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ع˖ Chapter 9: Spectrum - Portfolio Class

 ✨ This package will be released on the 3rd/4th week of December ✨

Hey guys! Here's the preview for December's second package. We made it! After all these months of brainstorming, building, creating, and designing our layouts, it's time to finally piece all of our work together. In the olden days of art school, plenty of prospective students would print their portfolios and piece it together in a book. Nowadays you'll likely upload your work as...

ع˖ Chapter 9: Spectrum - Cinematic Poster Finale

 ✨This package will be released on the 2nd-3rd week of December ✨

Hey guys! Here's the preview for December's first package. To wrap up the previous 8 months of worldbuilding and end the NIMAVERSE update on a bang, I'll be finishing up an Epic Cinematic Poster piece that includes all 17 characters from the Nima book! This will have a different mood and tone from the Cinematic Poster package from earlier this year -- we've come a long way with o...

December Teaser ❄

The NIMAVERSE Update is coming to an end and we're going out with a BANG! Next month's packages will consist of:

✦ Cinematic Poster Finale
✦ Portfolio Class 

To wrap up our world, I'm going to finish up an Epic Cinematic Poster piece that includes all 17 of my characters from the Nima book! It'll include an extended Hideout video to show my rendering process. We'll then format our work from the past 8 months and show you how to put together a traditional, physical port...

✦ Chapter 8: Clarity - Shape Stylization With Portraits

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of November ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of November's second package! Shape Stylization With Portraits was the 2nd most voted option! Thank you all so much for voting. In this episode we'll be going over my method of utilizing shapes to create a solid portrait. Shapes play a huge role in style as well as rendering -- it can truly simplify and better your process in terms of efficiency. Together...

✦ Chapter 8: Clarity - Intro To Creature Design

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of November ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of November's first package! Intro To Creature Design was the most voted package out of all of the other options. When you first get into creating creatures, it can be a whole different beast -- especially if you're used to human characters/environments! We'll be simplifying our approach to cover the basics and go over the importance of storytelling, shap...

November Teaser 💠

You voted, we're delivering -- here's a preview of what we'll be learning in November! For EPIC FUN MONTH ✨ we're going to spice things up by introducing you all to:

✦ Intro To Creature Design
✦ Shape Stylization With Portraits

Creating creatures is a whole different realm, but we'll be sure to cover the design foundations and mindset you should have going in. We'll also go over how to efficiently use shapes to stylize your portrait pieces and take them to the next level!...

VOTE for November's Epic Fun Month Episodes!

Hey guys! We're planning for November's NIMAVERSE Curriculum. We've come a long way with creating our worlds and to celebrate everyone's hard work, we're allowing our Patrons to choose the entire chapter for next month! The two options with the highest votes will get their own packages (Episodes 1 + 2).

FYI there's two months left for the update, and next month will be the last to j...

❈ Chapter 7: Chromatic - Cinematic Lighting + Rendering (2/2)

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of October ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of October's second package! After exploring all of our thumbnail options and setting up the story scene, it's time to finish the piece by rendering it. Rendering has a lot of misconceptions and can be difficult since there's a lot of components to keep in mind (form, lighting, color temperatures/coherent palettes, etc.) but I'll show you my surefire way o...

❈ Chapter 7: Chromatic - Concept Ideation + Drafting (1/2)

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of October ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of October's first package! Story scenes differ from your typical single-subject pieces, such as a character portrait or environment piece. They involve various elements and each of them have to be purposeful in the aspect of storytelling. It can be quite daunting at first as there's a lot of strategy involved.. and large, complex pieces are spooky! 🎃 S...

October Teaser ❈

Hey guys, here's a preview of what we'll be learning in October! After developing our worlds for the past 6 months, we should have solid assets (characters, environments) as well as a story. Creating a story scene can be quite daunting as there's a lot of elements involved and they're all interacting with one another. It's not like a single-subject piece featuring a character or showcasing environment, so we'll be going over all of the necessary steps and information for creating a successful...

