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Akumi Blu-Ray in the Works!

It only took 13 years but this is finally gonna happen! Stay tuned for more updates on this.

Onwards and Upwards!

-Miltonius

Kuro the Void Pirate

A commission of how Kuro the Void Pirate might look in the Akumiverse!

His pirate airships in the background.  I like the way this one came out. :)

A lot in the works after some recent events. More news on the way!

Onwards and Upwards!

-Miltonius

Sonja's Run

Sonja goes for a run with her bunny. 

Made this over the Easter weekend. My characters don't really come to life for me till they start moving. As you can see I've already started experimenting with her look. The character will fall into their own design as I draw and redraw them. So I'm pretty sure this isn't thei...

Bubbu the Necromancer

So here's a little test animation of what I'm thinking of doing for most of the main Akumi characters. Basically, a little action animation followed by a still frame title card. In the animation above, the only major thing that happens is the zombie giant crouches and Bubbu points at something but I plan to make more dynamic ...

Spiderverse Animation Practice

Edit: Added some light affects on the background. You may need to reload your browser to see the changes.

So this is my first approach at going back to the traditional animation principals I learned in my animation classes. Meaning the only difference here is I redrew keyframes and inbetweens ...

Sonja

Sonja will be the newest character to enter the Akumiverse. What part she'll play we'll just have to wait and see!

What's on the Horizon?

I've spent a lot of time lately resetting myself so I can more clearly see what it is I want to create. This page is kind of nice because of the newness it has....

Tough Little Red Riding Hood

Ahhh... this turned out nice! I love the cell shaded look with just a hint of a painted look. I guess this looks more like some comicbook coloring styles too.  I held myself back from overly detailing this to keep the cartoony feel... but later I might make a copy and go crazy with detail and see how that looks too. But ...

Little Red Riding Hood- Progress

Tough Little Red Riding Hood drawing challenge is underway!  Ended up making a couple more thumbnail sketches when this on stood out to me.  I'm thinking she's gonna enter the Akumiverse as a new character! :)

Onwards and Upwards!

-Miltonius

Commission: Void Venom

Last commission for this month! Really happy with this one. The human face is actually a portrait of the person who commissioned this.  I rarely draw this type of hulkish physic while maintaining human proportions. Usually I go full silverback gorilla proportions.  I also had fun pulling back from my overly detailed...

Commission: Starstorm

Oh man last week was just a week of commission work.  I avoid doing any commission work unless I feel like I can really bring something fresh to other people's ideas. Otherwise, it's not worth my time. But when I'm in that flow, creating other people's vision helps me evolve as well.

Above is the latest example. Pr...

New Character?

Introducing, Captain... I'm not sure yet. Boom? Blitz Boy...  So I've always loved the spastic, over-confident, over the top heroes of anime. It makes it even funnier when they fall on their face. But that never deters them. They get right back up and charge forward again.  I think that's what I'm trying to encapsul...

Character Commissions - OPEN

Character commissions are open! If you're interested in having your idea come to life in my art style, now is the time!

Above is my latest commission by a Patron, Void Pirate!

Commissions

One character commission with a basic background is $100 up front. You can pay through this Patreon or <...

Entering Art Challenge: Tough Little Red Riding Hood

So I've decided to enter an art challenge to polish my skills some more. Theme: "Tough Little Red Riding Hood".  I don't normally make thumbnails because it's faster not to but decided to do it for this challenge.  You can see the advantage and disadvantage. Advantage, lots of interesting ideas. Disadvantage, choosi...

New Character Concept: Sonja

I've got a new character idea. Sonja the Beast Master. I'm thinking she'll have this bunny that can grow big and fight/protect her sort of like a Pokemon. She'd have other beasts she could command as well. 

Still working on her design but which one do you like so far?

Akumivers Character Kit

Hello my Friends! Linked to this post is a zip folder of 80+ PNG files with out backgrounds of different Akumi characters you can mix and match to make your own wallpapers or pinups. I'll add more to this bunch when I have them available.
I'll also make more mobile wallpapers soon! Other updates for this page specifically ...

Akumi Mobile Wallpaper

Frank O'Rourke, a long time supporter of Akumi put together this Akumi wallpaper for your mobile devices. I attached it to this post along with an iPhone specific wallpaper. I can't have Akumi's face covered by the clock! Yeah I’m posting this at 3am! 😴

It's a new month and it's time to start strong. I have some id...

