Was looking up other games the Wonder Project J folks (Givro) made, and stumbled upon Nanatsu Kaze no Shima Monogatari. Saturn game that feels like a giant, beautiful interactive storybook. Their animation and sprite work here are crazy, wish I could find better screenshots.
#1: Capel Donya's Iron Knight [カペルドーニャの鉄騎士] I was admittedly more familiar with Jun Suemi's paintings, but her comics definitely have that painter's touch. Defining form through heavy contrast more often than fine lines/details, very striking artwork & use of ink!
#2: Stardust in a Bottle Tomoaki Okada by contrast, is VERY detail oriented. I'm a sucker for mechanical detail, so this was definitely up my alley.?I wasn't very familiar with Okada's work before reading this at the time, so it was a nice surprise!
#3: Robot Battle V [ロボットバトルV] (Images from Zimmerit & auction listings) If you're not familiar with Ma.K or Yokoyama's work, then expect very grungy, muddy, worn down mecha and machines that feel like they came out of some alternate WWII. Hard to get a copy, sadly.
@valantainsart M-Meme history... what a cursed concept. But, these were all the ones I drew back in the past.
So here's my artistic journey, a drawing of a shrug from the beginning of the decade, and one from just a bit ago today. Perhaps I've gone backwards in some regards ?
What and odd collection of characters this is, but it was fun. Good warm-ups!
The king of "God I put so much time into this, why didn't I finish it" ?
Mecha cockpits are complicated to draw ? #WIP
Going to post those "Draw other's OC's in your style" thing as I finish them. First up is @DONDRRRART @DONDRRR and his Cassette Girl, since I was given an OFFICIAL EXCUSE™ to draw her again.
Nikaido with a mini-bike... I am being directly targeted