Working on Dynamic Poses (ex. one)

I said I would make another post today, so here I am. Here is another art post. :)

This time it's a wip. That I started today.

I added (ex. one) because I'm planning on drawing other characters in dynamic poses.

So here I drew another human Duke. (I love drawing him, sorry lmao.)

I got inspired to draw Duke setting a sea on fire because of a comment on dA.

About comments.. I feel like I have at most two viewers besides me who still view my blog. Where'd everyone go? It's lonely..

Well anyway, I thought of drawing Duke in a less boring pose I always draw him in. I wanted to do a pose like the one shown here for a long time now, but I was always unsatisfied with the result. I'm hoping this drawing won't be bad like previous attempts.

Because.. you know.. anatomy. Shading. Perspective.

In this case, I'll have trouble showing that his right hand is held up away from his body. It's in front of him.

But I'm bad at showing the perspective that there's distance between the hand and shirt. How do I shade?

Oh and his other hand is pointing down. Slightly curved as well. I tried to draw hands lol.

His left leg is supposed to be in a kick. I know I got to work on that. I'm bad at drawing feet lmao.

This fire boy is angry. So what does he do? Fly above a body of water and set it on fire, of course!

Oh and I had trouble deciding on how to draw Duke's hair again. If it should be down or tied up. You might be able to see my erased marks.

I still have to add in extra random hairs to show movement. Something like that. Because there's wind. And wind makes hair kinda messy. So yeah.

I don't know if it would look good to have the entire background be water set on fire. What to do, what to do..

Bye for now. More posts coming soon.

~ Cutepups :)

Duke's Three Main Phases

Hey! :)

A short while ago, I posted a sketch showing three Duke looks. The post (lol): http://thejamaamist.blogspot.com/2017/06/uhhhhhh-duke.html 

I also said I would finish those sketches in another post.

Well, here I am to show you the finished version! Oh and I decided to change some things.

Duke though. This fire boy though. Mm omg. Finally have a stable art style for drawing Duke how I view him.

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And of course the numbers correspond with the order of the phases. I only decided to make phase three a full body because I'm planning Duke's outfit/s in that phase. I think you know what he looks like in the first two phases.

I wrote Duke, so you know it's him. I also quickly added in the iconic purple-black phantom flame that covers his heart. Ugh, I'm still bad at drawing flames. 

Anyway, onto the explanations. >:) 

Phase 1: Duke looks the nicest and less mean. I drew him, and he looks so cute. The good Duke. Here he is before he burned that shirt. However, Duke is also in this phase when he wears the dark gray T-shirt like in the early 20s arc. He hasn't been corrupted by Fierdan and Soulless yet, so his hair isn't fully very dark brown. It's when his hair is short and only the tips are dark.

Phase 2: Duke's current look in chapters published. From the 50s arc to what's out in the 70s arc so far. His face is what he looks like based on multiple events in the 60s and 70s arc. A bitter and annoyed boy. His hair grew out, and it's fully very dark brown/almost black. Duke being aware of his corruption due to Fierdan and Soulless turned his hair darker. He looks most like Fierdan here. I drew him wearing the jacket of concealed black flames.

Phase 3: Duke's look in future chapters. Here he is towards the end of the torture chapters. After the Taurel part. Which is much later. Yes, Duke is very creepy and scary in this phase. He gets messed up so badly because I am mean. This must be the cryptid Duke. I drew him when he probably looks the most sinister and sadistic. He won't always look this scary though. This is "human Duke" in canon, I guess. His hair, eyes, ears, mouth, and paws/hands get messed up. Well, that's all you can see here. Those black eyes though. That blood though. The blood red outfit though. On his head are black flames. Only the short black lines are his hairs. Duke actually gets to be sadistic. Lot of pain towards other characters. Not just himself. I'm mean, ok. Duke has accepted his identity and fate as being the fusion of Fierdan and Soulless. His physical body is breaking apart and becoming more like Soulless. That's why the left side of his face looks like that.

I know I love making fun of Duke in skits. He is a fool. Until the first half of the 40s arc, Duke is a fool in the story. But after that, I find it hard to view him as a silly fool in the story. Too much fear and pain to not respect him. Respect.. what. He's my tragedy boy OC. Well, the one with the most tragedy I think. I love this bastard, ok.

I might return again today. Bye for now. 

 

~ Cutepups ;v; 

7/11 updates

Hello. It's the night of 7/11. Otherwise known as the 11th of July.

Good news: This fool isn't a failure again.

July 2017.. end results being "pass" and not "fail".. look at that year development for the better.

Haha. :)

In other words, I finally did it right and passed.

Yes, woo, go me! I am valid! :'D

I have my license. Wow, the Cutepups fool is growing up so fast.

Not a driving failure. Not anymore.

So much practicing paid off. That's over with now. Yay. :')

And tomorrow's my sister's birthday. So I got it the day before.

I feel less like a failure in life with no future now. This is a great temporary feeling. :')

I have some posts in mind. They'll be up soon. Hopefully. If I feel like posting more.

