ゆっくりしていってね！ Drawing with ランドルト環

Never got around to uploading it, but this was my illustration in VOCA-fi for Comiket 82. Any my thank you sketch for the back of the book. Also, if you're ever visiting Tokyo, be sure to check out the Goodsmile Cafe in Akihabara. It's usu…

More doodles of a girl in a reddit hoodie. Done so many I've lost count now, but most of them ended up pretty bad. Anyway, in the spirit of the season, here she is upvoting her Christmas tree. She's not very good at dealing with downvotes.…

A Christmas gift for Graph. He drew me Eirene ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ On a side note, I am planning on resuming ETUDE sometime over the next week or two, depending on how well I handle my current workload. There's a lot I've thought about in terms of …

Request from anon.

I can quit whenever I want! Oh god someone help me.

So lewd, youmu.

A look back on the year that was. The July image was a sketch drawn in a guest book at an arcade in Akihabara (Tokyo). I hope you'll all continue to join me for practice as we head into 2013, the road to improvement is long and steep, but …

there I said it.

More unfinished pictures (シ_ _)シ I should start drawing a Christmas picture soon. Maybe Dota 2 Christmas theme?

I've been thinking about moving ETUDE to weekends instead of weekdays, which would give me more preperation time and longer actual sessions. Not 100% sure on it yet, but trying to figure out something that I can manage with my current work…

Total time: 2 hours Hiragana of the day is "ゐ" (wi)

Just a quick update for anyone who might be curious, but there will be no other ETUDE sessions for this week, as I will be busy with a few other obligations. Hopefully ETUDE will resume next week, but I'll update on the blog if anything co…

Still not entirely sure what topics I'll be trying to cover for next week's sessions of ETUDE, there are a lot of things I want to improve on and it often feels like there's not enough time to do it all. What I've been considering is givin…

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Lighting and contrast Total time: 2 hours 30 minutes Hiragana of the day is "ろ" (ro)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Random poses Total time: 2 hours Hiragana of the day is "れ" (re)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Random poses Total time: 1 hour 45 minutes Hiragana of the day is "る" (ru)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Hand studies Total time: 2 hours Hiragana of the day is "り" (ri)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Hands video with Vilppu Freehand (lol) hand sketches Total time: 2 hours 45 minutes Hiragana of the day is "ら" (ra)

Couldn't be bothered finishing this. Too many frills. Been awhile since I last used a silhouette-based method for a drawing. Feels kind of weird after drawing in lines again. Bonus: Akka & Eirene

Artist: apapico Hey everyone, I've been meaning to get around to starting a small series of posts covering my thoughts and experiences on art and improvement. I've titled the series "How to be a bad artist" because truthfully, I'm not good…

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Character interaction Total time: 2 hours Hiragana of the day is "よ" (yo)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Character interaction Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes Hiragana of the day is "ゆ" (yu)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Single character interaction Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes Hiragana of the day is "や" (ya)

Drawing with ゆに again! He's very nice, as are all the artists I've met on pixivchat. Very fun to draw with! (●´∀｀●)

Topics covered: 1 minute gestures Movement in drawings (Youmu donut edition) Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes Hiragana of the day is "も" (mo)

Topics covered: 2 minute gestures Movement in drawings Total time: 1 hour 30 minutes Hiragana of the day is "め" (me) Also, here's a link to the video I play at the start and end of the stream if anyone wanted it:

I found ゆに on pixivchat again! Quick, everyone draw Youmu eating pocky! Top left: ゆに Top right: れたす Bottom left: 飛熊 Bottom center: もっさん Bottom right: こおりぎつね

"An étude is an instrumental musical composition, usually short and of considerable difficulty, usually designed to provide practice material for perfecting a particular musical skill." Hey everyone, I've been meaning to make a series of p…