http://search.deviantart.com/?q=gallery:darthmongoose/25832&section= deviantART RSS for gallery:darthmongoose/25832 en-us Copyright 2013, deviantART.com Wed, 22 May 2013 08:14:11 PDT deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://st.deviantart.net/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-3-Angel-of-Justice-310796971 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-3-Angel-of-Justice-310796971 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:32:37 PDT Vacant Sky Contention: Act 3: Angel of Justice nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
Act 2 here: [link]

Act 3 is the darkest of the three acts, and by this point in the story, Auria is very strong, very proactive, but emotionally completely wrecked. I went for a black theme for this one, giving the three act opening screens a white-grey-black progression. This is I think the first time we've released anything showing Auria's alternate outfit in any detail.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link] ]]> [link]
Act 2 here: [link]

Act 3 is the darkest of the three acts, and by this point in the story, Auria is very strong, very proactive, but emotionally completely wrecked. I went for a black theme for this one, giving the three act opening screens a white-grey-black progression. This is I think the first time we've released anything showing Auria's alternate outfit in any detail.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-2-Night-Zero-310796277 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-2-Night-Zero-310796277 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:26:26 PDT Vacant Sky Contention: Act 2: Night Zero nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
Act 3 here: [link]

For Act 2, I went for a grey theme with strong colours and mid-tones. It's the act where you go on a lot of adventures and where Auria becomes proactive rather than just going along with things, so this image has her strong and vibrant.
This one was actually the last one of the 3 act images I did, was the hardest to decide on what to do for, and it's my favourite of the three.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link] ]]> [link]
Act 3 here: [link]

For Act 2, I went for a grey theme with strong colours and mid-tones. It's the act where you go on a lot of adventures and where Auria becomes proactive rather than just going along with things, so this image has her strong and vibrant.
This one was actually the last one of the 3 act images I did, was the hardest to decide on what to do for, and it's my favourite of the three.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-1-Death-and-Rebirth-310795116 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Contention-Act-1-Death-and-Rebirth-310795116 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 06:17:26 PDT Vacant Sky Contention: Act 1: Death and Rebirth nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose Another thing Bishop wanted was to have for Complete Ed original opening screens rather than the montages of in-game art assets, so he asked me if I could draw or paint some. This is for Act 1, so the scheme is white, reflecting Auria's innocence at the start of the game, and washed out to get across her vulnerability.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link]

Act 2 image here: [link]
Act 3 here: [link] ]]> Another thing Bishop wanted was to have for Complete Ed original opening screens rather than the montages of in-game art assets, so he asked me if I could draw or paint some. This is for Act 1, so the scheme is white, reflecting Auria's innocence at the start of the game, and washed out to get across her vulnerability.

To keep up with news about the game, go to:
For a 1920x1080 wallpaper version of this image: [link]

Act 2 image here: [link]
Act 3 here: [link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Portrait-Album-Art-Homestuck-Vol-9-307950342 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Portrait-Album-Art-Homestuck-Vol-9-307950342 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 10:41:26 PDT Portrait Album Art Homestuck Vol 9 nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
This is the art I did for Solatrus’ fab piece, ‘Portrait’. He didn’t actually specify what or who the song was about, and basically said I could draw anything for the track art. I decided sort of…portraits-frames-fenestrated panes-roxy-thinking with portals and then this image just materialised in my head while I listened to the tune. Enjoy! ]]> [link]
This is the art I did for Solatrus’ fab piece, ‘Portrait’. He didn’t actually specify what or who the song was about, and basically said I could draw anything for the track art. I decided sort of…portraits-frames-fenestrated panes-roxy-thinking with portals and then this image just materialised in my head while I listened to the tune. Enjoy!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Awakening-Aftermath-304429893 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Awakening-Aftermath-304429893 Sat, 26 May 2012 03:33:40 PDT Awakening: Aftermath nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/conceptual darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose Our Kickstarter is here:
[link] ]]> Our Kickstarter is here:
[link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Dakura-303123605 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Dakura-303123605 Sat, 19 May 2012 12:45:35 PDT Dakura nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/conceptual darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose which you'll be hearing plenty about very soon.

This was a 30 minute image. I wanted to focus on just going with the flow and getting some expressive lines and shapes, kind of like Yoshitaka Amano, I guess. I've been feeling a little down lately (part of the reason for lack of updates, though also I've been busy with paid work and this game project and stuff) and getting cripplingly obsessed about perfection, so I needed to just loosen up a bit. ]]> which you'll be hearing plenty about very soon.

This was a 30 minute image. I wanted to focus on just going with the flow and getting some expressive lines and shapes, kind of like Yoshitaka Amano, I guess. I've been feeling a little down lately (part of the reason for lack of updates, though also I've been busy with paid work and this game project and stuff) and getting cripplingly obsessed about perfection, so I needed to just loosen up a bit.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Awakening-Logo-291510290 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Awakening-Logo-291510290 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:56:14 PDT Vacant Sky Awakening Logo nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/conceptual darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose
So this is the logo design for the new Vacant Sky prequel, Vacant Sky: Awakening. I'm pretty much head character designer, but funnily enough the design for Korelli who appears on the logo here is one that I wasn't really responsible for, as she already had a pretty nice design laid out and I just tweaked a few things. We did discuss using another female character who was designed by me and who has an important story role...but she also has...um, rather potentially memetic hair which we thought would be distracting on a logo!

I've done a new logo in a similar style for the new Contention Complete edition too. I'll put that up soon. For more info on the games, check out ]]>
So this is the logo design for the new Vacant Sky prequel, Vacant Sky: Awakening. I'm pretty much head character designer, but funnily enough the design for Korelli who appears on the logo here is one that I wasn't really responsible for, as she already had a pretty nice design laid out and I just tweaked a few things. We did discuss using another female character who was designed by me and who has an important story role...but she also has...um, rather potentially memetic hair which we thought would be distracting on a logo!

I've done a new logo in a similar style for the new Contention Complete edition too. I'll put that up soon. For more info on the games, check out

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/The-King-of-Cats-286205152 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/The-King-of-Cats-286205152 Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:24:22 PST The King of Cats nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2012-2013 *darthmongoose

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Amazon-260934288 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Amazon-260934288 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 03:36:02 PDT Amazon nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose
I feel like I'm approaching the stage where I could do some pieces in this medium for more than just messing around without being all 'help, where do I start!?' now. ]]>
I feel like I'm approaching the stage where I could do some pieces in this medium for more than just messing around without being all 'help, where do I start!?' now.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fan-Dan-Go-Volume-1-Cover-261643029 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fan-Dan-Go-Volume-1-Cover-261643029 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 02:05:54 PDT Fan Dan Go Volume 1 Cover nonadult cartoons/traditional/comics/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose [link]

This image I used a new technique; I did the thumbnail digitally. The great thing about doing the thumbnail digitally is that you can easily rearrange bits and make a mockup. It also allows you to put the colours in there quickly. This meant that when I got the paper out and started drawing, I knew exactly what I needed to draw and where it'd fit into the overall design.

