My Organizer~

About time I get down to using my organizer. I filled it up for reasons that I have to gear up on materials so I can go on and on and on drawing nonstop.... but I guess I did. STOP. Somewhere.

But seeing my stuff seems to have me itching to use them again. I was doodling just this afternoon but had to put them away when rush hour came. Not a good idea to draw within full view of customers, especially when you work in a snack bar. Wet hands and sticky fingers all over the counter, which means soggy paper and icky pencils coz they just haaaavvve to touch everything you're using.

Ugh.

Drawing time in my workplace is short and limited. There's plenty of tables and chairs, but its too much hassle to have to grab everything when people start coming in.

So, I use the counter table, standing. But that also has its difficulties as its where people actually order for their food. And they think you're sketch pad is the order list. They don't care nor do they wonder why its a 9" x 12" bundled thick paper in spring binding with hard cover, too 'classy' to be used for jotting down their orders. Nor do they bother to notice why there's a head and a face in the center of said paper.

Yep, drawing in my workplace is troublesome....

I wonder what they'll say when I mention how much a sketch pad costs. Yes, there are cheap ones, but not in their estimation. Oslo paper is already costly in their experience. So what more for sketch paper?

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Drawing for 2013

Been on hiatus on a long time from drawing anything. Had to draw something during our sketch day with the gang last Sunday.

I made a mess with the inkwork since I was seeing double. At least I made sense out of the lines only they're waaaay crooked and jagged in several parts.

Was really surprised to see unexpected people arriving (non-members) of our group. We made a total of 17 occupying the entire front area of McDonalds.

Start with the basics

SlackerLord messing around with the camera and took pictures of just about anything, even my case.

The chibi version of what I drew

The last image was doodled at the bottom of the paper as we took turns talking about what we drew. By the time the cycle was done, I was already darkening the lines.

A more complete set of Sketch Day photos here: NIKO Sketch Day - Aug.25.2013

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Project Hero Characters

I just came to realize, after briefly browsing through the older blog posts that I haven't posted anything about a year-old pending project of our group, NIKO.

Its still under discussion, the characters created and molded to fit, and the story underway.

Here are mine and SlackerLord's characters:

(click on image for bigger view)

This was our short references of our submitted characters, Rica and Mari Guillermo. Created for the sole purpose for Project Hero, now titled as "The Descendants".

The main theme is the usual 'good vs. evil' with a Filipino twist. Characters must be of Filipino descent, same with abilities, backgrounds and the main setting. Hence, our Bruho brothers (yes, they're witches in a sense).

NIKO members were asked to give ONE character only if they wanted to be part of the project. So far, 14 submitted. Back then, the profiles were accepted without comment, but now that the story is underway, the available profiles in hand are being subjected to strict screening. We're still in the process of deciding whether to drop or include some of the characters as we just went over the profiles a few days ago and realized that more than half of the submitted characters didn't adhere to the theme/requirements. Will reserve comment on some of them for now.^^;

After a year, the reason why the others are gunning to give PH a go was because of SlackerLord. She just had to do these:

3D generated images of the Bruho Brothers by SlackerLord using IMVU.

I'll be revising Rica and Mari basing on these 3D images. XD

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Something random

Just an old random sketch of some random character as requirement from a workshop back in 2009. We were told to make 2 characters of varying expressions, and different facial structures.

All of mine were non-human. XD

This was the only one I liked though.

Speaking of facial structures, I want to work on those more.

May also start on Maraverde again as soon as my hands stop trembling from the medicines I take for my asthma.

I intend to work seriously on Maraverde so my progress may be slow and not think of a deadline I need to catch up on.... coz, there is no deadline. Unless I consider next year's summer since there's this huge komikon event...

Must not think about it.... >.<

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ICCON

We're thinking of going to this convention with fellow artists.

The plan at first was to register for a booth but they have some certain requirements that were a tad too pricey for our pockets, so we'll settle for scoping out the event as it being the first one ever in Iloilo, my birthplace~

Hope we do get to go.^^

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ManHua Comic Festival

Super late update!

This is the cover of our first release during the ManHua Fest last March 2012.

We went under the group BLANK PAGE Indie Comic Circle.

Consider this our debut as comic artists in Bacolod City.

I'm not posting the pages here, even as a teaser. There are only 18 comic pages plus the cover, so there's not much to show as a teaser sample.

The comic was a rather rushed up job as we were somewhat pressured to join in the ManHua Fest to fill in the slots for artist exhibitors. Hoping to improve on this when we do manage to work on the next release...... after we get our second set of eyes. TT^TT


I need glassess.... and so does Slackerlord.^^;

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Gift Art 1

A gift art for Kai Raito (username) cosplaying as the Medicine Seller in Mononoke.

My first manganized version of him was supposed to be his cosplay of Ciel Phantomhive but I had habit of leaving my unfinished drafts, sketches, or drawings on the table near a window. It must have been blown by the wind as next I found it ---- in several pieces ---- was on the floor with our dogs. TT^TT

So, this is like 2 years overdue. He requested for this first time I knew of him and when the cosplay era was just starting to grow in Bacolod. That's when I met a lot of the cosplayers.

Other versions SlackerLord tried out:

The first one was my suggestion. The second and third were her ideas.^^;

Uploaded the lineart and first thumb in our DA gallery. A higher resolution of the lineart can be downloaded HERE.

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Commission 1

My very first commission in cash! So happy!!! XD

Got the request from a local cosplayer who goes by the name Banazure (I'm not gonna reveal his real name) who went to POTO-CON (Pearl of the Orient) as Sesshomaru. Fan girls were going crazy after him. I watched how he stood there while his family and friends helped him put on his costume bit by bit..... and it was a lot of bits for the character he went to portray.^^;

He won anyway~

Reference pic for the request.

The step-by-step process (in a way):

Started with the head and hair.

Next, went on to do the killer fur. xp

After the fur (which took me more than 2 hours) I proceeded to do the rest of the body.

And, voila~ Done!

Scroll up for the final output, its the very first image.

Afterwards, SlackerLord and I decided to do something with all that white space.... we butchered it. It looked like this:

We were never good with colors. And digitally ---- well, it always spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R. We're going to learn how to...................... eventually.^^;

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First Commission

Not officially open yet but couldn't resist taking the requests in gaia online.

I went to ask in gaia forums the pricing range for my kind of art style --- there were several suggestions ranging from 50-100K for the head shots, 100-200K for half body, 250K and up for full body --- single character only. Other prices I got were as much as 800K and more if I offer them in color.

Unfortunately my coloring skill rates none~

I'm bad at it. I'd like to say I want to learn, and would have started learning if my ever so dysfunctional flash drive didn't go and corrupt the tutorials I spent hours selecting and collecting from DA.

Now I have to do it all over again!

I received 150K for above commission from Red Umbra. I got commissioned as soon as I asked around gaia's chatterbox. Instant reply. People seem to be more active there than in any of the forum boards.

My decision to open a commission shop at gaia still stands. Its gonna be there when I need the gold to use. The actual commission work is in RL with real money, which I'm still determined to push through as soon as possible. Already have a site put up and all just need to spread it around after this one event and my time clears up for me to be able to accept requests and get down to some serious business.

Crossing my fingers and fervently hoping----

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