Single: Haruka - Album: Sorayume
Unused (for now) illustration for Draftman's EP (back when it was titled "Haruka" instead of "Sorayume"). I think it'd be dope to use it as a cover for a chiptune version of the song "Haruka". You can go and pester Draftman if you want that too.
Anyway, inspired by weird screen glitches, old analog synths and android girls with existential dillemma.
Anyway, inspired by weird screen glitches, old analog synths and android girls with existential dillemma.
Thanks to @fribago, @sciaralyth and @sidvenblu for some fine tips and observations.
Process shots. Besides having to remember how to do pixel art, I also did a lot of visual research on analog synths and circuitry to ground this crazy idea.
Single: Haruka - Album: Sorayume
Actual cover for the "Haruka" single. Since I wasn't doing pixel art on this one, I wanted to experiment with textures and showcase Haruka's character design and her style. I also wrote the text that goes around her, trying to expand the worldbuilding of the album and give it a cryptic and ominous feeling:
You rest at ease believing the dreams you dream are unique / You calm yourself thinking the feelings you feel we all share in / The assembly line is a never-ending maze whose only lies lie in the glitches of the QA / Whatever i may think and believe i feel and dream is whatever you may think and believe you feel and dream is whatever I may....
Again, thanks to @sidvenblu for the advice on machinery and circuits!
Some process shots. I wasn't confident at all in my watercolor skills, so I painted patches of color and texture that later I used digitally.
You can listen to the song, along with the rest of the album, in Spotify, Apple Music, Bandcamp and Youtube.
Single: The Place Where Wishes Come True - Clannad's Anime Soundtrack Cover
Fanart of Clannad for Draftman's cover of one of the songs in the series. This one was specifically commissioned to be on YouTube, so I got to use a widescreen video aspect ratio.
I wanted to go in a different direction aesthetically from the usual Clannad fanart and official illustrations while still capturing the moment from the series Draftman wanted.
I also did a really simple video to showcase the song. You can watch it below:
Process shots. This time I was a teeny bit more confident on my watercolor ability, so I painted a rough landscape that I refined digitally.
Single: 「Q」by Mori x Gura x DECO*27, METAL/DJENT Cover
Illustration for Draftman's djent cover of「Q」by Mori x Gura x DECO*27. I deeply underestimated how challenging this piece would be, and it took me way longer than I thought. In the end though, I'm happy with how it turned out.
This was my first work to be fully done in Clip Studio Paint, and now I love that software to bits. I even had to use the 3D model reference tool to fine-tune some of the perspective and poses.
This was my first work to be fully done in Clip Studio Paint, and now I love that software to bits. I even had to use the 3D model reference tool to fine-tune some of the perspective and poses.
This time around I didn't do the video editing, but the illustration was featured in the thumbnail and the intro/outro of the video.
Since Gawr Gura and Mori Calliope have their signature looks, I wanted to give them a different set of clothes for this picture, to better reflect the kind of music they'd be "playing". After a lot of visual research, I settled on these designs.
Some of the initial exploration sketches, to experiment different poses, points of view and compositions.
The first color sketch, to settle on the mood and main color palette. Also the structural foundation for the definitive sketch.
The final color sketch that still needed some tweaking in the perspective and poses, so I used Clip Studio Paint's 3D reference model tool for some help in that.
Thanks for watching!
