Archive for July, 2008

This tutorial assumes that you have already drawn something so let’s do that first. I prefer to draw on paper and redraw the lines in my computer but you can just draw directly in PhotoShop. In general, you want the size of your image to be at least twice as large as the size you plan to release it in. The one thing you want to make sure is that you are drawing on a transparent layer so that only the lines will show when all other layers are off. You may also want to keep certain features such as the eyes on separate layers so they may easily be changed.
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The website for the anime adaptation of 07th Expansion’s Umineko no Naku Koro ni has officially gone live. The only information at the moment is that a theme song CD will be released at Comiket on August 15 for 1500 yen and that an anime shop will be opening on August 29. Not much else to say except that I can’t wait until it starts airing.

Source: Visual-Novels.net

After much work, I finally present the first piece graphics to be used in the visual novel side of the Imperium Project! I had not originally planned to color any CGs until I had completed designs for all the characters but because of broken tubes and such, I was not able to do so and instead ended up inking almost all the newer TIP drawings. When I got internet back, I found out that my wish for more artists had been partially granted so now I have a dedicated colorist/shader. Because of these reasons, I decided to work on a sample character CG.

I picked Hikari as the first one for several reasons:
1.) Hikari was the first to get finished line work<
2.) Hikari and Sofiya are the 2 characters that I have exclusive control over
3.) I haven't finished a finalized Sofiya pose yet
4.) Hikari's color palette has already been decided
Despite these factors that suggest that I would complete it quickly, finishing this single drawing took much longer then I wanted. Details after the jump.
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No lead-ins, no explanations this time. Let’s cut to the chase.

Early lineart for the GUNDAM 00 SEASON TWO MOBILE SUITS has been RELEASED!

That’s right, lil’ Setsuna. You KNOW you want to see this. Commentary straight from a raving Gundam fanboy after the break!

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