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Kars - 16x timelapse video

It's public on youtube now! You can also download the (just one) brush I used from the attachment.

This drawing started as a mere test when I was still not sure which software I should work with (CSP, SAI, PSS etc.), and eventually I came up with a simple setting brush in PSS and decided to continue on. The recording started after I became confident enough of the workflow.

This drawing was done with one brush, and an eraser of course. I'm using the latest version of PSS (2.48), ...

Kars

Happy Chinese New Year! 

It's been a while since the previous post. Ever since deciding to switch back to a normal tablet, I was on a hunt of finding my best setup for drawing. 

I'm pretty happy about what I could do with this Kars drawing. I no longer require a display tablet for refining drawings, and don't easily get wrist fatigue anymore. (This is done on Paintstorm Studio + Intuos) I'm now waiting for a custom Wacom pen grip and am excited to work on my next drawing...

Dante's head sculpt & Process

• Sculpt in Mudbox. The first result screencaps are from Windows built-in viewer.
• I started sculpting from a sphere base mesh.
• You can check the animation version by downloading the GIF attachment. 

Originally I just aimed for sculpting Dante's body, but it's distracting to not have a dedicated head with it, so...

I'm back to Mudbox again. It's just sooooo easy to use, and probably the least shortcut-heavy 3D sculpt software I've ever seen so far. ...

Rey's sculpting progress shots

Thanks to Rey's approval, I can share some sneak-peeks with you all :P
[ Rey's twitter ]

I'm mainly providing 2D concepts, and occasionally giving extra ideas or pointing out some issues of the sculpt. And I must say she's really fast *_* So fast that the concept wasn't completed yet and she almost complete the sculpt, even made 3 VERSIONS OF Credo's head.

Ver 1 /

She did this in 1~2 nights :O

Credo 3-view concept + process

• The GIF attachment contains more steps.
• Brushes are the same shared with these posts:
  PaintStorm Studio brushes / PaintTool SAI ver 2 brushes 
• Linework of Credo 3-view
• The ...
  2021-11-25 06:53:16 +0000 UTC View Post

Timelapse - Sculpting practice

A video showing I'm having too much fun fiddling with ZBrush's playback function. *ahem* As long as one wishes to learn digital sculpting, it is inevitable to learn ZBrush -- I guess. So, here I am.

/ Video Start ~ 2:26 / I have some head figures sitting on my desk, I'm using Hot Toy's Paul Rudd for reference. I didn't aim to imitate, just wanted to get an idea of how a real (& handsome) human...

Credo's head 3D sculpt + concepts

Sorry about the hiatus of updates! So uh... I'm starting learning 3D by myself this week, and this head sculpt is the first 3D model I've ever made. The available tools are so advanced and intuitive to use nowadays! I can even make models for myself as art references XD

# About 3D sculpt

I started sculpting with a base mesh (built-in with Mudbox) like this:

Process & brushes of Credo's front view design

The GIF attachment contains more steps (29 steps). Most steps are done in Paintstorm Studio(PSS), so the shared brushes is in PSS format. I switched between three software:

# Linework (PSS)
I found it easier to draw organic lines in PSS, so I used it for the linework. However, the original canvas needs to be very big, or the line stroke will be blurry and harder to control.

# Base color & adjustment (PS)
Turning blue lines into dark brow...

Concepts of Credo & Dante (WIP)

This project has been started over a month, and the progress is in my expectation, very slow. I'm doing 3 views concept of Credo and Dante, based on this illustration: Float, which will be used by another fan artist for 3D sculpting. (No guarantee that the sculpting will be accomplished though)

I've never done 3 views and found this quite challenging, even though they are based on game character...

2 processes of Credo Concept art + brushes

• I also made two Gifs that contain more steps (download from attachments).
• The Credo with head-wings was posted previously. ( And it's already the original size, I didn't paint this one on big canvas )
• There was nothing special about the brush I used to sketch in PSS (PaintStorm Studio), any brush that lets you draw sharp lines is a good brush!  😅

Thoughts a...

Concept - Credo redesign

So my paintings are having colors again...! No complex color & value theories here, just some basic color and shading, so I can concentrate on designing and drawing shapes.

