I Finished The Sketch And Figured Out What Colors I Want To Use. It Was So Difficult To Find The Right

I have been thinking too much,

So I decided that it's probably the best start to post what I already have (piece by piece of course). I wanted to first post updated character sheets but since I am currently lacking the time to draw, I will just share some thoughts here and there.

(and I can already sneak peek announce that I've successfully written the first chapter and structured the plot pretty far)

and I even started a background but didn't finish it

I just watched the new trailer for pokemon z-a. I think pokemon got me again.

Also something funny I wanted to share: I still think about the days I first played pokemon. I think it must have been diamond or pearl and I picked Piplup as my starter. One day it suddenly evolved, I had no idea what was going on but as it evolved into Prinplup I was sad. I was thinking my cute Piplup just got ugly.

That's so funny thinking back to it.

also, I thought why not draw myself as pokemon trainer. little WIP:

You know what? Take another sketch. That's my OC Blake. Changed him quite a bit. Now he's fitting more the futuristic vibe I wanted to give him.

Some WIP-concept I came up with for an OC. His name is Decay. He is one of the seven guardians from the "In-Between". His left arm is completely covered in decay causing him to slowly dissolve everything he touches. He is also left-handed.

Might be that I also add something more to his design, but for now, I am pretty glad to finally have something I am kind of pleased with 😊

And now as I was scrolling through my older posts, I realised what my mistake here was ... I think the pacing of the animation is completley off. He's falling way too fast ... it feels weird. Maybe if I find the file I could try to continue ...

I am trying to animate again :D

but nothing too big this time.

I was thinking about, how one of my OC's powers would work, and I had a little idea for a loop (after watching a sick fighting animation on Youtube, just that I couldn't figure out how to make something like that, so I'll just make a loop)

Anyway, I wanted to animate my OC Kael (Guardian of Time) and even with the keyframes, I am already impressed with how that looks.

Sneak peek below :D but don't expect too much

Note: Roughing it out, setting basic proportions, and so on ... I don't know if my timings are fine or if I need to tweak something about it ...

More sneak peek

I'm currently really pushing through. Also realised, I don't use any in-betweens by now XD (at least for now, but the animation feels fluid enough) AND I also needed to figure out the rest of the character design. I guess for now, I have something I might stick with, but this could change in the end or become more detailed.

AND NOW I FINALLY REALIZED WHY A CERTAIN PART LOOKED WEIRD!!! I copied the pose right as he turns around and forgot to change the legs so suddenly they were swapped.

And now I am realising that this might take some more brain power to fix, than just change that one frame ................

I think, I fixed it ... I guess it was not that visible from the beginning anyway ... just the feeling that was bugging me.

Well, it's still wrong and feels wrong. But this clearly takes more brain capacity than I currently have left. Guess I'll roughly animate the rest and continue hopefully tomorrow.

So, current state for today: (and yes, I still need to fix that stupid frame, or isn't it even noticeable?)

WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!🎉🎉🎉

Thank you soo muuuuuch 😊

Now a couple of people that got recommended by a friend.

Attack No. 3: Glicero Garas by Glitch_B0i02

Sometimes I think it's insane what I can remember. I wanted to draw a specific screencap I saw some time ago on pinterest (probably about half a year ago) AND I STILL REMEMBERED THE EXACT IMAGE! (I didn't give up searching until I found it again) Glad I finally found it.

(And then I think about the moments I'm standing in the kitchen and don't know anymore what I wanted a minute ago)

Slash is soooooo cooool 🤩 Really had fun drawing that 😁

Slash by @itsxroxannex

I wanted to talk more about the coloring. I layered the colors in this way:

Base color - red

Shadows - dark red

Base color again (even over the shadows) - red

Shadows again - dark red

Alternate base color over everything - pinkish red

Darken shadows - black

I use the black to mute the color a little.

And now I am applying moderate pressure to get a more vibrant red. When coloring I also like to start with the most vibrant color to be able to match the other less vibrant colors to the apperance.

But in the end the order which part I color first doesn't matter that much.

Okay, I stopped working on the previous sketch since something about it was not right. I'm not sure what but it felt weird and I didn't like it.

Instead I moved on to the next one. Sadly, I forgot to make a picture of the sketch before slightly erasing but I wanted to show it nethertheless. So, here's Eijiro in his hero costume

Can't wait to line and color it 😀