Second Official Draw Stream is 7/30 at 6 p.m. PDT!

Hello,

Just a short update this time. I've posted a notice over on DA and Twitter already but I'm doing another live stream on Saturday the 30th at 6 p.m. PDT on my Twitch channel. There will be a Youtube announcement that goes up as soon as we're live. I'll be working on handful of different designs, some planned some completely at random. I will definitely be doing some Monster Hunter stuff. There's a certain infamous high-temperature Elder Dragon from 3U that I've been thinking on all week. It might be time to render it in circular form.

Hope to see you there!

~Zan

Obligatory Introduction Post

Hiya!

The name's TK and this is my first official post here on the main site! I've signed on as a regular contributing artist as of this month and I'm glad to be here! To give a little background, I've been a pencil on paper artist ever since I was very small. Over the last couple years, I've gotten access to some more advanced tools for drawing in the digital format. I'm still pretty new at it but I'm working at slowly bringing the things I drew on paper into the digital realm. You can find my random scribblings on my Deviant Art site. It doesn't get updated super often but I'll usually put new stuff over there first. I've done a bunch of work with the Monster Hunter video game series but I also have my own universe of characters I'm working on. In between I put up random drawings here or there.

As an official artist, I'll be working closely with Zan on some direct collaborations and I also hope to get more items up on the main Redbubble store. A couple of my projects are there already and I've got plenty of other ideas.

Anyways, this is just a short intro post. When I have new announcements, I'll make sure they go up here in addition to journal posts on DA!

See ya!

-TK

Mid-summer Update and Announcements

Greetings!

I hope everyone's summer is going well. This is a bit after the fact but our first live stream over on my Twitch Channel was a success! We had a handful of people come through and hang out, either from DA or from Youtube. I ended up streaming for about 4 hours and did some emblem designs while we listened to music. It was a great experience and I'd love to do it again. Right now the easiest times for me to stream are on the weekends with Saturday being the most flexible. I'm not ready to commit to a weekly stream but I'll be doing another one very soon. Announcements will go up on Youtube and Twitter when we go live. I'll try and give a few days notice on Deviant Art and Twitter just so people don't get caught off guard. I've been considering doing some streaming of games too but that's going to be lower priority compared to the art streams.

For updates on my projects, we just wrapped up a mini-event on DA and Youtube last week as we counted down to the release of Monster Hunter Generations. The designs were pretty well received and I want to thank everyone that checked them out each day. The monthly MH circulars and weekly Brave Frontier emblems will continue as normal. I'm still working on a few different papier mache projects and updates will be coming on those later.

Finally, another update is the addition of a new artist to Drakenwrath's creative team. TyvridKizuna who has helped on a couple projects so far is officially joining the studio as a regular contributor. Rather than act like an outside collaborator, he will be able to directly work on projects and put things up on the site and Redbubble store. He will be preparing an introductory post shortly after this goes up.

I think that's everything for now. Keep an eye out for updates regarding Twitch streaming and other news!

~Zan

The Return: Minor Updates

Greetings,

I put up a post on DA yesterday announcing the official return to business as usual. I was able to get the new machine up and running over the weekend thanks to some help from my good friend, Flammie. I linked his Geometric Investigations blog in the DA post and you should definitely check it out if you're interested in magnet sculptures. It's neat stuff.

Now that the new build is up and running, the regular content schedule should be stabilized for now. I will still be doing three uploads per week unless the schedule coincides with things like the monthly Monster Hunter circulars. Right now I'm looking at launching a new project by the end of the month and hopefully will have some other interesting updates as well.

Stay tuned!

~Zan

New Developments and Mache WIP Pictures!

Hello,

Another quick post to follow up on the last one. I've ordered parts for a new computer. This one is going to be mostly a new build with some of the surviving pieces of the old machine. Overall, it should be much more powerful and will allow for faster processing of things like Youtube videos. I'll also hopefully be able to get Twitch running better and can get back to some intial test streams before we launch that project.

In the meantime, I've uploaded three Work in Progress (WIP) shots from my latest dragon trophy project over on DA. Rather than duplicate the narratives here, I'll just link the first one.

These pictures were taking during the construction phase where I put the papier mache bits together with hot glue and a ton of masking tape. I build things out with more paper and tape while adding features reinforced with wire hangers. The next step will be the cloth skin application phase where I add torn bed sheets soaked in white glue over the piece to give it a rigid skin for painting. As I mentioned in one of the posts, I've been trying to capture parts of the process with my camera with plans to cut a high speed time lapse video together. I'm slightly concerned that the footage quality may vary due inconsistent lighting across sessions but I'll look at everything once the project is done. If I'm able to get through the skin phase before I have the new machine up and running, I'll post another update here and on DA.

Thanks for visiting!

~Zan

Pre-Summer Update and Content Plans

Greetings,

This post is going up to mirror a recent post I made over on DA. A couple days ago, my main computer that I use to do my design and video work died. At this point it looks like I won't be able to get it running without replacing several key parts. As a result, I'm looking at building a new machine from scratch. In the meantime, the content I upload on DA and Youtube is going to be halted since I have no way of capturing and editing footage. Right now I'm using a very old spare laptop but it doesn't have the capability for all of the software I normally use. Hopefully I'll be able to get a new machine running before the end of the month.

I do have some recent pictures I was able to capture of a current papier mache project. Since I don't have a main computer for design work, my focus might be shifting to mache stuff in the meantime. I'll probably follow up with a post as soon as I can get the photos processed.

Stay tuned!

~Zan

Redbubble Product Review Part II: Hoodie Boogaloo (also Spring updates)

Greetings,

Spring is underway and things are busy as usual. I'll be going over some updates in this post as well as looking at some of our store offerings. I recently ordered three new hoodies from Redbubble to test out some of the more recent designs. Check them out below:

Top: Grand Legion, Left: Zodiac 3 Revenge, Right: Nadore

Overall, the emblem prints were very sharp like the last set. I had them printed on the backs of the hoodies to take advantage of the print space. I'll have to compare these to the last two but the material of the hoodies seems a bit thicker and heavier which will make them good for cold weather.

For project updates, I'm continuing with the adding of items to our Redbubble store. They will continue to go up along with postings on Deviant Art and Youtube. I'll be launching a few new emblem series this Spring as well. There are also some collab things in the works that I'll post when they happen.

Thanks for visiting!

~Zan