Still Attacking Those Titans

We're getting close to the time last year when I started watching Voltron: Legendary Defender on Netflix and my artwork started to include that as well as the usual Attack on Titan art. That will probably start in my next catch-up entry. Until then, enjoy some more Attack on Titan characters.

Mikasa is someone who just looks like she'd be into the "punk" style, so when I see clothes like that online I have to draw her in them.

Hanji's birthday is in September and I always try to make sure to do at least a sketch for the occasion.

Another Levi/Hanji event happened on Tumblr. These are the two drawings from that week that I still actually like.

(Levi hate cold >:C )

So next time we'll have more variety! These continue to be a bit sporadic in updates but hopefully I'll get a regular day nailed down.

Wow, This Is A Lot

Once in a while fandom communities will come together on Tumblr to organize a week of prompts dedicated to said fandom. It's unofficial and always just for fun. Last March there was such an event for my favorite Attack on Titan pairing, Levi and Hanji.  It's crazy to think that this was the last major art project I did before starting my full time job.

Technically there were seven days' worth but I don't like all of them enough to share. What I do feel like sharing I'll put up with the prompt that inspired it and how I chose to fill it.

Prompt: Service Men/Women

Fill: Levi and Hanji as police officers

Prompt: Fantasy

Levi is a shape-shifting dragon and Hanji is his human mate.

Prompt: College
Fill: ...self explanatory

Prompt: Iconic Movie
Fill: Levi and Hanji as members of the MIB

Going back through these I realize that I couldn't seem to choose a consistent color palette for Hanji other than "darker skin than Levi". Lately I've been more consistent with that.

Color is Also Over-Rated

I don't really color traditionally anymore. There's a long list of reasons, but to summarize it comes down to not much free time, how messy I color on paper, and the cost of replacing supplies. With the exception of sometimes slapping some color on with a sharpie, I tend to color anything digitally after scanning it.

Anyway, to the art. More Attack on Titan to the shock of absolutely no one.

Last Valentine's Day I drew up a couple of gifts for some fellow single ladies. Armin in the bunny outfit he wears in the Attack! Jr High spin-off, and a sexy but still gentlemanly Erwin Smith.

 

Early last year when I was still desperately hunting for a job, I decided I'd try making and selling some art prints. Sadly not long after I finished them Society6 took down all the Attack on Titan prints at the request of Funimation. Just as well I suppose, since they weren't selling anyway.

First up was is Levi but as the lead singer in a metal band. I still like the drawing even though I never did anything with it. It would have made a neat phone cover or something.

This drawing of Mikasa was for the same purpose but also never actually sold or used. I also still like it and these were both good practice for drawing more "contained" designs.

So far book-ending the week in blog entries seems to be working best, for the catch-up phase at least. Once I'm actually posting entries as I draw we'll see how that goes.

Week 21: Not Bad

On Friday I found out I have an easily treatable but annoying infection. Said infection prevents me from consuming any caffeine. At all. Since I'm an avid coffee drinker this is a travesty. I'm also concerned about the effect that the lack of caffeine will have on my creativity, but miraculously I was able to finish this week's drawing early, and finish it well. It turned out nice and I'm pleased with it.

I'm sleepy and wanna snuggle up with them.

Week 21: The Kids Are Alright

...actually no, they're not. Because the writer of Attack on Titan likes to hurt us. I won't give away any spoilers but as I mentioned last time this is one brutal series. But I can dream and draw some of my favorites in sweet situations. So there.

The inking actually didn't turn out bad. Normally my digital inking is cringe-worthy at best.

The guy in the middle is supposed to have facial hair. He looks really weird without it, but I plan to add it during coloring.

Week 21: Fan Art Nap Time

This week I'm doing some comforting fan art for Attack on Titan. Strange considering that this series is very not comforting. In fact it's quite the opposite. The characters seriously need a break so maybe that's why I went with drawing three of them catching nap. I imagine they're waiting for the commander to come out of a meeting.

Week 6: Crazy Love

It's the name of a song that seems to fit them, and one that Jensen Ackles (an actor that I adore) did a cover of that's just too adorable. I wanna smooch him while he sings it.

