Wanting To Share Some WIPs For A Current "mini" Project. I Was Heavily Inspired By This Months Theme

Wanting to share some WIPs for a current "mini" project. I was heavily inspired by this months theme "Harajuku", provided by "Character Design References"

This theme feels like a Homecoming, given that I basically grew up on Visual Kei Fashion and it's various subcultures. (which is also a very prominant Fashion style in Harajuku).

I took a lot of inspiration from the Bands I grew up with. Like Exist Trace, The GazettE, An Cafe. I also recently discovered Kiryu and after seeing Takemasa I had to design a outfit based on him, haha!

Are you listening to Visual Kei? If so, what is your favorite band? :)

The Messiah

"Summoned to a self contained digital universe, a young child named Niko, with catlike features and eyes, waking up, learns about their role as 'the messiah'. And begins their journey, a pilgrimage, to restore the world's long dead sun." This is the story of ONESHOT , a Puzzle Adventure developed by the indie Team "Future Cat".

This game has been on my wishlist for a while and I finally started to give it a shot (no pun intended). And what can I say....I fell in love with this game imediately. So much so , that I had to draw Niko and their Sun and I tried to capture my impression of this game (so far). I haven't beaten the game yet but I am looking forward to finish it soon. In my opinion it's one of those games that really deserves the term "Underrated"

Niko is also one of the few characters (aside from Undertales Papyrus) where I say "MUST PROTECC!"

I'm a big music fan. And a videogame fan too. So I decided to combine this two things and make a fanart for "Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk" , which was developed by Nikita Kryukov. And the composition for this image was inspired by "Milk", a Song by Jack Stauber. "Milk inside a bag of milk" is a psychological Horror Visual Novel about a girl on her way to buy some Milk. Now you probably think "But Nabs, what's so scary about buying a pack of Milk?" and as someone who isn't able to handle social situation well due to various reasons, I can say with pure confidence: "Everything!"

In this game you are a voice inside a girls head. She has a inner monologe with you about the stuff she is thinking about as she gets closer to the grocery store. And you, as her voice, have to keep her calm and distract her from her anxiety while also helping her to successfully buy a pack of mulk and bring it home to bring it back to her mum.

It is a very short game and I was beating it in 30 minutes. It sure was a quick read and yet I find myself playing it once in a while whenever I struggle with my own anxiety. The developer did a very good job in depicting anxiety at it's core. There is also a second game called "Milk outside a bag of Milk outside a bag of milk" which I haven't played yet. All I heard is that the concept is a bit different from the first game but i haven't found the time to play it. (or in other words. I'm having so many games to play and yet the only game I return to daily at the moment is Stardew Valley in my after hours…I got Krobus as a roommate and he is AMAZING!…anyways…moving on with making art !)

I wanted to depict a scene at the supermarket, where the girl is standing in front of a Milk Aisle, not sure what Milk to pict, when her Paranoia kicks in. Just like how I sometimes feel like when I go to the supermarket!

Some Hand studies from today. I still struggle a lot when it comes to draw and render Hands. But the more Studies I do, the more I slowly understand what I'm doing!

Currently trying to get more familiar with drawing their faces. It's just preparation for a bigger Fanart that I plan on them.

But drawing Blur is also super hard because I love them so much and no words or drawing can express what their music does to me. It's even harder to write about them without sounding too cheesy...oh dear.

I just love them a lot ! q_q

friendly reminder that if i have ever befriended you and have not spoken to you in a while it’s nothing you’ve done wrong it’s just because i’m a piece of shit at keeping in contact with people and i still love you okay good