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Hey there, my name's Jes, I draw the lewdness. Been drawing all my life but decided to get into drawing hentai just last year. I'm entirely self-taught, and for a short period of time I actually specialized in charcoal/pastels and photorealism, but it's been years since I did anything like that. Since then I've got a drawing tablet and use Clip Studio Paint for all my drawing needs. As for my history on this site, I've been lurking around the galleries for a long while now and I think it's time for me to begin giving back. The thing is, I'm not a professional artist, nor do I have the time or skill to do commissions just yet. I'm hoping to change that with your help.

You see, for the last few months now I've hit a wall of a sort. I practice for a few hours each day and I try new techniques and workflows but nothing seems to produce a better result. I've just stopped improving. So I need your advice, specifically on workflows, coloring techniques, and perspective. Though don't be afraid to point out anything else you see that could be improved. Strangely, I'm a pro at taking criticism but I can't take a compliment for the life of me. Anyways, here's one of my better pieces for you to see.



As you can see, boobies are life. But another thing you might see is that I'm trying to use flat colors for a majority of the shading with only some gradients here and there. The problem is that it all still feels incomplete to me and I can't figure out why.

Oh and fun fact: this took me approximately 35 hours over 2 weeks to complete. The initial sketch and linework took me roughly 5 hours because I was constantly revising and changing things. The remaining 30 hours were me doing and redoing the color over and over and over because it never looks right to me.

If you, for whatever reason, want the original file to poke around in or do a paint-over with, I'd be glad to share it with you.

Have at it!

For a better idea of what I mean when I say my drawings need help, look at this one. Finished it just this morning. Well, I should say "finished", as in I just don't know what else I can do with this or even if I can do anything else.


This one is just to show what my sketches usually look like. This is from about 2 months ago and I have improved somewhat in my sketches since then, but it still takes me around an hour for each one.

Hi there!

I'm happy to discover your works. I really enjoy your art.

I private messaged you. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

This picture is 100% indicative of my current playthrough of Shantae and the Pirate's Curse.

FUCKING MUD MONSTERS.



Completed in 10 hours over the course of a single day. This feat made possible by the never-ending wellspring of rage that is my soul and its burning hatred for these gooey purple motherfuckers.

Sometimes I just don't know what to draw, so I use my homebrew random hentai generator based on all the tags in the e-hentai galleries plus whatever other words my sick little mind can think of. You know, for funzies!

The prompts for this piece were:
Collar
Penis Bulge
Kunoichi
Nakadashi
Rough Sex

If you're looking for a story behind this one, I like to imagine Mr. Muscles up there has enough money to afford a pseudo-Japanese dojo to satisfy his lover's fetish of getting raped while dressed as a slutty ninja. Or Mrs. Tits has the money. Whichever.

Finished the linework on this one a few weeks ago. Been struggling with the color ever since. But by using some of the techniques I picked up with that Shantae piece I did, I think I got the color to come out right. Or at least something close to it. Still working on how to draw that beefcake though...

You should try the Art Battle thread to give you come concepts.

You should try the Art Battle thread to give you come concepts.

Not a bad idea. I'll give it a gander when I find the time.

About a week ago I was asked by hwriter to draw a pin-up comic for Christy Marks, famed for her monstrous mammaries. It took me a few days to finish and I've been dying for this thing to be properly published before posting it myself but now it's out there and I can gush about it all I want because I did a thing for an actual pornstar and she loved it and no one was disappointed and I can now feel good about myself for a few hours before the harsh reality of my skill level kicks my teeth in!

Here's the full post from my benefactor: [seishihentai.tumblr.com] hwriter

And here's my tumblr page: [jespassinthrough.tumblr.com] Jespassinthrough

Questions? Comments? Critiques? Ideas on where to find quality mouthguards? Let me know. Please.

[Skip the next four paragraphs if you couldn't give two shits about psychology, really dry scientific writing, or my personal interests.]

Sexual psychology is something of a fascination of mine. Paraphilias in particular are my area of focus. For those unaware, paraphilias are defined as abnormal sexual desires which frequently focus on subjects or activities which are extreme or dangerous. This is not to be confused with paraphilic disorders which are paraphilias that cause harm, distress, or dysfunction. The fact that humans can be sexually aroused by typically non-erogenous stimuli raises so many questions as to the origin and purpose (if there even is a purpose) of such responses and whether or not it's possible to change, eliminate, or instill new paraphilias in individuals. I'll spare you guys the 20 page literature review on the formation and manipulation of abnormal sexual desires and just say that most paraphilias come about through behavioral or developmental means, often involving early sexual experiences in atypical situations during childhood, and current methods of eliminating fetishes or creating new ones have nearly all fallen short of scientific significance. Most efforts focus on managing compulsions to prevent potential harm to the subject and those around them.