I had made one (pretty terrible) attempt at a cover already and wanted to try again. I started with the logo as the centrepoint for the design this time and used a lot more white space so there'd be a sense of an explosion of colour. ]]> [link]

This image I used a new technique; I did the thumbnail digitally. The great thing about doing the thumbnail digitally is that you can easily rearrange bits and make a mockup. It also allows you to put the colours in there quickly. This meant that when I got the paper out and started drawing, I knew exactly what I needed to draw and where it'd fit into the overall design.

I had made one (pretty terrible) attempt at a cover already and wanted to try again. I started with the logo as the centrepoint for the design this time and used a lot more white space so there'd be a sense of an explosion of colour.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fire-Ice-and-Rainbow-260629166 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fire-Ice-and-Rainbow-260629166 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:53:21 PDT Fire Ice and Rainbow nonadult digitalart/paintings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose
So you know when it's really late at night and you're tired and the sleepiness has reached a point where you may as well be drunk for how coherent you are? Well I was chatting to and was all "what should I draw tomorrow?" at which point I decided I would draw somebody in the snow...with a rainbow sword...fighting a lava monster. I then decided that as a challenge, I would not only point this, I would try to paint it as a legitimately decent piece of artwork. This is the result! I'm quite pleased with it actually.

All done in Photoshop, took about 4 hours. ]]>
So you know when it's really late at night and you're tired and the sleepiness has reached a point where you may as well be drunk for how coherent you are? Well I was chatting to and was all "what should I draw tomorrow?" at which point I decided I would draw somebody in the snow...with a rainbow sword...fighting a lava monster. I then decided that as a challenge, I would not only point this, I would try to paint it as a legitimately decent piece of artwork. This is the result! I'm quite pleased with it actually.

All done in Photoshop, took about 4 hours.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ebony-260534462 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ebony-260534462 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:43:25 PDT Ebony nonadult fanart/digital/painting/books darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose and which really helped a lot!

The character is from a story is writing. I hope to see her get it published someday. It's really good. She has been revising and rewriting the story ever since we were in High School together, so I've read and drawn many incarnations of this character, but she's remained one of my favourites of the story!

Painted in photoshop, approximate time 4 hours, mainly just using default round hard brush, but some brushes from:
[link] ]]> and which really helped a lot!

The character is from a story is writing. I hope to see her get it published someday. It's really good. She has been revising and rewriting the story ever since we were in High School together, so I've read and drawn many incarnations of this character, but she's remained one of my favourites of the story!

Painted in photoshop, approximate time 4 hours, mainly just using default round hard brush, but some brushes from:
[link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Otakunews-Fuyuki-Postcard-255441045 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Otakunews-Fuyuki-Postcard-255441045 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 02:59:30 PDT Otakunews Fuyuki Postcard nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose Basicaly I was contacted at quite short notice as a stand-in artist. It was an unexpected but very welcome commission!

I quickly realised that there was no way I could do cute and sparkly as well as the usual artist, Wing, so chose to deliberately do something to constrast her work. I also created the character Fuyuki so that I wouldn't be doing anything out of character or messing up Wing's Miyuki.

It was fun to draw something very 'weaboo' for a change. I tried to get in plenty of elements of that for the image; katana, seifuku, sakura and a tomare sign! I've never designed a seifuku before! haha! ]]> Basicaly I was contacted at quite short notice as a stand-in artist. It was an unexpected but very welcome commission!

I quickly realised that there was no way I could do cute and sparkly as well as the usual artist, Wing, so chose to deliberately do something to constrast her work. I also created the character Fuyuki so that I wouldn't be doing anything out of character or messing up Wing's Miyuki.

It was fun to draw something very 'weaboo' for a change. I tried to get in plenty of elements of that for the image; katana, seifuku, sakura and a tomare sign! I've never designed a seifuku before! haha!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/SAI-practice-gloomy-gal-253028669 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/SAI-practice-gloomy-gal-253028669 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:44:38 PDT SAI practice gloomy gal nonadult manga/digital/paintings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose
This was all done with the pencil, bucket and eraser tools. I like the smooth quality the pencil has; it's a little crisper than the Photoshop brush, but not totally aliased. PS has much better fill and selection tools though, I think. Overall though, the finished art comes out nicer when I work in this style in Sai than PS, I think. ]]>
This was all done with the pencil, bucket and eraser tools. I like the smooth quality the pencil has; it's a little crisper than the Photoshop brush, but not totally aliased. PS has much better fill and selection tools though, I think. Overall though, the finished art comes out nicer when I work in this style in Sai than PS, I think.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Hipster-vs-Raptor-243170570 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Hipster-vs-Raptor-243170570 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:29:03 PDT Hipster vs Raptor nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose
Silly thing I did for my website. I don't hate hipsters; I'd have to hate myself by implication hahaha! ]]>
Silly thing I did for my website. I don't hate hipsters; I'd have to hate myself by implication hahaha!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-Chapter-4-Cover-215711764 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-Chapter-4-Cover-215711764 Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:05:48 PDT FDG Chapter 4 Cover nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose [link]

I had a pretty clear idea for what this cover would be while I was drawing chapter 3. The Fan Dan Go covers I didn't really think about at the time, but they have a pretty cohesive style going on; graphic flat backgrounds with line art of the characters. It was kind of accidental, but I like it and will probably keep the theme.

Everybody gets new clothes for the new storyarc, because it's a different day. Rekki's outfit was the easiest, and the first I designed. I was thinking of changing her hairstyle, but this style just looks best on her because of the distinctive silhouette it gives. ]]> [link]

I had a pretty clear idea for what this cover would be while I was drawing chapter 3. The Fan Dan Go covers I didn't really think about at the time, but they have a pretty cohesive style going on; graphic flat backgrounds with line art of the characters. It was kind of accidental, but I like it and will probably keep the theme.

Everybody gets new clothes for the new storyarc, because it's a different day. Rekki's outfit was the easiest, and the first I designed. I was thinking of changing her hairstyle, but this style just looks best on her because of the distinctive silhouette it gives.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Climby-Climb-196899167 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Climby-Climb-196899167 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 09:51:03 PST Climby Climb nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2011-2013 *darthmongoose You may not be aware, but rock climbing is a casual hobby of mine. It was important to me and the client to try to get the gear and procedure all correct for the image (though kids at a party would almost certainly be wearing hard hats).
The yellow and purple colour scheme is to match the logo.

