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August 2023 Compilation [Download]
🕑 Added 2023-08-26 18:12:10 +0000 UTCI kind of wanted to pack both the July and August drawings together because there's not been as many drawings or much of a progress on the 3D model. But I think I'd better just post the July drawings before the end of the month.
I've mostly worked on commissions this month and IRL stuff (I've been out quite a bit), so there's definitely not a ton of stuff.
The drawings are kind of strange some retro hairstyles, yet another beach! (Trying to get closer to a vague idea I'd like to re-create about a beach road trip), [07-05 to 06] random characters.
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[07-14+] These are "don't forget about this idea" type drawings... so... notes!
The idea is related to these vaporwave/summer type things my mind keeps clinging to. It's an ambitious and kind of nonsensical idea about combining a few different settings into a single "environment", (the beach, a mall, resort/cruise, urban/city, and industrial elements, maybe even a bit "futuristic"?)
The result being a virtual hub world that functions and looks like a resort/amusement park, or resort town, built on top of a huge offshore platform/structure. On top it's leisurely and extravagant, warm and bright summer fun and city nightlife combined. And then it slowly starts to get more industrial and barebones. [At the top it's like a city, a blend of organic, plain, but also ornate, luxurious, and futuristic, minimalist. Then as one descends deeper it starts getting a bit more industrial, kind of like a ship where it may try to look like everyday life but there's weird aspects that make it clear that's a ship. And then deeper until it starts to look like a ship engine room, and at the base it still kinda looks like an oil rig, open and barebones industrial structure.
I know it doesn't really go with the aesthetic, but I really want these industrial elements, it feels nostalgic for many little reasons.
BUT ANYWAY, none of that is really visible in these sketches. I'm mainly trying to play with shapes here.
[07-16a1] I saw this little creature in a textured wall but I can no longer find it;; But I'm glad I made a drawing because it was cute, like a weird cat.
Then there's commissions stuff!! [Centrali, a very cute sylvari gal that belongs to khanco (furaffinity)! and my asura gals, futa version]
And finally, trying to make guideline/reference sketches for a possible more human 3D model?
Not that I plan on using these anytime soon, I'd rather finish Tekki first. But I always struggle with these, especially because I tend to make them when my brain only wants to sculot, so I thought I'd give it a try now.
And that's pretty much it for this month's compilation! I'm sorry this was a very late delivery!
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epyon_avenger
The hairstyles in 07-02a1 are great! I had to sit for a second and like...stew on it, because I was...impressed, but not...mm. How to say. Basically, I was impressed, but I didn't know why was I impressed, but after sitting for a while and staring I realized it was because you represented several different styles with SO FEW LINES. Like, it's a ton of information being filled in by my imagination, and that's pretty cool. I love the idea of your vaporwave/summer/nostalgia hub world. After you describing it, and me stewing on it, I now wish such a thing was available IRL. XD Interestingly, your little cat-like creature kind of reminds me of the Loth-Cats in Star Wars, only without the weird feet, and a cuter nose. Though some of that is probably recency bias and (again) imagination filling in gaps on my part. Commission stuff and all the other odds and ends are, as always, a treat to see. Hope you are getting some time to yourself to relax and enjoy the end of the season (or at least, it's towards the end of Summer where I am, not sure if seasons are ending where you are). Thanks for the great post and explanations, as always. ^_^
