Jul '23

Move on to the 10 cloth exercices from photos.

Since this is about clothes analysis, figured I would use the oportunity to dress up some of my manga characters while still keeping the reference clothes.
That way I can also practice refining some of the designs I'm working on.
So in general, I'm aiming to imitate, by copying, even if it's not completly a copy. not sure if that makes sense.

It's gona take a while to do all 10, especially since I insist on adding some shading, but here are the first two:

And another recent page from the manga. Very happy how this one turned out. I'm trying to play around with some effects and framing.

I'll probably post again until I complete some of them, which will take a while as I work on the manga in paralel.

Jul '23

eyy this new manga page is super cool!

I only read a bit of the manga so far.. does Seki have lighting powers? :open_mouth: das pretty cool

Jul '23

Heyo! Many thanks!

Not quite lighting powers, just good old fashined ki energy some of these characters use to "boost" their physical capabilities, not unlike Deku from My Hero Academia.

It's something I'll eventually elaborate on and explain more during the story, in extreme cases like the one portrayed in this frame, it manifests like lighting sorrounding the limbs or user.

Though it's mostly for visual flair :smile:

Jul '23

oooh i see that looks rly cool haha :smiley:

(kamehameha LOL)

Jul '23

Haha, well, I'm obviously very inspired with Dragon Ball xD, no way around that. Even some characters designs like Seki are clearly emulating that style (what with the spiky banana hair and all)

Inspriation comes from different sources though, and then we add a bit on top of that and try to switch things up a bit.

But I still start off with the basics Dragon ball set forth.

Jul '23

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daceronine

3 more done. 5 out of 10 complete.

You'll notice more and more differences as I take more liberties with some of the photo references. As I said, I'm trying to imitate, and copy clothes as best as possible, but not outright copying it, since I change some body proportions and other small details on purpose.

But it should still look similar and accurate on it's own.

Just like potraits, I think I'm growing more and more comfortable with the process. I'm enjoying this exercice quite a bit and very happy with the progress.

Also worked on a manga page, progess overall is going slow, but steady!

Hope you like these. I'm off to continue working!

Jul '23

Thanks a lot! I feel like I'm learning more and more with every exercice and piece. Kinda wish I had more time to dedicate to this craft, but the time we do spend is always fun!

Jul '23

Thanks! I does take some work, so it's encouraging to hear it's turning out pretty good!

Jul '23

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daceronine

A few more days, a few more updates.
8 out of the 10 cloth from photo references exercices complete so far.

I feel like I stabilized in a style I'm comfortable with. So just continuing with the style for now.

And as usual, one more page of the manga done as well. This one took some work... still thinking of refining shadows, but I feel it's "good enough", so I think I'll just move to the next one.

That's it for now! Have a good one! Back to work!

Aug '23

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daceronine

Alright, a few more days, a bit more progress!

Last 2 of the 10 exercices from photo references for clothes.

Figured I would try more form tight clothes, which you would assume it's easy because of the simple lines, but actually ended up more challenging than expected because it's so dependant on the anatomy below it.

And for the final one I just really liked the original reference.

I noticed that as the exercices progressed, I used the reference as a base, but ended up taking more and more liberties for some of the folds and shadows, tryng to naturally follow anchor points and how fabric folded over the character rather than attempting to copy the folds in the referene. Of course both characters have the same pose, so it's only natural folds came out similar, but I do feel like I learned a lot on how clothes behave.

Next is 5 studies, but this time from profesional artists. It'll be interesting to make note of how they interpret cloth details and folds.

Still progressing on the manga, I've made the habit of switching between the course exercices and working on manga panels. Helps me get a perspective for each work after taking a bried break from it.

It's just one big perspective shot, though it took some work since I'm still refining my work on environments.

Back to work!

Aug '23

yooo how long did it take u to draw this bg?! it looks so pro yet that looks like so many perspective lines!