Birthday present for @htodinth ! It’s not his birthday in his timezone yet, but it is here!
scrubben asked: Do you have any tips on dealing with idea-based art block? I can draw fine, but I have trouble thinking of what to draw, and end up procrastinating far too much, affecting the final product. What should I do?
I’m probably not a great person to ask about advice for this. Although when I’m having a block of any kind, I find changing my brush settings to a different one is enough to get me going again most of the time.
Nov 19
I’ve been talking about DBZ with a few folk lately and I remembered the whole Dragonball AF thing. For the uninitiated, Dragonball AF was a rumored sequel to Dragonball GT. Turns out, it was actually a fan made doujin (roughly the Japanese equivalent to indie work)! However, at the time, a lot of us were kids and we thought “Wow this is both well drawn and in Japanese, it has to be official!”.
Anyway that’s not the kicker. The kicker is, fast forward to now, the official hand picked artist for Dragonball Super’s manga is no other than Toyataro, creator of said fancomic
He was so damn dedicated to Dragonball he became an official source for it and I find that really awesome!!
That’s good stuff! I can see the appeal. I sometimes get in the mood for flowy elegant things too, like this piece by Rikose. The horse guy is really cool looking!
What are some of your favorite aesthetics/design choices in character design? I wanna know cuz it’s a fun thing to talk about!
For me, I’m a real sucker for what I call the “Klonoa Formula”. Basically, it’s this 90s anime formula of big pants, big shoes, a hat and some kind of loose fitting shirt. It gives off this big dreamer kind of vibe, you know?