Afternoon Nap
Media: SAI ; Photoshop CS 5 for minor editing
Year: May 2012
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CG practice. I still have a long way to go but for a 5 hour CG, I can’t really complain. I will work harder to improve.
Character (C) Kazuaki, Honeybee
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Media: Pencil ; Photosho CS5
Year: April 2012
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The main illustrations done for my Integrated Studios Project. The theme was ‘Hybrid’ so we were asked to choose 2 different elements and combine them in our product. So I picked Joy and Pain.
The concept is that behind every smile might be a heartbroken tale of it’s owner and how we should raise awareness against the increasing numbers of people with depression is gaining every year.
Technique wise, it was a huge stretch for me, but I’m glad I did it in a different style than usual. :) It was a great learning experience.
ace of ace
Media: Pen ; SAI ; Photoshop CS 5
Year: April 2012
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Sanada Akihiko getitng involved with a street fight (maybe?).
CG practice done with SAI and Photoshop. Digital Medium is by far my weakest so I figured I could use more practice. :) I noticed that my lineart is already ‘busy’ enough so I think I should’ve toned down the coloring style to be more simple. But overall for a 3 hour work, I’m not too unhappy about it. Will be practicing more especially on skin color tones.
Character (c) ATLUS
Two Sides of the Same Coin
Media: Pencil ; Photoshop CS 5
Year: April 2012
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Accompanying Postcards done for my Integrated Studios Project with the theme Hybrid. I chose Joy & Pain as my main subject topic and used it as a tool to raise awareness against the increasing numbers of Depression.
Editing with Digital Medium has always been a stretch for me and plus with the change in style of drawing, this project was a real eye opener for me. Hopefully the results will pay off with the amount of effort put in :) Here’s hoping for the best.
Sir Eric Cornelius Gentlemann & Pippin
Media: Pen ; Copic
Year: March 2012
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Done for my Color & Design Class. We were assigned to create 2 original book covers so I chose to do a cover for my original Young-Adult fantasy Novel; Wanderlust. It tells of a story of a Dimension Traveller and his assistant’s adventures across Parallel Universe and how they end a 10 century war in their own world.
The chair took me a long time. I did this a little over 5 hours since I was rushing but my fingers were bruised by the end of it. Though it was well received by my lecturer so I was satisfied :)
ｓｏｎｇ ｏｆ ｐｏｃｃｈｏｎｇ
Media: Pencil ; Photoshop CS 5
Year: March 2012
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3/3 of the themed postcards I did for my Graphic Design Class. The final title of the 3 postcards, aside from the first two; Hero and Heroine, is “Thing”. Basically is anything that isn’t animated or ‘alive’ so per say. And so I chose “Family Bonds” as my ‘Thing’ themed postcard.
I come from a large family of 10 and 7 of which consists of us children, so as long as I can remember, children had been the centre of our family. Whatever we did, revolves around the the children, so I thought I should incorporate that into the illustration. So the Sprites are to represent the children, all 7 of them here (I based the designs of my siblings’ actual features), and also to represent the somewhat innocence that they often remind us older member of the families about.
Then I picked hydrangeas to represent the strong and thick essence that pulls us together. It’s hard to explain but I do notice that I am closer to my family than most would be, and somehow when I was thinking about it, the flower hydrangeas came to mind. :)
In terms of technicalities, this one took me the longest out of the 3. The hydrangeas drained me severely but my lecturer commended on the detail so I was felt the trouble was very much worth it. :)
Aphrodite
Media : Pencil ; Photoshop CS 5
Year: March 2012
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2/3 of the themed postcards I did for my Graphic Design Class. As I picked my ftaher to be the Hero, naturally the Heroine had to be my mother whom I’ve lovingly represented with the Goddess of Love & Beauty, Aphrodite.
My mother has many roles but her best role, in my opinion is her role as a mother. Coming from a large family, she never ceases to amaze me with how far she’d go to keep us together and teach us with such grace. I remember her telling me that when she was younger, whenever people asked her what did she wanted to be when she grew up, she said “A loving wife and mother.”
And I believe that she did achieve that, with flying colors even :)
Dance of the Cherry Blossom Demon
Media : Pencil ; Photoshop CS 5
Year: March 2012
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1/3 of the Hero themed Postcards done for my Graphic Design Class. I picked my father as my hero and I chose to represent him with Hijikata Toshizo; the Demon of Shinsengumi (design used here is from the famous Otome Game; Hakuouki).
My father is a man a few words, but he is loyal, strong and does his role as protector of the family well. So when I was asked to represent him as something other than himself, the first image that came to mind was a Warrior and to me, Hijikata Toshizo are one of the many warriors in history that I admire.
Designs (c) Kazuki Yone, respective owners.
Re:make ;
Media: Copic Ciao ; Poster Paint
Year: March 2012
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Based on ONE OK ROCK’s song Re:make.
I looped all three albums of ONE OK ROCK’s songs throughout the process. Their music is so exhilarating! They are absolutely one of my favorite bands, next to UVERworld and Siam Shade.
Another school assignment done for my Design & Drawing Class. We were asked to materialize 3 types of Music / Sound, so I picked Rock, as it is one of my favorite genres in Music.
