Concept Art - Blog Posts
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.
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Lapis OC. 😂 She is the gemsona of an OC of mine. The origin of this OC is a brown eared pheasant, so as you can see, this Lapis has lots of elements from eared pheasants ( being aggressive sometimes, the serious/probably fierce look, the hairstyle and the clothes with patterns).
Lapis is often very serious, but she is actually playful and is interested in Earth Creatures (pheasants for example). She is also good at shape-shifting. Lapis's good friend, Larimar, is an optimistic and cheerful gem (there's a crack on her gem, because she was hurt by a Homeworld soldier. ) They hide from Homeworld Gems and Crystal Gems. 😂
Sweet little Larimar OC. 😂
I wrote a brief summary of Lapis's story (It's a short biography in fact. ) (It's more detailed than the content above). Usually I don't like to write biographies for OCs, but it was for a design project stuff in a QQ group. (It is basically an AU project stuff. I joined the group in order to browse other cool artists' designs. )
I didn't bother translate and post Lapis's story here. I have already posted that to Lofter anyway.
And here are some canon characters.
(I attempted to drew SU fanart in 2019 for the first time: the three Steven above, and Lapis. ) Then I drew these little Steven in March, 2020.
Rexy Leung's 43rd original post.
Posted on May 28th, 2020.
Danny basically says: "I'll show you how to defeat those bad guys". 😂
(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. 😂 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. 😂
There was an drawing activity in a DP fangroup on QQ in March. The activity is called 击鼓传画 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 person… 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. 😂
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. 😂 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 details…), 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 guy…😂😂😂)
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.
Stuff about my freaking AU. (That "Wings of The Ravens" AU) (Drawings were drawn in 2019)
The yellow-eyed monster is basically a robot, which is operated by a little creature (my OC) who hides inside of the machine.
I have a pretty long and quite detailed post about how I thought when I drew, and (probably) the analysis of black-and-white drawing (lineart) techniques, and shapes. Here's the link, and you can check it out if you're interested (you can see a photo of my dinner in the post as well…😂):
I'm not translating the whole post, since I don't want to write the analysis again (I'm afraid I'm too tired😂). And you can use a translator or something this time if you really are going to read it. 😂 Aside from my techniques and my analysis, I did talk about the contents of my drawings (silly concepts of this AU), in that post. And I will basically repeat the concepts I said there, with some a little bit more detailed information.
😂😂😂Well, the yellow-eyed monster is fluffy and soft. I wanted this weird thing to be one of those creepy haunted dolls at first. And this scene was gore when I thought about it. But when I actually drew it, I thought about Dan's motivation behind his action, and I realised that it wasn't really the right time to draw/show gore at that time. So it turned out to be sth more kid-friendly. The glowing green stuff is blood/ organs/ ectoplasm, but the monster is a machine, and that's kind of okay… 😂
And he finds out there's a little creature in the sticky stuff.
I also drew Dan in a Hazmat suit (without "DP" emblem). (I don't usually draw freaking hazmat suits… 😂) (The style doesn't stay exactly the same… 😂) (this drawing took me so long… It was hard to deal with lines. A change of the lines' length or angle would have a big influence on the final result… )
I wanted to draw upset little kids (and wanted to do some testing, too). I thought about upset kids again and again, and I really wanted to draw some (so I did). It's an AU anyway. This child doesn't feel good when he realises what happened to his counterpart(s?) and what he is.
Also, his tail is not supposed to have holes, but I wasn't able to draw nice curves (I wasn't patient enough). I've drawn this kind of tail before, since some other characters have sth like this. I did draw Danny having a ghostly tail with holes on on it (I didn't post that drawing though), and that kind of tail looks fine anyway. And his tongue is interesting (not that easy to draw/design though), and I like to draw it, but it probably freaks him out at first.
