Archives for: April 2010
Horo the wise from "Spice and Wolf" - Painting
by ianchase on Apr.28, 2010, under Art, Fanart
After the rough colors, the real work begins of rendering the more detailed painting into the piece. I also added a lantern to help introduce a warmer, soft light source near her face. more »
Horo the wise from "Spice and Wolf" - Rough Colors
by ianchase on Apr.25, 2010, under Art, Fanart
Onto the next step, which is to rough in the colors to get a quick idea of what I want in the illustration. more »
Horo the wise from "Spice and Wolf" - Inking
by ianchase on Apr.24, 2010, under Art, Fanart
Continuing from the last post.
This illustration is beginning to shape up after going over it again and refining some of the features. Most notably the apples are now much more well defined, her eyes are a bit larger to match the source material mor… more »
Horo the wise from "Spice and Wolf" - Sketch
by ianchase on Apr.22, 2010, under Art, Fanart
One of the bits of advice I got back at Anime Boston was that it's often best to create prints of characters and series that you feel are underrepresented in anime fandom and more specifically, the artist alley. It serves two purposes. The first is that… more »
Black Lace Bullet - Costume Design
by ianchase on Apr.18, 2010, under Game Design, Originals, Black Lace Bullet
As I proceed to slowly make progress on Black Lace Bullet, the game design itself slowly matures, though in an odd direction. As I examined the core mechanics of the game and distilled it down from my initial concepts, I had to make some fairly drastic a… more »
Anime Boston 2010 Con Report
by ianchase on Apr.06, 2010, under Art, Fanart, Commission, Events
I'm back from Anime Boston 2010. I met a bunch of cool artists and chatted with some cool attendees. I was pretty much stuck at my booth for most of the event, but I did sneak away to do some shopping and eating once in a while.
More after the break!… more »


