Looks like rain again.

Heyho everyone!

Today we have a pic that's like 90% digital, woohoo!
Usually I prefer doing black outlines with ink on paper, but this one had only a pencil scribble and was thrown in the scanner right after that. Why?? Bc I have a new pen for my wacom (the "classic" pen, which is a weird name imo bc it's nothing like the wacom pen that comes with the tablets (which I would have named classic pen)) and this new pen is more like a real pen. The normal wacom pen is more like a brush, bc the handle is thick and a bit longer, whereas the new one is slim like a mechanical pencil. Which means, the balance and momentum is completely different, and to be quite honest, much, much better.
I just love that new pen!!
And working outlines is much comfy with this one, have a look!

"Looks like rain again.... we should head back soon."

Locks and Emma jog together on a regular basis. Actually they do lots of sports together if they find the time...

Still trying out new things, and I found some cool tutorials for Illustrator, so next time I'll probably post something more graphic and unusual for this blog ;)
Stay tuned, I love y'all :D

Some watercolor!

HELLO AGAIN  EVERYBODY!!

How're you all??
First of all, sorry for my abstinence here, life is tough at the moment, and things are rarely going the way I want them to. Also I want to thank the two anonymous commentators who were worried I might have abandoned the blog. I didn't! I was just not able to post anything.
Anyways, I started to learn Illustrator and InDesign a bit, and I will post some stuff I made in these, so there might be some different stuff from what is here now in the future. Also, if anyone can rec some good tutorials for either one of the two programs above or Photoshop, I'd be very happy!! :D

Meanwhile I grabbed my water colors and did some warming up :D An yup, it's the police team again ;)

 

I love jalousies!

So, I hope you're all still alive and well everybody!! I love you! See you soon! >o<

Yup, I'm still alive

Hey y'all,

I'm still alive! Wheeeeee!

My life is a mess and I'm trying to work around it. Anyways! Have this little piece I made in Inktober (yeah don't wait for much more from that, it's pretty much the only thing I made)

Enjoy!

"But what did you do all summer long?!"
I animated the ass of a cow! 8D No srsly, that was a real job. Maybe I can upload that at some point. Oh, and I'm working on the cover for a novel! See, there are more things to come ;)
Just stay tuned ;)
See you all!

Wu's Task Force

Helllooooo everyone! :D

Time for another group pic! ^^ Last time you got the whole division, this time it's the hard core of Wu's gang ;)

From top-left to right:
Seamus O'Riley, Sindile Ramonas, Fermín Selby, Ted D. Locks, Emma Wu and below them screamimng Diana Tennyson.

Done from a rough pencil sketch as always, inked by hand and colored in PS CS6 :D




Maybe I'll try that one with a more dynamic background at some point, but right now I like it pretty much :D  What do you think? ^^



Have a nice day, see you next week! :D

Blue Hood, Red Hands

Heyho everyone!

I'm back to drawing a lot in the last time, but unfortunately not much stuff I can post anywhere ^^° Sorry about that! But I'm also back to inking since I built myself a light box! YAY! That thing is helpful as fuck. And Idk but I think I prefer inking by hand over digital ink; but maybe it's just a question of the right brush settings (or a different tablet pen. Did I tell you my pen broke? I didn't realize how much I used that switch on the side until now. And now that switch is broken.... arfh. And these pens are fucking expensive....)

Anyways, after some hours fighting with the broken pen I had a result! :D




It's another character from the LO-Comicproject I drew some times before :)
And it turned out so great imo!! There was some fighting with details but I love the pose, the lines and I'm pretty happy with how the colors turned out :D Not that it has a big color palette but YAY XD
Maybe I'll print a poster with this at some point XD
And what do you think? :D

So, now get a big hug to all you people visiting my blog! ^^ Especially the silent ones ;) I love you all :D

See you soon <3
~Naki

It's Wu again

Hello again everyone! :D

Last time was full of stuff again. I went to Berlin to visit some friends, met a friend I only knew online for years the first time in real life and went to the Making Games Talents in Munich. It was all great fun! :D
>>Also, if you read this, dear person I met at the MGTs, I loved your drawings!! Please contact me, bc you were really cool and unfortunately I don't have any contact info of yours, and I'd really love to see more of your comic! :D <<

So, enough of this (who reads this anyway) and more for drawings!