Oh and story hint: A few lines in Chapter 34 will be brought up in another chapter. Maybe it'll be in Chapter 75.

I have more art I could post.

Yeah! Cool stuff! Very nice!

another late night post

Hello. It's currently 1:20 in the morning that I'm typing this. Yeah, it's getting pretty late.

It's getting hard to sleep. No, I'm not an insomniac. It's just. Sleeping. It's hard sometimes.

Sleeping facing one way feels bad after a while. So flip, so switch. Keep doing that.

Sleeping under the covers feels bad after a while. Now I find myself waking up with no blanket on me.

Sleeping is hard when my dreams become realistic but not quite realistic. Dreams remind me of bad things that I should be worrying about when I'm awake but don't. Other times, they end in death. Of who? Well, it's not that hard to guess. And it's not my characters.

To some extent, I'm always tired. I've been stained with the burden of permanent tiredness and not enough energy to function like those other people in society. And by that, I don't only mean extroverts.

I'm tired and want to sleep my life away. But I just can't. Not because I "want to live my life" or some crap, but because being asleep can hurt.

-X-

In twelve hours from now, I'll be back there again taking the test for the third time.

The experiences of being there twice didn't make my fears of the test go away. Not in the slightest.

I should be less scared. But I'm not.

I'm still scared.

-X-

Summer is going by quickly.

I don't like this. No, not at all.

I'm haunted by the fact that I have to know very big and important stuff during the fall season.

My one irl friend it seems keeps on reminding me of things. Which, in turn, leave me feeling more haunted.

Am I living? Am I real? Is this really happening to me?

I don't know any of the answers to this.

-X-

A few hours ago, I had several different post ideas.

I came up with this one.

Way to go, Cutepups.

-X-

I want to bring my "Cutepups Support" segment back.

I might do that.

I might have gotten inspired to do so because of this blog I view.

Well, it'll be slightly different.

I know I'm a copier, but I don't make exact copies.

-X-

I took photos of my cat looking like iconic moods.

The flash made his eyes look pink. His pupils are always dilated.

Zo is my favorite evil boy irl. He is an evil cat. Thelma is a different type of evil. My cats are evil.

No, so is Sunshine. She's evil in her own special way. My pets are.. quite something.

-X-

Zo's four iconic moods shown in the photos:

1. Awareness
2. Being smug
3. Depressed
4. Blep!

-X-

~ Cutepups ☆

midnight posting

Hi. It's midnight. Perfect time to post. :-)

Today is Monday. :-(

Anyway, I just read Twinkle's Story chapters 23 to 38.

And I didn't cringe as much as I did in the past when I read those chapters.

Congrats to me. Please clap.

Fierdan is so different in the 30s arc. Like geez. He was actually a creepy and evil character who intimidated people. And kissed people with no romantic intent.

That's when Soulless was possessing his mind and body.

Now look at him. Now he's a poor boy full of pain and regret.

That character development though.

I read the Flashback Chapters in the 20s arc. Duke and Twinkle. Their past.

Anyway.. I love them so much. Omg? 

I kinda want to draw little kid Duke. What a cutie. I love him, I'm sorry.

Oh and I checked. It's true. I did write in a chapter that Duke was this shy kid. Ha, I was right. Um.. please clap.

Basically, Duke was this kid who was shy and pretty quiet. He would just hang out in the background in this group of popular kids at school. The only person in the group that he liked was Finny, and he tolerated Sparkle. He disliked everyone else. Especially Admiral. Duke hated her. One reason was because Finny dated her. The other reason happened later when Admiral kissed him without consent at school. Those two reasons will resurface in a future chapter. When Duke started hanging out with Twinkle, he opened up and could be more like himself without having to be quiet about it. Despite all that, he could be violent and heartless. Yeah, just look at Chapter 27. Shy but violent. Little Duke didn't hesitate when attacking his cousin and friend. He felt no remorse until much later, and he used his feelings of regret to hurt himself. Little to no hesitation. Of course that's not normal. What kid is like that? Ever since he was a little kid, Duke didn't fully have sympathy for others in pain. Ok guys, he lacks something. Because of Soulless being a part of him. Because of his past. He's angry at the world. His mother tried to break him for several years. She treated Duke like crap. And now she's being nice to him. What Duke went through in the past was not okay. It's messed up big time, dude. He can't bring himself to care about other people's pain, even if he hurt them. Their pain was nothing compared to the pain he went through. Duke's pains of abuse, knowing his three favorite family members died, losing his old friend called Daredevil, trying to confess his love to Finny but being rejected... realizing things, etc. Duke's life is crap. So he's angry at people. Their pain is nothing compared to the pain he went through. He feels nothing wrong about acting violent towards other people. Could his mother's abuse and later Fierdan and Soulless's abuse have a role? Hmm probably.

Haha yeah. Geez. That's Duke.

I also want to draw Duke setting a whole sea on fire. Got inspired to do that because of a comment. Hehe.

