Norux Anihes defending his volcano

 

Wheee... First, I am never going to draw so many stones again. (So I claim. I give it a short number of weeks til it happens again for some reason.)

Norux Anihes, redraw of 2015 image

 

Whee. It's time to paint this, things are working great right now! The fire and magma behind him is going to be so fun to paint and that fireball he's shooting forward is going to be amazing I hope! 

...the idea works in my mind so we'll see soon if it works in paint. XD

Going to draw Norux like the 2015 image!

Here is what I have at the second, those feet are bothering me now. (Think what they'll do when I get to fix his costume!) Can't wait to get this whole bit to work out.

Redrawing this image

Using his new clothes

And PureRef this time instead of just looking at a second or third window. So far, PureRef's been doing quite well for me so here's a link if anyone's interested: https://www.pureref.com/ Basically it can keep all of your references in one space instead of a dozen extra tabs, quite useful!

Recent Norux picture and Corel Painter review!

This is what I've finished last week--I'm half sure I posted this one on last week's post. XD I just wanted to toss out the references I used for the pose and hair in this.

Pose: https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/sporty-mature-man-climbing-wall-in-gym-royalty-free-image/987687146

Hair:  https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://tomandlorenzo.com/2016/08/jason-momoa-takes-part-in-a-climbing-contest-in-barcelona/jason-momoa-aquaman-climbing-contest-barcelona-tom-lorenzo-site-7/

When I find a suitable set of heads for Norux's pictures, I'll get to showing the expressions like I've probably mentioned before. XD Hopefully it will behave!

And then another thing has come into my life! I've been playing with Corel Painter, since it was gifted to me the other day! So far, I've really been enjoying it, especially how the paint brushes will behave like they would in the traditional means.

Here is a video review of the version I was given.

I would have to recommend this program if you have a chance!

Norux and Fall Pasture

 I have a bit more to rework on the lines here, but Norux is slowly coming out! 

Testing the paint is working out pretty well. When I go over everything else, it should work out just fine! And I'm so excited for it. 

Also, did y'all notice the Finished art page? Just got finished with this a little while ago.

Fall Pasture

 

This was so fun to paint and it just took a few weeks. ^^ ...how did it only take a few weeks when I am so slow on other things? Who in this world knows. XD My tutor mentions that I could have pushed things a little bit further but he likes what I have right now? Oh, that thrills me! Sooner or later, I'll learn to do that myself... So exciting!

Norux's lineart is actually complete!

I know that I claimed that on the 17th but this time, since I'm sure he wouldn't pay attention to his illusion so strongly since he's climbing, this is exactly like I imagine it all would look. 

References:
Pose
Hair

This cute little skirt looks a ton better than those straps did in that previous post. And it's so entertaining. Totally because Norux is focused so much on his climbing! It's so fun to see what happens if I let my head wander.
Why did I attempt to use those leather straps when this one is much more funny to see? Oh well. 

This is him now, so far, and I love it.

What happened to the Feature? And Norux Anihes WIP

I...kinda missed Feature 86, didn't I? And there was such a streak going!
My apology on that. I was so busy Monday that I didn't get a chance to really settle down. Good news, if you're interested, though! Neurologist thought that things were currently going pretty well so I'm happy!
Feature 85 will be posted on Monday of next week, on the normal schedule. Hope to see you there!

Norux is coming out fairly well, thank goodness. I'm normally awful about 3D but this clothing is trying to work out properly. His armor is proving to be difficult but what else is new for a person who has trouble seeing 3D if there's no color? XD

References for this image:
Pose
Hair

 

Sooooo... What I see about his boots? I need to get those laces to circle around the front of the boots. Maybe re-sketch them some! But oh my stars, I dread getting to his armor. It's leather armor around his waist...The front part would be most likely gathered between his legs in some form. 

The back will very likely be falling straight down too in some form.
His chin is also incorrect! I knew it! ...I just have no idea right this moment how to correct it. Maybe bring the chin up a bit more? Well, all that will be a lot of fun to work on. Wish me luck! XD

Norux Anihes Climbing --Character Sheet

Found a super reference to use for the next pose Norux is in! (Thank you to my friend, Nick, for finding a much easier pose than what I was planning to do!)

Sporty Mature Man Climbing Wall

This is going to be some fun to set up his armor, that's for sure. But first, the pose itself!

