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I made a rough little animation featuring my au Danny. The video itself took me about 1.5h (including animation, editing, soundโฆ) ๐๐๐
DO NOT REPOST OR USE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION!
Somehow, I can only post the version I downloaded from Instagram. I have no idea what is wrong. ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉIt was not easy to share a video with you guys! ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ
You can also watch the freaking animation on this platform: https://b23.tv/BV12h411X7qx
I did consider having an account on YouTube, but I don't think I need to post things to that platform and I am not interested in the idea, either. ๐
I used a kind of (digital??) instrument to play the sound. (It sounds a bit too creepy, and I realized this when I finished editing the freaking soundโฆ)
I asked the people on another platform whether they wanted to see an silly animation about Danny Phantom character(s) or something about Sky: Children of Light. They would like to see my weird stuff, so I created this. Later I will make something relevant to my character in the game.
A friend of mine said "Danny is eating children"โฆ ๐๐๐
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It took me so much time uploading the video (like again and againโฆ ๐) as well as editing this freaking post. Posting things is just so frustrating. ๐โน๏ธโน๏ธ
I drew Danny, again, of course. ๐
Don't repost my stuff! ๐ก๐ก๐ก
Freaking art thieves are rude and disturbing. ๐ (maybe that's why Danny criesโฆ ๐ข๐ญ)
By the way, I have a sideblog now! I am going to reblog several of my posts.
(I still haven't posted the answers I mentioned) (I really need to post more of my worksโฆ)
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(This is probably Dan, but it's fine, and nobody is going to get hurt or sth. ) (AU concept Art. Characters are OOC in some ways. ) I really like the drawing above. It took me quite some time. ๐ (I was my own modelโฆ It's great to observe ordinary things. )
I am posting Dannymay stuff (finally). There's part one:
Little Dan is lost. He wants to go home. ๐ข (I was going to draw Danny looking for his cat, but I was too lazy to do that. I drew a sketch of the idea and then gave up. Then I drew little Dark Danny being upset and scared. )
I have weird concepts and I draw strange things. ๐ (So I drew thisโฆ I wanted to do the Free Day, but sadly I was too busy. )
๐๐๐His food is safe to eat. (I actually drew blood. @suekis-stuff said the blood's colour looked like that of cherry juice. ๐) (An actual fish with blood doesn't really look like this. I have painted a few paintings about fish, like a grass carp. It's really convenient to see interesting fish in my city. ) When I posted this drawing to Lofter, I realised that I said something about Danny "going fish-watching". It won't be a good idea if he actually eats those fish. ๐ค (Also, this scene is in his mind. When he has those "wing-like things", it means the surrounding things are just in his imagination. The two Danny are "real" though, they sometimes talk. ) I mentioned about the "wing-like things" before, and I think I should explain the concept again. ๐
About this AU: It's an AU where ghosts are really just "neighbours" or ordinary creatures. I will talk about the details in the future. The "Danny" here is basically Dan, but he lets Danny's human half continue to live instead of destroying the "human". โฆ (I will just draw a nice picture and write some more detailed information about the AU later. ๐ฉ)
โน๏ธโน๏ธโน๏ธI spent the whole morning writing these things (and browsing art as well as reading fanfics๐). I really should paint or draw thingsโฆ โน๏ธ๐๐ I sometimes think it's better to post my art to somewhere else, and just leave this platform. ๐๐๐
๐ I need to think about optimistic things more, and exercise every day.
Rexy Leung's 55th original post.
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(AU stuff. Characters are OOC. ๐)
I am posting the drawings I created during Dannymay (FINALLY! ). (There is English translation of the dialogue below. ๐)
Sam: Danny, there are numerous ghostly fish outside! We are going fish-watching!
Tucker: Our equipments are ready!
Danny (thinks): (I) want to sleep.
Sam: Alright, let's go!