The following ones are quick drawings that I drew on Christmas. I didn't feel very well and was very sad the day before Christmas. I needed to cheer myself, so why not sketch some silly drawings. 😂
I was in a rush when I drew, because it was late at night, and I planned to post them on Christmas. And as a result, some lines look a bit messy.
I still didn't want to draw happy human Danny. But he has someone to comfort him this time.
I forgot to draw the bear's other two arms. In this AU , this is a female bear who has bear cubs ( The canon bear character doesn't have much information). She's a nice neighbor, and she has a job (or a few jobs) in Amity Park. There're other canon ghost characters who are regular people instead of being villains or minions in the AU.
(Most villains will be my OCs, in this case, I don't have to hurt original bad guys seriously… )
My OCs, Bella and Matty.
And more upset Daniel.
——————Rexy's 39th original post. （发布日期:2020. 02. 21. ）
This is my first drawing video.
The complete video is on Bilibili：https://b23.tv/av82539426
https://b23.tv/av82539426
Meadow Meng is an OC of mine, and I've posted some info about him on other platforms. Maybe someday I'll talk more of him here.
。😂
To make this freaking video, I had to do almost everything myself, basically. Like recording, editing, translating…
And the result isn't really good enough. There're so many things that need to be improved. The sound was recorded separately (only 6 or 7 times), and I couldn't talk well enough. There's no background music, which is also a problem (纠结是否要用，我觉得用别人的音乐有点不太妥当，我以前是做过，但是那是在项目要求要有音乐的情况下才用的……). My video is kind of awkward to watch. 😂😂😂
BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE A TRY, right? 😂
I might make more stuff like this, and probably try to improve the quality. I want to make sth better you know. 😂
I guess I'll play the music myself next time. (Probably another bad idea)
我在lof、IG都逼逼一遍了，感觉还是也过来这边逼逼一下吧。
——————2020. 01. 19.
——————Rexy's 38th original post.
An AU where Vlad isn't obsessed with Danny Fenton's mother and doesn't really bother the Fentons. Instead, he lives with Maddie Cat and they are happy to be together. In Spite of this, Maddie Cat is a muscular person with the ability to shapeshift.
😂😂😂
The cat is called Maddie (she's a canon character and I'm too lazy to give her a new name), but Vlad didn't name her anyway. So it's okay. (Though it's still weird…)
Also, Vlad is still a halfa here. And he sometimes floats, though Maddie isn't really happy about it when he does that.
Btw, I don't really know how to draw muscular people properly, but at least the drawings look fine.
@sukisky and I was chatting, and somehow this freaking AU was created.
——————2020. 01. 19.
——————Rexy's 37th original post
Ectober stuff. 😁
Concepts about Wings of The Ravens AU. 😉 (the 36th original blog)
——————C. Leung
——————2019. 11. 05.
Art trade with @lightphantomnecrozma
Characters: Gigi and her kids; Lightning.
Art trade with @sputniik-spaced-out . Go and check out their amazing AU! It's really interesting! 😉
Art trade with @sukisky
Character: Jenny.
↓You can see all the art trades I did from July to October on my Instagram and Lofter. 😉 And I have detailed info about the drawings on Lofter.
http://rexy2000.lofter.com/post/1f355bd3_1c6c96221
I think I should be a little bit more active here?? 😂😂😂 （The 35th original blog）
——————C. Leung
——————2019. 11. 05.
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 these…)😁😁😁
Honestly, I reconsidered and changed some parts of the outline, concepts and settings. So I want to get some time and make little comics now… (it's like writing conceptual stories with drawings,…)
And about my…
…Status
I'm at School of Design, Jiangnan University. The university is in 无锡Wuxi, 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. 😁😁😉
Also, I will begin to translate Doppelganger soon! I've already interpreted most parts of the comic, now I need to actually write dialogues.
The 34th original blog.
THIS BLOG IS WRITTEN IN SEPTEMBER.
Posted on
2019. 11. 05.
