Fanart of character Jahy (small form), from anime Jahy-sama wa Kujikenai!
for poses I made without reference, because I regularly learn to draw poses from this website https://line-of-action.com.
I think I can immediately apply it to my drawings. And there is still a lot to be improved in terms of composition, perspective, color, and so on.
note: I deliberately made the shirt plain without kanji writing because I don’t know and don’t understand kanji, and of course it’s easier for me who wants to focus on learning to draw instead of learning to write.
for the next fanart I will still upload in this topic, because in my opinion it looks better and easier to search if uploading many similar things in one topic rather than uploading similar things into many topics
Hi, nice job! I like to see the same character in a few different poses. I think that’s a very good practice! The expressions are fun.
This character has a tricky balance. I would consider moving her knees just a bit higher. For her, I think it works well to have a 1/2 ratio for upper/lower body (center at the crotch) and upper/lower leg (center at the knee). Not sure if you were looking for feedback, but that’s one thing that stood out for me
As for splitting the posts, I think the main consideration is whether you want something separately in your portfolio gallery or not. One topic in artworks/sketchbook gets one image in your gallery. But if it’s a thematic series, then probably one topic works well.
I saw one or two episodes of Jahy some time ago. Seemed like a fun anime, but I got distracted and didn’t go back to it. Aw, if only we had more time for everything…
don’t worry I’m always open to feedback, and drawing small characters is also something I rarely do, so your suggestions are very useful to me.
the thing I want in my portfolio is separated my artwork by theme or something that make them looks different each topic, like in one topic I draw monsters, others topic drawing landscape, characters, etc.
Not like my old portfolio like in this website Iruhas｜ART street (80% of my works there are using Medibang paint) and just looking at the gallery feels messy, or maybe it’s because I’m inconsistent and get bored easily.
Whoa, you’ve been busy! That gallery is packed! It’s varied and ambitious
Hmm… yeah, probably to build a real portfolio some dedicated website is needed, where you curate precisely what to show. The first rule is to only show the very best pieces Maybe one day I’ll do something like that on pixiv or some other dedicated site.
Fanart of Oshino Shinobu | Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade character from Bakemonogatari anime (Monogatari-series). This is my favorite character besides Black Hanekawa and Senjougahara Hitagi who are both from Monogatari.
this is still in the form of rough sketches and basic colors. each sketch takes about 30 minutes to draw.
Of the three sketches below which one should I finish first? and which is your favorite?
And I tried to collect all the sketches above and I added text and I felt limited in the process of editing the text. Although the feature of adding text is rarely used by me, I hope for the next update, Krita can add more text editing features.
(I tried to imitate the magazine cover design, as best I could)
Hi, unfortunately I don’t know the franchise (and I’m falling even further behind because I hardly ever watch anime these days… just can’t fit it all in 24h ). I recall her from one of Hide-san’s (hidechannel2 on YT) materials.
Back on topic. I would pick the 3rd one, the top-down view, because I think that has the potential for the best composition and an interesting shot. Once you have a rough or even a thumbnail down, it’s good to try to finalize the composition and it seems this could go well with diagonal (I have no idea how it’s called).
I think the first one also has potential, but you’d have to decide what would be the focus of this shot. The character’s clothing design? The sword? Etc. It may be more difficult to draw attention to the character’s face too, because it’s smaller.
It’s probably better to spend less effort before committing to a composition, but honestly 30 minutes for each of these is rather quick in my book. Or maybe I’m just terrible and make many mistakes posing the body which makes it so slow
I tried to practice with a coloring technique that I had never tried before, namely the color separation technique. What I felt was that it made it easier to give details to each part or different color, but you have to be aware of the parts that could be missed during the color separation process because you have to be really precise so you don’t go back and forth to correct it. This took 2 and a half hours to complete and the process can be seen in the timelapse.
Probably #3 is the best, although when you flip between less and more saturated, the more saturated/higher contrast will always seem better. The same is true for quiet and loud music, I think, so you need to be careful not to overdo it
One more comment I have, is that I think you can be even more aggressive with line coloring as well as the line weight. The silhouette lines could probably be twice as thick and it would still look good. It’s something I need to pay more attention to as well. I definitely recommend looking closely at very good illustrations to see how they handle these things at the pro level.
Fanart Senko-san Teen version | from anime Sewayaki Kitsune no Senko-san
What makes the anime style inconsistent for me is that just a difference in lines can change the style. Like what I often (even always) experience when I want to draw like an anime style from the reference of some illustrator whose line style looks messy but very charming, and I try to imitate it but what I make is always a line that looks tidier than the reference, and vice versa.
Not to mention the colors, it’s crazy. There are illustrators who are known for their light colors, and there are also those who are consistent with dark colors and many more variations.
And most of them I also know from live broadcasts, behind the scenes or when there is a question and answer session the average answer is the same, they learn all the things that they find interesting and are consistent in correcting mistakes.
I realized that I lacked practice in theory, visuals, and a lot of practice. And to summarize there’s a quote I like, “The time you spend complaining is the time you could have spent achieving something.”
Hello! I really like the character and the expression, but the skin color is a bit weird. Is it because she’s are a fox? Normally I would say the light must be affecting the natural color.
Hmm… I think the best way to learn the theory is through practice Basically, don’t assume it’s “learned” until you apply this technique in a real painting. Knowing more will help you (I do see myself avoiding some mistakes due to knowledge), but still 90% of it is the actual ability of making a picture.
Thanks for the feedback, and I’m glad someone was observant about it. From the beginning, the target was to make illustrations with few colors, or flat colors (one of the styles I pursued) as quickly as possible. And as a result, I ignored a lot of reflection theory that I usually apply to more complex illustrations.
And it was completed from sketch to finish in just about an hour. And because it’s too flat the colors might be weird .
timelapse
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Black lineart
Colored lineart
Color adjustment curves
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