Edoropolis Emporium

(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/otamawip2.jpg)
She has her calculator.  :) I'm not exactly sure what she's doing, the pose just kind of drew itself. I started with the calculator hand (which actually wasn't holding a calculator at first... that idea came later), worked up that arm, and made things up as I went.

When (if? hopefully...) additional progress gets made, I'll be sure to post it.

Thanks for letting me waste your time. :P

EDIT: Updated. Still not done obviously, but now you can ALMOST recognize her!

A fellow artist! :D
Well... since it's a sketch, I don't have that much to say. But I like your style(I'm squinting at the screen) and I would like to see more of your work.

Awesome, I think you have a lot of talent as an artist. :)

Cute!

Thats really good!

Thanks for all the comments. ;)

I'm thinking about changing her left foot (the one to our right) a little, as she kinds looks overly pigeon-toed as is... and someone else pointed out to me that perhaps her neck is a bit too long. If anyone else has any other suggestions before I get back to work on this, I'd be glad to hear them. :)

Actually, maybe her arms are a little long.  They look ok in that pose, but if they were that long and hanging strait down, her fingertips would be halfway down her shins.  It's really tricky to draw these "SD" type characters right.

Noted, thanks. And yes, proportions are tricky for SD/chibi characters, definitely. :D

Impressive work, even for a sketch its still crisp and tight. I also like the general roundness of it all.

Thanks, glad you like it. Yeah, unless I'm specifically aiming not to, I tend to draw things pretty "rounded", Makes them look "alive" in a cartoonish sort of way, I think. And it's particularly fitting in this case, sine "Otama" can be translated as "Ball". :P And of course, it helps her look cute (not that she needs much help doing that, but it never hurts).

Anyway, I still haven't finished this up yet, unfortunately. Because of the changes I've wanted to make, I've tried to restart this piece from scratch a couple different times, but I haven't been able to come up with anything that really looks quite as right as the draft up there, despite its flaws. I'll be sure to post when I get any progress made!

You have done a great work, Felineki. I'm expecting more to come.  ;)

Geud gravey... I love that sketch.  :-*

Still haven't finished the Otama one yet... :O but in the meantime, here's a rough quickie of an extra I caught in a screenshot earlier today who I found rather cute. It was from one of the clip shows, so there were only a few brief shots of her, and I had to make up a few of the missing details. It's quite likely that she shows up more in the original episode, and the rest of her design is shown, rendering this inaccurate. But meh.  :P

EDIT: Out of curiosity, I decded to watch the original episode ("Samurai Charm School"/"E!? Pururun no ojousama sengen"), and this particular extra doesn't get any more screen time there than she does in the clip show. So, unless any model sheets or production sketches or other behind-the-scenes stuff show up proving me wrong, I can say that this drawing is accurate.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/extra1.jpg)
Decided I would make this into a topic for my KNT/SPC fanart in general, so it can be posted in one convenient place.

A very cute cat animaloid indeed. I'm glad to see you extended the scope of this topic, so further works can be expected, I bet.

I think my face just imploded from sheer cuteness overload.

(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/otamadoodle1.jpg)
Just a doodle I did during class tonight. But remember kids, if you're going to doodle in class, make sure you have your homework done first. :D

Here's a little sneak peek into the production of a project I'm currently working on.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/nmstest1.gif)

Neat!  You're very talented

This will look cool when finished, good idea to use that angle for the cats eye slash.

Oh, I'm intrigued. :D
The final piece should be an eyeful.
I also agree with Threaux, that's a good angle to witness the special finisher in motion.
Looks good so far, bud. :)

Love the animated slash attack!  ;)

Nice technique of drawing you have, with those circle and lines, it's help a lot for the proportion of a character, I'm currently study this technique and I mean it, spriting needs a lot of patience!

Your style is clean and very nice. Can't wait for more! :)

Good stuff, especially the animation.  What programme did you use?

The only crit I have is the 'hairy' lines. Try and ween yourself off of these and use the minimum number of strokes to describe the shape.

