Welcome to the Artbook & Goodies page! That will be mostly my page since I'm the one doing the art work of the Pen Stealer ^_^ So, here you'll find roughs, layouts (that is, cleaned roughs really ;-p), colored pictures and a few winamp skins. I hope you'll enjoy them, and don't hesitate to give me your impressions on the Pen Stealer blog!

Chu

Roughs & Layouts


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Ryota bored (or thinking, but more likely bored...^_^)
Just a rough I've made during an English class in a vain attempt to kill time. I think my mood reflected on poor Ryota ^_^ (I hated that teacher)
Haku eating
Like the Ryota picture, this one was made during an English class (did I mention how I hated that teacher?). Anyway, it was getting closer to lunch time... I suppose I was getting hungry...:-p
Mischievous Shinobu...
Shinobu's just cool, or at least he wants to be... He likes hiding behind walls, posing, and wearing sunglasses 24 hours a day... As Kalinara said one day "being cool should not be hindered by such things as logic!" ^_^
The Villains : Haruko and Sullivan !
This is a picture of two of the main members of the Consortium (the bad guys group ^_^). I love dressing Haruko up. She's so fun to play with. As long as it's dark, leathery and "revealing", she's happy !
Lars being very much himself
This character hasn't appeared yet, but he will soon ^_^. In case you wonder, he's swedish.
Eriko
That's Ryota's aunt. She brought him up since he was a little child. She's nice, a bit "artificial" but nice ^_^
Who's that? I wonder...
Well, not telling who *that* one is, nope. Just you know, he's annoying as hell, always complaining I don't make him gorgeous enough...and he always wants to "shine"...=_=
Another character I won't say the name...yet
No, you're not dreaming, he's wearing a vampire costume. Well that's his favourite, says it makes him look "cool"...


Colored Pictures


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The Pen Stealer and his Archenemy : The Eraser!!
The Eraser hasn't appeared yet in the Pen Stealer, but since he'll be an important character in the future, this picture will give you a preview ^_^. This pic is the first colored one I've finished (in 2004) so I'm not really fond of it, and the background is awful, but well... wanted to show you anyway ^_^
Ryota striking a pose
Maybe he has a bit of French blood in him, Kal always says French people can't help "posing" ;-p. Anyway, this one's made with colored inks and I'm kinda proud of it ^_^. If you find there may be some influence from Asada Hiroyuki (I'll), well... you're probably right ^_^
Haku stretching...
I completely botched that one, the rough was good, but the coloring... damn I really need to improve with coloring...=_=
Shinobu and Origami plane
Colored Inks and marker pens. Not much to say about that one, I still need to work on the coloring part =_=
Emi and Aya
For once I was kinda glad with the coloring...until I did that awful background =_= I'll probably redo it someday, *cough* yeah... someday...
Haruko
My first real full CG picture!! Done directly on the computer with my tablet and all! I'm rather proud of it ^_^. Well the background's not really finished, but I hate doing background, so for the time being it will do ;-p
Sullivan and sword
Same technique as the Haruko picture. I spent a long time trying to get the suit's shadows to work... And yeah the sword is really shiny, but I like it that way ^_^
Ryota and Shinobu under the night sky
Still with Photoshop. That's the title page for chapter 1, I actually did it for the reviewed version of this chapter. (and hurrah for cloud brushes ^_^)


Winamp Skins



Ryota
My first skin ever!! I was experimenting at that time, so it doesn't really look "finished" and it will stay like that until I'll have the courage to re-work on it ^_^. If you want to see the other skins I've made since then, you can find them on my personal page!