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Screentones vs. Tones

When I do grey tones in my artwork, I almost always think of them in  means of creating future screentones rather then sticking to solid greys. And yes, those greys look good on physical originals (I'm just a little bit against the current trend of slathering every inch of commissions with actual physical screentones), but when I see my art in print or on scree, I need me some DOTS. n That's why I convert most of Dune stuff, and even simple commissions into these big, visible sc...

Atari Force's DART

Love me some iconic steamy action by  José Luis García-López ^____^

XXXG-01H Gundam Heavyarms

With how samey general line Gundams are, it's still very fun to make some of them more lean and some of them bulky as hell.

But please, for the sake of future zine - commission me to draw more "bad" guys of the Gundam universe! :D

YESAUL - Opening

Hey there, fellow Slavic Nihilists and sympathizers!

Here's the very first, opening page of "Yesaul" for your pleasure:

I was really nervous about this one - First Pages are kinds important for this here Yojimbo/traversing and inhabiting deserted spaces fan, you know. Just going to list some of them to refresh your memory:

2020-11-25 16:50:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Corum Jhaelen Irsei

This is a classic case of me going full Louis Wain on my drawings. And I won't lie - I LOVE going into this mode! Also, in my time, I hope to draw all of the Moorcock bois.

Shin/Noi commission

Here they are - my absolute favorite dynamic manga duo <3 

Vader and Crimson Corsair commissions

*repeatedly slaps knee very loudly* HELMETS HELMETS HELMETS

Why don't they just call it "Star Helmets" ? That's what the entire franchise is about anyway, right?!! <3 

(I'll be posting tons and tons of commissions this week and for the entirety of December, pr...

A personal one

Had a huge, tremendous pleasure of finally sitting my ass down to draw Kenzo Okuzaki (from The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On) for a friend. I hate drawing portraits in general, but every once in a while you come across a human being so fascinating, that even their face becomes a harrowing image you just need to translate onto paper. So, I needed to get this potential drawing outta my system sooner or later, and there couldn't be a better occasion than making a gift...

Some sketches!

My Slavic Nihilism zines are back on the menu after the recent reprint, and it means tons and tons of sketches I have to draw inside them! If you've ordered some for yourself recently  - be careful not to spoil anything for yourself here ;) Maybe even skip the post! I don't mind and won't feel hurt!

YESAUL - Ridin' a Tigin!

(I'm posting these pages completely out of order, and I am sorry for any future confusion in your memory T____T )

This page is pretty spoopy, so happy Halloween to you all tomorrow! <3

Bonus: some battle animals designed by Artyom Doomov:

2020-10-30 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

⊃∪∩⪽ XXIV (Princess Irulan Corrino)

This was actually the very first page of my next Dune sketchbook, bu I've kept my initial sketch untouched in pencils for almost two months before finally getting to finish it this week. What do you think about this Irulan? A pretty unorthodox drawing for her, I suppose.

Also - my reference for the lion mural:

Memo block

A small post to praise my new friend - a block of small paper squares usually used for notes and memos (I’m sure you are familiar with the concept). Recently I’ve been using them to sketch - sometimes even during Zoom calls - and very often it ends in some very interesting results. If you pay close attention to the photo, you’ll notice that both versions of my recent Sandworms and the Guild Navigator’s face were reproduced 1:1 in finished drawings; my Reverend Mother drawing was born ...

YESAUL - Kettles

Welp! That sure was a colossal amount of work for one page, hahaha.

Flipping through the process photos above, you could notice some pretty dramatic edits happening to the page on later stages. And I'm still going to clear out even more of background inks and grey tones from panel 1, because I obviously got carried away in the process there. That's what I'm calling "meditative drawing", and this process does sometimes ends with me loosing my grip a little -___-

Also! Did you know ...

⊃∪∩⪽ XXIII (Bene Gesserit)

Pretty basic, but expressive designs, huh?

⊃∪∩⪽ XXII (Guild Navigator, new version)

Back to semi-regular posting, yay? Very happy about this one. Took me two tries to nail the bastard, but, ladies and gentlemen, we got him! Same creature design, but completely different tone and character - thanks to all the tech-jewellery, lil' pee-pee and entourage.

(Also, here's that old Navigator piece from before!)

YESAUL: boilin'

Hey fellow $3+ nihilists! Look! This is what happens when I decide to show Thomas King and his cronies what a REAL ninegrid is ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

(I probably shouldn't show every single page I do for this story here, but I love it so muuuuuuuuch T____T And I need to share it with people!)

Anyway, as usual - pencils versus inks:

And as usual - cat versus art:

2020-10-21 16:48:57 +0000 UTC View Post

⊃∪∩⪽ cover (addendum)

(Don't miss the first post here!)

Rare occurrence: me redrawing a huge chunk of a commission from the scratch??? Welp, first of all, on my initial drawing I ended up using too much white ink (to get rid of some "dirt" around the letters), and the paint in big amounts looks too messy for my taste and with this style. Secondary, the inked over version ended up feeling too "heavy" and ...