Sketches and Designs (I Promise I Didn't Forget You!)

     So yes, the new semester has started. Yes, I did take a lot of really hard classes. Yes, I am working more hours a week than usual. And yes, I am doodling in class when I shouldn't be.

No, I didn't fix my Photoshop problem. No, I didn't get a chance to complete page two. (I am so sorry, honestly.) And no, I am not procrastinating. Entirely.

     I did however doodle in class a lot. And get a few dirty looks from my professors. But hey, if I am taking good notes and am able to quick sketch something in the margin, then gosh darn-it I will. Last weekend before the semester started I decided to redraw and design General Vayne Tarrenwood, Hans Bluefire, and Prince Raiden (last name is yet to be determined, because holy shit, names are hard to choose. Yes, I know Raiden looks different. Yes, you have to right to complain. No, I won't change my designs. Vayne and Hans for the most part stayed the same.

I think Raiden looks wonderful. But that's just me. And yes, I am redesigning the maid outfits. I went through a lot of designs that I don't want to post on here. (Some are really so bad.) But, I think this may be the final design, after a few touch ups. I had also taken the time to change Verice and Bionca's outfit as well.

Yes, the colors for the design are pale, but not that pale. If I have time I will re-scan and adjust the colors. Then hopefully re-upload it instead. These are also not final.

AND HERE ARE THE DOODLES

Yolei and Miki doodle. 

Potential Lila Light-Feather design.

Kaeru, Yolei, and Tama

Lastly, just a quick Princess Rayne sketch. I don't like it at all, it doesn't really look like her, but I decided, hey why not.

Anyways, hopefully you guys can enjoy these.

Until next time.

Ayumi~

Update??

     Hey, so I just got a new scanner/printer and what not, so hopefully I will be able to scan some recent sketches I have done and upload them. Because currently Photoshop doesn't work so I will probably have to re-install it and blah blah blah. So, once again, I really apologize to anyone keeping up with my blog, I really didn't want everything to start up like this again.

     On another note, I found my long lost word document with the original character bio's so maybe this week I will upload them so you guys can get a feel for the characters??? If I am nice??? And I edit them??? Most likely.

      School starts on Monday and I am not nearly as mentally prepared as I should be. I think I took one too many classes than I can handle, so we'll see how that all falls into place. Hopefully I at least pass my classes.

Anyways, my apologies once again!

ayumi~

More excuses????

     Heeeeey, so remember when I said I would hopefully have page two up by this weekend? Well, that is most likely not going to happen, because for one, Photoshop absolutely refuses to open up. And I haven't had time to fix that issue. Along with my sister using my laptop a lot. Secondly the Packers were playing today, and as much as I love the people who view my blog I REALLY had to watch this game. THIRDLY I have the stomach flu. ;)3(; I have been puking all night, and let me tell you what, it is NOT pleasant. And lastly I had to work a lot this week, so my free-time was severely diminished.

     School starts in a week, and I am already getting flooded by textbooks arriving in the mail, so I will of course try my hardest to update once a week with either a character design or a new page. (Next week I am striving for the impossible, and I am going to attempt to try and finish 2 pages next week.) We will see how everything goes I guess. I just hope that everyone will continue to support me, it really means a lot to me.

Here is an older design for Kaeru I made a few weeks ago. Never finished it or colored it, but it's all I currently have to offer. ;;;;

Anyways, stay tuned! 

ayumi

An Apology and Short Story.

     Hey so, I apologize in advance if the second page isn't up by midnight on Friday. My sisters laptop crashed and it's her finals week so she needed to borrow mine a lot this week. (I don't mind of course, I would rather her pass her exams and projects, even if it throws my schedule off track a bit.)

     Anyways, to make up for that I worked pretty hard to finalize Tama's new design. I like it a lot compared to her old one, since her old clothing didn't fit my concept at all. Which is funny, because when I created her I didn't intend on using her in TROA, she was actually going to be her own main character for a different comic I wanted to do. But I lost interest in it and couldn't think of a steady plot, so I threw her into the mix instead. Which is totally fine, because I absolutely love her. She's only 12 years old, and she is already an expert on weaponry and battle techniques. She works for her father as a black smith along side with her cousin Daiichi. Her and her cousin are also frequently running errands for Lila Light-Feather whenever they are both done with work. And one of those errands happens to be retrieving Kaeru in the beginning of chapter one. Anyways, I should quit rambling, no one reads these anyways, haha.