 

This needs so much more work. XD I certainly didn't get the rotation on his chest that well (I can redo that) and I'm sure his shoulders are detached from his body. But!

First sketch. I'm quite happy with finally doing it and now, things can only get better. ^^

Critiques are such gorgeous treasure!

Let's speak about drawing critiques. I absolutely love them! So my tutor has given me some critique on the Norux image, yesterday. The bad part? I've been all kinds of exhausted and sleeping too much. >>;

So please excuse me that this is all I've actually got to show at the moment. Updates will come each week!

The dagger has been moved so I can show where this goes on Norux's belt. And I have more work to correct all the boots we see here. Not to mention this trouble I keep having to show small things like the hand guard of the blade (in his hand) as 3D instead of simple 2D!

There's some good news about all this, though!
Tutor wants me to show him how much I know about light and shadow once I've fixed up this bit of linework. Which, of course, means the dreaded fire on the fire pose. It ought to be pretty fun to get the fire to go from his hand and around him.
Double so for actually showing the light and shadow for the thing!

As I state all of this, it hits me again. Why is it that the fun part of artwork is all of the work we do in it? Maybe it's my unfailing interest in puzzles. Maybe it's that I like playing with things that pretend to drive me insane.
But gosh, it's got a hold on me and I keep begging it for more!

Wish me luck, please, as I take you on this trip of madness with me.

Norux's flats are finished!

And the flats are nearly complete! I can't wait til I'm finished up with those blades...and eventually, tutor will let me go into the shadows and light with this. Gosh I can't wait for that, even if I'm barely half done now...XD

I'm not at all unhappy with how Norux's armor looks. Makes me wonder if his weapon sheath could be a black, what and how "plain" the rest of the colors he's wearing are. It'd fit pretty well and it would let the swords be a shining silver on the blade and a...petrified wood on the handles, maybe? Something he wouldn't accidentally burn anyway!
(Edit: Black/gray works! Yipee!)

The fire pose worked out a ton better than I was expecting with how everything was coming out. With any luck, the flame will swirl around him pretty well.

Edit Friday, August 28
Flats are complete! And the sword is far too fun for it's own right, I don't know why. XD But I like it and that's all that matters at the moment. Thanks for being with me during the trip so far!

Norux's fire pose is finished!

 

Only one more pose to design--and that last one on the right should be much easier than the kneeling one. Pretty excited about how well this is working out. It's not going to be long until color can be added!

...Yes, I've got one boot to add on the kneeling pose but I'm so lazy that I wonder about hiding it with fire. XD My ego probably won't allow me to do this but it's a fun idea to play with. We'll see!
Also, I finally copied the sword handle and put it on the front and back facing poses on the left. They finally look complete!

Even better! The next time this is posted on the blog, the front and back poses should have some color! You saw those before on this picture; so I'm pretty excited to see if they fit just as well on this piece.

Norux's sheet and pricing update

Hello everyone, thanks for dropping by my page! I'm slowly working on the Norux character sheet and all I really need to do is dress his action poses here.

With any luck, the standing sword pose shouldn't be any more difficult than when I was dressing him for the images on the left. That leather armor is going to be quite weird looking on the top pose, though...as long as everything works!

I believe that I'll be recording the painting and not the linework this time. Hopefully, I'll remember to post the link on the videos tab!

I also wanted to bring up where I updated my commission prices. 

The whole thing is simpler than before. I have had to update my line art, flat color, and full color prices to bring myself more into a competitive price range to other artists. This will mostly help with buying groceries and paying the bills that I cover in this household.

You will also probably notice that I have given a baseline where I will start my character prices from;
"Clothes and Weaponry per character:1 shirt, 1 jacket, 1 belt, 1 trousers (or dress), 2 boots, 2 blades or guns. $5 for each extra"
I have to agree that the more detail on each character is nice. But this limitation is to write out clearly where my prices begin and how more will add up into the finished price.

If I am already working on something for you, your prices will not change from what we agreed. This is only for new pieces! 

Thank you so very much for reading!

Powered By: Coffee

Well...Coffee and some pretty nice references for swords and daggers. And I can see right now that I need to play with the handle and handguard on the character drawings. XD 

This dagger is in that little sheath on his right hip and we can see the sword sheath. 

