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Eric the Art Guy (commissions full)
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Full time artist, part time poster of said art.
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Lastly, we did some #fanart pieces to celebrate the #comic hitting 15k on deviant art.
Ironically, the end of this particular "saga" of my art. Though I might post the comic itself one of these days.
#DragonAge #fantasy #StarWars #scifi #traditionalart

⚠️Risqué-costumes. Twokinds-level catgirls.
Our hero, Jacob, dressed as a grey warden from Dragon Age 1. While I have friends who are big fans, I myself have never played them. A mock poster of our characters as the cast of Star Wars. I AM, however, a Star Wars fan. Much more now than back then, but still. From Left to right: Cassius (Emperor Palpatine), Carmen (Darth Vader), Jacob (Luke Skywalker), Victor (Hon Solo), Shina (Chewbacca), Vira (Boba Fett), Sandra (Slave Leia) More Star Wars, though this time just our heroines. Left to right: Shina (Chewbacca), Vira (Boba Fett), & Sandra (Slave Leia.) This SHOULD be the last bit of fanservice-y cheesecake for a while. While I did some for Devil's Angel's too, it was far less prevalent.
December 2, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Last on the cast list I actually drew were Jacob & Cassius' mothers. Mrs. Walter (and Madelyn) would eventually make the jump to Lux and join the fight against Queen Nictor; the eventual endgame villain (IIRC.)
#sketches #fantasy #traditionalart #conceptart #indiecomic

⚠️Topless female.
The initial sketch of Jacob and Cassius' mothers. Mrs. Walter (L): She was envisioned as a very 80's mom aesthetically speaking. Attitude wise I imagined her having laid back "best-friend mom" energy. But with a serious side once things got heavy. Mrs. Nictor (R): Stricken with a magical curse during her house's coup 15yrs ago, she would remain bedridden for (at least) the initial portion of the story. Though I expect she would have been the subtle scheming force behind much of the story, before eventually being cured & becoming the main villain. She was not MEANT to be naked but, given the curse and her bedridden state, I was going for adult-Midna vibes. "Comfy/slinky fantasy pajamas." Some concept pieces of Jacob's mom, Mrs. Walter. Like I said, going for that 80's-mom vibe with the off-the-shoulder sweater and the hair. Not sure if there was any plan with what's going on in the bottom bust. Demon stuff? A curse? Been too long.
December 1, 2024 at 4:47 PM
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Each chapter was planned to have some kind of #splashart. Sometimes story relevant, sometimes just fun stuff.
Bleach was a heavy style influence for me at the time. This #comic in particular.
#artist #anime #sketches #OCs #catgirl #traditionalart #digitalart

⚠️Light Warning for ecchi & fan-service.
Chapter 2 splash art. Madelyn(L) and Jacob(R) posing around a broken brick wall with the words "Know you're Enemy" spray painted on the wall. Jacob Holding a spray-can. Chapter 3 splash art. Once again, Cassius and his Harem. Thinking about it, this would have been better for chapter 5, when we would have seen all 4 members together as they pursued our heroes. Chapter 4 splash art. Shina stuffing her face with a plate of sweet-rolls. The other half was going to be a camp scene: Victor cooking a pot of soup over a campfire with our hero passed out under a tree (still unconscious from being knocked out in the previous chapter.) I don't remember if this was going to be chapter art, but it does depict a scene from a later chapter that was planned, but never presented to me. Our hero, Jacob, waking up in a bed covered in bruises & bandages after his encounter with Cassius' harem. Around him are his newfound companions, all trying to make sure he doesn't hurt himself while trying to right himself.
November 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM
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Also included were Madelyn; Jacob's athletic & intelligent girlfriend, & Vira; a warrior from a tribe of demons. She'd often vie for Jacob's affection, giving them kind of an Ayeka/Ryoko dynamic (Shina being Ryo-Ohki ofc.)
#heightchart #charactersheet #OCs #demongirl

⚠️Underwear. "Nude" #catgirl.
Height chart of Lux Aeterna Cast. From Left to right: Jacob (5'11), Cassius (5'11), Sandra (5'9), Vira (5'6), Madelyn (5'6), Shina (5'4), Carmen (4'8). Character busts of Carmen, Victor, and Madelyn. The only two pieces I ever did of Mathew; Sandra's brother. Plan was for him to be the less mature foil to Sandra's more responsible "motherly" attitude.
November 30, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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Our main antagonists included Emperor Cassius Nictor, his mother, and his army of demon-infused concubines...
Classy stuff. Real high concept. 👌👌
#traditionalart #concept-art #comics #OCs

⚠️ Characters in underwear & slinky/tattered dresses.