It's Wu again, and I somehow managed to deal with my long time enemy "black ink" - I really really love how the outlines look, and I think I worked out the colors fine, too.

Her hand is what I love especially of this picture. But allover, this is one of my favorite pictures I drew of her 'till now :D
Of course I did a pencil drawing underneath the ink, and traced to a more ink-friendly paper. Have a look at this:

 The pencil-version is more rough, and thou' I love the rough look of pencil, this is one of the very few moments I love the ink and color version more than the pencil picture.
What do you think? :D

Take care of yourselves! Eat more vegetables! No really, more and more people are ill here at the moment, so really, take care. 

I love you! See you soon! :D

Throwing out all the old stuff

WELCOME AGAIN and HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!

It's been some time, sorry for that. Life just ain't easy some times, and even if you have the time to fetch your hobbies in theory, life practice dosen't always work that way. So, thanks to all the people who are still following me, and sorry to all those who worried I might have given up here. A big hug to all of you!! (Also, if there would come the time I might REALLY give up on the blog or the story, I would let you know, bc it really unsettles me when people just stop posting. Who knows what happend to them??)

I even did some stuff, I just didn't manage to post it. Including some weird color experiments, YAY! So, new year, fresh start and let's throw out all the old stuff that was waiting in my little blogfolder to be shown to the world, wheee :D

Lets start with some bloodwork!

 

I like this picture very much. It's more a what-if than a piece that might happen in a story but I really really like how the colors turned out in this one.

And now let's go straight to the color experiments! :D


I think the one in the middle is my favourite, but I also like that weird pink thing on the right. Doing these was so much fun! :D Short after them, I made this one:

That might even be the same colors like the on above :D I love this one very much, although the colors ain't fitting the picture regarding content, but HEY! So much fun!

So, and in the end, we have some studies for light and composition, which ain't that exciting but I'll show you anyways ;)

I actually had some reference for these two but by now I lost them... :( I'll link them as soon as I find them! >o<

And that's it!!  YOU MADE IT TO THE END OF THE POST!! I am so proud of you! XD
So seriously, thank you for reading the whole thing.
Thank all of you for the loud or silent support!
I love you guys! Take care of yourselves!

Have a nice day! <3

The good guys aka TEAM POLICE - Project LO

Hello out there! :D


Group photo time! XD I really like group pictures, but they're sometimes so annoying to draw ;) The only thing I love more is creating new characters, YAY! Seriously it's so hard to not bulk the story with unnecessary background informations about every single one of them XD .... but hey, short stories are always an option.. 8D

So, these are Captain Wu's best guys and girls ;)

Currently working on their profiles and storyboarding the first chapters .... building castles takes time.

See you next time! :D

YAY, another experiment!

Yay, splatter splatter bang bang BOOM!

Or, what happens if you find a rough lineart on your pc and have too many PS-brushes and patterns you didn't try out. 8D

What else? I'm in panic and looking for an internship (maybe I'll link you my portfolio at some point) and my life is a mess of moving out, fighting paperwork, finding money to buy food and similar stuff. Gah, I'll be so glad that this will be over soon.

...I guess I don't have much to say today. Stay tuned. See you next time. I love you all!

Dusk and dawn

Gooood morning friends and followers!

Yep, it's been a while again, uah. No excuse for that.
But I'm trying to do some quality contend again, why I tried so sign up for illustration classes again - tried, because I don't know yet if I'll be in it. Apparently there are too many students applying for that class this year, so they have to do a small application procedure fist. So much for "free choice of classes"! Meh.

Anyways, I helped a group of film students with their motion graphic, so there'll be possibly a short animation to look at again :D
Btw, people seem to love animation, my miniclip of a ballerina got more than 1,000 notes on tumblr, (Thank you for that!) while the rest of my posts got barely 10, or even less >o<

BUT ANIMATIONS ARE EXHAUSTING!!
 So have some still standing pics again ;)

Yah, these two again.
Emma is waiting for the night to come, while Locks is still laying awake in the morning light.