I'm now working on his full-body redesign. (The 4th image) The facial features are still a bit off, probably a bit too old? BTW the third image is simply for testing brushes XD

It seems easier to figure out the design by applying some base colors, rather than solely relying on values. I was misled by myse...

Launching a secondary page & Tier changings | 啟用第二專頁&獎勵等級異動

Hello to all my dear patrons, if you have joined for a while, I'm sure you know that I paused the monthly billing a lot, due to often not being able to fulfill the reward goal. 

2018 April, I started running Patreon with only two small tiers ($1/$2);  during 2019 two new tiers($5/$30) were added. By now it should be clear that I'm not stable enough to maintain bigger tiers. I've been ...

Feel you Intuos not big enough? 板子不夠大，畫線條老是對不準怎麼辦？

An interesting trick, when I switched from Cintiq 22 HD to an Intuos, the first thing I noticed was that the tablet feels not big enough, even though it is already an L size tablet. And the XL size tablet is too big for my workspace.

So, how to improve the drawing precision on a smaller tablet? I found two options:

[ Precision Mode ]

Wacom driver, by default, comes with a "Precision Mode". However the adjustment range is too small which doesn't cover my ...

Process: Float & Lingerie Dante

[ Attachment content ]
- Float : process images, process GIF, final-result (150 dpi), pure-line version (150 dpi)
- Lingerie Dante: process images, pure-line version
- PaintTool SAI ver2 brush settings & texture

[ 附件內容清單 ]
- 2021-08-27 07:30:46 +0000 UTC View Post

Starting with some concepts

3 quick shading practices, which were painted in Photoshop. The Credo with grey background seems to capture his 3D forms more accurately so I'll continue to do some concepts based on this workflow.

Why I'm doing this? Well it will remain a secret until I get more progress XD 

BTW, a Tier $2+ post with processes, HD images, and pure-line version of the two previous drawings (lingerie Dante and Float) is coming soon! (before Aug 28th!) 

I'm also going to make changes...

[DanCre] Float

It's finally completed! (The second picture is for mobile view on other platforms) It's also Qixi Festival today, the Chinese version of Valentine's day 💖

I struggle a lot when drawing wings even though I love wings. The reference for Credo is swan wings, but I'm not certain what is better for Dante. I always thought the devil trigger design of 1D~4D is probably inspired by insects like beetles. And 5D looks more inspired by dragons or reptiles.

Anyway, I'd like to make him loo...

Float (wip)

Some sneak peeks of DanCre drawing! This linework is close to completion and I'm having lots of fun (and agony) drawing it. I slightly changed Credo's costume, just to make it more...understandable. 🤤

Ever since last month, switching from a pen display to a tablet, my hands are finally catching up with ideas, I'm redrawing less and feeling more controlling. And the physical issues causing by working gestures are less noticeable now. I don't mean to persuade people not to go for a pe...

Lingerie Dante

This might not be the best example to talk about drawing stuff *ahem* I hope it's not me being rusty of reviewing my work, but I do think the outcome surpasses my expectation *_*

After several weeks of trial and error, I'm finally getting a grasp of drawing on a tablet. I'm currently switching back to use an Intuos ( 4th gen, PTK-840 ) and overall feel a lot more ease to work this way. It's not fast, but everything feels more controllable due to being able to clearly observe every detai...

Finding ways to solve physical pain

Sorry for the hiatus of updates! 

The chaos strikes in my country and it requires more attention to make clear what's actually happening both in Taiwan and globally. The more I know the more I am not sure if I can still safely sit here updating Patreon to the next year. *sigh*

Well, since it's a Patreon update I'll just let those concerns pass by and focus on talking about drawing. I'm sorry to say that I'm hitting a wall again...and the culprit is wrist & shoulder pain.<...

Remake of《Possessors》舊誌重繪計畫

In recent years, I have been stuck in a trap of improving the appeal of clean line art and forget the importance of confidently drawing. Recently I stumped upon a workflow that finally improving my drawing speed, I want to take this opportunity to practice more, and the best plan I have now is to re-draw one of my DanCre stories. Most of it has been published in《Possessors》, a 2016 doujin that only con...