Emperor Cassius Nictor (17). Our main antagonist, mostly. I saw Cassius as a Zuko character; not holey innocent, or even redeemable necessarily, but manipulated by the system he was born to achieve power and status. His mother especially, who I saw as the true main villain. Was hoping for a heal-face turn in the end, but not sure what the endgame plan was. Cassius and Carmen (23); a demon infused concubine. Carmen had THAT backstory; saved by the villain, love-struck/eternally loyal, etc. That old chestnut. We didn't get too far into their relationship, but I saw it as fairly mutual. Possibly even his one soft spot/weakness? One I saw as a potential point of tension between Cassius and his mother (more head canon.) Cassius and his harem. All members of his harem were infused with demons that turned them into, effectively, witches from L4D. Making them very effective hunters/assassins. I like it when side villains have their own kind of group dynamic, and I think I captured that here.
November 29, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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These were our principle heroes so far as the initial script covered. Which wasn't much. Maybe 3 chapters past what I drew.
Plot wise, they were revolutionaries. Fighting to free the land from a warmongering kingdom.
#artist #comic #conceptart

⚠️Suggestive #catgirl "nudity" (she's covered in fur.)
Jacob Walters: A 15yo prodigy/dropout with a mysterious connection to the strange world he's found himself in. Perhaps connected to the mysterious blackouts he suffered on occasion? Very fish out of water and over his head, he would eventually became a very capable fighter and leader. Victor: A blind swordsman and (possibly) the last of his people. Both his village and family were taken from him during a violent regime change in the kingdom. None-too subtle hints that he's actually Jacob's real father, but I forget if that was intentional or just a coincidence/red herring. Shina: Warrior cat-girl and traveling companion of Victor. I don't know that I ever got a full bio on her and her race/people, but she was there mostly as Jacobs protector/minister of snuggles & head-pats. She also existed as a foil to the antagonist's... "demon harem army." Sandra O'Hara: Expert marksman, bounty hunter, and designated group mom. She would especially dote over Jacob in that regard. With what I was given, her and her brother would have been introduced in the last of those initial 6 chapters.
November 28, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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Between re-brands of Devil's Angels, we started another #comic series about a 15yo boy who gets mysteriously Isekia'd into a #fantasy world that seems strangely familiar to him.
This was the longest running comic I worked on, lasting 3 chapters and 40-ish pages.
The comic was called Lux Aeterna.
Cover art for Lux Aeterna Chpt01. Jacob Walters, our protagonist, walking down a grassy hill and staring up at a blue sky. Mountains frame the skyline and the edge of a forest can be seen at the bottom.
November 27, 2024 at 9:09 PM
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Erics was possibly my favorite to draw. Specifically because I loved treating him like a big baby/puppy. I don't know what the long-term plans were for him, but I like to think he'd have limped away after the final battle with his handler/waifu. Live off the grid in piece.
Suggestive: Skimpy outfit.
Erics and his handler. Actually no idea if she was ever given a name other than "New Girl." Her design was "based" off a Morrigan image/design. Nowadays I'd be much better about not 1-1 replicating a design like this from a reference I was given. Goofy little comic I made once "New Girl" was conceived. Heavily inspired by the comedy bits at the end of Bleach chapters. Also the first time I drew Relad's "Demon Form." Original crying-Erics chibis sketches from the comic.
November 23, 2024 at 8:06 PM
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Colored versions of the portraits. Still in that pre-tablet era. Heck, pre-line art really. Still just Magic Wand-ing my sketches at this point.
November 23, 2024 at 12:41 AM
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The story had SEVERAL iterations over the years, losing the Trigun connection while taking more cues from DMC. Most versions kept the same general "dead-parents revenge" plot as well as the same 6 principle characters: Relad, Kat, and these 4.
#artist #OCs #sketches #comic
Keth: Relad's robot-armed side kick/bestie. Somewhat of a lighthearted goofball, he was effectively the "Zack" to Relad's "Cloud". Gust: Kind of our Nico Robin character. Competent, badass, and generally knew more about the plot than the rest of the main characters. I still really like this overall design. Erics: Main attack dog of the BBEG, Christine. If I had to describe him I'd say... Himbo Ulquiorra? Quiet, stoic, extremely deadly. Hence the edgy chains. But with a soft spot for his handler/girlfriend. Wings and halo weren't canon, but became a running joke. Christine, the Devil's Daughter: BBEG of the series and Relad's Sister (SPOILERS!!) Calling back to the DMC influences, she was the "Nero" to Relad's "Dante." Trying to become the most powerful demon while also killing all the humans... and her brother.
November 23, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Devil's Angels was originally a #Trigun fan-#comic about a boy who's parent's were killed by bandits... or demons? Vash takes him in, raises him, teaches him to shoot, revenge (probably,) etc, etc. These are the only "complete" pages from that original incarnation.