(I tried to translate the dialogue. I personally don't think it's the best translation I can do. I was busy and tired last month, and didn't want to do the translation and didn't post these. If you have advice on translating, please tell me about it. ๐)
They are going fish-watching (It's like bird-watching, but you will watch ghostly fish instead. I have to create this weird word in order to translate. ). There are shoals of ghostly fishes migrating, and it's a great time to have a close look at them. Also, to see those creatures clearly, a special equipment is required. ๐๐๐Those fish (fishes) (there are a few species actually) have names, and I might give them some names later. I will probably design the creatures, too. ๐ค
The fifteenth prompt was "Favorite AU" (I usually use "favourite", but whatever), and I really love one of my own AUs, the one with a probably weird name, "Wings of the Ravens", of course. I have some screenshots that show parts of the drawing process (I have already posted a drawing video here! The video is a bit creepy. ๐), and I would love to share them with you. But Tumblr won't let me post those (long? they are "long" anyway) images, so I could only give you guys a link towards my post on Lofter:
Then, more drawings.
1. Eyes. Daniel yells.
I drew some concept sketches, but in the end I made sth different from these two sketches. I was too lazy to draw more than character or to find proper references of making a doll.
2. Flowers.
The design of the purple/blue plants (flowers) were inspired by hyacinth, but they are in fact fantasy creatures. The tree with blossoms is a creature I mentioned before (it's like an alternate version of Blood Blossom, but it's not really Blood Blossom).
(Some of the lines are messy. ๐) It isn't a very happy scene, but people can have their own opinions.
By the way I personally think many of my stuff is pretty serious. ๐ค
I have finished my all of my final exams. ๐ My grades aren't as good as I expected. I was a bit angry but I am fine now. ๐๐๐ (I didn't failed any of my subjects anyway! ๐) Well, I suppose I can be a bit more active here this month. And I will try to post more art. It's not really convenient for me to post stuff. ๐ฉ But I like sharing my worksโฆ
Rexy Leung's 54th original post.
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@suekis-stuff Her persona Beatrice!
When Beatrice meets ็ ไป Little Yan (my OC), she thinks Little Yan is a yummy fat bird. Howeverโฆ
(Little Yan just wants to scare this brat. )
Since Beatrice needs a proper meal, Little Yan cook something for both of them.
Little Yan says:
1. You should try some soup (when the soup is ready) (He actually says "later" in his original words) !
2. Help yourself. I'm going to cook some more (dishes? ) (I am not sure if it's okay to say dish here).
The soup is fish tail soup. It's a fried fish tail, and when the soup is ready, the fish (sometimes)will be tasteless.
The dishes on the table are ordinary home-made dishes in ไฝๅฑฑ and ๅนฟๅท. They are ่ๅคดๆฃ่ braised pork with taro, ็ฝๅ้ธก (plain) boiled chicken, ๆธ ่ธ้ฑผ steamed fish (่้ฑผCtenopharyngodon idellus. They are usually called ้ฒฉ้ฑผ in ไฝๅฑฑ and ๅนฟๅท), ็่ฏไปไธ potatoes (shredded potatoes) and ็้่ (่ฅ่Brassica alboglabra).
(The content above is a bit different from the version I posted to Instagram, because I fixed some translation and explanation problems. ) ๐๐๐
Some stuff. ๐๐๐
Veronica. YEAH. Yeah. yeah.
Then a super heroine. She is very optimistic.
(I wanted to draw this gesture at first, but I had no idea how to finish the drawing, so I had to changed the gesture. )
Rexy Leung's 49th original post.
2020. 06. 09.
Dan.
I misspelled Yutyrannus (I do sign "Yutyrannus" sometimes. My signature is not easy to remember I suppose. ), so I painted ink to cover the wrong word.
(This is an AU, and characters are OOC in some ways. Don't say I didn't warn you. )
He cries,
โฆand cries, โฆ
โฆand cries.
He seeks comfort from Daniel. (As you can see, I made mistakes during sketching. )
He can also require comfort from Vlad. Butโฆ
And the following ones are drawings I sketched in 2019. I made part of the pencil sketch when I attended CP 25 Shanghai (on December 21st, 2019).
