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Tinsel's scheduled surprise appearance on BOORE. Namah is prepared for disappointment- but finds herself shocked when someon...
2023-04-01 20:51:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Tinsel's scheduled surprise appearance on BOORE. Namah is prepared for disappointment- but finds herself shocked when someone actually (seems) to stand up to Tinsel in public.
And thus the seeds of hero worship are planted...
We have been laughing over Tinsel's "LABELS" outfit for a long time. I'm relieved that no celebrities beat us to the punch in doing this absurd idea for real- because trust me, it has happened with our ridiculous cartoon ideas before.
Getting some Prelude 'n Pledge Pins drawn today - sketched Moushly as a 👚warmup.
Thinking about color.
2023-04-01 20:43:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Blues for "Sanctuary". The blue streaks are perspective planning. They won't be in the final pencils.
2023-04-01 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We thumbnail the next, and here's one of the ring references, designed.
2023-03-31 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Final Rosa Rescue, and raining. Oh, did that sky come out of nowhere? I think that was done in a separate file, then copy pasted into the back. Looks good, though.
Some illustrations don't get their own chapter. We catch the next one for the next illustration.
Rhiri jumping into box art for the upcoming Kobold🐲 stealth game by @GameYark
Try the demo and dodge the guards at https://kobolddev.itch.io/yark
I had a blast illustrating this- for starters, not often that I get to draw a kobold girl. And trying to capture the energy & fun of oldschool video game box art was a fresh challenge. I'm pleased with the end result- colorful but ...
2023-03-29 18:29:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Sky has begun. Plenty of injured foxes. Shouldn't have messed with Rosa.
2023-03-29 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My color flats. This will not be a blue sky piece, but color tones help Dave figure out what's going on.
2023-03-28 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
To streamline fulfillment, we're going to be including two month's worth of Art Attacks per delivery. Tia is our featured character for March! Art print coming signed alongside the yet-to-be-revealed April Art Attack reward.
2023-03-25 19:07:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Thumbnail preps for the next big picture. Rosa's back, and we play with a few camera angles for the most dynamic shot. At this point, story was happening on the side.
2023-03-23 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Final storm fight. And great use of chopsticks. This piece has been stolen before, but it's really well known.
Darts of rain shot the earth, throwing up puffs of dust as Xyk scrambled into the nearest alley.
Through the buffeting air, a call rang out. Spotted.
He didn't slow, ramshackle crates and refuse blurring as he sprinted for the next corner. If he could just lose them in these back alleys…
Skidding around the be...
2023-03-22 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Shading is in, still no lines. They'll return but you don't really need them now.
2023-03-21 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Character flats, rain, and some gradients of lighting on them because of the wood gaps. I removed the character lines to show you how visual they are in shaping.
2023-03-20 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This isn't the next step, I always do character blocking next. But check out my detail on the setting. Settings are characters here. All of that detail work really helps bring it out in the final piece. Every detail I add makes it easier for Dave to shade, because he doesn't have to worry about texture. Let's bring the characters back in.
2023-03-19 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
High Resolution CSP download! SURROUND SOUND there isn't any sound but you get the idea: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jq5nmYqhDH3jrFwAx9tTFadNhMiSJ03j/view?usp=sharing
2023-03-18 21:49:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Defusing the Namah Bomb with the one proven technique- orange sherbet.
I had fun with trying to include a subtle 'camera move' with this composition, simulating a single shot with a camera truck rotating through the scene a bit. We NEED to see every INCH of that couch.
2023-03-18 21:42:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Still no story to this madness, just another picture of chopsticks. 'Storm' was the next commission we did, another 2009 one.
2023-03-18 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
The final piece of Coyote Canteena. Remember, there wasn't a whole story, just this piece. We've seen this piece stolen before, it was printed out into a poster, then marched by our table at a convention, as part of a big parade. Quite a sight.
“You’re sure you can pay?”
The mule held the steaming bowl firm, eyeballing Xyk across the bar counter as though the coyote was a rickety ladder that might collapse under the ...
2023-03-17 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Progress lighting. I'm showing what this looks like without the line art. All the shapes are defined. This was back when we did commissions at conventions at home with a color treatment. This was completed in 2009, you can see it on Furaffinity, at dreamkeepers.
2023-03-16 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Character colors, I always separate them from the background colors. Rosa is in the background. She was just a background element here. Please note the hidden card it that fox's tail.
2023-03-15 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Fifi & Gadget... Bad influence.
Warmup art from yesterday's stream.
2023-03-14 20:18:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Attention Pledge Pin backers- the October, November, and December designs have just shipped. (Feat. glow-in-the-dark Scuttles, Lilith, and negative-space Air Nekos.)
Keep an eye on your e-mail for tracking! This round came out gorgeous, they just keep getting better & better.
Fresh designs in the works for January through March, looking forward to sharing that art soon.
2023-03-14 18:04:09 +0000 UTC View Post
On our way! Western meets eastern, and using chopsticks to steal. That bird is throwing a fit. Note the line thickness to show foreground vs background.
2023-03-14 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the thumbnail, coat design, and first picture we ever did of 'Quickxyk'. We're getting ready for the famous 'Coyote Canteena' picture, the first commission before we had a story.
2023-03-13 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Character selection screen for online Skirmish. (MOCKUP ONLY.) The🎮team is going all-out on app development as we speak.
This could have been a nice scene, if it wasn't for that dust. At this point, Dave had never been out west.
And so begins our story. Each chapter will appear when an illustration is done, depending on how it lines up.
There had to be something out here that could kill him faster than his damn stomach.
Xyk flicked an ear forward to shade a squint and scanned the horizon. Seething sandstone glared back.
A place this awful ab...
2023-03-12 11:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Colors with some shading come in. This is my part.
2023-03-11 12:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Someone tell Shikabane she oughta take a break.
2023-03-10 17:55:08 +0000 UTC View Post