——————C. Leung
Daniel：Where am I？😐😐😐
（Reblog）——————2019.07.20.
AU belongs to @crexy2000l ^^
I think i had artblock? telltale sign is when i start doodling wolf dannos over the span of 3-4 pieces of paper
also i really love the design of the characters in this au and i just had,, to do the danno
also whoops crud shading
Karl The Ink Bird！Character belongs to @fruitloopghost ！
😂Lineart this time, maybe next time I will colour the character！
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 （I mean, more fluffy…）. 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. 😁
——the 33rd original post.
——————2019.07.10.
🤔
Art trade with Yuma @littlebadger .
——————The 30th original post.
——————2019.06.28.
Link to my Lof:
WOTR concept art. 😂I finally make larger files, so that the pics can be clear enough.
It took me over 5h to finish this. 😂
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? 😂
(See my earlier posts and you'll find the Sock…)
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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. 😂 I can write fine simple articles/passages in English, but not nice dialogues. I'm working on that anyway…
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. 😂😂😂
——————The 29th original post.
——————2019.06.27.
Practice. I've been trying some colouring ways/ methods (sth like that).
↑Honesty I think this could be better. The colours or the shapes/ structures, they could have been better. The design doesn't look good enough… 😂 I know I need to keep learning and practising…
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)… The dialogue is in Chinese, and the English translation is below each picture/panel.
I'm not really good at translating BUT I tried. 😂
(Don't use the freaking translator! Please, just don't try that…)
Bella: I want to play with your wing!
(She actually says "…fur/fluff on your wing" but I guess it's weird to say that in Eng??😂)
Bella: ☺
Bella: Your fluff feels terrible!
Daniel: I don't think it's fluff…
Bella: It's glue! (Since) it's sticky…
Bella: Does it even hurt or something?
It really sticks!
It's a silly weird comic. 🙄 😝😝 The dialogue doesn't quite make sense, and I don't really know how to translate it properly but I TRIED. 😂 The last two pics doesn't have dialogue because adding more content would be horrible. 😂
I have some more silly comics like this. And I'm considering about posting them to here… 😂😕😕
—————— The 28th original post.
——————2019.06.27.
@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. 😋
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 😩😩😩.
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 shape…😂 Basically like a goldfish…
He's interesting. And I wonder what special skill/professional knowledge does he have? That's pretty important when you're looking for a job…
—————— the 27th original post.
——————2019.06.24.
Phangg!
Character belongs to Toasty (Instagram) . 😁Phangg is probably in his lair, ready to draw/paint sth (watercolour maybe…😂), but suddenly someone opens the door, making some noises… (I even sketched some of his paintings that are hanging on the wall…)😂
😁Originally, I planed to draw silly sketches. Then it turned out to be sth like an colourless illustration. 😂
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) problems😂, but let's ignore those problems, since the whole picture looks fine, at least.
——————the 26th original post.
——————2019.06.18.
Allan Miller.
Character belongs to 古塘@sukisky .
This child is a freaking terrible 🙄🙄🙄guy.
He was more challenging to draw than I thought.
(佢个形体有啲难捉，画咗好几次终于先搞得掂)😂
About the textual content…
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".🙄
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. 😂Then Allan is only allowed to wander(work) in the library of Jennifer's. (Jenny) (she's also 古塘's OC)
Well, Jenny is a powerful ghost who is fond of knowledge…
——————The 25th
——————2019.06.15.
Gigi! (This is a DP related OC so I tag DP🙄😂😂😂)
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! 😏
I suppose that I redesigned a little bit. 😂I personally prefer to simplify characters and to draw structures like this. 😁😁😁
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?🙄) clearly.
—————— the 24th original post.
——————2019.06.15.
Angel!Danny.
AU created by 古塘.
😝😝😝
——————2019.06.12.
