Happy Saturday everyone. Was a pretty great day today. Warm weather with not a whole lot to do. Just relaxed with a buddy for most of the day. Went for a nice walk earlier in the afternoon. Might be one of the last really warm days this year. We’ll see though.

Not sure why I decided to draw Final Fantasy VI’s Chupon/Typhoon character. I think I just wanted to do something creepy. Like a monster or something. Sketched a few things that didn’t turn out so great, then I thought of Chupon. I looked up a picture to get the details right. Then tossed that sketch away and just drew him all over again. This time in my own style just going by memory. Turned out much better!

Yoshitaka Amano’s style is pretty difficult to replicate as his brush strokes look so random and all over the place! He has an absolutely insane amount of detail in all of his pieces. It’s amazing actually. My version of this guy looks better than what I was trying to do before.

I’m pretty late posting my picture for today! Been feeling off all day today actually. Don’t get me wrong though, it was actually a pretty decent day. But I just didn’t get enough sleep last night, I haven’t even eaten much of anything, and I’m stressing about an interview tomorrow morning. Probably why I haven’t had much of an appetite.

There isn’t all that much of a story with this guy. I just needed to draw something, so I started with the eyes, and then finished the face and head. He looked like a frog, but that was too easy, so I made him into a snake. Then I felt bad because he had no limbs. So, now he can fly. Cool beans. At least I posted something. Yaaaaaaaaaay….. *snore*

It was suggested to me last night to try my hand at drawing some first nation style art. At first I was worried that it might be inappropriate. I definitely didn’t want to commit any cultural appropriation or anything. I’m not of native decent. However, after doing some research and seeing the different types of first nation style art that was out there, I had to try my hand at it. At the very least to show appreciation for this wonderful style. Also, I love turtles.

I think it turned out perfectly. It looks way better, as usual, in real life on paper than it does in this photograph. I don’t think I could have done a better job.

I quickly drew Jesse again today, with a few changes, as I have to leave shortly for the day/night. I was afraid of not getting my drawing done for today, so at least I posted something by drawing this guy. However, despite being in a hurry, he still turned out marvelously. Don’t you think? I wish I had of made the hand holding the gun a lot bigger. As it’s supposed to be closer to the camera. however, I did this all in pen and once I drew what was there, there was no going back. Also, it makes sense he has such big feet as his hands are pretty massive Ninja Turtle-esque paws.

Maybe tomorrow I’ll color him up as my daily duties. But I did find some retro video game screens to use for my next big project. However, after staring at them for awhile, I can’t figure out exactly what I want to do with them! I don’t want to just simply recreate them. If I did that with Photoshop then it would just look the same. Like I just found a picture of the title screen and uploaded it as my work. So, I could maybe recreate them on paper. But there’s nothing really creative about that. So, I’ll have to figure something out. Something awesome.

Alright. It’s time to sit down and write something up about this guy. Well, first off, I think he turned out pretty darn good. A little bit nightmarish but at the same time Saturday morning kid TV friendly. Well, he might not belong on Animaniacs so much as Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Although, anything goes with Animaniacs, I guess.

It’s odd. For about 4 or 5 months now I’ve wanted to create something… red. A creature is what I was thinking from the beginning. All this time I’ve been trying to figure out what would work with bright red. Maybe a creature, maybe not a creature. I guess I finally figured it out. Red suits this guy 😉

Now it’s time to find some retro gaming title screens and figure out what I’m going to create with them. However, I am going away for a day or two starting tomorrow, so I may have to improvise some artwork away from home. So maybe no retro title screens just yet. We’ll just have to see what happens!

Happy September!