MaiMai's Art Thread [Critique Appreciated]

[MaiMai]

These were giveaway prizes for my Tumblr follower milestone thingy. First is sorani/z04's protag from their NaNoRenO15 game and the second was a friend's OC!

@MaiMai: her OC has the stars as her hair?? Awesome oAo I agree you draw interesting clothes. Hoping for more.

The stars were a stylistic choice based on another piece of art done of her OC. Thank you for your comment!

[MaiMai]

Been busy with school and commissions. Most of my art is posted on Tumblr nowadays, but here are some pieces I liked that I drew for myself.

[MaiMai]

Now that I graduated and currently doing adult things (haha no), I've been drawing as much as I can! Some days there have been lulls, but I've gotten a lot of work in. Here's just a sample of what I've been doing

[MaiMai]

I've been experimenting in MediBang Paint recently and so far, I really like the lineart tools, moreso than MangaStudio/ClipStudio (although Manga/Clip Studio is probably better for heavier work). Still, I can't argue with the results from a free program.

[MaiMai]

Cheebs for days!! There's been an interest for this chibi style I drew (again in MediBang Paint Pro) so I'll probably offer these up for commission soon.

[CSV]

Cheebs for days!! There's been an interest for this chibi style I drew (again in MediBang Paint Pro) so I'll probably offer these up for commission soon.

It's a very cute style! Very colorful too. =) Tumblr followed!

[MaiMai]

Thank you CSV!

I hadn't soft CGed in a while so I did this fanart of Asagami Fujino from Kara no Kyoukai to get back into it.

[MaiMai]

Been trying out new things to see if I can push my style, especially if I'm going to make VN assets. I think it's going okay so far!! (/kicks self into doing commissions in the meanwhile)

[King-sama]

Oooh! I like your characters designs! 8D especially singleionadesign2.png loves tanned characters~
your chibis are cute, too~ >//< //squeeze them~

[MaiMai]

Thank you! (Iona's actually African American!)

When I clear out my commission queue, I hope to draw more chibis in that style. That said, here's another style I've been posting on Twitter and Tumblr lately. The first was done in SAI the second in Medibang Paint Pro (a free program that's actually really good).

[MaiMai]

Annnnd finished this third chibi made in Clip/Manga Studio 5.

[SwedishJazz]

I really like Iona's designs; her outfit is really charming, and the character is memorable enough that it would be easy to recognize/remember her her if I saw art of her floating around. On the other hand, since you stated you're alright with critique, Ai and Lien seem pretty generic; if I saw them drawn by someone that isn't you, I wouldn't know it was them. The art itself is adorable, though!

[MaiMai]

Thank you SwedishJazz. I don't think I'll be changing Ai and Lien's designs anytime soon though since I'm pretty satisfied with their appearance. (they're my long time OCs and they've gone through a lot of design changes already up to this point. I'd best be focusing my energies on different characters right now.)

[MaiMai]

Been slowing down artwise, but I've been able to draw a few things every now and then. Here are two pieces that are only a few months apart, but it's interesting to see how my CG techniques keep morphing (the pinker one is the more recent one!) Both are colored in Medibang Paint Pro.

[ofdawnandtwilight]

So glad I didn't miss the recent post, they look stunning! I am completely in love with how vibrant the blue gradient is in the first one and the colours in the second one are very sweet. The blue petals (I think they are petals? Forgive me if I'm wrong) don't stand out much, so I think if you could make them glow brighter, the picture would pop out more- but that's just my preference.

Can't wait to see more works from you! <3