Title: Sailor Moon
Type: Color
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator
The coloring on this one came out great. Nice and bright, lots of visual pop to it. I think this image marked the turning point of when I became fully confident in my CG skills. I’m especially proud of the skintone, skirt, and hair. Blonde hair isn’t very easy for me to work with, but it came out great.
Title: Sailor Moon
Type: Lineart
Tools: Illustrator
The lineart made a huge difference here, night and day from the sketch. This was my original goal, and I’m quite happy with how well it came together. I’ve really come to love using Illustrator to do my lineart, the lines are always smooth and flowing.
Title: 30K Usagi
Type: Project
Tools: Photoshop
I kinda went all out for the background, just drawing at random without any real plan and seeing what came about. It’s a bit strange I’ll admit, but I quite like it and I think it works really well with the image.
Title: 30K Usagi
Type: Color
Tools: Photoshop
Since I wasn’t using lineart this time, I simply filled in the base colors over the sketch and worked with the highlights and shadows until it started to take shape again. It was certainly different, and I wasn’t sure if I could make it work at all. The hardest part was probably her hair, it took several passes of shadows and highlights to make it well enough defined. I also added a few extra strands for style.
Title: 30K Usagi
Type: Sketch
Tools: Pencil
I randomly decided to make this image for when my old site rolled around to 30K visits, mostly just an excuse to do something new. I also wanted to try an image that was completely lineless this time around, a style I don’t normally use. For the initial sketch I was originally thinking of a beach like setting or something, but honestly I was just going without a plan and seeing what came out. Usagi’s hair curls are always fun to draw.
Title: Kasumi / Misty
Type: Color
Tools: Photoshop, Illustrator
I tried to go for some really nice, bright colors here. The shading on the legs took me a little while to be happy with, and the torso was a bit of work as well. I really like her eyes and the subtle shading on the hair. Not my best, but a nice little fanart regardless.
