Disc Drawings

[Dubious Disc]

Oops, all Zeros. I guess the key to getting out of my art block was just drawing the same character over and over? Who knew.

Spoiler: absolute zero

The wildest Zero design, no question. He has actual WINGS and CLAWS and that is crazy. (I see some Bass influence in this design and that's really cool too.) I could have made the pose more dynamic, but whatever. The details were enough of a challenge.

Spoiler: with iris

Tried a lighter subtler coloring style instead of my usual heavy painted shading and I think it turned out okay. I actually like drawing hands, it's a big challenge but it's so satisfying to finally get them right. (That said, I don't think I got Iris's hand right. Sorry Iris )

Spoiler: some sketches

(+ bonus Axl doodles because I still like Axl better)

and some tangentially Pokémon-related stuff since I feel bad about not making much Pokémon art:

Spoiler: vi (oc)

I actually haven't entirely figured out her name yet, Vi is more of a placeholder. Anyway, she's from the same story as Kit. She's an upperclassman and president of the academy's math club - despite appearances, she's mathematically skilled and is 100% the quintessential "uhmmm actually, according to my calculations" nerdy kid. She isn't the slightest bit edgy in personality or behavior. Vi is also a Fighting-type specialist, partly because she likes powerful mon who pack a punch and partly out of spite. It always bothers me that while type experts are usually fairly diverse in interests and characteristics, every Fighting user is some kind of athlete or body builder. Like, just because your Pokémon are physical fighters doesn't mean you have to be one, right?
I guess her main theme is unexpected contrasts, or how you can't always make assumptions about someone just from their appearance.

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

The shadows on that “absolute zero” really make the piece, I think! As does the shading and lighting in general, too. I kind of think they make a lot of your pieces, haha, but especially that one!

I wouldn’t consider “Vi” to be a bad final name for a character, actually! I always like characters that are different from the expected or the assumed. That’s actually a major theme for a lot of my characters, actually, haha; that might explain why I liked them so readily!

 

[Dreary_Rowlet]

Please explain to me how you draw hands so well

 

[Dubious Disc]

Please explain to me how you draw hands so well

In short: a whoooooole lot of practice, and using plenty of references. I always use my own hand as a reference when I'm drawing hands, even if it's something simple like a closed fist. I feel like every artist ever says "practice", but honestly just drawing hands a lot is the best way to get better at drawing them. I took a drawing class recently where I had to do hand studies very frequently, and it wasn't easy but the repetition definitely helped me. Even if you don't think you draw hands well now, the more hands you draw, the better you'll get. (That goes for drawing pretty much anything, really.)

Another thing that's really helpful is to break the hand down into shapes and figure out how those shapes fit together in different angles and positions, instead of trying to draw the whole hand as one single shape. With enough practice it'll eventually become like a formula. A small useful thing I do when sketching is splitting the fingers into three cylinder segments, it makes them way easier to position instead of trying to do the whole finger in one go. Also, hands often have a lot of shadows, so even if the lines look weird, adding shading usually makes it look more natural.

Spoiler: this is kinda how i work with the different shapes

It's not perfect (I'm still learning, after all) but this is basically how I split the hand, it's three shapes for the palm and then three segments for each finger.

anyway yeah. tl;dr I just draw hands a lot.
(also the animation in your signature is so cute, i love the porygon line )

 

[Dubious Disc]

Spoiler: summer axl & pallette

X DiVE has a skin for Pallette where she wears a yukata, so I made one for Axl too, because why not. (They're kinda counterparts and I think they'd be good friends.) (Also, yukata are typically longer, but I suppose this makes mobility and combat easier.)

Spoiler: crispy

Shoutout to chefs from Pokémon, gotta be one of my favorite genders. The fact that he uses a frying pan to throw Poké Balls is pretty funny.

Spoiler: アクセルみたいなポケモントレーナー :V

("Axl-looking Pokémon Trainer :V")
Everyone talks about Wes but no one talks about this kid. I guess he just isn't cool enough for them :'(

Spoiler: misty

Sygna Suits are still cool.

Spoiler: dark meta knight doodle

There's something so fun about overdramatically, exaggeratedly edgy characters. How does he even fly with those ripped wings?

 

[Dubious Disc]

sure feels weird to be back in class and not be able to spend hours every day drawing stuff

Spoiler: woooooo kanto squad

These designs go so hard, I love coordinated outfits. (Also I like how they always keep Red's hat the exact same lol. it's just too iconic to change.) My favorite is probably Blue's. Very sharp. I like the style of Leaf's dress too, it looks like something I'd actually wear.

I actually find it difficult to work with dark color schemes. I feel like it's harder to get the shading right, and I can't go too far with the lighting either unless it's a very reflective surface or there's some bright light source. idk maybe it's just me.

Spoiler: dr solaris (art trade)

Brought this over from the art trade thread, this is one of Dreary_Rowlet's OC's. I saw the light bulb head and knew it would be perfect for the intense lighting I like to do lol

 

[Dubious Disc]

surprise sketchbook art c: this past week my desk has been so cluttered that I haven't had any room to use my tablet lol

Spoiler: assorted megamen

Tried to emulate the MMZ art style for this one. Ignore the eye, that was just a doodle that got in the way. That's one thing I don't like about traditional art, if things overlap you can't move them, just gotta work around them.

