DD1101 - sculpture

It took a long time to settle on what this sculpture should be. I had dozens of rough concepts of pre-existing characters and new bizarre-looking monsters, but nothing realy inspired me.

The Japanese freeware game Yume Nikki has always been a wild inspiration to me, so I looked up this character sheet from the fanmade wiki for ideas. Number 35 on this list, the Henkei Shita, really called out to me. Other candidates were the Pirori (number 21), and the first train passenger (number 56).

Here's an isolated image:



The henkei shita (meaning 'deformed') is generally perceived to be a headless, pregnant female. Due to the horrific and violent imagery there, fans (myself included) feel this symbolises a fear of pregnancy within the female protagonist. People believe this could conclude she is terrifed of her own sex and wishes to change it, but the process and the male sex or gender terrify her, so this puts her in such immense emotional turmoil she doesn't know what to do. That's more or less my interpretation of the game.

They are found on a path connecting the Eyeball World to Hell. In Hell, a red version which bleeds yellow, with yellowed teeth and a yellow eye can be found.

In a way, this monster feels personal to me, too.






Unfortunately, this hasn't been painted yet. As of typing this, it's not fully dry, so I can't do much with it. When I do paint it, it will either be the first or last design in that above screenshot.

DD1101 - silhouette character 02

Full version HERE!

The second character for the silhouette assignment!

This one's a total redesign of an old character, Nayamou! He/she/it/they (maybe just she? She looks like a transwoman, a little bit) has a very iteresting body, I think! A big ol' demon chimera dragon thing! Her skull is painted with various, generally random designs.

She's a major personal character of mine, even an alias I've used for a long time. A demon counterpart to Daryl.

DD1101 - silhouette character 01

Full version HERE!

So here's the first finished character for the silhouette assignment! I like this character... I think I'll name him Trent. He's possibly a hunter or a taxidermist, or both. He's probably a recluse, and revels in his androdyny. He probably doesn't like gender-specific pronouns in public. Who knows!

This was a really fun character to design, as he's largely outside of my comfort zone in terms of character design! He's growing on me!

DD1101 - silhouette practice

First attempt with generating a character from a silhouette.

The left silhouete, with a triangle base, is a rough concept for an alien species based on the race known as Forever from the musical project Ayreon.

The left, with a circle base, is my character Houston again!

DD1101 - painting practices

Practicing with a couple of painting styles! The upper image is a method I always wanted to practice, and the lower ball one I already use almost always!

Very fun to do, and I am very pleased with the result! They both need work, though!

DD1101 - black and white character lineart (fixed)

...and here is the fixed version of this! I am very, very pleased with how this came out. The stance is more natural now, and it actually is detailed enough this time, especially with the boots. Much better than them being vague shapes!

DD1101 - black and white character lineart

A digitally-inked version of this!

I was given some great feedback on this, and I was informed of everything that was off about it--the right arm, the left knee, and the not-so-detailed boots.I am currently fixing these things as I type this, so I thought to upload this for the sake of documenting this!