hatton_slayden

based on a throw away line in crash 4 that i wanted to run with.

yeah i'm sorry i kept this a secret and spent time on it when i have so much else that needs doing :(

ok i went a bit over board playing with the line work but it does look good, just another bit of fan art for rabbi tom

finally got back to finishing off the line work for this one. i plan to do some color studies digitally then print it out for traditional work

i was going to buy some French curves from the art store today because my old ones from college broke but fortunately my dad still had his from his engineering days so now i have a full set.

mar still needs work on his color because his armor is normally a lot darker

since i am not going to get the folio done today i decided to practice with copics and inks

colored the sketch up with some copic

well this was just going to be a quick study because i wanted an excuse to work with traditional mediums with out the stress of "gotta be publishable" but it ended up taking half the day....but i do like the inky look of it and later i will start coloring

what is 6 brass stars?

orcs, rat women, moth sorceress, gobo arachnid riders, and undead world ending hordes that one lone, broke, merchant must some how survive...with plenty or smut

i work on this in the morning to help get my day started

did a bit more polish on this one going to need to redo her hand because now i can see its angle is odd

AC is finally fixed so i was able to get back to work drawing some censorsheiks

since censorshiek is probably responsible for about 20% of my traffic i am trying to make her more "fun" with each folio

the AC went out in my place so we spent all day fixing it, but i did manage to get a couple of sketches worked on when we took breaks

cleaned up the lines

now all the base colors are down and ready for final polish...though that part takes the longest

line work done

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/66b570ayl1ac32s/AABEPMJcr6xKhehkeni76kxua?dl=0

PEGUS BOOM! featuring everyones favorite super censor ROCKETSHEIK!

yeaaay got it done! now on to the next set

ok so my net is Back! it came back to full speed about 5 mins before i normally start posting so that was good.

there was still some color fixings i need to do but with such a slow net i couldn't send images to my friend to help me with things i missed. tomorrow morning i will do the final fixings then publish both here and gumroad

my net is really spotty today. i don't know if i will be able to post anything since i am down to 0.3 Mbps.

hopefully Tmoblie will fix whatever is going on with their network, but i don't know

NUUUUUUU i didn't finish it ...oh well gotta keep at it

ooooh so close to being done. just need a biiiit more polish then i can add the textures, work the contrast a touch and add the last little textures.

now i wonder if i should give her that rainbow hair look or just keep it this monochomtic. let me know what you think

these three are almost done

i hope i spelled her name right this time. i am terrible with names

line work done now to get the color started. i have scribbles of censorsheik but i will need to make them more legible before posting

finished the lone work now to get the color done. last will be a "x-ray" image

started the final painting for the first "bee have" folio. still not sure what title i will end with but i decided i was procrastinating too much so i printed several images full sized and started transferring them to watercolor paper. i plan to make the censorsheiks in traditional mediums too

because traditional mediums have no "undo" button i've been trying to figure out my pallet before jumping into the full sized image. because the bee girl is yellow, or even orange i decided to go with a complementary coloc scheme, blue and orange. using some warm browns to add shadows

the first image was my first attempt. i am trying to be loose and rough so i don't stress myself out on filling in the color just right, the next i tried refining the pallet of the two characters, third was focusing on just the lighting and the final i was trying to get the guy's skin color down as i felt the first was too grey and the second too "florescent"

only got to finish 2 line works for Dance of the serpent . after i am done posting i will work on some more traditional mediums it still feels more like "goofing off" rather then actual "work" because i am not all that comfortable with it still

it took most the day but all the line work is done. i have a few more things to post

lines almost done

(sings) the boobs are back and there's gnna be trou-ble (sings)

just cleaning up the lines and adding in the details

there we go. Kota and bruce folio rendered out. next 3d project will be to set up the environments for the next 5 folios

all the base colors are down and smoothed out a bit, now i can merge the line work with the color and finish off the folio

i'm starting the censorshieks WAY earlier then normal now. i have always felt rushed when i do them and i don't like that feeling of slight panic when trying to finish a bunch of drawings in order to be "on time"

it also made them feel "tacked on" more then "part of the process"

first draft of line work done

"so you like em 'fluffy' "?

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n6i8o126g0m6u1l/AABGxImg2hBcXFT2OkeSHX7Wa?dl=0

alright alrighty finished the censorsheiks and got this puppy ready. i will keep working on the comics after i spread the work load of my folios a bit more

philophana gets a job offer, but being a robot stunt double is NOT what she had in mind.

now it's time to get feedback from simone for any changes before i move on to more polish

forgot to make a poll the other day. sorry

i have been going through a lot of my old sketches for comics and thinking to myself "oooh i can go back and finish that" (most of them and just super rough sketches) but i need to finish a good back log of folios first.

each one of these folios will be done, but you all decide on what order they get done

and the ones that say they are the folio version not the comic version, like "peak wulf" they will just be the folio version but i will use the folio version to help me make the environments and characters for the comic version

yeah i decided to take the 8 folio images i made for "peak wulf" and publish them as a folio instead of tacking them on the end of the comic.

that way i will have another folio as a buffer to help spread out the workload some more.

i remember trying to make a big set of folios a long time ago. i gave up because i was very insecure with my process, using 3d and all that, but now especially since i have been going through my older works i finding that they are really not bad at all

i hope that doesn't come across as arrogant, i just mean i feel more comfortable with my drawing methods and won't be just dropping everything like i have in the past

just tightening up line work and polishing up the shadows

there is only one phase going on in his head "oh my god!"

i sent the day setting up the environments for the last two folios that were voted on. the 4 armed naga and kota's folios.

i had a lot of stuff to set up, importing and arranging props. THEN i found realized i did not have a texture for my 4 armed naga, so i went online to find some color ideas and i settled on a king cobra pattern. after that i rendered out the naga folio and next i will render out Kota and bruce. i don't think i will be able to render out the full folio tonight but i will try

tomorrow i will put up another poll for the next 5 or so ideas i have, again just with characters i have ready to set. once i am a few months ahead in folios i will have a few more character ready and can start putting them into the polls

once again our unlikely warrior couple on another one of their sultry escapades

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wzm9oyno98c209u/AADg9HMt2EtlZ1ZPUjn5b9Ypa?dl=0

that is the face of a man regretting his life choice

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7yvmh07kiwnxujh/AADKmrmgh0K1bW8-q0P4IsCBa?dl=0

When DelNala wants her belly rubbed she will pester Marcus until she gets all she wants

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/86ktu64rpuskodt/AAClkESrQAIFIDqPrDBCjw0wa?dl=0

back that pegus booty up

yeah yeah bad punz

i tend to work with the traditional mediums just after i get up and after i finish my daily postings mainly because it still takes a lot of time but not quite up to the quality or confidence of a folio or commission image. so it feels less like work and more like playing around right now.

