Since everybody is sharing...

[Shinomori Katsumi]

... Why not? Lol

So back in high school, I finally had the opportunity to take my first real drawing class my senior year. We were asked to do a realistic sketch, and this was my first one on my own.

Took about 2-3 days to complete. It was time consuming and I see a lot of flaws now, but... considering it was my first drawing class ever, I'm pretty proud of it.


There's also a pic I did around the same time of one of my original characters in a fanfic, Emilie Wright.

To explain, I was dabbling in different art styles, trying to find my own style (suffice to say, that has yet to happen), and decided to experiment with old school shojo. You know, huge eyes, weird tiny bodies, etc. I don't particularly like it, but... eh. The hair was fun, and I enjoy that at least. xD


Oh, and then for an assignment in the class, I decided to draw that same OC and sketch out a RP ship. (EmiliexCharles, from the manga Blood+... err... "aged" up. xD)

Look how cutsey it is? Daaaw. I used a kiss picture for reference and yeah. Bam. I like it. The pic isn't particularly spectacular but it's adorable. Haha


Towards the end of the semester, we were required to find a picture, sketch it out, and then use pastels (picking colours that matched the emotions displayed in the pic.) So I picked a panel from my favorite manga series, Kuroshitsuji/Black Butler.

Suffice to say, I fucking HAAAAATE pastels, and will never work with them again if I can help it. It was awful. Ugh. My arms and nails were filthy, and it was worse because I'm a lefty. >.< But... at least it turned out okay, I guess. xD (Funny little info bit here. Just noticed that when I made the width 500, the height became 666. Heh.)


I get a lot of muse from music, and when I was at a Dave Matthew's concert, I began to sketch a character of mine.

It's very bleh. I'm much better with references, and not nearly close enough at the skill-level where I can just draw stuff from my head, back then and especially now (I haven't practiced at all in about a year and a half, or so. Shame on me!) Plus... I made it at a concert on a hill. xD


I have some other stuff, but I don't really feel like posting them up. It's mostly me trying to find my style, and failing miserably. -le sigh- I really do hope to start drawing again. I need to stop criticizing everything I do and just do it, so I can get better. xDDD

[Yamabara Shou]

Wow that first pic is absolutely awesome, though i must wonder why the watch eyepatch it works.

[Kuroshi Maki]

These are good... drawing on paper isn't really my thing and realistic is hard. But I love the one with the red face the most love the emotion!

*hate you! making my drawing look bad now haha jk*

[Shinomori Katsumi]

With the first pic, the assignment was to find a pic from a magazine and basically draw it. I remember flipping through the magazine, saw the clock eyepatch, and was like, "That's pretty friggin' cool," so I picked it.

I'm mostly drawing on paper because that's the material I have, it was required for class, and I want to learn how to draw on it before moving to a pad, or something. Haha! But thank you very much. It was a very emotional scene for me in the manga, and I am in love with Toboso-sensei's work. While I'm still trying to find my style, I want mine to be primarily inspired by hers. I doubt I could ever draw her style, because it is soooo amazing. She's a goddess! <3 ;3;

And honestly your art is really good, Maki. I have to use references and am very poor with proportions, and all sorts of things. And I cannot draw guys for shit. It's sad, really. I haven't ever drawn a single full-grown man who looked even somewhat decent. xDDD