Exile Factory

Trainee artist and illustrator I'll train to be Freelance artist and illustrator

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Octopus | HxxG / ホン #pixiv https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?illust_id=69633416&mode=medium

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Here’s a condensed video of how I paint over 3D models to speed up comic making :) Special thanks to my amazing team of 3D artists who made it all possible. You can help support my team and allow me to put out new chapters much faster via Patreon.com/Yuumei

In other news, the next chapter of Fisheye Placebo will be released tomorrow! :D Thank you all who supported me the past months on Patreon! With my team’s help, I’ve been able to finish new comics faster without hurting my hand from overworking :)

[yuumei-art]

I’ve been feeling pretty art blocked lately. Not that I don’t have ideas to draw, but I haven’t been happy with my level of execution. Just something about the anatomy, colors, composition etc that wasn’t good enough, hence I haven’t finished my current WIP about smog masks. 

  In between working on my comics I’ve decided to get back to doing photo studies which I haven’t done in years lol. I think it’ll help me gain some new insight on what I’m lacking right now. This current drawing is a photo study of my amazing photographer friend, @Zemotion :) 

Out of all her professional photos, I ended up drawing one of her quick selfies hahaha. This one took about 1.5 hours, the video process and HD image will be part of the May rewards on Patreon.com/Yuumei  :)

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This painting is inspired by my recent trip to China. Growing up there I always had poor health and would cough up a lot of phlegm, and every time I went back I would bring a smog mask. This time I forgot to pack mine, so the first few days back I thought I could just tough it out. I ended up developing a fever, coughing none stop, and my lungs burned so much.

As a child I didn’t even notice the pain because I was so used to it, but now I couldn’t even survive a few days. My SO who went with me also developed headaches and fever. Luckily we got masks a few days later and recovered. During the trip, we also visited the Giant Panda Breeding Center in Chengdu, and the area was covered in plants and bamboo. The better air quality was so noticeably better that I wish I could have just covered my mouth with those plants. After coming back to the US, I had art block and repainted this idea many times. Initially I wanted to add the city and other people in the background, but it didn’t work with the composition. I ended up scrapping everything 5 times before using @Zemotion ’s beautiful photos as a reference point to finish this. I still like my old idea of showing the city covered in smog, so maybe I’ll go back and paint that as well sometime. It’s been a bittersweet experience visiting my homeland again after so many years. So much has improved yet so much has worsened. I hope one day the smog will clear and the censorship will lighten, but unfortunately I don’t see that happening very soon.

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It fits!

[yuumei-art]

Here’s the condensed video process for my painting, Flowing Out. The video that Patrons voted on to be made into a tutorial is Our Blue Planet :) Due to visiting family in China, I haven’t had time to make that tutorial yet but I will soon! HD images and full video process for all new paintings on my Patreon.com/Yuumei

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This is the video process that my patrons voted to be made into a free tutorial. I won’t have time to make the tutorial for a while because too much work piled up while I was sick (I’m actually still sick) but I’m looking forward to making new tutorials again :D

If you’re interested in seeing the full hours long video process of all my new paintings, sign up on Patreon.com/Yuumei and you can vote once a month on which videos get made into a tutorial :)

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I did this one hour speedpaint before I left for Anime Boston and forgot to post it. It was snowing in Boston and I came down with the flu. I was so delirious at one point that I couldn’t figure out how to go down the escalator lol Now I’m in bed all day and don’t have any energy to draw orz… Being sick sucks :(

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This emergency fambook from anime "Ryuuou no Oshigoto!"

Now available on Gumroad https://gumroad.com/l/aWLVb

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The newest chapter of Fisheye Placebo is finally out! Read it for free on my website at https://www.yuumeiart.com/fisheye-placebo/#/ch1-part-5/

It’s finally back after a 3 year hiatus caused by hand pain from repetitive strain injury. You can help me finish these comics faster by supporting me on Patreon. I will use the contributions to pay for a team of artists to help me finish the comics faster than before, so you won’t wait another 3 years before an update. Plus there’s cool rewards like HD files of paintings and comics, video processes, and even 3D models of the characters used in the comics :D

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