also after my work day i brush up on my color theory so i can be more deliberate and organized with my color choices, as i am still a bit too chaotic

now for censorsheik

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jqbyse87k7m8v85/AAC_FgLoH8zcNvBZDvlc8VZIa?dl=0

just in case

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/l2bv0pd3741jqgq/AAC8khPyOlLblSAe7WUKuHDQa?dl=0

because patreon is being slow right now i uploaded the update to my drop box

cleaned up the line work a bit and made her head smaller

these three are about 90% done

today was a weird day, my internet broke and it took several hours to get it fixed, so i found i rely a lot on youtube to make "background noise" to help me focus on my work. when working if i don't have some stuff to listen to in the back ground my mind starts thinking about all the other projects i want to get done.

as a side note i got a large shipment of watercolor paper so i can do a lot more traditional drawings

added the final touches of simone's latest character (woot)

adding in some more flats

and there we go. the rest of THIS folio now has the base line work done

now i need to make the environments for the last 2 folios that were voted on. kota and the 4 armed naga

it took most the morning but i finished the base model for my rodent girls

https://www.dropbox.com/s/kj3qk1kasa6itxo/Rodent.rar?dl=0

i still want to do oil and acrylic paints so i set up a plan on how in my own warped way.

i transferred these onto watercolor paper and my first step will be to apply my colors this way

image 1: copic
image 2: copic then colored pencil
image 3: copic, pencil, gouache

image 4: copic, pencil gouache/watercolor and acrylic on top

then i will tranfer the same kind of line image to on of my canvas boards and try the same process but after the acrylic step is done i will finish it off with oils.

just polishing up more of this folio

added in the first set of horns. and i started refining the characters in sections. redoing the line work to have more "weight" in relationship to my light source and refining my shadows and highlights.

changed her interior colors and added some extra shadows. i don't want to cover up the pencil work or compete with it by using too many shadows and highlights

went through a first draft of the linework for this folio. just a rough scribble. i got a few things done today along with this so i feel i had a good work day

ok stiiiiilll not quite fast enough to do a full painted folio in 3 days, but i would rather it look good in the end so i am going to take a bit more time on this.

moving forward i will adjust my strategy a bit. i'm going to spread out the other folios a bit more. tomorrow i will mostly be working on the commissions i have but i will also work on the line work for the "blue pegasus not so little kinda pony lady" and do a bit of (just an hour per day) setting up the last 2 folio ideas everyone voted on. kota with bruce and a 4 armed naga lady.

after those folios are mostly done i will set up another voting poll

darn didn't finish it today

well i got the base colors down

im speeding through the line work to try to get to the painting section and hopefully get the whole thing done by tomorrow

i am testing out some colors form my trade with rabbi-tom. this first version is just to get an idea how they will look in normal day light, next i will try different lightings

one of the folios i "abandoned" a while ago, i have the line work all done but i was not happy with the colors. now i will use it as an excuse to work more with copics and gouache (and maybe some colored pencils thrown in for texture)

i will need to order a bunch of watercolor paper soon.

right now it is a bit too bright so i will slowly add in some cooler shadows

last night i organized all my copic markers so i can do some color studies this morning. i love the way copic works and i was planning to paint some gouache on this but maybe i will tranfer the image t a new piece of paper and start again with some color variations

sincce i am going to need to start the next folio Saturday, i decided to render out 3 of the 5 folios

delnala and marcus, and our "not so little" Pegasus, because those are neck in neck and i had a clear idea for delnala and the pegasus one would just be in the clouds so her back grounds are easy

i finished rendering Azula's folio because i had part of it done already and i really like how the first one ended up looking

depending on the vote i will either start on delnala or the pegasus but i will once again have a back log of some folios

whew busy day. i finished the base textures and a rough rig for my new triceratops girl and the rest of my copic order came in so i organized them by color and numbers. i now have the full set of copics so i will be doing a lot more color studies in traditional medium mixing copics, gouache, watercolor and watercolor pencils.

also i almost finished the base model for my rodent girl too. i will be using her as a base for rats mice and any other animal with similar features

https://www.dropbox.com/s/gtwscy62b9evx58/triceratops%20female.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wjt08l86p93dtpu/AACTr1WgY08EEzgHmndD0d4pa?dl=0

don't want to forget bringing back the classics

i added in the general areas for shadows and highlights just roughly right now. i have an experimental idea that i think will look really good in the end

pencils done, scanned her back in and added her base colors, after help from Simone to get the colors he wanted specifically.

i don't want to do too much color rendering because it will compete with the textures of the traditional medium so once her colors get final approval i will do just a touch more color shadows and highlights

i will focus on characters i already have rigged or at least can add a quick new rig to an old character.

depending on what gets the most votes the fastest, i may need to start with the environment early

ok. i will NOT be able to get a new folio done by Wednesday so i will move the next folio to start Saturday so i can publish it Monday. i don't want to burn out right as i restart the weekly folios.

so tomorrow i will set up a poll were you all can vote on the next folio to be made. i'm going to limit it to models i already have ready for rendering, until i can finish new anthro ladies to add to the list

"who is this 'Livingston' I presume i need to find? is it Him? is it you?"

Censhi may never know

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7uaz5nqu3ncj08x/AADgDzZ4RT8yYcXdmtTX1H_Va?dl=0

so close....so very close to having this folio done today. the uncensored images were finished this morning (though it took until noon) and i spent the rest of the day coming up with and sketching in censhi, i won't polish up the line work any more because i plan to put the line and color all on one layer like i did for the folio proper.

it's going to be a late night

moving forward i plan to make Monday through Wednesday "folio" days and on wednesday i will start opening up voting for the next folio character. i will be focusing on characters i already have models for at first, to give me time in the rest of the week to finish off the figures i started

so close. i got 5 done. though there are a few more touch ups to do on the finished ones. i will keep working on this folio until i turn in. if this folio is successful then i will dedicate Monday to Wednesday (hopefully just Monday Tuesday) as "folio days" so i can get a new one out once a week and still have the rest of the week to work on 3d, commission, comics etc

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/i5s3p8ivd9jaxoa/AABYaY1jbsLs8oPE1Rz4H7aaa?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vi6utfh8yd0qnxc/AAB6D6xU-diPQs5JSvsfH0iEa?dl=0

finished all the renders today so i could go right into painting. i wanted to see just how much i could get done in a day with a super trimmed down drawing process. if i am lucky i can get a full folio, censorsheik and all, done in 1 to 3 days, though i am shooting for 2

added some battle damage. once simone approves her design i will go back and finish polishing the image.