Chapter 01 cover art for Devil's Angels: The Story of Relad, featuring a young Relad crying. Pg01: A woman and man lie dead in the street as a boy (young Relad) cries over them in disbelief. A stranger in red watches from a distance. Pg02: OMG, it's Vash! The boy turns around to see him offering a hand, and a promise of food. Pg03-04: Vash and Relad sit down at a tavern and order food from a young & "perky" waitress. Seeing the boy's sadness, she tries to cheer him up with the promise of chocolate cake... and milk.
November 22, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Backtracking one last time to high school, this was the start of a MAJOR portion of my art "career." One that would last, in one form or another, for almost a decade.
This was the start of Devil's Angels.
Very first sketch of Relad. Protagonist and main character of Devil's Angels. Kathryn, aka "Kat." Relad's partner in crime and girlfriend. This is the first pic of Kat (originally Katrina) I ever drew. Possible my first over attempt at a turnaround/model sheet.
November 22, 2024 at 7:18 PM
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I wasn't just doing #fanart though. Becoming more engrossed in #tabletop games, I was occasionally wrangled into drawing my friends characters as well. And, as I became more noticed online, that extended other's #OC's and eventually #commissions.
"Graphic Media" First image has some fantasy-gore 💀🫀.
Raini, the Akrabi. Or at least her Akrabi form. I believe she was a shape shifter. Was supposed to be wearing full-plate but, honestly, was just too immature to go with anything that would cover her figure at the time. I like a lot of the detail here, but would certainly be more willing to cover her up with ACTUAL armor nowadays. Pathfinder 1e character named... Osirus? Pretty early piece from this era judging by those arm... armors. Rebraces? Chainsword X Robo-Squirrel! Anniversary pic for a couple featuring their OCs: Tora & Dan. Don't remember if THEY were actually married, or just their characters. Cute piece though. Characters Yumi (L) & Tora (R). My first online requests to draw peoples OC's. Yumi might have been my first commission, and the first time I saw my design referenced by other artist. Kinda felt like getting my own fanart.
November 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM
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Hopping around a bit, We also come to the dawn of the digital age. At least from when I started archiving them for safety/preservation. Well before I got a tablet with little experience with the program. I was mostly taking old pieces and magic wand-ing the sketches. Was a big fan of the S&P filter.
Colored version of Serial, as well as the version with some lighting/effect filters. Colored version of my cloud piece. This one I ESPECIALLY did multiple renditions of, including a watercolor. Gaara and Tira busts; colored and S&P filtered. Tira was supposed to be a full-body piece for scale, but I never finished it. Really liked the head though, so I made it a bust. Teen Titans' Starfire and Silkie. I also did BB and Robin as a companion piece that I though was even better. But, I apparently lost it before I could scan it. BB was doing a sick jump with his arm mid-transformation too.
November 20, 2024 at 3:53 PM
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When I wasn't doing fanart I was often working on myself. Literally. I drew me a lot. Often for #tabletop games. Most of those first characters were just alt versions of myself. Easy to roleplay. I did eventually manage to break that habit.
#selfportraits #fantasyart #finalfantasy
Me, dressed as Squall. Just a Halloween piece I did for me and some friends of us dressed as game characters. As much as I love IX, VIII was MY Final Fantasy Origin. This one was made for a Buffverse game where I played kind of an Adam-esc Initiative experiment. I actually made an animated into in powerpoint that functioned like a short Flash sprite film. Need to see about remaking or at least recording it. Did we not all have a pirate phase? What about a dragon-pirate? I think this was a 5e game? Pretty close to release if so. Just more standard me. High school me, specifically. Which makes this the earliest "me" in this post, I believe.
November 20, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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I started doing more fanart here and there. Breaking down styles, trying to accurately replicate their elements, what made a character LOOK like that character. Really think about what features all those lines represented.
#fanart #natuto #fma #tinkerbell #beetlejuice
Actual STUDY I did of FMA's artstyle. Specifically the Conqueror of Shambala movie. Breakdown of Gaara's design/elements. AU version specifically for a fan thing I wanted to make. KH inspired Tinker bell, complete with Hoodie and Keyblade. Also for that AU project. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.... My first real attempt at a stylized version of a realistic/live action character. Not necessarily how I'd handle the character now, but still an interesting take. Also the same project.
November 20, 2024 at 4:43 AM
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#AdventChildren had also come out around this time, so I tried my hand at some reference portraits. Trying to push the amount of detail I could squeeze out of my hands.
I also did a Yuffie painting based on VII's game manual, but I never got it back from my teacher. Still kinda mad about it.
Cloud from Advent Children. Bahamut Sin from Advent Children.
November 18, 2024 at 4:38 PM
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I also did a fair amount of original work. Iterations on old characters, some new ones here and there. Trying to improve my "people skills."
This was literally going to be a bridge game between FFVIII & IX so good Squaresoft would hire 15/16yo me. True story.
