recently i've been feeling nostalgic for old vocaloid, so i redrew defoko's box art! i went for a pixel art style since i feel like it matches the theme of virtual singing robots well.i tried out a new simpler shading style & had lots of fun messing around with halftone brushes! two versions because i cant decide on one
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a pagedoll i made of me in my dream dress (hawase doll op)! i took inspiration from 2000's flash dress up games for the shading & lineart. it was super fun to try out the style, and i would like to try drawing like this again in the future!
a quick miku i drew for fun. i experimented with the lighting and effects.
i finished an old abandoned sketch of gakupo. there were a lot of mistakes in the sketch, and it made me happy that i was now able to see what needed tweaking. not sure if it's even gakupo anymore though lol. i finished the drawing in a relatively short time, since i was challenging myself to be quick and not fixate on small details.
little drawing of the vocaloid kaai yuki i made. no sketch i just started rendering in grayscale n hueshifted/gradientmapped the colors :3
a quick miwako drawing i did a little bit ago! i felt like i was able to complete this one at a good pace, not being too perfectionist on small details, until i got to the filtering/extra effects stage. i think i spent more time messing with gradient maps and 10239485 different blending modes than i spent actually drawing. which is why there's two versions, because i cannot decide which is better. next to each other, you would say the left one is nicer right? but i also think that by itself, the right one is easier on the eyes to look at. idk. so they're both here. enjoy.
nekomura drawing i made a couple weeks ago. honestly, i like it! i tried new linework, n coloring techniques, which i think worked out well. this drawing is based off my figure of her that stands on my desk's top shelf. recently, i've been feeling pretty unhappy with certain aspects of my art. i often forget how long i've come and how hard i've worked. whenever i start to feel this way, i'll go look at my older sketchbooks. this time, i stumbled apon an old nekomura drawing from early 2021.now looking back on both, i can definitely see my improvement in the last two years. and yet, i still feel unhappy. i just can't seem to stop fixating on the flaws in my work. my vision always seems to be ahead of my skill, but i guess that's just what it's like to be an artist. if i can grow this much in two years, then if i keep working at it surely i will become an artgod by my 30s or 40s or 50s, right? maybe then i will finally be satisfied with what i create.