CriKai

September 15 Update

Hi Everyone.

Not much to report today.

I have two of the three artworks for this week nearly ready. I'll have previews tomorrow.

Sometime next week I'll post the October Tsunade Poll. I need to come up with some ideas for options...

Art Tip: Simplify Arm Shading

Happy Art Tip Tuesday everyone.

Here's a tip on shading arms.

I find that thinking of complex anatomical forms as simple cubic forms help when laying in shadows. This is more for the early steps of an artwork. You can keep the shadows ...

September 12 Update

Hi everyone.

I hope you had a good weekend. I have some updates for today. But first: Thank you to the newly joined patrons!

First, the Ivy Vibrator animation is now unlocked for the Lite tier, since it has been 4 weeks since the origi...

September 2022 Artwork Week 2

Hi everyone.

Here's this week's artwork.

1. Previews.

2-6: September Tsunade. The patrons voted for a microkini Tsunade artwork for this month, this is what I came up with. I wanted to make it more summery, but the background fee...

September 9 Update

Happy Friday everyone!

I've got art previews and here they are:

2022-09-09 23:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post

September 8 Update

Hi everyone.

Happy Thursday. Looking forward to the weekend? I am. I have a few updates today.

The favorite art survey from last month ended this week. Here are the results:

2022-09-08 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

September 2022 Art Poll

Hi everyone,

Here's this month's art poll.

Thank you to the deluxe tier for requesting characters for the poll. I was pleasantly surprised to be requested to draw more Poste. Since the request is half OC half fan art and Halloween is c...

Art Tip Tuesday: Foreshortening

Hi everyone,

Here's a small art tip on foreshortening simple forms and an example of more complex forms. Perspective plays a big role in foreshortening, so it's important to practice and understand perspective as well.

As always, feel ...

September 5 Update

Hi everyone.

Happy Labor Day.

Here's a little Poste doodle I made this weekend to celebrate.

I don't have much to update you on today. I mentioned on Friday that I would be moving daily posts to 5pm PT because it would be easier ...

September 2022 Artwork Week 1

Hi Everyone!

Happy Saturday. Here's the artwork I made over this week:

1. Previews.

2-5: Poste's Day Off: Poste lounging on the couch trying to enjoy some pizza when her roommate comes in and asks about the rent money. Being irre...

September 2022 Artwork Week 1 Hi-Res

Hi Everyone!

Happy Saturday. Here's the artwork I made over this week:

1. Previews.

2-5: Poste's Day Off: Poste lounging on the couch trying to enjoy some pizza when her roommate comes in and asks about the rent money. Being irre...

September 2 Update

Happy Friday everyone!

Just a short update today, but first: Art previews.

2022-09-02 22:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post

September 1 Update

Hi everyone.

Happy Thursday. It's the first of the month, so we have a bit of a long update today. Here's a TLDR:

• Thank you for your support this month!
• Fan art requests for this month's poll are open, poll will be poste...
  2022-09-01 22:01:05 +0000 UTC View Post

August 30 Update

Hi everyone,

I have some updates.

First, the Reverse Cowgirl Ivy animation is now unlocked for the Lite Tier. Here's a link to the post (it is explicit hentai, just a heads up): 2022-08-30 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

Gravitational Attraction Chapter 0

Hi Everyone,

This post is where I'll post all the pages for Chapter 0 of my Ivy comic: Gravitational Attraction. I've posted the first page today and I'll continue to add pages to this post as I complete them. You will be notified when I do ...

Art Notes: Arms 2: Forearms

Happy Monday everyone.

Here's some notes on forearms with a fun little example. Forearms are tricky, but being aware of how the bones and muscles move the arms and hands can take figure drawings up a notch.

I think I'd like to start po...

Survey: Favorite Artwork August 2022

Hi everyone.

I forgot to post this yesterday. This is a poll to choose your favorite artworks from August.

I'll include the previews at the end of this post so you remember what I released these past 4 weeks. Choose all your favorite a...

August 2022 Artwork Week 4

Hi everyone,

Happy Saturday. Here's this week's art set, voted on in this month's fan art poll.

1: Previews.

2-6: 1st Place Manuela Painting. Manuela got 1st place in this month's poll, so I gave her a full pin up painting with m...

August 26 Update and Art Previews

Hi everyone.

Happy Friday! I've got a small update and some art previews today.

First, here are the previews:

2022-08-26 22:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post

August 25 Update

Hi everyone.

Not much to report today other than I'm making progress on this week's artwork and some poll reminders.

Reminder for the Deluxe tier to vote on the next animation: 2022-08-25 22:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post

August 23 Update

Hi everyone,

It's Tuesday, so I've got a few updates.

First, I started the art for this week. The art will be the result of the fan art poll from this month. That's 3rd place Mercedes, 2nd place Ada Wong, and 1st place Manuela.

S...

Bonus Poll: September 2022 Tsunade

Hi Everyone,

Here's the Tsunade poll I mentioned last week. We're deciding the Tsunade artwork for next month.

Summer is coming to a close, so I'd like to do one more Summer Tsunade. This will be a fully rendered pinup with a backgroun...

Art Notes: Figure Drawing Arms 1

Happy Monday everyone.

New art notes today. This time some notes on drawing arms. Drawing arms can be tricky, but simplifying the process and shapes makes it more manageable.

I sketched up some quick examples too.

Thanks!

-...

August 2022 Artwork Week 3

Hi everyone.

Happy Saturday. Here's this week's artwork.

1: Previews.

2-3: OC Bikini Carwash Painting. This month I wanted to challenge myself to make a more complex painting with all three of my main OCs together. I used the Del...

August 19 Update and Art Previews

Hi Everyone.

Happy Friday. I have art previews today. And here they are:

2022-08-19 22:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post

August 18 Update

Hi Everyone.

Happy Thursday. Just a few updates today.

I've got some art just about ready for Saturday. I'm still working on the bikini carwash painting but I'll have previews tomorrow like always.

I'm also hoping to make some pr...

August 16th Update

Hi everyone,

Happy Tuesday. I have some updates for today.

First, the Fan art poll ended yesterday and here are the winners:

Manuela go...

Art Notes: Figure Drawing Process

Hi Everyone,

Happy Monday. Here's some notes on the figure drawing process with some examples of Poste and Ivy.

As always, feel free to ask questions or suggest topics for future art tips/notes.

Thanks!

-CriKai

Animation: Ivy Vibe

Hi everyone,

I finished the Ivy vibrator animation last night, so here it is. Let me know what you think of the finished loop.

Fun fact about this animation: it is actually animated as 4 separate parts overlayed on top of each other. T...

August 2022 Artwork Week 2

Hi Everyone,

Here's this week's artwork.

1. Previews.

2-5: Peach and Daisy Summer Painting: A summer themed painting with both Peach and Daisy, and some alts. I ended up spending a lot more time rendering this one than I thought ...