Neko's Failtastic Art Thread

[Nekomata]

It's been a while since I closed my last art thread, so I guess I'll make a new one. My stuff is nothing great, but I need to be active again and this will be a good place to start. Just drawn stuff, no pixel art for now. Some stuff is old, some stuff isn't. xD

Pokemon Related:
http://40.media.tumblr.com/d8068e86c09f9c1173d6229f5dfd64b6/tumblr_nwbm6cv4oH1u8ungzo1_500.png http://orig09.deviantart.net/3ec1/f/2015/288/f/8/ivysaur_by_nekoyugito-d9d8wpv.png http://41.media.tumblr.com/ea17af2bc1705070275cb6f071c82cba/tumblr_nwdre3GxVQ1u8ungzo4_500.png
http://i.imgur.com/E0AWlGe.png (http://i.imgur.com/E0AWlGe.png)
(Click the banner above for full size. Sorta.)
http://orig10.deviantart.net/a975/f/2015/177/c/9/koren_by_nekoyugito-d8ywmcf.png
http://orig01.deviantart.net/ec24/f/2014/105/2/5/ashleyfinal_by_nekoyugito-d7elaeg.png
http://orig02.deviantart.net/b93a/f/2015/303/f/3/pumpkaboo_by_nekoyugito-d9eyc5i.png
http://orig13.deviantart.net/df8e/f/2015/177/5/8/speedsmall_by_nekoyugito-d8yso5k.png
http://orig12.deviantart.net/dcc4/f/2015/149/3/b/oscuro_by_nekoyugito-d8vagel.png
http://orig03.deviantart.net/8b7e/f/2015/060/4/1/sacrifice___commission_by_nekoyugito-d8jzd7o.png
http://orig01.deviantart.net/4b9f/f/2015/041/7/5/commission__vulpix_by_nekoyugito-d8hj5be.png
http://orig09.deviantart.net/88b0/f/2015/040/0/a/sfbirthday_by_nekoyugito-d8hdd4c.png
http://orig13.deviantart.net/ad81/f/2015/004/7/c/7c5fd7db6594873d30137e25bd1c7735-d89wz0j.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/84cf/f/2014/270/d/9/kya_reference_by_nekoyugito-d80rp4b.png
http://orig04.deviantart.net/0793/f/2014/229/1/c/kya_by_nekoyugito-d7vjvd7.png


Sunrise/Nightfall Related (My original story that I'm supposed to be working on)
http://orig01.deviantart.net/dd48/f/2015/300/e/c/sketches_by_nekoyugito-d9ekwvt.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/8b07/f/2015/236/f/d/053_by_nekoyugito-d972h6c.png http://img08.deviantart.net/a695/i/2015/236/1/9/another_concept_doodle_by_nekoyugito-d972gy6.png http://img02.deviantart.net/0a82/i/2015/191/c/c/nightfall_doodles_by_nekoyugito-d90rkm5.png http://orig11.deviantart.net/348f/f/2015/169/d/5/kura_by_nekoyugito-d8xtp1w.png http://orig10.deviantart.net/3337/f/2015/166/8/b/marua2small_by_nekoyugito-d8xdfke.png http://img07.deviantart.net/f597/i/2015/039/8/3/sunrise___book_one___prologue_image_by_nekoyugito-d8h8kyl.png http://orig02.deviantart.net/e61e/f/2015/028/8/a/coverweb_by_nekoyugito-d8ftnmd.png http://orig02.deviantart.net/6288/f/2015/026/9/1/yugito_chibi_by_nekoyugito-d8fl38v.png http://orig11.deviantart.net/666c/f/2015/015/0/2/hellhound_by_nekoyugito-d8dzmv2.png

Other Stuff / Gifts
http://orig11.deviantart.net/b5b0/f/2014/353/8/3/larky_by_nekoyugito-d8ae6wf.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/800a/f/2015/004/d/4/d4d1bd5f32e31521e0649fdb31e21f32-d89jfff.png http://orig15.deviantart.net/cfbe/f/2015/007/a/8/commission__green_dragon_icon_by_nekoyugito-d8cxo7b.png
http://orig09.deviantart.net/aa01/f/2015/027/2/6/happy_birthday__nami__by_nekoyugito-d8fkx1h.png
http://orig09.deviantart.net/bb04/f/2015/043/f/1/solani_by_nekoyugito-d8ho098.png
http://orig06.deviantart.net/6a03/f/2015/048/e/0/slcontestprizesmall_by_nekoyugito-d8ihi76.png
http://orig08.deviantart.net/8d7e/f/2015/064/6/4/kitsunaiismall_by_nekoyugito-d8kl6iw.png
http://orig01.deviantart.net/7eb8/f/2015/163/f/8/robinsmall_by_nekoyugito-d8x1h4u.png
http://orig04.deviantart.net/0cd9/f/2015/169/b/e/nihasmall_by_nekoyugito-d8xv06r.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/3ff8/f/2015/174/e/d/dgsmall_by_nekoyugito-d8yeefq.png
http://orig07.deviantart.net/5a9d/f/2015/233/d/8/vesperamountains_by_nekoyugito-d96nstu.png
http://orig15.deviantart.net/cb81/f/2015/233/7/6/lightesper_by_nekoyugito-d96nt4i.png
http://orig03.deviantart.net/4e1f/f/2015/347/f/9/fenixsmall_by_nekoyugito-d9jytkw.png
http://orig08.deviantart.net/8d3c/f/2015/120/a/a/sunset_by_nekoyugito-d8rlhfa.png
http://orig05.deviantart.net/31d3/f/2014/089/1/8/tidesketch_by_nekoyugito-d7cba4m.png
http://orig03.deviantart.net/5e53/f/2015/120/0/4/jungle_by_nekoyugito-d8rlhfe.png

Nightfall Comic Pages (Only posting since this is a mini-comic right now and not many. I won't post them all here.)
http://orig06.deviantart.net/e1f6/f/2015/057/d/1/flying_lessons1_by_nekoyugito-d8jk2cn.png
http://orig14.deviantart.net/94bc/f/2015/235/2/5/flying_lessons_02_highres_by_nekoyugito-d96xk6j.png


PRS Related Stuff
(For comic pages, go to the comics subforum)
http://orig12.deviantart.net/d016/f/2015/129/5/0/birthday2015_by_nekoyugito-d8ssams.png

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Wow Neko! You're amazing! There are SO MANY cool pieces here!

I adore the Bulbasaur, Ivysaur and Venusaur! Especially the Ivysaur, there's just something about those eyes! <3

I love the effects on the Snivy and the beautiful colours! Your sunsets are beautiful.

I spy a fox! Foxes are awesome!!!

I love the background in the green glowy spirit dragon one! It's so detailed and you get a really good feel for the shape of the environment.

These are all so impressive! :)

[Nekomata]

Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Pardon the really late response. I sorta stopped checking for new responses after a few weeks. xD Haven't done much art lately either, so didn't see your post!

- Thanks. =D I need to finish the bulba line images. I need to get back to regular art in general.
- I made that Snivy for Speed. I love colorful stuff, so I may have gone a little crazy with that one. xD Sunsets are always fun though.
- Foxes are indeed awesome. She'll be a character in my upcoming original comic which I've been working on/off for ages now. Haven't officially started it since the previous reboot though.
- That was a concept art for an RP I was thinking of putting together, but between school, TPK, comic work, etc. I don't think I've got the time for it.

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Anyway, new arts. Sort of. Some I just haven't posted.

http://orig13.deviantart.net/a7be/f/2016/040/9/0/_unicef_comm____fluff_kitten_by_nekoyugito-d9r53uu.png
- Commission I did for the SSS UNICEF Charity fundraiser.

http://orig12.deviantart.net/f7c9/f/2016/017/e/8/robinsmall_by_nekoyugito-d9oavbn.png
- Birthday present for that one horrible person who actually talks to me on a normal basis.

https://40.media.tumblr.com/33fad6924a238fe2ceb4ee4d8b36a647/tumblr_o37i7mqUrv1u8ungzo1_1280.png
- Concept art of Daruh, one of the important characters of Nightfall. This is how he will appear in the prologue. He changes just a tiny bit post-prologue.

[Chibi Altaria]

Uwah. *o* You really love your dragons! I love your Sunrise/Nightfall stuff, Neko! It's amazing! I can totally see you've put a lot of effort into all these and your sketches are amazing. I so need to work more on my anatomy and original works. xD;;

May I ask what your original work (Sunrise/Nightfall) is about? O:

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias

Am I hallucinating? Someone posting within a week of my post in one of my threads? Well... time to prepare for the end of the world. =D

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Anyway- I do love my dragons. =D And my felines. Anatomy is a pain- I'm still pretty awful at it in a lot of situations, but I think I'm getting better. Daruh's anatomy has improved tons, anyway. xD

Sunrise and Nightfall are two stories that I've been working on for many many years. I've attempted to start them both at least once and have rebooted them both because I wasn't happy with them at the time. Sunrise is the written part of the story- the original portion that I started writing all those years ago. Nightfall is the comic prequel that I started when I first began arting (there's a good reason why I restarted it right there. xD) The two stories are back-to-back mostly with a 2-3 time year gap between them. I'm planning on making it so you don't need to read one to understand the other.

They're about... oh dear, where do I even start? Well, I guess setting- they take place in a fantasy world with no humans. All sorts of mythical and non-mythical animals/creatures populate the world. Not very technologically advanced- but they've got cities. And magic. Who needs technology when you've got magic? Anyway- magic is essential to the world as it's in a sense the lifeblood of the planet. Creatures can use one of twelve types of magic that they're born with, but don't necessarily need it to live.

Ohgawd, I'm awful at explaining this. How to explain without spoilers?

Anyway, Nightfall is currently in the process of a massive plot overhaul and such- and I mean massive. So little of this part of the original story remain intact.

I'll start with Sunrise then- easier that way.

Sunrise revolves around an amnesiac Nekomata named 'Neko' (my username comes from her, not the other way around, though that's not her real name). She works as a 'Dark Warrior' for Yugito during a civil war between Alnera (Yugito's forces) and a group of rebels who are (rightfully) not very happy with Yugito's ruling of the kingdom. The story follows her (and others) as she unknowingly re-unites with her sister and begins to question which side of the war she should be fighting for. In the process, they discover there's far more going on behind the scenes that is far bigger than either side realizes.

Nightfall, the prequel, is the events that lead up to the war. I'm still working out a ton of details, but the main cast is going to consist of the Royal Guard of Alnera (pre-war in much happier days) as they face the problem of magic (very) slowly depleting from the world. Not enough for individuals to be unable to use magic- but enough to really screw things up in the environments. Meanwhile, Daruh- a spirit elemental- is trying to prevent a catastrophe foretold in a prophecy he received after a painful encounter with a mysterious creature.

It's a mess right now- it's ALWAYS been a mess, but it's not as bad as it was. I'm horrible at explaining the plot in a summary form- but it feels great to finally be tying everything together in a very planned and organized manner. Right now, I'm focusing on Nightfall (since Sunrise will be effected by any changes) and doing craptons of world building cause the originals didn't have nearly enough of that. History, history, history. I have begun outlining the prologue and doing character concepts though.

RobinHoude officially became my partner in crime on this project sometime in the last year or so. =D It's been forever of scrapping ideas, re-thinking plots, and building on characters, but it's finally starting to come together. It may not be ready to formally start again anytime soon, but I think the story is in better shape than it's ever been right now. We officially began dumping all info on a site today, actually- cause going through skype logs for previously plotted things was getting difficult. I just wish I could properly explain things. xD

I've got some more concepts hashed out, but they're not clean enough for posting. xD

Edit: Robin says to link to the askblog and my Art blog. Ohdear. -hides face-

Nightfall Stuff: http://nekoyugito.tumblr.com/tagged/Nightfall
Sunrise Stuff: http://nekoyugito.tumblr.com/tagged/Sunrise
Asks: http://sunriseasks.tumblr.com/

The asks have a lot of silly nonsense. xD

Now excuse me while I go hide in embarrassment

[Trainer17]

I'm your biggest fan as you already know <3 I just adore all your artwork Neko! I'd love to see your Sunrise/Nightfall project kick off :'3 Eagerly awaiting! I LOVE YOUR DRAGON DRAWINGS <3 But seriously, you've got a huge art talent and your style is really impressive and very beautiful :'3 I LOVE DARUH! Keep them coming, Neko, and do take a break from time to time. I can't draw art or appreciate to a certain extend, but I know quality work when I see one. You are exceptional! Brilliant art!!

P.s. your backstory on Nightfall/Sunrise reminds of me of Final Fantasy for some reason. I always thought two great countries waging war against each other is pretty much generic, until there's something very dark (at the middle and towards the end of the story). x3

[Chibi Altaria]

xD It's been known to happen sometimes! *settles in to read text wall*

Well if it helps, your anatomy concerning dragons seems fine! I'm sure if I drew them as much as you did I'd be that great, too. Oooh, I see. So kinda like, one is a written story, and the prequel to that is in comic form? That's actually a pretty unique way of going about things. If it were me I'd probably just write both lol.

Indeed, who needs anything when you have magic. XD So you said it's got fantasy races, but did you create all/some of them? Or are you just adapting them? XD It does sound really interesting, though! And I love fantasy stuff.

Wooaaaaaah, that's so intense. xD Hey, if you ever need someone to proofread, or look over stuff (or if you've released anything new!) about the stories, I'd be totally happy to do so! You made Sunrise and Nightfall sound really cool! So I'm looking forward to the revamp, Neko. And I will check out those links! C:

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias
Whoops- my bad. I'm prone to writing walls of text. xD Inner writer in me does that.

But yeah- dragon anatomy has come from lots and lots of practice. You should have seen how I drew them about a year and a half ago. Much improved since then. xD Sunrise was the first of the two I worked on. I started Nightfall because I had wanted to make a webcomic and decided why not. It was more of a in the moment thing- but I think I'm going to stick with it. xD I'd do both in comic form, but considering how long Sunrise is going to be, that'd probably kill me. I could do Nightfall written, but I do love what making it into a comic allows me to do with the story.

I'm adapting a good number of real animals/mythological creatures, but I've also made a few up along the way- mostly based on existing things but with my own spin on them. Still a lot to do. xD

Well, right now I've got Robin as my main proofreader/helper, but I certainly may look into getting more help in the future. I'm particularly looking for some art help since Nightfall is going to be pretty demanding. Colors are gonna take ages with the style that I'm planning on using. Right now, there's no goal for launch dates or anything. Just pre-production hell that just switched into the next gear of insanity. ='D

Trainer17

xD Beautiful art? Where? I've no idea what you're talking about. (Thanks so much! xD) I try really hard to make pretty stuff, but it's hard and I still need lots of work. As for Nightfall- no launch date ETA anytime soon- still so much pre-production to get done. I want so badly to jump into production, but I need to force myself to slow down and plan.

And yeah- I don't like straightforward plots. I love misleading nonsense and plot twists. I could never do a normal war- there's always going to be something else going on in the background or some greater goal of one side that the other isn't aware of. It's more interesting. =P Though, the main purpose of the war/true threat won't be revealed until late in Sunrise. So very far ahead from now.

[Chibi Altaria]

Lunar Latias
Whoops- my bad. I'm prone to writing walls of text. xD Inner writer in me does that.

But yeah- dragon anatomy has come from lots and lots of practice. You should have seen how I drew them about a year and a half ago. Much improved since then. xD Sunrise was the first of the two I worked on. I started Nightfall because I had wanted to make a webcomic and decided why not. It was more of a in the moment thing- but I think I'm going to stick with it. xD I'd do both in comic form, but considering how long Sunrise is going to be, that'd probably kill me. I could do Nightfall written, but I do love what making it into a comic allows me to do with the story.

I'm adapting a good number of real animals/mythological creatures, but I've also made a few up along the way- mostly based on existing things but with my own spin on them. Still a lot to do. xD

Well, right now I've got Robin as my main proofreader/helper, but I certainly may look into getting more help in the future. I'm particularly looking for some art help since Nightfall is going to be pretty demanding. Colors are gonna take ages with the style that I'm planning on using. Right now, there's no goal for launch dates or anything. Just pre-production hell that just switched into the next gear of insanity. ='D

Trainer17

xD Beautiful art? Where? I've no idea what you're talking about. (Thanks so much! xD) I try really hard to make pretty stuff, but it's hard and I still need lots of work. As for Nightfall- no launch date ETA anytime soon- still so much pre-production to get done. I want so badly to jump into production, but I need to force myself to slow down and plan.

And yeah- I don't like straightforward plots. I love misleading nonsense and plot twists. I could never do a normal war- there's always going to be something else going on in the background or some greater goal of one side that the other isn't aware of. It's more interesting. =P Though, the main purpose of the war/true threat won't be revealed until late in Sunrise. So very far ahead from now.

Oh, it's totally cool. I like reading. xD

I'd love to create a web comic myself, but that would be a commitment and I seem to have a lot of trouble with those. My motivation usually dies about halfway through. Sad, really. Comics are great, because they rely a lot more on imagery and expression than words, and can allow you more variation. You can also express what anyone else is doing at a given time without having to write a single word about it. If your story's going to be complex and action packed, it would often be best written as a comic (visual) medium.

Awesome! I'm dabbling with my own creations in an original story I *hope* to publish one day. I really love creating my own creatures, it's so much fun! And you can do just about anything with them! The only thing is that if you end up giving them some kind of power, always make sure you don't go overboard, and balance that power out with a weakness. Can't have an OP creation. xD

Well I sure can't wait! I'll keep on the lookout for your sketches and stuff so I can offer helpful feedback. c:

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias
Webcomics take a crapton of dedication. It can be hard to keep up with making them since you really want to get to the really good/exciting parts of the story, but the process of making a single page takes several hours. The amount of story you can progress in a written fiction is so much greater than that made in the same time spent on a comic. Comics have their advantages- you don't have to describe anything. You let the images speak for themselves. It's easier to do a fight scene and let the reader see what's happening then saying "He punched. She punched back."

And good luck- I've been working on/off on Nightfall/Sunrise for over 6 years now, I think. Of course, I've rebooted each at least once and have scrapped tons of the original since- but still. Finding just the right way to tell a story will be worth it. Eventually.

Most characters are balanced- a few are markedly stronger than others, but I always find a way to balance it out. Spirit magic stands out as being the most powerful overall, but it's rare and a double-edged sword. The only characters meant to be OP are basically Gods... soooooo. xD

Speaking of Sunrise/Nightfall: Here's a commission done for my partner in crime (one of them- our team is now three people) of Rayne and Hail playing/training. Neither are Nightfall characters, but I used this as an opportunity to test out a style for Nightfall. The style still needs work, but it's a start.

Click the image to open a larger version than the forum allows.

http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png (http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png)

Edit: Estimate time is about 5-6 hours. Still more than I'd like considering this is a lot smaller than the comic page files will be... but we'll see. xD

Here's some WIP screenshots I took for Robin/Lark as I worked. Cause why not

http://i.imgur.com/5uCfTVl.png
http://i.imgur.com/HYnKxfk.png
http://i.imgur.com/pCsd1fY.png
http://i.imgur.com/3kcyaVQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/kUxjTnX.jpg
http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png


Robin went offline half-way during work-session #2, so I stopped screencapping stuff. xD

[Trainer17]

Lunar Latias
Webcomics take a crapton of dedication. It can be hard to keep up with making them since you really want to get to the really good/exciting parts of the story, but the process of making a single page takes several hours. The amount of story you can progress in a written fiction is so much greater than that made in the same time spent on a comic. Comics have their advantages- you don't have to describe anything. You let the images speak for themselves. It's easier to do a fight scene and let the reader see what's happening then saying "He punched. She punched back."

And good luck- I've been working on/off on Nightfall/Sunrise for over 6 years now, I think. Of course, I've rebooted each at least once and have scrapped tons of the original since- but still. Finding just the right way to tell a story will be worth it. Eventually.

Most characters are balanced- a few are markedly stronger than others, but I always find a way to balance it out. Spirit magic stands out as being the most powerful overall, but it's rare and a double-edged sword. The only characters meant to be OP are basically Gods... soooooo. xD

Speaking of Sunrise/Nightfall: Here's a commission done for my partner in crime (one of them- our team is now three people) of Rayne and Hail playing/training. Neither are Nightfall characters, but I used this as an opportunity to test out a style for Nightfall. The style still needs work, but it's a start.

Click the image to open a larger version than the forum allows.

http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png (http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png)

Edit: Estimate time is about 5-6 hours. Still more than I'd like considering this is a lot smaller than the comic page files will be... but we'll see. xD

Here's some WIP screenshots I took for Robin/Lark as I worked. Cause why not

http://i.imgur.com/5uCfTVl.png
http://i.imgur.com/HYnKxfk.png
http://i.imgur.com/pCsd1fY.png
http://i.imgur.com/3kcyaVQ.png
http://i.imgur.com/kUxjTnX.jpg
http://img13.deviantart.net/29fa/i/2016/061/c/8/commission___water_tag_by_nekoyugito-d9tp7nv.png


Robin went offline half-way during work-session #2, so I stopped screencapping stuff. xD
You and your lovely art work. Is this forum too small to hold your big drawings?! <3 6 years...good god. Now I can't wait for your pet project to come into fruition. That's a hell lot of dedication and hardwork you've put into sunrise and nightfall, Neko. Fantabulous artwork as well!

Sent from my SM-G901F using Tapatalk

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Wow those WIP photos are really interesting! It's amazing how much difference the light makes in the final image! :D

[Nekomata]

Trainer17
Well, Nightfall isn't coming anytime soon. Still far too much planning to get done- but I will be doing some concept art and such when I can. Right now art focus has shifted to TPK.
Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Yeah, lighting can make all the difference in any art media.

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Gonna post these here too cause why not. No new art things lately. Some of these are old, a few are more recent.

Tokens for PXR - should now be showing on site as of this morning.

http://orig09.deviantart.net/32de/f/2015/215/b/7/boulderbadge_by_nekoyugito-d93yp1l.png http://orig08.deviantart.net/f15d/f/2015/214/2/a/cascadebadge_by_nekoyugito-d93ykaf.png http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f8c/f/2015/215/6/2/thunderbadge_by_nekoyugito-d93yp1f.png http://orig00.deviantart.net/4d82/f/2016/058/3/a/rainbowbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta32g.png

http://orig14.deviantart.net/c032/f/2016/058/d/f/soulbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta5em.png http://orig05.deviantart.net/18f9/f/2016/058/2/d/marshbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta90w.png http://orig07.deviantart.net/d54b/f/2016/081/b/a/volcanobadge_by_nekoyugito-d9w3qao.png http://orig14.deviantart.net/4cef/f/2016/081/5/5/earthbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9w3u0d.png

[Suicune's Fire]

YOU'RE SO COOL AND SO GOOD AT ART AND I CAN'T EVEN AJFMOSLJEFJSGIO

Also in the thread title there's a typo. You spelled "Fantastic" wrong. o:

[Trainer17]

Trainer17
Well, Nightfall isn't coming anytime soon. Still far too much planning to get done- but I will be doing some concept art and such when I can. Right now art focus has shifted to TPK.
Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Yeah, lighting can make all the difference in any art media.

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Gonna post these here too cause why not. No new art things lately. Some of these are old, a few are more recent.

Tokens for PXR - should now be showing on site as of this morning.

http://orig09.deviantart.net/32de/f/2015/215/b/7/boulderbadge_by_nekoyugito-d93yp1l.png http://orig08.deviantart.net/f15d/f/2015/214/2/a/cascadebadge_by_nekoyugito-d93ykaf.png http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f8c/f/2015/215/6/2/thunderbadge_by_nekoyugito-d93yp1f.png http://orig00.deviantart.net/4d82/f/2016/058/3/a/rainbowbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta32g.png

http://orig14.deviantart.net/c032/f/2016/058/d/f/soulbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta5em.png http://orig05.deviantart.net/18f9/f/2016/058/2/d/marshbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9ta90w.png http://orig07.deviantart.net/d54b/f/2016/081/b/a/volcanobadge_by_nekoyugito-d9w3qao.png http://orig14.deviantart.net/4cef/f/2016/081/5/5/earthbadge_by_nekoyugito-d9w3u0d.png

HITOTSU! Not Failtastic, but Fantastic.
FUTATSU! You has a gift of producing amazing fan arts and graphics arts.
MITTSU! I can wait for Nightfall <3 You take your time you hear? the wait is well worth the work you put into it :)

[Chakramaster]

And yet more of Neko's fantastical art shows! Yes it's fantastical. It is by no means failtastic. If anything maybe fantasmical. Either way it's really amazing Neko!

Also like Trainer17 was saying take your typing with Nightfall. It'll only make if that much better. It'll be worth the wait for sure. Great things come with time and patience.

[Chibi Altaria]

Those badges/tokens are AMAZING, Neko. How do you do them? O: And by that I mean do you have a staple background you use? The badges themselves are hand-drawn, yeah? They look so cool. *w*

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Those badges are the prettiest *stare*

[Nekomata]

Holy- what the hell. Is the apocalypse here already? There's people posting here. That can't be a good sign. WHATEVER YOU ALL THINK I DID, I SWEAR IT WASN'T ME!

Suicune's Fire
That's no typo. xD There's no 'fantastic' art- just failtastic. =D


Trainer17 Chakramaster
Yeah, I've already learned (twice) not to rush on Nightfall stuff. xD The two previous failed attempts still exist somewhere. I'll hopefully get more concept stuff done in the near future.


Lunar Latias
I've got a token template that I'll be using for any tokens I make. It's a base to work with. The badges themselves are definitely hand drawn. I suppose if you all want, I can post those without the token template. xD


Pokemon Trainer Sarah
What pretty badges? I don't see any!

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Anyway, here's some concept WIP stuff for my studio project this semester. It's going to be a motion-comic-ish animation-thing. Don't ask. xD I'm working on it with a friend. It's based on mythology (does it surprise anyone that I'd jump into a mythology based project?) and features a Psoglav and a Firebird chick... and a human- but my partner is in charge of that part.