It's a simple piece, but I kind of like it for it's simplicity. The line style was inspired by Bryan Lee O'Malley's work. ]]> You may not be aware, but rock climbing is a casual hobby of mine. It was important to me and the client to try to get the gear and procedure all correct for the image (though kids at a party would almost certainly be wearing hard hats).
The yellow and purple colour scheme is to match the logo.

It's a simple piece, but I kind of like it for it's simplicity. The line style was inspired by Bryan Lee O'Malley's work.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lightbulb-185843241 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lightbulb-185843241 Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:56:37 PST Lightbulb nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-reboot-chapter-3-cover-181359943 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-reboot-chapter-3-cover-181359943 Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:08:37 PDT FDG reboot chapter 3 cover nonadult cartoons/traditional/comics/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose
You can read the comic over at:
[link]
or if you're on drunkduck:
[link] ]]>
You can read the comic over at:
[link]
or if you're on drunkduck:
[link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pure-and-Simple-178322091 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pure-and-Simple-178322091 Mon, 06 Sep 2010 13:45:37 PDT Pure and Simple nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose Experimenting with colouring the lines here, and also finer inking. The colour scheme was kind of inspired by Cecil from Final Fantasy IV's Paladin appearance. Actually, now I look at it, it kind of looks like the FF8 logo too...so it's almost an FF fanart, but it's not hahaha! ]]> Experimenting with colouring the lines here, and also finer inking. The colour scheme was kind of inspired by Cecil from Final Fantasy IV's Paladin appearance. Actually, now I look at it, it kind of looks like the FF8 logo too...so it's almost an FF fanart, but it's not hahaha!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Manga-Ninja-168838741 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Manga-Ninja-168838741 Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:38:33 PDT Manga Ninja nonadult digitalart/drawings/fantasy darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose
Wasn't sure what to do for the poster (coming up with something interesting can be surprisingly tricky) and then I was like..."NINJA!" Because everybody likes ninja!
Previous posters I've done in Black, white and red, but they always get printed in black and white, so I just decided to do some cool pure black inking this time. I may later do a colour version, dunno though. ]]>
Wasn't sure what to do for the poster (coming up with something interesting can be surprisingly tricky) and then I was like..."NINJA!" Because everybody likes ninja!
Previous posters I've done in Black, white and red, but they always get printed in black and white, so I just decided to do some cool pure black inking this time. I may later do a colour version, dunno though.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fan-Dan-Go-Rekki-Poster-158435274 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Fan-Dan-Go-Rekki-Poster-158435274 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:41:15 PDT Fan Dan Go Rekki Poster nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose [link]

I plan to do prints of this at a3 size to sell at May Expo as well as online. I want to do at least another poster design, maybe something with the cast on. I'm open to suggestions from readers. ]]> [link]

I plan to do prints of this at a3 size to sell at May Expo as well as online. I want to do at least another poster design, maybe something with the cast on. I'm open to suggestions from readers.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Gothink-154670568 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Gothink-154670568 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:11:16 PST Gothink nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/storybook darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose
I really like Gothic architecture. ]]>
I really like Gothic architecture.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Album-Cover-152971573 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Vacant-Sky-Album-Cover-152971573 Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:37:49 PST Vacant Sky Album Cover nonadult designs/gameart/gameconcepts/storyline darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2010-2013 *darthmongoose

While the tone of the game is often quite dark, I was tasked with making a more chilled out, contemplative piece for this. Vacant Sky is interesting because it has a fairly modern setting, like Final Fantasy 7/8, and the heroine is essentially a very ordinary teenage girl, a bit of a geeky outsider who writes poetry in her room etc. who ends up being thrown into the role of epic heroine. Haha, it's nice to imagine that Auria gets the time to chill out and listen to some tunes and write terrible teenage poetry in-between being pursued by mysterious assassins and stuff!

The style is another experiment in digital painting. This time trying not to use too much transparency or lots of pure black or white (most of the dark shadows are actually dark blue, proving that I amazingly actually learned one useful thing from GCSE art) and really block in those colours. It's different from my usual more typical comic book line work, but it was a lot of fun! ]]>

While the tone of the game is often quite dark, I was tasked with making a more chilled out, contemplative piece for this. Vacant Sky is interesting because it has a fairly modern setting, like Final Fantasy 7/8, and the heroine is essentially a very ordinary teenage girl, a bit of a geeky outsider who writes poetry in her room etc. who ends up being thrown into the role of epic heroine. Haha, it's nice to imagine that Auria gets the time to chill out and listen to some tunes and write terrible teenage poetry in-between being pursued by mysterious assassins and stuff!

The style is another experiment in digital painting. This time trying not to use too much transparency or lots of pure black or white (most of the dark shadows are actually dark blue, proving that I amazingly actually learned one useful thing from GCSE art) and really block in those colours. It's different from my usual more typical comic book line work, but it was a lot of fun!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rekki-pinup-147501807 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rekki-pinup-147501807 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:19:05 PST Rekki pinup nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose I guess you could call this comic related, as it's Rekki from Fan Dan Go (that's my webcomic. You can read it at [link] if you're interested)

I didn't feel like drawing a special Christmas picture. I'd rather do work that can be enjoyed all year round personally.
Due to the setting and style of the comic, I definitely wanted to go for a retro influenced background. In this case, it's quite a seventies feel.
So...yeah. It's just a random picture really for fun. ]]> I guess you could call this comic related, as it's Rekki from Fan Dan Go (that's my webcomic. You can read it at [link] if you're interested)

I didn't feel like drawing a special Christmas picture. I'd rather do work that can be enjoyed all year round personally.
Due to the setting and style of the comic, I definitely wanted to go for a retro influenced background. In this case, it's quite a seventies feel.
So...yeah. It's just a random picture really for fun.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Happymo-144927636 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Happymo-144927636 Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:03 PST Happymo nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
The aim was to do something using red, yellow and blue to match the theme, and to make an image which gives a good overall feeling about my art style. Something bold and fun.

For some reason it came out as a very happy looking girl in vaguely emo clothing. She is a happy emo? A Happymo?

...I dunno. It's nothing too special, just a little thing. I produced that printed dotty effect by duplicating the colour layer and putting a halftone effect on there, then lowering the opacity of the toney colour layer. Te resulting effect gives the feel of an old printed comic. Because I didn't want to shade this, it needed some kind of texture to the colour to avoid looking too flat. ]]> [link]
The aim was to do something using red, yellow and blue to match the theme, and to make an image which gives a good overall feeling about my art style. Something bold and fun.

For some reason it came out as a very happy looking girl in vaguely emo clothing. She is a happy emo? A Happymo?