I used my two Original Characters, Ethan and Aries for this illustration. And as the assignment doesn’t allow “figurative drawings”, I had to pick a theme and somehow conceal anything absolutely that directly shows any human aspect. So I went with the theme “wolves” and imagined their band to be centered around that theme, thus the tail, muzzle mask, ears, claws and wolf eye blindfold.
Overall, I didn’t get to focus much on the coloring due to time constraints and the fact that it was traditional only took a lot of my time. It actually looks less blotchy in real life, its always hard to edit traditional works like this.
FEBRUARY SKETCH DUMP
Media : Pencil, Multiliner, KureColor
- Random Girl ; The sketch that occured when I had the urge to draw hipster glasses.
- Aries; Sketch done for a friend of my Original Character Aries Benedict.
- Various shots of Aries.
- Various shots of Aries’ expressions.
- Live Sketching ; From my previous Zoo Trip!
- Live Sketching ; From my previous Zoo Trip!
- Smile! ; Done for Valentines for a precious upperclassman! <3
- First & Last ; Done for Valentines for a certain someone.
- “That Would Pain me Further” ; Done for Valentines but never got around to posting it up. Based on a scene from a RolePlay I participated in.
Season’s Shower ; Starry☆Sky School Assignment
Media: Acrylic ; Watercolor
Year: February 2012
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Done for my Design & Color Assignment. We were assigned to portray 4 seasons via colors so I quickly jumped to the opportunity to do something Starry☆Sky!
Being an avid fan of the series, I never could find the right moment to do a tribute art for all 12 of them and I couldn’t pass up such a great opportunity as this one~! I was so thrilled that my lecturer agreed to my ideas!
I had much difficulty with the watercolor since this is only my second time using them, but I was pretty happy with how it turned out to be. I’ll do my best to improve at it~
Buttercup Twilight ;
Media: Copic Ciao ; Acrylic ; Watercolor
Year: February 2012
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Done for a school assignment. Our task was to interpret one out of 3 emotions given; Joy, Anger and Loneliness. I chose Joy but with a slight difference.
I’ve always believed that one can never really savour true happiness without going through something equally as painful before. So therefore, I made the theme for this illustration is “Happiness that is derived from the pain in your past.”
- The girl’s Cuts and Bruises represent different painful experiences. Some leave a scar while some still new and yet she still manages to laugh and smile heartily.
- Her yellow dress represents Innocence or True Happiness
- The dried leaves in the background describes life, though sullen and tough at most, Happy moments always stands out, represented by the white flowers.
An Aubade for You ; For all my Lovelies
Aubade means a ‘Love Song sung at Dawn’ as opposed to ‘Serenade’ that is sung in the evening. I thought using my Character, Aubade for a Valentines picture would be most appropriate.
When I first came to Tumblr, I was expecting nothing more than adding it to one of those blog sites where I’m on for a few months and after having little to no response, collects dust at it’s own little corner of Cyberspace.
But I am so pleased that I was proven wrong.
Coming here and having the opportunity to meet every single one of you has been one of the best things that has ever happened to me ;u; Growing up, friendship weren’t something I believed in and soon after I was homeschooled so I only had less than a handful of people I can trust and call friends. This is the first time, I’ve met so many that I genuinely feel I can trust and call friends so fast. It still leaves me in bewilderment to this day how I became so close with so many of you so fast ;u;
Whenever I’m going through a rough patch, so many of you would come and check to see if I was okay or not, and to tell you the truth, initially I was surprised. Solitude came so naturally to me that having so many people concerning themselves over me touched me so much ;u;
I’m not really very good at expressing my feelings into words but I.. I would just like you all to know that I love you all very much. My fellow otome gamers who share my passion, followers who support me with my quirks and artworks, the anons that always managed to leave the sweetest of messages and even those who I follow and admire. Meeting you all is the best thing that has ever happened in my Life and for that I thank you all.
I love you all and Happy Valentines Day.
JANUARY SKETCH DUMP
Media : Pencil, Multiliner, KureColor
- Infinity ; Inspired by the song ゼロ // BUMP OF CHICKEN
- Barquest ; Character designing of an old Original Character. Based on the French Hound of Death.
- Various shots of Barquest’s human form
- Various shots of Barquest’s Wolf / Demon Form
- Art Request ; Noctis Lucis Caelum
- Art Request ; Takahashi Natsume & Nyanko-Sensei
- Salah kah aku? ; Self expressing piece
- Art Request ; Monkey D Luffy
- Art Request ; Portugas D Ace
Strangers ; Inspired by Strangers // Raj Ramayya
Media: Pencil
Year: January 2012
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We’ve found a kind of paradise in a flowers bloom.
We’ve seen the end of a mystic land so close it meets the parting sun.
We’ve shared the thoughts that two could share, we feel the truth, magic that we send…
Searching for something new
Isle of Gold in flowers bloom
We’ve heard a kind of paradise beyond the desert’s dunes.
We’ve walked the earth in solitude, so cold we need the warmth of sun.
We’ve lived the life that we could live, we see the truth magic that begins…
Searching for something new
Isle of Gold in flowers bloom
We’ve found a kind of paradise, below a sky so new.
We’ve weaved a web of mystery so wide, we need the light of day.
We’ve worn the cloak of secret lives, we’ve seen the truth, magic that we send…
Searching for something new
Isle of Gold in flowers bloom
so when will it end?
so when, when will we meet, my friend?
Done to express my gratitude to my precious people. :)