Here's the concepts for the critters, a style test, and an asset test:

http://orig12.deviantart.net/bd45/f/2016/083/a/8/birdconcepts_by_nekoyugito-d9w983t.png
http://orig14.deviantart.net/8d14/f/2016/083/0/3/wolfconcepts_by_nekoyugito-d9w9834.png

http://orig11.deviantart.net/71a6/f/2016/083/7/f/colortest_by_nekoyugito-d9w9839.png
http://orig04.deviantart.net/55c4/f/2016/083/f/4/backgroundassetswip_by_nekoyugito-d9w986u.png

[Suicune's Fire]

Holy moley! How long did it take you to do that bottom one? O: Looks so detailed. And fabulous. <3

huni if u think thats failtastic u need to get ur eyes checked

[Nekomata]

Holy moley! How long did it take you to do that bottom one? O: Looks so detailed. And fabulous. <3

huni if u think thats failtastic u need to get ur eyes checked

The bottom one took... lesse... I did the trees separately on one night- took about an hour (I made a big batch of tree assets for interchanging as needed). The rest of it took maybe two hours tops. xD Simple style for the project. Any more detailed and we lose too much time.

And to be fair, my eyes are terrible. Probably the result of staring at my own work too long. xD

No new art this post. Been working on PRS pages. >D Four pages sketched.

[Chibi Altaria]

Lunar Latias
I've got a token template that I'll be using for any tokens I make. It's a base to work with. The badges themselves are definitely hand drawn. I suppose if you all want, I can post those without the token template. xD

Nah, I like all the badges with the template. They're so pretty. C': Unless you wanna post them, then post away.

And holy Arceus, I can't draw backgrounds to save my life. But you are awesome! That's a smart idea, though, turning the trees into assets! I did something similar when I was doing 3D modelling for my animation. I counted like, seventy-something books in my scene. Well I only made about five or so and then copy and pasted the rest. Just changed the angles. XD

[Nekomata]

Nah, I like all the badges with the template. They're so pretty. C': Unless you wanna post them, then post away.

And holy Arceus, I can't draw backgrounds to save my life. But you are awesome! That's a smart idea, though, turning the trees into assets! I did something similar when I was doing 3D modelling for my animation. I counted like, seventy-something books in my scene. Well I only made about five or so and then copy and pasted the rest. Just changed the angles. XD

I might post them later. >D

Yeah- I'm making assets of anything that'll appear frequently in the animation. Considering the setting, the trees were definitely going to be used a lot. xD

[Nekomata]

Just something I did for a site I help out with. For April Fool's, they wanted to change everything to Digimon instead of Pokemon- so have a Flamedramon.


Edit: The image apparently doesn't like mobile devices. I'll replace it with a different img url tomorrow. G'night.

http://i.imgur.com/Px5X5tA.png

[Suicune's Fire]

I love that flamedramon! :D Looks awesome. c: The way you do your lighting is always fantastic.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Just something I did for a site I help out with. For April Fool's, they wanted to change everything to Digimon instead of Pokemon- so have a Flamedramon.

http://i.prntscr.com/cc31e7e9679a4ec5a173e7ea87548a3b.png

Edit: The image apparently doesn't like mobile devices. I'll replace it with a different img url tomorrow. G'night.

That's gorgeous Neko! So smooth and shiny, and I love the lighting too! :D

[Chibi Altaria]

Flamedramon was always one of my favourites! I actually had an action figure once. God knows what happened to it, though. D:

Anyway awesome job! I really love the colours and lighting you used.

[Nekomata]

Flamedramon was always one of my favourites! I actually had an action figure once. God knows what happened to it, though. D:

Anyway awesome job! I really love the colours and lighting you used.

Thank you! It's been a very long time since I've watched any Digimon, but I do remember Flamedramon being pretty epic- so I was a little excited to draw him!



That's gorgeous Neko! So smooth and shiny, and I love the lighting too! :D

Thank you! Lighting is always my favorite part. =D



I love that flamedramon! :D Looks awesome. c: The way you do your lighting is always fantastic.

Yeee. Thank you! ^_^


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New arts- these are sorta speed paintings... not really paintings... drawings? Speed drawings? I dunno. Average time for these was around 30-45 mins each. Trying to be a bit more frequent with art and PRS work. =D

These are (possibly) for future PXR tokens.


http://orig10.deviantart.net/a3c5/f/2016/094/0/3/espeon_by_nekoyugito-d9xpt9b.png

http://orig02.deviantart.net/10ee/f/2016/094/c/b/umbreon_by_nekoyugito-d9xptcc.png

http://orig14.deviantart.net/d9a8/f/2016/092/f/4/smeargle_by_nekoyugito-d9xgsfw.png

http://orig02.deviantart.net/2d11/f/2016/094/3/3/sun_by_nekoyugito-d9xos1b.png http://orig01.deviantart.net/2a2c/f/2016/094/3/5/moon_by_nekoyugito-d9xos1i.png http://orig13.deviantart.net/89e9/f/2016/094/8/9/espeonsun_by_nekoyugito-d9xps06.png http://orig02.deviantart.net/92db/f/2016/094/1/5/umbreonmoon_by_nekoyugito-d9xorxx.png http://orig07.deviantart.net/da15/f/2016/092/d/f/smeargle_by_nekoyugito-d9xgrzz.png

[Chibi Altaria]

Nekomata I LOVE THEM ALL. Especially that Smeargle one. So cute. ;u; <3

You really are good with your lighting and colour palettes, Neko.

[Trainer17]

Please tag me when you're done with more beautiful work neko <3 die hard fan right here

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[Chibi Altaria]

I'm with Sam. xD You know, you can always post progress updates for your comic here, too! I'm sure we'd all like to see the hard work you put into it. :D

[Neo Emolga]

Holy crap, that Umbreon and Espeon are BADASS!!!

I like how your artwork has a kind of sleek, glowing, and glossy effect to it. That Smeargle is also pretty cool, but I love the whole Espeon/Sun and Umbreon/Moon thing. That just gets me even more excited for those games.

[Chakramaster]

I actually remember seeing you post those in the Skype chat and mentioned it there, but these are freaking amazing Neko!

Something mysterious about the Sun and Moon stuff is just hanging in the air ever since the reveal of Sun and Moon xD. I just can't place my finger on it just yet. The color and background on these are just perfect I'd say!

[Nekomata]

I actually remember seeing you post those in the Skype chat and mentioned it there, but these are freaking amazing Neko!

Something mysterious about the Sun and Moon stuff is just hanging in the air ever since the reveal of Sun and Moon xD. I just can't place my finger on it just yet. The color and background on these are just perfect I'd say!

Yeee! Glad you like them. <3 I've been hyped for Sun/Moon since the reveal. Day/Night is always a fun concept.


Holy crap, that Umbreon and Espeon are BADASS!!!

I like how your artwork has a kind of sleek, glowing, and glossy effect to it. That Smeargle is also pretty cool, but I love the whole Espeon/Sun and Umbreon/Moon thing. That just gets me even more excited for those games.

I love messing with lighting- so I tend to be a bit heavy on the highlights- thus the glossy effect. I do it even when I shouldn't- but it's just fun. xD And the Espeon/Umbreon tokens were a blast to make- especially the Umbreon.



I'm with Sam. xD You know, you can always post progress updates for your comic here, too! I'm sure we'd all like to see the hard work you put into it. :D

I'll put together a comic progress thing next. I've got a few pages that might work well for that. xD I do post some process shots in the PRS forum though. Sometimes I'll post finished panels ahead of pages.


Please tag me when you're done with more beautiful work neko <3 die hard fan right here

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Will do



Nekomata I LOVE THEM ALL. Especially that Smeargle one. So cute. ;u; <3

You really are good with your lighting and colour palettes, Neko.

Thank you! =D Lighting/Color is my favorite part of art stuff. Lineart? Not so much!


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New Art (not really):

http://orig13.deviantart.net/a26b/f/2016/131/b/0/prismsnivy_by_nekoyugito-da25u3s.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/a22f/f/2016/101/f/3/wartortle_by_nekoyugito-d9yk5c9.png http://orig08.deviantart.net/e656/f/2016/101/f/6/charizard_by_nekoyugito-d9yjnus.png http://orig00.deviantart.net/f742/f/2016/101/0/e/mew_by_nekoyugito-d9yjhyb.png

http://orig08.deviantart.net/636f/f/2016/101/9/5/rbycommlockemew_by_nekoyugito-d9yjh4a.png http://orig06.deviantart.net/3b94/f/2016/101/5/6/rbycommlockewartortle_by_nekoyugito-d9yk4s9.png http://orig14.deviantart.net/9774/f/2016/101/6/f/rbycommlockecharizard_by_nekoyugito-d9yjnq6.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/8d39/f/2016/131/e/a/prismsnivy_by_nekoyugito-da25gq7.png

Tokens for the R/B/Y Commlocke and one token for Pokemon Prism. Still working on more.

On the art front- not much new outside of token/comics. It's suicide week for PRS so my focus is there- I'll be going back to commission/token work as soon as that's done.

[Trainer17]

Yeee! Glad you like them. <3 I've been hyped for Sun/Moon since the reveal. Day/Night is always a fun concept.



I love messing with lighting- so I tend to be a bit heavy on the highlights- thus the glossy effect. I do it even when I shouldn't- but it's just fun. xD And the Espeon/Umbreon tokens were a blast to make- especially the Umbreon.



I'll put together a comic progress thing next. I've got a few pages that might work well for that. xD I do post some process shots in the PRS forum though. Sometimes I'll post finished panels ahead of pages.



Will do



Thank you! =D Lighting/Color is my favorite part of art stuff. Lineart? Not so much!


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New Art (not really):

http://orig13.deviantart.net/a26b/f/2016/131/b/0/prismsnivy_by_nekoyugito-da25u3s.png
http://orig11.deviantart.net/a22f/f/2016/101/f/3/wartortle_by_nekoyugito-d9yk5c9.png http://orig08.deviantart.net/e656/f/2016/101/f/6/charizard_by_nekoyugito-d9yjnus.png http://orig00.deviantart.net/f742/f/2016/101/0/e/mew_by_nekoyugito-d9yjhyb.png

http://orig08.deviantart.net/636f/f/2016/101/9/5/rbycommlockemew_by_nekoyugito-d9yjh4a.png http://orig06.deviantart.net/3b94/f/2016/101/5/6/rbycommlockewartortle_by_nekoyugito-d9yk4s9.png http://orig14.deviantart.net/9774/f/2016/101/6/f/rbycommlockecharizard_by_nekoyugito-d9yjnq6.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/8d39/f/2016/131/e/a/prismsnivy_by_nekoyugito-da25gq7.png

Tokens for the R/B/Y Commlocke and one token for Pokemon Prism. Still working on more.

On the art front- not much new outside of token/comics. It's suicide week for PRS so my focus is there- I'll be going back to commission/token work as soon as that's done.
YAAAAAY FOR COMLOCKE TOKENS. It would be even more funny if you ended up winning (which you might actually) lol. But lovely work Neko <333 THANK YOU!

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[Neo Emolga]

Holy smokes, those are spectacular. I really like how the Snivy almost looks like its made of gold, and the colorful backgrounds are really cool, also.

Keep up the great work, you definitely have an awesome art style!

[Fate]

Ooh, I love your artwork. Everything is so vibrant. The colors really pop.

And god. Your tokens. YOUR TOKENS. So pretty. ;_; Not just these ones but all of 'em. *wants to steal the template*

[Nekomata]

Trainer17
Still wondering when I'm allowed to go tackle the E4 and win, thanks.
Neo Emolga
I love colorful stuff. That's the second colorful Snivy I've done. The first was a commission for Speed-X. xD
Fate
As I said above- I love colorful things! The more blindingly colorful, the better. I sometimes have to stop myself from going full on rainbow eye-burner on things. xD

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Also, as promised- progress of a PRS page. If there's ever a page of PRS people want to see the progress/process of, just ask! The only pages I can't do this for right now are the prologue pages since I don't have the PSDs of those on this computer. I should have access to those files next month.

This is the typical process of a PRS page these days. My process has changed a bit over the years, so it's not how older pages were done- but most of the recent pages have been done like this!

Note: The images included are 1/3 of the actual file size I work in. I scale the final page down to 600x900 after it's done. I won't be showing full size images cause... they're big. (Only more recent pages have been done at 1800x2700px)

Step One: Sketch the page. Once I'm done with the sketch, I add in the speech bubbles and ensure nothing important is covered up. I may make adjustments to the sketch to better fit the dialogue as needed.

http://orig09.deviantart.net/864c/f/2016/132/8/3/01_by_nekoyugito-da2a3tx.png

Step Two: Lineart! I hate this part so freaking much. Especially on pages like this one with lots of it. I usually split the lines into two or more layers- one for characters, one for backgrounds. It makes it easier to edit one or the other as needed. Things like the highlights on character eyes is also a separate layer so that I can edit the line color later without messing with that.

http://orig14.deviantart.net/125f/f/2016/132/3/a/02_by_nekoyugito-da2a3tn.png

Step Three: Flat colors. I do the flat colors in three different main layers since most characters don't have more than three main colors. Separating the colors like this makes it easier to shade certain areas individually layer without overlapping and whatnot. I pick what color goes on what layer based on how I'll shade. For example, Lucy's Head/body colors are the same layer since I shade them together. Naya's mane and base colors are separate since I like to shade those separately.

Background flats are sometimes done after all the character shading is done and are done on however many layers I feel necessary on a page. I did the layering by panel on this page- so each panel had three or four main layers. Sometimes I'll do one color across the page per layer. It varies on how efficiently I'm thinking. I derped on this one.

http://orig13.deviantart.net/52a7/f/2016/132/f/0/03_by_nekoyugito-da2a3tf.png

Step Four: Shading- Shadows. I put two multiply layer masks on all of the character layers. One to darken them for environment- the other for the actual shading.

http://orig00.deviantart.net/0a54/f/2016/132/5/3/04_by_nekoyugito-da2a3t3.png

Step Five: Shading- Highlights and Soft Lights! Two more layers- the rim light around the outline of the character on a lighten mask between the two shadow layers and the softer light on a normal layer on top of everything else. I start with the lighten layer and use a single orange color for this- the lighten layer style does the rest of the work for me. The soft light I add after that is with a big soft/round brush where I use orange and a dark-ish red around the highlights/shadows of the image. This helps with the warm lighting effect of the setting.

http://orig04.deviantart.net/8d57/f/2016/132/0/6/05_by_nekoyugito-da2a3sn.png

Step Six: Background Shadows. With the backgrounds I just filled the entire mask layer with the shadow and erased in highlights for most of the layers. I use a mix of hard and soft edges for the shading- hard shadows help define the shape while the soft ones help make it look more natural.

http://orig03.deviantart.net/49b3/f/2016/132/5/2/06_by_nekoyugito-da2a3sd.png

Step Seven: Background Soft Lights. I do this much like I do the characters except I start with the softer lights first- especially since this is a detail-heavy background.

http://orig05.deviantart.net/c42c/f/2016/132/3/d/07_by_nekoyugito-da2a3s4.png

Step Eight: Background highlights. I had fun with these- helps accentuate the cracks in the stone and give some color to the background. Helps make things pop too! But mostly for color. xD

http://orig15.deviantart.net/9192/f/2016/132/5/1/08_by_nekoyugito-da2a3rx.png

Step Nine: Water! I tend to do different textures/surfaces separately, so I saved the water for last since it would interrupt my process for the rocks. With water I typically start with the streaky texture, but I didn't use that on this since it's so far in the background. I do the highlights on the water around where it meets surfaces and some streaks. Ripples too since a bunch of rocks just fell in.

http://orig09.deviantart.net/c847/f/2016/132/3/9/09_by_nekoyugito-da2a3rg.png

Step Ten: Simple- add in the lighting to the water. Just some soft lights- the hard shadows where the walls went into the water were added back in Step Six. Nothing fancy here- just the same way I've done the soft lights on characters and the rest of the backgrounds.

http://orig14.deviantart.net/e37e/f/2016/132/7/b/10_by_nekoyugito-da2a3r2.png

Step Eleven: Lighting Touch-ups and Line Colors. I decided the lighting wasn't quite as warm as I'd wanted to, so I adjusted the overall background color to be a bit more red. Then added some more shading to Bern in the last panel. Lastly, I put some masks on the lineart layer/s and colored those in. I haven't been consistent with the line-art colors in recent pages though. Sometimes I just flat out forget.

http://orig07.deviantart.net/0656/f/2016/132/2/4/11_by_nekoyugito-da2a3qs.png

Step Twelve: The step I forget most of the time. Sound effects! Nothing fancy. I think I've gotten good at drawing that splash bubble. xD

http://orig07.deviantart.net/ac6a/f/2016/132/c/4/12_by_nekoyugito-da2a3qe.png

Step Thirteen: Put the text back, resize, and upload!

http://orig05.deviantart.net/b987/f/2016/126/a/c/025_by_nekoyugito-da1kkrf.png

And finally, here's an animated PNG of the process.

http://orig13.deviantart.net/5329/f/2016/132/4/f/05_25_by_nekoyugito-da2a377.png

[Nekomata]

New art.

http://orig04.deviantart.net/cea4/f/2016/143/5/e/rowlett_by_nekoyugito-da3l2ni.png

Also, time lapse video of PRS Page 05-32


https://youtu.be/TkvAGyDk7k4?list=PLac_w3SSuEBCawsHcdmk6ClwBziaEaGU a

Note: The process for Page 05-32 is different than my usual process. I typically do all lineart before moving to flats- all flats before shading, etc.

[Chibi Altaria]

I forgot to comment on the PRS pages (and the process) but really, thanks for doing that, Neko! *u* They're amazing! And it's really good to get an inside look at how you create your pages.

Also EEEEEEYAAAAAAHHHH ROWLET. <3 It's the most adorable starter out of the newbies (imo) and it'll be the first time I'm choosing a grass starter since Hoenn. xD I LOVE IT ALL.

[Nekomata]

@<a href="http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/member.php?u=2851" target="_blank">Lunar Latias</a>
No worries! xD The process videos are more helpful! Takes longer to put them together, but you get a better idea of how I do things than through screenshots since I can be a bit random at times.

I love ALL the new starters, but the owl and the cat... <3

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Today I had a request stream on Picarto! It was fun- three hours of sketching/doodling. I might go back and finish some of these at a later date.

The last one there in the bottom right took the longest. He's one of my favorite characters to ever exist. <3 I'm glad someone requested him even though he's got quite the complicated design. For the sake of time though, I didn't draw his lower body. If you don't read MTMTE, it's a wonderfully written comic that's gotten lots of praise and love from all parts of the internet- even those with no prior knowledge of the franchise. Also, the artist needs a huge hug for drawing such complicated characters on a regular basis. Took me forever just for an incomplete rough SKETCH.

http://img01.deviantart.net/c4f9/i/2016/152/9/4/may_sketch_requests_by_nekoyugito-da4nt4s.png

Link: http://img01.deviantart.net/c4f9/i/2016/152/9/4/may_sketch_requests_by_nekoyugito-da4nt4s.png

Sketches (in order from left to right)

Top row

Jame's characters, Blaze and Kelly!
Toothless!
A PRS Character who will soon appear!~


Bottom Row

Arden design split between his Nightfall and PRS incarnations
Aden: Nightfall version
Fluffy Kura for the sake of ticking Kura off.
Naya wrapped in spider web with her back paws being tickled by Spiders (Spinarak)
Whirl from MTMTE (One of the best comics out there- go read it)

Edit: Here's the process video


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQi1DV85dvo

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

It's really cool watching you draw, Neko! I really like the Houndour, nice pose and a cutie!!!

[Chibi Altaria]

Toothless is adorable. XD Aww. And I really love the process video! I think I'm going to have to get a few of these going myself, soon.

[Nekomata]

Pokemon Trainer Sarah
I thought it'd be nice to record some things from time to time. Some videos are Patron-only stuff- but I do want to make a handful of them public for all to see- it's a great way to see how much I flail about as I bang my head against my desk. (Wait- what do you mean that's not how you're supposed to draw?)
Lunar Latias
Toothless is adorable. xD I probably could have used looking at another reference or two- oh well. That's what I get for drawing by memory on that one. =D The process videos are fun to watch- but the render times are terrible sometimes. I may compress the length of the video- but still.

Anyway- here's the next art thing.

Desktop wallpaper to celebrate the Patreon thing actually working somehow. =D

http://orig14.deviantart.net/a8d6/f/2016/153/2/5/may2016s_by_nekoyugito-da4sc78.png

[Chibi Altaria]

HE IS. :D For memory that's pretty damn good though! My memory sucks unless it's anything related to Pikachu, mostly. XD Oooh I love that wallpaper! It's dynamic and simplistic, which always works best for wallpapers I find.

Hey Nekomata, can I ask what program you use to record/edit your process videos? o:

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

That wallpaper is awesome. The lighting you use always looks fantastic! :D

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias
Thank you! Glad you like the Wallpaper!
Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Thank you!

New art: July 2016 Patreon Postcards! I think I'm happy to do any lighting that isn't the underground lighting of Ch. 4/5 of PRS right now. xD

http://orig03.deviantart.net/4cb3/f/2016/163/6/6/july2016small_by_nekoyugito-da5xba7.png

[Chibi Altaria]

It's so reeeeeed, I love it. *O* Totally different from the kind of scene you'd usually expect at night. And look at the Ho-Oh flying in the background!

[Suicune's Fire]

Gaaahh, the Toothless sketch is adorable! >w< And I love the one of Naya's back with the ho-oh flying in the distance. c: Your backgrounds are so cool. They always have this mystical, awesome mood about them. I love the PRS wallpaper as well! :D It's so glossy and nice!

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias
It's sunset lighting. xD I always love more colorful scenes.

Undyne
Thank you! Backgrounds aren't always my favorite thing to work on, but sometimes they come out really nice. xD

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Did this a few days ago- another desktop wallpaper for the Patreon stuffs. I spy two adorable monsters.

http://orig02.deviantart.net/c86a/f/2016/163/b/8/june2016s_by_nekoyugito-da619mg.png

[Chibi Altaria]

See that's what I thought at first, but then I noticed that the moon is already waaaaay in the sky (which is believable), but there are also stars out too, which shouldn't be there until it's dark enough to actually see them - and I don't ever recall seeing a star during a sunset. xD Unless that's more like, a metaphorical thing. ANYWAY.

IT'S THE TWIIIIINNNNNS! Everyone's favourite troublemakers! :'D Awesome as always, Neko.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

That wallpaper is cuuute :D

I really love the sunset scene. Ho-Oh is an awesome touch, and the lighting is perfect *_*

[Nekomata]

Lunar Latias
It IS possible to see stars at sunset- usually just the ones with the highest apparent brightness- but I did exaggerate them quite a bit cause... well, why not? As for the moon, waxing crescent moons actually rise just around sunset! The moon in this image is backwards though- shadow should be on the other side of the moon if we're being accurate to real-world astronomy. Which we're not. Cause this is fictional... xD

And yes, they're everyone's favorite troublemakers. >D I get a disproportionate amount of requests for them compared to anyone else. xD

Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Thank you!

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New art has been slow. June was an extra busy month with lots and lots of road trips. X_x Finally done with that though. Bittersweet since the last of the road trips also marked my last band performance with my home group... ever.

Anyway- some new art! Sketch requests for June and Patreon art request for June. Still catching up on late stuff. Whoopsie.

http://orig03.deviantart.net/c345/f/2016/182/0/7/junedump_by_nekoyugito-da8eu6t.png (http://orig03.deviantart.net/c345/f/2016/182/0/7/junedump_by_nekoyugito-da8eu6t.png)

Sketch Requests in order from top to bottom:

- Kura singing for his life (Nightfall)
- Devin nomming on Naya's floof
- Cotton Candy Naya
- Litten
- GLaDos
- Bern in Arden's body
- Absol
- Mist hugging Echo
- Echo trapped in a carnivorous plant
- PMD: VF's Mewtwo
- Inessa (Nightfall)


Next up, Robin requested the Nightfall version of the twins for his June art doodle.

http://orig11.deviantart.net/d191/f/2016/188/a/8/robinsmall_by_nekoyugito-da956i6.png

They're precious monsters.

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Lastly- some new videos. Just some PRS page process things and the sketch requests.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU-lkw0B1vc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSFJ-Ayt6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiHXhnpAxSc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkCu0SgPhTw

[Nekomata]

More art. This one is another Patreon thing.

http://orig14.deviantart.net/546c/f/2016/192/f/f/robinsmall_by_nekoyugito-da9mcre.png

[Nekomata]

Dead thread is dead. Must've made everyone go blind with awful art again. xD Whoops, my bad.

https://66.media.tumblr.com/ffe662cc30df67208c9be56b37bbade9/tumblr_oa6hgeVwun1u8ungzo1_540.png

Postcard image for August Patrons on Patreon. This is Phayla from one of my stories. She's a royal brat and I love her.

I really do dislike double posting though.

Edit: For any future art, just look at DA. Videos will be posted on Patreon (you don't need to be a patron to see public posts).

I give up.

[Nekomata]

Well now. I'll give this one last shot. Let's see how long it takes for this thread to die again. >.>

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Warning: Massive art dump incoming.