First I just wanted to draw a pic of these two, standing somewhere smoking cigarettes, but somehow it turned out to be like this. They are similar, but somehow on different paths, in the same boat but turning in different directions.
The light setup was a new one, and I feel like I'm getting better in skipping the analog step of sketching, to a complete digital pic. What do you think?

Have a nice sunday ;)
Take care!

Last post of the year!

... and I'm sick.
Like, literally, I can hardly speak and my nose is runny and my eyes 're streaming. Yikes.
Best conditions for a start in a new year - it can only get better >o<

I'll give you two pics on this 31st of December 2013 :3 Still from that sneaky comic project ;) And then I'm gonna go to bed again and sleep till' midnight.

Happy new year everybody! :D

It's nearly christmas, have some pics :D

Howdy, fellas! :D

First - I've finally got a tumblr ;) I'll upload the pics I'll post here as well as the old stuff and I reblog stuff I like and love, mostly art/design/animation/drawing and illustration stuff ;D
BUT the background information and my gibberish will stay here, because I'm one of these persons who don't like to read much text on tumblr ;)

And now, pictures! :D
I spent the most time this semester with the storyboard for our music video so I had to do lots of thumbnails and sketches on my gt, and HELL do I know little about layout and composition (good thing I had support by our cam girl Thesa >o<) . Most of it was try and error, but that 16:9 format is quite interesting, and I started to do some random sketches with my OCs, and I kinda like the results 8D I'd like to post some pics from the actual storyboard, too, but I have to go back and clarify that with my group, cuz Idk how touchy they are about "prepublications" ... ^^°
So, enough talking, PICTURES! :D

Nothing to say anymore. Have a nice weekend and a merry christmas or a nice holiday or whatever pleases you ;)
Take care! :D

....and I'll kick your face.

...literally! :D

and OH GAWD it's been more than a month since my last post... Argh. Okay. Probably there won't be a lot more the next time either... D: Because my studies are STRESSFUL AS HELL. Like, before christmas, I have to do an interview with a storyboard/concept person, we have to shoot our music video, shoot our documentary, record an audio drama and write an exam and do some paper for another course.

Help me.... :'D

Okay, most of these are group works, so the pressure and work is somehow spread cuz nobody has to work alone. But still, it's a shitload of work...

BUT, always look at the bright side of life, eh? 8D

By the way, our music video will be to the song "Space Invaders" of the band "Pornophonique" :D

You can listen to it, or download it  - or the whole EP - here for FREE. Enjoy! :D

But now - the promised kick in the face ;)

pencil and photoshop on copy paper

Oh HELL YEAH. I love drawing kicks and punches and material arts stuff, even if it's difficult and tricky most of the time ;) BUT IT'S FUN! :D And yes, it's Emma again! Unfortunately there are no news around the comic project... There is just no time left for a project that size... it's creeping forwards in snail's pace....yeah...

Same pic, but inverted. Think this is a great effect 8D

And, for those who are interested, the raw one ->


Which one do you like the most? :D And how are your studies/work/schoolworks going?

So, that's it from me, so farewell, see you soon.

Take care! :D

Watercolor sketch

Hey out there! :D

No animations today, I'm working full capacity on that ballet-animation-thing. Maybe news from that at some point... ^^

BUT I have a (new) sketchbook and sometimes there are presentable pics in these XD

So, have this sketch of Emma:

Maybe I'm starting to like water colors :D What do you think?

Have a nice weekend!!

Freehand Animation!

Yiss! Summertime again!

And I'm sitting in front of my pc all day :'D Because besides the animation project for my film class I also try out animation for myself XD

Behold for my first second freehand animation! 8D

Isn't he pretty? XD
Maybe I'll try out coloring it (and get out the mistakes, gnnn... that damn smoke just dosen't look real! It would be probably easier if I'd smoke myself XD)
If you spot mistakes, leave me a commen please!

