Well we actually ended up with the same initial brow/eye selection as last time, but we got glasses now.
Upon typing out this post I discovered that this is more options than Patreon polls allow, so the glasses portion will be broken into a second post. But keep the eyes and glasses in mind together. Clarification: Opaque glasses are the thick kind where you can't see through them, so you might...
2022-07-01 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Well, no need for another phase, because that was surprisingly definitive. Sorry for not providing other choices or variations here, this is, once again, a very unique hairstyle and any variations will only deviate from what was voted for. With each drawing though I'll probably make subtle adjustments, especially the bangs and how the back overspills onto the front.
I have very littl...
2022-06-24 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Chest length hair with messy bangs and dark/black. Shoulder length and central parting were in the running too.
If you have long hair you're gonna have to maintain your bang lengths, but with "messy" bangs that implies low maintenance; so once again I'm trying to marry two slightly opposed ideas. There were other styles I could have applied here, but I felt they could lean too close towards Kae...
2022-06-17 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
A short but average soft build with average round boobs and light skin. That was easy. I could have just stuck another paper bag on her head, but honestly I want different crap to cover them - I have an idea for a goofy payoff one day.
No need for phases for the body this time, the hair I expect will require them though. Depending on my speed I might alternate to another thing next week to buy ...
2022-06-10 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View PostHere we go again.
If you weren't involved in the previous DaC: Each round I will feed you prompts to vote on. The winning prompts from each category will be combined and drawn - if the results aren't unanimous or if there is opportunity for variation then I will have you vote on those in an extra phase.
As mentioned before, I would actually like to have minimum three characters total, so there will be more chances, therefore avoid cramming every fetish into just one gi...
2022-06-03 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Just to get you back in the OC flavour.
This week may seem like I'm stalling, and you'd be right. I'm trying to buy time since working with a new OC is actually kinda tricky, and I've been balancing with something else. I want to give you guys something every week, even if it's just a wip or an alt. But also, my workflow just naturally has a slow start, a speedy middle, and a neutral end - so I have nothing for a long stretch, especially if I plan several things at once.
All that ...
2022-05-27 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Here we go. Attempts at colour matching the official cover, but that's not entirely possible so it has a little bit of me in it too. Pleased woth the eye treatment since that was weirdly complicated. But yeah, this should be the closest to a Nanashi 774 Nagatoro as you'll see anywhere.
I'm not entirely sure what next week will bring, but another character creation poll is on the horizon.
2022-05-20 23:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I apologise for drip feeding these as a weekly thing instead of all at once, but it's necessary.
When it comes to tanlined characters, and me using halftones for monochrome versions, I pretty much have to make a colour/blocked version to base it off of. Sometimes that version is still based on greys or blacks, but because this has a colour version it's reversed engineered from that.
Once again this is also me summoning all of my Nanashi 774 18+ references. In addition to add...
2022-05-13 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not done with Kaede or DaC2, it's very possible I'm going to erratically alternate between all of these in the coming weeks to bulk up the bigger ideas the Kaede's could lead into. A second created character won't be necessary at this point but it'll be good to do sooner than later; I'd ideally like three for further fun ideas.
The cover for Nagatoro Vol 13 had the towel, so I opened the towel. The cover illustrations have a colour cover, and monochrome version for the interior, and...
2022-05-06 23:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
I actually had this one sketched long before the shower one, but I only just finished it this week. Because of this, you might see me milking the weekly art posts while I try to backfill the buffer, especially since I'm getting some interesting longer term ideas for her. I wish we had some OC friends for her already since it'd give her something to interact with, but I think you're slightly exhausted by the voting process right now so let's wait. Unless you're not, then say.
The aforeme...
2022-04-29 23:08:09 +0000 UTC View Post
I have a few ideas for goofy things to do with Kaede, this is one of them. I have another ready and loose ideas, but I got distracted and have done work on another character piece. So whether next week is another Kaede or if I'll briefly alternate is up in the air. Just trying to rebuild the buffer so I can panic less and be excited about everything I do.
Also I'm sure people like colour more but man I sure love pretending to be making manga all the time.
Please appreciate freckle...
2022-04-22 23:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a slight hiccup resulting in me needing another week to produce the next piece, but bear with me, it's a good hiccup due to me having two drafts and a secret third off-topic one.
These colours are very experimental and who knows how they look on anyone else's screens. With colour, I hid the freckle lineart, obviously got two skintones (not too different since we wanted light tan), felt like goldish eyes were nice, I wanted to preserve the light hair without going full white/si...
2022-04-15 23:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou've seen her. You got a feel for personality. You can tell she's a kind of tomboyish physically active type.
We're not worrying about surnames, we're not worrying about creating a coherent universe or locale for her to live in.
Ideally we'd pick a name right here, but I imagine if there are other thoughts we might string this out for a little longer and introduce/eliminate some more.
Let's gooo.
Pick as many as you like.
2022-04-10 20:12:37 +0000 UTC View Post
I could have made this the character name poll too, but I wanted her to give her her own showcase, and give you guys another chance to reply with any other potential names, now that you have the girl in front of you. I'll do this poll in a few days. Remember: English, Japanese, Patreon/Patron pun, all fine. I'll add them all, riff on them, and add a few myself.
I'll keep working on a few of these, and I'll hopefully remember to retroactively tag this with whatever her name ends up being...
2022-04-08 23:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
When you look, cover the other with your hand.
Also by all means keep suggesting names.