(Then I finished the drawing when I went back to Wuxi. ) I didn't draw my OC Bella (the haunted doll in the pencil sketch. ) in the end because I didn't know how.
Y. Rexy Leung's 48th original post.
2020. 06. 02.
Inktober 2019 stuff. Part one:
Part two:
The drawings in this post are concept art for my original project "ๆจก็ฉ๏ผ้ฝฟ่ฝฎๅ้ฑผ (Models, Gears and Fish)". The image above: ็ ไป Little Yan (the fluffy little guy) and ่ Cicada (the flying character). They are partners. "Cicada"'s design was inspired by cicada nymphs. Her name might be changed in the future.
Little Yan finds some tyres.
้ Mei. He probably wears a fake skin.
Meadow Meng (the fish-like creature) is trying not to be catched.
Little Yan and the haunted doll (will tell you guys her name later). Yeah, it's the haunted doll again. It seems that she likes the drink.
Y. Rexy Leung's 47th original post.
2020. 06. 01.
Daniel and some little children (my OCs).
(I really want to talk about my freaking AU now. ) It's AU, so canon characters are OOC in some ways, and don't say I didn't warn you.
Daniel is hungry and he wants toโฆ Heck, no, that's my baby Ectopus child! ๐
Well Danny is going to do the "killing" thing at first, because he suddenly thinks these little ghostly creatures look "tasty". He has some kind of desire to "absorb ghostly energy", but he can still control himself. (Yeah, it's something like ghost hunger, since I like that concept. )
And somehow he ends up babysitting some Ectopuses.
A sketch. (I don't want to finish it. ) Daniel stares at a little ghost at the corner. (I didn't draw the little guy. ) The square on his desk is actually a container and there are small creatures from the Ghost Zone in it. I call those creatures little leeches. Danny keeps them and feeds them. When the leeches are big enough, Danny will eat them. Then he sometimes vomits the leechesโฆ
I have some weird drawings. @suekis-stuff
The sketchy scene on the right: Danny is vomiting ectoplasm of the leeches. I thought the scene was too sketchy, so I redrew it. Here's a clearer one.
(I think this drawing looks better, but it's also probably kind of disturbing. ) (I have been thinking about creepy stuff I know. )
I have more sketches. Some are off-shape, because I wasn't sketching carefully enough, and I was displeased. But it's actually alright, since it's fine to make mistakes.
(Why does my AU Daniel always look upset and anxiousโฆ )
Dark Danny says: "He's my best friend and he's really nice!" (Their hoodies are probably matching hoodies. )
Honestly, my AU is just not as angsty as other AUs that involve the interaction between Danny (Danny's human half) and Dan. I have said that ghosts in this freaking universe are really less threatening than canon ghosts.
I wanted to test the effect of a comic page, so this happened.
The text in the dark grey box is basically Daniel's thoughts. He worries that he will actually meet "the Moose" (A canon character. The ghost moose with one eye, you know. I might give the Moose a better name. ), although the Moose won't be able to hurt him, and he doesn't think he is supposed to be there. (And he forgets to bring something. ) Then someone let out a yell (that dialogue bubble: Get off me! (remove your hoof)). There is another ghost with one eye (In this case he is stepped by the Moose accidently. ) (Did I post that character here before? I did post the drawing to somewhere else for sure. ). That's a tiny ghost who actually says a sentence in the show. I let this character and the Moose become partners or something in the AU. (The concept here: Danny is asked by a ghost worm to find the Moose, and bring him to the Worms. If Danny success, then he will get paid or something. )
I suppose I like the background. I tried a few ways of drawing backgrounds, including ones that are coloured. And this kind of lineart looks fine. However, this freaking drawing doesn't make sense, and I am aware of it. I haven't shown what happened and what is going on, so the whole picture is confusing and the dialogue is nonsense. I wrote the text AFTER finishing most part of the picture, and things got messy when I didn't think about the story before actually drawing or writing. I really can make something better, to be honest.