Norux has gone through a few very small background rewrites too. He's still the volcano elemental that he was described as in some of the other drawings, but if he's volcanic that means he should have a little bit of stone with his fire. I've been toying with around 90/10 fire and stone.

This allows for his armor and vest to be a low-grade amount of rock for his own protection. ...and yes, this was decided since I realized that he's going to have one of his hands empty while using these blades. 

That lines up with him casting illusion and flame while he fights, too. Perfect!

Norux Anihes

Norux's character sheet is finally coming together! I'm slowly getting his back sketched up. (Finally. After burning who knows how much time on Slay the Spire and AC: Black Flag.) Once I get this sketch finished, I'll be playing around with getting his face drawn a few times and then, maybe, I'll add his weapons.

It's taking way too long. I'm aware. ^^; But darn, it's fun whichever way everything goes!

Norux Anihes, full color

I hate how tired I've been lately. No darn idea why I've been so worn out. @o; Because it's summer and hot outside? Blegh. I hate it. XD I'll live though. As soon as summer is done, I'll get control of everything. 
For the sake of painting or working on something every day, I've been toying with this piece. Very thrilled though since he's finally finished.

This means that I can finally work on this sketch that I have as my second project:

Whenever I wake up, anywho! Can not wait! @@

Videos page? Oh I'm trying!

Since I'm going to be posting videos from YouTube, it'll make perfect sense to put them on their own page. At least I think so! They won't be squeezed between the features and my own posts, at least.

But of course my own brain is standing in the way of how to accomplish this idea. >>;

I don't remember for my life how to make a new site to become a new page. Sheeez. It doesn't help because everything I can find is how to get a new page on the old way Blogger was working. It's going to be locked to the new set up sometime pretty soon so I hope the instructions will hurry up and straighten out.

But onto my projects!

1. I'm working on painting this picture while recording: 

It'll be another video to add to my YouTube library. If only I could stick to one thing at a time, this would have been finished a lot sooner and I could just be working on the other thing! But it's still very fun to see it all come out.

2. I've already shown this one before, right? 

My apologies for posting the same thing twice. I've just been so trapped in playing an Assassin's Creed game that a friend gave me. Why did no one tell me how good that series is? It's eaten so many hours of my time...

Hm. To be fair, even if someone had told me how good it is, I probably wouldn't have had a computer willing to play it. You don't have to have a "gaming" computer to play them! Just don't buy the cheapest computers in the world and things will be just fine.

Edit:
Thanks to Ace Edmonds for his help getting my Videos page up and running! He was able to figure out what made the most sense for the idea that I was trying to put together and helped me get everything set up for it.
I linked to his blog Dream Classier there at his name. Go check his blog and everything!

Norux Character Sheet

Stars, I finally got started on his back. I apologize for not getting any further yet, but I can't wait to see how the rest of his sketch is going to work out. It should be easier than the front facing sketch at least!

It's a good thing that the picture ought to be easier to work out. I've been having to sleep so dang much this past few weeks! 90% of being so worn out is no doubt what the temperature has been. (Thanks a lot, MS!) Summers and I have rarely worked out any kind of agreements. It usually works out to me having zero energy til the temperatures cool down.

Norux front-facing is inked!

Yes, yes. This is the wrong day. But I'm so excited about how things just worked out!

Dang that it took as long as it did but, without the reference behind it, he looks a lot better than what I was afraid he would! I know for a fact that it shouldn't be as difficult as it was to draw his back with all of this. ^^

...I just wish I knew why he wants to wear such difficult stuff to plan and plot. XD Yes, he's just mimicking what some of the people near the volcano wear (and he's a victim of my own mind), but it was so hard to plan all this. XD

Expect the back view soonish!

Mild NSFW. Working on Norux again!

I have very little right now that is mine but I have to share my current plan. (How else will I make myself do the job later, if I don't tell a dozen plus people that I'm working? XD)

The two poses here are from SenshiStock--have I ever talked well about her collection of poses and how she and her friends take some awesome/hilarious photos at times? Because she's got some great pose references and some even better collaborations with some other reference people. You should seriously check her page if you need references!

Ooh, and if you're looking for references for how a character sheet drawing should/could look, you'd never go bad looking to ArtStation. (Or just a Google search on ArtStation!) I love how well the artists designed theirs; could seriously spend hours on that page just looking at how they designed their characters. XD