Dev's dumpbin (Bleach chibis of d00m!)

[DevKimiko]

Argg~ Here be Dev's crap… I have a chibi fettish at the moment, and I need something obnoxiously cute to sell at Animania in Sydney this year. And I didn't have enough time to do Bleach fanart last year D: (Woe be the lack of One Piece love in this country... everyone flocks to the Sasuke fanart, and one person mistakes Sanji for an FMA character... but I digress)

So far I have: Rukia (real-world clothes), Renji (real-world clothes), Bankai Renji (WIP)

Planned: Ichigo (Real-world and Shinigami), Rukia (Shinigami) Gin... someone else. I'll see how I go. I'd like to do some One Piece chibis too, and more serious Bleach fanart. But I'm a slacker at the best of times :ohmy:

Work in progress

[Ohara]

Can you make a Chad one sometime, becaus that would be cool.

[e1n]

oh oh oh oh!

do urahara!

[Eggy]

heehee poowheeee~~ <3

[DevKimiko]

@e1n:

oh oh oh oh!

do urahara!

Ah! I knew there was someone I'd forgotten… yes, must draw Urahara sometime~ Actually, his chibi would be pretty easy since I wouldn't have to draw his eyes >3. The less work the better...

Ohara: Ha, I'll see how I go~ I won't get around to everyone, so It'll probably just be the characters I like or feel like drawing.

[Dragon Warrior Steve]

Wow, those are freakin' awesome.

[taboo]

These are AWSOME <3 I love your coloring skills~!

[DevKimiko]

Auuuugh, 6:30AM x___X. Must sleep…

Thanks for the compliments~

[wanderer-zero]

ooooh very very nice, though his eyes look…too drowsy to really show off his personality =p

[Dragon Warrior Steve]

Jesus Christ Monkey Balls, you sure can color in Photoshop. Hopefully I'll get coloring talent like that eventually.

[meethz]

_ so pwetty! lovely colouring. oh, and draw KON.

please? XD

[DevKimiko]

@wanderer-zero:

ooooh very very nice, though his eyes look…too drowsy to really show off his personality =p

Thanks~

Aaah, ya think? Hmm, I didn't draw his eyebrows down enough for a proper glare… I suppose he does look a little drowsy xD;. Ah, the wonders of photoshop for editing.

I have a really bad urge to draw Rukia and Renji as Shinigami students. And Gin as a kid. Aaagh, decisions.

Meethz: How could I forget about Kon! :ohmy:

Dragon Warrior: Thanks~ It's mostly a bunch of self-taught, coupled with oggling over the colouring of other artists. Once you get a hang of colours and light-sourcing it becomes a little more instinctive.

[changsho]

Oh, these are good; the design on the first Renji's hair was completely original! Coloring is very solid too.

And I agree that you should draw the others :)

[KamenRiderNeko]

@DevKimiko:

Auuuugh, 6:30AM x___X. Must sleep…

Thanks for the compliments~

omg i love the chibi Renji! <3<3<3

god these are all so awesome! please draw more <3 your coloring skills are amazing

[DevKimiko]

HO SHIZ IT'S ROUGH AS BEANS.

Rough version

Meeeeh… Originally Renji's hair was properly up, but then my inner fangirl took over. I think it adds to the rain feel this way though. Rukia is wringing out the bottom of her clothes, if it's hard to tell. If something looks terribly off, don't hesitate to tell me as I'll try to fix it up in the inking-ish stage. Do note that is is rather rough at the moment though :'D

[edit] Cleaned up most of it;

[meethz]

it's phenomenally cute! XD

but i do feel that Renji's hand is bit.. long?

[DevKimiko]

@meethz:

it's phenomenally cute! XD

but i do feel that Renji's hand is bit.. long?

Thanks~ Yeah, I don't think I touched-up his hand from initial sketchness so it's a bit wonk. I'll take note of it when inking :3

And whomgz, I fail at drawing Gin…

I liked the idea in theory, but It didn't quite turn out as imagined. He looks a little un-Gin-like (Then again, Gin without his fox-eyes is always going to look off…)

[KamenRiderNeko]

nah i think you did good! still looks so evil, that little bastard

[DevKimiko]

@pirateneko:

nah i think you did good! still looks so evil, that little bastard

Thanks~ Hehe, that's what I love about Gin :'D (He's creepy, but in an interesting way)

Finished him, tried a lazy cell-shaded colouring. He looks more Gin-ish in colour. I'll finish him off properly later. Going to get some food and attack the rest of the Rukia/Renji lineart~ And then I should work on the drawing I have to do for other people… is terrible slacker

[wanderer-zero]

I agree with you, the Gin turned out much nicer and closer to Gin than expected in color, but here's a question. Do we actually know his eyes are red? XD

[DevKimiko]

@wanderer-zero:

I agree with you, the Gin turned out much nicer and closer to Gin than expected in color, but here's a question. Do we actually know his eyes are red? XD

Thanks~ He has a very particular colouring, so it brings him out more from my suspect lineart xD

I was asking that question myself too. But I rememberd that in the Anime, in the fight with Hitsugaya there's one shot of his eyes when they're open. They're either red or a reddish brown, I believe. And if not, then artistic licence dictates evil characters must have red eyes :'D

[wanderer-zero]

And if not, then artistic licence dictates evil characters must have red eyes :'D

haha so true, it does definately add a more sinister glare to him.

