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WIP: The light touch

I kind of like their chemistry and the composition in this one, so I want to post an early WIP here. They are my forever oasis and it's so hard for me to imaging someday I may need to leave or jump to other fandom. ;_;

Last week I finally got an Ergotron stand for Cintiq Pro. As if the Cintiq itself is not big enough, n...

Concept - Viper

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# Viper - Cyborg form
I'm still stuck in making the transformation believ...

DMC5 vs DMC4 Dante

Yesterday I did some sketches of the 4&5 Dante. I grabbed some DMC5 images as reference and trying to figure how to draw 5D's face. Here's some more practice (reference are from DMC5 official twitter):

Almost a decade ago I found ...

Process - "Pink Devils"

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• The full illustration is available as an HD 2+ reward. See this post to know how to receive the reward.
• Attachment version is smaller than HD 2+ version. (124...
  2018-10-31 11:58:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Ink & Sketch brushes (Paintstorm Studio)

Before the process photos of HD2+ reward this month being posted, I want to introduce my inking brushes so far. You can download the brush file from attachment. 

I have been consistently changing some minor settings, like stabilizer, size, opacity, etc.. No need to strictly stick to those default settings. And my smallest...

HD 2+ reward preview (2018 October)

This is a public post for previewing. You can download the attachment for smaller, public version illustrations.

A time-limited reward for 2018 October, Tier $2+ patrons! Download link will be sent via PM during 10/31-11/1. This reward includes:

• 277*300mm size, 150dpi illustrations of t...
  2018-10-31 05:25:37 +0000 UTC View Post

A WIP of Octorber HD2+ reward (and my painful journey of problem solving)

An earlier public version in my twitter:

It's close to the end of October! Yeah, it's late for this month and the top image is a WIP preview of the HD2+ monthly reward. It will be soon finished and ready to be sent. Sorry for the wait...

(R-18) WIP of drawing scene exercise

Sorry for no post for weeks! After the previous post, I had been solving new problems with drawings for weeks. I'll talk more about the problem-solving process in the next post.

One conclusion to the solutions is that I need some drawing exercise for the skill that can be applied to more practical use. Like, drawing sce...

Leather Devil sketching process (10x time-lapse)

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• This is only the sketching process.
• I made this video unlisted on YT, so don't share it publicly.
• Software/device/BGM details are in youtube video description.

After the sketch was done yesterday, I decided to try several different approaches for th...

Leather devil WIP

Since I'm switching to a 24" cintiq pro (4k), I want to make a similar work for comparing with one of my previous post in May, which I drew on a 13" cintiq HD (1080p). This is a WIP waiting for further refinement. 

2018-10-09 09:45:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Concept - Proteus, Frost, Leviathan

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Now I'll name this project "Proteus", which is also the name of a leading role being mentioned since 2018-10-07 14:19:29 +0000 UTC View Post

Concept - Viper & Proteus

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I guess no creator want to post at the end of the month because it kinda means one less post for the next month. Meh, ...

concept - Viper

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# Viper

Like I said in one earlier post, I'm starting to create something original. I don't have any concrete idea of names so, for now, I'm just calling him 'Viper'. The leading protagonist of my new pro...

Process - "Angel"

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• The full illustration is available as an HD 2+ reward. See this post to know how to receive the reward.
• Attachment version is smaller than HD 2+ version. (1000 px in w...

Reward and tiers update, and some thoughts about a community pirating Patreon's content 會員獎勵更動，以及針對會員專屬獎勵的保護措施

這篇文有點太長!!!總之得麻煩各位用力滑到很下面去看中譯版(跪地)

# The pirating community issue

Weeks ago, I've talked in a patron-only post, about a community which is currently pirati...

HD 2+ reward preview (2018 September)

This is a public post for previewing. You can download the attachment for smaller, public version illustrations.

A time-limited reward for 2018 September, Tier $2+ patrons! Download link will be sent via PM during 9/30-10/1. The reward includes:

• A4 size, 150dpi illustrations of the final versi...
  2018-09-24 08:06:54 +0000 UTC View Post

3 attempts to find forms

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Shading WIP, and a bad news

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I'm testing a new method to find forms. Seemingly it's more easier to maintain control of forms on a higher res & bigger display. But it also leaves some new obstacles for me to get used to.

Here's one example of recen...

Special Reward for 2018 September patrons & charging rule update 九月贊助者限定獎勵 & 結款異動說明

Uh well, here's another illustration pack! (Tier $2+ only) This pack includes:

• 11 steps of process photos, each step size is 500*1250 pixels.
• Layered PSD, contains 6 different steps of my process: rough sketch, line art(cancelled version), line art & base color, paint, paint (over line art),...
  2018-08-30 14:56:49 +0000 UTC View Post

July reward summary 七月獎勵清單

• This is the reward summary during July 1th-31th, in case you forgot to check them out. My patrons can always get those rewards (not including special reward) for their tier anytime on my post section.
  
• The special reward (illustration pack) is only for my July~August $2+ patrons. The download link for this p...
  2018-08-02 12:28:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Value practice

(HD images are in the attachment)

• Practice A1:
  See WIP post: Push the values 

I was testing a brush pack out of a random doodle. It seems easier to find the ideal value range when using bigger and flat brushes,...

Special Reward for 2018 July patrons & reward update 七月贊助者限定獎勵&獎勵項目調整

An illustration pack for my 2018 July patrons ! (Tier $2+ only)  This pack includes:

• 14 steps of process photos, each step size is bigger than 800*600 pixels.
• Layered PSD, contains 6 different steps of my process: rough sketch, line art, base color, base shading, finalize painting, post-edi...
  2018-07-28 17:32:26 +0000 UTC View Post

Practices in last week

Two WIPs last week. (HD version is in the attachment)

I made the left one first, later the forms were kinda messed up because I was too busy to deal with the values. Then I made the second one out of the same sketch and just trying to paint in a more none-destructive method. And then...then my new cintiq arrives and I haven't ...

So it arrives

Last week I got a phone call from Wacom's dealer in Taiwan, and they said this device (cintiq pro 24") I've waited forever is finally ready for purchase in my country.

IT IS HUMONGOUS
AND EXPENSIVE, OF COURSE
MY HEART IS BLEEDING

If anyone remembers, I mentioned the cintiq model is never ideal for me to paint, one ...

Painting in wide range values is hard. Too hard.

Title is the new lesson I learned. Getting stuck at this messy stage, and I can only call it a...a sketch. It should be easier if I just re-draw a more defined sketch and repaint from start. But this method might be good for doing sketches of bigger project including strong light source and complex forms (so at least I can have ...

Three attempts to color the same art

(The top image is preview version; you can download the bigger image from the attachment of this post)

Without any surprise, they're all failed. Sometimes I feel maybe I should make a quick post without too much comment so I can save some time to work on painting. While I'm also very lucky to have very active patrons willing t...

Push the values

Days ago I posted a color test of Dante's head. After several attempts of trying I decide to learn how to improve values again. This time I'm aware that better not to go full-realistic, but just focus on what the form is presented on the canvas. And I get this below image in result.

2018-07-09 15:38:42 +0000 UTC View Post