A digital art piece inspired by n_muragoya’s character designs and complex pieces. The text on the front roughly translates to “Luckiest Beast”.
Luckiest Beast
Step 1: Rough Sketch. The written text was first typed out for reference but will later be replaced with a hand drawn font.
Step 4: The slot’s reader is added, as well as blocking off the area where the slot’s lever and coin insert will go.
Step 6: The plants are added to the glass casing, taking careful mind to shade the plants differently based on what side we’re seeing them from. Details are also added to the machine’s side.
Lucky Clover
I began my study with drawing some rough full body shots of Clover in the style of the artist Nakamura Kyoko. While not mimicking the style to precision, the goal was to get the general sense of the artist’s style. The artist uses short limbs with minimal detailing on the paws, as well as large, oval-shaped heads with detailed eyes.
The linework and colors were also inspired by the artist, though does not show as much texture in the linework, and the paws are more detailed than typical for this artist’s style. A red Maekake (a red bib placed on japanese fox statues, often at temples) was placed on the character, as well as a bell collar.
While the colors do not mimic in their contrast, they bring a similar cohesive style to the piece while using bright colors within a particular tone palette.
The idea behind the Luckiest Beast/Lucky Clover art piece is in spirit of the ‘clutter’ in Kyoko’s architecture and scene settings. It’s a sense of a cohesive chaos, where you feel like there’s varying locations; a restaurant, a fish tank, a bedroom, a rooftop garden, all in one piece condensed into one spot. My piece was following this concept with the addition of a leafy garden in the top of the Slot Machine.
The inspiration of this piece is the idea of a Four Leaf Clover bringing you luck, and thus providing a win for a Jackpot on the slots. The colors where inspired by Kyoko’s use of bright colors within a tone palette.
Step 2: Blocking out the rough shapes of the slot machine. At this point I have a rough color palette in mind thanks to the background color.
Step 5: The slot machine’s mechanics are added, as well as the text on the front. The text was hand drawn and shaded using the typed text as reference.
Step 7: Clover beast is added, as well as the coins pouring out of the machine!
and Done!
The piece is finished!
Soft Vinyl Toy by Nakamura Kyoko
Art by Nakamura Kyoko
Art by Nakamura Kyoko
Step 3: More shape carving, this time the ground within the glass case, and the inner part of the slots.