...I dunno. It's nothing too special, just a little thing. I produced that printed dotty effect by duplicating the colour layer and putting a halftone effect on there, then lowering the opacity of the toney colour layer. Te resulting effect gives the feel of an old printed comic. Because I didn't want to shade this, it needed some kind of texture to the colour to avoid looking too flat.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Angelo-and-Isabella-141922744 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Angelo-and-Isabella-141922744 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:02:17 PDT Angelo and Isabella nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/storybook darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose The art style, however, is more inspired by CLAMP, particularly their work on things like Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.

The sketch was drawn on paper, but everything else is digital. The inking was in manga studio with a custom pen tool I made myself. The colours are all in Photoshop. I was messing about with the 'wet media' brush presets. They're really fun, I found this one which behaves a little like watercolour or copic markers. Experimentation is always fun! ^_^ ]]> The art style, however, is more inspired by CLAMP, particularly their work on things like Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle.

The sketch was drawn on paper, but everything else is digital. The inking was in manga studio with a custom pen tool I made myself. The colours are all in Photoshop. I was messing about with the 'wet media' brush presets. They're really fun, I found this one which behaves a little like watercolour or copic markers. Experimentation is always fun! ^_^

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Forgotten-Kingdom-140037752 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Forgotten-Kingdom-140037752 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:27 PDT Forgotten Kingdom nonadult digitalart/drawings/illustrations/storybook darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose The book will be released at MCM Expo in London this month, and will be available through IndieManga's online shop shortly after! See the site for details:
[link]

Up until the colours, I used the exact same technique and style as the comic this is the cover for. The inking and snow effects were done in Manga Studio debut 3. ]]> The book will be released at MCM Expo in London this month, and will be available through IndieManga's online shop shortly after! See the site for details:
[link]

Up until the colours, I used the exact same technique and style as the comic this is the cover for. The inking and snow effects were done in Manga Studio debut 3.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pointless-manga-fluff-124200365 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pointless-manga-fluff-124200365 Sat, 30 May 2009 05:54:53 PDT Pointless manga fluff nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose
Argh, making a picture to appeal to teenagers! ARGH! In the end, I decided to just go crazy and make what appears to be a manic stray Nomura Final Fantasy character in neon eighties/early nineties acid colours. It's completely inconsequential fluff, but I think I would have thought it totally awesome when I was fifteen hahaha! ]]>
Argh, making a picture to appeal to teenagers! ARGH! In the end, I decided to just go crazy and make what appears to be a manic stray Nomura Final Fantasy character in neon eighties/early nineties acid colours. It's completely inconsequential fluff, but I think I would have thought it totally awesome when I was fifteen hahaha!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pika-pika-124199286 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Pika-pika-124199286 Sat, 30 May 2009 05:37:50 PDT Pika pika nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose
With the library posters I always stick to black, white and red, this is because they're the indiemanga colours, because I can use screentones for a clear 'manga' look and also because the poster will still look pretty decent if printed out in black and white. ]]>
With the library posters I always stick to black, white and red, this is because they're the indiemanga colours, because I can use screentones for a clear 'manga' look and also because the poster will still look pretty decent if printed out in black and white.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lancelot-116520221 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lancelot-116520221 Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:14:17 PDT Lancelot nonadult traditional/drawings/illustration/storybook darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose
Pencilled on regular A4 printer paper, inked digitally in Manga Studio and coloured in Photoshop. Time taken, I have no idea...what day is it? Where am I? Hahaha. ]]>
Pencilled on regular A4 printer paper, inked digitally in Manga Studio and coloured in Photoshop. Time taken, I have no idea...what day is it? Where am I? Hahaha.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/This-is-not-Sparta-116223357 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/This-is-not-Sparta-116223357 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:45:42 PDT This is not Sparta nonadult traditional/drawings/illustration/storybook darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2009-2013 *darthmongoose
The god of war, Ares, challenged Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, to a fight. So Ares comes charging all macho and "This. is. Sparta! Raaagh!"
...So Athena threw a rock at him and he went down. Ooh, PWNED! She threw the rock so hard that the guy actually disintegrated! (he got better later. Being a god and all) and she just stood there watching him disintigrate, like 'yeah, you don't mess with Athena, this is Athens, fool!"
Greek Mythology is awesome.

The pencils were done on regular printer paper with an hb 0.5 mechanical pencil. Inking was done in Manga Studio Debut, and colours with Photoshop. Time taken about 5 hours. ]]>
The god of war, Ares, challenged Athena, the goddess of war and wisdom, to a fight. So Ares comes charging all macho and "This. is. Sparta! Raaagh!"
...So Athena threw a rock at him and he went down. Ooh, PWNED! She threw the rock so hard that the guy actually disintegrated! (he got better later. Being a god and all) and she just stood there watching him disintigrate, like 'yeah, you don't mess with Athena, this is Athens, fool!"
Greek Mythology is awesome.

The pencils were done on regular printer paper with an hb 0.5 mechanical pencil. Inking was done in Manga Studio Debut, and colours with Photoshop. Time taken about 5 hours.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Wildcard-Elika-105141817 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Wildcard-Elika-105141817 Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:55:33 PST Wildcard Elika nonadult contests/2008/princeofpersia darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *darthmongoose
I named it 'wildcard', since really I didn't plan to enter again. This was just another sketch done when drawing the pencils for my first entry. It came out pretty nicely, so I decided to use it to experiment with inking techniques. Kind of trying to get similar inking to the CLAMP manga 'Tsubasa Reservoir' here, and seeing just what I can do making custom pens in Manga Studio. I did try colouring this, but it looks stronger as line art, so I kept it very pared down in the end.
I wouldn't say this is better than my other entry, but it came out kind of nicely for an experiment, worthy of uploading, I think. ]]>
I named it 'wildcard', since really I didn't plan to enter again. This was just another sketch done when drawing the pencils for my first entry. It came out pretty nicely, so I decided to use it to experiment with inking techniques. Kind of trying to get similar inking to the CLAMP manga 'Tsubasa Reservoir' here, and seeing just what I can do making custom pens in Manga Studio. I did try colouring this, but it looks stronger as line art, so I kept it very pared down in the end.
I wouldn't say this is better than my other entry, but it came out kind of nicely for an experiment, worthy of uploading, I think.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Prince-of-Persia-comp-entry-104277567 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Prince-of-Persia-comp-entry-104277567 Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:40:44 PST Prince of Persia comp entry nonadult contests/2008/princeofpersia darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *darthmongoose
I was on the internet looking at Wacom tablets and going 'man, I need a bigger tablet, this A6 one is killing my wrist! But I'm a poor student and can't afford one!' and what pops into my DA inbox but a competition that's all 'hey, you know how you really like Prince of Persia games? Well, you could win a tablet for drawing POP fanart'.
...Okay, that's like something that would be the plot to a film. Except, obviously, if it were a film, I'd have some evil snooty rival, and if I didn't win, I'd have to give up drawing forever or something and I've have to do an awesome training montage...but I digress.
The new Prince seems to share with the old one a liking for complicated clothes. I think this may be the only character I've ever drawn who's more complicated than Sora from KH2! Funnily he doesn't look that complicated looking at the finished image, but I assure you, he's not easy to draw!