My little child Ebulliant (her name is a misspelled word. ) (She now has six tentacles, because I suppose this looks nice). On February 3rd, 2020, I was chatting in a QQ group, when someone sent an image of a lollipop. I immediately drew my ectopus to reply "them". Ebulliant says "I would love to have a lollipop! " Then other members replied that person. I realised that they were definitely not talking about candies. It seemed that they were saying something related to NSFW, but I wasn't sure, and was really confused and annoyed. And I drew Ebulliant with "???". On the bottom left of the comic, Ebulliant covers her eyes and says "I thought there will be lollipops." After that she still doesn't understand the content in that conversation, like, "What exactly are you guys talking aboutโฆ"
Rexy Leung's 46th original post.
2020. 05. 31.
This is my OC Meadow Meng! He is an orange "goldfish". He is technically a fantasy creature. I was inspired by the appearances of goldfish (Carassius auratus) and red bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri) (btw I actually copied the Latin names and pasted them here), and then I created a little fish child. The design you see here is pretty different from my early designs.
I have mentioned him here before. And here are more drawings (concepts, explorations and developments) about him.
(The following drawings are Inktober 2019 drawings. )
Rexy Leung's 44th original post.
Posted on May 29th, 2020.
Danny basically says: "I'll show you how to defeat those bad guys". ๐
(It's not that easy to understand the language I use in the picture, I guess. There are some people who misunderstood what Danny says. ๐ I didn't write that well, but at least I tried).
This wasn't meant to be a concept of my AU Wings of The Ravens at first, but when I finished it, I realised that it's okay to regard it as some sort of concept art.
Usually I dislike posting a single image at a time, but I need to write sth pretty long for some of my works, and in that case, the text will be too long for one post. ๐
There was an drawing activity in a DP fangroup on QQ in March. The activity is called ๅป้ผไผ ็ป I think, and one of the rules is that a person draws a specific character and send the image to the next person, and the second person redraw the image in their way/style (can add something else into the pic if you want), and then they will send the new image to another personโฆ It's basically like "passing a parcel". I took part in it and drew this. The previous image actually shows a friendly Danny, and the author wrote that "Danny's going to give a lesson!". Mine is really different from their drawing, but that's the point you know. Everyone was supposed to surprise the group members. ๐
Back to my drawing. There are over fifty layers. I like to draw on many layers (it's convenient to fix things and test/try stuff in this way). Usually, a flat-coloured illustration of mine will have twenty or even more layers. ๐ I explored some new techniques and new methods. I tried to design sth detailed and simple. I explored a bit of the characters' designs and Danny's gesture(s), expression(s) and personality, and the process was kind of amusing. I even created some depth for the background. Since the characters are in fact a bit detailed and they look amazing (I put so much effort into the artwork after all), the background needed to be better than just a single-flat-filled colour.
This took me about two days. There are a few problems in the picture (some lines and some light effect and some of the detailsโฆ), and I think it's good to know there are small problems.
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(I know Danny doesn't even look like a good guyโฆ๐๐๐)
Oh btw, Dannypocalypse stuff. I am afraid that I wasn't able to posy this on time, but it's fine. It's my AU Daniel (and Dark Danny) with lovely teeth.
The Danny on the top was inspired by a character from a film. (I haven't watched the film, but the design is just so creepy)
Rexy's 41st original post.
2020. 04. 25.
DO NOT REPOST OR USE my artwork without my permission.
Here are some illustrations about my AU, and my comic project Wings of The Ravens!