Digital Painting Final Project (Detail Shots further down)
http://orig11.deviantart.net/4f53/f/2016/337/f/c/finalcolor4small_by_nekoyugito-daqew1b.png

Speed Paint #1 - Fire
http://orig07.deviantart.net/95ab/f/2016/354/4/5/forestfire_by_nekoyugito-dasbqq8.jpg

Speed Paint #2 - Clouds
http://orig10.deviantart.net/c703/f/2016/354/8/5/bigclouds_by_nekoyugito-dasbqpg.jpg

Speed Paint #3 - Mountains
http://orig13.deviantart.net/e26f/f/2016/354/0/d/mountains_by_nekoyugito-dasbqu9.jpg

Still Life / Tonal Study Digital Painting - Dishes
http://orig01.deviantart.net/7925/f/2016/362/2/c/dirtydishes_by_nekoyugito-dat6wnz.jpg

Naya Wallpaper
http://orig12.deviantart.net/2ec8/f/2016/204/3/9/july2016s_by_nekoyugito-dab3ra8.png

Sketch Requests (July)
http://img08.deviantart.net/91b8/i/2016/210/c/9/july_sketch_requests_by_nekoyugito-dabw2c3.png

Sept. Patreon Postcard Image
http://orig09.deviantart.net/91e2/f/2016/215/f/e/september2016small_by_nekoyugito-dacj5tl.png

October PAtreon Postcard image
http://orig08.deviantart.net/349e/f/2016/276/9/b/october2016small_by_nekoyugito-dajr8ck.png

Sketch Requests (August)
http://orig10.deviantart.net/1898/f/2016/238/5/b/augustdump_by_nekoyugito-daffbmc.png

Sketch Requests (September)
http://orig03.deviantart.net/0807/f/2016/276/a/4/dump_by_nekoyugito-dajr5x2.png

Inktober 2016 / Lost Light Fest
http://orig08.deviantart.net/955d/f/2016/304/3/9/weachievedsomething_by_nekoyugito-damx112.png

Mist Wallpaper
http://orig04.deviantart.net/ea97/f/2016/304/a/8/october2016s_by_nekoyugito-damx0um.png

Sketch Requests (October)
http://orig04.deviantart.net/4759/f/2016/310/b/f/octoberdump_by_nekoyugito-dankiq8.png

December Patreon Postcard Image
http://orig11.deviantart.net/01ee/f/2016/321/1/4/december2016s_by_nekoyugito-daoqb0u.png

Christmas Doodle
http://orig10.deviantart.net/5a29/f/2016/358/9/6/delibirdfull_by_nekoyugito-dasqedz.png

DP Final Detail Shot #1 - Dragon
http://orig10.deviantart.net/c701/f/2016/362/2/a/finaldetail1_by_nekoyugito-dat6x99.png

DP Final Detail Shot #2 - Tree
http://orig10.deviantart.net/4487/f/2016/362/f/8/finaldetail2_by_nekoyugito-dat6x8d.png

[SassySnivy]

Gurl, you absolutely ACE at landscapes. The autumn mountains are my favorite! Or...are those mountains made out of wood? They have striations like wood. :o

I just LOVE how you use such vivid colors. Plus the composition of thay is LOVELY <3 I also like how you use harsh highlights and soft shading. It portrays a very interesting and iconic effect, for sure. Just that alone screams to me, "Hey! Neko painted this thing." And the particles in the...hole in the tree mountainside are just the icing on the cake.

I'm also absolutely loving the Ninetales aurora borealis one, too. It just POPS. It's like all, hey, here I am! Love the Pumpkaboo too. Sometimes less is more!

Really glad to see you back. <3

[Suicune's Fire]

I agree with Speed! The way you do all your background/landscape pictures are incredible. o.o I have no idea how you do it but it's so awesome! I also love the way you do the leave plumage! O: And all the patreon drawings are incredible. The mistletoe one ahaha.

The mountains one with all the clouds is so beautiful! And the tonal study of the dishes is amazing--I thought it was a photo!

It's good to see you posting again. :] Hope you had happy holidays!

[Caite-chan]

I just adore your Speed paints. I love the colors and I would love to use them as wallpapers. :D

[SassySnivy]

I just adore your Speed paints. I love the colors and I would love to use them as wallpapers. :D

ZXsQAXx_ao0

[Neo Emolga]

I really love this artwork! It's colorful, cool, and it's got an epically awesome style to it.

There's just one little issue that keeps popping up time and time again...

WHY

DO

YOU

KEEP

BERATING

YOURSELF

OVER

AND

OVER

AND

OVER

AND

OVER

AGAIN!?!?!?!?!?!


You have great skills and it's easy to see how much you've poured your passion into this! But please, quit the self-bashing. It's really not good for you, it won't ever help you improve, and the rest of us don't enjoy seeing it either. It's okay to have a bad day once in a while and you feel like you can't do much about anything (I get those from time to time and on those days, everything feels like dry blah), but why so much? It's one thing to humble yourself and not try to push people around with an ego, such as saying "hey, here's my art, please let me know what you think of it and if you see any areas for improvement." But saying "OMG, I'm here to make your eyes bleed and your face cringe at my terrible art!" *Posts awesome art.* "OMG, it's just soooooo baaaaaaaad!!!!11."

Come on! You're awesome at this stuff and everyone agrees! So no more silly self-bashing. Or else I'm going to edit your posts to include pictures of baby puppies, kittens, and bunnies. You have been warned. >:3

[Nekomata]

Speed-X
Thank you! I used to hate doing backgrounds in my comic- and I still sorta do (because by the time I'm done with lines/flats I'm tired of the page)- but doing a few landscapes in the last few months has made them grow on me a bit. They're still a bit tough though. I had a lot of fun working on that one digital painting assignment- it's not often where I can just go all out and detail things like crazy. (Class is a good reason to do so!) The mountains are stone, but it doesn't really matter. xD I had

I'm sorta back. Still a bit meh on my activity here, but we'll see. I'm drowning in stress and anxiety these days. It should get better after the 5th with one less deadline staring me in the face though.

Suicune's Fire
I'm pretty sure I did these by selling my soul to some artistic demon that possesses me randomly. I swear some days I can't do anything nice and other days I'm just "How did I do this?!" xD I do love messing with leaves- found a nice brush for doing them recently.

And the tonal study was using a photo reference- but yeah. I told my professor that I would refuse to do photo-realism for the rest of the semester. Spent 16 hours on that. X_x And it was only the first assignment of the semester.

And my holidays were alright. Brothers decided to bring up politics, one threw a fit, said something to make my mom cry, etc. etc. - but up to that point it went well. Then I got hit by a bad case of hypotension yesterday. (I'm fine though! Just tired!)

Caite-chan
Thank you! I enjoyed the speed paints- had to do them for class. I swear I'm the only one who can be 3 weeks late on a speed paint. xD Only took me an hour or two most on those. I formatted two of them for 1920x1080 if you want to use them as wallpapers- had to scale/crop a little bit to get them to fit right, but it's not too noticeable. I couldn't scale the mountains one cause it was portrait though- it didn't look good scaled or cropped. xD

http://orig13.deviantart.net/d9be/f/2016/362/e/b/cloud1920x1080_by_nekoyugito-dat8e7i.png
http://orig03.deviantart.net/bcbd/f/2016/362/4/e/fire1920x1080_by_nekoyugito-dat8e77.png


Neo Emolga
There was no self-bashing in my previous posts? The whole eye-burning thing was more a jab at how dead the thread was because I had triple posted at that point (no feedback whatsoever on art) and the "I give up" was me being tired of double/triple posting. I don't like to double/triple post. It feels spammy. I don't deny getting frustrated after 3 back-to-back posts of art with no feedback. Especially when it's art I'm actually happy with (Phayla). It's discouraging at best. Not your fault or the fault of anyone here- it's just how I am. Sometimes I find it easier to stop posting entirely so I don't get any hopes/expectations of feedback. As a whole, I've been relatively happy with my work (I mean, as happy as I ever get over it) as of late- especially my digital painting nonsense and Inktober nonsense (though, no one cares about the Inktober stuff since it's nerdy fan-art, but I'm okay with that cause I wanted to do nerdy fan-art).

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Anyway, have some videos of my scribbles. xD



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLcr6e_hdeo


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HADidvqQwkE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-oIhheOfP8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjqrfhwK-nI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEks57PCzKM


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40gp77QV7zQ


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_DsYpC5ZUY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9ZE7QwJwO4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBjsmERHwTw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv22bSHvgcU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyA34jAX0d4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaxkEq5ElIA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jUev39N9Wg

[Suicune's Fire]

Suicune's Fire
I'm pretty sure I did these by selling my soul to some artistic demon that possesses me randomly. I swear some days I can't do anything nice and other days I'm just "How did I do this?!" xD I do love messing with leaves- found a nice brush for doing them recently.

And the tonal study was using a photo reference- but yeah. I told my professor that I would refuse to do photo-realism for the rest of the semester. Spent 16 hours on that. X_x And it was only the first assignment of the semester.

And my holidays were alright. Brothers decided to bring up politics, one threw a fit, said something to make my mom cry, etc. etc. - but up to that point it went well. Then I got hit by a bad case of hypotension yesterday. (I'm fine though! Just tired!)
Or you're just good at art. xD But I getcha; sometimes my stuff is horrid and other times it turns out really well. I suppose it can be a combination of luck, a good day, and practice! Yeah, the leaves look awesome. :D

Yeah, of course. XD Dude, I use a reference for literally everything I do. Not to do so would be nuts. Yeah, that's why it's awesome! So much effort and detail.

Oh dear. Sounds awkward. =/ Hope you're okay.


There was no self-bashing in my previous posts? The whole eye-burning thing was more a jab at how dead the thread was because I had triple posted at that point (no feedback whatsoever on art) and the "I give up" was me being tired of double/triple posting. I don't like to double/triple post. It feels spammy. I don't deny getting frustrated after 3 back-to-back posts of art with no feedback. Especially when it's art I'm actually happy with (Phayla). It's discouraging at best. Not your fault or the fault of anyone here- it's just how I am. Sometimes I find it easier to stop posting entirely so I don't get any hopes/expectations of feedback. As a whole, I've been relatively happy with my work (I mean, as happy as I ever get over it) as of late- especially my digital painting nonsense and Inktober nonsense (though, no one cares about the Inktober stuff since it's nerdy fan-art, but I'm okay with that cause I wanted to do nerdy fan-art).
Maybe there was none in one post, but it happens far too often and I do have to agree with Neo. xD Nobody likes to read about you berating yourself. It's depressing, unnecessary and completely untrue! Neo's coming from a place of support; he's not having a go at you. But truly, you do it far too often. The thing is, EVERYONE has to double or triple post sometimes. I've gone tens of posts between chapters in stories. In fact, most people don't get feedback on their stories. It's far less likely that someone reads one of the stories here than looks at the art, so compared to most of our writers, you get tonnes of comments. xD This community in general is small, and it doesn't take much to miss a post. You not getting comments is in no way related to the quality of your art. It's got to do with the small number of active members.

Moving on, I love the videos! O: I didn't know you could do straight lines with the brush tool... xD Is it by holding shift? I'm sure I've tried but it never works. It's really awesome to see how you do everything. :D You use so many layers! That must contribute to everything looking so awesome. I use barely any layers because I guess I don't understand the long-term value of them, or how to use them properly. x: Thanks for sharing. All the transformers are awesome. :3c

[Nekomata]

Suicune's Fire

Or you're just good at art. xD But I getcha; sometimes my stuff is horrid and other times it turns out really well. I suppose it can be a combination of luck, a good day, and practice! Yeah, the leaves look awesome. :D

Yeah, of course. XD Dude, I use a reference for literally everything I do. Not to do so would be nuts. Yeah, that's why it's awesome! So much effort and detail.

Oh dear. Sounds awkward. =/ Hope you're okay.
Sometimes I just need to slow down and take my time- I've still got some old stuff that's turned out better than new stuff. xD Good days and bad days!

And I'm fine. A bit stressed over my brother being a jerk and worn out from the health nonsense. The latter hasn't happened in over 2 years. Was hoping I was done with the hypotension attacks. Thankfully I was home when it happened- had people around to help me get to bed, take medicines, etc. The worst part of it is the dizziness is crippling- I've hit walls and desks on the way down, so I don't like to get up when it happens. Always comes with bad pain/cramps too. Thankfully it all happens in about an hour, so after that it's just sleeping the exhaustion off.


Maybe there was none in one post, but it happens far too often and I do have to agree with Neo. xD Nobody likes to read about you berating yourself. It's depressing, unnecessary and completely untrue! Neo's coming from a place of support; he's not having a go at you. But truly, you do it far too often. The thing is, EVERYONE has to double or triple post sometimes. I've gone tens of posts between chapters in stories. In fact, most people don't get feedback on their stories. It's far less likely that someone reads one of the stories here than looks at the art, so compared to most of our writers, you get tonnes of comments. xD This community in general is small, and it doesn't take much to miss a post. You not getting comments is in no way related to the quality of your art. It's got to do with the small number of active members.

Yes, but you'll notice that any of those posts are -months- old. MONTHS. Even some of the more recent old posts didn't have any of the self-berating. I've been better about that lately- or try to. I still don't think my art is -amazing-, but I'm happy with the progress I've made. I decided to start posting again since I've been feeling a bit more positive lately (relative to my usual negativity, anyway). And it does indeed feel like Neo was having a go at me- not even back for a few hours and I'm getting lectured over things from months ago. And I was wondering why I was staying away from PXR for a while... >.>

And when it comes to double posting- it's more personal thing. It's ingrained in me that double posting is spamm-ish and I hate spamming. I prefer to only post when I've got new stuff to post in art threads- but when I post too many times without comments it still feels like I'm spamming- so I don't. I usually wait for posts/comments between posts- usually. This also lets me put more into a single post. If it's been long enough I'll allow an exception. But after two or three times, I sometimes just decide to stop posting entirely unless it's a comic/story thread. I mean, this is just an art thread- stopping new art posts isn't really as bad as halting updates on PRS (which I did for different reasons- hiatus happened and I just forgot to resume here on PXR when it ended).

And while the lack of posts may not be related to the quality of art, it's hard not to feel a little disappointed when you post something you're really proud of and all you hear are the crickets. </3


Moving on, I love the videos! O: I didn't know you could do straight lines with the brush tool... xD Is it by holding shift? I'm sure I've tried but it never works. It's really awesome to see how you do everything. :D You use so many layers! That must contribute to everything looking so awesome. I use barely any layers because I guess I don't understand the long-term value of them, or how to use them properly. x: Thanks for sharing. All the transformers are awesome. :3c

You can! The shift trick works for horizontal/vertical lines- I can't seem to get it to work for diagonals even though it IS possible. I'll have to mess with it more later on.

And you've seen nothing when it comes to layers. That Digital Painting Final (or the sink with dishes tonal) are in the HUNDREDS of layers. 8D Most of my things don't get past a few dozen depending on the subject. Comic pages get quite a few more layers, but that's how I structure the pages more than anything- I'm sure I can cut down the layers if I tried. xD

And I maintain: MTMTE is a comic worth reading even for people who aren't fans of Transformers. It's got such wonderful writing and the main artist is amazing (though, it seems his time working on it is done </3)- I've never felt so emotionally attached to cars/robots before. </3 There was a lot of screaming at the end of season 2 on my end. The Lost Light Fest / Inktober nonsense was to celebrate the end of MTMTE and the beginning of Lost Light (essentially MTMTE season 3 just with a different name.) It's won the best sci-fi comic award this year- best ongoing serial comic and best writer in 2015 too!

Edit: Reading through many of my posts in this thread, I've been far more positive on my work than I remember. My joke about people not posting cause burned eyes was the closest thing I could find to self-berating? I'm so confused.

[Neo Emolga]

And it does indeed feel like Neo was having a go at me- not even back for a few hours and I'm getting lectured over things from months ago. And I was wondering why I was staying away from PXR for a while... >.>

I'm not sure what you mean by you saying it feels like I'm having a go at you, but I can definitely tell you feel something I'm doing is negative to you. That's definitely not what I'm trying to do, but I'm not sure what exactly I said feels wrong to you. If you could explain, it would help, because I was only trying to help you see the bright side of things in a casual, light-hearted, and somewhat whimsical way.

Neko, we're all friends here. No one is trying to push you away or encourage you to leave. No one is trying to offend you. I just feel the negativity isn't necessary and only hurts in the end.

[Nekomata]

Neo Emolga
I don't know, the fact I come back, post new art for the first time in -months- without saying any negative about the art and I start getting lectured about self-berating? If it's the "Let's see how long before the thread dies" comment, that's a jab at how I'm incapable of keeping threads alive- typically of my own lack of updating/business. That was in no way a negative comment- my threads die a lot. It happens. Sure, I prefer not to have them die- but it's typically because I get too busy than anything. I wasn't in any way feeling negative yesterday. If I were, I wouldn't have dared attempted to return to activity around here.

Reading through my thread in general, I've been positive in this thread. I know I can be self-critical of my work, but I've been better about that in the last several months. I don't know where you're getting the self-berating. Especially in my first post here after months. If it's for past stuff, which I know I can be a bit 'meh' about my work in chats at times, that was -ages- ago and I see no reason for it to have been brought up.

Mostly, I'm just confused where this came up from? If there's any negativity I'm feeling around PXR, it's about things in the past completely unrelated to my art that initially caused my long hiatus- things I shouldn't be upset over but still am because I took things badly when I probably shouldn't have.

[Neo Emolga]

Neo Emolga
I don't know, the fact I come back, post new art for the first time in -months- without saying any negative about the art and I start getting lectured about self-berating? If it's the "Let's see how long before the thread dies" comment, that's a jab at how I'm incapable of keeping threads alive- typically of my own lack of updating/business. That was in no way a negative comment- my threads die a lot. It happens. Sure, I prefer not to have them die- but it's typically because I get too busy than anything. I wasn't in any way feeling negative yesterday. If I were, I wouldn't have dared attempted to return to activity around here.

Reading through my thread in general, I've been positive in this thread. I know I can be self-critical of my work, but I've been better about that in the last several months. I don't know where you're getting the self-berating. Especially in my first post here after months. If it's for past stuff, which I know I can be a bit 'meh' about my work in chats at times, that was -ages- ago and I see no reason for it to have been brought up.

Mostly, I'm just confused where this came up from? If there's any negativity I'm feeling around PXR, it's about things in the past completely unrelated to my art that initially caused my long hiatus- things I shouldn't be upset over but still am because I took things badly when I probably shouldn't have.

That is true, you have gotten better about not being so hard on yourself lately as opposed to things that were said months ago. I still wish you'd change the thread's title, though. I think a few people have brought that up, and yet it still hasn't changed...

As far as the lack of comments and feedback goes, well, that's normal. Sometimes people miss an update or they don't check your gallery out every day, especially if you've been on hiatus for a while. If you really want more feedback, you could specifically ask people in a VM or PM saying "hey, I posted some new art. If you could check it out and let me know what you think, I would appreciate that!" When Liokora posts a new update in Pokémon Alpha, she mentions all the people that are following it and has a kind of "subscriber's list" going. That might be a good solution for you to consider as well. Look at people who have given you feedback before, ask if they want to be placed on such a list to be notified when new updates occur, mention them when you post an update, and see if that helps. I'll admit, if Liokora didn't do this, I might have missed a few updates simply because I get busy and involved with other stuff going on. I may not check the thread every day, but I definitely check mentions.

It might also help if you check out other people's art threads and give feedback for their art, also. Or writing. Sometimes getting feedback involves a little sowing and reaping and reciprocity in a "if I review yours, will you review mine?" kind of way.

Also, it helps to be more generally involved with the community as well. Every little bit you do to participate, even if it's just small, silly stuff, still helps. Like Secret Santa, chat threads, or even just the casual stuff. It helps people get to know you better, build rapport, and as a result, they become more interested in all the stuff you do.

[Nekomata]

That is true, you have gotten better about not being so hard on yourself lately as opposed to things that were said months ago. I still wish you'd change the thread's title, though. I think a few people have brought that up, and yet it still hasn't changed...

The title wasn't meant to be self-berating, just silly. If I was going for self-berating, I'd put "Neko's crappy art." or something like that. Failtastic is a silly word in my book and therefore is used in a silly way.


As far as the lack of comments and feedback goes, well, that's normal. Sometimes people miss an update or they don't check your gallery out every day, especially if you've been on hiatus for a while. If you really want more feedback, you could specifically ask people in a VM or PM saying "hey, I posted some new art. If you could check it out and let me know what you think, I would appreciate that!" When Liokora posts a new update in Pokémon Alpha, she mentions all the people that are following it and has a kind of "subscriber's list" going. That might be a good solution for you to consider as well. Look at people who have given you feedback before, ask if they want to be placed on such a list to be notified when new updates occur, mention them when you post an update, and see if that helps. I'll admit, if Liokora didn't do this, I might have missed a few updates simply because I get busy and involved with other stuff going on. I may not check the thread every day, but I definitely check mentions.

It's normal, I know that. I'm not one who likes to bother people with VMs/PMs. I always worry about coming off pushy that way. I do use mentions whenever I respond to posts- but I try to minimize the number of mentions I send between posts. That's why I can be slow to respond in this thread- I typically try to make sure I've got new art to post with the mentions. I do have a mention list for PRS stuff, but I forget to use it a lot. And again, I don't want to ping/mention people 5 times in a row and spam their inboxes. My fault there. Either way, I'm well aware activity is low. That's why I don't expect this thread to stay active for extended periods of time. I'm fine with that. I'll just take breaks and come back as I've always done.


It might also help if you check out other people's art threads and give feedback for their art, also. Or writing. Sometimes getting feedback involves a little sowing and reaping and reciprocity in a "if I review yours, will you review mine?" kind of way.

I'm very guilty of being a lurker. I admit that. Half of it is because I don't know what to say, the other half is I'm afraid to say the wrong thing and upset people. And I'm not one to post "If I review yours, will you review mine" type stuff. Again, I don't want to a bother in that regard. I do need to be better about not lurking.


Also, it helps to be more generally involved with the community as well. Every little bit you do to participate, even if it's just small, silly stuff, still helps. Like Secret Santa, chat threads, or even just the casual stuff. It helps people get to know you better, build rapport, and as a result, they become more interested in all the stuff you do.

I've been around for what... years? I'm not well known because of my lurker status and I'm sorta okay with that. Sometimes I wish I'd be more involved with the -planning- of stuff since I far more enjoy making things for people to enjoy than being the one enjoying it (if that makes sense?) but the senior staff don't seem to require any assistance on things, and that's fine. Anyway, the last time I got involved with a community thing it backfired in my face and is why I took a long break. Personal issue more than anything, but I'm still a bit hurt/upset over it. I'm going to be taking it -very- slow about trying to get back into the community as a result- that's why I started with my art thread and PRS. Not that it's been a great start >.> I'm not a very sociable person by nature, though I do like to be social. I just find it very difficult at times and can get a bit discouraged.

[SassySnivy]

I get where Neo is coming from. I think he has good intentions but is coming off as a tad pushy.

However, self-deprecating humor IS a thing and despite Neko having a history of berating herself often...like she said, she has been INFINITELY better about it lately. But yeah, I personally see nothing wrong with the title myself, either. It's meant to be silly in a self-deprecating way.

Just wanted to drop by to say my piece! :o But yeah in terms of PXR, we ALL just to remember that not getting any feedback at all, even after posting a piece you're really proud of, isn't something unheard of around here. I guess most people here just like to look and admire without really saying much. PXR is sadly not very art-centric, so it's no real surprise that the art boards don't get a lot of attention. Of course if you've been here for a while, chances are you already knew that. :p Sometimes we all just need a reminder because even as I say this, I STILL get irritated every now and then at a lack of much feedback on my art. That's one reason as to why I like to try and leave comments. The only problem with that is--and I think a lot of other people can relate--I tend to not say anything if I just can't think of anything constructive to say. If I can't think of something relatively constructive, then I feel as if I'm wasting the other person's time.

Neo is definitely right about one thing: just putting yourself out there more really does make a HUGE difference.

[Chibi Altaria]

Damn. I wish I could draw backgrounds that good. Or at all. XD I absolutely adoooooore the way you do lighting, and it's really quite magnificent. Your mountains are especially well drawn, like Speedy said. I also love the Pumpkaboo one for Halloween, and I may be partial to the Alola Ninetales cause it's one of my new favourites. xP

I've always wanted to learn how to draw proper clouds, to be honest. I can only seem to do cartoon styled ones. xD I'd like to see a tutorial or something from you sometime!


And yush, Neko, no one likes to see you berating yourself or your art. </3 I know you probably don't mean it this way but, to me, it makes all the hard work and effort you put into it seem like it means nothing at all. Not only are you belittling yourself and your work, but also a lot of other artists who strive really hard to reach the kind of level you're at. Just think, for a moment, how they feel when they see you saying such awful things about your great work and they may not even come close. They might think to themselves "well if she thinks she's no good then obviously I'll never get there". And even if you're joking, not everyone else knows that.

That's just one viewpoint, but I'd like you to understand. Like Neo said, it's okay to be humble and have off days but please recognise your skill level and take pride in your work -- even if it may not live up to the standards you yourself may want. As a perfectionist my artwork will never seem perfect to me, but that doesn't mean I'm not pleased with how it turned out. You should be happy with all your artwork, no matter how it turns out. As an artist what you do should make you smile and be happy. If you're not happy in the first place then why draw? You learn from everything you do, no matter how it turns out in your eyes. I know it's always hard when you you don't get feedback, because you feel as though your work isn't important or that no one loves it. But that's not true! A lot of people may see it and just not give feedback. More importantly, if what you do matters to yourself then it's never a wasted effort. C:

[Suicune's Fire]

Sometimes I wish I'd be more involved with the -planning- of stuff since I far more enjoy making things for people to enjoy than being the one enjoying it (if that makes sense?) but the senior staff don't seem to require any assistance on things, and that's fine.
Okay, just wanted to chime in here because I feel like people are still salty about the PXR Birthday thing: that was a one-time thing, and it's been cleared up that it was not designed to exclude anyone. If you're not talking about that, then I apologise for bring it up again. And actually, we do require help with things. But mostly, mods need to be proactive and ask to help, which is how people get involved. :] And if you're unsure when there's a new project up, all you gotta do is check the staff section because that's where things get posted. Also, I'm not sure if you forgot about the tokens, or didn't want to continue doing them or what, but there are still tonnes that need to be done and we enlisted your help, because you're the perfect fit for the job. :]

As for the whole self-berating thing, I think the whole discussion about it needs to be dropped. I personally see the thread title as unnecessary and berating yourself, but you and Speed see it as light humour, which is fine. It's a difference of opinion. Neo's red capitalised letters were not yelling, or being pushy; he was trying to emphasise what a lot of people have said in the past, myself included. He's trying to get rid of the negativity, not breed more of it. If he accidentally did, then he didn't mean to. Trust me, I know the guy. I've worked pretty closely with him. He cares about everyone, and you're no exception. :] Please don't take offence. The issue needs to be dropped now, haha.

On the bright side, it's really good that you've been better with it all! I feel like you've been better too, and maybe Neo was looking at the old stuff and didn't realise it was old until you brought it up, and your confusion is just a testament to how you've improved! I think it's well established that we all think you're wonderful at anything creative, and finally you're starting to realise it too! xD


You can! The shift trick works for horizontal/vertical lines- I can't seem to get it to work for diagonals even though it IS possible. I'll have to mess with it more later on.