The pencils were done on paper with an HB 0.5mm mechanical pencil, and the inking was done in Manga Studio, then I exported the whole thing over to Photoshop for colours and effects. I kind of lost track of time, but I reckon 'time taken' for this was around the 6-8 hours mark. ]]>
I was on the internet looking at Wacom tablets and going 'man, I need a bigger tablet, this A6 one is killing my wrist! But I'm a poor student and can't afford one!' and what pops into my DA inbox but a competition that's all 'hey, you know how you really like Prince of Persia games? Well, you could win a tablet for drawing POP fanart'.
...Okay, that's like something that would be the plot to a film. Except, obviously, if it were a film, I'd have some evil snooty rival, and if I didn't win, I'd have to give up drawing forever or something and I've have to do an awesome training montage...but I digress.
The new Prince seems to share with the old one a liking for complicated clothes. I think this may be the only character I've ever drawn who's more complicated than Sora from KH2! Funnily he doesn't look that complicated looking at the finished image, but I assure you, he's not easy to draw!

The pencils were done on paper with an HB 0.5mm mechanical pencil, and the inking was done in Manga Studio, then I exported the whole thing over to Photoshop for colours and effects. I kind of lost track of time, but I reckon 'time taken' for this was around the 6-8 hours mark.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Batman-with-Shark-Nunchucks-97566850 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Batman-with-Shark-Nunchucks-97566850 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:44:08 PDT Batman with Shark Nunchucks nonadult fanart/cartoons/digital/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
Is the best blog about comics ever.
After seeing this post:
[link]
I decided that somebody HAD to draw Batman with Sharkchucks. I then decided that person may as well be me.

Took about two hours. Pencils done on paper, inking with manga studio debut and colour with Photoshop. I don't consider this a wasted two hours. Firstly because it's Batman with Shark-chucks, secondly, hey, drawing practice, and thirdly, I've never had to draw sharks before, so it was also a learning experience! ]]> [link]
Is the best blog about comics ever.
After seeing this post:
[link]
I decided that somebody HAD to draw Batman with Sharkchucks. I then decided that person may as well be me.

Took about two hours. Pencils done on paper, inking with manga studio debut and colour with Photoshop. I don't consider this a wasted two hours. Firstly because it's Batman with Shark-chucks, secondly, hey, drawing practice, and thirdly, I've never had to draw sharks before, so it was also a learning experience!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/A-Promise-Kept-KH-76124033 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/A-Promise-Kept-KH-76124033 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:03:46 PST A Promise Kept. KH nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/games darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *darthmongoose ...Then I discovered what I'd got myself in for. Sora's character design is freaking complicated. Nomura seems intent on making more and more complicated characters.
But I finished the drawing, inked and coloured it anyway. It was pretty fun to do.

Time taken: WAY TOO LONG. ]]> ...Then I discovered what I'd got myself in for. Sora's character design is freaking complicated. Nomura seems intent on making more and more complicated characters.
But I finished the drawing, inked and coloured it anyway. It was pretty fun to do.

Time taken: WAY TOO LONG.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Winter-Juliet-79242510 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Winter-Juliet-79242510 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:22:54 PST Winter Juliet nonadult cartoons/traditional/cartoons/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2008-2013 *darthmongoose Quite happy with this. I almost scrapped it when I was drawing it, but it came out okay. Juu sat regally in ruins, complete with a 'fallen angel' was just too cool an image to pass up. ]]> Quite happy with this. I almost scrapped it when I was drawing it, but it came out okay. Juu sat regally in ruins, complete with a 'fallen angel' was just too cool an image to pass up.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/LFTS-Kite-Fanart-66845596 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/LFTS-Kite-Fanart-66845596 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:33:53 PDT LFTS Kite Fanart nonadult fanart/manga/traditional/books darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose [link]

Kite is the heroine of 'Looking for the Sun'. She's a kind of dimension-hopping mage girl, I guess. She's practical, smart, just a little mysterious and generally awesome. ]]> [link]

Kite is the heroine of 'Looking for the Sun'. She's a kind of dimension-hopping mage girl, I guess. She's practical, smart, just a little mysterious and generally awesome.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Autumnal-Rekki-66241693 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Autumnal-Rekki-66241693 Mon, 01 Oct 2007 08:09:46 PDT Autumnal Rekki nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose So, who else could I start off with but our fiery heroine, Rekki Lune!? I went for an autumnal theme for this, since it's Autumn, and the warm colours suit Rekki's personality and go well with her hair.
The scarf is my favourite bit. I just was doodling the preliminary sketches for the image, and I just draped this big Tom Baker Dr. Who scarf on her and went 'Aha! That's it!'
This is available as a print. Go onnn, you know you want a butch girl in a Dr. Who scarf with a big sword on your wall...buy ittttt.... ]]> So, who else could I start off with but our fiery heroine, Rekki Lune!? I went for an autumnal theme for this, since it's Autumn, and the warm colours suit Rekki's personality and go well with her hair.
The scarf is my favourite bit. I just was doodling the preliminary sketches for the image, and I just draped this big Tom Baker Dr. Who scarf on her and went 'Aha! That's it!'
This is available as a print. Go onnn, you know you want a butch girl in a Dr. Who scarf with a big sword on your wall...buy ittttt....

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Star-Legion-22-coming-someday-65605423 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Star-Legion-22-coming-someday-65605423 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 11:20:03 PDT Star Legion 22 coming someday nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose It's fun to do something brightly coloured after all the black and white I did with my RSOM entry.
Oh yeah, and this is available as a print (If I can get prints to work...) mainly because I've never tried making a print before. ]]> It's fun to do something brightly coloured after all the black and white I did with my RSOM entry.
Oh yeah, and this is available as a print (If I can get prints to work...) mainly because I've never tried making a print before.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Eye-of-the-Storm-Bleach-61580088 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Eye-of-the-Storm-Bleach-61580088 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 07:45:57 PDT Eye of the Storm: Bleach nonadult fanart/manga/traditional/books darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose I haven't done any weird stuff with patterns and textures like this for a while.
My prediction: everybody's gonna ignore this piece. ]]> I haven't done any weird stuff with patterns and textures like this for a while.
My prediction: everybody's gonna ignore this piece.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Winds-From-the-East-Fullmetal-61492853 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Winds-From-the-East-Fullmetal-61492853 Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:03:34 PDT Winds From the East -Fullmetal nonadult fanart/manga/traditional/books darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose
The FF7 one was based around a palette of blue tones, so this one uses reds. Every single colour I've used here, except Winry's blue eyes, contains at least some red, to give the whole thing a rosy feel. Again I've gone for flat colours. I think flats work nicely with my line art.