Alita Battle Angel Sketch

So I saw Alita Battle Angel last Monday thinking, if anything, this will be a fun action flick.   But it was so much more.  I don't recommend movies unless it affects me in a strong way and this is one did just that.   It's not a perfect movie but what it does right is all the stuff that matters. &nbs...

Miltonius Arts Patreon Vlog #001

Excuse the bedhead, I just woke up and realized I'd caught a cold. But there are things that must get done so I championed on!  I wanted to spent a day putting this vlog together but of course that turned into 4 days.  I guess doing these once a month isn't too much though. Keeps me accountable and it also keeps a r...

Rough Akumi Animation Test

Akumi spins then leaps away. A little more animation exercises. I think we need to see the Zombie Sister, Killara, casting an ice orb next!

Onwards and Upwards!

-Miltonius

Miltonius Rough Animation

So I decided to start a practice I heard about online about focusing. With all the distractions available to us it's not as easy as you think. But this exercise has you take 1 hour to focus on something you want to do. But during that 1 hour you put away ALL your distractions: this means no phone, no social media, no...

Changes to the Glory Bros Patreon Changes!

Hello! Miltonius here!  First, I want to thank you Patrons for supporting this page.  I built this page as a way to to help my friend, Dave, and his financial situation. My motivation was, lets get him some monies so he can pay off his debt and we can travel the world! He's helped my projects through the years and t...

Sketch Suggestion - Broly

Hello Patrons! I give you probably my best version of Broly I've drawn in my style so far!   

As a thank you for supporting me and Dave's work here, I'll sketch the 1st Glory Bros Patron suggestion to this post. I can't promise this every week but when I have some time to spare I will.

More Akumi sketche...

The Crosswalk - Animated Short

The Crosswalk is LIVE! Go watch it and give it a like!  Actually, we don't care about that stuff, but apparently it's good for the channel. And we're doing everything we can to get our content noticed!  

Anyway, we had a couple milestone projects last year like this which has helped us get to the point we're r...

#Doomlord

Doomlord! I created your avatar as thanks for being our 1st Patron. And even if you can't stay a patron, you'll always be the FIRST Glory Bros Patron! And for that you have our thanks in the form of name tags in animations, our Tier 3 Patreon label, Doomlord Avatar, free print bundle and future Easter eggs within animations a...

Update from Dave #3

Howdy, Boys & Girls! (#DOOMLORD4LYFE)

It's your old pal Dave again! Just watching my toenails grow and thought my time would be better used making this video for you all instead! Some might think I should've stuck to toe-gazing... but those people are WRONG! (love me, please!)

Anyhooter... I've incl...

NEW Animation Coming this Week!

Just a reminder, this Sunday at 12pm we'll be releasing our latest animated short, "The Crosswalk".

Akumi the Animated Series!

In other news, this month I'm working on the Akumi Series again.  These might start off like the independent shorts we've been releasing with a short run time. But it...

Glory Bros Update #001

Alright Glory Bros Patrons! After you watch the video, you'll know what to do.  If this works, we'll do this each Monday!

Have a Happy New Year my friends! We have big plans for 2019 but we'll tackle each milestone month by month. Thanks for coming along for the ride! There's much to do!

Fortune and Glory! 2019-01-01 05:00:30 +0000 UTC View Post

Update for Doomlord & Friends #2

What's up, Doomlord... and now even MORE patrons! Dave here with a quick little update for youse guys! Milton and I are stoked that you're here and grateful for your support. Here's to a great 2019! What're all y'all's plans for NYE?

Fortune and Glory!

Music Video - Broken Head Love

A song about Dave's unique love for his girl. A girl who's head goes "klunk". 

I had a lot of fun animating this video for Dave's love song. Stay tuned for more music videos like this in the future!

Yo Doomlord! Your name got some Easter eggs in this animations. Check it out! :)

-Milton

Akumi - Character Sheet 2019

Current Akumi design! Here's the results of using the female character models I showed you in earlier posts. When I dressed the model up, I saw a lot of adjustments needed. For example, I scaled her head down about 12%, lengthened her legs and arms. She's closer to 6 heads tall now. Fine tuning!  It's a never ending proc...