Momo Hachimitsu was the first to greet the new comer from the far off land. As he showed her around his ship she shared with him her appreciation of his company

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dxchvxwgog0zrrn/AADu-fu-EsMEXOnNcZu98VQea?dl=0

and noe all floofed up

the top one is 90% done and the other 3 have just been started. i could paint over the top one a bit more to make it look like my folios more so, but let me know what you all think.

the painting/render part is all done on one layer so it went by super fast.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pcujjxasib28aub/AAASUvJQAAwUyBKr69yohVBGa?dl=0

not content with just a single romp in the "hay" our dragoness goddess decides to retake her knightly lover again

a while ago i was asked by one of you (sorry i forgot who at this moment) if i could do a pure 3d folio. now i finally got around to starting it. this si just a test render, i probably will still do some paint over in the end to punch up colors and add some elements like fur and hair.

so lets see how this experiment turns out

color tastic at least the base coat

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/73oe66a4l7mlvry/AADfdIROayz3kyrf9Vdm9GFya?dl=0
they got waterlogged

copic gouache and watercolor on watercolor paper. this image is only 4 inches tall. i really like the way copic markers feel and the color range i can get

aaaaand i forgot to finish her horn layers

an interesting day today. i was dreading the idea of transferring the digital sketch to paper because my normal method was to print out the image on computer paper and cover the back with graphite and then trace over the lines while the paper i wanted to transfer too was underneath my printout. it is a long and tedious process and leaves a lot of groves in the paper because of how hard i need to press.

then i remembered "light boards" .....and i face palmed for about an hour.

with my dads help we fixed up my grandads old light board (he was an engineer and a part time cartoonist) and the art desk/stand my dad had made for it (in college he was also a part time cartoonist)

with a light board it was a lot easier to transfer the image to a new paper because the back light lets you see through your paper and you can lightly trace the lines you want

now that this light shade is done the last step will be to go back over with some dark pencils and really push the contrast

just doing final fixings and polishing the linework before i transfer it to either bristol board or my marker paper. i think marker paper would be best since i already tested it with my Mar pencil study

i thought i should do some studies with traditional medium with everyone's favorite censor bug, Censorsheik. and like a "big brain" i first tried going "BIG" ...but again i showed myself i should not jump into the deep end of the pool before i know how to "paddle" and so i did the next much smaller color study. i will be doing a lot more of her and taking a bunch on my unfinished (but line work IS finished) folios and do color studies for them too.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wpabfr5nzvqg9ff/AABgeKbO08ijTeMwWz5CQtXya?dl=0

It is said that in the blue teeth mountains there resides a spiritual guide who will impart her wisdom for a price.....and it is a price worth paying

yaaah color

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/73oe66a4l7mlvry/AADfdIROayz3kyrf9Vdm9GFya?dl=0

so i tried using less types of mediums with the next 5 skulls. 4 are just copic and pens and the last is colored pencils from a set i found that was probably 15 years old, the final skull i will use my newer watercolor pencils to see how they compare

once her design is approved then i can refine her line work enough to transfer her to paper for pencil work

well i tried doing too much too quickly with this painting. i got overconfident with my skull studies and tried to jump into a lot of untested waters (again)

i need to do more little studies like the skulls but of more various items and figures

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qfoohf1u6yrylcv/AAC-RmtgYEIaFx1dUX3wzO4-a?dl=0

ok there we go that is all the line work done...except for a cover

now i can get back to the coloring

well here's a blast from the past. our all time favorite "rage sex" couple https://www.dropbox.com/sh/rggvang66z89fzg/AAAhHQWEM7sMK-8RGv4v7cGEa?dl=0

"now i'm just going to stand here and water my lawn for the next week or two".....if anyone knows the game reference let me know ;) extra points if you know the youtuber who reviewed the game (one of his earliest vids)

starting another commission for Simone. once i have the line work down the way he wants then i will print it out and do a pencil overlay. once that is done i will scan it back into photoshop and add some digital color. the end result should look pretty cool

there we go. Angel's commission (the drawing part) has been started there are a few corrections needed and i still need to add in the tongue and textures on her model

just expanding the character studies with some quick sketches

the censorshiek parts are a bit out of order right now. i just want to get them all at least started so i don't procrastinate on them when i get the colors down

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/no005cdw6vsbskm/AADPlQFxw7b1i03Z57pj1_gQa?dl=0

every few year the people of the valley must "sacrifice" one of their best young warriors to the Goddess of the Storms. he always comes back quite satisfied

scruff that rump

i have an idea for a comic called "night of the jackalopes" that i wanted a really Toontastic style for. so i took one of the very simple and stylized figures i have in my files and rigged it with a "stretchy bone" skeleton. basically a simplified version of the tail rig on my naga characters. i am hoping this new style of rig will help me keep the elastic style of cartoonish character but maintain consistent volumes and proportions

i'm keeping the line work a bit rougher since i plan to paint the color and final line work all on one layer like i did for the character rotations for Simone

you know every couple week i should give myself at least a half day off so i can get away from drawing for at least a few hours. because when i come back i am able to do more

using digital swatches of my copic makers, i did a color study to reference from as i start painting

i spent most the day celebrating my sister's birthday so not too much to post today but i do feel refreshed

everyones favorite blind battle bun bun https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hybawy3t0gfzzpw/AADOX3qDiF6j3HrviSp-CN7Ea?dl=0

i'm going to print this out and paint over it like the skulls i posted yesterday. next i will use this blend scene as a base for that full 3d folio i promised. i am going to test rendering in both Cycles and Eevee to see which gives the best finished product....i think it will probably be cycles but that is going to take a lot longer to render.

yes the commission set is done now i can gather up all the images to send off to Simone

almost done. just need to finish off her rotation and then i can send the whole thing to Simone

ok. i will keep doing studies like this because it is fun and scans decently but now i can start making folios.

oooh boy there were a few problems with this one. not super difficult, just tedious to fix. there were a few holes in her geometry that i had to fix and some vertices that were out of place but i managed to patch them all up and re rig the whole model adding teeth and eyes....and i forgot to give her a tongue well that is next along with the weight clean up

the only problem is she smells like pond water now

my copic markers and watercolor pencils came in today and i started making color swatches. i must say i really like both mediums.

after the swatches i will study how well they mix together. once i am confident in the mediums i will make some folios with all my mediums (that can be used together)

everyone's favorite kitty is back

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fqsxjlqpty3pboi/AAAiEZWH_ty1FpSStADSOxGJa?dl=0

darn almost had them all done today

these pages are ready for color

one of my supporters, Angel, asked for a commission....aaaaand after a few memories popped up i realized i never finished this particular 3d commission. very embarrassing. so i will finish it and give him a few sketches since i messed up.

the rig will be the easiest part to finish since i just need to use my naga models for the base rig. the texture might take a while since i need to first make sure her UV maps are good and fix them if need be, and she is a BIG model, thanks to her tail.

