Kasanip's Sketchbook

[Kasanip]

Even yesterday seemed a bad day.

But today it was a happy day for me. Even some sketching was made.

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Originally Posted by A Rainy Knight

Sorry for not leaving comments more often, but I've always enjoyed seeing your updates. Anyways, congratulations on 60,000 views, and I hope that the real world starts treating you better soon!

Thank you! Please come soon!

Originally Posted by Elder Tsofu

Failing important tests is never enjoyable, but I hope you'll come around it nevertheless. You seem like a sweet person, so I wish you success.

Thank you! I must study harder.

Originally Posted by Prime32

Looking through the stats, this is now the #5 single-artist thread. Ever.
You still have to beat two of Vulion's threads, Elagune's OotS manga and THE BEAST.

I don't like competition. I just hope sketches can be enjoyed. I should try to make English comic maybe.


I should ask for advice and comment on sketch more. Maybe it is just hobby sketching, but to become better, I must practice. If it is not troublesome, it is a small survey:

1. What do you think is "strong point" of sketches?
2. What do you think is "weak point" of sketches?
3. What is your favorite sketch?
4. What kind of sketch would you like to see?

[memnarch]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

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I should ask for advice and comment on sketch more. Maybe it is just hobby sketching, but to become better, I must practice. If it is not troublesome, it is a small survey:

1. What do you think is "strong point" of sketches?
2. What do you think is "weak point" of sketches?
3. What is your favorite sketch?
4. What kind of sketch would you like to see?

1. They look nice!
2. Not enough of them!
3. Any of them! (Though I do like touhou)
4. See number 3.


I'll try to give better feedback later when I've got more time to look through past sketches.

[C'nor]

1: They look good all around. But I'd say that the strongest point is that they're very expressive.

2: I can't really find a weak point.

3: My favorite sketch would have to be the one you made for me.

4: Any and all kinds of sketches.

[banthesun]

I like all of your art, so I'm scared I'd be saying the same things over and over if I was posting regularly. I'll try and post more in the future though.

As for the survey:
1. I like how your drawings have a certain sense of honesty to them, I guess. Something about their style makes me feel warm and happy (or conveys sadder emotions, for ones like that Ama sketch a few posts back, but those are good things to feel too). Also lots of them are really cute!

2. Some of them have a fairly unfinished feel to them, but since they're just your sketches I guess that's alright. Do you have many more developed artworks? I'd like to see things like that (as long as you have time for them though!)

3. Hmm, I'd need to look through the thread again to decide. I do really like the ones with Mir though, she always makes me feel peaceful.

4. Hmm, maybe more cute drawings, they always brighten my day!

I'm glad to hear today was better. I hope things go well from now on!

[Shades of Gray]

1) Great expressions. Cute style.
2) You hesitate to draw legs a lot.
3) My favourite sketches... Probably your drawings of Matapa.
4) More full-body drawings. Showing off an entire character. Also, backgrounds!

You're doing great Kasanip! I look back at what you were sketching two years ago and you're improving a lot. It just doesn't seem like it to you.

[Keveak]

1. Your sketches are very clean and look very professional, that is a big strong point. I also agree with the expressions and everything else said, your sketches are just great!
2. Weak point? Uhm, I don't know... I guess the lack of full-body features could be a weak point.
3. I love all of your sketches, but The BleachITP Reborn one and your drawing of Tomoya are probably my favourites by a little bit.
4. Hmm, something dynamic? It would be interesting to see some battle-poses in your style.

[Kasanip]

Thank you everyone for your answers! It is very helpful for me.

I want to say, always everyone makes interesting requests for me. Even if a request is not shown, probably it was useful for me to try. So if you have idea, please always say it!

I want to work on these idea, so I will try to draw more sketch with such a theme. I want to draw more finishing, but there is no time right now. Maybe at winter vacation time I can do such a thing. So it must be sketch.

It is swim sketch! It is good advice, I must work on show entire character pictures.

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Try 'dynamic' but it fails I think.

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[banthesun]

Ah, I really like these ones! Kamone's expression in the first one is particularly adorable!

[memnarch]

1st pic. Fairly good, middle girl's arms kinda blended into the girl of the left's side, maybe make the water level a bit more shaded?

2nd pic. Not dynamic yeah, but pretty good if she was just kneeling on the ground, I think the problem is that she's leaned too far back and not looking where she's jumping (assuming jumping is what you were aiming for), I like the armor you used here.

[Tengu_temp]

Always nice to see more Kamome pics. By the way, MSP should return sometime around next week.

[A Rainy Knight]

1st picture - It always makes me happy to see sketches like these that you do in a cute style! The water surface is hard to clearly see, though; I somehow didn't notice they were actually in the pool and not just on some bench by the poolside until the third or fourth time I looked at it.

2nd picture - This one does have an interesting pose, but I'd agree that it's not totally clear what she's doing - for pictures like these it might help to include a simple background just to show if she's kneeling or jumping, for instance.

[Prime32]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

It is swim sketch! It is good advice, I must work on show entire character pictures.

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This made me smile.

Try 'dynamic' but it fails I think.

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Could be worse. I think a big issue is that she's not looking in the direction she's jumping. Are you a Seiken no Blacksmith fan?

[A Rainy Knight]

What do you get when you cross Kasanip's amazing sketching talent with my mediocre Inkscape coloring abilities? I'm not entirely sure, but I'm totally in love with it. @_@

Thanks so much for making the original for me, Kasanip!