Vulnerable Phantom
Some more (old)concept art about this phanfic. 😉
VP written by Deedy (He's got accounts onDeviantArt and Lofter). I help with character &scenery design, illustrating and sorts of things. 😜——————2019.04.04.
You know, it's not like I don't want to be more active here… 😂
PRACTICE.
Some quick sketches. (notice the dates on the pics…) I used characoal pencil.
——————2019.03.28.
This is the FIRST script(/draft) of the beginning of chapter one from my (graphic novel) Wings of The Ravens.
I didn't even give the novel an actual name (there was only the number of the AU) when I made this, and you see this "comic" is kind of old… Just look at the dates on the pictures.
The Ghost Portal model I made earlier was originally made for this, but it was still pretty hard to draw BG even with its "help" at that time. 😂
I thought I could start making pages, but the reality was that I wasn't ready. Things weren't clear at all, and I was busy and my skills of drawing/writing/story telling weren't good enough. So I stopped to learn and prepare.
Anyway, now I think it's just the first script(draft), which means it could be considered as early concept art, and sharing it really seems fine. ——————2019.03.17.
↓The model I made… 😂
"I actually look cute?" (translation of what he says)
😂😂😂
Practice: Background drawing(mainly). Character design.
It was freaking hard to design a proper dress for him! 😂😂😭 The colors you know…
Sth is wrong with the shadows of the objects in the bg but whatever.
😕Is it a good idea to post my comic(s) here? It feels that my stuff might not be really welcome or sth… I suppose the language would be a problem for many people here to read some of my works… Or is it because of sth else(aside from my drawing/writing skills)?? 😂
——————2019.03.
I love these two kiddos. And I realise that the art actually looks fine, so I force myself to post these little comics here as well. 😂
And yes, AU concepts. That AU of mine, 渡鸦之翼(though this is more like a title…).
Dialogues are in Cantonese.
Eng translation here:
——————2019.03.01.
Vulnerable Phantom. (Phanfic written by Deedy, I help with the illustratiing and sorts of things)
A scene from chapter one.
Spoiler? Nope.
Luckily you cannot really know what's going on in the comic if you haven't read the story, and anyway I didn't make the complete plot into graphics. 🙄
I changed and fixed some of the things (the dialogues are the most obvious), so it has some differences compared to the original description. But it doesn't really matter.
I know that when turning textual contents into visual stuff (I mean like pictures, animations, films and so on), lots of things from the original will be missing. And all I could do was to do my best to retell it...
Fortunately it looks fine and I really like the result. I lover how I captured every character's features and expressions...
I didn't use uppercase letters for every word. Does this matter? 😐
It took me almost a month to complete the page (it wasn't like I can work on this every day), but it's worthwhile. I think it was the preparation that took the most of the time. 😐
Many of the things needed me to imagine, like the characters' position, their gestures and expressions, and… They aren't mentioned in the fic since it isn't necessary but the situation is totally different in drawings. 😂(I didn't discuss any of these things with the author, though we did talk about writing blocks)
And as a result, I had made a few sketches of storyboads which showed different perspectives (or sth like that). And I tried and changed them in order to find a nice way to tell the event,😂 and finally there's one fine version.
And there're only 6 panels left. I wanted to put more into one page but failed. There were supposed to be 3 more panels but in this case, it was too hard for me to organise the last 4 or 5 panels, so I just quit drawing those three.
Also, I don't usually draw Jack or Maddie, so I rewatched some scenes from the show and did some study (kind of). And I personally think they look okay here. 😝
——————2019.02.24.
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. 🙄🙄🙄
LD created by @krossan
——————2019.02.23.
渡鸦之翼。😉😏😏
Doodles.
Early concepts of the AU.
"渡鸦之翼"（AU）
概念图Concept Art.
The tree is called “赤槁木”/“赤乔”.
More info:
http://rexy2000.lofter.com/post/1f355bd3_12d3dc70e
And DA… 😉
Rough sketch. Little animation.
That's a little ectopus. 😊