Alakotila - Art Blog

Spacewalkers!

I used a ref from the NASA galleries and tried to draw it. It was a fun exercise and I think there will be several more re-draws of the space pics!

The print unlocked in the Guardian coloring book Kickstarter! I’ll have the book and maybe a few prints / bundles available in my shop in early December. ^_^ 

Some body and motion studies using reference pictures from Bodies in Motion.

This is really a handy resource! Comic artists, illustrators, check it out!

Some Ymir expression sketch studies ^_^ I’ll have to draw some nice fan art of her at some point! I just wanted to do sketches the other day though.

Ymir, from Attack on Titan

Just some Hange sketches. I really love this character. They’re so weird and clever and scary as heck angry. Whenever I imagine them though, they’re saying something weird about Titans and or screaming about it :’D

Hange, Attack on Titan

Spidersilk has been online for six years, so I made this to celebrate the anniversary!
(Debuted on 9/17/11)
Made in Clip Studio Paint. Trying out some new things with lighting and light effects – lots of fun!

Spidersilk is moving to its own site. You can see chapters 1-11, the edited versions, on the new site! spidersilkcomic.com. Spidersilk belongs to the webcomic collective, Ink Drop Cafe!

It will continue to update at tapas on Saturdays until the move is complete.

Guardian has launched!

What is Guardian? It’s a coloring book featuring women and femmes in (practical!) fantasy armor and costumes! Mages, rogues, warriors! Mage warriors! Lots of elves. Killer hair. Swords. Adventure!

Check it out now on Kickstarter! 

Landscape light/water study. I saw a picture of the sky meeting the land in light and wanted to try it out! 

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Some process screenshots and the final image, below. I did this on a surprisingly low amount of layers, most of them being taken up by the background! Anyway, this sort of popped into my head, and I had to draw it. 

They’re from FELL SWOOP, read it here on Start Faire starting with June’s issue, or if you like a slower burn, check it out here as it updates twice a week.

I wanted to draw this fancy boot….

Cameo and Mahala are from Spidersilk! 

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Nebula study!

I used an image from NASA’s image library of the Tadpole nebula as a reference image, then spent some time testing out brushes in Clip Studio Paint.

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Color studies – palettes used are at the bottom. I added in a sixth color in flats for all of them. 

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Grayscale studies, testing out some brushes in Clip Studio Paint. Texture pen in top image, for effect pen in bottom image.

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The final and some WIPs! It’s the fourth of five mini prints, developed for the Spidersilk volume 2 Kickstarter! 

✨ These lovely characters are in Spidersilk ✨

Although … Tanwen is usually wearing armor. That’s OK, thought she would like a nice dress for this.

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