CELESTIAL CIEL

gross.

wtf i thought u were a panda.................

absolutely godlike thread!!

concept art practice and experimenting with brushes
 

kuchinashi
 

ANDDDDDD.........announcing a tentative design of a demon vocalist for a possible future fictional band?? (tentative because hairstyle might change)
further news will be released FAR FAR in the future.

whoo~ i've been drawings lots, maybe i should put some under spoiler.
 

mamire
 

shibaris

More stuff!
 

A fanart of The Evil Within and one of my favorite antagonists.
 

Original drawing.

Okay, time for me to post this up.  I recently found my drawing motivation back so I decided to show it around here. Stuff I post here will mainly come from my tumblr.  I also have a deviantArt which includes more of my serious projects, so check it out if you'd like!
 

Here's a drawing I drew today to start off.
 
And a couple others.

I was sort of inspired by Tsuzuku while drawing this. : 3
 

 
Thanks for looking!
I hope I can draw more soon~

^haha, thanks chi <3
 
here are some older sketches

 

 

haha, i've used rpg maker years ago too. xD it's especially neat when people make their own custom graphics. but yeah, i'd prefer sticking with concept arting.
 
anyway, some old recent stuff that i haven't posted here yet.

 

 

 

a bunch of things

Infested by Loneliness

I'm always updating here in big dumps, haha. So yeah, have some more draws~
 
Old sketches from last month.

 

 

 
And more inktober~
Inktober Day 9: "Worn Legs"

 
Inktober Day 10: "Fading Away"

 
Inktober Day 11: "Forbidden Touch"

 
Inktober Day 12: "Land of Misery"

 
Inktober Day 13: "Shadows"

 
Inktober Day 14: "Gantz: O"

 
Inktober Day 15: "Wandering"

 
Inktober Day 16: "Where Are You?"

 
Inktober Day 17: "Deform"

 
Inktober Day 18: "Bouquet"

 
Inktober Day 19: "Tormented"

 
Inktober Day 20: "Cruel Warmth"

 
Inktober Day 21: "HARI" (not a fanart, just a random vk inspired dude)

 
Inktober Day 22: "Corner"

 
Art block is kicking in, but what matters more is that I don't miss a day~
(i'm starting to miss doing digital works too....)

More Inktober!! I'm not gonna fall behind yet.
 
Inktober Day 2: "Brittle Hope"

 
Inktober Day 3: "Aftergrowth"

 
Inktober Day 4: "Ungiven"

 
Inktober Day 5: "Unfold"

 
Inktober Day 6: "Cut"
(did this one rather quickly)

 
Inktober Day 7: "Drowning"

 
Inktober Day 8: "Promised Day"

flower studies and warm up for inktober.
 

 

 

-dump-
I kinda happened to draw Takashi and Tomo from Dadaroma, haha.

 

 

 

 
The rest are colored versions of some sketches I posted here.

 

 

 

Successfully finished the Inktober challenge!!
 
Inktober Day 23: "Shattered Tears"

 
Inktober Day 24: "Droop"

 
Inktober Day 25: "Zephyr"

 
Inktober Day 26: "Falling Apart"

 
Inktober Day 27: "Curse"

 
Inktober Day 28: "Trap"

 
Inktober Day 29: "Relief"

 
Inktober Day 30: "Creature"

 
Inktober Day 31: "Farewell"

 
Phewww, that took a toll on me. I'm gonna need a little break before the next time I draw. There were days when I'd rather not draw, but knowing that I couldn't skip a day, and me not wanting to either, helped me in picking up the pens and brushes more easily. Tbqh though I want to trash some of these lol. But on a positive outlook, it taught me how to not be such a perfectionist with my drawings, like I always am. And I think that's one very important aspect of these daily challenges with a limited time. It was a great experience, but I'm not sure if I'd do it again next year. Maybe I'll do something else~

hey buds, news for you.
the freshest pack of photos from 10/26 liveshow is available for downloading!
it seems all downloads will expire in the end of november, so hurry up to get your goats!
i have no idea if they're going even sale USB in the future, but i hope they will.

hey buds, news for you.
the freshest pack of photos from 10/26 liveshow is available for downloading!
it seems all downloads will expire in the end of november, so hurry up to get your goats!
i have no idea if they're going even sale USB in the future, but i hope they will.

I agree with everything @Hakoniwa said.
Even if you consider yourself an artist and love drawing, there are always times when your juices run dry and you don't draw for days, weeks, or months. The way I mostly see it though, these kinds of challenges give way to trying new things and going out of one's comfort zone, which is always a good thing. It isn't just an excuse to draw. It's a way of exploring further with what you can do with your skills. And it can be all very fun in the process!

I know that I need deadlines to push the best out of me. I get stuff done otherwise too, but having less time to finish things does wonders for my work. No matter how "artificial" those deadlines might be. I guess part of the reason is that I have to commit more time to painting in a shorter timespan, so I reach a certain flow state easier. When it comes to challenges like inktober, you know it's only one month, so that may make it easier to push yourself to work every single day, where as normally many might take days off.
 
Then there is also the community aspect to inktober too, which I love.
 
Having said that, I didn't take part in Inktober, I knew from the start of the month I was gonna be too busy for this : / Respect to you guys for going through it! plastic_rainbow. I've been following your stuff on tumblr and you've got some amazing pieces done! ^^ Hakoniwa, I like your stuff too. That portrait with the sunglasses is my favourite. Mario's expression is pretty sinister too

Since I'm late, I've been doing at least 3 whenever I find the time... so I did 3 more last night. I didn't get to do all days, but that's okay, it sure was fun! : 3
 
 

Yaaaay, Moon Jumper!! This was inspired by Uchuu Kyoudai manga <3
 

 

Buster-kun from the pillows!
 
This guy:
 
 

sounds like forgotten love

Hmm, I get your point, but why is that a bad thing? A "lame" excuse can also be turned into a reason for drawing daily and it becomes motivation. I can't see how that can be bad in any way. You're right that drawing doesn't require monthly challenges or even requests from others, it's something to do constantly and because you want to. Because you like to draw, because you need to draw, because you know how practicing is important if you want to improve. All that.
 
Monthly challenges such as Inktober are not "nothing" though, they are a way to share the same experiences with a large group of people, during the same period of time, some who may not find their motivation so easily. It's a way to challenge yourself. And while I'd like to believe that loving to draw is enough motivation, life sometimes gets in the way and it can make you stop doing things you once though as important as breathing. I can tell, I've been there. Extra motivation is never a bad thing. It encourages them not to only draw and ink it, but also to share their experiences online - and that changes things a lot imo. In this case, aside from being a way to motivate people to draw, it directs them to something else than pencil sketches or digital art, the latter being something a lot of people are focusing on right now. Inktober is all about the ink itself, so digital art wouldn't work here. Of course people can continue practicing doodles, digital art or not, or whatever else they wish, nothing changes there. It's not a matter of needing the challenge or not, but being part of a global event that involves doing something you love. And that's fun.
It's my first time participating in Inktober, but it's not my first time watching people do it, and I only saw good things come from their experience. It's a win-win situation really. That said, each person participates in it for different reasons, but whatever the reasons are, the important thing is to have fun (always).