So this is the second, and last, raffle winner. The winner wanted a piece of Chazz and Jaden from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX. I like a lot of the characters from Yu-Gi-Oh! and, while I barely watched GX (and saw nothing after it), I really like Jaden’s design and would like to draw more of him in the future.
In order to keep from going a week or more without any posts, I quickly finished this picture I had lying around from April. It’s difficult to keep the blog updated right now because I’ve had to return to my day job, which I’ve been away from all summer. Plus, I’m still trying to get the new comic pages out, which don’t create immediate results as every panel tends to take about as long as a regular picture would. These things, plus other obligations, are keeping me from pumping out several pics a week right now. To those of you frustrated by my inactivity, just remember: Nobody gets more angry or frustrated when I don’t have anything to post than I do.
The Avatar series (both TLA and TLOK) is one I always want to draw more of, but never seem to get around to for one reason or another. Both series are filled with cute character designs I’d like to explore further, and maybe one of these days I’ll get the chance.
Let me start off by saying I’m not happy with this picture. For some reason it never really clicked for me, and there were additional problems while working on it, but in the end the client was happy with it and that’s what counts. I’m still posting it here for those of you who will also like it like he did, because my taste isn’t the beginning and end of what people can enjoy. 🙂
I don’t want to get into the issues I had with this pic, in case doing so might spoil it for people who do like it, but I will say I like some of the characters used. I’ve never played a Persona game, but I’m pretty familiar with the Shin Megami Tensei brand and I typically like the characters. P4 has several female characters I really dig, but I also like Teddie (the blonde whose face is obscured) quite a bit, and wouldn’t mind doing a more concentrated picture some time featuring him. Kou (the bluish-grey-haired one with his feet sticking out) was also pretty cute in the anime episode focused on him, but I don’t know if I’ll ever draw him again. I don’t really care for the other two guys in this pic, though.
The real good news, though, is that this is the last of the commissions I had lined up. I can now focus more on my own things, as commissions will remain closed for a while yet. I still have some that will be coming around when the month rolls over, and I also I have a few special arrangements with friends that might crop up. Besides those, though, I’m looking forward to focusing on my comics, pumping out a few more Near Pokédex entries alongside a bunch more standalone pics. I’m really excited to getting back to deciding my own fate for a while until I’m desperate for money again.