but at least her tail (and nexk) will be a breeze to pose in the end

i found a bunch of stylized base meshes in my folders. they had i nice simple cartoony proportions to them so i rigged one up to see what i could draw over it. these will be great for my imitation "Darkest dungeon" style as is but i need to push my line work if i want to get anything more cartoony

RUN!

yeah more name puns

it's going to be interesting when i start transferring this to paper

MY CABBAGES!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/dfdehod6oahuxju/AABz5Em4GddzpSdhVbQ00tYpa?dl=0

i like the color set on this one

Ah yes the damsel who started it all. this is actually a remake of the very first folio....not sure what i will do with the first one....might just add it to this one once i get up there

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sfj19u8mh3fkypt/AAC8dG86OJr9NycbFGRgVKxga?dl=0

im sorry bad joke i know. just going to finish all the expressions and rotations. then i can organize everything up into a nice package and send it off to Simone

page 1 added

now all that is left will be censorsheik and refinement

it will be slow going but if i never start Chronicles of Mar i will die before his story gets told. i know enough about mixing 2d and 3d skills to get everything to look the way i want it to and the color confidence to not have to rely on textures. i am even thinking about coloring it traditionally. i will only work the pages up to this sketch level so it will be easier to change when i get feedback.

also this will let me get out a page at least every other day without putting pressure on my other projects as all of Mar's stories have no smut in them

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wtw0whc8l9ti4il/AADC-qpsbq6JgiTDjCa1UPNIa?dl=0

that's some tall learning there

and that is a the illustrations for Khan's character sheet now i need to finish off Yu's sheet.

then i go back to Philophana's comic and sketch out all the pages first before going back to the color and other refinements

on to the gouache stage

when you tell her to sit...be carful where you are in relation to her

she wants more then fish as a reward for her "performance"

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2qbel5v27c5xiq6/AADFvMEIxa6C6fo3w7NOfQ9ja?dl=0

ok that is all the expressions done, just need to finish inking and coloring the rotation and i can move on to the next character

the base of the tail is the key

bring back another folio https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bw3pd77r6u0ytnh/AABl4EIshid2iEa5ly0tPFFda?dl=0

i'm losing a bit of the deeper hues in the pink areas. that may be due to the medium scan speed, once i have the image done i will really focus on getting those colors just right

this whole scene is just for humor sake....let me know if you think it is actually funny, or just too cringy to keep

more panel work

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gyx5dexz54tjsoo/AADwoec1DjaL1Ox_V1pi7C0La?dl=0

gotta taste that red velvet. re uploading another old folio i have about 30 more from 2016 then i need to go through my older ones.....that i did not organize ......oh boy

and then there will be the ones from the beginning....ooooooh boy. now to be honest most of the REALLY old ones i don't think are good enough to sell, buuuut that does not mean i can use them as a means to entertain both patreon members and possible new ones.

by drip feeding the REALLY old stuff and encouraging everyone to have a laugh i can get the entire daily doe back up after lulu terminated my store and incentivize people to come see the entire catalog.

let me know what you all think

whew! almost half way done with the expressions for khan

a while ago i asked rabbi-tom for a commission. for him to draw Mar and Shesheik how they "inspired" him. he offered to just give it to me instead but we agreed on an art trade in the end. https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36445373/

i finally knuckled down to start my part of the trade and once i have the sketch done i will transfer it to some comic book Bristol board (i have found an un-opened pack from my college years) and then paint it in water color and gouache (i really want to use those supplies more )

unfortunately the set up took all day. and if you know rabbi-tom please don't show him the sketch yet because i want to show it only when it's done ;)

spank that monkey

so her original design is white fur with reddish brown body....oops.

i will keep going with the golden monkey look because i can always redo it on a new piece of watercolor paper and the practice will be good.

i'm using sai watercolor brushes plus "genuine crafts" watercolor brushes for the bulk of the colors, then i will paint over with gouache

iza drunk!!!

squeak squeak

time to get dry after being wet

sploosh

now that i transferred the line work to water color paper (and did a couple edits)

i am wondering if i should ink some of the lines or not. i will start watching some water color videos to get a better idea of how i want the end product to look. i may end up re doing this a few times as practice

and now i can refine the commission set

ok so i did spend about an hour going through all my boxes from collage to see what art supplies i still kept...turns out quite a lot but no colored pencils...think i gave them to my sister

tomorrow i will transfer that monkey butt girl to some watercolor paper and start playing around with the gouache and water colors i have

well one of those days where you sit down and in 10 mins some one calls for you to come help them.

griping aside i did get a few things done

this is going to be an odd format for a comic so i wonder how it will be received

just tweaking bone placement and removing some bones that seem to cause more posing problems then solve them

i know Simone asked me to do just a front and back but this just looks way better

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

and the color is really good. when i compared the watercolor sketch side by side with the scan they looked nearly identical.

so now i can stop procrastinating on doing more traditional mediums as i can scan stuff in now

though with oils i will need to set up a photo booth or something since oils take so long to dry i can't put them on the glass of the scanner

if you are confused at to what is going on right now. they fall into a lake and she shakes her self dry.

working with these models has again made me realize i need more corrections i need to change the head controls by removing that "point at" control i have for their faces and fix their butts and shoulders again.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gyx5dexz54tjsoo/AADwoec1DjaL1Ox_V1pi7C0La?dl=0

my first showing of "red Velvet" the vixen

When you and your adverting partner settle down after a long day of traveling, you decide to do a little "training" before you turn in for the night. AND WATCH OUT Censorsheik...you'll get your bum burned

yaaay we gotsa new one at last

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/1f8324mxp6zz2pt/AABc36wf8VGh7epUE8LR84MYa?dl=0

ok that is the last of the expressions sketched out. now i can start on the rotations

yeah its a bug hunt....the best kind of bug hunt

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/tqat3gfd6uv2usp/AAAiZNBJVwEkV2LrRPqJ-xUsa?dl=0

moon moon monkey

the folio is done i just need to put in the copy wright and make the title.

word to the wise....when work on re-tarping the roof of an RV....don't do it at noon in 80 F degree heat with high humidity, wait for a cooler day or do it in the early morning before the sun is really high. so i did not get much other work done

gotta try to catch up tomorrow

well it looks like things have gotten a little out of hand here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/24ql88i978k75sk/AADfszT6p58C5InGzd4xiIUca?dl=0

so many old folios to bring back. there are some much older folios that i am wondering if i even should re-post. at least maybe not on gumroad.

i am talking about the earliest of folios.

ok her line work is now done. time to color her

just 11 more to go

daaaaw kitty want a booby wub

i will see myself out now

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wvazcodp35dea1r/AABRdGl8FNXe6LtgoFOnAtfBa?dl=0

more buggy update. just gotta refine them lines

been a while since we have seen this couple huh?