So, have fun and eat some ice cream! :D
See you soon! ^^

New wallpaper

Hey out there! :)


I have a new graphic tablet :D Yay me! ^^
And although I have enough other stuff to do, I sketch and scribble around with it... :'D
This thing is so different from the gt I had before... I think I still need some time to get used to it... ^^° And because I'm a color noob, I work only black n white right now XD

So last week I made a new wallpaper for my pc:

Yes - it's Emma and Locks again ;) Sorry, can't help it. I hope the examination period won't eat too much of my energy, cause I want to get this thing started.

What are your plans for summer? Tell me! :D

And have a nice day ;)

And finally.... Meet Locks! :D

Ohai guys! :D

Please welcome the final main-main character, whose story that comic will be! :D

Tadaa :D
He likes stuff to be simple ;) The other things he likes are coffee, cigarettes, sports, Emma, Otis and his cat. There are grounds for the assumption that his wadrobe includes only his uniform, some black t-shirts and trunks, and, like, 20 times the same white shirt and jeans. But that's just a wild guess XD
And again, any wild guess? ;D

Meet his friends Emma and Otis, too  ;)

So! Now I'm off to cologne, RPC anyone? :D

Have a nice weekend! ^^

Meet Emma :D and listen to my complains XD

Hellloooo out there!

I have a shitload of stuff to do for my classes, and what do I do? Right - blogposts... Ahahahaha :'D

No seriously, there's a deadline for monday, we have to do stuff for film/animation class and I REALLY should do something for verbal communications... argh... D: Sometimes I have this feeling that I should face this studies more... different... but that would be another, text-only post :'D

#Back to pictures! :D

Remember this guy? He's part of the comic I'm working on, and I thought it would be nice if the other characters main characters would get some kind of introducement, too :D
If you read this blog regulary, you might allready met them. But this is a series of introduction, so just enjoy! :D

So - Meet Emma, first main character and Police Captain.

Addicted to coffee, sports and kung-fu-movies :D
 The red cup was a gift from Locks ^^ He's next in the line!

Thoughts, questions, wild suggestions? ^^

See you next week! :D

Making stuff (or even pretending to while thinking about Iron Man)

Titledesign, to be specific.

Yep! I went from my illustration class and am in the film/animation class now. YAY! This semester's topic is title design, and we're doing front credits for an animated film about a dancing boy ;)
ANIMATION. YES!! ...which means our group will have to draw about 2800 pics to make the animation nice and fluid... .... ... yeah I don't want to think about that. DRAWING ANIMATION IS AMAZING! 8D Let's see how long it lasts till I'll write "Animation sucks!" XD
So that's the status from the studyfront 8D

Have some Otis now. Say hello! :D
And yes, doing strange stuff with his hands is his secret hobby ;) I really like his shirt and I think this time got the hair much better than much times before 8D
 Also, meet his pards Locks and Emma! :D 

Copic on marker paper, like so many times before  ^^; I should get over copics at some point. They're just f*cking expensive! >o<
 
 Have fun, a nice evening and a better weekend! XD See you soon! :D



PS: AFHAFLEWREKLSAFBHSDA AND HAVE YOU SEEN IRON MAN 3?! If not, go and see it. No, srsly. Except you're one of the people who can't stand changings from source material. But screw that, it's Ironman. 8D 

Long time no see - Screentone! :D

HELLOOOO out there! :D

Have you missed me? 8D Sorry for not posting that long time! There has been some shitty stuff and lots of nice stuff that kept me from my blog ;) BUT NOW I'M BACK! 8D How have you been lately? I hope you're allright ;D

I kinda rediscovered some traditional medias for me, such as screentone :D It's just so funny to work with XD  That pic was just a pencil sketch in my sketchbook, and when I found my screentones I inked it and threw some screentone on it ;)

Enjoy! :D

What do you think? Do ya like traditonal or digital stuff better? Or: What feels better to work with, but which result do you like the best? :D Tell meee! ^^

And have a nice day! :D Seeyaaa >o<