And you've seen nothing when it comes to layers. That Digital Painting Final (or the sink with dishes tonal) are in the HUNDREDS of layers. 8D Most of my things don't get past a few dozen depending on the subject. Comic pages get quite a few more layers, but that's how I structure the pages more than anything- I'm sure I can cut down the layers if I tried. xD

And I maintain: MTMTE is a comic worth reading even for people who aren't fans of Transformers. It's got such wonderful writing and the main artist is amazing (though, it seems his time working on it is done </3)- I've never felt so emotionally attached to cars/robots before. </3 There was a lot of screaming at the end of season 2 on my end. The Lost Light Fest / Inktober nonsense was to celebrate the end of MTMTE and the beginning of Lost Light (essentially MTMTE season 3 just with a different name.) It's won the best sci-fi comic award this year- best ongoing serial comic and best writer in 2015 too!
Ohh I thought you were doing it with diagonal lines! Silly me. You're probably just really apt at them since you'd have a lot more practice than I. xD

Hundreds! God! What the heck do you put on them?! XD I think that's pretty incredible. xD I mean, they clearly all help with the final composition which is always wonderful.

I would, but I'm far too broke to spend money on comics. That's awesome! Trust me, I would read them if they were at my disposal. xD If I had the money for comics, I'd be knee-deep in all sorts of 'em.

[Nekomata]

I get where Neo is coming from. I think he has good intentions but is coming off as a tad pushy.

However, self-deprecating humor IS a thing and despite Neko having a history of berating herself often...like she said, she has been INFINITELY better about it lately. But yeah, I personally see nothing wrong with the title myself, either. It's meant to be silly in a self-deprecating way.

THANK YOU. I've got a weird sense of humor, and the title was never meant in any self-berating way. >.>

In response to the rest of the post, I think I've covered my thoughts on that in previous posts. I'm trying to slowly transition back into the swing of things here. >.> WONDERFUL START.



Damn. I wish I could draw backgrounds that good. Or at all. XD I absolutely adoooooore the way you do lighting, and it's really quite magnificent. Your mountains are especially well drawn, like Speedy said. I also love the Pumpkaboo one for Halloween, and I may be partial to the Alola Ninetales cause it's one of my new favourites. xP

I've always wanted to learn how to draw proper clouds, to be honest. I can only seem to do cartoon styled ones. xD I'd like to see a tutorial or something from you sometime!

I'm sure you draw backgrounds just fine! xD I'm not so great at them myself- or not as good as I'd like to be- but I'm definitely better than I was in the past. And that's good enough for now. It's just a lot of practice and a lot of reference photos at this point. And maybe selling your soul.... okay- not that last part. xD I find myself incredibly fond of working with strong atmospheric perspectives. I always love the effects you can get with that. I'm happy with my backgrounds lately- when they're not in comic form where I end up rushing them for the sake of "THIS PAGE IS DUE TOMORROW" xD

As for clouds, I don't draw them consistently from piece to piece yet- still working out what method feels best with my overall style. If you pick one of the paintings with clouds I can put together a few process shots of how the clouds were painted. I didn't record any of those, but the way I work usually involves a lot of layers so I'd be able to show the layering at least. Or I could make a quick video tutorial later on (might be a while on that!)




And yush, Neko, no one likes to see you berating yourself or your art. </3 I know you probably don't mean it this way but, to me, it makes all the hard work and effort you put into it seem like it means nothing at all. Not only are you belittling yourself and your work, but also a lot of other artists who strive really hard to reach the kind of level you're at. Just think, for a moment, how they feel when they see you saying such awful things about your great work and they may not even come close. They might think to themselves "well if she thinks she's no good then obviously I'll never get there". And even if you're joking, not everyone else knows that.

That's just one viewpoint, but I'd like you to understand. Like Neo said, it's okay to be humble and have off days but please recognise your skill level and take pride in your work -- even if it may not live up to the standards you yourself may want. As a perfectionist my artwork will never seem perfect to me, but that doesn't mean I'm not pleased with how it turned out. You should be happy with all your artwork, no matter how it turns out. As an artist what you do should make you smile and be happy. If you're not happy in the first place then why draw? You learn from everything you do, no matter how it turns out in your eyes. I know it's always hard when you you don't get feedback, because you feel as though your work isn't important or that no one loves it. But that's not true! A lot of people may see it and just not give feedback. More importantly, if what you do matters to yourself then it's never a wasted effort. C:

Okay, okay. Please stop. I know when I deserve to be lectured for self-berating- and trust me, I've deserved it PLENTY of times in the past. BUT- I've said NOTHING self-berating in this thread that I can see, let alone in the ONE post I've made in the last several months. I've been relatively happy with my work as of late (as happy as I ever get, anyway) and haven't been hating on my own work in a non-joking manner for a good while. So please stop with the whole self-berating lecture. I'll gladly (and grudgingly) take it when I deserve it, but right now it's just stressing me out because I don't see where this is all coming from. I come back from a several month break from PXR- something I wouldn't do if I wasn't feeling up for the task- and this isn't exactly what I came for.

Next time I AM tearing up my own art in a non-joking manner, by all means feel free to lecture me cause I'll have deserved it. Right now I feel like I'm being scolded in band rehearsal for missing a note at a previous rehearsal despite playing just fine in the current. It may not be the intent of you or Neo, but I can't help but feel a little stressed over it all.


Okay, just wanted to chime in here because I feel like people are still salty about the PXR Birthday thing: that was a one-time thing, and it's been cleared up that it was not designed to exclude anyone. If you're not talking about that, then I apologise for bring it up again. And actually, we do require help with things. But mostly, mods need to be proactive and ask to help, which is how people get involved. :] And if you're unsure when there's a new project up, all you gotta do is check the staff section because that's where things get posted. Also, I'm not sure if you forgot about the tokens, or didn't want to continue doing them or what, but there are still tonnes that need to be done and we enlisted your help, because you're the perfect fit for the job. :]

I was on break for several months because of things that happened in... Oh- April? May? My break didn't start until a while after, but that's because I found myself feeling very hurt for an extended period of time and decided a break was needed. I'm still not 100% past some things, but I decided I was gone too long. Long enough to not know what the heck happened with the Birthday thing. Unless it was that one event over the summer in which the mods were told nothing about- then I remember that. I was probably annoyed with that, but mostly cause I'd have loved to include the PRS section for some nonsense. But I've over that.

And again, last times I was proactive and wanted to help with things I was told "Our way or f--- off" (maybe not that harsh, but I'm pretty peeved right now, sorry), I spent ages putting together a thought out post only to have the thread locked before discussion could start, and then there's- .. actually. Not even going to go into the third one cause that's a whole different unrelated rant. Point is, unless I know I've been told I'm actually -wanted- on the project, I want nothing to do with it because trying to force yourself in ends up with resistance, arguing, and unneeded stress. I've tried to get involved with other people's projects, but it hasn't worked out. My section/s are currently to dead to attempt some of my own ideas. I hope to work on getting activity up before attempting those.

And I haven't forgotten tokens. Again. I took a long break for reasons that are still slightly touchy for me. The tokens are... minimally related to this- but I do wish to continue them once my muse returns from the war. And after the grad school applications are in and I can work on fun stuff guilt-free.


As for the whole self-berating thing, I think the whole discussion about it needs to be dropped. I personally see the thread title as unnecessary and berating yourself, but you and Speed see it as light humour, which is fine. It's a difference of opinion. Neo's red capitalised letters were not yelling, or being pushy; he was trying to emphasise what a lot of people have said in the past, myself included. He's trying to get rid of the negativity, not breed more of it. If he accidentally did, then he didn't mean to. Trust me, I know the guy. I've worked pretty closely with him. He cares about everyone, and you're no exception. :] Please don't take offence. The issue needs to be dropped now, haha.

On the bright side, it's really good that you've been better with it all! I feel like you've been better too, and maybe Neo was looking at the old stuff and didn't realise it was old until you brought it up, and your confusion is just a testament to how you've improved! I think it's well established that we all think you're wonderful at anything creative, and finally you're starting to realise it too! xD

Again. There. Has. Been. No. Self. Berating. For. MONTHS. -whines loudly- I've skimmed this ENTIRE thread for it and didn't see any. Why was there ANY reason to bring it up other than some silly thread title- which, let's be real here, I wouldn't have actually used if I really felt that way about my work. I wouldn't have a thread for art if I felt that way. I deleted my old thread because I DID feel that way. Past tense. PAST. MONTHS AGO. Sorry if I'm sounding agitated here, but I am. >.> Again, I'll GLADLY/grudgingly accept this lecture when I've done/said something to deserve it, but I haven't. Not in a long while. Unless I've missed something, there's nowhere in this thread where I state my art is crap in a non-joking manner.



Ohh I thought you were doing it with diagonal lines! Silly me. You're probably just really apt at them since you'd have a lot more practice than I. xD

Hundreds! God! What the heck do you put on them?! XD I think that's pretty incredible. xD I mean, they clearly all help with the final composition which is always wonderful.

I would, but I'm far too broke to spend money on comics. That's awesome! Trust me, I would read them if they were at my disposal. xD If I had the money for comics, I'd be knee-deep in all sorts of 'em.

Nope! Lots of ctrl+z is the key! Or if you're really impatient, draw the line horizontal and rotate it. That works too. I try to not do that cause it's faster not to, but whatever works.

Hmm... let's see, typically I'll have each object in an image (or group of very similar objects) as its own base layer. Then each of those layers has at least 4-10 layer masks on them for shading, details, lights, AP, etc. So my layer count goes up really fast. Plus side of working like this? I can edit tiny things without messing up other things! Downside? WHAT LAYER IS WHICH AGAIN?

As for comics. I may know a site or two you could read them for the less-than-legal way. Alternatively, I think I've got a humble-bundle code for the first 4 volumes that I haven't used. (The end of the 4th volume is a big cliffhanger though.)

[Chibi Altaria]

Okay, okay. Please stop. I know when I deserve to be lectured for self-berating- and trust me, I've deserved it PLENTY of times in the past. BUT- I've said NOTHING self-berating in this thread that I can see, let alone in the ONE post I've made in the last several months. I've been relatively happy with my work as of late (as happy as I ever get, anyway) and haven't been hating on my own work in a non-joking manner for a good while. So please stop with the whole self-berating lecture. I'll gladly (and grudgingly) take it when I deserve it, but right now it's just stressing me out because I don't see where this is all coming from. I come back from a several month break from PXR- something I wouldn't do if I wasn't feeling up for the task- and this isn't exactly what I came for.

Next time I AM tearing up my own art in a non-joking manner, by all means feel free to lecture me cause I'll have deserved it. Right now I feel like I'm being scolded in band rehearsal for missing a note at a previous rehearsal despite playing just fine in the current. It may not be the intent of you or Neo, but I can't help but feel a little stressed over it all.

Oh, and I didn't mean it had to do anything with your thread, or title (which is funny btw), I just meant in general since everyone was on topic and from what I knew you did that quite often. I'm glad to see it's not a problem anymore, and I'm sorry if it upset you any, Neko. O:

[Suicune's Fire]

I was on break for several months because of things that happened in... Oh- April? May? My break didn't start until a while after, but that's because I found myself feeling very hurt for an extended period of time and decided a break was needed. I'm still not 100% past some things, but I decided I was gone too long. Long enough to not know what the heck happened with the Birthday thing. Unless it was that one event over the summer in which the mods were told nothing about- then I remember that. I was probably annoyed with that, but mostly cause I'd have loved to include the PRS section for some nonsense. But I've over that.

And again, last times I was proactive and wanted to help with things I was told "Our way or f--- off" (maybe not that harsh, but I'm pretty peeved right now, sorry), I spent ages putting together a thought out post only to have the thread locked before discussion could start, and then there's- .. actually. Not even going to go into the third one cause that's a whole different unrelated rant. Point is, unless I know I've been told I'm actually -wanted- on the project, I want nothing to do with it because trying to force yourself in ends up with resistance, arguing, and unneeded stress. I've tried to get involved with other people's projects, but it hasn't worked out. My section/s are currently to dead to attempt some of my own ideas. I hope to work on getting activity up before attempting those.

And I haven't forgotten tokens. Again. I took a long break for reasons that are still slightly touchy for me. The tokens are... minimally related to this- but I do wish to continue them once my muse returns from the war. And after the grad school applications are in and I can work on fun stuff guilt-free.
That's fine. Nobody's saying it isn't. xD I'm just letting you know that if you want to get involved, all you have to do is keep an eye out for an event and go for it. I know you tried a community event, as have many other people, and the idea did not go through because of one reason or another, and, like others, it doesn't mean it's your fault. I didn't want you to justify yourself. x)

I have no clue what you're talking about. Threads don't get locked here, like, ever. xD Unless it's spam, the OP's request, or it's a stickied thread like a Rules thread which is closed from when it gets initially posted. I've been in the higher staff for over two years now and I've never seen that happen. xD And nobody has told you "Our way or f off." xD Come on.

I'm not asking for a reason. You said you wanted stuff to do, and I pointed out that there is stuff to do. x) People take leave all the time. I'm just saying, it's still there if you're looking for something to do.


Again. There. Has. Been. No. Self. Berating. For. MONTHS. -whines loudly- I've skimmed this ENTIRE thread for it and didn't see any. Why was there ANY reason to bring it up other than some silly thread title- which, let's be real here, I wouldn't have actually used if I really felt that way about my work. I wouldn't have a thread for art if I felt that way. I deleted my old thread because I DID feel that way. Past tense. PAST. MONTHS AGO. Sorry if I'm sounding agitated here, but I am. >.> Again, I'll GLADLY/grudgingly accept this lecture when I've done/said something to deserve it, but I haven't. Not in a long while. Unless I've missed something, there's nowhere in this thread where I state my art is crap in a non-joking manner.
...I know. xD That's what I said. Hence why I said the topic needs to be dropped. By everyone. I literally said you were getting better, and that Neo may have seen OLD posts. xD


Nope! Lots of ctrl+z is the key! Or if you're really impatient, draw the line horizontal and rotate it. That works too. I try to not do that cause it's faster not to, but whatever works.

Hmm... let's see, typically I'll have each object in an image (or group of very similar objects) as its own base layer. Then each of those layers has at least 4-10 layer masks on them for shading, details, lights, AP, etc. So my layer count goes up really fast. Plus side of working like this? I can edit tiny things without messing up other things! Downside? WHAT LAYER IS WHICH AGAIN?

As for comics. I may know a site or two you could read them for the less-than-legal way. Alternatively, I think I've got a humble-bundle code for the first 4 volumes that I haven't used. (The end of the 4th volume is a big cliffhanger though.)
Yeah, I can relate to that too. xD I basically spam it until I get a line that looks remotely accurate, and sometimes that means I CTRL Z an actually good line. xD Oops. Yeah, and also it turns sorta pixelly. :c

Oh wow, you do masks for shading? I have no idea how to use masks, other than using them to erase lineart in case I want the lines back. XD Yeah, that's the thing--so many layers = so much chaos! x__x Well at least it gives you great results. :D

Oh I love Humble Bundle! And hey, I won't say no. ;D Ahaha. I did read the Pokemon manga online. x: Oops... XD But I don't have to take your code if you wanna save it for someone. cx

[Neo Emolga]

The title wasn't meant to be self-berating, just silly. If I was going for self-berating, I'd put "Neko's crappy art." or something like that. Failtastic is a silly word in my book and therefore is used in a silly way.

I feel a bit silly, I didn't know you were trying to be humorous about the self-depreciating stuff. Maybe I've come across way too many people that were too self-critical in the past and I'm naturally on the lookout for it. I dunno, maybe it was my mistake, but each time I read it, it seemed like you were serious. Sometimes it's a little hard to detect emotion by just reading. XP

Maybe we just have different styles with how we go about making fun of our own fallacies. And that's totally fine. :P I'm seeing the humor more now and things are looking better.


It's normal, I know that. I'm not one who likes to bother people with VMs/PMs. I always worry about coming off pushy that way. I do use mentions whenever I respond to posts- but I try to minimize the number of mentions I send between posts. That's why I can be slow to respond in this thread- I typically try to make sure I've got new art to post with the mentions. I do have a mention list for PRS stuff, but I forget to use it a lot. And again, I don't want to ping/mention people 5 times in a row and spam their inboxes. My fault there. Either way, I'm well aware activity is low. That's why I don't expect this thread to stay active for extended periods of time. I'm fine with that. I'll just take breaks and come back as I've always done.

I actually love mentions! XD The one time I had like "Notifications: 7," it felt like I struck the jackpot. Felt like a gold mine of PXR love I got to unwrap and check out! X3

I honestly feel most people wouldn't mind the mentions at all. I know I wouldn't, so if you want to start with me, have at it. I'm sure most people wouldn't see your mentions as spam. Quite the contrary, I think most people would love to see what new art you just put up, but sometimes they're not aware of it until they get the heads up.


I'm very guilty of being a lurker. I admit that. Half of it is because I don't know what to say, the other half is I'm afraid to say the wrong thing and upset people. And I'm not one to post "If I review yours, will you review mine" type stuff. Again, I don't want to a bother in that regard. I do need to be better about not lurking.

I've been around for what... years? I'm not well known because of my lurker status and I'm sorta okay with that. Sometimes I wish I'd be more involved with the -planning- of stuff since I far more enjoy making things for people to enjoy than being the one enjoying it (if that makes sense?) but the senior staff don't seem to require any assistance on things, and that's fine. Anyway, the last time I got involved with a community thing it backfired in my face and is why I took a long break. Personal issue more than anything, but I'm still a bit hurt/upset over it. I'm going to be taking it -very- slow about trying to get back into the community as a result- that's why I started with my art thread and PRS. Not that it's been a great start >.> I'm not a very sociable person by nature, though I do like to be social. I just find it very difficult at times and can get a bit discouraged.

But imagine what would happen if we were all like that!

I'll admit, sometimes shyness feels like a shield. But I've come to realize that if I have it up too often, I miss out on too many good things thinking they were bad. And there's been times where I've said the wrong thing or goofed up here and there. It happens. And yeah, there's times when things backfire. It's not fun, but it's really just a matter of getting back up, dusting yourself off, and trying again.

But yeah, when new ideas pop up, don't hesitate to chime in your thoughts. Otherwise everyone else just thinks you don't have anything new to add or that you just don't want to be involved. As for the senior staff, I think the only concern there is activity level. Someone that's known to go on hiatus a lot might not get as much opportunity as opposed to someone that's active on a regular basis. The more you're active on a general basis, the better it looks.

Lurking is like being a spectator. Actually posting, getting involved, and communicating makes you more of a player on the field. I think if you want people to come to you and want you to help with planning, you need to show that drive to get in on stuff by getting involved throughout the community. But if you only lurk (spectate), the coach of the team isn't going to go into the stands and pick out fans to get in on the game. They'll go to the prospects first, the ones that show the drive, enthusiasm, and the skills (and you definitely have the skills!). So don't just be a fan, join the team!

That's all we're saying. Everyone here would love to see you get more out there and join us in all of our enjoyable adventures. We're crazy in a fun and entertaining ways. XD

[Nekomata]

Oh, and I didn't mean it had to do anything with your thread, or title (which is funny btw), I just meant in general since everyone was on topic and from what I knew you did that quite often. I'm glad to see it's not a problem anymore, and I'm sorry if it upset you any, Neko. O:

It's fine. Sorry if I came off harsh... just... I don't know where this all came from. >.> It's frustrating when you're getting a lecture for things you haven't done in ages. (I admit I'm guilty of it at times, but I do try to be better about it.)
Suicune's Fire

That's fine. Nobody's saying it isn't. xD I'm just letting you know that if you want to get involved, all you have to do is keep an eye out for an event and go for it. I know you tried a community event, as have many other people, and the idea did not go through because of one reason or another, and, like others, it doesn't mean it's your fault. I didn't want you to justify yourself. x)

I have no clue what you're talking about. Threads don't get locked here, like, ever. xD Unless it's spam, the OP's request, or it's a stickied thread like a Rules thread which is closed from when it gets initially posted. I've been in the higher staff for over two years now and I've never seen that happen. xD And nobody has told you "Our way or f off." xD Come on.

I'm not asking for a reason. You said you wanted stuff to do, and I pointed out that there is stuff to do. x) People take leave all the time. I'm just saying, it's still there if you're looking for something to do.

I know no one literally said "Our way or f off", but it essentially can feel like that when you try to offer suggestions, they all get shut down without discussion or ignored entirely cause the project lead or whatever is already so set in their ways. As for the thread locking, I'm referring to WAR. I wrote out a really long detailed idea on suggestions to salvage it for future years. Thread was locked and I recall someone making a really snarky remark along the lines of "If you think you can do it better, then run it yourself next year." You may not see it, but the head staff can be very protective of their ideas and can be quick to shut down discussion at times. Not always, but usually when I try to get involved. My bad luck, perhaps. It's just easier to stay out of things unless you're invited, that way you don't feel like you're not really wanted on the thing.

And then there was that one project that I stupidly got excited for. 8D Aaah... I'm not starting that rant. I'm sure a few people have gotten it already.

I'm not saying this as an attack on the staff- just my experience. I'm sure others have had far better luck than I have.


...I know. xD That's what I said. Hence why I said the topic needs to be dropped. By everyone. I literally said you were getting better, and that Neo may have seen OLD posts. xD

There is none in old posts. I'm still very confused where the heck any of this came from.


Yeah, I can relate to that too. xD I basically spam it until I get a line that looks remotely accurate, and sometimes that means I CTRL Z an actually good line. xD Oops. Yeah, and also it turns sorta pixelly. :c

Oh wow, you do masks for shading? I have no idea how to use masks, other than using them to erase lineart in case I want the lines back. XD Yeah, that's the thing--so many layers = so much chaos! x__x Well at least it gives you great results. :D

Oh I love Humble Bundle! And hey, I won't say no. ;D Ahaha. I did read the Pokemon manga online. x: Oops... XD But I don't have to take your code if you wanna save it for someone. cx

Photoshop is good about rotating things without making them pixely. It may be your art program or some setting that needs to be adjusted.

Masks for shading helps a lot- clipping masks to be more specific. It helps keep the shading on the actual object.

I don't mind giving the code out! It cost me $1- I got it so I could help get new people into the comic since I know it can be quite pricey to catch up. I know there are sites online that have the comic, but it does feel better to support the actual release. I got a handful of them in the last bundle- as many as the site let me pick up, anyway. It may be a while til the next actual sale of the comics at this rate. There's MAYBE one or two a year. xD


@Neo-Emolga

I feel a bit silly, I didn't know you were trying to be humorous about the self-depreciating stuff. Maybe I've come across way too many people that were too self-critical in the past and I'm naturally on the lookout for it. I dunno, maybe it was my mistake, but each time I read it, it seemed like you were serious. Sometimes it's a little hard to detect emotion by just reading. XP

Maybe we just have different styles with how we go about making fun of our own fallacies. And that's totally fine. :P I'm seeing the humor more now and things are looking better.

I guess no one here knows what my humor is like. I like self-depreciating humor. I think we could all stand to make fun of ourselves from time to time, so I practice it. People can be far too serious when it comes to jokes.



I actually love mentions! XD The one time I had like "Notifications: 7," it felt like I struck the jackpot. Felt like a gold mine of PXR love I got to unwrap and check out! X3

I honestly feel most people wouldn't mind the mentions at all. I know I wouldn't, so if you want to start with me, have at it. I'm sure most people wouldn't see your mentions as spam. Quite the contrary, I think most people would love to see what new art you just put up, but sometimes they're not aware of it until they get the heads up.

I still don't like to be a bother. xD I only mention if I'm responding or if I've been requested to. Right now my art thread has no mention list. The PRS thread/s have one- but I forget about it a lot. Whoops. xD


But imagine what would happen if we were all like that!

I'll admit, sometimes shyness feels like a shield. But I've come to realize that if I have it up too often, I miss out on too many good things thinking they were bad. And there's been times where I've said the wrong thing or goofed up here and there. It happens. And yeah, there's times when things backfire. It's not fun, but it's really just a matter of getting back up, dusting yourself off, and trying again.

But yeah, when new ideas pop up, don't hesitate to chime in your thoughts. Otherwise everyone else just thinks you don't have anything new to add or that you just don't want to be involved. As for the senior staff, I think the only concern there is activity level. Someone that's known to go on hiatus a lot might not get as much opportunity as opposed to someone that's active on a regular basis. The more you're active on a general basis, the better it looks.

Lurking is like being a spectator. Actually posting, getting involved, and communicating makes you more of a player on the field. I think if you want people to come to you and want you to help with planning, you need to show that drive to get in on stuff by getting involved throughout the community. But if you only lurk (spectate), the coach of the team isn't going to go into the stands and pick out fans to get in on the game. They'll go to the prospects first, the ones that show the drive, enthusiasm, and the skills (and you definitely have the skills!). So don't just be a fan, join the team!

That's all we're saying. Everyone here would love to see you get more out there and join us in all of our enjoyable adventures. We're crazy in a fun and entertaining ways. XD

I've had trouble getting involved for ages. Partially cause I stress out easily when it comes to social situations- I try though. That's why I'm trying to ease in after a long break this time around. I'm not looking to jump into any major projects at the moment- just to slowly get posting again. Most backfires I can just shrug off with a short break. Some.... hurt. A lot. Those are the ones that cause my longer bouts of inactivity. I'm one to bottle in frustrations cause I hate having to fight/argue. Makes it hard for me to stick around when I'm holding in too much negativity though. Unhealthy, I know.

And I'm a lurker by nature. I've always preferred working behind the scenes to make things fun for others. I don't know, I just find it more enjoyable for me to make other people happy than participating. I'm not sure if that makes sense. Doesn't mean I don't like to participate or won't- I do, I'm just... bad at it. xD My activity levels are sporadic, so I try to avoid taking part in events that require my posting to continue. And then I'm just really bad at knowing what to say in posts. That's why I'm starting slow with the areas I'm comfortable with for the time being. I'll spread out a little more as I get back into the swing of things.

