OG-san's Existential Crisis (Adult and NSFW warning)

[OG-SAN]

Hi and welcome to Crimson Dagger OG-San! I can see a DEFINITE improvement from the found posts from 2010. Your sense of line is very clear and you are able to place objects in perspective quite well. I'm interested in drawing NSFW work in the future. Curious do you look at porn for references or just go with what's in your head. (Looking at purchasing BL poses to reference) When you started to develop your current art style did you do studies of your favourite Bara artists, then draw, draw some then ref their style or a mixture of both?
I have studies from Michael Hampton's book before, but didn't really understand the part about using curves, but in your examples it's starting to make sense to me. I'll try and go back and practice some of his techniques. I assume you watched his videos for this breakdown?

Hey Dominicque, 

Thanks again for the welcome. I really appreciate the compliments particularly the one about linework. I take great pride in my line work and it what I love doing to most next work coloring. I study a lot of Kenichi Yoshida's character designs to use in my own line work. I'll attach my influence map.

For Gei Komi (Bara), for the most part yes, it was a mix. I would copy my favorite artist and read anatomy books/posts from all over like Loomis, Bridgman, Proko, Burne Hogarth, David Finch, (and yes) Michael Hampton. The list goes on. I love to learn and no one's information is off the table. I just give them the respect and time the subject deserves and try to make sense of it all on my own.
 
To be completely honest, I thought that Michael Hampton method of teaching was very tedious but over time I understood why he does what he does. Only because I think our minds might process information in the same way when it comes to understanding anatomy; however, this understanding did not come from him directly. It came from the combination for Michael Mattesi, Steven Ahn, and Tom Fox. They all explain gesture, Anatomy, and Structure in their own way. When combined, just makes sense to me. I'm still learning and developing but at the end of the day, all I am concern about it making convincing figures to tell stories. Not to have to most optimal understanding of human function. I'm an artist. Not a doctor   

Hope that helps!

Ah yes, I can clean Yoshida's lines and forms are. People comment on my line, but I think it's because I'm afraid of using 'chicken scratch' lines, but I do like the look, too. I have force, but I will look up thought other two as well. Do they have any particular videos or books you would recommend? Something like the example showed? I'm in the progress of learning from my 'art parents' and not being afraid of applying what I've learn. Plenty of artists have done it, just need to get it into my head.
Thanks for attaching your influences board, I might do one myself.  Loving the composition further up with all the characters. Is it fanart or all OCs? Very well done.

'I'm an artist. Not a doctor'.
Need to remember that I don't need to know everything about anatomy, only enough so your work looks right under the skin.

Michael Mattesi, Steven Ahn, and Tom Fox all have courses you can check out. Michael Mattesi is very active on his youtube. Steven Ahn doesn't really have any artbooks that I know of but his anatomy course was very well done but I don't think its available anymore. He does have some sketchbooks and free sketch brush (which is the brush I use for sketching now. I really like it. Tom Fox has an instagram where he promotes all of his teaching tools. I have his sketchbook and it is so well done. My favorite resource. 

The characters I am drawing right now are OCs from my friend's comic ONTI. She gearing up for a kickstarter and a group of our friends are help her out with promotion for it. She such a hard worker and I'm very proud of her. Please check it out if you have time. Also, thank you :)