Genos (One Punch Man)

Here's another practice with my Gaomon tablet, this time it's the cyborg Genos from my favourite anime One Punch Man. It was a random idea, just to see how the pressure sensitivity pen would behave with this kind of illustrations, and I must say I'm happy with how it turned out.

WIP:

My first drawing tablet

OK, this might not be my *first* graphic tablet ever, but the one I got about 15 years ago can't compare to this one - it didn't have a pen with pressure levels and to be honest, I didn't use it as much as I should have. I mean, I got used to the mouse, because I drew using Bezier curves and not free hand, so I didn't feel comfortable with that tablet. But now let me introduce you to Gaomon M106K with pen pressure sensitivity! 

The working area is 10x6.25 inches wide, and the tablet is 1 cm thick and weights 780 g. It's got 12 express and 16 soft keys and they're all programmable. I'm not sure if I'll ever need that many, but I'm not complaining. In contrast to Wacom and Huion models, the pen is rechargeable (via the cord you get with the tablet), but it lasts 350 hours and it even saves energy (it goes to "sleep" after 10 minutes of inactivity). It's got 2048 levels pressure sensitivity, which should be more than enough for my needs. I still haven't drawn anything worth posting, but you can see some examples of my doodling in the right lower corner - blending colours and experimenting with the pressure sensitivity. All in all, I'm very satisfied with it and can't wait to explore all its possibilities.

After some time I finally started experimenting with it - I mean, trying out some more "serious" things like drawing characters, which is my favourite theme. I wanted to practice and test the pressure sensitivity, so I chose an anime character, because they have more dynamic strokes, such as hair (BTW, in case you don't recognize him, it's Genos from One Punch Man, one of my most favourite anime). Of course, I'm going to finish it, use colours etc., but I decided to show you the work in progress because I'm excited about how it's going to turn out and so far it looks pretty good. 👍

Devilman Crybaby

Here's my drawing of Akira Fudo in his demon form, Amon, from the newest anime adaptation of the 70's manga Devilman (you can watch it on Netflix under the name "Devilman Crybaby"). It's cruel, savage, bloody and brutal to that extent that I'm actually afraid to say how much I liked it. I wouldn't recommend it to everyone because of some of the most disturbing scenes (horror, violence, sex, etc.) you can see in an anime. As for my drawing, it was primarily a traditional, ink drawing (I even used the Pentel brush pen on some parts), but I decided to vectorize it and add some IG filters because it seemed too simple and empty.

Već dugo planiram nacrtati nešto vezano uz anime i stalno su mi na pameti Attack On Titan i One Punch Man, ali evo, pretekao ih je Devilman Crybaby kojeg odnedavno možete pogledati na Netflixu. To je najnovija adaptacija mange Devilman iz 70-ih i prvo što morate znati da je brutalnija i tragičnija od bilo koje anime koju sam dosad gledao (čak i Beserk) i nije za ljude slabijeg želuca. Scene nasilja, seksa i ljudi koji se pretvaraju u demone nisu baš za svakog, pa možete zamisliti kako sam se i sam začudio što je smatram apsolutno briljantnim uratkom.

Na crtežu je glavni lik Akira Fudo u svom demonskom obliku, poznatom kao Amon. Iz nekog razloga demon ga nije potpuno obuzeo, tako da je ostao pola demon, pola čovjek, tj. Devilman. Kao što možete vidjeti u nastavku, planirao sam tradicionalni crtež tintom (za neke poteze sam čak koristio i Pentel bush pen), ali sam ga na kraju vektorizirao u Inkscapeu i "provukao" kroz neke filtere, jer mi se činio prejednostavnim, ali mislim da je na kraju sasvim solidno ispao.

Kao što rekoh, Devilman Crybaby je trenutno aktualan i možete dosta saznati na internetu ili društvenim mrežama, ali nemojte se upuštati u gledanje ako nemate dobre živce i toleranciju na prilično gnjusne scene. U krajnjoj liniji, pogledajte prvu epizodu i sve će vam biti jasno. Kako počinje, takav ton će imati do samog kraja. Nemojte reći da vas nisam upozorio.

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