[Saeyan]

ahh Kasanip you are so cute. Thank you for your kind words and I'm glad the video was helpful.

The girls in the pool picture look a bit awkward but I think looking at some real people posing similarly (as reference) would fix that.

[Kasanip]

Thank you for advice everyone!
It is interesting to try to train skill like this.

Originally Posted by Prime32

Are you a Seiken no Blacksmith fan?

It is so-so I think. There was small interest one time because of sword transforming, but I never finished first book. I am surprised it is known by you!

Originally Posted by A Rainy Knight

What do you get when you cross Kasanip's amazing sketching talent with my mediocre Inkscape coloring abilities? I'm not entirely sure, but I'm totally in love with it. @_@

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Thanks so much for making the original for me, Kasanip!

It is very nice! It has been a long time for OotS since my sketch was used by another artist I think.

Originally Posted by Saeyan

ahh Kasanip you are so cute. Thank you for your kind words and I'm glad the video was helpful.

The girls in the pool picture look a bit awkward but I think looking at some real people posing similarly (as reference) would fix that.

Thank you for your kind words and advice!
It was helpful, but I must practice this style. This is first try for me:

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Actually I have been busy to sketch requests, so only a few new sketches to show here.
A new character: Alice, for Fri's game.

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A new character? I have not decided

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I need to make a new avatar, but I am unsure what to do.

[memnarch]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

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Thank you for your kind words and advice!
It was helpful, but I must practice this style. This is first try for me:

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Ooo.... I like this. Nice landscape.

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I need to make a new avatar, but I am unsure what to do.

Make a bunch of small sketches, then have people pick one for you to fill out more?

[ninja_penguin]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

A new character? I have not decided

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I'll admit it's my own bias, but I really like this one, partially because it's a step past the sketching phase and it has some nice clean lines on it.

[kamikasei]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

A new character? I have not decided

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This looks great. Granted, I've a soft spot for well-done armor.

[Silverraptor]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

A new character? I have not decided

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I need to make a new avatar, but I am unsure what to do.

I like the look of this character alot.

[A Rainy Knight]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

A new character? I have not decided

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For some reason, this one makes me think of the pegasus knights from Fire Emblem. Maybe because the headband looks like a pair of little wings? At any rate, it's a really pretty sketch. That landscape drawing looks good for a first try, too!

I need to make a new avatar, but I am unsure what to do.

I like Memnarch's idea, especially since I think you could come up with something way better than I could suggest.

[Prime32]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

It is so-so I think. There was small interest one time because of sword transforming, but I never finished first book. I am surprised it is known by you!

I read a little of the manga. Fan translations of light novels are almost impossible to find; ones that are actually readable are even harder. The anime has an English dub though, apparently.

It was helpful, but I must practice this style. This is first try for me:

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Looks pretty good.

Originally Posted by A Rainy Knight

For some reason, this one makes me think of the pegasus knights from Fire Emblem. Maybe because the headband looks like a pair of little wings?

Makes me think more of a dragoon.

[banthesun]

Originally Posted by A Rainy Knight

For some reason, this one makes me think of the pegasus knights from Fire Emblem. Maybe because the headband looks like a pair of little wings?

I thought she looked like a Fire Emblem character too! I hope she does become a fully-fledged character, she looks like lots of fun.

[Kasanip]

Hello everyone! How are you?
It became cold now, and so I got a cold. It's always a terrible feeling.

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Thank you Memnarch and A Rainy Knight for idea. For avatar, some ideas were sketched:

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Of 'new character', maybe she is left over idea from PW&K. Maybe she seems like Fire Emblem character too. It would be nice to have a Fire Emblem story again.　

[horngeek]

Originally Posted by Kasanip

Hello everyone! How are you?
It became cold now, and so I got a cold. It's always a terrible feeling.

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Sorry to hear that, Kasanip. Praying you get well soon.

Thank you Memnarch and A Rainy Knight for idea. For avatar, some ideas were sketched:

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Of 'new character', maybe she is left over idea from PW&K. Maybe she seems like Fire Emblem character too. It would be nice to have a Fire Emblem story again.　

I like the one of you on the computer, for some reason... what does the kanji mean?

[banthesun]

Ooh! I think the first one's my favourite (the sketch with the scarf and beanie). The smile over the top of the scarf is just so cute! I'd love to see that on all your posts! I do see why Horngeek might like about the one with the computer, it feels like good avatar material too (I think the character is just an 'A', if I'm not mistaken).

[memnarch]

I like the computer one.

[A Rainy Knight]

Sorry you're not feeling well, Kasanip. I hope you get better soon!

Hmm, as for the avatars... I agree with banthesun, the one with the scarf in the upper left corner is both really cute and looks warm and cozy now that winter's coming. But I also really like the other two on the same row... it's so hard to choose a favorite!

[Just_Ice]

dat scarf.

If you have time, you should definitely join an FE game. You make bad-ass sprites and are more eloquent than most of the other players.

[Tengu_temp]

My favorite picture is the one in the lower left corner. Can't help but wonder about the context.

[Prime32]

Originally Posted by Tengu_temp

My favorite picture is the one in the lower left corner. Can't help but wonder about the context.

Eat oranges to cure cold -> Oranges want revenge?