Bonus comic rewards | 2021 May-June

2021.8.27 edit:
This post is also open for Tier $2 from now on.
今日起，二鎂會員也可以看到此帖內容。

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Some bonuses for T5 and T30 patrons~

As an old-schooler I still prefer using halftones. It kinda adds a smooth transition between ink and greyscale. Having fought against the half-tone overlaying problems for a while. Not sure how it's correctly called in English, "網花", means halftone overlaying due to the change of resolution and creati...

Remake of Possessors | 2021 May-June

I guess this is good news, I'm beginning to consistently work on a comic project! Not much for the first post, just 2 pages of Nero busting poor Credo xo  

This post will be frequently updated till the end of June. Once there's a new page or scene finished, it will be uploaded here. I'll also make a public announcement of the future comic reward plan very soon!

Reminds:
- This post will expire on July 31st for Tier $2.
- This post will expire on December 31st for...

Redrawing old comics

Hello everyone, well, it's quite a ride in Taiwan during these two weeks. Surely I'm very lucky to live in a region that's barely affected by the pandemic in the past year, so I don't mention it here often. Anyway, I'm hoping everyone here is still safe or well-recovered.

I've already done 20+ pages of half-toning + shading + some post-editing. During the process, I'm regaining some confidence and muscle memories of how I created doujins intuitively like before. 

You might re...

Scaley demon illustration + process + brush

Finally, the illustration is ready. This one really took much longer than it should x_x This time there's no commentary since the method is almost the same as my previous work.

I probably made a mistake while sketching, not knowing how to choose a better design for rendering. And the dark/light shape became less recognizable compared to the previous work. Eventually my patience became none ex...

2021 May reward pack preview 五月限時獎勵公告

May 25th edit:
The COMIC rewards plan is changed. You can issue a refund if you don't want to support the new plan. Read more details on this post:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/remake-of-jiu-ji-51663965

5/25更新：
漫畫獎勵內容有所更動，關於更動計畫細節、與如何退款，請參考此帖：
2021-05-10 07:30:58 +0000 UTC View Post

May reward update 五月份獎勵更動公告

[ TLDR ]

The content of May rewards will be changed. The May reward for tier $2/$5/$30 will include:

- 150/300dpi Scaley demon linework and illustration in 'shading stage'.

- Process images, layered PSDs.

- 'Possessors' DMC4 DanCre doujin comic. 37 pages, ENG+CHT dialogues. Plus cover art.

- Notice the reward is sent based on the May billing cycle, not April.

The ill...

Scaley demon WIP + Reward delayed to May 10th

First of all, I'll spare you from reading the tech nonsense. So my PC recovered and I only need to replace the system drive, and thankfully a new SSD is a lot cheaper compared to 5 years ago! 

The progress of scaley demon illustration is going well so far, I figure it can be done in early May. So the May billing cycle will NOT be paused. The reward will be sent before May 10th. Sorry for the delay ;_;

(Notice the scaley demon reward will be sent based on paym...

So my PC is in trouble :(

Keeping getting these BSODs since late March. Last week it occurred more frequently and I was not able to persistently draw. It usually snapped every 10-30 mins.

The good news is, my working files are fine, my hard drives are not the culprit.

The bad news is, except for the drives, RAM, and CPU, I'm not sure which part is corrupted, and don't know how much time it will take to fix. My PC was recently brought to a friend for further tests. The mobo is the biggest suspect since bein...

Scaley demon - linework

Originally attempted to draw DT Dante but ended up creating another free-form creature/demon. I run a bit too crazy about adding scales -- except some skins *wink* --, next time I'll try something simpler.
原本打算畫魔人蛋丁，後來還是想隨性發揮。上回畫過全身羽毛之後，這回想挑戰全身(除了某個部份嗯咳)鱗片，純看線稿感覺有點複雜過頭了，下次的插畫大概會畫點較簡化的造型。

As always, let me know if you have a co...

Progress/doodles update

• Image 1 : The sketch of the next illustration work.
• Image 2 : The canceled sketch of the sexy 4D. 
• Image 3 : Rough sketches.
• Image 4 : Some DanCre doodles for brushes/workflow testing.
• 圖一：下張獎勵插圖的草稿
• 圖二：未採用的4D草稿
• 圖三：抓靈感快速撇的一些草圖
• 圖四：紓壓撇的一些DanCre塗鴉
  
  Sketch/doodle dumping time again. Currently working on this one, the first image ...
  2021-03-28 07:52:29 +0000 UTC View Post