#Fulgur2Day: 2 Year Art Summary

Happy 2 Year Anniversary, Fuu-san and Comfydants!! I can't believe I've been in the Sheep Pile for 2 years! I didn't have anything new for the #Fulgur2Day Fan Appreciation Stream, so I purposefully submitted this when stream started.

...I obviously didn't understand the assignment, lol. I'm sorry, Professor Ovid.

That said, I didn't think I've had enough to complete the clock with only Fuu fan arts. I was planning to add Ovidia in there since I had a bunch of art pieces too, but surprisinly, there's not enough space! Also, I'm really happy with how much I improved in only 2 short years! I guess being inspired does that to a Fan Artist.

Here's to another year of drawing the old man! IKZ!!

Oh, and if you guys want to try this clock layout, please download it from Roika Elfili from Deviant Art.

Draw Your Friends' OCs in Your Style

This was a lot more challenging than I thought it would be. I thought it would take me a day or two at most, but it took 4 days..! I think I may have had too much fun drawing them all, and I'm glad it turned out pretty well.

Here's hoping the people who actually own these characters will love them too. (>< *)

If you'd like to give this a try yourself, you can find the template in Rios Benny's Deviant Art.

Gift: Broken by DarkMotives

This week’s #FanArtFriday features Dark Motives’ fan art of Lily Santos from KARMA! Ｏ(≧▽≦)Ｏ From the image’s details, Darky gave me this back in February 2014! I wonder if she knew what would happen in the Epilogue of Karma: Chapter 3?

∑(;°Д°) …oops, maybe I already said too much? Haha~ but I bet Lily would be very pleased to see this fan art for herself. Thanks again Darky! Please visit her Deviant Art Account for more of her amazing artwork!

Gift: What If DarkMotives Became An Angel? by DarkMotives

After updating my Gifts Page, I realized that I haven’t featured quite a few fan arts given to me yet… So for now, I’ll schedule some posts to automatically come in live every Friday- #FanArtFriday! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦o)

I received this one from Dark Motives last December 2013. I remember that she had a request for me during Free Comic Book Day on April 2013 to draw her as an angel in KARMA, but I never got to do it since she decided to ask for something else during the event instead.

I think this looks very awesome! The rose detail on her sword’s pommel is beautiful, and it makes me think she’s an earth angel like Tori~ ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

Anyway, please visit her Deviant Art account~ She’s got an amazing gallery there and I’m sure she’ll appreciate the support! Thanks again for all the amazing fan art!

Shiraishi Brothers Contest Entry

“Kyoto, plz…”
”NUU! Dun wanna!”

Drawn for pindanglicious contest!

When I was stressed out over family matters a few weeks ago, I found out about this contest about two perverted brothers. I wasn't sure if I could even finish this because of that super detailed shirt... but drawing the pattern calmed me down when I was ready about ready to give up on... well, everything.

Now it's finally finished. I don't want to draw patterns manually ever again, hahaha!

Good luck everyone!

Characters: Kyoto and Kaito Shiraishi by pindanglicious

Gift: 100

You guys have absolutely no idea how happy this makes me, even if my character is such a tiny little thing in this illustration! (*≧▽≦)

You see, back in 2007, I joined a contest hosted by Apricot8585’s fan club. All participant will get to have their character drawn by the artist, but the top three will be drawn much larger than the rest. I’m very happy to say that Eri caught Apricot’s eye, and she added Eri to her top 10 picks! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ Sadly, I didn’t get enough votes, and I only ranked 6th or 7th at the end of the contest, but I’m still happy Eri is in here! (｡´∀｀)ﾉ

I had lost my copy of this art until recently, so I guess we can say this is a Throwback Thursday? Goth Eri is one of the most viewed illustrations in my Deviant Art, and you can find the original illustration here. In Apricot’s work, you will find her sitting on a cloud on the upper right corner. ｡◕‿◕｡

If anyone here happens to know where Apricot has gone off to on the internet, please let me know, thank you! ヾ(^ ^ゞ

Gift: Peace

More cute fan art from Honey Den aka DarkMotives! 〜(^∇^〜)

I really love this piece very much. This is actually the second version, because the first one Honey drew met with a little accident! (;*△*;) It made me so sad, but at the same time, this one made me so happy! ヾ(*´∇`)ﾉ

As an exchange, Honey asked me, Enjelicious, and Jeff Nice to pose the same way she drew our characters. We were happy to oblige, although I could have sworn Jeff was a little confused as to why Honey asked us to pose this way. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ)) I don’t think he saw this fan art until after we took a photo together.

Here is our photo if you’re curious. Don’t mind our tired faces, we didn’t get much sleep the night before the event. o(TωT;o)

Thanks again, Honey! ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ

Gift: Oh No~! Darky is Sick!!