There're the lovely dolls again! And there's Daniel /Danny! (I like drawing Danny and exploring his character and in fact, I've drawn way more than theseโฆ)๐๐๐
Honestly, I reconsidered and changed some parts of the outline, concepts and settings. So I want to get some time and make little comics nowโฆ (it's like writing conceptual stories with drawings,โฆ)
And about myโฆ
โฆStatus
I'm at School of Design, Jiangnan University. The university is in ๆ ้กWuxi, and I'm far away from home. The climate, environment, people and custom in Wuxi are different from those of where I come from, and I'm still getting used to everything here. The campus is pretty. Its amazing gardens and "dinosaurs", I mean birds, are definitely great. The life at Jiangnan is busier than I thought, and it's going to get busier in the future. I already talked about some school stuff on instagram.
Though I have a busy schedule, I still want to work on Wings of The Ravens. I mean, I am working on it. ๐๐๐
Also, I will begin to translate Doppelganger soon! I've already interpreted most parts of the comic, now I need to actually write dialogues.
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2019. 11. 05.
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Karl The Ink Bird๏ผCharacter belongs to @fruitloopghost ๏ผ
๐Lineart this time, maybe next time I will colour the character๏ผ
Karl's a really interesting and cool character. I chose the design with three toes each foot. I also prefer to draw him more bird-like ๏ผI mean, more fluffyโฆ๏ผ. And I've been drawing dinosaurs, so it's very helpful when dealing with Karl's anatomy as well as designing gestures/poses for him.ย ๐
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โโโโโโ2019.07.10.
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Art trade with Yuma @littlebadger .
โโโโโโThe 30th original post.
โโโโโโ2019.06.28.
Link to my Lof:
WOTR concept art. ๐I finally make larger files, so that the pics can be clear enough.
It took me over 5h to finish this. ๐
Not really the explanation of the content:
Danny might has the same dialogue bubble type as Daniel's, when he's in human form.
He (sometimes) uses the "wrong" pronoun. (I'll post more about this in the future)
And there's the doll/ sock/ puppet. It doesn't have a gender, so as a character, it's "they/them", I guess? ๐
(See my earlier posts and you'll find the Sockโฆ)
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This time the dialogue is in English and I really tried my best. I've made a few versions and although this dialogue might seem simple (maybe silly), it was the best one I could figure out. ๐ I can write fine simple articles/passages in English, but not nice dialogues. I'm working on that anywayโฆ
The next conceptual comic/ illustration of WOTR will be in Chinese, and I'll also try some techniques that's very likely to be used in the making of pages, which means it'll be closer to how WOTR will eventually look like. ๐๐๐
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โโโโโโ2019.06.27.
Practice. I've been trying some colouring ways/ methods (sth like that).
โHonesty I think this could be better. The colours or the shapes/ structures, they could have been better. The design doesn't look good enoughโฆ ๐ I know I need to keep learning and practisingโฆ
Okay, time for some textual concepts.
The doll (pink bear) is my OC Bella. She is usually a "normal" doll that stays where she's supposed to be. But sometimes she'll wander around as well as appearing in some unnoticed corners of the house. She also talks to humans and "other creatures"(those who are from "other worlds"). Bella is inspired by the popular bears appear in the original show and creepy dolls from horror movies/films/ fictions. She isn't technically a ghost here, and I'm not sure if she talks to ghosts (Can ghosts even notice/see/sense her? Can they communicate/interact? Unsure now).
Nobody knows or really cares about where does this freaking toy come from. Daniel probably found her in some old things or in random boxes or trash, and then keeps Bella with him.
I also made a short comic earlier (basically some quick sketches. I want to practise) (an excellent excuse to draw Danny, and my Bella)โฆ The dialogue is in Chinese, and the English translation is below each picture/panel.
I'm not really good at translating BUT I tried. ๐
(Don't use the freaking translator! Please, just don't try thatโฆ)
Bella: I want to play with your wing!
(She actually says "โฆfur/fluff on your wing" but I guess it's weird to say that in Eng??๐)
Bella: โบ
Bella: Your fluff feels terrible!
Daniel: I don't think it's fluffโฆ
Bella: It's glue! (Since) it's stickyโฆ
Bella: Does it even hurt or something?
It really sticks!