[Trainer17]

THANK YOU. I've got a weird sense of humor, and the title was never meant in any self-berating way. >.>

In response to the rest of the post, I think I've covered my thoughts on that in previous posts. I'm trying to slowly transition back into the swing of things here. >.> WONDERFUL START.



I'm sure you draw backgrounds just fine! xD I'm not so great at them myself- or not as good as I'd like to be- but I'm definitely better than I was in the past. And that's good enough for now. It's just a lot of practice and a lot of reference photos at this point. And maybe selling your soul.... okay- not that last part. xD I find myself incredibly fond of working with strong atmospheric perspectives. I always love the effects you can get with that. I'm happy with my backgrounds lately- when they're not in comic form where I end up rushing them for the sake of "THIS PAGE IS DUE TOMORROW" xD

As for clouds, I don't draw them consistently from piece to piece yet- still working out what method feels best with my overall style. If you pick one of the paintings with clouds I can put together a few process shots of how the clouds were painted. I didn't record any of those, but the way I work usually involves a lot of layers so I'd be able to show the layering at least. Or I could make a quick video tutorial later on (might be a while on that!)




Okay, okay. Please stop. I know when I deserve to be lectured for self-berating- and trust me, I've deserved it PLENTY of times in the past. BUT- I've said NOTHING self-berating in this thread that I can see, let alone in the ONE post I've made in the last several months. I've been relatively happy with my work as of late (as happy as I ever get, anyway) and haven't been hating on my own work in a non-joking manner for a good while. So please stop with the whole self-berating lecture. I'll gladly (and grudgingly) take it when I deserve it, but right now it's just stressing me out because I don't see where this is all coming from. I come back from a several month break from PXR- something I wouldn't do if I wasn't feeling up for the task- and this isn't exactly what I came for.

Next time I AM tearing up my own art in a non-joking manner, by all means feel free to lecture me cause I'll have deserved it. Right now I feel like I'm being scolded in band rehearsal for missing a note at a previous rehearsal despite playing just fine in the current. It may not be the intent of you or Neo, but I can't help but feel a little stressed over it all.



I was on break for several months because of things that happened in... Oh- April? May? My break didn't start until a while after, but that's because I found myself feeling very hurt for an extended period of time and decided a break was needed. I'm still not 100% past some things, but I decided I was gone too long. Long enough to not know what the heck happened with the Birthday thing. Unless it was that one event over the summer in which the mods were told nothing about- then I remember that. I was probably annoyed with that, but mostly cause I'd have loved to include the PRS section for some nonsense. But I've over that.

And again, last times I was proactive and wanted to help with things I was told "Our way or f--- off" (maybe not that harsh, but I'm pretty peeved right now, sorry), I spent ages putting together a thought out post only to have the thread locked before discussion could start, and then there's- .. actually. Not even going to go into the third one cause that's a whole different unrelated rant. Point is, unless I know I've been told I'm actually -wanted- on the project, I want nothing to do with it because trying to force yourself in ends up with resistance, arguing, and unneeded stress. I've tried to get involved with other people's projects, but it hasn't worked out. My section/s are currently to dead to attempt some of my own ideas. I hope to work on getting activity up before attempting those.

And I haven't forgotten tokens. Again. I took a long break for reasons that are still slightly touchy for me. The tokens are... minimally related to this- but I do wish to continue them once my muse returns from the war. And after the grad school applications are in and I can work on fun stuff guilt-free.



Again. There. Has. Been. No. Self. Berating. For. MONTHS. -whines loudly- I've skimmed this ENTIRE thread for it and didn't see any. Why was there ANY reason to bring it up other than some silly thread title- which, let's be real here, I wouldn't have actually used if I really felt that way about my work. I wouldn't have a thread for art if I felt that way. I deleted my old thread because I DID feel that way. Past tense. PAST. MONTHS AGO. Sorry if I'm sounding agitated here, but I am. >.> Again, I'll GLADLY/grudgingly accept this lecture when I've done/said something to deserve it, but I haven't. Not in a long while. Unless I've missed something, there's nowhere in this thread where I state my art is crap in a non-joking manner.




Nope! Lots of ctrl+z is the key! Or if you're really impatient, draw the line horizontal and rotate it. That works too. I try to not do that cause it's faster not to, but whatever works.

Hmm... let's see, typically I'll have each object in an image (or group of very similar objects) as its own base layer. Then each of those layers has at least 4-10 layer masks on them for shading, details, lights, AP, etc. So my layer count goes up really fast. Plus side of working like this? I can edit tiny things without messing up other things! Downside? WHAT LAYER IS WHICH AGAIN?

As for comics. I may know a site or two you could read them for the less-than-legal way. Alternatively, I think I've got a humble-bundle code for the first 4 volumes that I haven't used. (The end of the 4th volume is a big cliffhanger though.)

I'm a huge die-hard fan of your work despite my lazy *** attitude at times. No worries about the tokens as off now. Let me know when you're back to kicking *** and ready to go. I didn't know if you were okay because I remember you told me before hand about hell week and exams and such. I can totally relate to that. No pressure Neko <3



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[Nekomata]

Trainer17

Thank you! And I wouldn't exactly say I've been 'okay' the last few months. Just harboring some negative feelings that kept me away for a while. Hell week/exams is always a very temporary thing.

Anyway- new art I did to distract myself tonight. Rough night. Also doubles as productivity cause token art.



http://orig09.deviantart.net/f9ae/f/2016/364/c/3/prismabsol_by_nekoyugito-dati43i.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/2aa3/f/2016/364/a/1/prismsquirtle_by_nekoyugito-dati43n.png

http://orig00.deviantart.net/6485/f/2016/364/1/6/prismabsol_by_nekoyugito-dati3zs.png

http://orig15.deviantart.net/db33/f/2016/364/6/a/prismsquirtle_by_nekoyugito-dati3z8.png

Plus video process of each. Both took about 30 mins individually.


https://youtu.be/E6SGd6JrTN8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPRV4IYUjso

[Suicune's Fire]

Photoshop is good about rotating things without making them pixely. It may be your art program or some setting that needs to be adjusted.

Masks for shading helps a lot- clipping masks to be more specific. It helps keep the shading on the actual object.

I don't mind giving the code out! It cost me $1- I got it so I could help get new people into the comic since I know it can be quite pricey to catch up. I know there are sites online that have the comic, but it does feel better to support the actual release. I got a handful of them in the last bundle- as many as the site let me pick up, anyway. It may be a while til the next actual sale of the comics at this rate. There's MAYBE one or two a year. xD
I do use Photoshop. o: I am pretty oblivious to many of its features though, despite the fact that I've been using it for like 6+ years. xD Awks. Maybe

I use clipping masks, but that's pretty much it. I learned that from you or Gigi. xD

OOO: Well I'd love to if you want to give it to me. xD You don't have to though. Up to you! Or let me know when they do a Transformers bundle next and I'll buy it myself. cx

[Neo Emolga]

These only take you 30 minutes!?

I have to be doing something wrong, because one little picture takes me HOURS. In any case, these are really awesome and I like the color choices! They definitely stand out and are nicely colorful. :3

[Nekomata]

I do use Photoshop. o: I am pretty oblivious to many of its features though, despite the fact that I've been using it for like 6+ years. xD Awks. Maybe

I use clipping masks, but that's pretty much it. I learned that from you or Gigi. xD

OOO: Well I'd love to if you want to give it to me. xD You don't have to though. Up to you! Or let me know when they do a Transformers bundle next and I'll buy it myself. cx

Photoshop has a lot of neat little things that make life easier. One trick I like to use when adding in highlights for things like the tree texture in that one digital painting with the dragon? Copy and paste the layer where I drew the grooves, move it a little, change the color, trim the extra off, then edit it some. Tadaa! Easy hard highlights. Some call it cheating, but I call it efficient. I typically do hand-draw the highlights though- just not on things THAT detailed. xD

You're free to look at some of the videos I've posted to learn different tricks. xD I typically follow a routine when it comes to most images, but every so often I do something different to save some time!

And sure- I'll send you the code! I plan on picking up more codes next time a bundle offers MTMTE. The last bundle limited me to getting 4 codes. </3 I think I'll be picking up random humble bundle codes of things I think are worth sharing in general- it's such a great way to introduce people to new series/movies/etc.



These only take you 30 minutes!?

I have to be doing something wrong, because one little picture takes me HOURS. In any case, these are really awesome and I like the color choices! They definitely stand out and are nicely colorful. :3

Well, from lining to finish. Sketch takes me maybe 10 minutes for the tokens. So 40 minutes. xD The token art is basically a more rushed version of my style while sticking a bit closer to official Pokemon designs. I work in a process- so as long as I'm following my habit, it goes pretty quickly. I think speed comes with time as you learn what looks good to you and such. More polished work would definitely take more time. PRS comic pages take me about 2-4 hours on average. (The latest one took just over 3)

As for the color choices, I'm trying to avoid repeats in the Prism set. I think I've got two more for the Pokemon Prism tokens (Unless Speed-X wants me to add more to the set). Milotic and Ho-oh.

So

Red: Milotic
Orange/Yellow: Snivy
Green: Absol
Blue/Purple: Squirtle
RAINBOW: HO-OH

---

New art. I've been working on revamping the PRS Smackjeeves site. After updating the page resolution to 800px wide from the previous 600px, the site images sorta went ADFJGADF cause they all were meant for a 600px wide content area. The most notable thing that broke was the site background. Also the images I was using were really old- I even forgot some of the shading on some. So it was time to create new images for everything. I'm not done yet, but here's some of them! Apologies for the presentation of the Naya/Echo images. I'm too lazy to separate them from the BG image.

I'll have videos for these up soon. Naya/Echo took about 35 mins, Twins took about 20.

http://orig05.deviantart.net/a742/f/2017/007/5/e/twins_by_nekoyugito-daulj44.png
http://orig04.deviantart.net/be63/f/2017/007/6/2/backgroundnew_by_nekoyugito-dauj1gn.png

See them on the overall site!

http://risingshadows.smackjeeves.com/comics/2368193/018/

Next images I'm doing are for the News page. I'll need at least one 800px wide image on every page to force stretch the content area to match that of the comic pages- otherwise the background looks weird. xD It's a big WIP

[SassySnivy]

Photoshop has a lot of neat little things that make life easier. One trick I like to use when adding in highlights for things like the tree texture in that one digital painting with the dragon? Copy and paste the layer where I drew the grooves, move it a little, change the color, trim the extra off, then edit it some. Tadaa! Easy hard highlights. Some call it cheating, but I call it efficient. I typically do hand-draw the highlights though- just not on things THAT detailed. xD

You're free to look at some of the videos I've posted to learn different tricks. xD I typically follow a routine when it comes to most images, but every so often I do something different to save some time!

And sure- I'll send you the code! I plan on picking up more codes next time a bundle offers MTMTE. The last bundle limited me to getting 4 codes. </3 I think I'll be picking up random humble bundle codes of things I think are worth sharing in general- it's such a great way to introduce people to new series/movies/etc.




Well, from lining to finish. Sketch takes me maybe 10 minutes for the tokens. So 40 minutes. xD The token art is basically a more rushed version of my style while sticking a bit closer to official Pokemon designs. I work in a process- so as long as I'm following my habit, it goes pretty quickly. I think speed comes with time as you learn what looks good to you and such. More polished work would definitely take more time. PRS comic pages take me about 2-4 hours on average. (The latest one took just over 3)

As for the color choices, I'm trying to avoid repeats in the Prism set. I think I've got two more for the Pokemon Prism tokens (Unless Speed-X wants me to add more to the set). Milotic and Ho-oh.

So

Red: Milotic
Orange/Yellow: Snivy
Green: Absol
Blue/Purple: Squirtle
RAINBOW: HO-OH

---

New art. I've been working on revamping the PRS Smackjeeves site. After updating the page resolution to 800px wide from the previous 600px, the site images sorta went ADFJGADF cause they all were meant for a 600px wide content area. The most notable thing that broke was the site background. Also the images I was using were really old- I even forgot some of the shading on some. So it was time to create new images for everything. I'm not done yet, but here's some of them! Apologies for the presentation of the Naya/Echo images. I'm too lazy to separate them from the BG image.

I'll have videos for these up soon. Naya/Echo took about 35 mins, Twins took about 20.

http://orig05.deviantart.net/a742/f/2017/007/5/e/twins_by_nekoyugito-daulj44.png
http://orig04.deviantart.net/be63/f/2017/007/6/2/backgroundnew_by_nekoyugito-dauj1gn.png

See them on the overall site!

http://risingshadows.smackjeeves.com/comics/2368193/018/

Next images I'm doing are for the News page. I'll need at least one 800px wide image on every page to force stretch the content area to match that of the comic pages- otherwise the background looks weird. xD It's a big WIP

Nah, you're good Neko! What we've got planned right now is fine. I'm excited! <3

[Nekomata]

Nah, you're good Neko! What we've got planned right now is fine. I'm excited! <3

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can. It's been crazy. Do let me know if you want me to add in more Prism tokens- I do love working on colorful stuff. xD

--

Here are two quick art videos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp8cdFagOuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38gAe-myPM

[SassySnivy]

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can. It's been crazy. Do let me know if you want me to add in more Prism tokens- I do love working on colorful stuff. xD

--

Here are two quick art videos


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp8cdFagOuM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O38gAe-myPM

Do I love me some process videos. <3
And absolutely. I think what we got for now is pretty good, but as I think of more incentives I'll just let you know!

[Chibi Altaria]

I still don't understand how you can draw those so fast and still have them looking that awesome. *O* Great job as always, Neko. You're a master at lighting! And those process videos are awesome to look at, too.

[Nekomata]

I still don't understand how you can draw those so fast and still have them looking that awesome. *O* Great job as always, Neko. You're a master at lighting! And those process videos are awesome to look at, too.

Well, how fast I draw depends on the complexity of the image and how much practice I've gotten with the character. In the case of the characters in the last post, I'm pretty quick at drawing those guys now. Other characters like... ooohh- Ho-oh or Entei would take me significantly longer. I'm trying to improve my time without sacrificing quality though so I can crank out more comic pages. =D

And thank you! I love working on lighting- it's what I want to do in animation, actually! 3D lighting is a different process, but the principles are the same. Takes an eye for it and I think I might have that!


Do I love me some process videos. <3
And absolutely. I think what we got for now is pretty good, but as I think of more incentives I'll just let you know!

Alrighty! I'll get them done when I can! xD

And the process videos are fun. Takes a while to render out some of the longer ones, but if it helps even one person learn a trick or two, then mission accomplished!

---------------------------------

Not new art, but I think I'll open a few free icon requests for the fun of it. Pokemon-only please! I'll make the images... how big are the avatar limits here? 150x150? I think so, so I'll probably make them around 600px then scale down- shouldn't take me long at those resolutions!

Pinging some people who may be interested/have posted in this thread. Not sure how long it'll take to get them done or if I'll be able to do all of them, but they'll be good for breaks/warm-ups from other more time-consuming work.
Speed-X Suicune's Fire Neo Emolga Pokemon Trainer Sarah Trainer17 Noblejanobii Lunar Latias HKim (though you're already using some token art as an avatar xD)

Feel free to ping other people who might be interested.

[Chibi Altaria]

Yup! You definitely have an eye for it. c:

And ooh, ooh! Dibs on an Altaria icon! :'D I'd love it if you could make one, Neko! Whenever you have some free time, of course.

[Nekomata]

Yup! You definitely have an eye for it. c:

And ooh, ooh! Dibs on an Altaria icon! :'D I'd love it if you could make one, Neko! Whenever you have some free time, of course.

Mega, Shiny, both, or normal?

(I flipping love Altaria.)

[Chibi Altaria]

Mega, Shiny, both, or normal?

(I flipping love Altaria.)

Can...can you do a mega and a normal Altaria? .u. ...Or is that too much? I don't know which I like better If just one, probably mega. xD

[Noblejanobii]

I saw these videos on YouTube! Good stuff!

Also you're taking requests? :O

[Nekomata]

Noblejanobii

Icon requests to be more specific. =P

[Noblejanobii]

Noblejanobii

Icon requests to be more specific. =P

Oh I might have to take you up on that.

[SassySnivy]

I'll have to take you up on that too! I just...have to think of soemthing. xD

Can you do creatures other than Pokemon? Something similar to my avatar?

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I really enjoyed watching your process videos! It's really interesting seeing how other people draw. :) Your lines are so pretty and smooth *_*

Since you've already drawn the Bulba line for those tokens (soooo cute and I love Harry's avatar still haha!), I'd love to see an Archen if you feel like it! :) I'd definitely use it as my avatar! xD

[Noblejanobii]

Nekomata

Do you think you could do an avatar of this?: here (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?5113-NobleJanobii-s-occasional-really-crappy-art-storage&p=229601&viewfull=1#post229601).

I know it's not colored in but he would have Zorua colors. You can do the full body or just the head, whatever works aesthetically.

[Nekomata]

I really enjoyed watching your process videos! It's really interesting seeing how other people draw. :) Your lines are so pretty and smooth *_*

Since you've already drawn the Bulba line for those tokens (soooo cute and I love Harry's avatar still haha!), I'd love to see an Archen if you feel like it! :) I'd definitely use it as my avatar! xD

My lines are NOT pretty. xD Not usually, anyway. They're a bit rough- I could stand to clean them up some more. Thankfully, downscaling the images does wonders for appearances!


Nekomata

Do you think you could do an avatar of this?: here (http://www.pokemoncrossroads.com/forum/showthread.php?5113-NobleJanobii-s-occasional-really-crappy-art-storage&p=229601&viewfull=1#post229601).

I know it's not colored in but he would have Zorua colors. You can do the full body or just the head, whatever works aesthetically.

I'll try!


I'll have to take you up on that too! I just...have to think of soemthing. xD

Can you do creatures other than Pokemon? Something similar to my avatar?

I'd prefer to stick to Pokemon, but I'll give it a shot.





Can...can you do a mega and a normal Altaria? .u. ...Or is that too much? I don't know which I like better If just one, probably mega. xD

One at a time! I'll do a mega later if I have time. I'd like to get to other people first though!

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Request List

Zorua-Mimikyu
Archen
Speed's critter?
Mega Altaria

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I've decided to treat them sorta like tokens. I don't know- in case we ever need random tokens for stuff! xD

Here's the first one! Video of the Altaria and Naya Tokens will go up eventually.


http://orig15.deviantart.net/1fb2/f/2017/011/2/3/altaria_by_nekoyugito-dav3kb5.png

http://orig05.deviantart.net/e508/f/2017/011/c/8/altaria_by_nekoyugito-dav3l5l.png

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Oh wow that Altaria is gorgeous! Love the colours! Having them double as tokens is a brilliant idea! *wants all the tokens now*

[Trainer17]

Can I shamelessly request one for Lucario? :'3 make the color scheme sky blue pls ♡

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[Chibi Altaria]

One at a time! I'll do a mega later if I have time. I'd like to get to other people first though!

I've decided to treat them sorta like tokens. I don't know- in case we ever need random tokens for stuff! xD

Here's the first one! Video of the Altaria and Naya Tokens will go up eventually.


http://orig15.deviantart.net/1fb2/f/2017/011/2/3/altaria_by_nekoyugito-dav3kb5.png

http://orig05.deviantart.net/e508/f/2017/011/c/8/altaria_by_nekoyugito-dav3l5l.png

*jaw drop* OH MY GOD, NEKO, I LOVE IT. PERFECTION. *O*

And sure, I can wait on the mega if you wanna do that last. No rush at all. xD And the tokens look awesome as well, cause tokens! <3 THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN. *drools over purple everything*

[Nekomata]

*jaw drop* OH MY GOD, NEKO, I LOVE IT. PERFECTION. *O*

And sure, I can wait on the mega if you wanna do that last. No rush at all. xD And the tokens look awesome as well, cause tokens! <3 THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN. *drools over purple everything*

Glad you like it! =D


Can I shamelessly request one for Lucario? :'3 make the color scheme sky blue pls ♡

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Sure sure!


Oh wow that Altaria is gorgeous! Love the colours! Having them double as tokens is a brilliant idea! *wants all the tokens now*

I mean, the dimensions for icons/tokens are the same. 1x1 - just different overall size. Might as well! Whether they actually get used as tokens depends on if there's a need for them, but it's nice to see them shrunk to Token size!


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New Token!

http://orig10.deviantart.net/21ca/f/2017/012/d/0/prismho_oh_by_nekoyugito-dav63ao.png
http://orig10.deviantart.net/403d/f/2017/012/2/3/prismho_oh_by_nekoyugito-dav63dh.png

Took about ~35 mins. The Altaria above took closer to 20.

I've got the following icons/tokens sketched

- Prism Milotic
- PRS Garnet
- Archen
- Clefairy Says

[Chibi Altaria]

Nekomata Holy fudge that Ho-Oh is amazing. I don't know how you do it, but you're awesome with lighting and colours, AND quick. xD I take way too long to do things but OH WELL.

I'm looking forward to more, Neko! >u<

[AD]

HO OOOOOOOOH *dies happy* ;O;

Majestic. Glorious. By far my favorite legendary...i love it. I love you

[Neo Emolga]

Holy crapsack, these are brilliantly amazing. :3

That Altaria and that Ho-oh are just pure, raw awesomeness. I love the colors, they definitely make these very eye-catching.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Woah that Ho-Oh is beautiful! :O The colours! The pose! *stare* So excited to see Archen! :D

[Nekomata]

Woah that Ho-Oh is beautiful! :O The colours! The pose! *stare* So excited to see Archen! :D

Wait no more! Archen is here!


Holy crapsack, these are brilliantly amazing. :3

That Altaria and that Ho-oh are just pure, raw awesomeness. I love the colors, they definitely make these very eye-catching.

Thank you! xD I'm a color nerd. I love colorful stuff. Tonal studies drive me insane. Give me colors anytime and I'm happy!


HO OOOOOOOOH *dies happy* ;O;

Majestic. Glorious. By far my favorite legendary...i love it. I love you

You're welcome! It'll be an official token on the site soon! Go play Pokemon Prism if you want it! =D



Nekomata Holy fudge that Ho-Oh is amazing. I don't know how you do it, but you're awesome with lighting and colours, AND quick. xD I take way too long to do things but OH WELL.

I'm looking forward to more, Neko! >u<

Thank you! xD As for colors... having taken a color theory class and focusing in lighting as a possible career choice, it comes a bit more quickly to me than it used to. It's mostly practice though!

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Here's Archen! Will get vids for all of these up soon-ish. Maybe. Eventually.

I think a bit of my PRS style began to show on the Milotic. I have such trouble keeping to a more Pokemon/Sugimori style with certain Pokemon.


http://orig01.deviantart.net/0734/f/2017/012/0/c/archen_by_nekoyugito-dav7meq.png

http://orig08.deviantart.net/42be/f/2017/012/d/c/archen_by_nekoyugito-dav7meh.png

http://orig04.deviantart.net/4656/f/2017/012/0/b/archen_by_nekoyugito-dav7med.png

And the entire Pokemon Prism Token set in one spot:


http://orig05.deviantart.net/d89f/f/2017/012/f/4/prismmilotic_by_nekoyugito-dav7gqs.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/8d39/f/2016/131/e/a/prismsnivy_by_nekoyugito-da25gq7.png http://orig09.deviantart.net/f9ae/f/2016/364/c/3/prismabsol_by_nekoyugito-dati43i.png http://orig03.deviantart.net/2aa3/f/2016/364/a/1/prismsquirtle_by_nekoyugito-dati43n.png http://orig10.deviantart.net/21ca/f/2017/012/d/0/prismho_oh_by_nekoyugito-dav63ao.png

Edit: Just realized I messed up on Archen's colors a bit. Will fix shortly!
Edit: FIXED

[Noblejanobii]

Oh man such pretty tokens! I like the squirtle one the best but I'm probably biased because purple is my favorite color. Haha!

Everything looks great so far though! Can't wait to see what else you do!

[Chibi Altaria]

Loving that Archen! I know Sarah will be happy, too. xD And those Prism tokens. <3

I've always debated taking a colour theory class. I can generally tell what works with what, but I do need to think a little more outside the square and mix up my colours for things!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Ahhhh!!! Archen is so gorgeous! :D Thank you so much! I'm gonna make it my avatar as soon as I'm on a computer! I love the colours, lighting and pose! Too cute!!

[Nekomata]

Ahhhh!!! Archen is so gorgeous! :D Thank you so much! I'm gonna make it my avatar as soon as I'm on a computer! I love the colours, lighting and pose! Too cute!!

Yeee! Glad you like it! <3 Archen is one of my favorite Pokemon- Archeops/Archen rank way up in my favorite Gen V list. And Chandelure.



Loving that Archen! I know Sarah will be happy, too. xD And those Prism tokens. <3

I've always debated taking a colour theory class. I can generally tell what works with what, but I do need to think a little more outside the square and mix up my colours for things!

I took the class for fun- it was nothing I didn't already know from practice, but still quite enjoyable. I knew it'd be a class where I wouldn't have to do tonal studies for everything! xD


Oh man such pretty tokens! I like the squirtle one the best but I'm probably biased because purple is my favorite color. Haha!

Everything looks great so far though! Can't wait to see what else you do!

Purple is a great color. Anyone who doesn't like it is clearly a horrible person. xD

I hope to get a two or three more done before shifting back to PRS work. It's been a nice change of pace. I go crazy if I don't vary my work often enough. xD

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Videos! I sped up the videos by x10 - so whatever length the videos are 1/10th the actual time I spent drawing. The amount I speed up typically varies based on the total length- sometimes I go down to 20x just to prevent videos from being too long. These are all short, so x10 was fine!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt_ApfNn3-4


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qz-6ZTchVE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXBK8zTyhuU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqUHpRFewbY

Edit: Naya video didn't render properly- will fix tomorrow.

[Trainer17]

Zomg! You're on FIRE NEKO!!! So many beautiful tokens in such a short time span *_*

I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY LUCARIO!!!

awesome and beautiful work Neko ♡♡♡

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[SassySnivy]

Just today saw your response! What I was getting at is maybe this little cutie thay Xanthe made. It's...based off of a Pokemon. xD

http://sta.sh/01x9wjdjdrru

[Nekomata]

Zomg! You're on FIRE NEKO!!! So many beautiful tokens in such a short time span *_*

I CAN'T WAIT FOR MY LUCARIO!!!

awesome and beautiful work Neko ♡♡♡

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Thank you!