As far as proportion goes the necks need to be shorter as well as the arms:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v715/leamur/SPC/guide.jpg)
This is a rough guide that I worked out, as I noticed most of the characters follow this format (more heads for taller chars), although I tend to draw my chars slightly taller because the chibi style is a bit fiddly.

Very useful, thanks. And yes, I have often noticed myself that the necks are too long, but unfortunately not until it's too late. :O I'll try to keep that in mind. And yeah, I'm really bad about the "hairy" lines. That's something that will probably take me a while to get over, but I'll work at it. The program I use for most of my digital artwork is OpenCanvas, along with a Wacom drawing tablet.

Wow! Nice works! Love what you've done so far, on the Cat's Eye Slash animation. :) Fondly looking forward to seeing the finished project  :D

Since it's been a while since I got anything done, I figured I should at least share these doodles from my school notes with you.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/yatt1.jpg)
Speedy's looking pretty content despite the fact that many parts of him aren't completely drawn yet.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/yatt2.jpg)
The last thing you want to see if you're an evil giant robot of the week. In fact, most likely WILL be the last thing you see.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/puru1.jpg)
How she manages to stand with one partially-drawn leg and one non existant leg I'll never know.

Good stuff :) Its good how you always seem to get the armour to look right. I often struggle with helmets.
Loving the Cats Eye slash. Speedy's expression just screams 'Bye bye robot!'

Even though the weather has ben particularly mild around here for this time of year, I felt like drawing something wintery (http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/snow1.jpg). Hope to get this cleaned up and colored soon.

LMAO That's priceless! Polly's seriously got a case of bloodlust!  ;)

It's a good thing for Speedy and Guido that the snowman has the frying pan. Then again there's also that cup of seering-hot chocolate. Either way, I'd still be running for the tree-line. I would suggest that they return the helmet and pray for a quick and/or painless death.

Let's assume that frostbite will numb the impact of Speedy getting whacked by frying pan  :)

:D That's awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Did a little cleaning up/detailing. (http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/snow1b.jpg) Still plenty of work ahead.

Wow, Polly looks really scary now...

Everyone just does the cat eye slash….but you are awesome anyway^_-.

Looks promising so far :) The finished version's going to be brilliant!

The dark lines over the blue ones is super! (*?*)

hahaha...that snow scene is awesome. i looove polly's expression. better done than the spc animators, even!  ;]

Just to let everyone know my drawing side is still alive... :P After many failed attempts, I think I've started a halfway decent attempt at coloring that snow picture. If you want to see how it's progressing, click here. (http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/snowpreotama.jpg)

(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/snowpreotama.jpg)

Lets blow it up for all to see! (Or for those who are too lazy to click on links)

I love the subtle colouring, top notch work.

Burkey

palette splotches! whee! i do those too. i think it looks good so far, i like the soft colors.

What a great outfit for her!

Still working on the coloring, little by little. In the meantime, here's a sketch of Sodom as a Ninja Crowbot:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/sodomcrowbot1.jpg)

That brings back memories :) Back when I first played Street Fighter Alpha 2 for the Saturn. Sheer bliss! He's pretty hard to get past, without losing a couple of lives, in Final Fight though.
Looks pretty cool. You seem to have a knack for mecha design :)

Oh, and I like the colouring of Francine.  :-* Comming along nicely! 

Looking over any of Felineki's art always brings a smile to my face.
Keep up the superb work. You are what I'd love to call a master at work. ^_^

Here's something I made based on a panel from T. Souma's manga:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/otamahammergif1.gif)
Would be good for those "Under Construction" notices on pages, don't you think?

Great GIF! Your work never ceases to amuse me. :D

Though, when I first saw it, I immediately felt it was missing a little something.



