I haven't been able to upload any new stuff to my host due to some... newly imposed restrictions... which I've bypassed now. So let's go to what matters... NEW PICCIES! Usually I post one pic per thread but because I don't remember the original dates of every single one of them, I decided to post all of them on this one. Enjoy :)!

Something I did while I had nothing better to do XD. It's another coloring practice illustration, but because I usually get tired of them really fast, I don't know if I'll get to color it 9.9. I like it black and white though .
What I'm proud about this pic is that I used NO model for it. The body and face are NOT based on any photo or person, which explains the anatomy mistakes you might find 9.9. The pattern on the "kimono" and the "Oni" kind of creature, are images from the Internet.

Another Sketch Strip! Hooray!

Considering there's only 2 drawings here, I'm not sure if "sketch strip" is the appropriate title for it. Well, it IS a strip and it does have 2 sketches so i guess it's ok 9.9.
I did them in a moment of utter boredom, and decided to color them because... I was bored!
They are not supposed to be full illustrations ( I've had a few ppl saying " oh, they look kind of incomplete and so and so...", well what did you expect, THEY ARE SOME STUPID SKETCHES, DUH!).
The second character has a joke in it, which I dedicate to all my manga-loving, japan-worshipping friends . No harm intended 9.9, but my sarcastic nature just couldn't let such a obvious opportunity pass. I bet some manga fanboys will feel a bit offended, but then again, who cares what fanboys think.

It has been a while since I last uploaded anything. I truly am a procrastinator!
Here's a ginormous sketch strip, where I've gathered the best sketches I've done on these last few months.
In case you're wondering why it looks so dirty and blurred out, it's because I used my webcam to capture them.
Yes, it's true! An artist without scanner. The lil fu***r decided to die on me, and now I have to search for a half decent one with a fair price.
This looks like a job for Superman!... because I don't have the patience to go thru every single shi**y detail on the scanners available in the market to see which one suits me the best. Anyway, here's the sketches! :D

Long time, no update. What can I say, I'm lazy... SUE ME! Anyway, I drew these kids because I wanted to show them as an example for an upcoming work that hopefully I will get. They are a bit too hardcore for the job itself, specially since one of them is dressed as Freddy Krueger ( I'm a big fan of him ever since I was little *-*), but I hope the style of the characters will interest my employer. I still have a few things to improve on them, but the style is pretty much defined. Pray for me for I need the money *fingers crossed, hands and feet*.

Colouring it's not one of my strong points, so I've spent these last few days trying out new techniques, reading and watching tuts. This pic is the result of what I learned. I like how it turned out, but I'm not too sure about the colours though.

O.k., I lied... This update has nothing to do with gesture drawing but at least there's some "anatomy" in it 9.9. Not everything is lost! I wanted to practice muscles (again) and colouring, since the last time I've coloured something was a while ago. I like the final result, but I had a little trouble with the muscles, and the colouring well, you can see that is everything but perfect. I don't dislike colouring, but I prefer drawing. I get bored very easily, reason why I usually go for simple colouring methods. I drew this fellow hairy because,... well, I've always liked how Jim Lee used to draw Wolverine so I figured I'd give it a try to see how it would look like. It sure took a while to finish all the little hairs! While I was inking it, my brother said he looked like an older version of Sakuragi Hanamichi, from Slam Dunk!, and asked me to colour his hair red. The background is a photo I found using Google. I used filters to alter its look a bit, changed the overall colour to a yellowish tone, and added a few lights.

Another practice pic made on Manga Studio! I'm still painfully slow at drawing and toning and not quite familiar with the program itself, but I'm getting there 9.9. This illustration's objective is to practice with Manga Studio's tools but also to define the style I'm going to use on my very first comic book! Because I'm very fond of Yaoi (gay) manga, the theme will probably be yaoi. My influences are Ayami Kojima and Kotobuki Tarako, both terrific artists whose drawings not only express feeling, but are also beautifully drawn. Overall, I think it looks pretty good! There are a few problems here and there, most of them deriving from not being used to drawing directly on a program, but I think it looks quite pro :D.

I drew this pic to post on my recently created blog at LiveJournal. My inspiration for this pic was this nasty back pain that I've been having for a few days now. I so hope it goes away soon >o<, I can't even sit on a chair properly! Anyway, this piccie was made from scratch on Manga Studio. I'm still learning my way around it, hoping to be able to use it to make my long awaited comic book and so far I'm more than satisfied with the results :). It seems to be simple enough, the tones look good and the line looks really professional. Manga Studio has a great line control, that lets you adjust it to be as curvy or straight as you'd like, something that I think Photoshop doesn't have, or at least if it does, it's not on plain sight.
I'm quite fond of it, I hope you like it too :D. I've uploaded a large version of this pic so that you can see how the tones look like:D ( there's a bit of moire effect but there's not much I can do about it ^^).

PHEW! Another one in such a short time! On this one, I was a bit more careful about anatomy, but not too much careful. Just like Xtina, I made Kitty in a sexy pose, and I drew her nude because I love drawing the human body :). I love the way it turned out, The body has a very nice feeling to it, and I like her proportions.

Working it's taking its toll on this site's update.
My contribution to "Hentai": A nude chick! The thing I'm most fond of drawing is the human body, either man's or woman's. My goal for this drawing was to create a nice Hiroyuki Utatane like body. I've ( sort of) disregarded proportion and anatomy. I have a very unhealthy obsession with anatomical perfection, an obsession which usually makes me lose track of what's really important in a drawing, the gesture, the flow of it. So this drawing's objective was to help me let go of that a bit, to try to find a nice middleground, and I'm quite happy with it. This drawing is, in my opinion, one of my most expressive ones to date. The line flow is way better than usual and the girl transmits this sexy/ slutty feeling just as I intended. I'm also fond of her roundness, which is a style I may incorporate in future drawings.