the life of a Dyson Steel Kin is hard. so whenever Liu and Arthur have some "down time" they often just "bugg" around

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/lycpqly8cgjrpkm/AACkZSibYpDvyeei9K9yKuPZa?dl=0

there are probably a few more touch ups i need to do after i finish censorsheik but the folio is practically done

almost done with this folio. i pretty much finished the smut part today and got to start the censorsheik part. i should be able to finish this tomorrow

i keep forgetting about this folio. well i worked on it all day and now it is almost done

added some simple colors to start

spent most the day sketching out expressions

having found a natural water park, our splish splashy couple take a break from their frolicking......to do some more frolicking down the natural rock water slides and jump off the high dive cliffs

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/b1wtvurusb5etcj/AACuz0Ow0760o5TXOFO8dtxya?dl=0

when i was working on "pouncing" i went and bought a bunch of daz plant models that were on super sale (some up to 80% off) but i had already finished the back grounds for that comic and redoing them would have been a bit of a waste just as an excuse to use some new toys.

also i realized why i am so much slower then i use to be with drawings...i use to never do more then the bare minimum for the backgrounds

anyway time to get back to normal work

two folios re-uploaded today, because i missed yesterday

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ju5b5pvsqwumjiv/AAClPjYp5DfGjblrfJXsFjsta?dl=0

the white queen's forest

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/77e1te0fmr6mrm2/AABPrVhtzTsjDuqEuPpPzuLWa?dl=0

snow coat

now i am almost done with the folio part i can go finish the comic part. i am on the fence whether i should bundle this with the comic or have it as its own separate folio. on the one hand its two product to promote on the other, more value to the customer.

i am probably just going to add this folio to the end of peak wulf as a bonus

so the new sale tax rules are coming into effect on june 1st. i have looked through the setting i can do on my end but based on what i read up on, leaving the settings as they are now is best

once i get all these base colors down i need to brighten everything up and make the back ground mountains more "unified" with the rest of the images

the fire is blazing, the tables are set with meats, fruits and mead. all that is needed is to wait for the guests to arrive. but these two seem to have found a way to pass the time until then

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3jkkbajfikyymia/AABcdywj05iQ51m-_1T2mdVMa?dl=0

another re-upload

more updates

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w06il36kumn16xj/AACoF6McOXDYL7610ycHlWt_a?dl=0

she's so floofy

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nd72o6n355iq742/4%20armed%20naga%20V1.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/jwsc6jrbmskw7iy/ivory%20queen%202020%20V1.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/9hcjie6nhoburgh/viper%20v1.rar?dl=0

3 naga one update: the only thing for the rigging that needed updating was really just the tail and i found a tutorial on youtube that seemed pretty good. it took all day to get it right and when i tried the rig out.....it was a mess

so i deleted the tail mess and redid it with my own idea....took 20 mins and works SO much better

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wo9qjc109c54jrc/AAAIFD8VhJvIzhl3_Lt6dSKea?dl=0

another folio from "the vault" looking at this one makes me want to do another folio or comic but go full cartoon and not use any 3d. trying to make it closer to the cartoon it was inspired by

just trying to capitalize on the apparent xcom popularity with snekky sneks....so i guess it's not actually random then

going through all these old folios i keep thinking "oh i can make THIS into a comic now!" the problem is that such a thing will take time AND i need to finish the comics i have on my plate right NOW before i pile on anything else

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wz5ephhrlmy838z/AAA4-ozoil1v8FzcoHEf8ko3a?dl=0

more floofy folio work. i think i will just add this to the tail end of the comic. since the story format is already kinda weird

another blast from the past reuploaded https://www.dropbox.com/sh/n4cc516r83jxlls/AACdLuKBYQQIDhXnySl3NbZra?dl=0

broke out some digital "oil" brushes and played around to try and get a traditional feel

did a whole bunch of them today

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/aznv35ww6imfb8w/AAAhLAAmaRo2IisgdQP9KOqKa?dl=0

another oldie brought back....one day i need to do the comic idea i have for this where "the salty acorn" attacks the "golden sail"

get da ball

i had an idea yesterday, to see about transfering the weights from a daz figure to peak wulf, because i felt that daz would have better weights...turns out for THIS model that is not the case.

so i did a bunch more tests on her problem areas, mostly her hips and face and i think i have come up with a better solution

taking Simone's advice i used shape keys on her face (namely her eye lids) and i changed my approach on her nether regions. instead of using the auto weight system to add in all the weights for each genitalia bone, i turned them "off" for the auto weight pass then added the weights in manually. coupled with a shape key has produced better results.

getting back to the comic "peak wulf" i can test this update and see where i may need to make changes. if i am satisfied that i cannot improve the basic rig outside of shape keys, then i will move into the next step of bone driven shape keys and more custom bone shapes.

i have also been looking up animation tutorials again hopefully now i can understand them better

https://www.dropbox.com/s/yquihi8q599u88i/peak%20wulf%20V4.rar?dl=0

....KHAAAAAAAAN!!!!

sorry i had to do it

uploaded another old folio https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zfcxzucvfuotkr7/AAA-CpDeTe5G043DFE9pij1-a?dl=0

a funky monkey with her chunk space hunky

re uploaded another old folio. i hope now that i am not doing a "dropbox link" for the gumroad version people will be happier with their purchases and gumroad doesn't change their rules on me

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/69153fioebh01um/AADtFPud0WxN8cULvtyLxwzja?dl=0

i wanted to do just a whole bunch of sketches today but unfortunately, real life issues made it near impossible to do any work today.

get out ye old squeaker. once i am done with this level of refinement i will go back and polish up the colors and environments

behold the floof

all this build up for a porn

sorry i have not been posting as much as i normally do. been feeling a bit drained for the past few days. give me a few more days and i should be back to peak production

more updates

just hanging in there

cliff hanger

a study of the business woman who owns the android Ylva https://www.furaffinity.net/view/36333869/ part of Simone's next commission....i need to fix her shoulders they look a little small

the rock broke

should we be playing "eye of the tiger" ?