Speed-X
I'll give it a shot!

Here's the fixed Naya video!


https://youtu.be/oiG6pMS8X4c

[Noblejanobii]

Just today saw your response! What I was getting at is maybe this little cutie thay Xanthe made. It's...based off of a Pokemon. xD

http://sta.sh/01x9wjdjdrru

Xanthe did this? It's so cute! I can't wait for Neko to take a whack at it.

[Chibi Altaria]

It's awesome to check out how you made that Altaria. .u. Actually, it's a lot like how I do my own works. xD But I take a lot longer, aha. Nice!

[Nekomata]

It's awesome to check out how you made that Altaria. .u. Actually, it's a lot like how I do my own works. xD But I take a lot longer, aha. Nice!

Well... After making 160+ comic pages, you'd HOPE I was fast-ish. xD

http://orig15.deviantart.net/ec63/f/2017/016/f/e/hailrayne_by_nekoyugito-davoh7p.png

A thing for Robin's birthday!

[Neo Emolga]

That's awesome and really cute! Definitely a cool birthday gift. :3

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Aww, that's so cute! I love the colours! :D

[Nekomata]

Aww, that's so cute! I love the colours! :D

Thank you! xD I tried a softer color palette than usual.


That's awesome and really cute! Definitely a cool birthday gift. :3

I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE.


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So, this isn't NEW, but it's from last semester. It's my studio project that I did with my group. As such, I'd ask that it does not get shared around without my knowing. I just want to share it so people get a better idea of what I ACTUALLY do in my major since I tend to be a bit cautious about posting group projects anywhere.

Assignment: Create a 10 second animation using a period of art history as our inspiration.

What we did: Surrealism. Cause cool/weird creature designs- why not? Also, screw trying to do a story in 10 seconds.

What I did: Concept art, animation (deer), HDR map, lighting (my main thing), Rendering, Post, Effects (Atmospheric perspective, the tree's vein-glow), Compositing, etc.

I'm more of a late stage player for projects. Lighting, post, etc. are my things.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrRs6K9IFcc

And here's a process video I put together from the lighting- get a better idea of what it looks like without all the fancy lighting and post work that I did.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pei0neYP8ds

[Neo Emolga]

You guys MADE that!? Holy snaps, that is incredible! The surreal fantasy forest is amazing and you guys definitely did an awesome job with the textures. I've worked with 3D Studio Max and I know how much of a ROYAL PAIN it is to model things and apply the textures without stuff looking weird or screwy. And that was even without animation. But modeling... I know from experience that you could spend hours upon hours of doing that stuff and it looks like you barely made any progress.

The lighting is also really cool! It does give the scene really neat fantasy vibes! And yes... I know how much of a pain that is as well.

VERY NICE job on everything. The animations, the lighting, the modeling, and the camera path were definitely very well-executed.

[Nekomata]

You guys MADE that!? Holy snaps, that is incredible! The surreal fantasy forest is amazing and you guys definitely did an awesome job with the textures. I've worked with 3D Studio Max and I know how much of a ROYAL PAIN it is to model things and apply the textures without stuff looking weird or screwy. And that was even without animation. But modeling... I know from experience that you could spend hours upon hours of doing that stuff and it looks like you barely made any progress.

The lighting is also really cool! It does give the scene really neat fantasy vibes! And yes... I know how much of a pain that is as well.

VERY NICE job on everything. The animations, the lighting, the modeling, and the camera path were definitely very well-executed.

We did! Took about 2 months for a group of 6. xD Ton of work, but always worth the final. I've got some older studio projects, but this one was the best one so far that I had a decent hand in. Last fall's studio I didn't contribute as much cause of control-freak group leader. Spring was a 2D thing we sorta did while running around Europe... wasn't our priority. xD

We mostly use Maya for our animations. 3DS max is actually used more on the gaming side of things if I recall. Texturing was the hardest part for us. Even so we had a few issues. If you look VERY carefully you'll notice a few issues with the animation. I'm not the strongest modeler or texturer, so I struggle on those sides- which is why groups are awesome! Everyone has their strong points and we place roles on that. My area of specialty is Lighting/Post- which go together quite closely, so it works out. I'm taking a rigging/animation graduate class this semester to strengthen those skills... and you heard my rant about the hell class? That's a modeling/texturing heavy class. Go figure. xD Once we get in groups for that though, I'll get to shift back to the areas I'm strong in- but it's solo for now. RIP me.

[Suicune's Fire]

Neko that is so freaking cool! OOO: I love the progress video and the animation is sweet. :3 The headless deer was creepy though, I must admit. All in all, it was really, really cool.

[Neo Emolga]

We did! Took about 2 months for a group of 6. xD Ton of work, but always worth the final. I've got some older studio projects, but this one was the best one so far that I had a decent hand in. Last fall's studio I didn't contribute as much cause of control-freak group leader. Spring was a 2D thing we sorta did while running around Europe... wasn't our priority. xD

We mostly use Maya for our animations. 3DS max is actually used more on the gaming side of things if I recall. Texturing was the hardest part for us. Even so we had a few issues. If you look VERY carefully you'll notice a few issues with the animation. I'm not the strongest modeler or texturer, so I struggle on those sides- which is why groups are awesome! Everyone has their strong points and we place roles on that. My area of specialty is Lighting/Post- which go together quite closely, so it works out. I'm taking a rigging/animation graduate class this semester to strengthen those skills... and you heard my rant about the hell class? That's a modeling/texturing heavy class. Go figure. xD Once we get in groups for that though, I'll get to shift back to the areas I'm strong in- but it's solo for now. RIP me.

I have heard of Maya, but I haven't ever worked with it. I'm curious to know what it's like, but I'm sure the overall setup is probably something similar to 3DS max with a few minor differences. For me, it took HOURS just to design the layout of a room. And I mostly used shape primitives with textures. Trying to do serious modeling was asking to die a little inside.

The modeling I did involved a LOT of anchor points. So many of them. Messing around with them in a 3D environment was like performing surgery, but if you were willing to spend a good chunk of time into it, you could set everything to actually be modeled into looking like something coherent. But it was definitely a lot of work and not for the faint of heart. It was the element that took the longest amount of time for me, and there were plenty of times where even after spending loads of time into it, I felt like "this is still awful, delete." It's no wonder that during the credits of 3D animated movies done by Pixar and Dreamworks, there's a gazillion people involved. I believe it! And I know what they must have gone through! XD It does make these 3D movies very easy to appreciate when you are aware of some of the behind the scenes work that goes into these things. You start to feel like they deserve congressional Medals of Honor. XD

But yeah, basically we started with a sphere (or some other 3D primitive shape) clicked on the setting that revealed all the anchor points, and you had to pull out or push in each anchor point one by one to get the exact shape you wanted. It was pain. It took forever. It made you question your life choices. But if you were diligent about it, you could make something seriously cool.

Applying textures was kind of a trial and error thing sometimes. Sometimes you had to try different textures to see what would work best and to make sure it didn't stretch too much or have weird cutoffs that made it obvious something screwy was going on. The bigger the texture, the better chance you had of it working. You HAD to experiment. You had to go against gut instincts to at least try to see if there was a chance of it working. And you had to be open to trying and trying again because you wanted to kick this thing in the butt and make something awesome.

It's been a really long time since I've done 3D stuff though. But yeah, I can appreciate the work that goes into it. But you've got the skills and the diligence. I think you can do it if you really take a solid plunge into the stuff.

[Nekomata]

I have heard of Maya, but I haven't ever worked with it. I'm curious to know what it's like, but I'm sure the overall setup is probably something similar to 3DS max with a few minor differences. For me, it took HOURS just to design the layout of a room. And I mostly used shape primitives with textures. Trying to do serious modeling was asking to die a little inside.

The modeling I did involved a LOT of anchor points. So many of them. Messing around with them in a 3D environment was like performing surgery, but if you were willing to spend a good chunk of time into it, you could set everything to actually be modeled into looking like something coherent. But it was definitely a lot of work and not for the faint of heart. It was the element that took the longest amount of time for me, and there were plenty of times where even after spending loads of time into it, I felt like "this is still awful, delete." It's no wonder that during the credits of 3D animated movies done by Pixar and Dreamworks, there's a gazillion people involved. I believe it! And I know what they must have gone through! XD It does make these 3D movies very easy to appreciate when you are aware of some of the behind the scenes work that goes into these things. You start to feel like they deserve congressional Medals of Honor. XD

But yeah, basically we started with a sphere (or some other 3D primitive shape) clicked on the setting that revealed all the anchor points, and you had to pull out or push in each anchor point one by one to get the exact shape you wanted. It was pain. It took forever. It made you question your life choices. But if you were diligent about it, you could make something seriously cool.

Applying textures was kind of a trial and error thing sometimes. Sometimes you had to try different textures to see what would work best and to make sure it didn't stretch too much or have weird cutoffs that made it obvious something screwy was going on. The bigger the texture, the better chance you had of it working. You HAD to experiment. You had to go against gut instincts to at least try to see if there was a chance of it working. And you had to be open to trying and trying again because you wanted to kick this thing in the butt and make something awesome.

It's been a really long time since I've done 3D stuff though. But yeah, I can appreciate the work that goes into it. But you've got the skills and the diligence. I think you can do it if you really take a solid plunge into the stuff.

Maya is the industry standard these days for the most part. It's a very complicated program that isn't user-intuitive at all. Got an error? BEST OF LUCK FINDING THE CAUSE. It can be one of a billion tiny insignificant problems. xD

And the modeling process you're describing is NURBS modeling. Why the hell would you do that to yourself? xD Polygon modeling is far more user-intuitive. That said... my hell professor is making us do all of our modeling in NURBS. RIP us.

Surfacing can either be easy or hell. Depends what you're doing and what method you're trying. I know renderman has some REALLY good presets for certain common materials. I also know how to paint seamless textures when I need to- it's a process. My friend is good at procedural texturing, so she usually covers that.

3D animation is very much a trial-error process. Iteration after iteration until things look good. I can dig up some older screenshots from that project later if you'd like to see what the early stages looked like (big difference). xD It takes a huge amount of people to make quality work. Seriously, there are people dedicated to making sure someone's scarf moves properly in animation. Another person may be in charge of just facial animations. It's a process and a huge undertaking. It's one of those fields you have to love your job or get out.



Neko that is so freaking cool! OOO: I love the progress video and the animation is sweet. :3 The headless deer was creepy though, I must admit. All in all, it was really, really cool.

I remember at the fall show someone gasped 'Holy sh--! WHAT IS THAT?!" behind me when our animation showed. It was priceless. xD Surrealism is full of weird bizarre things. xD

[Suicune's Fire]

Omg Maya. XD I used it for a few things in my game design course and yeah...that was pretty much my result. Even the artists had trouble working out what the heck half the errors were about. xD


I remember at the fall show someone gasped 'Holy sh--! WHAT IS THAT?!" behind me when our animation showed. It was priceless. xD Surrealism is full of weird bizarre things. xD
Ahaha that's great. It is! I think surrealism is so interesting. And trippy.

[Neo Emolga]

Maya is the industry standard these days for the most part. It's a very complicated program that isn't user-intuitive at all. Got an error? BEST OF LUCK FINDING THE CAUSE. It can be one of a billion tiny insignificant problems. xD

And the modeling process you're describing is NURBS modeling. Why the hell would you do that to yourself? xD Polygon modeling is far more user-intuitive. That said... my hell professor is making us do all of our modeling in NURBS. RIP us.

Surfacing can either be easy or hell. Depends what you're doing and what method you're trying. I know renderman has some REALLY good presets for certain common materials. I also know how to paint seamless textures when I need to- it's a process. My friend is good at procedural texturing, so she usually covers that.

3D animation is very much a trial-error process. Iteration after iteration until things look good. I can dig up some older screenshots from that project later if you'd like to see what the early stages looked like (big difference). xD It takes a huge amount of people to make quality work. Seriously, there are people dedicated to making sure someone's scarf moves properly in animation. Another person may be in charge of just facial animations. It's a process and a huge undertaking. It's one of those fields you have to love your job or get out.

NURBS! Yes, I totally forgot the name of it but that's what it was. It was hell. I think the reason why your professor is making you use it is because it goes into the deepest level, as if you were modifying things on a pixel by pixel basis with 2D art. It's so ungodly slow, though. It makes every project feel like it's something you're going to need to hand down to your grandchildren to complete.

Surfacing and textures felt a bit like gambling. Sometimes, things looked good even on the first try and even after you poked around and looked at it some more. But then other times, Satan jabbed you in the eye with a middle finger each time you tried to fix it and make it look good. And you could try a dozen other textures and still get crappy results, making you wonder if the shape was wrong or if the textures were wrong. You could only just keep messing around on both fronts until something seemed to fit. It was a trial and error jamboree.

I haven't done 3D animation on a serious level, but I have worked with Flash animation and blaurgh, it's not fun either. You play the same scene over and over and over again messing with it over and over by the tiniest bit just to see if you're on the right track toward fixing the mess. Sometimes you make progress. Sometimes it only makes it worse! It's agony. You can only make the modifications you think will work and then test them to see if what you did was right or wrong. It was so tempting to just settle with results less than what you were hoping for, but that just doesn't point toward the quality work you want. And usually the perfectionist in you would scream to try again despite the moans that your brain was making.

But you're totally right. You've have GOT to have the patience, love, and passion for this stuff. I know you have it, though. You know what kinds of rewards come out of doing things the right way no matter what it takes. It makes all the mind-grinding worth it in the end. :3

[Nekomata]

NURBS! Yes, I totally forgot the name of it but that's what it was. It was hell. I think the reason why your professor is making you use it is because it goes into the deepest level, as if you were modifying things on a pixel by pixel basis with 2D art. It's so ungodly slow, though. It makes every project feel like it's something you're going to need to hand down to your grandchildren to complete.

Actually, he's making us use NURBS cause he knows we don't use them often. In reality, NURBS are better for some objects than polygons- half of being a modeler is knowing what method would be most efficient for what you're doing! I've used it a bit in the past, so it's not entirely new to me, but still a challenge.

Surfacing and textures felt a bit like gambling. Sometimes, things looked good even on the first try and even after you poked around and looked at it some more. But then other times, Satan jabbed you in the eye with a middle finger each time you tried to fix it and make it look good. And you could try a dozen other textures and still get crappy results, making you wonder if the shape was wrong or if the textures were wrong. You could only just keep messing around on both fronts until something seemed to fit. It was a trial and error jamboree.

It depends on what you're texturing. Cubes and objects with flat edges and few curves? Not hard at all. Complicated shapes is where it gets difficult. Cause then you've got to UV unwrap and that's just pure hell.

I haven't done 3D animation on a serious level, but I have worked with Flash animation and blaurgh, it's not fun either. You play the same scene over and over and over again messing with it over and over by the tiniest bit just to see if you're on the right track toward fixing the mess. Sometimes you make progress. Sometimes it only makes it worse! It's agony. You can only make the modifications you think will work and then test them to see if what you did was right or wrong. It was so tempting to just settle with results less than what you were hoping for, but that just doesn't point toward the quality work you want. And usually the perfectionist in you would scream to try again despite the moans that your brain was making.

HAH. 2D animation is easy compared to 3D. A lot more to mess with. Lots of patience, tinkering, etc. to get it JUST right. You have to RIG before you can animate- and if you didn't rig well, then the animation isn't going to turn out well. X_x'

But you're totally right. You've have GOT to have the patience, love, and passion for this stuff. I know you have it, though. You know what kinds of rewards come out of doing things the right way no matter what it takes. It makes all the mind-grinding worth it in the end. :3

Yup! It's a rewarding field if you can get that far. If I can make something people enjoy, then I'm happy!

And some progress shots I found of our project (we had to give a weekly progress report to our professor.

Tree/s:
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[Nekomata]

Video for Robin's b-day gift that I forgot to post!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkpqNqcLgB8

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Wow Neko, that animation is AMAZING! It's weird when you think "oh 10 seconds is no time at all" but wow you can really tell that a LOT of work went into that. It looks amazing! :O And omg! The deer is a really really cool idea but I am also super creeped out for some reason xD It was really cool seeing how you do the lighting and stuff, and all those progress shots. *really impressed*

How did you do the colouring on the Hail and Rayne pic? It looks like you were blocking it in somehow, unless the video was just too fast to see it? xD I'd love to see a tutorial on how you colour like that! I just do it manually and it's really hard to stay in the lines so it takes ages (one of the reasons I started drawing in a sketchier style xD).

[Suicune's Fire]

Sweet stuff! I'm so impressed by those progress videos. Everyone's process is so different and you're always going to learn something or another when watching someone conjure up a neat picture. All those tips and tricks can really come in handy!

Thanks for sharing. Double thumbs up for all your hard work!

[Chibi Altaria]

Niiiiiiice job, Neko. *O* It's always good to see your thought process when you work on stuff! Even though the video is sped up, you still do those pretty fast. xD And it was fun to watch you do the background too; something which I usually don't do lol.

[Nekomata]

Niiiiiiice job, Neko. *O* It's always good to see your thought process when you work on stuff! Even though the video is sped up, you still do those pretty fast. xD And it was fun to watch you do the background too; something which I usually don't do lol.

Thank you! I don't usually do backgrounds for simple things- this was a quick one. Maybe I should do more background stuff...


Sweet stuff! I'm so impressed by those progress videos. Everyone's process is so different and you're always going to learn something or another when watching someone conjure up a neat picture. All those tips and tricks can really come in handy!

Thanks for sharing. Double thumbs up for all your hard work!

No problem. Always happy to share and help. Hopefully I'll get some videos of more complicated/detailed stuff later. A lot of the videos are of my quick style.


Wow Neko, that animation is AMAZING! It's weird when you think "oh 10 seconds is no time at all" but wow you can really tell that a LOT of work went into that. It looks amazing! :O And omg! The deer is a really really cool idea but I am also super creeped out for some reason xD It was really cool seeing how you do the lighting and stuff, and all those progress shots. *really impressed*

How did you do the colouring on the Hail and Rayne pic? It looks like you were blocking it in somehow, unless the video was just too fast to see it? xD I'd love to see a tutorial on how you colour like that! I just do it manually and it's really hard to stay in the lines so it takes ages (one of the reasons I started drawing in a sketchier style xD).

The amount of work that goes into each second of animation- especially feature animated films- is intense. It's worth it though. And yeah, the deer was meant to be creepy. My friend came up with the idea. I'm just the one who makes things look pretty with lights.

For the coloring on that image- and most of my work- I use the fill bucket. You have to have a really crisp lineart brush though, otherwise it doesn't work too well around the lines. Still have to touch up some spots since the fill doesn't work too well on corners and all.

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On those avatar requests, I'm just feeling really depressed lately. Been having a lot of negativity thrown my way and it's dragging my motivation down. I'm going to do maybe one or two more if I can then get to work on tokens and other things that need doing. Sorry guys, just not up for it. Maybe another time I'll get to the others.
Speed-X Trainer17

[Noblejanobii]

You didn't tag me but I'm assuming that this applies to me too. It's all right! Just feel better and get back to when you're feeling better!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Thanks for the colouring tips! I hope you feel better soon. :)

[Trainer17]

It's alright Neko x3 don't worry about it. Ill wait for it ♡

[Nekomata]

It's alright Neko x3 don't worry about it. Ill wait for it ♡

Thanks for the patience. I'll get to it eventually. ^_^


Thanks for the colouring tips! I hope you feel better soon. :)

Thanks. I've been a mess for a while now, just getting tired of pretending otherwise. It eats away at me more at some times than others. I'll manage though.

And always happy to offer tips/advice. And feel free to dig through some of the videos I posted- shows how I do everything... just sped up. Nothing fancy, but it's my process.

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Nothing new art wise today. Right now I'm focusing mostly on classwork and getting PRS ready for chapter seven. You can check the PRS boards for progress and sneak peaks of the next chapter. I'm thinking at maybe a late Feb-mid march start date for Chapter Seven updates. We'll see.

[Nekomata]

Got some token work done. Always do love these quick drawings.

Forgot to record ALL of this one- remembered towards the end of the lineart. I'd guess this took about 25 mins give or take.

http://orig01.deviantart.net/706d/f/2017/028/c/0/venusaurmega_by_nekoyugito-dax3zrt.png

http://orig05.deviantart.net/5f25/f/2017/028/7/6/venusaurmega_by_nekoyugito-dax3zgm.png

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Nekooo that Venu is gorgeous and the colours are great! <3 To earn that token, I cannot wait!!

[Nekomata]

Nekooo that Venu is gorgeous and the colours are great! <3 To earn that token, I cannot wait!!

Yeee! Thank you! xD I love doing these token images. Can't wait to get more done. (Now if only school weren't eating my free time. xD)

I feel so bad for not getting much art done lately. I mean, I know it's disappointing no one, but I feel like i need to draw more. I have this conflict where I find it hard to work on for-fun stuff when I've got homework though. X_x It's why I get horribly unproductive during the school semester sometimes.

Here's the video- I rendered it out earlier this afternoon. I forgot to record the entire process, so it starts midway through lineart. X_x


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj61zhsyAEY

[Nekomata]

I know some of you have seen the new tokens for the VDay events- gonna post the high res versions of those + videos! Enjoy! I didn't record Luvdisc, but I assure you, you didn't miss much on that. xD

http://orig05.deviantart.net/ffcf/f/2017/031/f/d/valentineluvdisc_by_nekoyugito-daxfutp.png

http://orig03.deviantart.net/7667/f/2017/031/6/3/vdaybounsweet_by_nekoyugito-daxfutd.png

http://orig12.deviantart.net/073f/f/2017/031/3/6/pairsvday_by_nekoyugito-daxf9tm.png


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[Chibi Altaria]

I still love how awesome that Bounsweet turned out. *O* And the cute, wittle Meowstic pair! <3 Gorgeous art as always, Neko!

[AD]

The meowmeows thooooooo
Neko, dang it, you are too good XD I love it all

[Nekomata]

The meowmeows thooooooo
Neko, dang it, you are too good XD I love it all

Thank you!
Chibi Altaria
Thank you!

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Pardon delayed responses. I tend to only post here when I have new art to show. xD

Mostly sketch requests and getting used to my new tablet! A note on the requests: I've changed the rules a bit so that people may request that I line a previous sketch... or color something that's been lined (sometimes I'll do both.)

I've got a more official art thing in the works for class. Matte painting for a thing. Lately though, it's been mostly PRS work and doodles... Speaking of which, I'll post some PRS sketches in the PRS section soon! I've got some new character concepts there.

http://orig09.deviantart.net/58a5/f/2017/057/6/5/februarydump_by_nekoyugito-db0ifa9.png

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[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I love seeing your sketches Neko! I love the colouring style on the Phanpy! So cute! :D

[Nekomata]

I love seeing your sketches Neko! I love the colouring style on the Phanpy! So cute! :D

Thank you! I enjoy doing the sketch request streams. xD Nice to just draw and relax.

Speaking of which, I did a bunch of sketches today- haven't gotten around to uploading them, but I finished the doodle night with a speed-paint!

Estimate Time: ~20 minutes

http://orig05.deviantart.net/f9d6/f/2017/078/e/4/skinkspeedpaint_by_nekoyugito-db2t8ap.png

[pokemon trainer Felix]

OMG thats One nicely drawn fire skink

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Oh wow, that's so cool! The colours are awesome!

[Chibi Altaria]

Ooh, nice lizard. O: The colours work really well, although I'm not sure about the blue highlight thrown in there. xD

[Nekomata]

Ooh, nice lizard. O: The colours work really well, although I'm not sure about the blue highlight thrown in there. xD

The blue highlight was present in the reference image I used. Reflecting the sky, I suppose. I personally liked it. Nice contrast- looked better than just white imo.
pokemon trainer Felix
Ahh! Someone knows what kind of reptile it is <3 Cookie for you. I love skinks- among my favorite reptiles. I just love them. <3 Fire Skinks in particular have such stunning patterns.
Pokemon Trainer Sarah
Thank you!

[Chibi Altaria]

The blue highlight was present in the reference image I used. Reflecting the sky, I suppose. I personally liked it. Nice contrast- looked better than just white imo.

I was just wondering, as highlights reflect the light from other sources, but I couldn't see anything to reflect. xD Looks good, though.

[Nekomata]

Been on hiatus a while while school ate my soul. Here's some stuff from the last few months

http://orig01.deviantart.net/e854/f/2017/081/b/7/runes_by_nekoyugito-db371qz.png
Fanart for PMD OBT

http://orig03.deviantart.net/cd4e/f/2017/098/6/1/april2017s_by_nekoyugito-db53jse.png
Patreon Postcard image

http://orig08.deviantart.net/5f2a/f/2017/102/2/a/betaspeedpaint_by_nekoyugito-db5me9h.png
20 minute speedpaint of a fish.

http://orig02.deviantart.net/e7e9/f/2017/104/4/5/aprildump_by_nekoyugito-db5v8yv.png
April Sketch Requests


And the below are just some of the nicer warm-up sketches I've done.
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[Neo Emolga]

Welcome back! And wow, you've been busy!

I like how you've been experimenting with different forms and methods of art as well. And it's cool to see how you're willing to draw just about anything and everything. Great work as always! :3

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Woohoo Neko arts! Aw that Vulpix is gorgeous! It looks so warm and fluffy!

That fish looks great! It's really cool to see your more realistic work as well! You're so talented! Also, impressive Transformers!

[Scytherwolf]

That rattata is so cute! I love the vulpix and all the sketches too.

[Nekomata]

That rattata is so cute! I love the vulpix and all the sketches too.

Thank you!


Woohoo Neko arts! Aw that Vulpix is gorgeous! It looks so warm and fluffy!

That fish looks great! It's really cool to see your more realistic work as well! You're so talented! Also, impressive Transformers!

Yeee! Thank you! I need to work on more realistic stuff. It's tough, but it's good practice!


Welcome back! And wow, you've been busy!

I like how you've been experimenting with different forms and methods of art as well. And it's cool to see how you're willing to draw just about anything and everything. Great work as always! :3

I have been! Trying to be, at least!