2022-04-06 14:22:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Work is underway. I'm gonna try to put together more than one illustration and get a feel for her. I'm working out outfits and personality myself, dervied from the decisions you've all made (skinny/toned with joggers tan, therefore outdoors type and committed to running; high density of markings around eyes eg lashes, iris, freckles, therefore sparky and very expressive; etc).
I wanted to give ...
2022-04-01 22:56:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Based on the most popular 3 (but primarily 1st place) from Phase 2, we now have this selection. The letters refer to the particular eye shape and lashes; the numbers refer to the style of iris. Please make sure you're voting for the right one.
While visual appeal is a given, remember that eyes generate a lot of the potential personality for the character. I would also recommend making a t...
2022-03-25 20:55:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Long+thick/mixed/medium came out in front, so we're riffing on those.
There's quite a lot here, and arguably you're picking between very few differences, but this will be the starting point of the next phase where more specific elements can be changed. Those might be eyelash thickness, eyelash thickness/spikiness, how connected the upper/lower lines are, iris design etc.
I again encourage...
2022-03-19 00:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I think this hair will alter slightly as I draw her more and have to deal with her practically, without diverging too much.
Anyway, no need to wait any longer.
This has far too many options for something like eyebrows, but let's go there. Thick means they'll definitely be white like her hair, thin means I have leeway to just draw a single line at certain distances.
Eyes could potent...
2022-03-13 22:30:38 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a winner and a close second, so this is roughly what it's going to be. This will likely be the final phase for the hair.
A has qualities of a sidecut or fade,
B is a floofy mess.
C is slicked back but with a fade.
D is also slicked back but keeps the length.
I haven't provided much idea for side, rear, or 3/4 angles, but I'll worry about that when we have one.
... 2022-03-09 00:43:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to post this one publicly, and in the process I addressed a fix with the tanline spot on Nagatoro's back since Nanashi has stopped doing it. So with that in mind, I wanted to provide updated and high-res uncensored versions to keep parity.
2022-03-05 00:02:56 +0000 UTC View Post
It's neither a Monday or a Friday but I think we're ready to move on.
The previous poll had a top 1st and a close 2nd and 3rd, so I'm roughly riffing on those designs and going slightly crazy and slightly subtle. Some of these are very similar and others may seem unrepresented, but this is our big phase where we start finding "the one".
None of these will necessarily be THE final design, ...
2022-03-02 23:45:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Short messy light hair made the cut. That mandate has a lot of potential designs, so rather than draw everything imaginable and unimaginable, I've got a little selection; the winning selection will get further explored in the next phase with more focused variations.
Because of this, we're going to do this one slightly differently: I'm going to ask you to PICK TWO out ...
2022-02-25 22:12:53 +0000 UTC View Post
The above is the result of Round 1. Lots of contention over muscle, but this is our baby. There are freckles under that bag too. Now we're gonna work out what's under it.
The hair round is going to be tricky because the bulk of the decision-making will actually happen in the mid-phase with the variations. Right now we're picking the starting point for me to riff on.
Interpret "Hairlength"...
2022-02-19 00:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The contention towards the mucletone has been intense to watch, and I feel I have to provide a final context with both looks to help break the stalemate. Once this is definitive, we'll move onto Round 2: Hair.
While I'm demonstrating this clearly with abs, this will have consequences regarding musculature (or lack of) in the arms and legs too.
There can be only one.
I'm making a start on drawing and am making a few realisations that need extra input:
Muscletone level has been hotly contested but "more" has been leading so I'll be progressing with that unless something crazy happens. Jogging twopiece tanlines has been winning; muscle due to jogging is fine and consistent. Freckles (by their very nature) adds a weird wrinkle to it, and having looked at some more jogging outfits and tanlines I want to add a pseudo-onepiece joggers tanline. All this ad...
2022-02-11 16:45:07 +0000 UTC View Post
No real need to wait any longer. I think these updates will vary between 7-14 days depending on the closeness of the polls and how long it takes for me to produce something in response.
Anyway, you surprised me, my prediction was wrong. This is good and fine.
A skinny body with small breasts and freckles of slightly-above-average height are locked in. Now I'm asking for some specifics: 2022-02-08 00:59:35 +0000 UTC View Post
After talking about this idea for a while, let's give this a try. My buffer is gone and I'm slightly blocked, so something reactive like this is perfect for right now. This is also an extremely scary experiment, so bear with me however this goes.
Please read:
Each round I will feed you prompts to vote on. The winning prompts from each numbered category will be combined and drawn - if the results aren't unanimous or if there is opportunity for variation then I will have you v...
2022-01-31 23:26:43 +0000 UTC View Post
I gotta level with you, my attempt at adding an original Evangelyne fucked up entirely, but I desperately wanted to play with her colour scheme so we've ended up with this extremely bootleg asset swap attempt. Sorry. To partly make up for it, I added the high-res Amalia and the sketch layer which I actually used and specifically had coloured to sorta match the leaked materials. Wakfu has an appeal but it's hard to deal with for some reason, and attempts to draw anyone other than Amalia end up...
2022-01-22 00:03:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Last year on Twitter, as I've also sometimes done in years passed, I inked and coloured some of the leaked uncensored Wakfu key art. Around that time I made up a basic sketch based on what I learned, and sat on it for a year. This is the very late revival and completion of that idea. Lots of tricks and bullshit to get the background and foreground elements in this.
There may be a followup since I wanna play with Evangelyne too.
(Sorry for the slower schedule, still feel the ...
2022-01-11 00:03:25 +0000 UTC View Post