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@kaiju-krew
store is now open!! > https://kaijukat.ca/
hoping to keep it open full time if all goes well, feel free to dm if you have any questions!
Hey kai! I was wondering when you'll be doing commissions again and how much you usually charge. I'm trying to get a rough idea so I know when and how much to put aside for a commission.
hi hi!!
i do have some free time rn before my next con so im available for a month or so at least, and would only be at the show/chilling for maybe a week, and can take more after that
feel free to dm me here, or if you'd like my discord u can msg me there whenev too if that's easier
here's my current price layout~
💬 1 🔁 9 ❤️ 55 · opening up some fall comm slots!✨ i'll have 5 slots available this time, but may have some more open up after, depending
Based on one of your posts, would you really draw kaijus rawdogging if you could pay rent?
Just curious
due to the unfortunate reality of living under late stage capitalism, there's not too much i wouldnt draw for the right price lmaoo
like nsfw content in general i dont really have an issue drawing for comms, unless it crosses lines that i just absolutely refuse to cross, which i make pretty clear pretty quick when discussing comm ideas. but if you're curious what those things usually are, you can dm me
idk maybe im delusional?? but like compared to some stuff i see artists drawing for cashola, i can live with myself if someone is willing to pay triple my rate for kaiju boinking. it might stain my reputation as a 'serious' artist but i've never claimed to be one and it wouldn't stain my soul so it's fine lmao
How's Mothra's relationship with Shimo in you kaijuverse au? Does Shimo respect her as a queen? Idk if in your au Shimo is this "mother of titans" like myths in the Monsterverse call her but, like, if she is, wouldn’t she be considered a queen of the monsters too?
I don't think Mothra and Shimo would fight at all, I think they'd get along really quickly but these kaiju "politics" in the movies are really confusing so I'd like to know your vision on it.
(So sorry if this is worded a bit strangely I'm not good at words ToT)
you're good! the question makes sense and i agree it's a little confusing sometimes aha
personally i sorta believe the king and queen labels are ones that humans ascribe to the kaiju, but they themselves don't reallyyy lean into those titles with the implication behind them. goji is the top dog or 'king' because he's proven himself to be - while violent and an ass - a leader who has a 'code' he usually seems to follow, and it helps maintain the balance that's mentioned throughout the films. like, he'll kill humans and wreck their cities, but only when they're actively fucking with him, stealing his loot, or he's fighting another titan and happens to be in a city
for mothra, obviously we havent gotten a full flesh out of what her relationship with humans is, but she's much more active in trying to help them/is benevolent (like grabbing the ship in GxK to save the humans)
for my personal hc, she's perpetually goji's counter balance. she's the sky and he's the earth, she's gentler than him(usually), he's more violent, yadda yadda. i often imagine she tries to play mediator with titans who are running amuck before goji arrives to try to placate and resolve those situations before he's gotta throw hands. but she doesnt view herself as a leader in the way that the title of queen would imply, she's just the best at communicating and that often comes in handy (like goji n kessho(spacegoji) would have never been able to reconcile without her help)
i do agree that shimo n mosu wouldnt fight, like, at all. girls are smarter so they know when to be reasonable and when to throw hands. i like to imagine that despite shimo's age (probably growing within HE before goji was even born is how i imagine it) she hasn't been able to be properly social for so long after her captivity that she comes across a bit awkward and unsure when she's trying to meet new titans, so mosu kinda helps that process while she acclimatizes. title wise, i think the mother of titans works, but i personally dont imagine her as being intensely wise and 'mothering' to all the other kaiju. she's lived longer and has more life experience, so she has stories to tell, but doesnt fall into any of the 'damn kids' or 'back in my day' stuff if that makes sense??
I remember seeing your art a couple years back and absolutely adoring every tiny detail! After rewatching Legacy of Monsters and finally getting around to Minus One, I was suddenly HIT by the Godzilla fixation lmao
You- yes you- create among the most beautiful, detailed, and sometimes goofy artwork for this series, and it genuinely makes me so happy. Never EVER stop making art, you are a GIFT to my eyes. Seeing you put so much passion into your art is inspiring on so many levels, and I wanted you to know that.