I do love mixing things up a bit since I find myself defaulting to my PRS style more often than I should. And it's certainly a nice break to draw things other than PRS related stuff. xD

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Not much new on the art side, PRS excluded. Finals hit hard this year and I've spent some time working out some life things. I got into grad school. So there's that. Signing my soul away for 3 more years. -throws confetti and dies- xD

I'll post some classwork from last semester if I remember.

http://orig13.deviantart.net/bac5/f/2017/159/9/1/welcome_back__explorers_of_heart__by_nekoyugito-dbc21no.png
A welcome back image for Evildraws/Evilplays after her super long hiatus of EoH!

Video:

https://youtu.be/nUYJhMUnfDE

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http://orig09.deviantart.net/f7f8/f/2017/165/2/6/maydump_by_nekoyugito-dbcr42q.png
These are the May Sketch Requests (They were actually made Wed. but they're to make up for my lack of doing so in May!) Had a blast in this stream!

Video:

https://youtu.be/L8fyWIPkBtQ
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Animation for class: We had to do a rough animation to capture the general motion of two animals interacting based off a reference clip.


https://youtu.be/lrs52El3-b4

And then had to do it in 3D with a focus on a procedural/technical aspect. Mine was a collision between the Cheetah and the 2nd Cheetah (I didn't have time to model/rig a dog) causing the Cheetah's spots to fly off. unfortunately, the spots didn't render properly on the Cheetah before the collision. So it looks like blood splatter. xD I went with a cell-shaded look for both time and aesthetic purposes. We had to have a visual target- and I always loved the dramatic African sunset paintings. Hence my choice in colors and whatnot.


https://youtu.be/-3jhdHEJ5Eg

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Digital Environments: Kingdom Hearts - Daybreak Town

We had to recreate Daybreak Town in 3D for an assignment. Not going to post much of the 3D stuff since I'm too lazy to hunt that down- also my main focus of the project was to create the matte painting for the environment map. I didn't paint the buildings in the front- those are from the reference photo to see how it'll look in the scene. Sky/castle were painted.

http://pre15.deviantart.net/bea9/th/pre/i/2017/167/4/8/daybreakcastle3_by_nekoyugito-dbcxck8.png

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Digital Environments: How to Train Your Dragon - The Great Hall

Same task, except different scene. I was in charge of some modeling (tables), texturing (tapestry, wood carvings) and all of the lighting!

https://image.prntscr.com/image/cJ5v9ALfRpK1cKHkNo6eFA.png

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Other Doodles: Some of the nicer sketches I've done lately. I post a sketch a day (on most days, anyway) on Patreon.

http://orig04.deviantart.net/8066/f/2017/166/6/6/gaboon_viper_by_nekoyugito-dbcu13l.png
http://pre15.deviantart.net/3cc4/th/pre/f/2017/166/e/9/dragon_by_nekoyugito-dbcu15x.png

[Noblejanobii]

That Explorers of Hearts picture looks amazing! You did especially well with Erica! And my baby Seishieon looks so good!

I really like your digital environments too. Having never played Kingdom Hearts that much I can't say how good it looks in comparison to the games but overall it looks amazing. I'm stunned at how accurate the Great Hall is though from How to Train Your Dragon. The attention to detail is fascinating! I can even see the lines in the wood!

And of course as always your dragons and snakes look fabulous.

[Neo Emolga]

Frickkkkkkk, these are awesome! Wow, I don't even know what to say I like most but I gotta say the one that really zings me is that Great Hall from How to Train Your Dragon. And that Umbreon is hands-down gorgeous.

One of these days I need to try drawing along with your process videos in a Bob Ross kind of way.

[Nekomata]

Frickkkkkkk, these are awesome! Wow, I don't even know what to say I like most but I gotta say the one that really zings me is that Great Hall from How to Train Your Dragon. And that Umbreon is hands-down gorgeous.

One of these days I need to try drawing along with your process videos in a Bob Ross kind of way.

Thank you! ^_^


That Explorers of Hearts picture looks amazing! You did especially well with Erica! And my baby Seishieon looks so good!

I really like your digital environments too. Having never played Kingdom Hearts that much I can't say how good it looks in comparison to the games but overall it looks amazing. I'm stunned at how accurate the Great Hall is though from How to Train Your Dragon. The attention to detail is fascinating! I can even see the lines in the wood!

And of course as always your dragons and snakes look fabulous.

Eee! Thank you! Those DE projects were killers on the group's sanity, but we pulled through!

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New art:

Icon Commission for Robin. xD

http://orig06.deviantart.net/8968/f/2017/172/5/8/robins_by_nekoyugito-dbdklfw.png


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And some WIP for the big thank-you image for the PRS 4th anniversary. Still have many more sketches to do for this

http://orig12.deviantart.net/40ab/f/2017/172/5/5/wip_by_nekoyugito-dbdkxmw.png
http://orig15.deviantart.net/82f4/f/2017/172/4/0/wip2_by_nekoyugito-dbdkxyo.png

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Edit: Tonal study for another commission:

https://image.prntscr.com/image/8k5KJehqT3G2ih1RcXFEng.png

[Neo Emolga]

Ha, ha, gotta love that cone of shame sketch! Thanks for chuckle. :3

And that panther one at the end is badass and awesome! Epic job on more savory art goodness!

[Noblejanobii]

Ahaha Mujaffa got coned!

[Nekomata]

Ahaha Mujaffa got coned!

Bwahahaha. xD He did


Ha, ha, gotta love that cone of shame sketch! Thanks for chuckle. :3

And that panther one at the end is badass and awesome! Epic job on more savory art goodness!

The Cone of Shame is a joke in the discord server I run. xD Mujaffa got himself kicked for breaking a few rules so I gave him a 'Cone of Shame' role as a joke afterward. Then I just used it to tease him for a while. xD

And another WIP of the panther below! She's actually a character from one of my stories- one that won't be going public for a while. I love her so much, even if she's one of the main antagonists. Every single one of those stones hanging from the trees represents a death she is responsible for. =) And you can only see part of the tree in this.

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Still need to texture the tree and the stones

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Postcard image for Patreon July 2017

http://orig15.deviantart.net/d6fc/f/2017/178/7/d/july2017s_by_nekoyugito-dbeb1z8.png

[Neo Emolga]

Hey, it's not wrong to love your story antagonists! I actually thought that panther picture was done, but it's looking even better now!

That postcard dragon is cute and cool! It kind of has a cat-like flair to it. :3

[Nekomata]

Hey, it's not wrong to love your story antagonists! I actually thought that panther picture was done, but it's looking even better now!

That postcard dragon is cute and cool! It kind of has a cat-like flair to it. :3

I love my antagonists. xD And yeah, the picture still isn't done. The hiatus put everything on hold. Sometimes I'll do a tonal study- a rough greyscale version of the paintings before I do the more polished version. Helps me plan a bit more, especially ones with higher value contrast.

And yes! The dragon was fun! Got some new art to share from before the hiatus- not much since. The below are also postcard images. They were also both available on redbubble as stickers. Unfortunately, the Sylveon one got taken down rather quickly. The baby Mist and chibi dragon from my previous post are still up though. (Naya got taken down too D=)

https://orig13.deviantart.net/10c0/f/2017/195/6/a/september2017s_by_nekoyugito-dbgdbxm.png

https://orig03.deviantart.net/227b/f/2017/195/1/b/august2017s_by_nekoyugito-dbgcdmt.png

[Neo Emolga]

Aww, why did they get taken down? I think they're awesome, though. And hey, I like this Sylveon and Misdreavus! Both of them are nicely bright and charming. :3

[Nekomata]

Aww, why did they get taken down? I think they're awesome, though. And hey, I like this Sylveon and Misdreavus! Both of them are nicely bright and charming. :3

They got taken down cause Redbubble copyright rules. Someone must've reported the Naya and Sylveon ones. Somehow Mist didn't get noticed. xD I was at least able to order one of each before they got removed- so I'll have a Naya on my laptop soon!

The two drawings were from one of the previous request streams. I usually end up happy with the request stream sketches- especially those two. Couldn't help but finish them. Honestly, the world needs more baby Mist drawings. <3

https://www.redbubble.com/people/Petuniabubbles

[Neo Emolga]

They got taken down cause Redbubble copyright rules. Someone must've reported the Naya and Sylveon ones. Somehow Mist didn't get noticed. xD I was at least able to order one of each before they got removed- so I'll have a Naya on my laptop soon!

The two drawings were from one of the previous request streams. I usually end up happy with the request stream sketches- especially those two. Couldn't help but finish them. Honestly, the world needs more baby Mist drawings. <3

https://www.redbubble.com/people/Petuniabubbles

Oh, because they're Nintendo's characters? Boooo. That's lamesauce and boo on the snitch who reported it. Tattle-tale. >:(

That kind of reminds me of what happened to my Flash work on Newgrounds. They KILLED EVERYTHING that had copyrighted music in it. Which was like everything decent I ever had on that site. All part of the war on fans and word of mouth advertising!

Although... with your skills, I'm sure coming up with unique and entirely original characters and creatures is easy cheesy for you.

[Nekomata]

Oh, because they're Nintendo's characters? Boooo. That's lamesauce and boo on the snitch who reported it. Tattle-tale. >:(

That kind of reminds me of what happened to my Flash work on Newgrounds. They KILLED EVERYTHING that had copyrighted music in it. Which was like everything decent I ever had on that site. All part of the war on fans and word of mouth advertising!

Although... with your skills, I'm sure coming up with unique and entirely original characters and creatures is easy cheesy for you.

Yeah. I understand the whole reasoning for not wanting mass amounts of Pokemon stuff on redbubble- it DOES take from potential revenue from Pokemon/Nintendo by offering competition. That said, I'd be far more okay with the takedowns if Nintendo/Pokemon would give us more official stickers to buy so we don't have to make our own.

And yeah, I'll be adding some original stickers up over time. And more Pokemon ones. The ones that get taken down get taken down, the ones that don't... well- stickers for all!

[Noblejanobii]

These all look adorable! That's too bad about the stickers though. At least you were able to order one.

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Welcome back Neko!!! That's lame they got taken down so fast :( I wonder if there are other sites you could sell it on instead? They're lovely pieces though! They're so bright and cheery! :D

[Nekomata]

Welcome back Neko!!! That's lame they got taken down so fast :( I wonder if there are other sites you could sell it on instead? They're lovely pieces though! They're so bright and cheery! :D

They weren't even up for 3 hours. xD I've looked around for other sites that will allow for sticker printing, but the pricing is too high elsewhere. I can order stickers for 2.50 on redbubble- custom stickers elsewhere require bulk orders (250+) or are $10 a piece.



These all look adorable! That's too bad about the stickers though. At least you were able to order one.

It happens! I may not be able to spread the Nayas to everyone, but I at least get mine! Anyway- I now have a way to cheaply get my own stickers whenever I want. Bwahahahaha!

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Speaking of stickers: Decided to line/color and older doodle for the sake of getting a sticker of my precious angel floof. <3

https://orig04.deviantart.net/db33/f/2017/232/d/5/rayngel_by_petuniabubbles-dbkr9fn.png

[Nekomata]

Pardon the double post, but just finished this commission! Took forever and a half!

Total time was around 7 - 7.5 hours

https://orig06.deviantart.net/b244/f/2017/233/f/3/robinzerasmall_by_petuniabubbles-dbkssdu.png

[Noblejanobii]

I would buy the heck out of a Rayne sticker if I had the money.

[Nekomata]

I would buy the heck out of a Rayne sticker if I had the money.

-one day-

I've been thinking of maybe ordering a few extra for the monthly PRS raffles. Gonna wait til I settle down for the semester before I go through with that though. Budget has been a bit tight lately. xD

[Noblejanobii]

-one day-

I've been thinking of maybe ordering a few extra for the monthly PRS raffles. Gonna wait til I settle down for the semester before I go through with that though. Budget has been a bit tight lately. xD

ohh yeah that could be cool. Totally understand about the budget thing though.

[Nekomata]

ohh yeah that could be cool. Totally understand about the budget thing though.

Ye! It'd be fun to give them out as prizes. So I'm hoping in the near future I'll stabilize my budget enough to get a few extras here and there. ^_^

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Going off the PRS Discord's Pokemon-of-the-week Art theme:

https://orig03.deviantart.net/8255/f/2017/234/d/e/wigglytuffhybrid_by_petuniabubbles-dbkyz65.png

I'll be putting together a process thing of that commission later.

[Scytherwolf]

That wigglytuff is adorable! And I love that commission you finished.

[Nekomata]

That wigglytuff is adorable! And I love that commission you finished.

Yeee! Thanks! Was going for a Hybrid- not sure if the other Pokemon in there is too subtle or not. Azumarill- they're very similar in shape/structure, so wasn't sure how to add some of Azumarill's traits in without being too overpowering.

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And I'm really proud of that commission. Spent so much time on it and it came out so nicely!

Put together a quick breakdown of how I work on digital paintings. This obviously isn't the exact process, but gives an idea of thought process and all.

https://orig01.deviantart.net/8793/f/2017/234/d/8/robinzeraprocess_by_petuniabubbles-dbkz6m2.png

1) Sketch for composition and general placement of things.
2) Since this was going to be a piece heavily reliant on value and lgihting, I did a quick value/tonal study to see how it would look.
3) Color blocking. Just establish all the shapes in the image.
4) Character flats. The character clearly isn't just a single color flat color, so added gradients, markings, etc.
5) Character shading. General shadows and some lighting on the character.
6) Character details. Add in the rim lights and some smaller details to help pop the character from the background more
7) Background roughs. Use shadows to show the 'form' of the background objects. Sky is colored to add contrast to the character and other important focal points.
8) Background textures. Painted in the textures of various background materials.
9) Lighting. Added in the lighting to the background objects and adjusted the shadows as necessary- especially near the character.
10) Details! Detail out the texture/light interaction some and help pop the main tree branch with a strong rim light.
11) Pushing back the background. The two background branches and the stones from them are too far in focus. They are pushed 'back' in distance so their presence in the image isn't quite as strong as that of the main branch and the character.
12) Tonal test. Take away all color to see if it still looks good as pure greyscale. A good lighting composition should read well without color!

[Nekomata]

I held the sketch request stream this past week! Had a good turnout and got quite a bit done!

https://orig10.deviantart.net/8f9f/f/2017/241/6/1/augustdump_by_petuniabubbles-dbls01z.png


https://youtu.be/a2DH_ilk7HY

[Nekomata]

Commission for Chakramaster !

https://img00.deviantart.net/2753/i/2017/264/f/c/commission___watching_the_sunset_by_petuniabubbles-dbo63b9.png

Had a blast working on this. Final file is a massive 5.7k px wide- but the palm trees don't look all that good at the higher res... but that's why we scale down. =D

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Wow Neko! Chakra's commission is GORGEOUS! Look at those colours! The bubbles are perfect too :O Can't wait to see Chakra's reaction. xD You're amazing at sunsets!

Also it's really cool to see your process in the commission above that! I love how your "quick value/tonal study" is already amazing on its own! xD Really cool to see how you art :3

[Neo Emolga]

Oh snap, Chakra is going to THRILLED when he sees that! XD

That's amazing and what an awesome job you did with the colors, shading, and especially those palm trees! I always get lazy with those. XD

[Suicune's Fire]

O: Wow that is an incredible picture. The whole thing is just so awesome! >w< I LOVE the colour scheme and the lighting and everything aaahhh! And I also love that little lapras in the background! The outlines being coloured in that bright light colour where the sun hits his body is such an effective look! I love it. :D I've never thought to do that before but it works so well.

I'm always so impressed with your backgrounds because they always look amazing, and you must spend so much time on them. I do have a question though which I've been wondering for a long time--doesn't it take you five billion times longer to draw something in such a large scale? I wish I could draw at that scale and downsize it because obviously it looks better, but oh my god doesn't it take you forEVER? xD I never draw at a larger scale then downsize...which is lame because I'd like to, but when I draw bigger things, I tend to mess up shapes more easily and I feel like everything would take me twice as long. Do you find this, or is it just so normal for you now that it doesn't take you any more time?

[Nekomata]

O: Wow that is an incredible picture. The whole thing is just so awesome! >w< I LOVE the colour scheme and the lighting and everything aaahhh! And I also love that little lapras in the background! The outlines being coloured in that bright light colour where the sun hits his body is such an effective look! I love it. :D I've never thought to do that before but it works so well.

I'm always so impressed with your backgrounds because they always look amazing, and you must spend so much time on them. I do have a question though which I've been wondering for a long time--doesn't it take you five billion times longer to draw something in such a large scale? I wish I could draw at that scale and downsize it because obviously it looks better, but oh my god doesn't it take you forEVER? xD I never draw at a larger scale then downsize...which is lame because I'd like to, but when I draw bigger things, I tend to mess up shapes more easily and I feel like everything would take me twice as long. Do you find this, or is it just so normal for you now that it doesn't take you any more time?

Thank you! I love doing sunset type-lighting. So colorful. The highlighted outline is a thing I picked up from MTMTE (A comic I will forever highly recommend for both art and story.) The whole image, based on Chakra's request, was feeling very PMD. Pikachu with PMD scarf at a beach with bubbles was -screaming- PMD Time/Darkness, so I just had to add Lapras!

I spent about 4 hours on this piece total. Not too bad. With working at a scaled up size, I don't usually take much longer. I just zoom out and paint normally. The difference is I can go in and do tiny details more easily than I can at a small scale. Downsizing tends to hide a lot of the wobbly lines, so I can be a bit more loose with my lines and details and still have it look good at the end. Though, every now and then I'll load the file at 100% zoom at a spot I painted zoomed out and I'm just 'woah- is that how it really looks?!' xD In the end, it just takes a little longer to do high-res files. The biggest issue is that the massive images tend to lag my computer after a while- which means I have to wait for a bit for some actions/tools to work.



Wow Neko! Chakra's commission is GORGEOUS! Look at those colours! The bubbles are perfect too :O Can't wait to see Chakra's reaction. xD You're amazing at sunsets!

Also it's really cool to see your process in the commission above that! I love how your "quick value/tonal study" is already amazing on its own! xD Really cool to see how you art :3

YEEE! Thank you so much! Chakra screamed to me via pm. xD Had a lot of fun with that one- bubbles are both easy and entertaining to draw.

That commission was a lot of work- showing the process or 'steps' I take with a painting approach is helpful for some, so why not? xD Tonal studies help a lot with planning paintings.



Oh snap, Chakra is going to THRILLED when he sees that! XD

That's amazing and what an awesome job you did with the colors, shading, and especially those palm trees! I always get lazy with those. XD

Yeee! Thank you!

[Chakramaster]

Commission for Chakramaster !

https://img00.deviantart.net/2753/i/2017/264/f/c/commission___watching_the_sunset_by_petuniabubbles-dbo63b9.png

Had a blast working on this. Final file is a massive 5.7k px wide- but the palm trees don't look all that good at the higher res... but that's why we scale down. =D

I responded on to you on it in the PM, but I gotta do it here too. Thank you for this amazing piece of art, Neko! It's SUPER amazing! The sunset and reflective looks on the bubbles, shading, colors, everything. Absolutely STUNNING! I appreciate the work put into this! I can't believe it only took around a total of 4 hours though! =0 the Laura's in the background as another amazing addition! =D

Your artwork is always amazing, Neko! Always enjoy seeing the amazing artwork from you and the others from PXR. Your process is spectacular! Thank you so much again! =D

[Nekomata]

I responded on to you on it in the PM, but I gotta do it here too. Thank you for this amazing piece of art, Neko! It's SUPER amazing! The sunset and reflective looks on the bubbles, shading, colors, everything. Absolutely STUNNING! I appreciate the work put into this! I can't believe it only took around a total of 4 hours though! =0 the Laura's in the background as another amazing addition! =D

Your artwork is always amazing, Neko! Always enjoy seeing the amazing artwork from you and the others from PXR. Your process is spectacular! Thank you so much again! =D

THANK YOU! I'm really glad you liked it. <3 Had a lot of fun on it!

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Patreon Postcard for OCtober: ECHO

https://orig00.deviantart.net/d7ea/f/2017/266/b/8/october2017s_by_petuniabubbles-dbodj6b.png

[Nekomata]

https://orig00.deviantart.net/ecfe/f/2017/269/4/d/naya_chibi_by_petuniabubbles-dboo212.png

Doing a sticker run later tonight. Will involve this precious Naya chibi and some Mega Houndooms. Just waiting for a friend to get on before I make them available to buy. =D

[Neo Emolga]

She's so cute n' fluffy! XD

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Aww what a cute sticker :D Do you get copies of your own stickers and stick them on something? *images a giant wall of stickers*

[Chakramaster]

Some cute and interesting looks still! Really amazing work, Neko! :D

[Nekomata]

Some cute and interesting looks still! Really amazing work, Neko! :D

Thank you! =D Having fun with this all!


Aww what a cute sticker :D Do you get copies of your own stickers and stick them on something? *images a giant wall of stickers*

Ye- I order a few for myself and place them on my laptop or other things I'm not likely to get rid of. xD This Naya sticker has managed to stay available still- which is good considering the last Naya one got taken down within a few hours cause someone reported it for copyright (technically, Pokemon stickers aren't allowed. But sssshhhhh)


She's so cute n' fluffy! XD

She is a precious floof. <3

Stickers available here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/Petuniabubbles/shop

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This month's Request stream was quite busy!

https://img00.deviantart.net/51c8/i/2017/273/1/3/september_2017_requests_by_petuniabubbles-dbp3ahz.png


https://youtu.be/twU6HWgnb9Y

[Neo Emolga]

Wow, dang, that's quite a sketch-fest, but they look great! And is that Ori I see (far left, third down from the top) or am I getting that mistaken for something else?

[Nekomata]

Wow, dang, that's quite a sketch-fest, but they look great! And is that Ori I see (far left, third down from the top) or am I getting that mistaken for something else?

That is indeed Ori! And if I'm guessing correctly, he'll definitely be colored/shaded in the next sketch request stream. The person who requested Ori last month- and for him to be lined this month- made it very clear he wants that one done. xD Ori is precious though, so YAY.

[Neo Emolga]

That is indeed Ori! And if I'm guessing correctly, he'll definitely be colored/shaded in the next sketch request stream. The person who requested Ori last month- and for him to be lined this month- made it very clear he wants that one done. xD Ori is precious though, so YAY.

Ah cool, I'm looking forward to that! Glad to see there's more Ori and the Blind Forest fans out there. :3

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Ori!! <3

I love that Sandshrew sketch though, it's adorable :D Pokemon + hats = cute

[Nekomata]

Ori!! <3

I love that Sandshrew sketch though, it's adorable :D Pokemon + hats = cute

The Sandshrew is from PMD Team Sunflower! =D


Ah cool, I'm looking forward to that! Glad to see there's more Ori and the Blind Forest fans out there. :3

(Late responses are very late)

Yup! A lot of people in my discord server have played or are in the process of being blackmailed into playing Ori and the Blind Forest. So far every victim has enjoyed it. =D

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Been a chaotic semester with little to no free time. Here's some art. I've got art from class stuff, but that'll have to wait until I can coherently organize it all.

Umbreons are a thing I made for fun to turn into stickers on Redbubble. The second one was a commission. =D

https://orig00.deviantart.net/0a2f/f/2017/309/a/6/umbreons_by_petuniabubbles-dbswa9h.png
https://orig00.deviantart.net/166b/f/2017/335/b/6/nestsmall_by_petuniabubbles-dbvdzni.png

[Chakramaster]

The Sandshrew is from PMD Team Sunflower! =D



(Late responses are very late)

Yup! A lot of people in my discord server have played or are in the process of being blackmailed into playing Ori and the Blind Forest. So far every victim has enjoyed it. =D

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Been a chaotic semester with little to no free time. Here's some art. I've got art from class stuff, but that'll have to wait until I can coherently organize it all.

Umbreons are a thing I made for fun to turn into stickers on Redbubble. The second one was a commission. =D

https://orig00.deviantart.net/0a2f/f/2017/309/a/6/umbreons_by_petuniabubbles-dbswa9h.png
https://orig00.deviantart.net/166b/f/2017/335/b/6/nestsmall_by_petuniabubbles-dbvdzni.png

Hahaha, yeah Ori and the Blind Forest was an AMAZING experience and game. Cannot wait until the next one releases! I'd ove to have fun blackmailing others to play it xD. I'm sure they're all glad they were forced into playing it.

Both the Umbreons and the commission are really amazing, Neko! Even with little time you make really amazing art! The second one reminds me of something, but I can't place a finger on it. Just reminds me of something I guess. Either way it's really well done! If and when you open commissions back up you'll have to let us know! I'd make another donation to that! Really amazing colors on the second one and the lighting really works with the darkness in that setting! =D

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Cute Umbreon! I like their fluffy ears :D

Wow that commission is beautiful! Everything looks so dreamy. I always love seeing how you use lighting, you're amazing Neko!!

[Neo Emolga]

Both that Umbreon and that noodle shop look great! That noodle shop kind of gives me Kung Fu Panda vibes. :]

I love 'em both! What a great use of talent and skill! :3

[Nekomata]

Both that Umbreon and that noodle shop look great! That noodle shop kind of gives me Kung Fu Panda vibes. :]

I love 'em both! What a great use of talent and skill! :3

Ahahaha. I wasn't going for any particular feeling with the noodle shop, but hey- can't say no to Kung Fu Panda!

=D Thank you!


Cute Umbreon! I like their fluffy ears :D

Wow that commission is beautiful! Everything looks so dreamy. I always love seeing how you use lighting, you're amazing Neko!!

Fluffy ears are the best kind of ears.

And thank you! =D Lighting is always my favorite part.


Hahaha, yeah Ori and the Blind Forest was an AMAZING experience and game. Cannot wait until the next one releases! I'd ove to have fun blackmailing others to play it xD. I'm sure they're all glad they were forced into playing it.

Both the Umbreons and the commission are really amazing, Neko! Even with little time you make really amazing art! The second one reminds me of something, but I can't place a finger on it. Just reminds me of something I guess. Either way it's really well done! If and when you open commissions back up you'll have to let us know! I'd make another donation to that! Really amazing colors on the second one and the lighting really works with the darkness in that setting! =D

Oh my goodness, yes. I'm very excited for Ori and the Will of the Wisps. =D It's gonna be fun. And I usually hate 2D platformer games.

