The traditional way. Our style. Our way.

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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Opening Commissions soon~

My sis and I are thinking of opening commissions sometime soon to help with things financially.

Its just a small start between 2 choices: Traditional (pencil) and Digital. Both in lineart.

Some samples we've prepared so far as we still have a few more to go:



Done with the digital samples. Will be working on the pencil sketches next. The buyer can choose between head, half body and full body for a commission.

For more details, browse through here: Yami & Mibu

Hope we make good out of it.^^
Much luck to both of us as this will be our first ever commission shop.




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SAI Linework

Been feeling restless of late. Could be from the tension and the excitement this coming event on March 31.

To pass of my lethargy, I did a little something:



Based from SlackerLord's avi in Gaia online, one of her old looks.

Its an old drawing and every once in a while I like to dabble with my old drawings and do linework with them in SAI. Took about 6-7 hours, trying out the tools and what else I was curious about, and several more 'undos' than I bothered to count. XD

After this was done and saved, I noticed the textures I so painstakingly worked on for the horns disappeared. WTH! I'm too lazy to edit so I'm gonna leave it as is. And I also forgot the scales on her face and body... oh, well~

Pencil version:



Now on to finishing the remaining pages. Been really busy this month in more ways than one. I'm gonna fall flat in bed and doze off a day after all this is finally over..... and do the same routine again for the next event. XD



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I'm working on it!


With just a very looooongggg break in-between.^^;

As much as I want to I'm a little dry in the imagination category at the moment. I'm motivated, but lack the ideas. TT^TT

Someone.... HELP!!!




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2012, First Drawing~


First drawing of the year 2012~

Pencil and character concept by me, inked lineart and cover concept by my sis, SlackerLord.

Shoun Peracles, made him the main character for our indie, OROZ, that was supposedly for a March mini-komikon event, the first ever indie tiangge to be held in Bacolod. Unfortunately, due to unforseen RL situation, we can't make it for the event in time.... but we'll try to get something done within the year to get him and the rest of the cast on paper.

OROZ art is more detailed than any of our works and can be time-consuming. So we settled for a simpler artwork, and an old story. We revised it from the first version when it was released, Rain on Summer to Crazy Heaven, and returned its story to the original one with just a few changes. XD

And this time, we hope we can make it in time. TT^TT




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Trad to Digi



It started off in pencil, couldn't help adding the lines to her sleeves~

The sequential conversion into digital lineart was done by sis (let's call her SlackerLord now^^). I would have done it but she insisted on finishing as she had other ideas with it as can be seen above.

Her 'look' was something to humor myself, and eventually used for a one page comic strip as a sort of mascot. There was a comic strip contest in ICI which SlackerLord thought we'd give a try in joining. The ones who win get to see their strips published within one of the issues. We were informed beforehand if we did get chosen, as we were immediately contacted just before the issue was published..... unfortunately, we never did get to see our strip in the release but we were told it would be there.


Anyway, the idea for her look was, as I said 'something to humor myself', but it came out as a way of representing me and my sister. We both look alike anyway, being twins and all-- long curly hair, the blackness depicts our often times dark humor; brooding eyes, as we tend to look bored and mean when deep in thoughts; and the unsmiling face, we smile only when the occasion warrants it. XD

The black, white and gray concept of the overall look, represents our style of work. Also means how we really suck at coloring. LOL.

We may have missed the chance to see a work of ours, the best or not, published in other issues aside from ours, but we hope to keep improving on that so anyone else won't be so quick to ignore our works in future.

For a glimpse of the comic strip, here it is:


We probably missed the humor we were aiming at. The incident depicted actually happened in real life, during ICI's very own official launching where we were one of the few sellers present. Try talking to a buyer with the band just ten steps away from your booth and the sound system directly across from your display~

I was the one who suggested to a friend she go upstage and have the band members sign their autographs, she guffawed when I handed her a Death Note. XD

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HC Cover Concept 1


I really have short attention span.^^;

A cover concept for Hallow Creak. Characters (starting above, and left to right): Nina Fryte, Scarecrow, Witch.

Its a long story.

At least now we have a final look for Nina. Most of her scenes in random illustrations depict her sleeping or hidden.
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WIP: Character designs

Along with BGs and the script, also worked on characters and storyboarding.


Above image is an old drawing from 2007 or so. Can't remember. My sis has been hankering me to use this as reference. It was something I thought I'd try out, different from my usual style. Turns out she liked it.


Concept for one of our OCs. He's called Shoun. One character who's role in every story revision has been changed over and over again.

Plus, my sis bought me coloured leads. Thought I'd try it out and there I went doing a couple of sheets, mostly scribbles. She wanted me to do lean concepts of the guys, and an equally lean yet curvy female characters. Then I asked her, "What about the boobs?"

Storyboard format

This is our storyboard where the marketplace (previous post) was an important scene that set the story to having the main character introduced.