It’s fan art friday! ☆* o(≧▽≦)o *☆

Darkmotives has given me a ton of fan art, but it seems I’ve forgotten to post them here! This is one of my favorites from her – it features Jeremy from Crystal Shadows as a doctor! Ooh~ I’d probably have a nosebleed too if he were my physician, teehee! (ノ￣ω￣)ノ

Thank you so much, Darky! I’ll definitely be featuring this in the next installment of KARMA! Please check out her original post on Deviant Art! (* >ω<)

Gift [Art Trade]: Young Erin

Now that I have that silly lightbox code fixed thanks to the ever reliable Tori Avalon, we’re back with Fan Art February! (((*°▽°*)八(*°▽°*)))♪ This time from Pet Meow!

I received this from her way back during the second week of February! And this lovely sketch was done the traditional way with color pencils! *(*´∀｀*)☆

Makes me miss drawing traditionally myself. Guess I better finish these commissions quickly so I can draw something for myself again, including manga pages! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ Wish me luck guys! And thank you once again to Pet Meow! She looks absolutely adora-bubble~ (ღ˘⌣˘ღ) ♫･*:.｡. .｡.:*･

Gift [Art Trade]: Mask

This is Yuuki’s part in our art trade. (⌒▽⌒)☆ Now I kinda feel bad that I didn’t color her character, Alex Fiore, but maybe I can do that when I’m not so behind on my manga pages. (＊0＊;) Misaki-chan is going to kill me soon!

Thanks again, Yuuki! Keep up the great work! (((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))

I’m really taking a liking to this idea… Maybe I should draw my own take on this! (*´・ｖ・)

Gift [Art Trade]: A Snake in the Grass

“Truth is...I'm the one who wants you. Soon, you will be mine...”
~Amilia

..wait, what- What uncanny evil is this?! щ(ಥДಥщ)

I can tell Suoh really had fun with this trade. ヾ(ｏ･ω･)ﾉ And with the Chinese New Year fast approaching, I might need to pick my lazy self off the floor and really get crackin’ on my part of the bargain! (,,#ﾟДﾟ)

Thank you so much, Suoh! And for the record, I absolutely love how Suoh used Erin’s colors for Amilia. It’s a very good idea. (*-`ω´- )人 *sage nod*

Art Trade with yuukihanabusa

It would appear that my coffee was not decaffeinated last night. (¬▂¬) I’ve barely slept, and since I can’t seem to fall asleep at all, I’ve decided to finish this art trade of Yuuki’s character, Alex Fiore. (*´・ｖ・)

Still used the same watercolor texture as before. (´-ω-｀) That neko wasn’t really supposed to be there, but I wanted Alex to wake up to something adorable. ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ It would have been boring otherwise if it was just a bishie in bed… right?

Kitty was from this photo, I just changed the colar into a bow. ～(^з^)-☆

Art Trade with petmeow

Continuing with my art trade meme, petmeow wanted a sketch of her original character, “Akai”. (* >ω<) She is a feline youkai and a technical assistant for Youko Kurama. Although one is considerably protective of the other, their relationship can neither be described as business nor romantic.

Although I definitely ship Maya with Shuichi as they are a canon couple, Akai seems like a nice girl. So I gave her a Youko plushie to go with her portrait.（⌒▽⌒ゞ Oh, and if you think her clothes look familiar, that’s probably because that’s Mist’s female uniform. ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

I miss drawing Mist, but ah, those are the breaks. Hope you guys like it! o(≧∇≦o)

Art Trade with ItsyBitsyshutterbug

I decided to try and be more active in the Deviant Art community this year, and what better way to do it than to participate in an art trade meme? ヾ(*´∇`)ﾉ

This is inspired from ItsyBitsyshutterbug’s portrait shot “Halo”~! ヾ(･ω･*)ﾉ I may have gone a little bit overboard on this and gave her a kimono instead of her stripped t-shirt, but hey! A direct copy would have been too boring, right?

I hope she likes it! Now on to the next trade! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ

Sketch Dump: Sakura

Suoh requested to see my other attempts at drawing Yuuki’s original character, Sakura, since I’d mentioned the final illustrated was already the 4th attempt.