[DevKimiko]

RenxRuki finished~

Might take a little break after these…

[megakazul]

That is the awesome!!!

[KamenRiderNeko]

god your digital coloring kicks major ass! nice work dev!

[DevKimiko]

Thought I'd never come back, didn't you. I'm getting back in convention mode so I've been plotting out some new chibis. For the moment I just have one original character done (There will be about 6 of them), but I also want to do some One Piece ones. I'll probably do an Ichigo some time too.

Click for lineart

Most of the detail will probably be lost in the printing though T_T. I may re-do his feet… I went for a different style on them but I odn't think it worked...

[Cochise]

That looks pretty good and it'll look even better if you color it (loves the colored ones <3 )

when you do a OP one you should do one of Enru cuz I always wondered what he looked like as a Chibi.

[DevKimiko]

Thanks~ I did a quick cell-shaded colouring on this one. I might experiment with colour when I have the time; I want to see if I can get a nice flat-colour look for them.

I'll probably be doing just my favourite OP characters/main cast for the moment, but I'll see if I can't do a few requests here and there :)

[DevKimiko]

'nother one~

I kinda like this colouring style, actually… May alter his pants and the angle of the sword.

[KamenRiderNeko]

damn… your cellshading is just beautiful! i really love the colors you used on both characters. and oh man, i can't wait to see your OP chibis!

nice to see you posting again, i missed your art X3

[CC ann]

wowow!!!
awesome CG skills!!!
man you should really make a tutorial on how you color like that!
I really wanna achieve that style of coloring, I just cant get it right…I always end up using the airbrush style and it disappoints me!

Great Job, and yeas you must do an urahara!!!!Do you happen to be in DA?

[DevKimiko]

Thankyou both for the compliments X3. I'm glad to be back working on some art again.

CC Ann: I might get around to doing a tutorial when I have free time. I did a Photoshop panel last year for a local convention, which was a lot of fun. I use my little 4 1/2 year old Wacom Graphire 2 for all my colouring and most of my inking; all of these were drawn from scratch on the computer.

[edit] Oh, I forgot to mention, yes I am on DA~ You can find me here [/edit]

And, lo and behold, I have started on some OP chibis~ I won't get tio finish it tonight as I'm rather tired. I'll probably work on Sanji after this, since he and Robin are my favourite characters. She has fun hair to draw~

Work in progress snip

[CC ann]

wha!
robin chan!!!
for a scrap its cute…i dont really care which one you'll finish first but I know they will all look awesome!!!

yeah tutorials seem tiresome to make...but I'll be patient...or maybe just ask for tips!!

hehe off to DA and add you to my watch list!!! :D

[DevKimiko]

Click for Robin V.1

Finished~ :3. She looks a little un-Robin-ish… maybe it's the hair, or it's harder to get across her distinctive qualities in a chibi (Since they have no nose). Outfit is kind of an original take on the Water 7 one.

[CC ann]

aaaH so cute! heart!!!
robin chan is cute!!!
thats so fast CGing it!!!
the water 7 outfit makes her cute :)

[DevKimiko]

Yeah, these CG's don't take very long :3. Just gotta select all the bits, lay down the flat colour and do a little shading + highlights. I did another version because I was told she didn't look Robin-ish without her nose. Might need a little more tweaking on this one…

[Cochise]

I don't think it matters if she has her nose or not but it does look more like Robin with the nose. Some OP characters won't need noses but if you do Usopp it's a little mandatory. (He just wouldn't look the same without that goofy nose.)

Nice coloring.

[CC ann]

yah i kinda agree it makes her look like robin more if you add the mose,
but it was fine wiithout the nose so I like both!!!

[DevKimiko]

Thanks guys :3

Just a little something I'm working on. It's going to be for a t-shirt contest for a convention in Melbourne (Entry deadline is the end of this month). Gotta fix up some bits like the hands and feet, but it's coming along better than I thought. Used a bit of ref for the perspective on the legs. This style is different to my usual one as well (Face is a lot simpler)

Click for lineart WIP

[DevKimiko]

Just a few things I've been doing~ haven't been working on Chibis since I have Uni work to do T_T.

Finished the t-shirt comp picture:

Storyboard project for Uni (Fake cinema ad campaign for an issue affecting a community of our choice: mine was an online Writers Forum). I want to do some more serious fanart for One Piece, apart from just chibis, so I might try using this simpler, whackier style for it.

Just a little photoshop doodle of one of my characters in my usual style:

Now to just finish my Uni assignments, and I'll be on holidays for 5 weeks~