Storyboard format is self made, gathered from different format ideas by other manga artists who shared how they make theirs.

I have a tendency to misplace my scripts, so I created a format where the script is already included in the storyboard --- side-by-side. Other artists have their scripts and storyboard separate from each other for bigger drawing space as they claimed.

Used to write the script in a notebook, any size will do, but the paneling and page concepts are all doodled at the corners or an any available space.^^;

So it turns out into one BIG mess.

My storyboard is bound into one large notebook..... now I just have to find it....



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Making BGs


I fail at it.... PERIOD.

But that doesn't mean I'd stop there. XD
I found alternatives.

Browsing the net randomly can give you a vast deal of ideas when in a slump. A single word in the search bar can give you a lot of possibilities when you use you imagination.

There's a market scene in a page which was included in the first chapter. That required a lot of buildings, stalls, crowds, sold goods, etc.

In a couple of minutes, we had five or so market images stored in our hard drive --- they were all modern/present time market places. And we picked the ones with the most visible stalls, buildings and people in it. Market scenes with too many sign boards were discarded.

From the image chose, we had it printed and placed tracing paper over it. We made use of the perspective involved and improvised with the rest. ^__^

Voila! Instant BG~

I need improvement in making extra characters.... I tend not to put enough importance in them.^^;

Unfortunately, this background was put aside. LOL

We were still discussing over the script and in the end we decided to revise it.... again. Hence, this scene will no longer be in it.

It was good practice. Goes to show that I'm out of it and my imagination has just about a few clogs in it and brain function is getting rusty. XP

For other BGs, my sis came up with her own simple ideas. Digitalizing~



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Pencil to Digital Lineart

Practice makes perfect!
Well, after a series of clicking the 'undo' shortcut keys and several new canvases..... xp


One of the many drawings I've used to practice lineart with Paint Tool SAI. Above drawing is not mine, it belongs to a friend, Shin Oe. She's a member of Blots Inc. and a contributor for ICI (Ice Cream Indie), Bacolod City's very own independent manga group.

With permission I did the lineart and along with fellow members of the RP where the above characters are some of the increasingly popular OCs, Fallon and Abaven, we caused some mid-level interest in a manga community group in Facebook. There was already a proposal for a yaoi version between roommates Abaven and Xenon taken up by the one of the group's talented artist. Hoping to hear from her soon.^^

The projected pose above is still a dream of Abaven's not yet happening even in his wildest imaginations as Fallon is determined to keep him at arm's length away. LOL

I saw Shin's drawing and got interested with the lines, so I thought why not practice SAI with it? I've gotten hooked to lineart with the program, but I probably won't be using it in future works as a single page takes hours, plus we don't have a computer unit that can uphold a lot a of memory space.

My sis and I will probably stick to doing things traditionally for now except the cover pages. The frontal presentations have to give the desired impact if we want to attract attention to our works.^^

Hoping in the year 2012.... well, just good luck to the both of us, especially now that our older brother is determined to get us drunk as he failed to do in Christmas eve after all those shots. XD


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WIP: Accel Rush RP

Lizard and Shade

Work in progress.

Got in mood to draw their new face. Another of numerous OCs, also NPCs for the AR RP going on in Facebook. Don't know if will get to finish this at all. Got hooked to using Paint Tool SAI and have been working on digital linearts with it. Want to color too, but will need to learn how to do so. XD

Make take time to actually finish this if I ever get back to it.

For some reason, Shade is getting popular with the female players in the RP.^^;



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Summary: Potential Manga

We can't choose! T___T

Well, we got some votes for belove~D, Oroz, and Isla (note to self, remind my sis to make teaser covers for the others XD ). To help in the decision, here are short summaries:


• belove~D
Oneshot
Genre: Fantasy, Romance

Cherry made a friend. She calls him D. He came out from her closet. And no one else can see him because he's a boogieman.
Worried that his daughter resorted to make-believe friends to get over the death of her mother, her father hired a psychiatrist. No one believed her when she says she wasn't seeing things, nor talking to herself as many have seen her.
Wanting to prove to them of her mental condition, Cherry asked D to show himself one day, a promise he made but failed to keep when he never appeared on the spoken time they agreed.
She completely lost faith in him.
Some years later, Cherry grows up forgetting her childhood memories. She lived a relatively uneventful life until the very being she had come to believe was a figment of her imagination once again appeared. Only he was now an empty shell of his former self, and it was left to Cherry to find his heart before the ones who took it in the first place decided to punish him in a more severe way for letting himself be seen by a human and even befriending her.


• Maraverde
Oneshot
Genre: Supernatural, Romance, Comedy, Mystery, Horror (?), Tragedy (?)