Spoiler: shaymin the hedgehog

My brain worm kept insisting that I draw Shaymin as a Sonic character, even though I know very little about Sonic - so here's Shaymin as a Sonic character, I guess? I'm sure it's already been done before. I didn't use any reference images, so I have no idea whether I got the general style right. It looks mostly okay, I think.

Spoiler: future paradox sonic

Check it out, it's Iron Quills! (he has iron valiant energy fr) I've wanted to draw Metal Sonic for a while (because he's a robot and I like drawing robots) but never got around to it until now. Anyway this was actually surprisingly difficult to draw. I had to do a ton of sketches to figure out all the unwieldy shapes.
I drew these on the same page but in opposite directions, that's why they're cropped weirdly.

+ one 1 digital thing because I just managed to clear off my desk today (I finished the project that was taking up all my space)

Spoiler: edge man (aka bass)

Came up with a casual design for Bass, since I don't think he officially has one. The hairstyle comes from some Hitoshi Ariga concept art (it isn't canon but it's pretty much all we have lol). He's blond mainly because I saw a theory that made a decent case for it, but also I just think it's a bit unexpected. We appreciate fair-haired edgelords. (Bass isn't actually as edgy as I like to portray him, but I think it's funny, so whatever.)

 

[Blanc]

Holy wow, your pencil work is so crisp! I especially love what you did with the legs on Metal Sonic, the gentle line-work shading on the surface of the cylindrical metal is such a nice touch. Maybe it's all that Megaman, but it's left you with a super awesome skill in drawing organic versus inorganic material. Awesome job as always!

 

[escolopendror]

Sonic!Shaymin is absolutely precious, I love them!

 

[Viridian Beedrill]

I love your edge lord Bass so much! It might not be exactly how he acts in the games, but it's definitely in his vibe zone. The forte symbol on the jacket is a great touch!

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

You should do analog art more often, I think! It fits well with your style and I wonder what finished, colored versions of some of the pieces here might look like. Sonic!Shaymin in particular looks really inspired and adorable — both of them! — and it looks like having no reference didn’t slow you down much on the creativity side, haha. Well done as always!

 

[Dubious Disc]

thank you guys for the kind words
taking a very brief detour into Sonic art I guess, variety is the spice of life and all

Spoiler: more sonic min (colorized)

Wanted to figure out the colors of this kid, so I tried to digitize the paper version I already drew, but it ended up looking messy so I just started from scratch.
About halfway through I realized that as a hedgehog, they technically should have connected eyes, at least in land form, but whatever. idk how picky people are about this (I remember hearing complaints that movie Sonic had separate eyes), but I'm not gonna change it now. Also I refuse to believe that Sonic just has one giant eye with two pupils. It has to be an art style thing, right?

Spoiler: miles tails

little guy ^_^

It's kinda refreshing to take a break from drawing human-looking characters, actually. If anyone wants to recommend some more Sonic characters for me to draw I'd be glad to give it a shot.

 

[InfiniteBakuphoon]

I kind of like the seemingly more cartoonish proportions of these Sonic characters here compared to what I’ve seen from you previously, or so it seems that way, anyway! Indeed, if it were a bit more squishy and with flatter shading I’d almost believe that this is all key art for an official series or something. In any case, I could barely tell that you started from scratch in digital form with the Sonic!Shaymins there, actually. And Tails love is always welcome, haha!

Who on earth would complain about a CGI cartoon hedgehog having separate eyes, though?

It's kinda refreshing to take a break from drawing human-looking characters, actually. If anyone wants to recommend some more Sonic characters for me to draw I'd be glad to give it a shot.

I can’t help but think that someone like Shadow would look really good in your style, especially with some dramatic lighting…

 

[Dubious Disc]

as it turns out, my Sonic detour has become less brief than anticipated...feels very weird indeed to not have my usual output of Mega Man art lol (I think I just got a bit burnt out from always drawing the same thing, honestly.)

Spoiler: more tails :)

The Murder of Sonic is peak fiction and it is impossible to convince me otherwise. Even as someone who probably didn't get all the references and whatnot, it was so entertaining and I loved it.

This is a redraw of a piece of official art I found somewhere, I thought it was cute so I drew it myself. Also, I'm officially claiming Tails as my favorite Sonic character, no question.

Spoiler: super duper sonic

I got the lines done really quickly and then spent so long redoing the colors over and over because they didn't look right, in the end I scrapped at least a dozen color layers lol.

Spoiler: a normal drawing of mega man and bass

Yeah, this one is what it is. At first it was just a joke sketch, but then I thought "why not try doing the shading style too?" And I did and it turned out surprisingly well. In the end I just went the whole way replicating the actual image. It's not perfect, but considering that it started out as a joke, I'm happy with it. It's silly and I had fun making it.

