DaCeronNine - Art School Journey

[snakker]

Awesome stuff!

[mitsuki-youko]

noiiice!

noticed a few minor typos so thought i'd point them out XD my typo detector is still on from the last time you asked for feedback lmao

[daceronine]

Thanks! I'll correct those ASAP!

[Pattu_w]

Awesome stuff indeed!

kind of like a skull OVER the skull

I had no idea about that, learning something new everyday, thanks for the info

[daceronine]

I should have mentioned that's only for the Titan's designs xD. Normally we have the skull, the muscules and the skin. For some titan's designs, they obviously don't have skin, so in the case of the colossal titan, to not just have a muscly face/head, it seems the author decided to add a layer of white cartilage or some type of bone to give the face some more features, hence the "skull over the skull".

Normally this is what our skull with muscles would look like.

My guess is the author wanted to stylize it more and added that cartilage/bone armor over it to simulate some skin.

It's more evident with the nose, lips and ears which have no business being there if it was just a bone extension.

Granted in some angles and versions it seems like this cartilage stops at the forehead and the top/back is just pure muscles over skull, and in some versions it looks like this cartilage goes all the way back covering most of the top/back muscles leaving some openings at the side and back (which is what I used).

I only noticed all this while doing this exercice xD.

[Pattu_w]

You're killing me here lol, never laughed that hard before xd

[patrycja.lerch]

Great work! I like the cover idea. It is so colorful

[gregorya]

Nice work. Now that you mentioned it, It does look like the Titan has two layers of muscles and cartilage.
I do like the cover.
I do like the summary of the story. It's a good recap.
Are you going to incorporate the colors from the background as the lighting of the character?

[daceronine]

Thanks!
Yep, the idea is to have strong reflections over the character and clothes, though tecnically they're behind so I might also add strong shadows on the front for that. Or maybe we can assume there are fireworks on the front as well. Might try both and see how it works out.

[daceronine]

Another busy week. Business as usual.

Term 4

Couple of excercices to work through this week.

"Daily Color and Light Theory 1 assignment 4"

Not a fan of this exercise. I do like identifying the palet and using them, but trying to go deeper and figuring out the type and other details... I dunno. I get a trained eye will be able to apply colors better, but man, this is among the ones I've struggle with the most. Maybe it's just my inexperience with color.

I will say, it is interesting how colors are applied, and the "feelings" different palettes can evoke.

Next exercise.

"Draw 10 character heads for your recent headless upper body studies, from imagination and in simple perspective (facing the camera, ¾ view - lineart only)"

More a fan of this one. This feels like a test to see how far we've come with head drawing, since it specifically says from imagination.
Figured I would try to make it a bit interesting and draw some of the main characters of the manga to refine them a bit as well as understand their main colors as well, since the previous exercice was about colors.

Only completed 6 for now, 3 of the main guys, 3 of the main girls. Some probably familiar if you've seen some of my stuff before, some who are yet to appear properly.

Fairly simple and straightforward, though I didn't spend that much time in each. Didn't elaborate much on line weight or shadows.

Their main colors also represent their characters to some degree. Specifically:

Brown - Resilience, dependability, security, and safety. Feelings of loneliness, sadness, and isolation.

Green - Money, luck, and Envy.

Yellow - Betrayal, optimism, caution, idealism, imagination, hope, philosophy, dishonesty, cowardice, jealousy, covetousness, deceit, and friendship.

Red - Sacrifice, danger, courage, passion, sexuality, anger, love.

Pink - Love, nurture, compassion, comfort, happiness.
Purple - Royalty, luxury, nobility, ambition.

I found it very interesting the colors do match their role and character to a big degree.

However one of the main points behind their designs is that the viewer should be able to distinguish them easily at a glance.

Got 4 more to go.

Manga

Finished the cover art!

And chapter is now up and online!

https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/nozomu-english/list?title_no=800887

Whenever a chapter is complete I usally take a little break, like recovering my breath after running for a few laps.

Time to move to chapter 29 now!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope y'all continue to have a great weekend! Cheers!

[Pattu_w]

Really nice studies man and congrats on the conclusion of the chapter! The cover looks dahm awesome!

I can't believe i haven't watched cyberpunk yet btw, might need to rectify that.

[mitsuki-youko]

eyyy noice!

ooh I feel like i've seen Akami before but forgot who she is lool XD

you have cat people in ur story too?

are there any cute cat bois

[daceronine]

Hehe, yea, I've drawn Akami before, though she has changed slightly.

are there any cute cat bois

Funny you mention that since I was sketching one of the remaining 4 head exercices.

Akami's brother, Seth (though it's not his real name). His design is still fluctuating a bit.

Granted, I'm not sure I would call him cute..? I struggle with "attractive guys" since that's not my preference, but I try to follow references.

Unfortunatly both of them are a long way from formally appearing within the story, but everything in due time.

As with any fantasy anime/manga, yea there are beast people, mostly cause it's fun. How they fit into the whole thing is a bit more complicated and a story for another time

[patrycja.lerch]

Great work on cover! I like colored lineart and color glow in his eye

huh I already like Seth and Akami and Shadow looks interesting too

[mitsuki-youko]

noice!

Seth's not rly my type XD but he does look cool from a design standpoint

[daceronine]

Thanks! @patrycja.lerch @Pattu_w and @mitsuki-youko

@Pattu_w Cyberpunk is pretty good, as far as anime goes, it's... different. It's probably a bit too raw for my tastes, but it was definetly well done and written. Still need to watch the last 2 episodes, but I can kinda see where it's going (so far it's sad, I can't see it having a happy outcome but we'll see)

@patrycja.lerch hehe, thanks! Interesting tidbit, the Akami character has been there since the very beginning idea, and has not really changed in all this time in almost anything. Seth on the other hand was concieved as 3 different characters which got merged into one as things were streamlined. As I mentioned, still some way off from being introduced, but such was the case for the 3 assassin sisters as well.

@mitsuki-youko Haha that's fair. I'm sure our preferences influence our works. On that note, the series had "too many guys" at one point (as a friend pointed out), then more girls where added as things developed (not intentionally, it just happened), then guys where cut off as the story was streamlined, but most girls remained since their role was pretty important. shrugs Well, things are still fluctuating until they get in prod, so we'll see how things turn out in the end.

[Kaz_0]

Nice job! The characters look cool. Interesting that the color yellow represents both betrayal and friendship.

[daceronine]

Thanks! Agreed, while looking up some of these concepts, I found the following on regards to yellow:

Meaning of yellow
Positive concepts like optimism, youth, confidence, and creativity.
However, yellow is a contradictory color. It is also related to betrayal, greed, lies, insanity, warnings, or socially rejected groups.

It also seems to depend on the social context, as some cultures relate yellow more with prosperity (gold).

On regards to art, depending on the tone and context, I guess it could be used for either.

And as always, more it's more like a suggestion more than a hard rule, but still good to know.

[gregorya]

Good to know. I thought the light from the fireworks behind him caused some lighting in the background.
It looks like the colors worked out nicely.
The color theory looks like quite a challenge.
Nice work on the portrait and the colors.

[mitsuki-youko]

On that note, the series had "too many guys" at one point (as a friend pointed out)

HAHA I used to exclusively draw my type of cute anime bois and rarely draw girl characters cus i usually watch more shonen stuff where u dont rly see many cool girls being badasses.

But recently in the past half decade i've seen lots of animes with badass female characters and was like hey i guess girls can be cool too lol (am girl who wants to be cool but is probably not that cool looool XD)

so now i have a mix of cool girls who i look at and b like i wanna b cool like that. and a mix of cute bois who im like ooh anime bf material