I wanted to do something with Fullmetal Alchemist, because I think it's a really great series. The art style is original, the animation and music in the anime were very high quality, it's fun and also makes you think...everything I want from a manga or anime right there! ]]>
The FF7 one was based around a palette of blue tones, so this one uses reds. Every single colour I've used here, except Winry's blue eyes, contains at least some red, to give the whole thing a rosy feel. Again I've gone for flat colours. I think flats work nicely with my line art.

I wanted to do something with Fullmetal Alchemist, because I think it's a really great series. The art style is original, the animation and music in the anime were very high quality, it's fun and also makes you think...everything I want from a manga or anime right there!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Reunion-60922225 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Reunion-60922225 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:29:18 PDT Reunion nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/games darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose
This was drawn on a4 Bristol board with a mechanical pencil, inked with a Tachikama nib pen, brush and deleter ink and coloured with photoshop. I went for flat colours, because I think flat colours look really cool.
To avoid the Advent Children grey and black outfits looking dull, I used lots of grey and black with hints of colours added to them to make a subtle palette.

Final Fantasy VII is copyright Square Enix ]]>
This was drawn on a4 Bristol board with a mechanical pencil, inked with a Tachikama nib pen, brush and deleter ink and coloured with photoshop. I went for flat colours, because I think flat colours look really cool.
To avoid the Advent Children grey and black outfits looking dull, I used lots of grey and black with hints of colours added to them to make a subtle palette.

Final Fantasy VII is copyright Square Enix

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-ch5-cover-54672756 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-ch5-cover-54672756 Sat, 05 May 2007 01:54:08 PDT FDG ch5 cover nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2007-2013 *darthmongoose New effects tried out here for glows and fire and stuff. It was pretty interesting. ]]> New effects tried out here for glows and fire and stuff. It was pretty interesting.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lost-Invisible-comp-entry-Katy-45516222 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lost-Invisible-comp-entry-Katy-45516222 Thu, 28 Dec 2006 14:00:44 PST Lost Invisible comp entry Katy nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose
Before any of you say it, 'cause I know you will, yes, she's been 'FanDanGo'ed'. Not too surprising though, since my comic is all about teen girls in brightly coloured clothing running around with big swords!
I was going to add in some Mirages, but in the end, Katy herself took quite a long time to draw, ink and copic. Well, just imagine there's a Mirage just 'off camera' and she's about to go Tarantino on his ass!

Lost Invisible is a webcomic by Alex 'Kxela' Kobayashi. I strongly recommend you check it out! ]]>
Before any of you say it, 'cause I know you will, yes, she's been 'FanDanGo'ed'. Not too surprising though, since my comic is all about teen girls in brightly coloured clothing running around with big swords!
I was going to add in some Mirages, but in the end, Katy herself took quite a long time to draw, ink and copic. Well, just imagine there's a Mirage just 'off camera' and she's about to go Tarantino on his ass!

Lost Invisible is a webcomic by Alex 'Kxela' Kobayashi. I strongly recommend you check it out!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lucca-Ashtear-41443194 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Lucca-Ashtear-41443194 Sun, 15 Oct 2006 08:51:23 PDT Lucca Ashtear nonadult fanart/manga/traditional/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose Lucca is my favourite character. Not that many people are Lucca fans. I really like her though, firstly because she's a female character in an RPG who isn't particularly pretty. Think about that carefully, how many RPG heroines can you name who look dorky? Also, she carries a hammer AND a gun. If the enemy is far away, she shoots them, if they're close, they get hammered. That was just a little detail about her that I thought was cool. Finally, her theme tune is used as the main fanfare in Chrono Cross and she's an egotistical mad scientist! What's not to like?

This piece was done in the usual way I do stuff. Pencil, fineliner, scanned and CG coloured. Had to keep checking the original artwork to make sure I got all the details. Toriyama's designs are remarkably detailed!

I did this because I've been conscripted somebody's project....yes, again. I can't help it! I'm REALLY bad at turning people down -_-; This one is for a CT cardgame. If you like CT and want to help out, there are about 100 cards to do, and the more people doing them, the less cards each person will have to do. Even if you just do a couple it'd help. Send me a note if you want more details. ]]> Lucca is my favourite character. Not that many people are Lucca fans. I really like her though, firstly because she's a female character in an RPG who isn't particularly pretty. Think about that carefully, how many RPG heroines can you name who look dorky? Also, she carries a hammer AND a gun. If the enemy is far away, she shoots them, if they're close, they get hammered. That was just a little detail about her that I thought was cool. Finally, her theme tune is used as the main fanfare in Chrono Cross and she's an egotistical mad scientist! What's not to like?

This piece was done in the usual way I do stuff. Pencil, fineliner, scanned and CG coloured. Had to keep checking the original artwork to make sure I got all the details. Toriyama's designs are remarkably detailed!

