When anime doesn’t inspire fanart I draw… Tina in a bikini.
Even though I wasn’t completely satisfied with Denpa Onna, I may do some fanart of that eventually. The new season is looking good, so I’ll probably do stuff from that at some point, too.
Tina
When anime doesn’t inspire fanart I draw… Tina in a bikini.
Rets, Tina and Brad
Click for a slightly bigger version.
Not much anime is particularly inspiring me to do fanart recently (Maybe I’ll do some Nichijou or Denpa Onna stuff) so I’ve been doing more original artwork. There’s no real good laid back group shot of all the characters, so I figured I’d do one that easily expresses their personalities. Those personalities being, from left to right: awkward angry nerd, cheerful girl, and awkward angry nerd. Mistakes of Youth is far from having memorable or deep characters.
I really wanted this to turn out well, but I failed in execution a bit. The drawings are definitely the weakest link here, and I don’t think the shading is very good either. I do however like how the background turned out, as well as the lighting. So overall I’m not unhappy with the piece as a whole.
There’s actually some background needed for this picture. See, in Boston (where I used to live) there is an anime store called Tokyo Kid. On the staircase heading up to the floor Tokyo Kid is on, there used to be a display advertising the store. This display boasted a cardboard cutout of Naru from Love Hina in a bikini, as well as some figures and stuff. If you haven’t already guessed, Tokyo Kid is the anime store the store in the comic is based off of. The store was never actually given a name in the comic, so I decided to call it “Akiba Kid” for this picture. This background is meant to be the display leading up to the store.
Incidentally, I think the best part of the picture is the Naru I drew. I kind of just threw together her entire body in a few minutes, and it ended up looking pretty good. I didn’t even do much in the way of back drawing. I need to figure out how to do that more often.
Tina
I don’t think I do nearly enough individual illustrations of my own characters, so here’s Tina posing in a bikini in her room. I may do a series of these, but I’m not quite sure yet.
I hope her right arm looks foreshortened and not just deformed…
Fujiyoshi Harumi
Turned out pretty boring. It’s actually harder to do simple poses, because your deficiencies as an artist really shine when you can’t do simple things correctly. You can kind of bullshit with more complicated poses.
Mina Tepes
I really liked Mina’s outfit in Dive in the Vampire Bund, so I just had to draw it…
Guess it came out kind of erosu.
Fujiyoshi Harumi
Not sure if her room has tatami mats.
I used gravure model photos a bit for the leg shapes and also for the general idea for the bikini. I guess I’m happy with this, but I think the shading is a bit too messy. I don’t like super-clean eroge shading, but I don’t want super messy shading either.
Mistakes of Youth Character Portraits
Character profiles for the new Mistakes of Youth site that will eventually materialize. I think Tina turned out the best. Rets and Brad probably should have been emoting a bit more rather than just looking slightly pissed off. Click for full-sized versions.
New Mistakes of Youth Banner–IN LIVING COLOR (R-18)
Now in color! A saucier version is after the jump… I just couldn’t leave Tina anatomically incorrect.
New Mistakes of Youth Banner
New banner illustration for Mistakes of Youth’s new layout (coming soon to an internet near you.)
Nonstop, Nonstop, Nonstop To Tokyo…
Welcome to my new art site, Nonstop To Tokyo! Really, WordPress is the way to go these days. Busting out Dreamweaver each time you want to update is a real pain in the ass!
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