豪快練習(Gokai Practice)

Gokaiger's Joe Gibken using Photoshop

海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャーのジョー·ギブケンでPhotoshopを使ってみた

Remember that lineart in the post below? Work in Progress here. 

Debating if I should continue it, or just leave it as is... 

I learned: Make sure your lineart looks okay, and figure out what 'coloring' method you're going to use for this. Not to mention, I learned there is a HUGE difference to an 'anime' style lineart sketch, and a more 'realistic' pencil sketch lineart which can affect the way you paint something... 

It almost threw me off when I attempted to paint realistically due to using Yamada Yuki's (the actor who plays Joe) magazine photos as reference for the lighting and such. Going too realistic on an anime line art ends up looking REALLY weird...

Thank god for saving multiple copies of this to go back and somewhat start over, and balance everything out.

I painted this from dark to light, and kind of played with the opacity while layering color (similar to the way people would paint with Acrylics).

豪快スケッチ！(Gokai Sketches!)

Might as well start with something that I did... some months ago as just practice... (sweatdrop)

 Luka Millfy and Don Dogoier portraits done in Ink Brush pen. 

ルカ·ミルフィー＆ドン·ドッゴイヤーで絵筆ペンを描いてみた。

Drew these during I was stressed out on an art school assignment. 

In reality, I used a Light Cerulean Blue Prismacolor marker and just roughly scribbled the portraits like how people would use the non-photo blue pencil. Then inked it while using the cast's photos as reference points (I'm not good enough to do everything from memory...). I used Photoshop to get rid of the lines afterwards. I had Ahim sketched out roughly, but it didn't look as good as those two so I didn't ink her in (sorry Ahim!). 

Rough pencil sketch of Joe Gibken

ジョー·ギブケンで落書き

I was practicing drawing some portraits of Goseiger characters (both in semi-realistic and anime counterparts in styles), so I took a break and drew this.

Working on a colored version for this in Photoshop at the moment... actually, I was using this sketch as a base to practice some Photoshop work. I need to finish it up... (sweatdrops)

Pardon the Mess...

The purpose of this Art Blog is just dumping fanarts that range from anime, manga, Tokusatsu, and possible non-Japanese fandom-related things, whether they are in-progress, sketches that I think looks good as unfinished, practice art (because I am using fanart as just a vehicle to practice a lot of mediums and styles and stuff...), and other... stuffs!

...Not to mention, the look of this blog is in-progress too. Please bear with me! ><;