After I went through my PSD files, however, I realized that I stand corrected:

There were five other attempts making the final one my sixth instead of my fourth! (º_º) How could I have failed myself 5 times and not even remember it?! (＊0＊;)

Oh well, I guess I could just tell you guys more about them since I would probably never finish these…

• Green (right-most) – attempt number 1, which was supposed to be a “mirror” to EL’s illustration. I was going to give Sakura a pair of silver moth wings with similar designs EL’s butterfly wings, but I somehow got bored with this even though the lineart’s almost finished. I think the pose is… awkward? (‘◇’)?
• Pink (middle-top) – attempt number 2, I think I was reading too much Kuroshitsuji then which explains the pose and Victorian-styled clothing. (・_・ヾ Obviously a half-hearted illustration, since I couldn’t get the expression on her face to come out the way I wanted.
• Blue (upper-left) – attempt number 3, and I used a reference photo for this pose. Still not what I was looking for, but the action pose was something I liked, but couldn’t get. (;*´Д`)ﾉ
• Red (middle-bottom) – attempt number 4, I knew I wanted to draw her sword at this point, the pose was ok, and I even started inking. I don’t even remember why I stopped drawing her, because out of the five, I would probably pick this one to finish if I had to. ヽ(ﾟｰﾟ*ヽ) Maybe I can use this for something else one day.
• Purple (bottom-left) – attempt number 5, which was inspired from something I saw in Deviant Art, I think. It was a character that looked like she was falling deeper under water, but after I sketched my attempt, it looked rather depressing. (一。一;;)

There you have it folks! Hope you enjoyed looking at my fails… ψ(｀∇´)ψ I have a lot more in my hard drive and if this is interesting to you, let me know, and I might end up sharing more.

Nekomimi Rika

I wanted to try another way of coloring black hair, and Japanise Sakuras’ character, Rika, seemed like the a good candidate to try it on.

Remember xxxHolic? How Yuuko’s hair is always a flat black while the rest of the illustration is a nice wash of watercolor?

I tried to do that here, but in the end, I caved and added little highlights here and there. I don’t know how CLAMP can make it so flawlessly epic. Σ(-`Д´-ﾉ；)ﾉ

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this piece too! (*ノ・ω・) Now to get some work done! ヾ(ﾟ∀ﾟゞ)

Yuuki’s Sakura

I don’t know what it is about these art trades, but this is a record breaking 4th attempt in drawing Yuuki Hanabusa’s original character, “Sakura”! She finally came out the way I wanted her to! But argh… the mere fact that it took me forever and a day to finish it is really upsetting to me! щ(ಥДಥщ)

Now I can work on these pending commissions and stop nitpicking this piece! I hope you like this Yuuki-chan! ( (ﾐ´ω`ﾐ))

The 8th Philippine Komikon: Aftermath

ANNOUNCEMENT: If you have any information regarding the theft of Ms. Alexa’s bag and Doc Carlo’s DSLR, please do not hesitate to contact Komikon.org. Thank you!

Another Komikon has come and gone, and this marks the second time that I was able to participate as a seller thanks to the amazing Raykosen and Studio 4 Eyes! Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

As I mentioned before, Crystal Shadows has officially launched under Studio 4 Eyes with the main characters on the cover! It’s too bad we didn’t know exactly how and where we can print colored covers without burning a hole in our Editor’s pockets, but hey, we actually managed to sell all the copies! How cool is that?! ヽ(；▽；)ノ

Crystal Shadows: Page 004

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I’m so sorry!!! I forgot it was Thursday already! I was already finished with this, but I’m rushing to finish the indie version for Komikon! щ(ಥДಥщ)

That’s right guys, Crystal Shadows will be available next week in Winter Komikon 2012! ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ This is only the second time that I’ll be participating, but I’m really excited because I’ll be attending with Ray Magbanua, Misakichan, and Pochaco!

But more on that later~ Time to talk about the actual page itself!

Well, I don’t have time to color an icon for this anymore because as I said, I’m rushing things for Komikon, but some of the old readers will probably notice my Megatokyo influence with regards to the girl speaking in a foreign language. I’ve encountered the “< >” style added to the actual dialogue way back in 2004, and thought it was weird at first because you can just write it in the actual language anyway, right?

Wrong. (シ_ _)シ When I mixed languages for my other comics, a lot of people got upset. So that’s why Megatokyo stuck to one language.

Anyway, enjoy the page! More to come next week! ヾ(*´∇`)ﾉ

Gift: BOYS LOVE... NOT!!!!! by Misakichan

Oh dear goodness gracious..! I think I just died a little. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))

It seems that after posting that preview of Jeremy and Dylan in one panel, it’s inspired even my own Editor to draw them… “together”. (＊0＊;)

The expression on Jeremy’s face on the first panel is killing me. ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ I’m afraid of printing this out and posting it on my wall because my mom often hangs out here with my brother to talk about stuff… (◕‿◕✿)

This is really putting on the pressure to make this a great looking manga though. (=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ Guess I should stop writing and start drawing now. ヽ(･ω･ゞ)

Thank you again, Editor-san! (｡♥‿♥｡) Hope my mom doesn’t see this. ☆ﾐ(o*･ω･)ﾉ