emeraldonyxdragon-draws

Art only blog. Updates infrequently and mostly Fandom art such as Yuri on Ice!!!, Dishonored, and others (for now). I figured this would be a good way to track my progress!

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Been a while but here’s some zine merch I made for @10yearsofdishonoredzine ! I’m super happy with how these came out! The 3D print design is by Intentional3D on thingiverse.com, but post-processing and the paint job are all me! Comes in two different metallic finishes! Preorders close August 26th (that’s tomorrow/today!) Get your copy here: https://10yearsofdishonored.bigcartel.com/

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Art tutorials by Disney artists Griz and Norm Lemay

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“You’re looking great, Kazumi-chan!”

Gift for Discord Server Secret Santa 2020! For @obscurism who asked for sentimental Goromi. I hope this hit the mark! Apologies for lateness, I severely underestimated how long the dang tattoo would take. D: (I hate this tattoo so much. It looks so good but is so detailed to draw T.T). I ended up with over 40 layers for this art, my computer was struggling lol.

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Day 31: Patched Up

I finished!! So exciting. Finally finished an Artober! :D In light of that, I picked the relatively simple to draw Bunchan, specifically the one from the Doll Girl Substory in Yakuza 0. That story gave me all the feels lol. Also, is it just me or did the girl patch up her bunchan by giving it an eyepatch like Majima? I would have done that here but I liked the way the eye ended up oops.

Thamls for sticking with me and hopefully this can be repeated next year!

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Day 30: Payback

Almost done! Very exciting. Next year's goal will probably be something like "dont fall behind as much as this year" haha.

Picked Yakiza 0 Majima. Game screenshot as reference and comparing from day 1 to now, it does feel like I work a little bit faster? I'm happier with my noses and lips nowadays.

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Day 29: Distortion

Forgot to post last night and I accodentally fell behind again haha.

I went for distortion through a broken mirror, but also a distortion of Majima's personas. I picked 80's Majima, Goromi, and Kiwami Majima as those three have the most distinctivr silhouettes to draw. Hopefully the drawing lools good? Trying to draw in proportion but slightly offset and now quite the same face in every shard was difficult.

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Day 28: Piece by Piece

Kept it simple for today and practiced Still Life (pun intended). I just grabbed a handful of cool looking bones I had and focused on their shapes. Did not bother drawing spongy bone because too much work. Bones displayed are most likely pig, knuckle, a tarsal, and a pelvis? I should brush up on my animal anatomy.

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Day 27: Dissection

I am finally on track! And already regretting my decisions. For this prompt I interpreted dissection as taking something apart, and in the case of Majima, taking apart all of the iconic parts of him and then seeing what is left.

This arrangement is in the style of those paper dress up dolls. Did you guys ever play with those? You cut out the doll and all their clothes with the tabs and then you folded over the tabs to dress up the doll?

My regrets are that tomorrow's prompt is piece by piece...which fits amazingly well for this drawing. And the second is having to draw essentially 3 different outfits, two of which are snakeskin patterns hahaha.

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Day 26: Raw

A little more metaphorical with this one, as it is the first moment we see raw recruit Kiryu Kazuma in Yakuza 0. Compared to his older face, he looks very baby haha.

But more importantly! This it; I've peaked in art. This marks both my longest Artober record, and the first drawing that I feel captures the essence of the character and hopefully makes him recognizable? It almost feels like there is a point beyond which a character is recognizable in art and if you don't reach that, it looks awkward. Idk I'm proud of this one for sure.

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Day 25: Self Defense

A.K.A the moment I started liking Makoto Makimura when she stabs Oda who tries ro take her hostage. Man, the whole Oda, Makoto, Tachibana thing is really tragic. And honestly, Oda is such a coward; he doesn't deserve Tachibana.

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Day 24: Scarring

Chose Majima's scar from getting his eye gouged out. Canonically, he doesn't have a scar but if you think about it, the situation under which it ocurred makes that possibility slim at best.

Art-wise, I am very happy with the nose amd lips, things I have a very hard time drawing. Also tried not outlining the edges of the hair just to see the effect.

According to my sketchbook, my longest artober was 25.5 days (I started day 26 but never finished it). So with any luck, I will break my record tomorrow! Wish me luck!

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Day 23: Holy Imagery

This is the Kamurocho shrine from Yakuza 0. I was originally going to shade in the wooden parts but then changed my mind. Shading in the little rectangles to contract with the wooden screen was exhausting though hahaha. Overall, I think it looks nice :) Please ignore the kanji because I could not read the actual kanji on the blurry image I was using as a reference XD

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Day 22: Mourner

The very sad scene where Makoto goes to meet her brother, who has already been killed by the yakuza. Honestly heartbreaking when I played it through.

This also marks a happier occasion; it's the last page of my sketchbook! Well, technically half since I will also draw of the other side of the paper but it is a big accomplishment for me. :D

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Day 21: Murderer

Poor Nishiki. He deserved better, in my opinion. Here I tried practicing shading patterns and direction to see how they influence the final look of the piece. All the blood really helps cover up my mistakes haha.

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Day 20: Mutilation

Even seemingly simpler drawings can be time consuming. I'm referencing the yubitsume (ritual pinky mutilation done by yakuza to atone for a wrong) done by Kuze in Yakuza 0.

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Day 19: Bleeding Out

It's Kiryu! With a redraw of a scene from Yakuza 0. Also feat. My favorite Kiryu suit, 1988 fashion baby! The face doesnt quite look like "ow i just got shot" but it's an improvement.

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Dqy 18: Inside

Almost caught up! Another mini anatomy practice but rushed unfortunately. I have another similar drawing, a half skull, half face sketch and it would be interesting to compare both. It does feel like my drawing is improving a bit?