CainDraka's Sketchbook(No more updates, started a new one)

[Razortalon]

the clothes on the 4th 5th and 6th from the top are totally awesome. I think that is the worst part of my already pretty bad "art". My people's clothes are really bad.

[Xilence Swordswind]

What the nyaa O_O Poor meatloaf...

Yeh yeh i like Tyrael very much one that shock me a lot. Great stuff. Envious of those who have a tablet.

[CainDraka]

Razortalon - Oh lol, I think my worst part is still faces and heads x.x
Xilence - Teehee >.> That group of colored ones on the first page were actually done before I had a tablet (Tyrael included) ^^ I have no intentions on coloring with the mouse ever again now that I have one though @.@

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

sorry for the ego boost,but can you say how you make you're characters
cus' i really like the design and stuff

[Xilence Swordswind]

If im not mistaken the lenght of time using a mouse and tablet differ too much. Of course tablet are easier to use thus making work done faster, right?

Anyway if those are done with a mouse then which is done with tablet?

[CainDraka]

Kurosaki Ichigo - Uh..I'm not really sure o_o, I've been developing most of them for the past 4 years so I can't really remember much other than being inspired by everything I see/watch/do/play/stare-at-until-it-gets-uncomfortable-and-runs-away, and then just drawing what I like at the time. Cain came about from Rei from Breath of Fire 3, Cloud from FF7, Dante from Devil May Cry, and was continually inspired by other things that made me giggle.
Xilence Swordswind - Everything after the first color post is done with traditional stuff or the tablet. Tablets are definately faster and give more control for freehanding stuff.

[CainDraka]

I've been meaning to add these for a while as well, stupid easily distracted brain @.@ These are some figure drawings I had to do for my college.

[TKN]

CRAZY sketchbook o.O cant believe i didnt notice it be4, is there a story with the cain characters?

[トーコー]

As stated previously, blown away man, keep it up.

[CainDraka]

TKN - There will be as soon as I finally continue my comic >.>

...Ima just call you Toko cuz I can't Make Those Symbols @.@ - Thanks lol

[CainDraka]

Time for more artings!

I'm the bottom left, Meatloaf was top right, animepunk top left and chimp bottom right:

Me left, Loaf right:

Again me left, Loaf right:

V-Day pic before I tinkered with the contrast:

OMG a background!? No way @.@:

Started reffing Burne Hogarth and then kinda drifted away:

And just some different character sketches:

[Essence]

Ahaha, told you I'd find more of your work You know you coloured better on your first try with a tablet than I have on about my fifth go? Not fair.

Anywayz .... awesome shading style, you are truly good at rendering. And you're obviously good at making your characters stand out - they all have a distinct personality that comes through in your artwork.

Lots of small feet though O_O

And I still wanna stroke those cat ears >.<

[CainDraka]

Essence - Small o.o? I'm not Disney @.@... Thanks though, how long have you been coloring?

[Essence]

I'm not sure you can really call it colouring ..... I've been using PS for a couple of years, but I only got my tablet at Christmas ^_^ I'm still better with good ol' marker pens though XD

Oh, and I like Disney

[Goof]

great work as per usual... damn I really wish I could draw (or paint) like that, your characters are really awesome O_O...where do you get you inspiration from btw?
hope you know the manga Death Note,(refering to post 33),if you don t, do try, it s a great source of inspiration for style + the senario ^^, accualy I heard about it recently and now I m a real addict =), that guy s got a great style... hope you ll use it as ref so we ll be able to see more great stuff !!!

[CainDraka]

Essence - I've been mouse coloring for a couple years, and using colored pencils and markers and stuff, I got my tablet this Christmas too ^^.
Goof - Ty, I think I might have said before about being inspired from everything I watch/play/read. I know Final Fantasy 7, Breath of Fire 3, and prolly DBZ*twitches from pain* got me to start making my characters. I know Devil May Cry and tons of other CAPCOM games inluenced me too. I've already finished Death Note and have been trying to apply it to my stuff, I think my current avatar was affected the most >.>

[Kurosaki Ichigo]

Just like the title says.
is you're comic going to be a comic(okay,stupid sounding repeat) or a manga?
doesn't really matter, gonna try reading it anyway.
Please give the title if it's coming out.

[CainDraka]

Kurosaki Ichigo - you act as if its done abd being published @.@ i barely have 2 pages done p.p, and i have no idea what it will be, but since its read left to right i guess itd be a comic?

YAY! Update time @.@ I'm getting annoyed of getting jealous of half the ppls on here p.p.


I'd really likes some crits on these two, I want to color them p.p
I have a cleaned up version of this on my dA

Emos!...I think the guys leg is b0rked <.<


sorry for the lag you will most likely be receiving #0#

[CainDraka]

c'mon...plz leave crits p.p?

attempted to ref a friend of mine


attempted to draw myself without refs


these 2 i really would love crits on as well:

[Toffeeliz]

First off- how in hell did you improve that quickly?~?!?! The guy with the girl on his back is my favourtie, but I really love how you've learned control of your line quality! Could you tell me how you did your line work in the lat pic? *wipes drool away*

The life drawings need some work as does some of your anatomy but otherwise it's great. I reckon you should take more time to draw things from life but concentrate on the shaopes and proportions of the things that you're drawing.

The red lined one, I think the fingers would look a lot better curled inward and not outward, that way they would look more like claws.

The fried you reffed (u got some cool friends there chuck! ) has really long legs lol.

Keep it up dude! It;s been fun looking through this just now!