Mina's Mechanic now has his first study done

i edited and updated her rig. i hope this version will be easier to use. aside from her pussy i have not made any corrective morphs yet

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n9cywh68uzqmyxl/peak%20wulf%20V3.rar?dl=0

as i have been making this comic i been putting both my riggings through their paces and seen a lot of things that need fixing. i think my biggest problem is making the rig too complex in certain areas like the face and hips. when i update it next i will try to simplify those areas

today my dad and i celebrated our birthdays together and early so most of the day was goofing off. i did manage to get off my lazy butt and start on Simone's next commission, a pair of character sheets of Mina's Mechanic and the business woman who owns the android Ylvan.

i started with a digital pencil study so i could focus on form only....and because it was fun

next we will be working on some character sheets

sharing body heat

more panels for peak wulf. be prepared for a special appearance from censorsheik in a few more pages

just a few more touch ups and then this commission will be done

i tried out a pencil drawing....i really need to get a good scanner

the problem is, the one i want is (Epson expression line) starts at 2k and goes up to 4k and i am not sure i am going to do enough traditional medium to justify that cost (the scanner has a scan area of 11" by 17")

now it could be a "chicken and egg" type argument. where i don't do enough traditional mediums to justify buying a scanner because i don't have a scanner to help justify spending more time on traditional mediums.

i know Mustek has a much cheaper A3 sized scanner but the reviews i have seen on all their products have not been good

i forgot about this folio. best finish polishing it up too

more panel work for peak wulf

looks like patreon is updating their sales tax rules starting july 1. i will see what i can do on my end to minimize any impact it would have on everyone subscribed to me but i can't do anything until the end of may when they promise to give creators some advance tax options.

i don't know what that will entail but i am hoping i can take some of that burden onto myself if possible

today was a chaotic day so not much work got done

its a bit cathartic doing folios like this again. tomorrow i will get to the actual comic and maybe do some more refinement on both their rigs. when i get about mid way through this comic i will open up a new pole to vote on the next one

decided to do some more test images of our "peak wulf" couple. then i thought, what the heck, lets make a folio of it.

if i hadn't let myself get distracted and procrastinate today i might have almost finished it

deep within the savage jungle the mighty queen stalks her prey. can our brave adventurer survive this ferocious encounter?

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c281tazo7dlrchz/AABTcgzGahjxEPA_rJzzclZRa?dl=0

i am still tweaking her rig but she is now usable for the comic and i wanted to do some advertisement images to keep people interested in new content

an update to peak wulf model and adding a quick rig to her play thing

https://www.dropbox.com/s/xm51vjiykls9zzu/peak%20wulf%20toon%20guy%20V1.rar?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkxtjk15snt5i8e/peak%20wulf%20V2.rar?dl=0

whew. that took longer then expected. tomorrow i will set up the final version and get to "peak wulf"

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsi23nym0ltmm6w/peak%20wulf%20V1.rar?dl=0

the floofy woolfy is almost done....at least to the point where i can use her for the next comic. so now i need to work on the other characters who will show up

now for censorsheik

started rigging peak wulf.

getting close to having "pouncing" done and "Bald space monkeys" has only a couple more advertisement pages to post on my other sites. so i need to get some working figures done

i am much happier with the way these models are turning out then i ever have before

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z5916d6qjckg868/AABWYJ4_xe35Da5I1dqBOMwja?dl=0

alright! got the hip area to work correctly with all them drivers. still need to tweak the wrist driver as it is doing weird things when i rotate it. but the most difficult part to rig now works

darn them boulders

oh boy everytime think i am almost done i step back and see...."no no no you have a long way to go "

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/55uwxpocpnpuidw/AAA34jK9wxHjUo3thCnWkLHra?dl=0

i needed a day break from drawing so i spent today getting my bunnz closer to finished. and she is so very close!!!

the biggest challenge is her hips. everything else is a hundred times easier in comparison

though i am getting closer i think it will take at least a few more full days before i can move on from her hips

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z5916d6qjckg868/AABWYJ4_xe35Da5I1dqBOMwja?dl=0

got dem bunny boobs rigged. i did the same thing i did with her lips. i plan to use the same kind of set up for her hips but that will still be a major challenge

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z5916d6qjckg868/AABWYJ4_xe35Da5I1dqBOMwja?dl=0

yes finally all the base colors are down. now i need to add the flair and censorsheik

getting the color done

the rest of the day was spent trying to figure out the best way to do advance rigging.

what kind of bones to use, when to use shape keys, how to set up my drivers etc. it's where i always hit the wall, trying to figure it out.

but i have made some progress.

i got the lips to work how i want them to, i have a better understanding on how to get shape keys to work and i have some rudimentary drivers work. the end goal is to have the most naturalistic movement with the minimal amount of tools so anyone can use it will just a few pointers

my morning was spent detailing Simone's clockwork moth. next i can add the shadows and highlights

been steadily putting down the base colors. i am going to keep things relatively simple, like an old traditional comic

yeah i am going to try and make a custom model of her again. with how well the "peak wulf" girl was going and i found some cool toon rigging tutorials for blender i really wanted to make a really good custom figure for her

the last page is inked now i am putting in the censorsheiks and coloring

it looks like"peak wulf" will be the winner by a long shot so i spent most the day building her model.

once she is given her rudimentary rig i will put her up as a reward on the 3d wip levels and when she is done (along with any other characters i need to make for this story) she will be up as a reward on the finished 3d.

this way i will be able to cover all my reward levels each project

i am almost done with the inking. i hope to get the rest done tonight so i can start coloring and adding in the censorsheiks

i got some new toys from daz and i've been wanting to try something with them. this took all day because i was never quite satisfied with the pose and layout. then the lighting took a while to get right. ironically the rendering was the fasted part of the process.

it's now ready to paint

just one page today. i needed a break from inking to refresh my brain so i worked on another project

getting into the inking stage .

after i am done with "Pouncing" i have quite a few comic ideas i would want to work on

Simone suggested that i make a poll since some of the comic i would like to work on are not porn

spent the whole day rigging. using Odette and what i have learned from royal skies LLC i have put most the basic bones down and given her rudimentary weights. next comes the drivers and shape keys and that will be "interesting"

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/z5916d6qjckg868/AABWYJ4_xe35Da5I1dqBOMwja?dl=0

ok i am almost done with this level of sketching so i can then ink them

now that i have "bald space monkeys" done i can balance "pouncing", 3d figures, folios and commissions a bit better

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hp87loj42f0al8i/AACohjWwBZXRW5O5Xxtr-53na?dl=0

Hooray! its done! it took all day to do that last polish and fixing but Finnally its fully complete!

refining more comic pages

i took my oddete model and made her into a renamon. i know i had that other one i was building from scratch but my bunny model was already close to renamons form and getting this far only took a few mins.

went back to redo all the guys skin tone after i found some good color reference for humans skintone under campfire light but i only managed to get 3 done today

whenever i've had the chance i've been going thourgh my old folios that are not on gumorad and quickly getting them ready.

with the current climate meaning a lot more people online having only 47 of nearly 200 products up is not a good thing. i resisted the urge to do any touchups other then the small bits of "make it publishable on most sites"