It's a silly weird comic. ๐ ๐๐ The dialogue doesn't quite make sense, and I don't really know how to translate it properly but I TRIED. ๐ The last two pics doesn't have dialogue because adding more content would be horrible. ๐
I have some more silly comics like this. And I'm considering about posting them to hereโฆ ๐๐๐
โโโโโโ The 28th original post.
โโโโโโ2019.06.27.
@sputniik-spaced-out 's lovely characters!
Green!
I don't know what got into me this time, I mean I made a rough little animation of this lovely character, instead of making sth like an exploration or conceptual sheet like usual. ๐
I simplified him when drawing, because animations are too tiring to make. Seriously it was tiring, because I made a few mistakes, as a result, I had to redraw some parts and that was ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ.
The only part that's smooth is the healing of his front leg /arm. As for other parts, I let them move a bit more, but that looked too distracting, so there's no more obvious extra movements.
HAROLD.
His shape was actually harder to draw than I thought. I mean, he's "simple" in some ways, which needs to be really careful when dealing with his structure and shapeโฆ๐ Basically like a goldfishโฆ
He's interesting. And I wonder what special skill/professional knowledge does he have? That's pretty important when you're looking for a jobโฆ
โโโโโโ the 27th original post.
โโโโโโ2019.06.24.
Phangg!
Character belongs to Toasty (Instagram) . ๐Phangg is probably in his lair, ready to draw/paint sth (watercolour maybeโฆ๐), but suddenly someone opens the door, making some noisesโฆ (I even sketched some of his paintings that are hanging on the wallโฆ)๐
๐Originally, I planed to draw silly sketches. Then it turned out to be sth like an colourless illustration. ๐
It took me about 2~3h to finish this, and Phangg was not that easy to draw. I chose a rare gesture/angle (at least for this child) to draw and now you can see there're some structural (and foreshortening) problems๐, but let's ignore those problems, since the whole picture looks fine, at least.
โโโโโโthe 26th original post.
โโโโโโ2019.06.18.
Allan Miller.
Character belongs to ๅคๅก@sukisky .
This child is a freaking terrible ๐๐๐guy.
He was more challenging to draw than I thought.
(ไฝขไธชๅฝขไฝๆๅฒ้พๆ๏ผ็ปๅๅฅฝๅ ๆฌก็ปไบๅ ๆๅพๆ)๐
About the textual contentโฆ
He's eating candy. (not smoking)
(He does smoke)
(Many of my followers are too young so I shouldn't post content that's actually smoking)
The bottom happy one: WHEN HE'S ALIVE.
Bottom right: "Not my business".๐
Allan's life was ruined by Spectra and as he became a ghost, he wanted to destroy Spectra. But his revenge was stopped by Danny. ๐Then Allan is only allowed to wander(work) in the library of Jennifer's. (Jenny) (she's also ๅคๅก's OC)
Well, Jenny is a powerful ghost who is fond of knowledgeโฆ
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โโโโโโ2019.06.15.
Gigi! (This is a DP related OC so I tag DP๐๐๐๐)
Character belongs to @lightphantomnecrozma
At first I only wanted to draw little sketches, but then I found her pretty challenging to draw/design so I took this more seriously. The hard part in fact, is designing proper gestures and poses for her and at the same time trying to make her structure look comfortable and believable. The result came out so much better than I expected, and I'm so proud of the drawing. I mean I've made some actual improvements and the character does look fine! ๐
I suppose that I redesigned a little bit. ๐I personally prefer to simplify characters and to draw structures like this. ๐๐๐
It took me about 2~3h to finish the pic (including the tiny words).
Gigi's wings aren't really darker than her body. I drew her like this in order to let others see her structure (body?๐) clearly.
โโโโโโ the 24th original post.
โโโโโโ2019.06.15.
Fanart for Legendary Destination! I actually repost them here as well. Too tired to type all of the info, but I suppose you guys know what's going on here. ๐๐๐
LD created by @krossan
โโโโโโ2019.02.23.