Feature 212--ArtofLotu

Caution: Be aware this artist's work is a bit creepy in its style. If you're not in the mental state to see this, please wait until the next feature. Thank you.

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POWER

 

I do really love how this character is stepping up on that hammer. I like to imagine that they had crushed the creature that was using it, so this is a whole 'come at me!' pose until they start attacking the next one that goes after them. XD
Wonder what kind of area this character lives in? Are they small enough to be in the insect section of the ground or are they in one of the many layers of their hellish landscape? This design seems to work either way and I just love it!

Salloween Day 29--Elevator

Another image that's so very fun to imagine with! Is this child the costume that demon in back pretends to have or is it in the middle of commanding the kid? And just look at how well the elevator is set up to be so easy for the demonic shadow to live in!
And yes...if the child is just the costume, I can easily see it bringing prey into the elevator by making it seem like the kid is just terrified of things. Those poor sweet people who'd check on him...

Haunted

I can't help but think that this is the result of someone coming to check on that kid in the previous piece. The hair in the foreground looks almost like the soul of someone being slowly wiped out by that kid with whatever that light is coming from. It's so fun to imagine all these things!
Of course, maybe it's just that the character with green hair has stolen the soul of the person owning the hair. That one in the front of the scene, of course, having collapsed; stunned and slowly passing away while the character in front just takes off to find yet another victim.

I really enjoyed this artist's style and pieces! If you'd like to see more pieces with this theme, artoflotu's gallery is right here!

Vae's War Room wip

 

The base of the wall is now gray, which will appear to be stone like the rest of the wall when I finally get to finishing it. Got a tip about my shadows and brought them to be darker and it worked out great. 

Oh gosh, I have to get back to shading the rocks on the far wall. It's going to take forever and will work so lovely when I finally do it. But that's part of the fun of drawing and painting: finding everything that can be worked on instead of what absolutely needs to be done to put it off as long as possible.

Vae's War Room wip

 

Now all that's left is the shadows, whenever I escape Sims again to do it. XD Thrilled with how the details have worked out, especially that stone wall! (...had so much trouble til I remembered that Clip Studio has brushes for this kinda thing...)

It was quite fun, too, to figure out how the floor should work out around that tree stump as if Vae had built around it. Now I wonder what his story was behind keeping it! It'll be fun when it's figured out.

Vae's War Room wip

So proud of how that screen worked out but I wonder if the letters are too straight forward? So happy with how the rest of it looks now! <3 Just have that floor and those walls to work with before they can be shaded.

It's taken almost an age to draw this up but I've been having so much fun. <3 Next time y'all see it, the walls should have the right texture!

Well oops. Meant to post this on Thursday. Y'all can take this for a 'Thursday' post if I don't spam with more sims, right? XD

Vae's War Room--Flat colors!

 
I have a hard time being unhappy with these flats! As of now, I've been toying with adding the shadows but there's one space my tutor wants to work on...Something about there still being room to put something? BUT I'm thrilled with the whole thing so far.

Hope y'all are going to have a pleasant time next week!

War room update and about AI "art"

 

Have been cleaning up lines for an age, haven't I? But here it is so far, just need to rebuild the characters, the seats, throw some paintings on the walls. And it's still been so much fun!
Do some sort of decals on those bits of fabric at the door...Best thing though is that I have been using this magical thing called layers so far. It's amazing how everything can be edited at this point without just putting things directly on top of each other...

Also, my tutor's noticed how dA is going so happy wild about the Stable Diffusion AI stuff. I've not been secret about how little I care for it myself, but Art-of-Akrosh is going to do a video about it all soon. And it's no secret about how poorly Stable Diffusion is doing, even dragging images off people's health records and other bits that are supposed to be private.

Here is his youtube short about the issue: Art-of-Akrosh youtube short

He'll be making a longer video about it later. I'll be sure to share the video here and my videos page when it comes up!

--Note, Wed 14--
Artstation apparently put out a statement to 'deal with AI yourself'. Art of Akrosh made another short about that:

Artstation Issues a statement on AI Art

So lazy, Artstation. I didn't know you were going to be so pitiful as dA.

Vae's War Room update

 

Soo...I had the thought that the drawing was near finished. So many ideas were given to me about what else could be added to this. 

I have a character to add to the scene who's laughing at the birdcat and the other character's objection; but I'm thrilled with how the chairs work at least. Still have to fight with that window...blast the need for perspective, just blast it all. XD But it's definitely making the whole thing very fun! Will be sure to keep updating.

References:

Birdcat: ginger cat sitting and looking down isolated on white background Stock Photo - Alamy
basic SketchUp Room:

Vae's war room

 

I guess we're all happy that Vae finally dressed himself. Ain't nobody who wanted to see that. But now, all I have to do for the sketch/lineart phase is to add the little dodahs on the map and put those weapons on the two racks that are sitting right there.

It's coming together and I love how it's working out so far. Just hope that I don't get lazy at this point and stop working...

More on the "war room"!

This was fun to play with so far...now there's only to be one cat, a thing or two knocked to the floor, and a soldier coming around the table to pick up where the cat has wiped out some plastic markers off the map.

Have a bit more work before I can paint. >>;; Blah on that! But I'm still having so much fun working on this still, so may it keep working out. XD

Feature 167--HeartOfTheFrozenCrow

...Friends?

I have to admit that I know so little about Hollow Knight. But aren't these two characters drawn and painted so well?
My eyes keep going back to what the two are sitting on. They appear to be something like pill bugs or something that tiny. Their source of light is also fun, maybe they broke up some creature's egg and the little gnats inside it provide the light, while the two have a long awaited rest. Even if they won't be friends for long...

Azure

A crow in a cloak...one who is often mis-gendered, as I was told when I made the same mistake. Poor boy!
He looks kinda like one of those crows that we would see designed on a pyramid or something in that area. He also seems like he may fit well in a Hollow Knight story, too. This piece gives me so many ideas to play with in my mind, it's an excellent character design!

Even the backgrounds take work

This is the one that drew me to FrozenCrow's work. Can you see the detail in the wall? It had to have taken an age by itself and I just love that floor design. Don't forget that shadow under the wall, it's placed perfectly!
Could see this as a room that's just waiting to be moved into. There are so many ideas that can work for it--a cute little dining room; maybe a reading area? Whatever is put here, make sure the bird likes the idea. It clearly lives in this little area so make this space comfortable!

These pieces were all so fun to see and imagine scenes and ideas about! If you'd like to see more of her work, here is HeartOfTheFrozenCrow's gallery!