(http://www.themushroomkingdom.net/images/ani/ani_dk_dkbarrel.gif)(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/otamahammergif1.gif)

Ah, there we go.  ;)

It's not too bad. :)
My only thing would be to ask if it could be slowed down a bit. To me it seems a little too fast. However that's just me. ^^;

And Dmac! You've got an eye! XD

Heh, that's exactly what I thought when I first saw the panel in the manga. :D

I'm going to try and fix it up a bit later (add some shading. fix up the dust she's kicking up because it looks a little odd now), when I do that I'll see about slowing it down a bit.

LoL, That's brilliant. Look at her go!  :D

 :D Ha ha ha! It's funny to see this GIF.

I like the angry Francine…

Drawn on Algebra notes. :P
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/pururunalgebra1.jpg)
Didn't have any references on me, so I probably messed her scabbard up.

Still very good for classroom doodling

Great pic! Polly Ester makes math fun!  :D

One syllable says it all- Wow.  :-*
The black background adds a cool effect to the picture. Go Polly!  :D

I see what you mean. The outline ontop of her head and arms looks like mist from rain falling on her.

Part of something I'm currntly working on:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/oedojou1.jpg)

Hah... funny, I used to do all my SPC doodles in algebra class, too! Man I hated algebra... but it was good for exercising my drawing-from-memory skills. Got caught quite a few times and all my homework had drawings on it...but I didn't care.

I love the architecture in SPC... japanese with a bit of a creative twist. A combination of traditional and futuristic melded together wonderfully like everything else in LT.

(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/oedojou2.jpg)
Vector art's really useful for this sort of thing. I can plot out all of the basic shapes that make something up, split them into different layers, then take them into OpenCanvas or Photoshop to put in more detail.

 :O Wow. That's amazing! Vector art looks cool.

I love how everyone in Little Tokyo has Satellite.

Yeah, that's one of my favorite details. :D I remember in one episode, we see Mom and Junior inside their house, and Junior's flipping through channels on the TV. One of the images that shows up on the screen is of Polly and Lucille in those fuzzy white outfits (if you can call them that ;) ) they wore in... er, which episode was it... No Talent Guido? Anyway, in the KNT version of the first episode I was talking about, you can actually hear a tiny clip of "Mikazuki Connection" while they're on the screen, IIRC.

I've seen photographs of a place in Turkey that was decimated by a volcano, but they rebuilt the city back up from whatever they had left of the rubble, and just stuck satellite dishes on top of it all. It made little tokyo seem like a completely normal paradise.

Fel, one crit about your vector: I'd suggest extending the arc of the top rounded part over a bit to the right to cover the entire blocky white surface underneath. It looks a bit off. but so far so good ^^

I see what you mean. I'm still working on it, so I'll fix that as I go. Thanks, glad you like it.  :D

Hey felineki, I was just wondering how that snow scene that you put up a few months was going? Have you finished it yet?

I actually haven't made any more progress on that, Im afraid. :'( I've kinda been trying to find what method of finalizing lineart works best for me, because that's something I've been having trouble with for a while. I'm definitely going to try and finish it up eventually, though.

There's no harm in experimenting ^^ Try a few different styles and then decide what you like later on. You may find that you have a few styles instead of just one.  ;]

Had some free time at school tonight after finishing my homework, so I drew this:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/collector.jpg)
One of my favorite robot-of-the-week designs.

Not to mention that he had a really cool bad-guy voice to boot :) Nice job as always

I really ought to be working on my algebra homework, but I couldn't help finishing up this doodle that was on the back of one of my older assignments:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/fuzzy1.jpg)
Now back to the homework. Although I have a bit of a headache at the moment, so I don't know how much longer I'll be able to endure before I hit the sack.

fuzzy. :O

Your sketches will get much more admiration than any algebra homework will ever get - great job!

Yeah.  I completely forgot everything I learned in algebra.

Here's a Francine I just did. Tried to add some shading but didn't have much luck.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/otama1.png)
This was all done in vector, hence why it's so clean compared to my usual sketchy stuff. :P

Oh wow - that looks awesome felineki! And the colours are spot on too.

Cute Francine picture! 

What's vector?

