TaigaMaid

I've been gone for a while, like two weeks? Couldn't tell ya why. I have trouble doin things sometimes. This is another experiment; I wanted to see what I could do without as much reference. It was alright, troubled myself mad colorin Power. I just couldn't decide what to do. Never finished it but it was more for the learnin experience anyway. A lot of the colors you see were knicked from Gigi Cavenago's works. Check em out, his color work is somethin else.

This was mainly inspired by fantasy art of the 80s. Frank Ferzetta and his ilk. I've got this brewin interest in the idea of 'Savagery'. You'll be seein more of that.

This is what Makima did right after killing Angels' girlfriend.

I used new brushes this time, impressionistic ones. Used em for the waves. They're really fun to use, I only half-knew what I was doing and still managed alright.

This is inspired by Surf rock album covers. in particular: Dick Dales' King Of The Surf Guitar.

Tried line art, which I've been neglecting for a bit now. I'm gettin used to fuckin round with filters and text. It's really annoying, the final product is worth it, but the process takes it out of me.

Again, I went a graphic design direction and again, Krita isn't made fer that. All them boxes Himeno's in are a little scuffed but whatever. I'm a firm believer in the 'Looks good enough' school of art. Next time I'll just draw a layer in Krita, then edit it in GIMP. There's this 30-minute tutorial on the program I'll need to go over though.

This leans more in a graphic design direction. Krita is not made for that, so from here on out I might need to learn GIMP or somethin'. It's a mockup of a fan comic cover. I'm thinkin' about makin' one but that will not be coming out in any sort of timely matter. I liked the ending btw. And it was just as funny as I thought it'd be watching people react to it. The Nayuta truthers were right, who'd a thunk huh.

This is an abandoned work. You ever start on an idea and go about doing it, but some way into the process yer heart ain't in it? That's what happened. I got all the color down and realized I wasn't havin' fun. last thing I did was place that text down. (Font Banhaus 93 or 95 can't rightly recall.) the idea was nice; I've found I don't have much fun when I'm drawing an ensemble. I like when things are more focused on a singular subject. It's also way easier and that's nice fer a slacker like me.

lots of gaps tween characters, was gonna fill those out. Anyway, you seen people losin' their heads at last chapter? I can't wait to see the fandom lose its damn mind. It been funny as hell seeing people go crazy. Saw a guy post Egyptian Hieroglyphics above an image sayin' Nayuta's comin' back. Holy shit!

There are a couple of mistakes in the grid but by the time I noticed I didn't give enough of a shit to fix them. I've been gone way too long, almost a whole damn month! I ain't even got a good reason I was just rottin' at home.

Anyway, I was inspired by album covers for this one. The type of covers you'd see in an Oblique Occasions or Macroblank album. I took the purple and red color scheme from Mabisyo's:

'This Isn't H3nt4i Jazz [Deluxe]'

Himeno is featured on the cover, and a large part of the reason I clicked on the video in the first place. I fully recommend the album, but if it ain't yer jam at the very least listen to:

'Children Of Mirror' By the same creator.

It doesn't sound like something I've ever heard before. It's like a fantastical, magical, and primal sort of Triphop? Features alot of traditional instrumentation.

Color theory is fun; it's also a bitch I can't seem to get it. I thought about changing her skin as I think the pink doesn't quite work. But I've spent like two weeks on this one thing. So, I cut my losses and left it as is. I definitely need to do more studies on this stuff.

The text on the left is the name of an album by Silver Mt. Zion.

Punk Power and undead Makima.

I gave Power spikey hair because I think it's cute on her. I made Makima a rotting corpse because I think it's cute on her.

I've been all over in regard to what direction I want to take my art, but I think I've finally settled into what you see here. This was done with flat brushes, I'm still very much getting the hang of It.

These are all attempts to understand how it's done. The color work is all taken from Fujimoto here. The way I painted was inspired by Aleksander Rostov, and expressionism in general.

Also, I'm writing fanfic right now. It has to do with that au I mentioned like, two post ago. Some things I didn't mention: Himeno, Tendo, Kobeni, and Makima act as the main cast. Denji and Power also show up on occasion.

I just want to talk about Himeno and Kobeni for now though.

Himeno is protagonist and the whole story is from her perspective. She's constantly haunted by self-loathing and guilt for previous actions. She thinks she's an animal or some sort of devil, and definitely not human. She's also lost her mind, full on seeing and hearing things.

She's sort of obsessed with her own morality, desperate to do the right thing. But this isn't a redemption story, because the redemption already happened years and years ago.

This is instead, the epilogue of a redemption story. The final thing needed to tie up all the loose ends, the closing arc. That 'final thing' is Himeno forgiving herself, accepting that she's not a bad person.

Kobeni is Himeno's self-proclaimed "friend" though functionally her wife. They have this "thing" between them that neither really knows how to define. It's not very psychical, but it is very emotional.

Kobeni acts as the light in Himeno's life. She keeps her sane, supports her through relapses (Himeno is in a constant cycle of going sober for 3-4 days, then relapsing for 3-4 days.) mental episodes, and the occasional bout of idiotic behavior.

She's both captivated and worried by Himeno's fractured mind-state and tries her absolute best to help her navigate it. She'll occasionally join in on Himeno's antics in an attempt to better understand what's going through her head. She knows Himeno better than anyone, outside of Himeno herself.

Powers' review of the second FNAF movie.

I've seen reviews of the movie and apparently it totally blows. That sucks but at least it gave me the idea for this I guess. Scott Cawthon remains my problematic GOAT that man made my childhood.

This by far isn't my best work I'd say but it is me just me fuckin round so it's fine. I need to start really drawing again I'm being lazy. Need to get my head on right I'm kinda miserable most days. I forgot to color Powers' horns.