⎉ Chapter 6: Ascension - Advanced Layouts

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of September ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of September's second package! As you all know, we've spent the last couple of months developing various characters and assets for our world. Rather than mindlessly gathering all of our work together onto a couple of different pages, it's crucial to methodically and strategically piece everything to design our Presentation. Aesthetics ar...

⎉ Chapter 6: Ascension - Advanced Character Design

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of September ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of September's first package! After covering the foundations of Character Design and various creative processes the past few months, I'm so excited to dive in on all the juicy tips on how to create a Strong, Iconic Character. We'll be comparing Taigo's old vs new design, redesigning him with various prompts, and highlighting key points o...

September Teaser ✧

Here's a preview of what we'll be learning in September! Now that we've covered the foundations of Character Design and the different creative process methods we can use, it's time to turn things up a notch. What makes a character so Iconic and Memorable? Which elements contribute to creating a stronger design? How do I create a solid presentation for all the work and assets I've created? We'll be advancing our worldbuilding portfolio by covering the following topics:

✦ Advanced C...

❦ Chapter 5: Expedition - Painting Backgrounds For Animation

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of August ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of August's second package! This is a super extra special NIMAVERSE episode as my NIMA animation is being released next Friday. To celebrate, I'll be showing my process of painting backgrounds for animation! I normally focus on visual development/illustration pieces as that's my forte, but venturing out into the animation world has been a fresh and amazing ...

❦ Chapter 5: Expedition - Landscape Design

🌸🌸🌸 NIMA is now officially released! 🌸🌸🌸

✨This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of August ✨

Hey guys, here's a preview of August's first package! Now that we have plenty of characters designed and a better idea of our worlds, it's time to put them all into an environment! To celebrate NIMA's release, I'll be straying away from my usual or...

August Teaser ✾

"Find the light within you and come jump into the night. Just follow, follow me there, follow me anywhere."

Hey guys, NIMA will be officially out very soon on July 24! I wanted to celebrate by going beyond our typical content and start off the official era of NIMA with a bang. Welcome to the second phase of NIMAVERSE!

☀️ For the first package of August we'll be painting OPUS, one of the epic main cities in NIMA's world. It's a cultural epicenter showered with vibran...

✶ Chapter 4: Awakening - Character Abilities + Pose Compositions

*We experienced a bug with the initial post and are now reposting it. If you see this post, you are all good to go to receive the package later this month! Thanks for your patience and support.

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of July ✨ 

Hey guys, here's a preview of July's second package! Generating and designing character abilities is one of the funnest parts of character design. After filling in on my process of efficien...

✶ Chapter 4: Awakening - Creating a Character From Scratch

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of July ✨ 

Hey guys, here's a preview of July's first package! After familiarizing ourselves with the foundations (silhouettes, shapes, overall read, etc.) and basic process of character design back in Chapter 2, it's time to put our concept art knowledge to use! For this episode, I'll be conjuring a whole new character from scratch -- starting out with ju...

July Teaser ⚔️

Here's what's in store for July! Now that you're familiar with the essentials and standard process of character design, it's time to have fun with it! I'll be creating a brand new original character (who includes two side characters!) from scratch while focusing even more on the story aspect. Designing for aesthetics and story functionality is a delicate balance, so you'll get to see my thought process on how I marry the two. Here's the preview for July's packages:

✦ Creating a Ch...

✦ Chapter 3: Arrival - Character Expressions

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of June ✨ 

Hey guys, here's a preview of June's second package! You all voted and the winner is: Character Expressions! I'll be showing my process of painting various character expressions, covering key tips to keep in mind while emoting your character, and teach basic facial anatomy! I also encounter a tough angle/expression in the end so you'll be able t...

✦ Chapter 3: Arrival - Cinematic Poster

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of June ✨ 

*Please don't spread/share this image publicly since it has not been released yet.