And if ANYONE tries to say otherwise, I will fold their bones like a goddamn beach chair
you're too kind tysm!!!! ('': <3 im always so happy when i can inspire people, even if it's in small ways. im also eternally grateful when u guys put up with my hibernation cycles... last year was a mess lowkey, hoping i can get more involved again now that things have settled more. y'all deserve more content from me for stickin through it <3
Hiii i don't want to bother qwp but i LOVE your work and i'd live to (if you don't mind ofc) to learn your way of rendering because it's so amazing !!!
Any tips ?
no bother at all!!
its...... a process firstly, i use this goated ass brush for a lot of rendering (the non-pen one) but honestly sometimes i still use the default blend/airbrush that procreate and csp have
i'll be going into waaay more detail in the video tutorial, but id say the broadest bullet points i can think of are this:
>a solid sketch helps. i am stupid and start rendering without a decent sketch most of the time and always regret it later. be better than me<//3 i have also become a genuine unrepentant freak and flatten my sketches to my colour very early on, and just paint on top of all of it. i believe this is something that comes with time and gaining confidence in rendering/painting, so if you do want to try it, dont go hard on yourself if you're a beginner and it doesnt flow well for you yet. view it as an experiment, save it as a duplicate file if you gotta n see what happens >merging the sketch to colours lets you unify everything early, but i tend to alternate between the larger, airbrush/blend brush, and a small textured sketch-pen style brush. i basically blend/unify, refine, repeat. reinforce the important shapes with the small sketchpen, blend/unify with the goated fluff. >i dont often use the actual blend tool, and prefer blending to happen with my brushes, but it does come in handy sometimes. id recommend it if you're not happy with how it feels to blend with colour >establish light/shadow as early as you can(if the piece calls for it), it'll save headaches later >occasionally ill use a cool textured brush to establish some scales or whatever the texture may be, it can help save some time and add some more visual interest. but i usually hand draw the scales n whatnot because i hate myself >as i go ill sometimes chop away a part that's in the background/further from view and blur it out to help with the illusion of depth >once rendering has reached a decent point, ill reestablish lighting/shading, usually with add n multiply layers, and will merge them to the char once rendering is near complete >i dont always use them, but setting a noise texture to overlay does a good job at tricking people into thinking you did more work than you did in terms of texture (work smart not harder) >play with layer effects (a filled colour layer clipped to the character layer) to add some interesting zest on top at the end. i also play with tone curve correction layers in csp sometimes too. i dont have a secret combo or colour, i just kinda tinker until something looks neat unfortunately i almost never record timelapses in csp and tend to finish the vast majority of my stuff there, so the only thing i have a proper start-to-finish timelapse of is this golden asshole since procreate auto-records em.
again im sorry this is so barebones compared to what i hope the vid tut will cover, there's just way too much i would yap about lmaoo. but i hope this can help tide ya over for now! (I have no idea if this timelapse will upload at a dogwater quality or not, if it does ill edit this post n add a google drive link to watch it at better quality there instead)
tried somethin different🔆
opening up some fall comm slots!✨
i'll have 5 slots available this time, but may have some more open up after, depending on workload. (i'll also have a waiting list for those who miss slots but want to be first in line for the next opening)
feel free to dm me with any questions! will happily talk over details or discuss TOS
comms are open!✨ hmu with any questions /o/
I hate to be a bother, but when I'd the tutorial coming out?
not a bother! i meant to get on it much sooner, but this year has been kinda wack.
the script is nearly finished, and i did some tests with OBS that seem like it'll make it pretty easy to record myself as i work and yap. i don't have an exact timeline in mind since i've never recorded/edited a vid like that before, unfortunately, but there is motion occurring & it's ramping up now that i'm mostly recovered from surgery and have some more energy back^^
its probably going to be way longer than necessary, the whole first 10 minutes is me lamenting the agony of trying to share your process without making newer/younger artists feel bad/discouraged. so if ur lookin for a quick cut & dry tut... it will not be the one for u <///3
If you look closely enough you'll notice that in GxK Goji's pupils dilate/his gaze softens both when he sees Mothra in the desert and when Kong smiles at him at the end of the movie...