I went on a fetish-finding excursion some years ago and found the balloon and inflatables fetish. My research (which is basically limited to Wikipedia, free psych journals, forums, and occasionally my textbooks) suggests this paraphilia typically originates during childhood and early adolescence where a member of the desired sex inflates or pops a balloon or inflatable. As I couldn't find a scientific term for balloon fetishists, I'll just use the colloquial term "looner". Within the looner community there is a division between "poppers" and "non-poppers", the differences between them should be obvious but I can't properly transition to the next thought without explaining what they are. Poppers view the act of bursting inflatables to be essential to the experience, often citing an adrenaline rush from the danger of over-inflating balloons and the anticipation of the coming burst. Their favored acts are inflating balloons until they pop (blow 2 pop, b2p), sitting on balloons until they pop (sit 2 pop, s2p), using fingernails to pop them, or using lit cigarettes. Non-poppers experience the same adrenaline rush, but tend to have a completely opposite effect, they frequently claim to have an extreme aversion to either the sight or sound of popping balloons. Sometimes this aversion is intense to the point of becoming a legitimate phobia. Their favored acts are much the same as poppers, but they prefer sitting, bouncing, laying, or generally just playing with balloons without popping them. Interestingly enough, the balloon fetish is also associated with the BDSM fetish spectrum because of the controlled use of danger to produce a sexual response. In extreme cases this fetish can also be tangentially related to bubblegum looning (using bubblegum bubbles instead of balloons), body inflation, vorarephilia, and crushing (where one crushes either inanimate objects or living things for sexy reasons).

I have plenty to say about fetishes in general, but for the most part I'll be sticking to stuff I can stomach to draw. Not sure I've recovered from my last voyage through the fetishsphere...

so much blood...

Anyways, I've wanted to do something with balloons for a while now, but my skills just wouldn't allow it. For this piece alone I had to spend a week just learning to draw those shoulders and skin pressed against a curved surface. I trained as a portraitist working from reference, so I have much less practice in constructing the human body through basic shapes and guidelines, I just had to make sure my drawing was what the photo looked like. Simulating scenes like this in my mind just wasn't a thing I needed to do because I had a photograph do it for me. I've made great strides in my body construction skills, but when it comes to backgrounds or non-human objects, my skills are lacking. For instance, I spent 3 hours making backgrounds for this piece and none of them looked right. Eventually I said, "fuck it", and put her against a pink curtain because those are easy to draw. I think. As for the color choices here, I spent far longer than I should have just trying to find a decent palette, but even so I think I can do far better. I think what I'm going to do is sketch stuff and color them a hundred ways to get a better feel for palette selection. And also speed up my drafting process because it shouldn't take an hour to sketch something like this.

Don't worry, I won't be talking your ear off like this with every post from here on out. I'll probably only do this once a month because you guys don't come here for lectures.

You cum for the smut. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/cool2.gif)

Hey there, my name's Jes, I draw the lewdness. Been drawing all my life but decided to get into drawing hentai just last year. I'm entirely self-taught, and for a short period of time I actually specialized in charcoal/pastels and photorealism, but it's been years since I did anything like that. Since then I've got a drawing tablet and use Clip Studio Paint for all my drawing needs. As for my history on this site, I've been lurking around the galleries for a long while now and I think it's time for me to begin giving back. The thing is, I'm not a professional artist, nor do I have the time or skill to do commissions just yet. I'm hoping to change that with your help.

You see, for the last few months now I've hit a wall of a sort. I practice for a few hours each day and I try new techniques and workflows but nothing seems to produce a better result. I've just stopped improving. So I need your advice, specifically on workflows, coloring techniques, and perspective. Though don't be afraid to point out anything else you see that could be improved. Strangely, I'm a pro at taking criticism but I can't take a compliment for the life of me. Anyways, here's one of my better pieces for you to see.



As you can see, boobies are life. But another thing you might see is that I'm trying to use flat colors for a majority of the shading with only some gradients here and there. The problem is that it all still feels incomplete to me and I can't figure out why.

Oh and fun fact: this took me approximately 35 hours over 2 weeks to complete. The initial sketch and linework took me roughly 5 hours because I was constantly revising and changing things. The remaining 30 hours were me doing and redoing the color over and over and over because it never looks right to me.

If you, for whatever reason, want the original file to poke around in or do a paint-over with, I'd be glad to share it with you.

Have at it!