"Vector" and "raster" are the two main types of digital images. Raster images are composed of grids of pixels, while vector images are defined by geometric mathematics. I actually did a rough sketch for this first, then traced over it in Expression 3 (the vector imaging program I used).

Awsome :) Your sketches always delight, and your Polly one is quite stunning  :-*

Nice Francine too :) It looks perfect.

nice piccy...looks liek she's got a nose bleed xD

Nice picture my good sir! I must agree with TGL:Radio Ga Ga though but still, very nice!

Must be because of the way I drew the nose, I guess. At first, I had the entire preimeter of the nose outlined, but it didn't look right, so instead I just defined the top of the nose with one line and used the color to define the rest of the shape. Maybe I'll see if I can fix it...

(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/michael1.jpg)

Speedy steps into the third dimension!... Or, well, his helmet visor does... It's a start!
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/3dwip1.jpg)

DUUUDE!! I mean... *forgets the entire english language* Dude!

O_O wow, i like sundance kid, but i like the 3-D helmet better!

Woah! It's the broad, thick lines that really make a neat picture. Now try this challenge: do the rest of Speedy's helmet in 3D?  :D

Heh, the lines are actually really rough and sketchy (I went over each one dozens of times until I filled them out to the correct shape), but I shrunk the picture down a bit so it doesn't really show as much.

As for the rest of Speedy's helmet, I'm gonna try, at least. :) And from there, hopefully his face, and then the rest of him.

That looks...real!

Awsome :) The helmet visor looks amazing. Nice work on Sundance, too  :sundance:

Wow, your work is outstanding! Every piece you've added to this thread is so expertly made!

Looking forward to your next work!

Thanks! "Expert" is a bit much, but I'm glad you enjoy them.  ;-)

Here's something I just sketched up; what we might have seen if he had actually bothered to take his helmet off in the hot springs episode.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/yattyukata1.jpg)

lol, nice work, looks like he's got 3 ears!

Don't worry; maybe Speedy can comb it down.  ;-)

Nice pic by the way.

Gosh I haven't posted here in quite a while.

Anyway, I haven't been having much luck on the drawing front, unfortunately. However, I have made a bit more 3D progress.

I decided to go a different route than the earlier thing I posted, which was high-poly with all of the little details actually modeled in. Instead, I decided to go (very) low-poly just to make things more manageable. My intention for making SPC 3D models was mostly for use as drawing aids, so they don't have to be perfectly polished. As long as the overall form of the character is there, it will be enough.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/3dyattwip1.jpg)
Still needs a head, arms, tail, texture mapping and rigging, among other things, obviously. It's taken me long enough just to get this far, as I don't have much 3D experience.

Very interesting

AGGGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!!
I have seen your art, and I broke my pencils and my drawings of SPC !!!! :O

Excellent Work!! ;)

Decided to test out my new scanner on this:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/omichan1b.jpg)
Drew her little by little during free time at school.

Cute Lucille pic

I'm not a fan of using the word 'cute', but that's the only way I can describe it. Awesome job!

By the way felineki - do you upload your stuff onto any art sites, like DeviantArt?

No. Perhaps if I had more finished stuff I might, but all I've been able to manage for the most part are sketches and such.

it looks nice Fel!

I love all your stuff Felineki  :-*

Well, since I finally have some free time now that the semester's over, and the DeviantArt SPC club's contest is still open, I'm attempting to make an entry. Here's what I have so far:
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/mikazukiwip1.jpg)

Thats looking awesome so far man, keep it up, also not sure if you have a DA or not I haven't heard you mention it before. Please link if you have one?

I had one a few years ago, but nothing's on it now, and it's been closed. So I'll sign up for a new one when I submit this.

thats beatiful!

i'm really diggin' that drawing of them so far, keep at it ^^

As usual, awesome work felineki. Looking forward to seeing the finished product.

I never saw Poli and lucille see themselves so well :-* Your drawing is simply beautiful felineki.