And thank you! I had fun with that commission. Certainly was a good break from classwork and all. Unfortunately commissions are closed for the time being until I can catch up with my current log of commissions.

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New Art! Mostly been working on PRS pages lately so not too much non-comic art, but I'll be picking up on some late commissions as soon as I get a small PRS buffer done.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/48a0/f/2017/347/4/8/funnyeeveec_by_petuniabubbles-dbwn1en.png
https://img00.deviantart.net/389c/i/2017/346/a/8/malachi___pmd_obt_by_petuniabubbles-dbwkd5f.png

I might post some art and whatnot from class projects later. I'd have to dig those up.

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HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

[Chakramaster]

Oh my goodness, yes. I'm very excited for Ori and the Will of the Wisps. =D It's gonna be fun. And I usually hate 2D platformer games.

And thank you! I had fun with that commission. Certainly was a good break from classwork and all. Unfortunately commissions are closed for the time being until I can catch up with my current log of commissions.

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New Art! Mostly been working on PRS pages lately so not too much non-comic art, but I'll be picking up on some late commissions as soon as I get a small PRS buffer done.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/48a0/f/2017/347/4/8/funnyeeveec_by_petuniabubbles-dbwn1en.png
https://img00.deviantart.net/389c/i/2017/346/a/8/malachi___pmd_obt_by_petuniabubbles-dbwkd5f.png

I might post some art and whatnot from class projects later. I'd have to dig those up.

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HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

I didn't think I'd like it much at first either. Especially since I started watching someone play it first on Youtube, but I LOVED it still all the same.

Yeah I kinda figured it would take awhile to catch up on all commission work and such before you open them back up with some free time and such too. I just know once you open them back up, I can't miss out! It'll be well worth the wait too. It's so amazing! :D

Oh? Those look as you said. Fluffy and adorable! They're really well made and the shading and lighting on them work really well too!

[Nekomata]

I didn't think I'd like it much at first either. Especially since I started watching someone play it first on Youtube, but I LOVED it still all the same.

Yeah I kinda figured it would take awhile to catch up on all commission work and such before you open them back up with some free time and such too. I just know once you open them back up, I can't miss out! It'll be well worth the wait too. It's so amazing! :D

Oh? Those look as you said. Fluffy and adorable! They're really well made and the shading and lighting on them work really well too!

I think sometimes the best games are the ones you didn't expect to love. You go in with lowered expectations and then are pleasantly surprised by what you find. Ori was definitely one of those! xD

Yeaaah. I'm still behind, but I hope to start working on them again this week once I get a tiny PRS buffer ready.

Yeee! Thank you!

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New art: PotW for my server, Cacnea, and an icon for a friend who's been feeling down lately.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/519e/f/2018/009/4/d/cacneac_by_petuniabubbles-dbzgp5y.png

https://orig00.deviantart.net/eca2/f/2017/361/5/6/aeonicons_by_petuniabubbles-dby2p7i.png

[Neo Emolga]

Ah, those are great! And that's cool that you made that to cheer your friend up. That's definitely what being a great friend is all about. :3

[Arrow-Jolteon]

Cacnea with the teeny Beautifly is the cutest thing. The icon also looks beautiful. Love them!

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Aww that tiny Beautifly is too cute! >_<

I really like the Luxio above as well. :) Awesome as always!

[Chakramaster]

I think sometimes the best games are the ones you didn't expect to love. You go in with lowered expectations and then are pleasantly surprised by what you find. Ori was definitely one of those! xD

Yeaaah. I'm still behind, but I hope to start working on them again this week once I get a tiny PRS buffer ready.

Yeee! Thank you!

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New art: PotW for my server, Cacnea, and an icon for a friend who's been feeling down lately.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/519e/f/2018/009/4/d/cacneac_by_petuniabubbles-dbzgp5y.png

https://orig00.deviantart.net/eca2/f/2017/361/5/6/aeonicons_by_petuniabubbles-dby2p7i.png

Oh yeah for sure! I think that was another thing about Undertale. It was so unexpected from a game that looked like that. Just how far it delved into everything and how deep the story actually went. The soundtrack too! It first pulled me in because some tracks I listened to gave me PMD vibes. It was on sale so I gave it a shot. I just....couldn't stop paying xD.Ori did the same that I just had to buy the Definitive Edition later on too! When I saw the trailer at E3 last year I couldn't contain my excitement haha.

Oh wow, that Cacnea is really awesome! The Beautiflu with it as well?! Such great detail too!

That was nice to make t for a friend that wasn't feeling the best. Little things like that always help out more than anyone could ever know. It's really awesome!

[Nekomata]

Oh yeah for sure! I think that was another thing about Undertale. It was so unexpected from a game that looked like that. Just how far it delved into everything and how deep the story actually went. The soundtrack too! It first pulled me in because some tracks I listened to gave me PMD vibes. It was on sale so I gave it a shot. I just....couldn't stop paying xD.Ori did the same that I just had to buy the Definitive Edition later on too! When I saw the trailer at E3 last year I couldn't contain my excitement haha.

Oh wow, that Cacnea is really awesome! The Beautiflu with it as well?! Such great detail too!

That was nice to make t for a friend that wasn't feeling the best. Little things like that always help out more than anyone could ever know. It's really awesome!

With Undertale there's been so much hype and too many people screaming in my face to play it that I actively don't want to play it. One day I'll get to it. When people stop being annoying about it. xD

Ori's soundtrack is drop dead gorgeous. <3 I could listen to it all day!


Aww that tiny Beautifly is too cute! >_<

I really like the Luxio above as well. :) Awesome as always!

The Luxio is from a PMD comic. The author is a pretty awesome person! =D


Cacnea with the teeny Beautifly is the cutest thing. The icon also looks beautiful. Love them!

Yeee! Thank you! I was doing sketches based of random pokemon an rng chose. I got Cacnea and Beautifly back to back so I just did them in one! =D


Ah, those are great! And that's cool that you made that to cheer your friend up. That's definitely what being a great friend is all about. :3

It's sometimes hard to see friends go through tough times and be unable to do anything to help them. Making stuff doesn't solve their issues- but it certainly does let them know "Hey- I'm here for ya!"


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Birthday art for one of my best friends =D

https://orig00.deviantart.net/f2f8/f/2018/016/d/9/happy_birthday_robin_by_petuniabubbles-dc097np.png

[Arrow-Jolteon]

They're gonna LOVE it.

[Neo Emolga]

Heck, I love it and it's not even close to my birthday!

That's awesome work! Puppies and dragons absolutely need to hang out more often.

[Nekomata]

Heck, I love it and it's not even close to my birthday!

That's awesome work! Puppies and dragons absolutely need to hang out more often.

<3 Thank you!

And ye- the wolf pup is one of my characters- my best friend's favorite charrie. The dragon is his dragonsona chibified. xD Always fun to draw!


They're gonna LOVE it.

THEY DID AND I'M HAPPY. <3

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No new art, but a request stream notice. I will be doing a 5+ hour stream taking sketch requests. It will start between 6:20 and 7:00 central time and last until I die or get tired. Whichever happens first.

Request Stream Rules

- Patrons of the $5+ tiers get priority.

- *Only people who are considered regulars can request. This is to prevent random people from popping in, making a request, then leaving immediately after while never participating in any other stream, SJ/DA activities, the discord, etc. etc.

- You must be present when your turn comes or you will be skipped. Again, to prevent people from popping in and leaving. (Exceptions are Patrons and the most amazing regulars!)

- No NSFW or fetish requests.

- You may request I line a previously requested sketch or color a previously lined request. The previous request does not need to be your own.

- Tell the list keeper that you want to be added- not me. The chat can move fast during request streams and I might miss over things. The list keeper is typically Robin or Rune. If neither are present, I'll pick someone else.

- Please have a request idea before you ask to be added to the list. Waiting for people to say what they want wastes time that could be used for other people's requests.

- Have any references ready prior to your turn. Again- the less time wasted, the more requests we can get through.

- I have the right to refuse any request for any reason.

- If there are no more people on the list, we start over from the beginning!

*PXR people are counted as regulars cause they are faces I recognize and know. This rule is mostly for the DA posting since we've had people I've never seen in any form come in, request, then leave. It's annoying and takes away from those who have been supportive of PRS and my work.

Link to stream: https://picarto.tv/Nekomata

[Nekomata]

Request Stream is done~! Went for just over 6 hours. 19 Requests total with 4 colors, 3 lines, and and 12 sketches!

https://orig00.deviantart.net/2682/f/2018/019/3/1/sketchdump_by_petuniabubbles-dc0ke70.png
https://petuniabubbles.deviantart.com/art/January-2018-Request-Stream-726545628

https://orig00.deviantart.net/7c13/f/2018/019/e/4/oris_by_petuniabubbles-dc0kf5j.png
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[Noblejanobii]

That's my baby right there! That's my baby boy Seishieon!

[Nekomata]

That's my baby right there! That's my baby boy Seishieon!

Yeee!

He was a lot of fun to draw/color. =D Was a great night!

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Got the video uploaded:


https://youtu.be/HpJEPXxf4oY

[Noblejanobii]

Yeee!

He was a lot of fun to draw/color. =D Was a great night!

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Got the video uploaded:


https://youtu.be/HpJEPXxf4oY

I love how he looks! The combo of hard and vivid light plus the white outlining really makes him pop.

[Nekomata]

I love how he looks! The combo of hard and vivid light plus the white outlining really makes him pop.

I love messing with layer blend modes- hard light and vivid are my favorite for certain lighting effects- I do use overlay a lot too for PRS since it's not quite as intense as what Vivid light can do. xD Vivid is great for just really saturated lighting colors.

The white outline is actually something I picked up from MTMTE. I noticed a few of my favorite panels would color the lineart white or various colors for a little extra pop of the lighting and I started messing with it myself. xD

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Larger images for the PXR V-Day Tokens. =D

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[Arrow-Jolteon]

so precious!

[Chakramaster]

I love these icons, Neko! They're super amazing! Really great work on these! :D

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Those token arts are even more gorgeous up close *_* I love the Swoobat so much!! What a cute smile!

[Nekomata]

Those token arts are even more gorgeous up close *_* I love the Swoobat so much!! What a cute smile!

Swoobat has a precious smile and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. xD


I love these icons, Neko! They're super amazing! Really great work on these! :D

Thank you! =D


so precious!

Yee! Thank you!

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No new art, but a request stream notice. I will be doing a 5+ hour stream taking sketch requests. It will start between 6:20 and 7:00 central time and last until I die or get tired. Whichever happens first.

Request Stream Rules

- Patrons of the $5+ tiers get priority.

- *Only people who are considered regulars can request. This is to prevent random people from popping in, making a request, then leaving immediately after while never participating in any other stream, SJ/DA activities, the discord, etc. etc.

- You must be present when your turn comes or you will be skipped. Again, to prevent people from popping in and leaving. (Exceptions are Patrons and the most amazing regulars!)

- No NSFW or fetish requests.

- You may request I line a previously requested sketch or color a previously lined request. The previous request does not need to be your own.

- Tell the list keeper that you want to be added- not me. The chat can move fast during request streams and I might miss over things. The list keeper is typically Robin or Rune. If neither are present, I'll pick someone else.

- Please have a request idea before you ask to be added to the list. Waiting for people to say what they want wastes time that could be used for other people's requests.

- Have any references ready prior to your turn. Again- the less time wasted, the more requests we can get through.

- I have the right to refuse any request for any reason.

- If there are no more people on the list, we start over from the beginning!

*PXR people are counted as regulars cause they are faces I recognize and know. This rule is mostly for the DA posting since we've had people I've never seen in any form come in, request, then leave. It's annoying and takes away from those who have been supportive of PRS and my work.

Link to stream: https://picarto.tv/Nekomata

[Nekomata]

Pardon the doublepost: Here's the results of the request stream.

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[Neo Emolga]

Lots of love for Eeveelutions and dragons in that one! They look great! We so need a dragon-type evolution for Eevee.

I like that Zangoose with a blazer as well. XD

[Nekomata]

Lots of love for Eeveelutions and dragons in that one! They look great! We so need a dragon-type evolution for Eevee.

I like that Zangoose with a blazer as well. XD

I've got a game for request streams: How long can we go before someone requests and eeveelution of some sort. It never lasts long. xD

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Commission of a future PRS character.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/deb0/f/2018/082/3/1/pebbles_by_petuniabubbles-dc6rc3z.png

[Neo Emolga]

WHOA. Now that's mind-blowing and AWESOME! What an epic and colorful background! And that Larvitar seems like a sweet and peaceful chap. I wonder what their story is...

I am in awe, that's a very well done masterpiece you whipped out here. :3

[Nekomata]

WHOA. Now that's mind-blowing and AWESOME! What an epic and colorful background! And that Larvitar seems like a sweet and peaceful chap. I wonder what their story is...

I am in awe, that's a very well done masterpiece you whipped out here. :3

Yeee! Thank you! I had a lot of fun working on it. The character's name is Pebble. She's a cinnamon roll who is too pure for this world. <3

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No new art, but a request stream notice. I will be doing a 5+ hour stream taking sketch requests. It will start between 6:20 and 7:00 central time and last until I die or get tired. Whichever happens first.

Request Stream Rules

- Patrons of the $5+ tiers get priority.

- *Only people who are considered regulars can request. This is to prevent random people from popping in, making a request, then leaving immediately after while never participating in any other stream, SJ/DA activities, the discord, etc. etc.

- You must be present when your turn comes or you will be skipped. Again, to prevent people from popping in and leaving. (Exceptions are Patrons and the most amazing regulars!)

- No NSFW or fetish requests.

- You may request I line a previously requested sketch or color a previously lined request. The previous request does not need to be your own.

- Submit your requests here: https://goo.gl/forms/RwNR6Dla7Zy12bcS2

- Failure to provided adequate details/reference will result in me skipping your request.

- Max one request per person.

- I have the right to refuse any request for any reason.

- If there are no more people on the list, we start over from the beginning!

*PXR people are counted as regulars cause they are faces I recognize and know. This rule is mostly for the DA posting since we've had people I've never seen in any form come in, request, then leave. It's annoying and takes away from those who have been supportive of PRS and my work.

Link to stream: https://picarto.tv/Nekomata

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

Oooh *marvels at the awesome background* Larvitar is adorable too! I love the wailmer pail! xD

[Nekomata]

Oooh *marvels at the awesome background* Larvitar is adorable too! I love the wailmer pail! xD

Thank you! =D Had a blast with the background. Took up most of the time, anyway. <3 The wailmer pail was just a "WHY NOT" type thing.

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Results from the request stream:

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[Chakramaster]

Wish I could've been there for this one. To bad it was a busy night and I had work in the morning or I would've joined. Ah well, maybe next stream :)

These turned out really well, Neko! Wonderful work as usual! Designs are fantastic!:D

[Nekomata]

Wish I could've been there for this one. To bad it was a busy night and I had work in the morning or I would've joined. Ah well, maybe next stream :)

These turned out really well, Neko! Wonderful work as usual! Designs are fantastic!:D

Ye! There will be more request streams. xD Hopefully I can maintain that monthly schedule from here on out. =D

And thank you! Always some interesting stuff out of the request streams.

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WIP of a commission that I've been working on and off with for a while. Still plenty of work to do, but It'll get done eventually.

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[Neo Emolga]

Could have fooled me, I would have said that commission looks done!

Yet another awesome-looking dragon comes into the world!

[Nekomata]

Could have fooled me, I would have said that commission looks done!

Yet another awesome-looking dragon comes into the world!

Hah! NOW it's done. =D Over 11 hours of work but I'm so happy. -bounces- <3 I'm gonna find a nice warm corner to die in though. Paintings are exhausting.

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[Neo Emolga]

THAT IS FLIPPIN' AMAZING!

Yeah, those additions and details to the background definitely give it a lot more bang! 11 hours, yeah, that's crazy but it really shows with the quality of the work you put into this. Plus wow, you detailed all those individual scales on the dragon! I couldn't do that. I'd go INSANE if I tried to do that. I'd get too lazy and say nah, basic shading and highlights are good enough. But really, what you did with this looks really, REALLY fantastic!

And yeah, art takes a darn long time. Just a normal full character drawing takes me 3-4 hours and that's without a background. But seriously, this is incredible and really beautiful. This isn't just motivation, this is really dedicated discipline in art mastery. Be proud, because these are incredible skills you have. :3

[Nekomata]

THAT IS FLIPPIN' AMAZING!

Yeah, those additions and details to the background definitely give it a lot more bang! 11 hours, yeah, that's crazy but it really shows with the quality of the work you put into this. Plus wow, you detailed all those individual scales on the dragon! I couldn't do that. I'd go INSANE if I tried to do that. I'd get too lazy and say nah, basic shading and highlights are good enough. But really, what you did with this looks really, REALLY fantastic!

And yeah, art takes a darn long time. Just a normal full character drawing takes me 3-4 hours and that's without a background. But seriously, this is incredible and really beautiful. This isn't just motivation, this is really dedicated discipline in art mastery. Be proud, because these are incredible skills you have. :3

Thank you! =D I had a ton of fun with that commission. Except for the part where I accidentally deleted all the scales and didn't realize until it was too late to undo. Had to redo those. xD I think they came out better the 2nd time around anyway~! I do love detailing stuff- so those things like scales, rim lights, textures, etc. tend to be relaxing for me.

And heck yeah- people think art is easy peasy and takes no time at all for artists. Reality is that it takes even the most experienced artists a while to make awesome art. Maybe not as long as less experienced artists- but you get the point. xD I'm nearly done with my current commission list and that makes me so happy. xD

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New Op:RoF page. It's a collab comic like PMDXR. Same general idea, no planning, take turns, etc. My turn finally came around again so here we go.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/a931/f/2018/101/0/6/02_16_by_petuniabubbles-dc8k7hb.png

[Neo Emolga]

Ooh, that's a sweet page! Awesome use of lighting with the campfire! The storyline seems interesting too.

[MajorLeeMan]

You did great, Neko. This page is wonderful!

[Nekomata]

You did great, Neko. This page is wonderful!

Thank you!


Ooh, that's a sweet page! Awesome use of lighting with the campfire! The storyline seems interesting too.

Thank you! Always fun for me to do high contrast lighting. The story is a bit of a mess, but that's what you get in these big collab projects. xD

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Lots of new art since my last post here. =D

Giragon: A Flygon/Giratina mix a friend made up.

https://orig00.deviantart.net/03a1/f/2018/117/6/2/giragon_by_petuniabubbles-dca1aa1.png

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April Request Stream and PRS 5th Birthday Request Streams:

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Some larger versions of things finished in request streams + patron requests.

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https://orig00.deviantart.net/2d48/f/2018/130/7/5/bagelgoose_by_petuniabubbles-dcb7lq6.png
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[Neo Emolga]

I love the way you can totally master both the cute and funny characters, as well as the awesome and badass-characters! And of course everything in between. :3

Thanks for sharing your great art again!

[Nekomata]

I love the way you can totally master both the cute and funny characters, as well as the awesome and badass-characters! And of course everything in between. :3

Thanks for sharing your great art again!

Yee! Thank you! ^_^ My art typically leans towards the cutesy side but I do try to draw some more varied stuff when I can. xD

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Another Patron Request: It was a 'do whatever you want' request so I went and finished my Nargacuga Kitten sketch. Then I took it a step forward and created a Nargakitten army.

For you non-hunters around here, here's what each of these critters are:

Nargacuga: The original. Fast, stealthy, and deadly. Spike tail to smash faces with.
Lucent Nargacuga: Rare Sub-species. Rare and particularly deadly. Can turn invisible and has poison spikes.
Green Nargacuga: Sub-species. Extra mean but not quite as stealthy. Fast to kill.
Silverwind Nargacuga: Deviant species. If normal Nargacuga wasn't frightening enough, homing projectiles and blades of wind.
Fiercewater Nargacuga: Variant species. That one kitty that likes to play in the water. And probably kill you with it.

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[Neo Emolga]

Aww, they're cute! They're like kitten owl dragons! They sure seem to like killing things! XD

[Nekomata]

Aww, they're cute! They're like kitten owl dragons! They sure seem to like killing things! XD

They are precious. xD Of course, their actual in-game counterparts are a force to be reckoned with. A play a weapon that doesn't do as well with Nargacuga since these kitty-wyverns are speedy and hard to target. I've beaten regular Nargacuga- never fought Lucent, Green, or Fiercewater (since they're not in the game/s I currently play)... And Silverwind... that was the single fastest wipeout I ever had in a quest.

Here's actual images of the Nargacuga family.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/7/74/MHGen-Nargacuga_Render_001.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/400?cb=20150806140104 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/0/0b/MH3U-Lucent_Nargacuga_Render_001.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/344?cb=20130129034458 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/4/4c/3rdGen-Green_Nargacuga_Render_001.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/400?cb=20130127181449 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/0/01/MHGen-Silverwind_Nargacuga_Render_001.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/400?cb=20160710150954 https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/7/7e/MHXR-Fiercewater_Nargacuga_Render_001.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/400?cb=20170903090407

[K'sariya]

THAT. BAGELGOOSE. IS AMAZING. I love it, it's so cute.

I actually only played 4U (*shifty eyes at my 330+ hours on it...*) and World; Generations lost my attention, but that might be because I'd just grinding out my Gogmazios armor on 4U when Generations came out, and the servers somewhat died and I couldn't use the thing I'd just spent hours grinding, lmfao.

Love your sketches; you're great with poses and giving them life! You also draw some great wings and some beautiful feathers--it's apparent you've done a lot of studying/practice on that front. Absolutely lovely!

[MajorLeeMan]

You forgot googly eyes. Skdjfbgklsd.
They all look wonderful Neko. I don't know how you draw so much so fast and so well. But it sure is pretty to watch.

[Nekomata]

You forgot googly eyes. Skdjfbgklsd.
They all look wonderful Neko. I don't know how you draw so much so fast and so well. But it sure is pretty to watch.

You're right. I'll have to fix that. xD

I draw fast cause Quantity > Quality.


THAT. BAGELGOOSE. IS AMAZING. I love it, it's so cute.

I actually only played 4U (*shifty eyes at my 330+ hours on it...*) and World; Generations lost my attention, but that might be because I'd just grinding out my Gogmazios armor on 4U when Generations came out, and the servers somewhat died and I couldn't use the thing I'd just spent hours grinding, lmfao.

Love your sketches; you're great with poses and giving them life! You also draw some great wings and some beautiful feathers--it's apparent you've done a lot of studying/practice on that front. Absolutely lovely!

A FELLOW HUNTER. =D YEEEEE! I've played 3U, 4U, Gen, and World so far. Hoping to pick up GU in August. =D Love the series- but I can agree on the grind. Sometimes the games just wear you out enough that you need a break. xD There's still people playing 4U- not as many as there used to be, but it's still active. If you ever need people to play with, the discord server I host has a bunch of people who play- mostly beginners/intermediate players but a few of us are further in. I'm the only one with 4U I think- we've got a handful with Gen and a handful with World. =) We're always happy to lend a hand.

Bagelgoose is one of my favorite new ones. I'll be making him available as a sticker on Redbubble later on. He'll be on my PS4 to protect it. xD

And thank you! I've worked a lot to try improving my anatomy and whatnot- it's always a process. xD

[Nekomata]

What happens when you're scripting and you typo on Giratina's name?

This:

https://orig00.deviantart.net/1134/f/2018/202/7/6/giratunas_by_petuniabubbles-dchx10j.png

[Nekomata]

Done with summer industry course. X_x Now to play catch up on patron and PRS stuff. First some patreon requests. One is a continuation of a previous sketch and the other is an icon request.

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[Neo Emolga]

These are great! That dragon reminds me of Umbreon with the green bands and rings it has. :3

[Pokemon Trainer Sarah]

I love Giratuna XD

Aww that Chespin is adorable!

[Nekomata]

I love Giratuna XD

Aww that Chespin is adorable!

Giratuna is life. xD Best typo I've made.

And ye- thank you! Was fun doing the Chespin! Such a pure critter!


These are great! That dragon reminds me of Umbreon with the green bands and rings it has. :3

Actually, it's based on a friend's Umbreon OC. The request was "If Neon turned into a Dragon" xD So yes, definitely meant to look like Umbreon a bit.

[HKim]

Chespin is very cute. Such big eyes!

[Scytherwolf]

Oh wow, I love your shading/coloring on these!

[Nekomata]

Oh wow, I love your shading/coloring on these!

Thank you! This shading style came out accidentally while working on PRS. Was messing with some lighing/shading for the darker scenes and after a while it sorta stuck. xD



Chespin is very cute. Such big eyes!

Thank you! He's a friend's character. Such a pure Chespin!

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New arts + a video! I upload a new public and new patron video each week (the public uploads being the same as patreon ones- just 5-6 months later)- this one went straight to public since it's short and also collab. It's the lineart from the Pass It On drawing game here on PXR that y'all should totally join. Credit to Arrow-Jolteon for the sketch!

The art is another patron request. Still a few more of those to get done. xD

https://orig00.deviantart.net/a44a/f/2018/219/6/4/lugias_by_petuniabubbles-dcjj1la.png

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https://youtu.be/W1QMXykvlHU

[Neo Emolga]

Oh sweet! You drew Lugia, my favorite legendary! And you did an epic job!

I love the soft shading and highlights your style has. And of course the way you do eyes.

[Nekomata]

Oh sweet! You drew Lugia, my favorite legendary! And you did an epic job!

I love the soft shading and highlights your style has. And of course the way you do eyes.

Yee! Thanks! Lugia was a patreon request- and a fun one! He's definitely earned his spot as a fan fave! I made him one of the patron wallpapers for this month, too!

https://image.prntscr.com/image/CG2oULQ0RU2297TWTCu9EA.png

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And two other Patron requests... These two sorta go together

https://orig00.deviantart.net/9dad/f/2018/219/6/c/echocones_by_petuniabubbles-dcjj9qw.png

https://orig00.deviantart.net/387b/f/2018/219/6/e/alexcones_by_petuniabubbles-dcjjdac.png