What don't you like about the color, I think it looks really well done? I am also self taught, and also trying to learn by just doing rather than anything else. So take anything I say with a grain of salt. You could probably add a 3rd darker color for areas like under her neckline, in the palm of her hand, the armpit, under her cleavage, just small areas. I also am not feeling how large the light spot is on the left breast, in comparison to the other. The breasts seem to be almost on the same plane the left may be slightly more forward in perspective than the right but not by much and the light source would appear to be coming from the front and right of her so I feel like the right light spot should be a tad larger, I wouldn't make it larger I would just reduce the size of the one on the left. In the same vein, the lighting on her hair I think as it wraps around the back of her head should decline in size from right to left. Idk just my thoughts on things when looking at the image, I think you've done a really good job overall though. As someone who basically ONLY colors in the lines on stuff I know how much work it is that you've put into that and you have done a really good job.

What don't you like about the color, I think it looks really well done? I am also self taught, and also trying to learn by just doing rather than anything else. So take anything I say with a grain of salt. You could probably add a 3rd darker color for areas like under her neckline, in the palm of her hand, the armpit, under her cleavage, just small areas. I also am not feeling how large the light spot is on the left breast, in comparison to the other. The breasts seem to be almost on the same plane the left may be slightly more forward in perspective than the right but not by much and the light source would appear to be coming from the front and right of her so I feel like the right light spot should be a tad larger, I wouldn't make it larger I would just reduce the size of the one on the left. In the same vein, the lighting on her hair I think as it wraps around the back of her head should decline in size from right to left. Idk just my thoughts on things when looking at the image, I think you've done a really good job overall though. As someone who basically ONLY colors in the lines on stuff I know how much work it is that you've put into that and you have done a really good job.

Thanks for your thoughts, Vanilla! I've been starving for any sort of feedback here. Then again it might help if I actually gave my thoughts on other people's works too. Anyways, let me just go point by point with you.

What don't you like about the color, I think it looks really well done? ... You could probably add a 3rd darker color for areas like under her neckline, in the palm of her hand, the armpit, under her cleavage, just small areas.

Believe it or not, you kind of answered your own question as well my own. Aside from my lack of self-confidence, I always feel like my pieces aren't very eye-catching. I hadn't realized it until you pointed it out, but there's very little contrast in my pieces. Especially when it comes to values and shading. I'm not aiming for extreme contrast, but adding a somewhat darker third color like you said would add depth and interest to the piece. Now I just gotta figure out how dark I can go with it.

I also am not feeling how large the light spot is on the left breast, in comparison to the other... I wouldn't make it larger I would just reduce the size of the one on the left... In the same vein, the lighting on her hair I think as it wraps around the back of her head should decline in size from right to left.

That makes sense. That spot on the left breast is a little larger than it should be. Reducing it is no problem whatsoever as I was careful to organize my layers in a way to fix things like that. Just got to find that layer, pick a hard eraser tool, and shave that circle down a bit. As for the hair, for the longest time I've wondered why that didn't look right. Which is hugely ironic because in my Shantae piece I did almost exactly what you suggested and I didn't even realize it. I guess it's because I was able to work from a reference for her general design. (IMG:[invalid] style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

I am also self taught, and also trying to learn by just doing rather than anything else. So take anything I say with a grain of salt... Idk just my thoughts on things when looking at the image, I think you've done a really good job overall though. As someone who basically ONLY colors in the lines on stuff I know how much work it is that you've put into that and you have done a really good job.

Hey, don't sell your opinions short. Seriously, from what I've seen of your work it's pretty damn good. Believe it or not I kind of envy the variety of textures and colors in your work and I regularly use similarly colored pieces as reference. Even if the end products hardly resemble it. The biggest thing for me is that I'm getting some pointers on where the issues are, no matter how small or finicky they might be. It gives me a good sense of what's part of my developing style and what is considered an outright mistake. Not to mention it spares people from seeing simple mistakes in what are otherwise advanced pieces. Still though, I appreciate the compliments, makes me a little more comfortable with the direction I'm going.

Sat down yesterday and decided to start putting together my own comics. My own doujin? Would that apply to a western artist? I was always more interested in technique than theory so I'm a bit unclear on that sort of thing. Moving on from that, don't think of these pages as being standalone stories or expect them to make a whole lot of sense. I call these things "orphaned pages", as in they're part of a larger story but you don't have anything aside from this single page from it. Like if I ripped a page out of a bunch of comic books and presented them to you out of context. There's definitely a story behind each one, but they're not connected. Or finished. And in fact they may never be, as is the nature of practice pieces. What I'm really concerned with here is how your eyes are pulled around the page and what you tend to focus on.

