[Art] Yui Takenaka's Works

[Zengar Zombolt]

Wherever did you put?
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What are you seeing?

I'm bad at remembering who's who. That's Fossilmaiden or Minogame?

[Primula]

Very nice work! Hmm... I shoud upload my works too ^^ Keep it up!

Thank you!

I'm bad at remembering who's who. That's Fossilmaiden or Minogame?

Neither~ It's

Spoiler:

Unnamed 771

~  :3

Also.. I've been looking for some time to experiment with different eye styles and took the opportunity today to make it a little present..... :3
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/yukari.png

[[HJD]Red_Herring]

I am feeling you are concentrating working on the lining work.

You are saying you have experimented with different style of eyes, but honestly, I am not really seeing the difference. Maybe, even my eyesights are failing (takes pills) but...

Anyhow, I am seeing a drawing from very Aozora-Market style artwork in your signature. If you like the style, sometimes shameless copying can make you feel the difference in usage of line

and improves your stability/consistence with lines. Give it a try, and you won't be disappointed.

[Primula]

I am feeling you are concentrating working on the lining work.

You are saying you have experimented with different style of eyes, but honestly, I am not really seeing the difference. Maybe, even my eyesights are failing (takes pills) but...

Anyhow, I am seeing a drawing from very Aozora-Market style artwork in your signature. If you like the style, sometimes shameless copying can make you feel the difference in usage of line

and improves your stability/consistence with lines. Give it a try, and you won't be disappointed.

About the experimenting, I was aiming to practice eyes that are more slanted/realistic rather than the eyes that I usually draw as an inspiration from riku(wana)'s artwork.

And the signature, Aozora did the artwork for 2(sort of) of the 3(or 4 since it's in progress) games by AQLoop which are TWilight INSanity and Alternative Sphere(again, sort of since Kana Toto did most of the artwork). So I got some inspiration from Aozora in my recent artworks due to the hair details.

I will keep note of that, Red. Thanks.

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Sketchdump #2:

Ran (experimented again) : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/ran.png

So, guess what I read during the past few weeks?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/Flan.png
.....Because everyone likes her right?  :3

^ I  didn't originally plan to color her after I did some shading, but I got bored and colored her dress and did the rest of the picture.

Another Shizuka drawing because I wanted to practice on drawing side views/profiles. Not as good as Shingyouku, but it's probably because the outfit created some difficulties.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/shizuka2.png

So, I have a little more freedom now to work on some Genyoubu art and a request I recently got from a friend form another forum.

[Primula]

I have realized that shading with 0.5 lead is fun. o-o

And I learned how to use the levels tool. o-o

To Aru Majutsu no Index doodles (Might probably look weird because I drew characters by memory first at school before I used references when I got home):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/Indexstuff2.png
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/Indexstuff.png

Smoothing test (Might do non-people related stuff every once in a while):
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25428208/Sketches/smoothing.png

I tried 1ccing Hellsinker with Minogame. I did pretty well in terms of gameplay and I had a top score for Spirits, Kills, and Tokens but..... 

Spoiler:

I got Level 2 on Segment 8.... D:

Oh well, must be Friday the 13th.  If time permits, I might sketch Accelerator.

[[HJD]Red_Herring]

Good to see you trying out other methods; an aspiring artist should have some guts to give a shot at everything.

However, there are few things I would like to suggest:

1. Get proportions right

I know it is a total pain in the ass to get it right, but you should always practice the proportion of  figures. So, please do not restrict yourself to a face; draw at least a half of a body.

2. About shading

You said shading with 0.5mm lead is fun. Congratulation, you just confessed you are a glutton for punishment. Especially when you are aiming for smooth texture, a mechanical pencil is NOT your friend.

In addition, the smoothing generally decrease the contrast of each shade and consequently, can ruin a good piece. So, I would hold myself back a bit with smoothing.



This was done fully with 0.5mm lead pencils - one with HB and other with 2B. For each part, I gave coat shading of  2B and smoothed the area with Q-Tips. Then I started to give contrasts and then smoothed

the area again with Q-Tips again. Rinse and repeat for about 3 times and you should have somewhat dark tone. This is where a HB comes in; this sucker requires a lot of pressure to get smudged. So restore

the desired contrast with a HB lead. Then grab an eraser to give highlights to finish it off. As you can see this is freaking painful and you should think about getting 4B or 6B pencil for shading. If you

don't lose your appetite for drawing after drawing a full figure along with background, damn it sir, you have great perseverance.

Hope this ranting helped and keep those hands busy.