Continuing where I left off

It's been years since my last Fisheye Placebo chapter since I had to go on hiatus due to chronic hand pain from over working. I had actually drawn out 2 panels of the new chapter back then before I had to stop. Now that I have a team of 3D artists to help me, I've been trying to match up the new 3D models with my old drawing styles. I realized there's just a bit too many difference between how I used to draw the characters from scratch vs how I now paint over 3D models. In the end I decided to scrap the 2 original pages and remake them with new perspectives as well. 

Below is a comparison of the 2 original panels, and the newer 3D enhanced panels. 

For the remake, I decided to introduce the new character, Allie, a bit differently than before. It's interesting to see my own changes in styles over the years as well. I feel like I've toned down a bit with the color saturation.

I'm excited to finally continue my comic again. Stay tuned! :D

Exploring more painterly styles

Many years ago in college, I used to paint and draw in a variety of styles to explore new techniques. As I became more focused on my comics (before I hurt my hand and had to go on hiatus that is), I pretty much only drew lineart heavy works. Lineart is nice and consistent for making comics so the more comics I drew, the more I got used to styles that rely on lineart. Looking at some of my more recent works, I realized how stagnant my styles have become. 

So for 2018, I've decided to practice more painterly styles for my stand alone illustrations. My comics will still remain the same lineart style for consistency, but I'm excited to explore new painting techniques again :D

One of the tests, just a character bust, but with a focus on brush strokes instead of lines.

The above is inspired by my trip to the Fushimi Inari in Kyoto Japan. I was exploring the winding paths with my SO at midnight when we came across an old man walking 3 shrine cats. The cats followed him and stopped and sat in a roll when he held up his hands. He let us take some photos :) It was truly magical, the cat whisperer!  

And my latest test with brushes, I decided to paint the Falcon Heavy Launch by Space X. There were so many amazing photos capturing the awe inspiring power of the launch that became the inspiration for this painting. I wanted to capture how much this launch inspired future generations to aspire towards space. 

And yes, I know she would be dead if she actually stood that close, this is metaphorical about inspiring the next generation, not incinerating them lol

Getting back into those cyberpunk colors

I started the webcomic Fisheye Placebo many years ago and had to stop due to hand pain. For the last few years I've been working with an amazing team of 3D artists to help me continue my comic by using 3D models as bases to quickly paint over. As we get closer to finishing preparing all the models needed for the comic, I've been excitedly testing them out. During my hiatus I did a few illustrations here and there, usually to do with nature and has some pastel colors. It's really nice to jump back into this dystopian cyberpunk world of neon lights and hidden secrets. Below are some of my test paint overs to get back into the flow of creating the Fisheye Placebo world. 

The talented Sozo Maika modeled all the characters that I used to paint over. And Aversionofreality modeled all the clothes, rigged the characters, taught me how to use Blender and countless other things. With the current ease of drawing these characters, I can't believe how I got by drawing all the previous chapters by hand.... and no wonder my hand became damaged from over working back then....  but no more! 2018 will be a new beginning :)