#xcircuit

[kiotyart]

ok, man. after so much reworking and a lot of art block, I think maybe this is the general design I will settle on for Ellie at the start of the comic. Certain elements have been part of her design since the beginning: curly hair, overalls, white moon boots, freckles. The character was always missing something for me, though. I made a ref sheet for her at some point in 2019 and it was very flashy and stylish. I had always written “she likes to dress in crazy fashions and colors” on her past character bios, and she does. But I think for everyday work she looks more toned down, like this. It just feels right. So I’m going with it.

[grey-kioty]

HERES some bullshit. haha the layout might not make sense, oops. comics baffle my mind. oh well.

[kiotyart]

i bring you inktober day 28, "ride"! so what if i missed a week!? ellie's car from my comic x-circuit, hahaha. what a joke. 

[kiotyart]

i did one from the space inktober list. two characters from my comic book, one of them a racer on the x-circuit and the other a bodyguard. they work together of course! in space. haha.

man, i think the biggest challenge of working on paper vs. digital is the fact that i can’t just totally erase whole portions of what i drew and draw it over again without redoing the entire drawing. i love when strokes look immediate, and i like to redo my strokes over and over until they look immediate. i dunno if i’m explaining that quite right, but... working digitally makes it really easy to redraw sections i don’t like while keeping sections that i like. i guess i just have to suck it up.

[kiotyart]

I was re-doing my character profiles, which inspired me to try and make some additional art for some of my OC's. it was nice to try painting again, it's been a really long time. and i actually had fun. :> maybe one day i'll finish it up more, but i feel like i want to move on to other things for now.

Kano is a famous asshole. haha.

[kiotyart]

for this week’s prompt at midnight coffee forum: “ it's f#&kn' hot outside”

[kiotyart]

messing around with clip studio, making some progress.

[kiotyart]

i did this digitally, i hope it counts! well whatever, as long as i’m drawing, right? i’m really busy right now so digital will have to do, haha. this is my OC Rua-to, a poison frog alien from my comic X-Circuit.