Ryougi Shiki WIP 2

Here's some more workups and sketches from the Ryougi Shiki picture:

Here you can see how I refined the rough sketches and concepts along the top into the final three picture candidates I posted in the last WIP post. Of the three concepts, I ended up going with image concept #2, which further refined into the bottom three sketches you see in this picture.

To really nail the anatomy, I took my favorite version of the sketch, and started breaking down the perspective:

Perspective isn't just for backgrounds. The character also conforms to the vanishing points. If you look closely at the top image, you can see where her body used to be, and how it was reworked to follow the perspective.

Working from the bottom blue sketch, next I did a final clean pencil drawing, and then finished it with the inks and color. A lot of love and time goes into each of our images, as I hope these WIP show. :)

Ryougi Shiki - Complete!

 Ryougi Shiki from the anime series Kara no Kyoukai. Enjoy!

See this previous blog post for WIP pics and more details.

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!

Rukia and Kagura - Complete!

 Here is the finished version of Rukia and Kagura crossover pic! That's Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach and Kagura from Azumanga Daioh, sharing a moment of passion. Enjoy! ^_^

See this previous blog post for WIP pics and more details.

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! =^_^=

Rukia and Kagura - WIP

Here's a sneak peek at a new image I'm working on featuring Rukia Kuchiki from Bleach and Kagura from Azumanga Daioh, for an individual who loves both characters. :)

Doing design sketches of the characters allows me to feel out their anatomy. Every character is different, and I don't just mean the size of their breasts. =p Some artists fall back on the same curvy body type every time, but I find that to be a little bit boring. In the case of these two, Kagura is a very athletic and sporty character, with thicker proportions that Rukia, so I wanted to make sure that came across in the picture. (Note also how they compare to the taller, fashion-model-proportioned woman from the "Sunlit Veranda" image.)

Once I felt I understood Rukia and Kagura's individual characteristics, I worked up the composition for the picture. The concept is Rukia is touching herself while she watches Kagura having sex with some guy. Who the guy is....who knows. Perhaps it's you, the viewer. :D

Stay tuned for further developments...!

Also coming soon:

Sunlit Veranda - Complete

Sunlit Veranda started with this sketch supplied by the client (posted here with his permission). He wanted me to take the general idea presented in the sketch and, in a word, "Cutepetify" it. :)



The first step after that was to work out the look of the woman in my style while still capturing the essence of the woman from the client's sketch. Using charcoal pencil on newsprint, I did a number of character design sketches, shown here.



Once that was done, I worked out the general composition and final character design which you can see in this earlier blog post.

Then I colored in the background, which you can see the step-by-step process for below.



I generally save coloring the character for last. (If you think of the background art as the "veggies", the necessary nutritious parts of the picture, then the character is the "dessert", the tasty treat at the end.) :)

More of Bunni from the archives

I resaved some more of our older pictures to make them much bigger and higher quality, and thus easier to enjoy the details. Here's a selection from late 2001 - early 2002, featuring Cutepet favorite, Bunni!

Alone on the Veranda - WIP

New picture in the works. A woman touches herself in the privacy of her secluded veranda. At least, she thinks no one is watching. :)

Here is the character design and sketch so far.