In love with fish and water

After spending all my time finishing the newest chapter of Fisheye Placebo, as well as continued work on Knite (which I decided not to released until a few more chapters are finished for a smoother reading experience), I was super pent up with original painting ideas. 

Working on comics is great, but I also want to draw other things as well, so I made some new original illustrations and they turned out to be water themed lol. Looking back I realized how into water and fish I am. They're just so peaceful and calming, it feels like going home. 

The image below features Fantine and Lala again from my future children's storybook, Dream Without Dream.

And of course I'm a huge fan of all BBC nature documentaries like the Blue Planet. This one below is inspired by the beautiful footage of ocean life.

And lastly an update on the paper koi lanterns that I've been designing. In the video I'm showing how posable the design is. I realized I've only talked about it being posable, but never showed it, so here it is :D It's quite sturdy too so no need to be gently when posing. The DIY kits will be available after I've done more research into different materials (this video features black metallic paper for that extra scale-like shine). It's my first time producing this type of product so I have a lot to learn to do it right. 

New Fisheye Placebo is finally out! Plus I made a Patreon :D

Fisheye Placebo is back after a 3 year hiatus! You can read the newest chapter here. In the past, I had hurt my hand with Repetitive Strain Injury caused by overworking. Now the pain limits how much I can draw each day. 

But I didn’t want to give up so I hired a team of amazing 3D artists to help me continue the comic. Now, instead of drawing things from scratch, I paint over the 3D characters and backgrounds they’ve created, which saves me a lot of time and hand pain. 

I need your support to keep my team going. We are all artists who need to make a living, and you can help us keep creating comics by becoming a Patron on my Patreon. As Patrons you’ll get special previews of new comic chapters as well as HD files of the comics! And best of all you won’t have to wait another 3 years for the next chapter

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