I've made extensive notes to myself about what to improve and what to change, then I ran these pages by some friends of mine to see what their criticisms were. Now I'm curious to see what you think. After all, we're not really friends are we? I mean, we can be friends if we spend more time together but... right now I'm just looking for a short-term thing, y'know?

You can be honest with me, I ain't gonna tell no one.



Sorry for my handwriting. Not gonna lie, I was just too lazy to go through the trouble of properly formatting and typing that stuff. Would've taken me about an hour...

Doing a barebones sketch of that fucking school took me about an hour to do. Backgrounds and architecture are my least favorite things to do because I can't freehand it and there's so little room for error. Nothing time and practice can't fix but goddamn.

Should probably shrink these files further down to save data now that I think about. Oh well, lessons for later.

I don't want to say anything that's not on my level, since I'm not as good to be a teacher, but is all about refining. Study the anatomy, the rules of the body and proportions (they're not bad, but if you study the exact proportions you'll be better), and about colors, you don't need to add that red patch to contrast the white, if you use darker color palettes, the whites will look way more, it doesn't even need to be really dark, just a little bit less bright, you can add layers of color balance afterwards.

Enjoy what you're doing and let's keep learning, both of us.

Godspeed.

I don't want to say anything that's not on my level, since I'm not as good to be a teacher, but is all about refining. Study the anatomy, the rules of the body and proportions (they're not bad, but if you study the exact proportions you'll be better), and about colors, you don't need to add that red patch to contrast the white, if you use darker color palettes, the whites will look way more, it doesn't even need to be really dark, just a little bit less bright, you can add layers of color balance afterwards.

Enjoy what you're doing and let's keep learning, both of us.

Godspeed.

No need to be too humble, man. If you see something that looks off, let me know! Like you just did, indirectly, I think. Judging by your comment on studying anatomy you've noticed something about the proportions of my drawings that are a bit off. Let me know where those problem areas are, even if it's as general as "the left hand on this picture is weird" or "that pose in this picture seems strange", any and all info helps me out. And believe me, anatomy is a daily struggle. Has been for a while. Don't know if that speaks to the difficulty of learning anatomy or my proficiency as an artist, but it's a slow steady process of improvement. Currently I'm working on spinal curvature, torso construction, and applying perspective to limbs.

As for your suggestions about coloration of the skin, I don't think I'll be eliminating the red blush patches entirely, but I can make them more subtle by blurring them further and using a slightly lighter red. On occasions where I'm not drawing porcelain-skinned people I will absolutely follow your advice and eliminate the red entirely to let the highlights do their work.

Sorry for letting this sit for so long, things got suddenly busy over here and I got sidetracked for a few days.

Hey! Hi! Umm... been busting my ass with personal stuff and art stuff and... y'know, I been busy. It might be a few weeks before I have more finished pieces, but they'll be great, I promise!

In the meantime have some sketches I did! I would put up more but I'd have to go through my last sketch page and chop it up into like, 5 pages, because I worked at absurdly small sizes to save space. And I don't feel like doing that. I mean I could, I have the time, but I just... I just don't wanna.

The cums look nice.

Also why the small realistic dicks? You like them that way? I always liked the idea of cartoony giant dicks on girls with normal vaginas. Anyway, that's my taste.

Also why the small realistic dicks? You like them that way? I always liked the idea of cartoony giant dicks on girls with normal vaginas. Anyway, that's my taste.

Normally I'd be right there with ya, I love the idea of spreading a girl a mile wide with an oversized sausage special, and to be honest it's partly why I took an interest in your work. But when you're looking to draw that sorta realistic blowjob face and you're wanting to save some canvas space, then I can't really get away with including cockzilla in all this. Not to mention I have yet to master the ability to convey tension in skin to get the full effect of being plowed by something as thick as the girl's neck. In the future you'll get to see some of that stuff, but right now I'm just focusing on consistent body construction. Can't build a house on rotten foundation, y'know?

So I was sifting through my sketch folder, looking to find inspiration while stroking my ego. And then I found this:



I have no recollection of drawing this. At all.

The date attached to it says I finished it two and half weeks ago, but it's of higher quality than the stuff I've been doing in the past few days and it incorporates techniques using 'hard light' and 'add (glow)' layers that I never even considered (or I did and then promptly forgot about even though it makes the hair look REALLY good). Then there's the goopiness of the baby batter. I've been trying to replicate that effect but I haven't quite got the consistency... consistent.

Anyways, it's a high-quality piece and I wanted to share it.