Another one!
This time I actually drew background (a very sloppy one).
Context: I suppose you could place this in the beginning of the series.

...well the whole concept of 'engagement' begs to used like this, so how could I not?



And I sort of regret starting doing these... 'cause now I can't stop. But what's worse is that even if I had the ideas (I actually have a few more, hehehe) then in a week I'll be back to school so I'll have absolutely no time for any drawing. That sucks so much.

The next one isn't coloured yet, I think I'll do it tomorrow. Though I really, REALLY shouldn't abuse my time anymore. I was supposed to study for my exams and read about 10 books. So far I haven't studied anything and I've finished only one book. *siiiiigh* This is how I've spent half of my precious time.

Maarika wrote:

*SKU Sims Fanart*

That's the best thing ever! XD

Colour~ Yay~
Never tried anything remotely cell shaded like before, but yeah.
Utena's hand makes me cringe inside X___x



That last strip is too perfect. XD
And I second that Utena probably doesn't know much about being a normal girl either. '

Yay, I win internet!

Imaginary Bad Bug wrote:

Oh yeah.. I meant to ask... are those all digital?  The backgrounds look like they were done in Photoshop, but how about the figures?

They're all coloured in GIMP (as are all my other digital drawings). I've been using GIMP ever since my Photoshop went crazy and refused to behave itself.  Anyway, the skecthes are done in pencil and then scanned in. I've never coloured a comic digitally before, so I'm learning many things in the progress. The lineart is so crappy though, I've been thinking of starting to ink them but I'm so lazy.

allegoriest wrote:

Utena/Anthy picture

Your cel shading attempt is way better than mine. My first attempt didn't even resemble cel shading. Anyway, the coloured version is so pretty!


Oh and Razara, I was thinking of doing one about Juri and her Bricky, but I still need to gather some ideas for that. ;D

Imaginary Bad Bug wrote:

Yay for The GIMP...  I use that for creating graphics for my website and whenever I put a desktop wallpaper together (and forum avatars and signature images too ), so I've gotten pretty familiar with it.  And when I was taking design classes, they were in Photoshop (of course), but not having the hundreds of dollars to buy it, I went the free route.  It's a great program.

I absolutely love GIMP! It shows that it's made for a different OS than Windows, but it's a very good thing! I like how you can switch between all windows and dialog boxes at any time without having to close anything or getting annoying error messages. I think it was designed for lazy people like me.

Imaginary Bad Bug wrote:

And now, I need to stop talking and start trying to draw something!  I want to participate in these fanart threads, but thus far have lacked the motivation to attempt drawing...

I would recommend drawing comics. When you draw a comic, you're forced to draw certain things over and over again but that's a great practice. Practicing is the most important aspect about improving your drawing skills. (I believe anyone could learn how to draw if they wanted to. It has nothing to do with being 'talented')

Oh my, now I got a better idea than what I was thinking before. That'll be cruel.
Or perhaps even, cruelly innocent. Hehehe!

Maarika wrote:

I absolutely love GIMP! It shows that it's made for a different OS than Windows, but it's a very good thing! I like how you can switch between all windows and dialog boxes at any time without having to close anything or getting annoying error messages. I think it was designed for lazy people like me.

I used to use it on Windows, and now I use it on OSX... it never fails!

Maarika wrote:

I would recommend drawing comics. When you draw a comic, you're forced to draw certain things over and over again but that's a great practice. Practicing is the most important aspect about improving your drawing skills. (I believe anyone could learn how to draw if they wanted to. It has nothing to do with being 'talented')

Funny you say that... way back in high school, I used to draw a comic strip when I was supposed to be taking notes.  Now, if I can take that approach and contribute to the SKU 4-panel comic world that you just invented (yay!) we may be onto something here..

allegoriest wrote:

And I second that Utena probably doesn't know much about being a normal girl either. '

Nonsense! Utena is a totally normal girl who just wants a totally normal boy.

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Emiemipoemi wrote:

Those comics are genuine gold!

Here's an old Utena drawing I did that I completely forgot about!
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/407 … ort%3Atime

I find all the shades of pink to be drool-worthy.

You better be! I'll start with it tomorrow. I can't promise I'll finish it tomorrow though.

And here's the next one coloured (I draw two of them at once, but colouring takes longer, if you haven't noticed yet). This is quite random and has no point really, but it was my first time drawing Nanami so I had fun.



I would have to try very hard to come up with cheaper backgrounds than these here.

Hahahaha, I totally agree with Akio on the movie! I was like "what the heck that's not him!" Amazing.

I guess that's the closest Akio gets to just right-out saying, "Nice shoes. Wanna fuck?"

God, these comics are amazing.