I did this because I've been conscripted somebody's project....yes, again. I can't help it! I'm REALLY bad at turning people down -_-; This one is for a CT cardgame. If you like CT and want to help out, there are about 100 cards to do, and the more people doing them, the less cards each person will have to do. Even if you just do a couple it'd help. Send me a note if you want more details.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rukia-is-ready-to-rock-40265920 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rukia-is-ready-to-rock-40265920 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 10:29:15 PDT Rukia is ready to rock nonadult fanart/manga/traditional/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose got to ask for a finished and coloured picture of whatever she liked. She wanted to see how Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach would look in my style.
My style probably isn't the best for drawing Rukia, since I tend towards drawing sturdy, muscular girls by default (which is kind of strange I guess since I'm actually rather petite myself) wheras Rukia is a small and delicate looking girl (she's one of the only full grown characters I can name who's actually smaller than me, I think she's about 4'9" or something. Tatsuki is 5'1" like me).
So uh, anyway, I decided to draw a battle ready Rukia. Not sure why I did her in uniform really, mainly because hakama are so damned hard to draw in action poses (and that's coming from a girl who OWNS a shinigami hakama bought in Japan!). I think the stance came out a little butch looking, but other than that I quite like this image. Lots of fun going totally overboard on the effects hahahaha.
I'll upload the line art to my scraps later. ]]> got to ask for a finished and coloured picture of whatever she liked. She wanted to see how Kuchiki Rukia from Bleach would look in my style.
My style probably isn't the best for drawing Rukia, since I tend towards drawing sturdy, muscular girls by default (which is kind of strange I guess since I'm actually rather petite myself) wheras Rukia is a small and delicate looking girl (she's one of the only full grown characters I can name who's actually smaller than me, I think she's about 4'9" or something. Tatsuki is 5'1" like me).
So uh, anyway, I decided to draw a battle ready Rukia. Not sure why I did her in uniform really, mainly because hakama are so damned hard to draw in action poses (and that's coming from a girl who OWNS a shinigami hakama bought in Japan!). I think the stance came out a little butch looking, but other than that I quite like this image. Lots of fun going totally overboard on the effects hahahaha.
I'll upload the line art to my scraps later.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rekki-loves-swords-38723906 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rekki-loves-swords-38723906 Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:53:02 PDT Rekki loves swords nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose Main problem here was that this started out as a great drawing...until I discovered how bad my newsketchpad was. The paper literally disintigrates when I use a rubber. Also, it absorbs ink in a funny way. The outcome? Bad line quality and some anatomical flaws that I couldn't really correct without destroying the entire drawing.
There are some things that I like here though. Rekki with freckles. I figured I'd try it. In reality she probably would have freckles. Anime artists always overdo freckles, they draw them as big dots on the characters' faces, which doesn't look nice or cute at all. Oh, and they always draw freckles on the cheeks. That's not where freckles really are. Freckles fall where the sun hits you most often.
I realise I've done Rekki in an orange shirt before, but I just wanted to bring warm colours in throughout the picture. Even the jeans are a slightly purplish indigo, I wanted to keep the colours nice and reddish.
I quite like the pose here. The general feel of the piece is to convey Rekki as the down-to-earth character she is. The battle scarred scabbard, the freckled arms, the worn jeans and the relaxed, but ready crouch.
Right, tomorrow I'm buying another new sketchbook. A decent one this time. ]]> Main problem here was that this started out as a great drawing...until I discovered how bad my newsketchpad was. The paper literally disintigrates when I use a rubber. Also, it absorbs ink in a funny way. The outcome? Bad line quality and some anatomical flaws that I couldn't really correct without destroying the entire drawing.
There are some things that I like here though. Rekki with freckles. I figured I'd try it. In reality she probably would have freckles. Anime artists always overdo freckles, they draw them as big dots on the characters' faces, which doesn't look nice or cute at all. Oh, and they always draw freckles on the cheeks. That's not where freckles really are. Freckles fall where the sun hits you most often.
I realise I've done Rekki in an orange shirt before, but I just wanted to bring warm colours in throughout the picture. Even the jeans are a slightly purplish indigo, I wanted to keep the colours nice and reddish.
I quite like the pose here. The general feel of the piece is to convey Rekki as the down-to-earth character she is. The battle scarred scabbard, the freckled arms, the worn jeans and the relaxed, but ready crouch.
Right, tomorrow I'm buying another new sketchbook. A decent one this time.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Sarin-CG-34584425 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Sarin-CG-34584425 Sat, 10 Jun 2006 18:26:30 PDT Sarin CG nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose
This was a quick CG, I'm getting faster at doing them now due to new techniques and experience. I went with bright, modern colours and relatively flat shading this time. Not much to say that I didn't say about the original sketch here. ]]>
This was a quick CG, I'm getting faster at doing them now due to new techniques and experience. I went with bright, modern colours and relatively flat shading this time. Not much to say that I didn't say about the original sketch here.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Runaways-Nico-Minoru-34072794 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Runaways-Nico-Minoru-34072794 Wed, 31 May 2006 00:26:10 PDT Runaways. Nico Minoru nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose
Anyway. and I are planning a Runaways fancomic at the moment. Set in the one month gap between the first and second storyarcs of volume 2. I figured that my usual manga way of drawing would upset a lot of potential readers (you know them, the whiney types who don't like manga and think it's for hacks and all that jazz) so I decided to develop a style for the comic that tones down the manga-ness a bit, while still feeling comfortable and looking good to me. This is the result of one of the more productive style tests, and will probably be the style the comic, when done, will be drawn in.
It's pencilled, inked and CG'ed by me, fairly quickly. Took about an hour in total. The most surprising thing was that looking at the end result I thought 'wierd...my style looks like a bit like 'Young Avengers'!' ]]>
Anyway. and I are planning a Runaways fancomic at the moment. Set in the one month gap between the first and second storyarcs of volume 2. I figured that my usual manga way of drawing would upset a lot of potential readers (you know them, the whiney types who don't like manga and think it's for hacks and all that jazz) so I decided to develop a style for the comic that tones down the manga-ness a bit, while still feeling comfortable and looking good to me. This is the result of one of the more productive style tests, and will probably be the style the comic, when done, will be drawn in.
It's pencilled, inked and CG'ed by me, fairly quickly. Took about an hour in total. The most surprising thing was that looking at the end result I thought 'wierd...my style looks like a bit like 'Young Avengers'!'

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/The-White-Mage-33790320 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/The-White-Mage-33790320 Thu, 25 May 2006 03:24:11 PDT The White Mage nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/games darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose White Mages are copyright Square-Enix. ]]> White Mages are copyright Square-Enix.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-ch3-Cover-30997207 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-ch3-Cover-30997207 Mon, 27 Mar 2006 22:49:51 PST FDG ch3 Cover nonadult cartoons/traditional/comics/pages darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose
Ok, less wierd and symbolic than the original chapter 3 cover I scrapped (can be found in my scraps) but it has Rekki looking tough, and I'm sure none of you regular readers of the comic will complain about that!
Lookie lookie! I'm trying to improve my anatomical drawing and also my CG work! ^_^ Getting better slowly. Hopefully I'll be able to do some really interesting poses soon by improving this stuff.
Looking forward to doing actual pages of chapter 3 now... ]]>
Ok, less wierd and symbolic than the original chapter 3 cover I scrapped (can be found in my scraps) but it has Rekki looking tough, and I'm sure none of you regular readers of the comic will complain about that!
Lookie lookie! I'm trying to improve my anatomical drawing and also my CG work! ^_^ Getting better slowly. Hopefully I'll be able to do some really interesting poses soon by improving this stuff.
Looking forward to doing actual pages of chapter 3 now...

