Illustration: 夢見続けるから。。。 (Yume mitsudukeru kara...)

yume mitsudukerukara... by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART

Please click on above for its description and for bigger image.

It's a contest entry for I Dream contest held in deviantART.

:p


Softwares Used:
Comic Studio Ex 4.0
Photoshop CS2/3
Cinema 4D R11 studio
Brush used: custom and my own, five brush set + typography.
Font: Tender by Mr. Kabutoya from his book, High Grade Design Font. I really appreciate him for allowing me to use his fonts since the time I created station.

Time it took:
Three days of planning

6/12-6/29/09- worked on it every night little by little.

Music:
或る街の群青 (aru machi no gunjou) by Asian Kung-fu Generation

Done and submitted

I sent off three designs for mobile phone design contest over the weekend. However, since I'm a few weeks ahead of deadline- I might change the content before that. The result will be in at the end of next month.


It's been a year and three months since I started CG- and this was my fifth and last art contest I've tried within this year. And oi... I didn't start trying out until this year.

1 for site (mascot, US, Feb 2008)
1 for a nintendo DS game (fan art, US, April 2008)
2 pro-manga magazines (Japan, USA, Sept. & Nov 2008)
1 for a major mobile phone company(Japan, Dec 2008)


Hopefully, the result is good. If not, I will try harder next year!!!

Well, it seems as though I am not so lucky with contests this year- there were some good stuff:

1. Met with a pro-manga magazine editor for advice (April 2008)
2. My illustrations/manga got on recommended reading list in one site (July-Sept 2008 for a few days)
3. Got invited among 500 artists to display my manga at a mobile phone site (beta version)
4. Did commissions (small movie poster, commercial T-shirt designs, and individual work)
5. Got a mascot I drew (character design/coloring were done by two other people)up on one major site (up since Oct- though I wish I did better)
6. Got to know wonderful people and did collabs for two illustrations
7. Started 3DCG (my dream since high school)
8. Set up international groups and club.
9. TLOF Chapter 2 released in Feb + random pages of manga (I should have done more perhaps)
10. My personal life (job, relationship, language, academics) improved dramatically.

And hell- I did none/little of this a year or two years ago when I didn't do CG/manga. Just shows how much I didn't try.

but most of all, I think I got more confidence about myself and not as nervous as before in front of others.

However, I'm not satisfied with my art skills since it's still at amateur level and needs improvement.


Well, now, my goal is to get better in my art skills, techniques, designs, and story telling skills in manga/illustrations/3DCG. I think trying for something high constantly and working towards it will eventually pay off in the end.

One of the CG artist I really admire, told me other day, that trying in variety of fields will improve things in general. It's true.

Anyway, I was working on painting my next manga page from last night for real. I think I should start working on it before I get distracted with something else-lol

Oh, it's TLOF- manga I just do for fun.

:D

I finally got the time to participate in usual monthly/bimonthly art contest in Japan!!

Before, I had several manga submission deadlines coming up - so I couldn't participate in any illustration contest for several months- but now since I don't have any deadline coming up soon- I will try out an art contest~


I don't think I will win this one though since I'm going to compete against pro arists.


Anyway- if I win (which WON'T happen- probably)- my submitted work will be displayed in one big mobile phone company's stores across Japan. If I win- I will post a link to that art work once the result comes out in Feb. If not, I will just post it in DA.


I think they will be in vector art format- no anime/manga drawing for my case- and have already two designs I want to try out within a few minutes of learning about the contest~


p.s.


Gaaaaah! My illust totally lacks proper design!!!


So- for the next few weeks or from now on, I will try to incorporate more- techniques to my drawing like yesterday's wall paper.

Anyway, what I practiced today with one book:



"Can you hear it?" in Japanese. Just random phrase.

Doodle

Doodle: male-shojo manga style by =Waterdroplet-s on deviantART


I have multiple manga projects going on simultaneously now.

1. Three manga for pro-level magazines in Japan and the US
2. My TLOF 2.3- which is progressing very slowly but surely- sometime in the future- it will get there