Oh, I should have worded that better. I will absolutely keep the scars on the lower covered half of the face, but not sure if I'll keep them on the upper part of the face, mainly between the eyes and forehead. I think I will, since I've been adding them so far, no reason to change it. So I'll add them to this page.
This is so so good! As for the scars on the face i think its a nice touch and adds curiosity to the character but then you think he'd try to cover more of his face with a face covering.
Thank you! Yes, that's what I was thinking as well! At one point I just covered most of his face in bandages except for one eye, but it was getting quite cumbersome and hard to drive expressions (not that he has shown much yet).
The worst part is definetly on the lower part of the face, so I guess it makes sense he covers that. I think I'll add them back again for these frames and keep them moving forward.
Bit of a spoiler, granted, he eventually recovers from them, but there's a long way to go before that happens.
I love the vibe of this chapter so much! Grain effect on memory add so much to it and it looks so good. Great work!
ooh lookin great! 
glad to see you working on Nozomu again
Thanks everyone for stopping by! Been a bit slower since I've been a bit busy with work, though we are staying fairly active in Discord and we continue grinding as usual!
Did a few exercices and doodles out of Term 4 for practice
Tried a different approach for these next gestures. Tried to imitate a fellow artist, by skipping construction and focusing on outline and lines. It was interesting, since you have to "imagine" the constrcution. I did enjoy it, and feel like an exam of what I've learned so far. Will probably try to do more of it.
And more env practice!
And also resumed the term exercices. Next is deformation/exaggeration of the body. Only did a few, but at least we’re starting to move along the art course again!
Wow putting it all together like this makes me realize I actually did more practice than I thought.
A couple more pages! Would be nice to wrap up this arc before end of year, but we’ll see how it goes.
1) Trying to show a more menacing side of Seki. Shadow is starting to overstep, and he’s not having it.
2) Captain Kraken arc is going to be quite… complicated, but we’ll get to it next year.
3) Pages are fairly simple in structure and content, it’s all about allowing the reader to get in the middle of these two, and feel the tension brewing. For whatever reason I do enjoy making these face close ups.
3 more pages left! Also got a treat that goes along with the end of this arc, hopefully we finally share it by next weekend.
Hope you all have a great week! Cheers!
yooooooooooo these all look so good!!
Oooh these look amazing! Lighting in manga is great, I love the last panel
Nice work on studies!
Oh, okay, I understand now.
I like the portraits of your characters. The shading is nice as well. The screaming expression and the angle of the man look great
The gestures are pretty good, the poses look pretty accurate, and the studies of the environment are pretty good.
The male's deformation exercises suggest he could be an MMA fighter, and the woman's looks suggest she could be that tall female Yokai, Takaonna. Nice work.
Thanks @mitsuki-youko @patrycja.lerch @gregorya!!!
Still busy, but we still going at it!
Just a couple more exercices. I think I’ll stop with body modification here, might as well start the last piece to wrap up term 4.
Also bonus doodle! Someone gone and pissed of Seki!
A couple more pages! Just one more page to go, then cover, some editing and we’re finally done with this chapter. Took forever due to the October event.
1) Seki trying to seem intimidating. Shadow doesn’t seem all that surprised. Some unspoken stuff going on here.
2) Shadow’s final parting words are meant to confirm he was indeed the one to help Seki, for as of yet unknown reasons. It’s ambiguous enough that it could just be him underestimating Seki, but given the context the reader has, it’s bound to mean something more. Why is Seki “stupid”? Just him being condescending? Or is it because Seki is playing according to his plans? Or because Seki is chewing more than he can handle?
3) Seki on the other hand, might not be the brightest character around, but he does seem to understand more than is being said. The fact he just let’s Shadow leave implies a certain degree of respect, perhaps out of being grateful, but letting go a potential menace could be stupid to some people. As I mentioned, there’s a bit more going on that will hopefully be communicated by their attitudes more so than what they are saying.
That’s it for now! Getting into the holidays, and decided to participate in yet another event. Only two pieces to do though, but considerably more complex than previous ones. Will probably post them until after the holidays.
Hope everyone is doing well! Have a great week! Cheers!
awesome work mate!