     Lastly, by the way, I also got a super kind offer from someone to help me create a website to post my web-comic on instead of being stuck using blogger for the rest of my life. He seemed really interested in my work and it was super kind of him to offer to help! So in the future I may be transitioning to a new domain.

     Anyways, here is the new design in it's completion. :)
 

I had to play with the contrast and brightness a bit, because I had to take the picture with my phone instead. Any-who, I hope you can enjoy it.

(Her right arm is too short and it will forever bother me.)

The down side of using ink and not sketching it out first.^^^^^

Stay tuned for page 2!

ayumi

Page One Redrawn

Enjoy~

ayumi

So page one is being re-drawn.

     I decided that I wouldn't go about the manga with traditional ink and pen. Instead I am going to do the typical web-comic in which I upload a page once a week on a certain day. Most likely on Sunday, or Monday. (Because of classes starting soon and the fact that I work 3 days a week. Ayyy) It's pretty much going off of the original story line. (I'm going to tweak some of the speech though, because damn, what was I thinking back then.)

     On another note, Tama is going through some major design changes, she most likely won't look anything like she use to, besides having red hair and amber eyes. I feel bad because I drew her so often in high-school, along with Yolei, and I have so many doodles and notebook sketches that it'll seem strange to change so much. But, change can be a good thing, and I hope that this time I will make a good decision on her looks lol.

     Anyways! Here is a sneak peak of the first page, I am going to estimate another 8+ hours of working on this one, so it most likely won't be up until the weekend. Hopefully.

Look at all that hard work and detail. I am so proud of myself. (verbal diarrhea, totally lying, quickest sketch in my life.)

Anyways, I might post another sketch dump before this weekend, but probably not.

~ayumi

Kaeru Render and Wallpaper

     So I said I was going to do character designs and I lied. Shocking. I just worked on this because I am a nerd and I like drawing Kaeru. But now I swear I will post other characters.

     I hope you maybe enjoyed it.

~@yumi

Sketch Dump and Update

     So I am thinking about chancing the name of the manga officially to The Realm of Aereningate, but I am still experimenting a little bit with the name. It's so stressful trying to keep up with this and change it all, but I feel that if I don't change things that it will seem too childish, since I came up with the concept as a child.

     Anyways, I made a quick sketch dump. Hopefully you'll enjoy.

     Just messing around with some new designs for the characters. I am definitely leaving Kaeru the way she is. For sure. I like Yolei's design a lot more now, but I am still skeptical about Ai's design. Verice and Bionca have a special place in my heart, I don't think I will ever change anything about them, because I remember how hard I worked to create them in the first place. The same goes for Yaso and Miki as well. I think I have perfected Miki's hair style well enough, so I will leave her alone. I also worked on a design for one of the bird people. I made her a while back, maybe two years ago, but I never got around to giving her a name. But I gave her sister a name. Strange. Lai is looking spot on, and so is Yolei. I doodled Taki's jellyfish, and a few of the creatures from the series. The one with the flower on it's head is used most often as a light source. As shown in the picture with Hex's demon. Lai is looking spot on, and so is Yolei.

Top Left to Bottom Right.

     Taki's jelly fish design, looking cute and deadly. I think I want the blades to be hidden for the majority of time, until it needs to fight. And there is a rough draft for the little flower creature. But if you can see, the bottom of the lantern is one of those creatures upside-down in the lantern, it's used as a fire-source.

     Like so ^^^^ So I guess the concept is that the creature, once flipped upside-down, goes into a deep sleep and the flower continues to burn while the creature sleeps. It was a strange idea, but it makes me laugh so I think I am going to keep it.

     Anyways I should probably get back to my big project I was working on and stop messing around.

Thanks everyone!

@yumi