13 old folios have been re released
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f79rxhsvzfgn9w2/AAB0Ke3FgYOCZi24WJblfrFua?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ew6j1zmbfxwgy6v/AAACeG5F_aH7aygDGg4m6Zb-a?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vdrnyuzijqdt0dd/AABs0TrDAWBsAOAfqflvcM70a?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/xkbufumct60g27i/AABTvuulj8twLC7kKjXS0j40a?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ejq2xmotzxckfvg/AADyRz5Fc9CHT-U-dU63VKBVa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hjl0jl6vzzojdkh/AADTjBS35af2ByyoefC8NHDIa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3c07mq3hxsoe54l/AAD1DX9lDTS8vhCn2g98l5doa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hab5sgml82nmzoy/AAAC3I5nHCMBt_xBObmW58sIa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/30cw9xdotenq8c6/AABdbTH3b5v782Fc5N6NsdGea?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zm5b0dc3r9s4pzl/AAANYsKc07Tzi3liJU7eIJJ1a?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f6ik1aj0edfvb0w/AABdKHrDlChQt49dTbhyFCvpa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/y8qtp2wjxvbgy5n/AAAxUqHpEjWtO-RYgGZj1zRxa?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2fvydydnlrxvxsm/AAAmQ-5NbHfsEnvWQSlIp9wza?dl=0

2 more page updates as i slowly refine the line work

i liked how the triceratops girl was going so i started a rat mage too.

OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOD!

she looks so surprised. so taxes are almost done and i felt like putting together a 3d girl lik i use to. there are a few triangles in areas where i stitched her together and she is a bit polygon heavy but the last time i did this it took me a week....this time it took an afernoon. though i still have some UV maps to fix

next step will be to sculpt all the HD information, texture her and rig her

brings new meaning to the phrase "wham bam thank you ma'am"

an update on simone's next commission. i finished the line work and i can now put in the colors

i took a break from the "final polish" on bald space monkeys and worked on "pouncing"

also i got a few more models from daz i had my eye on to help with some "damsel-isious" projects in the future.

99% done there is always a sense of satisfaction when a project gets done (and relief)

ball blasting and laughing at his pain

well so far posting comics on all my sites regularly has been pretty good. but it does mean i am going to have to really put my nose to the grind stone to keep this ball rolling.

i have started planning out in my head a sequel to this comic and i will need to do the character designs for the continuation for "demon quest"

people need their entertainment so it time to put the big boy pants on again

uh oh. some one is a knocking

no sherbet dragon today. it's been another one of those crazy days so i did not have any time to work on it

so my iphone camera takes a way better pic then my scanner. slowly i am adding the next sets of wash before i move into gouache. IF this goes well i will get myself a proper art scanner

some soapy censors are done

i restarted the dragon. this time i inked all the lines with a felt tip .005 pen and most of that jittery line work is due to how hard i grip the pen (i am not quite relaxed with the medium yet)

after the inks i got my BIG set of watercolor brushes and started putting down all the underpainting colors. once that is done then i will go over it with gouache and hopefully have a nice painterly painting in the end

if this looks the way i want it too then i will try the same kind of process for oils. use tracing paper to transfer my image to a canvas. ink the image, do an acrylic underpainting with several translucent layers THEN finish it with ink

i wish i could have more success with a looser method but i think i need to do things with this rigid step by step method to get any real progress

been working on the censorsheiks for this page i know i could get her done faster with the 3d model i have of her but she has more toony expresions this way

one word....ouch

i can't say this looks any better in real life. i am just going to have to try again

i did a digital color study for my gouache dragon

a few more pages done

i have been thinking about what i wanted to do with my new gouache and watercolors and what kept poping in my head was "dragon" just your ordinary run of the mill red dragon

ok so today was busy. i had a lot of errands to run for family and the sets of watercolor brush pens and gouache paints i ordered came a day early (woohoo!)

i have a few old winsor newtons from my college days but i am not that good at mixing paints (see my previous examples) so having 60 different colors of each time will make it easier for me to find the colors i will use the most.

now i really need to get a decent scanner so i can do some proper traditionals

today has been a commission day and i am wondering why i have just be so very slow with my content...

censor takes a tumble

I took today to practice traditional mediums. the oils i feel i am improving . the acrylics was a disaster so i need to do a LOT more work on that medium. now the watercolor looks a LOT better in person but i am not a competent photographer so it looks quite muddy right now. once i am comfortable enough in these mediums to do commissions and folios then i will get a good scanner

but for now it more practice

i started painting on the second study

don't waste the tea

Guess who's BAAAACK

logan's comish is done i just need final review

bit of a chaotic day but i got a few things done

spent all day working on the high def version of my zebra girl. once this is done i can do a few more tweaks on the base model and give her an initial rig.

i have been watching a lot of tutorial videos recently on rigging for blender, particularly "Royal Skys LLC" who has nice short and very "To The Point" videos that make everything a lot easier to understand and implement

trying another portrait study of the master Rembrandt. this time i am putting a lot more structure behind the sketch and simplyfing the shadows a LOT

hopefully this wont turn out a muddy as the last one

i wanted to practice with those manga brushes i downloaded for clip studio and i wanted an exuce to draw Mar and Shesheik. i still need more practice with them

i started using clip studio paint along with photoshop. there are a whole bunch of free brushes for foliage and action lines in clip studio that are not available in photoshop and since i have both programs i might as well use both for what they are best at. but i am going to need a lot more practice in clip Studio

man this book is taking a long time to finish. now all these pages are done but i have 40 pages in total to go through. most the pages just need some color polish so that is good.

i will slowly release the pages on all my sites which hopefully will give me enough time to finish the censorshiek images and build up hype for more people to buy it

and now it is done' i just need simone to go over it and tell me if any changes/fixes are needed

spent most the day finishing this commission for logan. also i finished another commission and sent it to that individual. i have just a few more left to finish. especially Simone's commission wich is very close to being done

yaaay coloring

aaaand i spent the rest of the day painting the cover. i quite like the way it looks. once i get a nice title i will post everywhere to get the hype train moving

it's pouncing time. i really did not like the old cover i did a while ago so i re did it from the ground up. i like this revisit

i forgot to post the color study i did of jon Neimeisters tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPdkEEYo3F0

and a study of Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri "Druuna" character. first i just traced over her then i put my trace and the original side by side and redrew it free hand

today i did several character studies for my next project. the continuation of "demon quest". I will be handling it a bit differently then my other projects. all the non smut pages will be posted everywhere as i make them with the smutty pages being reserved for patreon only.

i have been neglecting my advertisement images for too long and i need to fix that

more bald updating

had to finish working on my mothers new iphone and that took nearly 8 hours to do. but i did manage to finish the color on 2 more pages. all that is needed is some atmospheric lighting and textureing

got some acrylics today. but i need a LOT more practice in it before i have enough to show

and working with traditional mediums has helped me look at my digital work in a new light

today was a "work on commissions day" and i am liking how this is turning out. just a bit more refinement as well as any input from simone and we will soon call it done

finally managed to get some work done on the study

finally got the zebra girl done and she went from 20k polygons to 7,8k polygons

almost everything is a quad too

after a morning of retopologizing zebra girl i spent the rest of the day refining line work. tomorrow classes are canceled so i will just paint at home. i have not done any painting all week and i want to get back to the master study

another patreon request was to bring back some 3d folios finally got around to retoping my zebra girl.