I'm impressed that I had the energy and drive to finish this today, what with last minute packing and excitement. Now I don't even have to worry about sketching until Wednesday if I don't want to.

Week 6.2

After posting the start of this yesterday I made a noteworthy amount of progress between then and going to bed. Then I ignored it most of the day and picked up inking it again around 7 or so. Hange's (the woman) mouth took me more tries than I can to remember.

Once again I'll bring up my trip that starts on Friday, which I will finish getting ready for tomorrow and might eat into my drawing time. Still, with a couple hours of airport layover ahead of me there's a strong chance I'll finish it by Wednesday.

Week 6 Happens to be Seasonal

So after drawing a new character last week, Zoe Hange of "Attack on Titan", this week I ended up wanting to draw her again, but with the guy I think she should be with Corporal Levi. It also happens to be close to Valentine's day so I guess it all works out.

Digital this time because I was feeling the tablet vibe. Sometimes I have to draw traditionally because it doesn't work out. Seeing as at the end of this week I will be in an airport or airplane for a few hours and without my scanner, digital just makes more sense. Wherever I go, the laptop goes.

Yes, clothing will be involved and yes, Levi is super short. It's a romantic-ish joke.

Week 5 KISS-es Again

Every time I sat down to get serious about this week's drawing, something did not flow. Three scrapped papers and countless attempts later, I decided to use the Keep It Simple, Stupid method again and just let the drawing do what it liked. Apparently what it liked was for me to do a simple profile sketch of this character because her nose is awesome.

Once I loosened up and stopped stressing about an awesome pose or some sort of background, this turned out to be fun and relaxing. There's actually a distinct possibility of me trying another drawing with her in it for Week 6. We'll see.

Week 5 Something-Or-Other

I don't know what you expect from me as far as witty titles considering I haven't had any coffee yet.

This week is all about testing the waters with an anime that I've been into for a while but haven't done fan art of yet. (The crossover art I did last year doesn't count). "Attack on Titan" (AKA Shingeki no Kyojin) is pretty popular right now and I usually think the popular shows are utter crap. This one's different and has so many awesome characters that I have been thoroughly sucked in and need to draw some of them.

To ready myself, I decided some practice was in order for my character of choice, Hanji. Looking at the first two not so great sketches makes me very glad I did. There's also a couple of Levi who won't be in this drawing but I wanted to try him out anyway.

Week 29 Is Gonna Stab Some Things

There may come a week that I dedicate to coloring this, but it's not this week. Right now I'm just glad that there's some contrast and the weapons are finished... ish. Now to figure out Week 30.

Week 29.4...ish

So this drawing may be divided into two weeks - one week to draw, ink, and tone it, and another to color. Maybe. I grew bored with it, which is why there were no updates the last few days. Since I started last Monday I'm giving myself until tomorrow evening to finish it so we'll see where I'm at by then. At least both the characters are done - I consider that much impressive.

Week 29.3

I made myself sit down and finish drawing/inking the angry guy on the right today. Those boxy parts of their gear are going to be my breaking point, I can see it already. I wonder how the manga artist manages to draw them so much...

Week 29.2

This one's going to take too long for me to make a silly joke in every title, so I'll spare you all for this one.

The guy on the left has a pose that makes more sense now. All the straps on the gear haven't been too difficult to draw, but the actual machinery won't be fun. Oh well. One day at a time.

Week 29: Two Cool Things for the Price of One!

The static poses and bland backgrounds I've been doing are starting to bore me. So I decided to try and do the opposite of that this week, and to also motivate myself by combining two things I enjoy. I recently watched all of what's released of an anime called Shingeki no Kyoujin (Or "Attack on Titan if your Japanese-illiterate like me). The characters wear this awesome gear to help them kill giants (AKA "Titans") and I thought two of the main characters from Spriggan would look pretty cool in it.

Here's some screenshots of the gear:

My drawing is really rough right now because when I started it my hands were shaking. I'm not really sure why, but since I was actually feeling motivated to draw I decided to go ahead and get the under-sketch done anyway. I know the anatomy on the blue guy is weird. I will fix that.