Another early torn alter test, this one seeing how a purely brush pen piece would go, with the intention to then see how these handle inks.
Super worried about inks bleeding...so far I've found only one ink type to bleed, but fortunately not this one.
2/27/16
Reuxben
One of my first torn alters, to test how our different inks interact on the course paper, and to see how detailed we can get with live inks, meaning no pencils, just sketching off the dome.
Vaguely Chandra-esque, but the point was something mech-y since it's a thopter token.
Plan to use this as a guinea pig for marker color tests.
2/27/16
Reuxben
Here's something quite different. Rejected sketches to a splash image concept. I did these totally digital, something I rarely do, but the KNKL method helped a lot. I took inspiration from the One Piece Color Walk illustrations and stuff like that.
I imposed an arbitrary theme, a New Years' monkey buddy hanging out with the main dood, since these were pitched around January '16. This episode is them competing in a Japanese-style school field day.
2/25/16
Reuxben
[2/29/16 edit: Found a cleaner-lines version]
Inktober '14 was about getting miles on the G-Pen, and this piece was geared towards doing something weird with the hand.
Oh, hey this is posted in actual Inktober '14. Planned that all along...
2/25/16
Reuxben
I ought to save the Inktober 2014 stuff for October 2014 since we're finally approaching actual Inktober '14, but nah.
These were the pencils to one such piece.
2/25/16
Reuxben
And she says, "Wait here."
2/24/16
Reuxben
Taste the pain, though.
Make the rain show.
2/24/16
Reuxben
Live drawing with my brush pens on the back of a Meiji chocolate bar wrapper.
2/24/16
Reuxben
This was me testing the torn alter formula of pencil-less "live" ballpoint inks and fudepen spots with just a kiss of Copics.
Next goal is seeing what a full Copic piece looks like. The trick is peeling only enough to get to the white underlayer, not blue.
Kinda don't want to part with this so I can use it in my Mardu deck...wait...Spirit Bonds isn't legal anymore...nor 73% of my Theros-M15-Khans Standard deck...
2/23/16
Reuxben
It's still early in these torn alters, but I'm thinking going with "live" inks, meaning no pencils, in ballpoint pen, but as in this piece, also using other kinds of inks like the fudepen.
2/23/16
Reuxben
This is more the direction I see these torn alters going.
2/23/16
Reuxben
Hey, just found out a few of my torn alters are now on offer at Hareruya-Narita. How about that.
They are originals, drawn directly on the card, so once you buy them, that's it, nobody else has them.
Don't actually expect these to move since these test-pieces were scooped up a bit impromptu; these wouldn't be tournament-legal, which is why I am shifting to tearing up tokens.
2/23/16
Reuxben
A rejected concept for a canceled project. One time! Just kidding--many, many times.
2/23/16
Reuxben
I want to do alters but I don't know how to go about painting, so I started tearing up cards to draw right on them.
This was the first experiment in this technique after I found myself tearing up a card randomly and seeing a face in the negative space.
Do you know the card?
2/23/16
Reuxben
One giant leap for baby steps.
2/22/16
Reuxben
I don't remember exactly why I did this, but it remains pretty stupid.
Pretty sure I wanted to try Cube Watermelon's style and had some piece of cardboard laying around that I wanted to draw on.
Subtly venting, too. So, fun, fun idiocy all around, really.
2/22/16
Reuxben
A rejected concept based on forgetting your pact after taking pains to remember not to forget your pact.
2/22/16
Reuxben
I drew a sort of sci-fi future-ish cop after listening to a lot of computers and its source, but also Del and quietly wanting to revisit an old idea.
My concept was a New Haven cop in the future, with an emphasis on the uniform, particularly the hologram-based utility belt.
Turned out exceedingly mediocre.
2/22/16
Reuxben
Inks for our future cop.
2/22/16
Reuxben
Wanted to draw another Sci-Fi type piece for Inktober 15, themed after future cops.
2/22/16
Reuxben
This was my most recent piece made specifically for Tsuitta---.
After fellow Magic shop and location-game-acronym TokyoMTG announced their new line of sweaters, he mused online about wanting a sweater of his very own from TokyoMTG--TokyoMTG being an MTG shop located somewhere in Japan, but not sure where. Maybe TokyoMTG is in Miyazaki, somewhere? Osaka? TokyoMTG should be more specific.
Anyway, using some GP coverage photo, which is © Wizards of the Coast LLC xkcd abcfamily, I whipped this up for the occasion. I was tickled to find some people in the US react to it as if it were real!
In any case, it's funny cuz despite wearing TokyoMTG's gear, he famously runs a famous JP shop with another famous name. His name. Nobody ever realizes Hareruya's named after himself, not just sunny skies.
Note this image is satire. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hareruya Inc., TokyoMTG MegaCorp., Wizards LLC, Centaurs ESRB, Lucasfilm LTD, Ask Jeeves, or yo mama dot Obama dot comma.
Wake up, sheeple.
2/18/16
Reuxben
This is a Twitter mock-up I do recall more about. Owen T said something about this card resembling a certain celebrity and he was wrong, so I made this to demonstrate who it really looks like.
Now everyone knows what you are--which is to say, © Wizards of the Coast LLC html afk.
2/18/16
Reuxben
I don't remember exactly why I made this, but do recall it was specifically for Twitter.
Pretty sure it was in response to something LSV said during a draft during Betrayers of Tarkir.
2/18/16
Reuxben
どこどこどこどこどこどこ？？？
2/17/16
Reuxben
Just wanted to draw something wacky. Can't win 'em all.
Was unsure if I wanted to ink it.
2/17/16
Reuxben
A failed project design. Look on the bright side and stare into the sun. But don't blink.
Never blink.
...
Yeah, Jamie Hewlett for days.
Another design I liked here.
2/17/16
Reuxben
And here are the pencils after the inks and final. So much lost from the pencils.
Always.
2/16/16
Reuxben
And this is the chance I never got,
To make a move,
But we just talk about,
The people we've met in the last five years,
And will we remember them in ten more?
2/15/16
Reuxben
