Kingdom Hearts' Xion WIP

Here is the work up for the Kingdom Hearts' Xion image, from character design to final illustration.

The process starts with a character design turnaround. In the case of fanart, the character design stage is less about designing the character (since she is already designed), and more about "feeling out" the design details in my style. Xion wears a figure-obscuring long coat, so determining her physique was another aspect of the process.

Next, I came up with a rough idea for the pose.

Once I was satisfied with the composition and pose, I set about drawing it. Here you can see the clean pencils, ready for inking.

Then I prepared the general lighting, color scheme and background.

After that, it was matter of inking and coloring the character. Check out the finished image on Cutepet!

Ryougi Shiki WIP

New picture in the works... this is Ryougi Shiki from an anime series called Kara no Kyoukai.

When working out a new picture, I'll sometimes come up with multiple rough composition sketches. That allows me to try out different variations on a pose/camera angle, and see what works best. Stay tuned to find out which one I end up using.... :)

In keeping with the character design exercises I've been doing lately, here is a turnaround I did for Shiki:

Work in progress sketches continued in Ryougi Shiki WIP 2!

Sci-fi Amelia WIP

Here's the next picture in progress, coming up after Rukia and Kagura are completed:

This is a commission I'm working on of original sci-fi character Amelia. She's taking a break from her navigational duties to toy herself with a remote control operated device. A hidden feature of the ship. *grin* :D

Here's the character design sketch of Amelia modeling the naughty-hide-nothing sci-fi outfit she'll be wearing in the picture (She can speak in binary, hence the binary barcode word balloon):

On a separate note, some of you have noticed that Studio Cutepet has taken up residence on DeviantArt, and have expressed concern about imposter art thieves. Thanks for looking out for us! I assure you, that is indeed me posting there, so feel free to watch us and favorite our pics. I'll be periodically posting a sampling of our softcore images there. :) We're also now on Hentaifoundry and HentaiArtist. ^_^

Like always though, the most complete collection of Cutepet art will be on our website. Enjoy the pics! =^_^=