[Art] Aoshi does her best.

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

Eeeee, dorbls X3

[DX7.EP]

Koumajou Charisma Break

Sassy Remi. Love that facial expression.

Here are some Touhou scribbles with clarinets (or what appears to be clarinets).

That Kyouko. :V

Satori & Koishi.

Satori looks nicer with the bangs, and Koishi is Koishi. :V

I need to focus on building up a decent portfolio to send off to colleges. ( Yay? ;_; )

Go for it! Hearing from another illustrator on the forums (really the MC server where she's more often connected :V), portfolios are a good idea for submissions. As for qualifications, I have no idea; it could depend largely on the faculty reviewing it.

[Aoshi-shi]

Still alive here; working on my portfolio like a good Aoshi. Here's proof.

Ib doodles:

Garry and Mary
Mary again. (Possible spoilers?)

Unrelated Marisa.

[HakureiSM]

Here's proof.

Oh yes <3

How is background practice going?

[Aoshi-shi]

It's been going smoothly, I think. I drew some buildings and stuff outside from where I sit in school, if that counts.

I haven't gotten a chance to break out the paints and paint some backgrounds yet (because SCHOOL ) Although now since I have a three day weekend I can maybe do something (your request included) later.

[Jq1790]

It's been going smoothly, I think. I drew some buildings and stuff outside from where I sit in school, if that counts.

I haven't gotten a chance to break out the paints and paint some backgrounds yet (because SCHOOL ) Although now since I have a three day weekend I can maybe do something (you request included) later.

(Boundary of Life and Death's final phase)Given it's me, naturally I'll think Youmu here...How about "Components of Konpaku"?  =D  (Or, y'know, either of the lower-difficulty versions.)
EDIT:  Wow I misread that.  Thought you were opening requests again, then I re-read it and checked and saw Haku had a request already in and that's what you were talking about.  whoops.

[Akitake]

Pretty stylistic art you have there ^^

[Aoshi-shi]

(Boundary of Life and Death's final phase)Given it's me, naturally I'll think Youmu here...How about "Components of Konpaku"?  =D  (Or, y'know, either of the lower-difficulty versions.)
EDIT:  Wow I misread that.  Thought you were opening requests again, then I re-read it and checked and saw Haku had a request already in and that's what you were talking about.  whoops.

I can still do your request; but it's just going to take a while. (Or at least until everything blows over and I have tons of free time again.)

Pretty stylistic art you have there ^^

Ah, thank you.  :3

Enjoy this Parsee and Yuugi (or not  :V) while I slink away to work on stuff.

[pineyappled]

Parsee here is just stupidly cute.

[HakureiSM]

I love how Yuugi's skirt is actually transparent as it should

Also background <3

[SuperParadox]

dat Parsee  :3
I also like the look of the background.

Still alive here; working on my portfolio like a good Aoshi. Here's proof.

Good luck on your portfolio  btw  :V

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

Eeee, so much dorbls~ :3

And yeah, most people seem not to ... uh ... have heard of that specific interview where ZUN mentioned it's transparent :V

[Jq1790]

Eeee, so much dorbls~ :3

And yeah, most people seem not to ... uh ... have heard of that specific interview where ZUN mentioned it's transparent :V

I'm one of said people, actually.  Never knew that.  The more you know, etc.

Anyway...

Hope all goes well with the portfolio, Aoshi!  Be sure to update us if you do some stuff you're particularly proud of, yes?

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Just caught up on the last two months of updates and damn, that was a lot of nice stuff. Good to see you're keeping at it and improving constantly, Aoshi.

[Aoshi-shi]

I-i-i-i-is this g-g-good enough, Haku? ;A;

Spoiler:

Forgot to take home my water color set today, so I just used Photoshop.

[Jq1790]

I'm not Haku, but...*whistles*  That's quite the nice looking setup you have there.

My only gripe would have to be the top and right-hand part of the rear mountain.  Why are those regions of it more defined than the rest of that mountain?

Spoiler:

Of course, I can't do backgrounds for anything, so it's worlds better than what I'd come up with probably.

[Freeze-Ex]

Scanner is acting funky today.

Koumajou Charisma Break

Here are some Touhou scribbles with clarinets (or what appears to be clarinets). I'll color them in Photoshop later. Let me know if you have suggestions for different poses, etc etc, Triangles.

Satori & Koishi.