And, of course...

I can’t help but think that someone like Shadow would look really good in your style, especially with some dramatic lighting…

Spoiler: i am i am everyone everywhere anyhow any way any will any day

(Let's be real, I was probably gonna draw him eventually anyway, Baku just accelerated the inevitable lol)
I'm pretty sure Shadow is greatly, if not entirely, responsible for black and red being the trademark "edgy" color combo. Anyway the lighting for this one was actually surprisingly tricky, since I couldn't think of a good way to incorporate an actual light source into the image. I'm still not that confident working with dark color schemes, but I'm getting there.

Have some very unpolished bonus sketches too:

 

[Dubious Disc]

Spoiler: just a liiiittle bit more sonic art

I was bored in class one day and my brain just randomly came up with the idea of Amy in a Tinkaton-themed hoodie. :)

Had to draw the actual guy at some point. I did pick the colors from somewhere. I've never liked when people say "if you know, you know," but, well...if you know, you know.
(I did color his arms wrong lol :V)

Spoiler: i can't believe miku's dead

wooooooo spooky ghost time
Originally this had some more glitchy effects, but I didn't like how they looked so I just went with the regular unaltered version. Along with Normal this is probably my favorite of the Miku designs, I just love the spooky vibe it has.

Spoiler: wait nvm she's okay

ew why is it so blurry, my phone camera made a mess of this one
I did this right before the start of Inktober, figured I'd brush up on my inking skills. Flying Miku isn't one of my absolute favorite designs, but it's pretty solid. Reminds me a bit of Lisia (probably just because of Altaria).

Spoiler: lucas

mother 3....,,, the game that broke and filled my heart at the same time...
I hope Tazmily Village has a therapist. Seriously though, I feel so bad for Lucas. Poor kid went through so much.
I almost didn't want to finish this, partway through I started to think "no i don't wanna keep drawing him sad " but in the end I stuck with it. Maybe it was a good way to get out some of my own sadness, too.

 

[Dubious Disc]

I finished my paper!! (and got a good grade on it ) Now I just have to wait for my art worms to inevitably scrunkle back into oblivion the way they always do when I have no other work to do.

Spoiler: the doctor's greatest creation, the hedgehog's loathsome imitation

THIS is why that paper took me so long to finish lol
But of course I was gonna draw Metal Sonic again! I think I decided to make it a painting just to see whether I could render metal, then I ended up getting really invested and pushing myself way farther than I expected.
Anyway, I'm pretty proud of this! Didn't expect it to turn out so well, since I'm still not very confident in my painting skills. I couldn't do stuff like this on the regular, though. Took a lot of time and energy.

Spoiler: there i go again drawing mega mans

Based on this victory emote from Splatoon.

I won't hear any of this "Bass doesn't actually care for Treble, he just finds him useful" stuff. I don't care how much of an arrogant jerk he is, Bass loves his dog and I'm sticking by that.

haha sorry :)

 

[QuietDragon]

You definitely draw and shade great metallic textures, you're great at robots!!

And Tails was my favourite even as a kid, I loved being able to fly everywhere while playing him. He looks so cute and fluffy and colourful (but not painfully bright, a pleasing colour!!) in your style! Tails sleeping under his tails, awwwwwwwwww.

Boney licking poor Lucas' face... it's a heartwarming, then hearbtreaking game, but lovely. ;_;

Tinkaton hoodie Amy is cute!!!

 

[MelodicCharm]

I'm looking through your thread and I love your art! i really like your eye for shading and color. your poses as well!

 

[Dubious Disc]

pardon the delay on my halloween art

Spoiler: zero, and two non-zero individuals who look like zero

ok this first one isn't actually Zero, it's just an X DiVE character who looks like Zero for some reason, idk what the lore is. This was his design for the Halloween event.

And this was real Zero's Halloween design. Kinda did this last minute so I didn't feel like putting in the effort to make a background. I don't like all of the alternate designs that DiVE has, but some of them are cool. These two are cool.

Figured I'd drop my Zero Nightmare avatar here too. (Also not Zero, it's a corrupted clone of him.)

Spoiler: ketsuban

not me actually doing Pokémon stuff, wow. I had this idea for a MissingNo. sygna suit and figured Kit would be a good fit for it. It was pretty fun, I tried to get in references to all its different forms.

(and one non-halloween drawing I guess)

Spoiler: miles tails nine

I was bored one weekend so I watched all of Sonic Prime and it was pretty good. I might use a Rusty Rose avatar sometime, maybe when season 3 comes out.
I was never really sure what to make of Nine? Not saying I distrusted him, but I found him difficult to read. Hard a hard time judging his vibe. Anyway, those mecha spider tails are cool.

 

[Dubious Disc]

I got art block

Spoiler: every night i still lay awake, and i dream of an absolution

I don't know much about Silver, but from what I've seen, he's got the same problem as Axl: he's the third protagonist that people dislike because he was introduced in a game that sucked. Given how much I love Axl, I'm willing to keep an open mind about Silver.
Dreams of an Absolution is such a good song.