In the KNT version of Comet Caper Pt. 1, Pururun says one of the things she's looking forward to doing with her free time once Koon no Kami is defeated is playing tennis. So I thought I'd draw what she might look like when doing that.
(http://home.mchsi.com/~mbiddinger/pururuntennis1.jpg)

Looks really nice! I love it! :-*

Did that scene appear in SPC?

Yes, but the dialog is different. It's the scene in the SPC version in which Big Al contacts the cats and lets them know that he's renewed their contracts, and Polly says she'll be able to take a vacation to Hawaii. In KNT, he's contacting them to let them know that Koon no Kami's been fired, so they'll have some time off on their ninja duties.

Princess of Tennis.  :D

That's a lovely outfit you've designed for her. And a very cute visor. I love how it connects to the yellow pods on the side just like her other headband. ^^ Great to see Polly trying a ponytail for a change.

Glad you like it. :) Yeah, the whole idea for the visor was to attach in the same way her hairband usually does. That was the first idea that came into my head when I thought about what her tennis getup might be like. I got the idea for the ponytail from "Terror of Prisoner Island". At the end of that episode when the group is relaxing on the beach, she actually has her hair in a ponytail with a bow, easy to miss if you're not looking for it. I didn't notice it until some art in the doujins I have drew my attention to it.

Your a good artist Felineki keep up the great work.

Now that you mention it; I do remember something odd going on with her hair at the end of that episode. Never noticed the ponytail though.

Great drawing!!!!

thats brilliant, reminds me of Amy Rose o.o

remindes me of that line, from that SPC, i forgot the episode, "Anyone For Tennis?"

That's cute. Yet another great sketch felineki!

Your SPC art is really great! I especially like how you keep to making them look as short as they normally would appear. That's something I've had a lot of trouble doing with making COLD.

True, I don't make them completely human sized, but at the same time...

Keep it up, man!

Thanks! The proportions are something that took a bit of time to get used to, I'm more pleased with them in my more recent drawings than in my older ones. Now if only I could actually get something beyond the sketch stage...

It's been a long time since I posted anything in this topic. I've got one new thing today:
(http://felineki.fileave.com/kntmiku1.jpg)
What Miku Hatsune might look like if she were an Animaloid. She's a rabbit type, because the original character's long pigtails seemed like they'd transition to lop-style rabbit ears rather naturally.

oh yeah, i see the resemblance. cute and nicely drawn :7

Haha...that's very good...and dare I say cute?  :-*

It's a very good sketch, nice and clean, and made me spend several minuted back tracking in this topic. You're very good at this Felineki!  :)

You should ink and color that one.  It would be much more obvious who she is supposed to be with her well know colors.

I was just looking at the picture and thought....I know her from something. She really resemblance miku, and also just like all the other knt characters, she has something at the spot where the "human" ears would be.
you really did a good job in this one

Oh my god, felineki, I know someone who would love to see that. Thank you.

Very well done Felineki.  ;)
It may have been a while since you posted anything here, however your skills are as sharp as ever.

I think I might try and do that. I'll need to get Expression 3 reinstalled first, since I'm utterly hopeless at inking without using vector tools of some sort.
Yes, that's one of those things that sort of clicked in my head one day and made me want to try and draw her as an Animaloid.

Thanks for the replies, everyone! I'll post the inked/colored version here when it's done.

Yay, can't wait to see it!

Not exactly artwork, but I couldn't really think of anywhere else to post this:
(http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n57/felineki/KNTmisc/shujinkou.jpg)
Done for a thread on Nicovideo's image board where people were making parodies of the Japanese version of the "Baby on Board" car sign. This one says "Main Character Not on Board", in reference to his constant inability to get into Nyagoking/Supreme Catatonic. I didn't draw the face, I just copied it from a model sheet. Maybe someday I'll see about drawing  a version that's more reminiscient of the stylized graphics used in these sorts of signs.

Haha I wanna put that on my Integra!

Just change it to a Yattarou silhouette so it fits the style better and you're good to go.