Requests are going to be on hold from now until the middle the October. (Except Haku's because I might need it later.) I need to focus on building up a decent portfolio to send off to colleges. ( Yay? ;_; )

nice art u got there
u really had a good touch with the both character's physical and inner emotion
remilia in the first drawing u did really had a good pose to support her feeling
the composition and the object proportion makes kinda makes brought down the quality but still good
as for an art portfolio u might want to focus more into realistic object / figure drawing or painting
u can put some manga art in it to support ur interest as an artist doing ur personal artwork but not too many
cuz in my experience having a realistic drawing in ur portfolio allow ur school to look at ur understanding of skill of art
of course that depend what school u going to
I could be wrong so u don't have to listen to me XD
but good luck with ur portfolio!
hope u can get into the school u like

[HakureiSM]

I-i-i-i-is this g-g-good enough, Haku? ;A;

Ooh noice
The PArseYuugi background has a lot more perspective, but nice color job

[Dead Princess Sakana]

Nice job on the details of the shrine itself too.

[pasu]

oh wow when did you draw this ;-; i can't believe i missed this

[Nobu]

Aoshishishi~

You should do one of those art development meme things! I love how your art has improved over the months and years that I've known you. :3

[Aoshi-shi]

as for an art portfolio u might want to focus more into realistic object / figure drawing or painting
u can put some manga art in it to support ur interest as an artist doing ur personal artwork but not too many
cuz in my experience having a realistic drawing in ur portfolio allow ur school to look at ur understanding of skill of art
I could be wrong so u don't have to listen to me XD

Actually that sounds about right. I believe I only have 3 manga pieces in my portfolio, and I sort of feel like that's pushing it. The rest of my pieces are either drawings of landscapes or still lifes. (Because like you said, I want to show them I can do other things just as well.)

oh wow when did you draw this ;-; i can't believe i missed this

I never posted it here, so that might be why.  :ohdear:

Aoshishishi~

You should do one of those art development meme things! I love how your art has improved over the months and years that I've known you. :3

I was planning on doing one a while ago, but I've seem to have forgotten about it. I do want to do one, though, because it sounds like a lot of fun. (Plus cringing at old drawings.)  :V

Also,

Merp!
You probably know this already, but I have tried to mimic your style with THIS. (I dunno how to make the eyes look more scary.)  :ohdear:

[Yukarin]

OH MY GOD MY HEART

C-can you avatar-ify that Yukari for my usage please?

PLEASE?

[Merp]

Also,

Merp!
You probably know this already, but I have tried to mimic your style with THIS. (I dunno how to make the eyes look more scary.)  :ohdear:

pasu linked me on tumblr earlier!  It's much better and cleaner than what i can do, i think i'll retire  and cry in a corner now ;_;

[Aoshi-shi]

OH MY GOD MY HEART

C-can you avatar-ify that Yukari for my usage please?

PLEASE?

Done!

It's much better and cleaner than what i can do

Lieeeeeeeeeeees, your style is very cool!

[HakureiSM]

merpkari

<3

pasu linked me on tumblr earlier!  It's much better and cleaner than what i can do, i think i'll retire  and cry in a corner now ;_;

Nah you could make cleaner stuff if you wanted to, you're just lazy as fuc

[Yukarin]

ohmygod thankyou

[DX7.EP]

I do want to do [art dev pic], though, because it sounds like a lot of fun. (Plus cringing at old drawings.)

Those are pretty good ways to figure out errors in older drawings and analyse a style progression. Did one last week for some of my (pretty damn bad in retrospect) drawings from 2-6 years prior. Noticeable improvement.

Merp-style attempt

Good god the lines are clean! Taking Merp style to another level eh? :V

[Ragathol]

There's some really cute stuff here. However, they are still a bit noodly, so you would benefit from some proper anatomy studies. That's good for the portfolio as well.
http://www.fineart.sk has a lot of model photos and art books to reference (contains nudity, naturally).
I guess I don't need to tell you to keep up the good work, since this is one of the most active threads.

[Aoshi-shi]

I.... I think I'm close to being able to update on a regular basis now. (And do requests like usual.)
I have two more college applications to send out, (one will be done tonight) and then I have to upload two separate portfolios sometime tomorrow. Yay, progress! \o/

Here's a sketch dump from the past few weeks.

Stairs are hard. Hands are too.

There's some really cute stuff here. However, they are still a bit noodly, so you would benefit from some proper anatomy studies. That's good for the portfolio as well.
http://www.fineart.sk has a lot of model photos and art books to reference (contains nudity, naturally).
I guess I don't need to tell you to keep up the good work, since this is one of the most active threads.

Thanks for the link! I never really had a formal anatomy class or such, so this will be very handy.