Damug and Cluny: Part 3 ( Masks Prep )

It looks like a colourful mess, something a 2 year old would vomit if it ate the entire packet of crayons, but there is method to this madness.
I have created two solid blocks of colour for the background and on separate layers I filled in the two figures with one colour. This is so that I can use the Mask tools to quickly select one element of this painting, for example if I wanted to adjust only Cluny I can do so without effecting anyone else.
I then do more precise colour blocks for individual parts of their bodies that I might need to deal with separately, like the clothes and skin. None of these colours will appear in the final thing, it is mainly for quick mask selects, and will be hidden most of the time.

I've never tried to paint something like this so I'm not sure how it will all turn out...

Damug and Cluny: Part 2 (Lineart)

This is the Lineart. The clouds and the grass in the foreground will be blurred so the two figures have focus, an attempt of depth-of-field.

Damug and Cluny: Part 1 (Thumbnails)

Yep, chibi villains in a cute situation... something I thought I wouldn't be doing with a straight face. These are just quick thumbnails, planing layout and setting. I have this heavenly tone going on in my head, though I didn't want it too obvious (though it would make sense since the two villains, Damug and Cluny, have at least 2-3 generations between them). Anyway, it doesn't really matter, let people decide for themselves. I've ended with them running through a field of dandelion fluff with some grass blades in the foreground as a frame (instead of the mountains in the background). Anyway, I'll be doing the line art next.

Wardrobe MEME

Had to get this out the way as I want to move onto other things now.

Little "Portraits"

Sometimes I find it nice to do something that doesn't result in a final piece, just to chill. MEME's ( a thing that is hard to explain and are quite numerous on DeviantArt ) can sometimes be fun to do while not taking yourself seriously. Usually, in the past I have done this rather quickly on the computer, but this time I've taken it as an opportunity to see how good/bad my human drawings are. Below is the MEME frame made by someone calling themselves Nijuuni and here is their original example. The nice thing about this MEME you're not stuck with those already on the template :
"THERE IS NO TEMPLATE FOR THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN DRAW AS MANY OR AS FEW AS YOU LIKE, AND I WANT TO SEE HOW YOU GUYS MAKE YOUR OWN VERSIONS STAND OUT. JUST BE SURE TO INCLUDE THE MEME'S NAME "NIJ'S WARDROBE MEME" AND THE RULES IN YOUR VERSION." ~ Artist Comment

So here are my 10. There was more, but I cut back because it was feeling tedious:
Sleepwear, Everyday, Prehistoric, Water wear, Jungle, Far-Eastern, Winter, Hunter, Super-Villain, Past (in my case I'm a Haikouichthys from 530 million years ago, one of the first creatures with a backbone and ancestor of all vertebrates... so I took the term "Past" to the extreme.)

I must say these were a lot of fun and isn't suppose to be serious pieces of fantastic art.

30second Creature Sketches

What do you do when waiting in a car for someone to finish shopping, putting down a copy of ImagineFX's How to Draw Creatures Special and find a sheet of scrap blank paper on the seat besides you? Luckily I fished out a red biro from the glove compartment and started scribbling.
Only got to do five before the driver's seat got filled again. I have no idea what was going on in the bottom left. I think I had bird/squid/triceratops in mind, though it's a confused mess.

Why I Love Comments ...

Gods bless the comments on DeviantArt. They can provide such inspiration sometimes.

Someone commented on one of my old series of head shots of the main villains of the Redwall Series by Brian Jacques. Those are all my little designs I scribbled in a little book in collage breaks and quickly added colour to for future reference.

Well, some one said:
"Am I the only one who thinks that if Cluny and Damug met (don't ask me how), they would skip around a field of flowers singing the fun song from Spongebob? Or in other words, become best friends. "

So, I had 30min to kill so I did a little draft. A theme like that just screamed CHIBI. I like Damug's pose and I will improve Cluny's when I do start doing this properly, don't know when (probably when I've done this big thing I'm doing). I like the idea that Damug is pulling him along.
Cluny: "Nooo! No dunking in the river!"

"if Cluny and Damug met (don't ask me how)"
Perhaps its heaven *teary eyes* ... well, a heaven for murdering psychopaths
Lol, nothing like a gay little skip in a meadow...