it is going a bit easier this time around but i found there are some major flaws in the symmetry of the original model. fortunately the retoping will fix that.

after i finish the retopology i need to do some research into bone driven shape keys and really make this a fantastic model

i just wanted to do a random one off page to loosen up in the morning ....8 hours later and i still feel like i rushed it. the rest of the day was working on commissions

2 different versions of that last panel let me know which you all prefer

interesting morning. spent about 4 hours on the phone with apple trying to get another family member's phone to work properly and that was mentally exhausting. no fault on the apple people's side they helped me get through all of it. the thing just took all morning.

so i did a couple of "de-stress" sketches. not sure if i will ever finish them and the badger i will post everywhere for advertisement but i was able to get back to work after

well i started working on this at 7 and it was noon before i decided it was done....i feel like i let myself have a lazy morning

so i was going to use my water color pens on this but the first try went really REALLY badly and i am too tired to scan it in at this time. so i went back to the digital version and started blocking in some color. realized it was time to post so i put this on hold for now

once i am finished blocking in the color i will go look up some nice jungle art references to help me refine the image

so i got some requests to bring back monkey girl here and full 3d folios (starting with zebra girl) and i thought "sure i will just do a quick sketch then start retopoligzing my zebra girl and make her look even better....then i forgot to pay attention to the time and ended up spending most the day on this...oops

now for the 3d folio. i am going to do that differently to how i have in the past. i will first do the drawing part then make the 3d fit the drawing

ok got the very basic color indications down and tomorrow i cans start laying on the paints

more page finalizing

getting some basic highlights back in

adding some base colors to logans commission

when i got home i wanted to keep painting like i did at class so i grabbed the template i made for the Mar oil study (failed study ) and limited myself to a pallet similar to a rembrandt portrait . it needs more work but i like how it is going

well this is the first "finished" painting for my oil class. next one is going to be a portrait but we get to choose who we draw. like a dumbass i decided on trying a rembrandt copy, i already transfered the pencil sketch to my canvas and tomorrow i start painting

i promptly forgot i worked on these today. after my oil work i was tempted to try to apply that kind of brush work to these images but i stopped myself because that would mean redoing a bunch and that is counter productive (and i would get fussed at) ;)

aside from the oil study today was a commission day.

the oil painting has helped me loosen up with my brush work and laying down color quite a bit

oops this one did NOT turn out that well at all...guess i got a little too ambitious. time to pull back and do smaller scale studies

it's hard not to get swept up in the oil painting bug so here is some updates to tigress pounce

i will need to get some of my photography friends to help me on setting up the lighting so the image has the proper colors as this photo does not have quite the richness in the original but i really do like the way oil feels to paint with

i went a got some fume-less paint thinner a couple pallet knives and an Ottlight lamp as well as a few other nick-knacks i did not already have. most of my practicing will be on simple shapes until i get use to the medium

more line work polish

Logan storm, a long time top tier patreon member popped back into existence and asked for a commission. i asked if it was ok to show its progress here on patreon and he said yes. so here we go

almost got a full day working tomorrow i have to myself so i should be able to get away with a full work day
i kept looking at the first panel of page 2 and thought "what is wrong here?" turns out ....gorilla arms. also the anatomy looked "flat" so i just re did them as that would be faster in the long run.
still researching scanners so i can eventually scan in traditional media but i really need to practice basic techniques. i have some japanese watercolor pens and they are awesome but i only made a few marks with them

just putting some final polish on the characters

finally got to update some page stuff

not that much to update today. monday i will have a free day to work (unless something happens)

also i have had a bunch of commissions land my way so i need to balance that work load too

and i am really enjoying working on this comic

and i am "dead" today. the painting class i attended went great. so good that i am looking up really good scanners so i can add traditional mediums back into my work flow. but after that i was asked to go pick up some new Iphones for my family....and the rest of the day was rather stressful trouble shooting and long waits for data transferring

now everyone has a working phone again but i barely got anytime to work

sorry about all that

as i need to draw a lot of foliage in this comic i am doing some studies. i take a reference image (bottom right) and try to copy it (bottom left) then i re draw it in as many different positions as possible

the first page is done aside from colors ....woohoo!

tomorrow i start a class on oil painting. which will be interesting because i have never worked with oils

woohoo now its time to refine the line work

aaah such fun. many of the pages i really did not have to change much. just alter the pose slightly to make it more dramatic and natural looking, and of course those more involved backgrounds

if you pardon my rambling for a moment. i feel like i can finally draw the stories i want to without having to plan out every character and environmental model

now that i have all the base colors and ink work done for Bald Space monkeys, i took a break and went back to Tigress Pounce and finish it. mostly its just adding more detail to the backgrounds and fixing up the gestures

i already like it a LOT more then how it looked when i abandoned it last time. now i WONT go redoing comics i already finished but i will go back to some i abandoned now that it is a lot easier to do so

ok all base colors down. its rough and it took a few near sleepless nights but now i can get to the final stretch

so i started the day with a "yeah i am going to get a lot done!" can do attitude. 8pm comes around....only...2 ....pages

ok what the heck happened? as far as i remember i was mostly just in front of my computer working

(head desk)

only 2 pages right now. i usually stop after i post but i have been so slow today and unable to sleep that i am just going to keep working until i finally get tired enugh to actually get some sleep.

tomorrow is a day i don't have any other plans (at this time) aside from work so my goal is to have all the base colors down by tomorrow posting time so i can start on the censorshieks and final polish for the colors

all the line work cleaned up and all the basic colors down (mostly flats) now i can polish it all up

alrighty then. just a little more touch up on the background line work then i can add in the flat colors

i was going to try and paint this realistically but i think the simple shadows with maybe a small highlight will work best

i added back the color but just the flats

more monkey love

more color work

went back and polished up the lines

more color on more pages

more pages with some base color

i want to hurry up and finish this project along with the delphox folio. i have been hankering to go back and finish a bunch of abandoned projects such as "tigress pounce" and "peak wulf" but i want to get what i have on my plate done first before i take on those projects again

i am also glad that a lot more people are leaving comments and interacting, i will do better to respond to every one and as always critiques are welcome.

some ideas i have had for a while are feeling like they are "within grasp" but again i don't want to overload myself

when i heard about the movie "the meg" the "punny" idea of a porn parody entered my mind. now i got to do a sketch for the cover

not much work done today because i spent most of it hanging out with friends i have not seen in months

more color updating