Was Wingard making a reference to Godzilla being the king of bisexuals? 🤔
let it be known that the truth was always right in front of us
working on some new prints🤗
free palestine!!
WHAT'S UP KAI!!!! I love your art so much. 🤩🎨😊 Are you doing commissions by any chance? 🤔✍️✨ If not that's totally okay. 👍💖🥳
hullo!! thank u sm!!! 🫶
im just finishing up two larger project comms atm but once those are done i will have free slots. (maybe 2 weeksish until im done) feel free to shoot me a dm and i’ll send you a message once i have open slots :3c
golden boy happy kaijune!
HELLO KAI!!! First of all, I wanted to wish a great dayyyy!! <333
Okay, now, my question is- if you could make a MVGodzilla anime, but like an AU or something, how would you do it? Yap about your ideas I'm hearing you out.
HI POOKIEEE tysm u too uwu
uhhmmmhmhmhmhmhmm honestly i haven't given this a ton of thought but my immediate instinct is to say something revolving around Miki. She's the goat and i love the idea of having a character that uses her own psychic abilities to like... humanize(?) kaiju more? obviously we've gotten a lot more open characterization of monster chars like kong, and some for others too, but having a human who can basically communicate with kaiju would be neato. (not just the orca static, real communication)
im not picky but if it was an offshoot of the monsterverse....... i feel like the mv vaguely hinted at their version of the shobijin (dr chen and her sister) having some kinda link or attachment to mothra, so it doesn't seem unreasonable to extrapolate off that idea. you could always lean on the excuse that hollow earth spicy air can effect human brains and triggered psychic abilities or something idk
buuuuuut yeah im a sucker for her having a baby gojiran around so im down for whatever kinda godzilla juniour/baby godzilla thing they need to do for her to help raise it up. easiest choice is that they find a dormant egg in HE and it hatches out. perhaps they're worried goji will see it as a threat and will try to vaporize it so they gotta work around that, maybe chat to mothra, etc. hijinks ensue trying to keep a baby goji hidden, blah blah.
maybe it's too silly but i think there's a chance for an emotional core of Miki feeling out of place among humans for her powers, n the baby gojiran being unable to integrate into the 'kaiju balance' until they're sure it can be safe. i think it could be fun and cute with a pinch of angst when needed
make art, wussy
HIIIII!! HELLOooo, first of all I hope you are having a good dayyy (or night, I don't remember what time it is there srry oomf)!!
Now, I have a question that has been floating around in my head for a while... so I'm gonna ask it or I will explode hagshhahshgdhhag
Have you ever thought about making an anthro AU?? Cause it would look awesomeeee (Yes, I'm remembering that Zeuszilla art)
TYYYYY <3
i have thought about it! but honestly idk if im built for it 😭 the zeuszilla stuff is a lot of fun but i dont have a ton of ideas for my own anthro au.
i find myself preferring the gijinka end of more humanoid aus, i think i just have more fun with em. i have a bunch of sketches and ideas piled up im just trying to finish the shimo, rodan, battra, and angy gijinka designs before posting the backlog of everything else....... which will prob take me another 100 years lmao.(even tho they're like 80% done) but i have a lot of lore ideas for that au that i wanna do more art for if i have the time </3
What brushes do you use on procreate?
mostly the two sketch brushes from this pack!
most of my rendering is just done with the airbrush section that already come with the program^^ i should use more of the textural brushes to speed up my process but i am in fact, not very smart
i do use more custom brushes for CSP but still havent found a Perfect Brush for me yet </3