#traditionalart #fantasyart #animeart
Me, myself, & I. Well: Me, my evil shadow self (Andrew), and my evil shadow self's reincarnated girlfriend (Juliet). Wanted the whole cast there, but was always too indecisive on how I to go about it. Brogan. My childhood friend/werewolf turned child soldier/merc. Based on my actual childhood friend (non-werewolf/soldier/merc.) In certain ways the story I was writing was more about him than me. Sara, MY elf-girlfriend. From elf-Canada. You wouldn't know her. Also Jessica's younger sister. VERY Naruto S:01 with that giant shuriken. Could never settle on what class she should be, or her actual role beside being the "Garnet" to Tara's "Steiner." This character had inspirations ALL over the place. Originally Alex; a human mechanic, she then became Blair; a wicca inspired elf/sprite witch, who then became a kind of homunculus with a soul. Believe it or not, that last part's more BSno.6 inspired than FMA.
November 18, 2024 at 5:00 AM
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Next came what I consider some of my first commission work.
Wasn't really "PAID" work, but it was my first experience drawing someone else's characters/ideas.
I'm actually still quite fond of a few of these.
#fantasyart #artist
Serrial, the fallen angel. The mask is very S:01 Naruto, but the weapon & armor still have that LOTR feel. The beast with 7 heads & 10 horns. For any of you Revelations 13 fans out there. The first God of War game REALLY gave me an appreciation for the level of detail you could give your monsters. That Hydra fight specifically. Haru, the ninja. Very FFVI inspired design. Some kind of ink/slime monster. This was also my MTG era, so it's likely I was given a card to reference for this one. Don;t remember which though. Also my Holy-Grail era (yes, we were THOSE kids.)
November 18, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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As not to seem like I'm cherry picking too hard with some of these pieces, here are some prime examples of my art from roughly the same 2-year time period as the last few posts. Weren't all blue ribbon.
Andrew! My Eeeeeeeeevil "twin." My Vegita, my Shadow, my emo Tobey Maguire. My very first Tara piece. And probably the first piece I ever used the "block building" method to draw a character using basic shapes first? Armor is atrocious. Definitely before my LOTR craze. Absolutely random... succubus? And robot dragon. Part of a school project of some kind. I think it was our project group name? 100% accurate self portrait of... 13yo me?
November 17, 2024 at 2:23 AM
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Human's were also on the table. Well, human adjacent. Mostly a couple elf characters I had. People in general I struggled with a lot more. Creatures always had more wiggle room for interpretation.
#fantasy #art #artist
More brave knight, Tara. Now in a X-2 inspired BlkMage outfit. An epic forest/swamp battle between "high-elf" Jessica and a bambread. Part two of the epic battle! With little to no proportional consistency! A random fairy sitting on a mushroom. Also a random bug-thing.
November 17, 2024 at 12:31 AM
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The combination of Tolkien and FF really cemented my affinity for creatures and fantasy; dragons in particular. Likewise, this was really the start of my B&W era.
Always a little iffy when trying to remember exactly where and when I drew these pieces.
#art #artist #fantasy
My first "original" race: the Bambread. Started as spooky bat monsters but then became more like reclusive forest monks. A bomb. Specifically a variant of the FFIX's design. A potentially confrontational encounter between two dragons outside the city walls. More dragon. Very raptor inspired. Legs and feet always threw me for a loop. Still do.
November 16, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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After getting the Two Towers extended edition, I got obsessed with the appendices. The way they went into designing the weapons & armor, world building through design.
It really gave me an appreciation for the subtle influences of a worlds history & function on the narrative & visuals.
Tara, the Loyal Elven Knight. Elven female in armor. Elven Male in armor.
November 15, 2024 at 12:42 AM
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Skipping my "tracing phase", next came my big Final Fantasy obsession. Mostly 8, 9 & X/X-2.
Especially thought Leviathan and Bahamut were particularly cool.
It's debatably what got me into "fantasy", though that wouldn't fully kick in until much later.
Leviathan being summoned from the storming sea. Bahamut, charging his super duper omega flare. My attempt at formulating some turned based combat. You can see the 9/10 influences in the action menu and turn order display. 8 was my intro to Bahamut and FF in general, but 9's rendition was peak for me.
November 14, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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Fast forward a few years to my first OC('s brother.)
While Poke'mon and Digimon were my gateways into anime as a "style", DBZ and the Toonami block became a big influence. Muscles, transformations, power-ups, etc.
Final Fantasy later on.
D.J. My first edgy OC. I remember that hand in particular being a source of pride, having referenced a game-walkthrough I found at a Walmart for it. Getting edgier in here with the smokes and the cool shoes. A bit more of that final Fantasy flare that that would dictate the next some-odd years of my work. Probably FF9-8 (4discs.) Probably around ffX-2's release when I got more into the intricacies of weapon design.
November 14, 2024 at 9:30 PM