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/You-Can-t-Take-the-Sky-From-Me-30889679 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/You-Can-t-Take-the-Sky-From-Me-30889679 Sat, 25 Mar 2006 19:50:43 PST You Can't Take the Sky From Me nonadult fanart/cartoons/digital/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose Firefly reference in the title for this piece wheeeeee.
Sky belongs to

This is a very straightforward CG. It was sketched in pencil, inked with fineliner and CG'ed. The whole drawing process went very smoothly. I based the outfit on Donut's drawing of Sky's new design, and went for a classic Sky pose with a fire axe and a goofy thumbs up. All in all, I like how this came out. ]]> Firefly reference in the title for this piece wheeeeee.
Sky belongs to

This is a very straightforward CG. It was sketched in pencil, inked with fineliner and CG'ed. The whole drawing process went very smoothly. I based the outfit on Donut's drawing of Sky's new design, and went for a classic Sky pose with a fire axe and a goofy thumbs up. All in all, I like how this came out.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Juu-CG-30188398 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Juu-CG-30188398 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:30:34 PST Juu CG nonadult manga/digital/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose Yet more experimentation with new CGing techniques going on here. Since Rocket's picture I CG'ed as a bright dawn, I figured Juliet's would be best drawn as a bright night. It took 4 attempts to get a CG of the original sketch that I liked, so you Juu fans had better appreciate this! ]]> Yet more experimentation with new CGing techniques going on here. Since Rocket's picture I CG'ed as a bright dawn, I figured Juliet's would be best drawn as a bright night. It took 4 attempts to get a CG of the original sketch that I liked, so you Juu fans had better appreciate this!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rocket-CG-28239508 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Rocket-CG-28239508 Fri, 27 Jan 2006 05:10:01 PST Rocket CG nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose Pretty different feel here to Rekki and Subo's very gloomy looking images. I went for flowery, soft colours, and the whole image has a much softer feeling about it that Subo's very rugged bio picture, or Rekki's which is infused with the colour Red. I used a different technique for the hair to keep with the soft feeling. I'm pretty pleased with this one. ]]> Pretty different feel here to Rekki and Subo's very gloomy looking images. I went for flowery, soft colours, and the whole image has a much softer feeling about it that Subo's very rugged bio picture, or Rekki's which is infused with the colour Red. I used a different technique for the hair to keep with the soft feeling. I'm pretty pleased with this one.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Subo-CG-ed-27848658 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Subo-CG-ed-27848658 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 04:03:24 PST Subo CG'ed nonadult manga/traditional/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2006-2013 *darthmongoose [link]
This is my first uploaded CG that makes use of my new tablet. I wanted to improve on Rekki's bio image. The CGing is dark and quite muted to match the feel of the original sketch. It's quite 'Advent Children' esque hahaha. ]]> [link]
This is my first uploaded CG that makes use of my new tablet. I wanted to improve on Rekki's bio image. The CGing is dark and quite muted to match the feel of the original sketch. It's quite 'Advent Children' esque hahaha.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Gloomy-Rekki-CG-25711065 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Gloomy-Rekki-CG-25711065 Sat, 26 Nov 2005 23:03:49 PST Gloomy Rekki CG nonadult traditional/mixedmedia darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2005-2013 *darthmongoose I'm not 100% satisfied with this, but it's not bad, and pretty interesting. I learned some interesting things that I can do with the 'multiply' brush mode on Photoshop from this.
It's just a bit different from my previous CGs, I hope you guys like it. ]]> I'm not 100% satisfied with this, but it's not bad, and pretty interesting. I learned some interesting things that I can do with the 'multiply' brush mode on Photoshop from this.
It's just a bit different from my previous CGs, I hope you guys like it.

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ifrit-competition-entry-24892922 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ifrit-competition-entry-24892922 Sun, 06 Nov 2005 01:44:08 PST Ifrit. competition entry nonadult fanart/traditional/drawings/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2005-2013 *darthmongoose is running a competition to draw a picture of a Final Fantasy summon. My favourite summon is Ifrit, he's cool. I liked how he looked in FF6,8 and 10 best (8 best of all, his summon looked awesome in that!).
I'm pleased with this image, so I hope you guys enjoy it too! ]]> is running a competition to draw a picture of a Final Fantasy summon. My favourite summon is Ifrit, he's cool. I liked how he looked in FF6,8 and 10 best (8 best of all, his summon looked awesome in that!).
I'm pleased with this image, so I hope you guys enjoy it too!

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ph33r-the-Selphie-24505353 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/Ph33r-the-Selphie-24505353 Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:32:43 PDT Ph33r the Selphie nonadult fanart/digital/drawings/other darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2005-2013 *darthmongoose and my scanner has finally arrived, I decided it's high time I did some fanart of one of my very favourite video game characters.
I think Selphie is a more tomboyish character than a lot of fanart depicts her as. I wanted a kind of tough-but-cute Selphie pic. The first thing that came to mind was one of the funniest things she says in the game:
"Blow it to smithereens with a Rocket Launcher!?"

So there you go. Selphie from Final Fantasy VIII...with a Rocket Launcher. It was the obvious thing to do. ^_^
The drawing work was mech pencil, scanned and then with a fair bit of CGing in Photoshop. It's a bit more bold and bright than some of my stuff. It just fit the sort of piece. Some influence came from the famous 'Ph33r the cute ones' picture from Megatokyo, hence the title.
Photoshop brushes used in background from: [link] ]]> and my scanner has finally arrived, I decided it's high time I did some fanart of one of my very favourite video game characters.
I think Selphie is a more tomboyish character than a lot of fanart depicts her as. I wanted a kind of tough-but-cute Selphie pic. The first thing that came to mind was one of the funniest things she says in the game:
"Blow it to smithereens with a Rocket Launcher!?"

So there you go. Selphie from Final Fantasy VIII...with a Rocket Launcher. It was the obvious thing to do. ^_^
The drawing work was mech pencil, scanned and then with a fair bit of CGing in Photoshop. It's a bit more bold and bright than some of my stuff. It just fit the sort of piece. Some influence came from the famous 'Ph33r the cute ones' picture from Megatokyo, hence the title.
Photoshop brushes used in background from: [link]

]]> http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-02-cover-21739472 http://darthmongoose.deviantart.com/art/FDG-02-cover-21739472 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:58:49 PDT FDG 02 cover nonadult cartoons/digital/cartoons/drawings darthmongoose http://a.deviantart.net/avatars/d/a/darthmongoose.png?2 Copyright 2005-2013 *darthmongoose Rekki and Sarin, tied together by the red string of fate. Feeling intregued yet? ^_^ It took me ages to come up with a good idea for the cover of this chapter, and even though I've uploaded it as digital art because it's CG'ed, there was a lot of hard pencil and pen work went into this image before it was scanned. Because of the big height difference between Rekki and Sarin, the composition was fiendishly difficult for me.
I'm not gonna shy from saying, this is probably one of the all round best bits of work I've ever produced. I hope you continue to enjoy the comic into the second chapter! ^_^

Many thanks to all my watchers and readers! ]]> Rekki and Sarin, tied together by the red string of fate. Feeling intregued yet? ^_^ It took me ages to come up with a good idea for the cover of this chapter, and even though I've uploaded it as digital art because it's CG'ed, there was a lot of hard pencil and pen work went into this image before it was scanned. Because of the big height difference between Rekki and Sarin, the composition was fiendishly difficult for me.
I'm not gonna shy from saying, this is probably one of the all round best bits of work I've ever produced. I hope you continue to enjoy the comic into the second chapter! ^_^

Many thanks to all my watchers and readers!

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