Here's a preview of June's first package! NIMA is almost here as June is preorder month. 🌸 Starting June 26, NIMA will be available for preorder through my site! 🌸 To ...

June Teaser + Poll 🌔

NIMA'S ALMOST HERE! It's been an absolute joy teaching worldbuilding (my passion!). Hope you're all building your world with us and learning lots! Here are the preview packages for our THIRD month, June:

✦ Cinematic Poster Illustration
✦ ???

Help us choose the second package! Now that we've established the tone/concept of our world, illustrated enticing ...

༻ Chapter 2: Character Design - Concept Rendering + Poses

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 4th-5th week of May ✨ 

Hey guys, here's a preview of May's second package! Now that we've explored our design/color story variations, it's time to pick our favorite and render them. I'll be discussing the difference between rendering for illustration vs concept as well as teaching some of my methods! And once we finish polishing up our chosen final design, you'll then ...

༻ Chapter 2: Character Design - Thumbnails + Ideations

✨ This package will be PM'ed to you on the 2nd-3rd week of May ✨ 

Hey guys, here's a preview of May's first package! Now that we've sparked some excitement by painting a splash piece, we're going to keep the momentum going by getting into the nitty gritty of concepting. Our next chapter is centered around everyone's favorite topic: CHARACTER DESIGN! I'll be going over the essentials of quickly and efficiently c...

✨ NIMAVERSE Worldbuilding Contest! ✨

Hey guys! To encourage everyone to follow along as we create our world during the new NIMAVERSE update, I'm excited to announce our Worldbuilding Contest! You'll have the next 8-9 months to learn all the tools and skillsets needed to create your own world. Here's what we're looking for:

• 2 character designs
• 2 expressions (1 per character)
• 2 character splash illustrations
• 2 landscape illustrations
• 2 pose shee...
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[CLOSED] Enter your Address! 📬 - NIMAVERSE Mystery Pins

Hey guys! To thank you all for your support and joining me on this epic journey, you'll be receiving one of the four mystery pins (Nima, Sloan, Faye, and Lyris) pictured above. 

Please enter your address here! The pin limit is strictly one per person and you must checkout with your Patreon email address. Anything going against these two guidelines will not go th...

☽ Chapter 1: Blue Sky - Landscape Illustration

Horizons 🌙

Hey guys, here's a preview of the second package for April! This is from my Top 5 Tips For Environments episode. Since you're now equipped with some handy technical illustrating tools from that episode, we'll be focusing on the creative aspect of expanding your world. First we planted the seed with a character, now we're going to let her world sprout and br...

☽ Chapter 1: Blue Sky - Character Illustration

Queen Lyris 👑

NIMAVERSE IS HERE! 

Welcome to the new update! To my new and ongoing Patrons, I'm so incredibly grateful for you all. Words can't explain how excited I am for everyone to join in on this awesome journey with me! A lot of blood, sweat, and tears went into this update since I want it to be the absolute best one yet. Thank you so so much for all your support! 

Here's a preview of the first package of April! We'll be d...

NIMAVERSE Pins!

AHHHHHHH the Nimaverse sample pins came in! I'm so happy of how it turned out!!! Thank you everyone for joining NIMAVERSE so far, here is quick recap of what it is!

✦ Everyone BLOOM Tier and up will receive a free Mystery Pin as a gift!
✦ on April 1st, we will create a post for you to enter your address.
✦ Deadline to become a patron is tomorrow, March 31st, at 11am PST
✦ Pins are given at random, it will ruin the myst...

✦ New Upcoming Features!

This has been a request among many of you and I think this is a perfect time to implement PAINTOVERS!

✍🏻 Paintovers - Inside every NIMAVERSE package (Eclipse Tier+) will be a quick 5-10 minute recorded paintover with feedback. I believe this is super helpful for people watching artwork be worked on with a set of trained eyes!

You can submit your paintovers in our Discord Server...