(Psst.. this is a Duke post. Dang it, Duke. XD)

Enough of tragic story Duke, onto some more lighthearted material!

Not too long ago, I made a silly post about Duke wearing a purple shirt, capri pants, sunglasses, and yellow flipflops.

Well, I had to draw him for this tumblr meme. So I drew him in that outfit (just imagine he's wearing yellow flipflops) in order to look like a stereotypical tourist visiting Hawaii. Well, Hawaii sounded like a stereotypical tourist destination to me.

I drew human Duke. This boy though. So silly. :3

In my drawing, Duke...:

- looks like a girl
- got sunburned
- no, danny (+ human fierdan and duke) isn't (aren't) actually racially white.
- looks like a complete fool
- has a shark tooth necklace on
- has a Hawaii shirt on
- has wristbands from a souvenir shop on both his wrists

I like the background. A little.

Haha. Duke. I love my tragedy boy OC. <3 :')

I also decided to work on those three main Duke looks I sketched not too long ago, so they would be colored drawings.

I'm hoping to continue the skit series soon.

Life is pretty busy for me now. And I feel stressed and overwhelmed often. I'm scared.

Are things okay? Yes. No. What does that question even mean?

Well, I'll end the post here. Bye.

7-7-17

Yes. That is the date.

Not for long though. It will be July 8th when I publish this post.

Almost forgot to make a post. Sorry about that.

I like how the date sounds. 7-7-17. Number 7. Nice.

Anyway, today was pretty alright. Not too bad. Meh.

I applied for another job today. Oh boy. Gotta work. Boo.

Yeah so what else?

I don't really know lol.

I guess I could post art. But I don't want to right now.

Continue the skit. Hmm. Nah.

Talk about my headcanons for my own characters. Nah, that deserves its own special post.

Ah, what the heck. I'll introduce you guys to that.

Alrighty, here's the thing. In my head, I'm planning out story events that are chapters and chapters after Chapter 74. So many chapters that they go into what could be viewed as story 2.

A lot of changes happen that I haven't written officially in chapters yet.

Like a lot happens. And yeah, I'm disappointed that I never found the time to post a new chapter yet.

So how I view the characters could be seen as a little different than what you think. Perhaps unexpected.

Or maybe not. Who knows.

So yeah. Gonna put my thoughts about all that in another post.

I have nothing else to really say.

Bye. <3

life updates #infinite

Hello. I feel like informing you about the events from yesterday.

What a day. Eesh.

But before that......

A cover of a song called "Animal" vaguely reminds me of Duke and Taurel.

;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uMszs3J1pLc ;)

Not as much as other songs. Only somewhat.

Yeah. I don't know.

Now onto my bad life updates......

Yesterday I woke up to find out that the internet in my house was broken.

It just broke. For the entire day.

And if that wasn't bad enough, my phone charger is broken now.

It doesn't work at all now. I have no charger now. It's hard to charge my phone.

Which, well, really sucks! Life sucks! :))

The internet and phone service was broken all day yesterday.

It got fixed this morning though.

My charger is still broken though.

Well anyway, my sister and I joined our dad to go to our grandma's house.

We stayed there for several hours.

Reasons. Yeah ok shh.

I couldn't even use the wifi for that long because my phone had low battery. And my phone charger wouldn't work at all.

(Sorry, I'm so bitter about my stupid charger.)

It was pretty alright though. I did other things like going swimming, watching TV from an actual TV, eating food, going to a store with my sister, and reading a book.

Swimming is so nice. Well, the pool is nice. Water is nice.

Ahh, refreshing! Good stuff right there!

Also went out to eat for breakfast. Delicious. Mm.

And that was the gist of my day yesterday.

I feel pretty bad right now. This post is worded terribly. I know. I'm sorry.

Talking about my characters with a specific person is making me feel better. Haha thanks, specific person. <3

Real life still sucks though lol.

My legs hurt. All day. Ouch.

I'm overwhelmed all the time. I'm not 17. I'm not. I can't.

How did this happen? I'm 17 and a senior in September. How did this happen?

I didn't sign up for this. I don't want these responsibilities.

I feel bad about at least one thing all the time.

Colleges/Universities..... I don't freaking know, man! I don't know what I want!

I'm told to apply for different jobs every freaking day. I hate applying for jobs. I hate this, I hate this, I hate it, I hate everything for all I care.

Past ones didn't email or call me.

What's the point? I don't know!

"How do you picture yourself in 10 years?" I can't picture myself in 1 year.

Want to know my honest answer?

Not existent. Does that mean dead? Depends on how I interpret it.

I'm sick of these nightmares. Why can't I get over it? The past is in the past!

Math is over. I took the math final. It's over, damn it!

Leave me alone! Stop haunting my dreams! In the end, all your variations are the same! It's done! I'm done!

If these crappy things are gonna stick with me, then I'm sick and tired of this life.

At least I got a passing number on my AP test. One thing I didn't fail. Wow, this fool did something right.

I don't know what else to say.

Bye.