A famous mystery writer decides to move out into the country to write his next novel, away from obsessive fans and a nagging editor. His mistake was to leaving his manager with no address whatsoever when he leaves.
He finds himself in a remotely far-away town, called Maraverde, not even found on the map, the nearest convenience store was 30 minutes away by car ride, the closest means to a night life was a street side beer stall that opens after dark.
But the most unusual of it all was the locals' behavior after knowing where he had taken residence.
At the old, but still in good condition, house that had been up for sale some years ago, only for some strange reason none wanted to purchase the property. Even the locals wouldn't be bothered to go near it, nor talk about the former owners.
His intuition says there's mystery behind his new house, he decides to investigate only his senses didn't warn him of a grateful ghost who practically hugged him for being able to see her!
And why was it that only he and his cousins can see the 'ghost' but none of the locals could? Only when asked do they seem to know who the ghost was but refuse to say anymore about it?
Not only does he have to share his new residence with one ghost, but it seems she comes in two. There was also the fact that the town had some sort of link to the spirit world as signs of the supernaturals were everywhere and they seem to keep a close eye on his ghostly housemates.


• Crazy Heaven
Oneshot
Genre: Gender-Bender, Comedy, Romance, Shoujo

Adults only.^^;
Was first released under the title "Rain on Summer" last 2004. It was canceled after a few months, the released copies were all pulled back.
Now, the characters are back and playing the roles in the very setting they were originally created in.



•Oroz
Series
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Adventure, Romance

Two sisters are on a quest to find the only sword to slay a god. It was a request asked of by their beloved brother who has foretold them of a fate they dare not avoid.
They were to be the slayers of a sleeping god told in the legends of their kind, a fate they had to accept when specifically asked by their brother who soon disappeared after telling them of what was to be.
So what were they to do when everyone turns against them, trying to stop their ambition from killing the mythical god that is said to be the source of the magic in the land of Oroz?
How were they to explain they want to slay the said god since he's also after their lives?
And why would a god want them dead in the first place?



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• Accel Rush
Series
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
(Based from an ongoing interactive RP) 

A new breed of humans have started to awaken to their evolution, experiencing a 'trigger' that hastened them to advance sooner than most normal humans.
They are called Accelerators, individuals who went through a physical or mental metamorphosis that separated them from the ordinary. They harbor special skills and unique abilities to use at will. Their numbers have slowly increased over the years. Those who were discovered were registered in the government and had their lives changed in the consequence; those who fear being found out remained hidden.
The ones who underwent the natural phase of acceleration, showing obvious signs of change together with newly acquired abilities are called ACCELS. Those with superior innate skills are VERIFIERS, possessing no special abilities nor physical transformation yet have highly developed senses that identify them from the norm.
The government has long known of their existence. There were those who wanted to use such abilities to their advantage; those who wished to discover its origin; those who were against such methods; and those who refuse to have anything to do with them.
The presence of accelerators in the world, albeit discreet, were viewed as a threat. Factions soon formed within the government, extending into chains of other groups with motives of their own -- pro and anti. One in particular concluded a research and put it into actions as security against accelerators was their excuse for conducting the tests.
The ALTERS emerged, once regular humans who participated or were subjected in experiments that forced them to accelerate. The successful products, namely the survivors, came out with the same transformation as the Accels and with abilities of their own. However, the coerced transformation took its toll on their physical and mental state. Only the organization responsible for their change could provide the proper maintenance.
It was like releasing two tidal waves clashing when Alters, Accels and Verifiers clashed. To prevent further turmoil which can be considered they were accountable for, the government created an institution for Accelerators of all forms --- and possibly avert a warfare between these new classes of humans, and keep them from involving the normal ones.
In this new facility they are educated and trained to develop their skills and abilities, yet placing them on tenterhooks with each other, while keeping them from the public eye.



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• Isla
Series
Genre: Supernatural, Fantasy, Action, Comedy

Set in an alternate scene of ancient Philippines, where tradition and beliefs were strongly followed, a new world is brought in Isla.
The birth of twins was once an unanswered phenomenon in the ancients times, considered to be the work of an enkanto who seek mischief, to do harm or has chosen a liking with a mortal. It was mostly the latter.
Any woman giving birth to twins always died. It was believed that one child is real, the other a duplicate vessel that steals the life of its mother. Neither can be harmed as their souls are said to be linked. Both are treated as outcasts if they do live as none would willingly take in twin infants. They usually died before their first year. They always never survived their first night.
Except for one pair.
A woman who had disappeared from her village one night, only to appear some months later, already pregnant. An enraged suitor caught her when she managed to sneak out and murdered her. The villagers had found her body in the woods, already cold, with two sleeping and newly born infants in her stiff arms. Horrified at what may be the doing of an enkanto, the elder took the infants and left them in the heart of the forest.
The once peaceful village had woken to a new dawn to find the babies wrapped in fine cloth outside the elder's doorsteps. Clearly it was a sign that the enkanto realm wished to have them raised among humans.
But for what reason?

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Summaries are done on the spot... the only one that we took time to work on was Accel Rush as it was written for the RP. So it was copied and pasted form the game. XD


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