZLa?dl=0

Creating Kei Episode 14 Files

Here are the files from Episode 14 of the Creating Kei series featuring the different species in the SWK universe:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tifvsmlaixyt0t2/AADum4-5wRtfFyahI046BddXa?dl=0

Creating Kei Episode 14 - Species of SWK

In this video I give you a tour of the different species in the Space Waitress Kei universe and walk you through my thought process on designing them.

Sycra Patreon Reward - November 2020

This month, I take you behind the scenes of a sketching session where I'm practicing improving my character art for Space Waitress Kei.

Sycra Patreon Reward - November 2020 Files

Here are the files from this month's video.  I included PNG, PSD and CLIP files (all layers) along with a bonus of the Clip Studio Paint brushes I used in the video.

Sycra Patreon Reward - October 2020 Files

Here are the files from this month's Patreon videos :)  Full res PSDs (with all layers) and PNG files.

Sycra Patreon Reward - October 2020

This month I'm trying to strike a balance between fundamentals and more abstract elements.  I also talk about the need to impress versus the need to express.

Sycra Patreon Reward - September 2020 Files

Here are the files from this month's Patreon videos.  Full res PSDs (with all layers) and PNG files.

Sycra Patreon Reward - September 2020

In this month's video, I talk about how to engage more of your intuition when creating your art.  It's something I don't really hear about much, but as I get further in my journey I see just how important it is.
 

Sycra Patreon Reward - August 2020

In this video, I do a speedpainting in real time, and talk about both my process and my thoughts concerning art and success.

Sycra Patreon Reward - August 2020 Files

Here are the PSD (with all layers) and PNG files of the paintings done for the August 2020 video.

August 2020 BONUS Video

This is a sped up video of a painting that I didn't feel was a success.  It contains no audio, but I included it this month in the event you wanted to see the process.

Sycra Patreon Reward - July 2020 Files

These are the files (PNGs and PSDs) from this month's video.  :)

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2i2lcb5qj5xsd5a/AAAqJXQODTCbJpkXJ1vepqO4a?dl=0

Sycra Patreon Reward - July 2020

This is a more informal video where I do some personal works, a painting and a bunch of dynamic figure drawings, and chat about my thoughts.

Sycra Patreon Reward - June 2020 Files

Here are the files from the June 2020 video, along with some bonus sketches not shown on video.

Sycra Patreon Reward - June 2020

In this video I show you a method I use for making paintings that are loose and rough and talk about why I decided to do more personal work.  
 

Creating Kei Episode 13 - Creating Consistent Characters

In this tutorial video, I show you how I keep characters consistent.

Creating Kei Episode 13 Downloadable Files

Here are some character breakdowns into simple shapes that show a bit of how I think about characters when I make them.  Working off of simple shapes makes characters more recognizable and easier to draw consistently.  I also included a couple screen grabs from the video of Creating Kei Episode 13.

Creating Kei Episode 12 - Story Tips and Advice

This episode is a little different from previous episodes, because rather than talking about the image making process, instead I focus on story.  Please let me know if you'd like to see more things on the story/character development side of things, or if you'd rather I stick to the art side only.

Creating Kei Episode 12 Downloadable Files

In Episode 12 of Creating Kei, I talk more about story, so instead of having a PSD to share, I included a text file with some of my thoughts on story.  I also included a character sheet showing a bunch of Kei characters, cuz I wanted to include some pictures for you.

Creating Kei Episode 11 Downloadable Files

Here's a link where you can download files presented in Episode 11 of Creating Kei! 

Creating Kei Episode 11 - How to Make a Blutburger

In this episode of Creating Kei, I walk you through the process I used to create Episode 2 of Space Waitress Kei.

Creating Kei Episode 10 - Nart Street Fashions

In this video, I show you my process for designing outfits for characters and a quick way of getting a lot of different outfit colour variations.

Creating Kei Episode 10 Downloadable PSD and PNG

Here's a link where you can download the PSD (including all layers) and a hi-resolution PNG of the files from Episode 10 of Creating Kei! 

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/awlvtygj2o3nbfd/AACMNLywhH8ooUjGYYbGw7gra?dl=0