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“The Detective Rose” By Theia Lenore.

A noir comic I made for college (February 7th, 2024)! :] We were supposed to make either a noir themed, horror themed, or a mix of both themed comic that was black and white with hard lighting and high contrast. The only color we were allowed to use was red, but it had to be sparingly. I decided to go with a mostly noir theme for my comic, but I included some elements of “horror” through mystery and tension.

The comic had to be drawn using white on black (black paper/canvas with white pencil/tools as an example) instead of the usual black on white. I thought it would be cool to only use red for the rose to highlight its significance in the story, and I liked adding the lighting and details through hatching. Overall, I love how the comic turned out and think it’s one of my best works so far! :D

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“The Power of Hostess Fruit Pies” By Theia Lenore

Another project I did for college (January 29th, 2024)! :D The assignment was to make two traditional comics about Hostess Fruit Pies that were identical to each other, but one is inked with brushes and the other is inked with pen nibs. (Comic inked with brushes on the left, comic inked with pen nibs on the right.)

I created two characters for this project who I thought could be from a traditional fighting game who sometimes spend time together outside the arena. After making thumbnails for the pages and a floor plan for the comic, I used a blue pencil to draw it on a bristol board and then traced what I already drew to another bristol board so I could ink the comic twice. I remember thinking that inking with brushes was easier since I could put more weight into my lines, but even though I never used nibs before doing this project I found them relatively easy to use. Overall, I prefer the version of the comic that I inked with brushes, but I also like what I achieved with nibs. :]

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“Shooting Star Finds Star Kid” By Theia Lenore

I decided to share the first comic I made for college (January 17th, 2024). This was also the first comic I made before besides one comic I’ve made as a kid from what I remember. The assignment was to make one digital art comic and one traditional art comic, which both would tell the same story but from a different perspective. I had to have no dialogue though you could add only one speech balloon or caption. I decided to only share the digital art comic of the story which has a color version and a black and white version.

Since this was the first time making a comic digitally I experimented with blending modes in Clip Studio Paint so I could render faster than how I normally would for my other artwork. Initially the lettering was different, but I changed it so it would be more proper. Adding color to the comic was optional, but for some reason I did that first and then made the black and white version afterwards. 🤷 Anyway, I’m still happy with the comic despite the initial errors I made in it. :]

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“Little Red Riding Hood: The Wolf Strikes Back?” by Theia Lenore

Another comic! :D Hi everyone! I recently finished another comic for college, but this time it was for an English class. We were supposed to make an adaptation of one of the fairy tales we had to choose from, which I chose Little Red Riding Hood from the Brothers Grimm’s versions. I had to rush a bit to finish it so the drawings are less detailed than how I would usually do it, but I still like the end result. :]

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“Balloon Stop” by Theia Lenore

Hi everyone! :D After gaining some confidence I finally decided to share an older piece I made in April last year for college (April 29th, 2023) using acrylic paint markers (POSCA markers). It was my first time using these markers for a major traditional painting and in general, so I made sure to test them out beforehand and made concept art digitally before sketching it out on paper. For the assignment we had to take progress pictures as we went, so I tried to make sure that the drawing matched what I did for the concept as closely as possible. It might be hard to see in the picture, but the fireworks, parts of the sign, and the light on the sidewalk are reflective so they shimmer at different angles. All of this was done on 19 x 24 inches (48.3 x 61 cm) bristol board paper.

I was thinking of remaking this piece as digital art, but I’m already working on other things so maybe in the future. Even though I think my recent digital work is better than my traditional, I still like the traditional art I made before so I might share more of it later. :]

~ Theia Lenore

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“Drawing From Your Imagination” by Theia Lenore

Hello everyone! :D I’m back with another project I did for college which was to make an interior environment. I thought it would be cool to make it so that the kids were creating the room itself by drawing from their imagination. I’m planning to color it, but I wanted to share what I had for the outline and rough so far. Thank you for reading. :]

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“Imagining Above the Sky” By Theia Lenore

Hi everyone! I recently finished a project for college where we had to create an exterior environment, so here is the end result. I didn’t get time to color it so I only have the linework and some shading so far, but I’m proud of it at least. :] 

This was my first time trying fish-eye perspective for a drawing, so I’m glad it looks good enough despite being my first attempt at it. I also like how the sky and leaves look, as I was trying out new brushes to make the process of making them faster. Overall, the piece looks more like watercolor somewhat, but all of this was digitally drawn. 🤷

I was thinking of coloring it, but I’ll try to relax for a bit since we’re now on break. Hopefully I’ll get around to sharing the interior environment I did for another project, but it’s not as detailed as this one. Thank you for reading. :]

~ Theia Lenore

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Hi everyone! Recently I finished a vision board for class, which required us to use Photoshop to make it and to have at least eight images in it. I ended up using twelve images, and all of them were heavily edited, painted over, cut, and resized so they could fit the original sketch. Some of the words beside the title were taken from a mindmap I made, and the Vision Board represents my dreams and someone looking ahead towards the future, where all paradise and dreams come true.

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Hi everyone! I finished my comic for my sequential art project at college and I wanted to show everyone. I removed some information from it, but otherwise it’s still the same. Hope you like it! :]

Also, I’m still writing a book, but I’m also planning to do other stuff as well which is mentioned in the comic. First time I posted in a while, so expect to see more content when I get to it eventually.

~ Theia Lenore

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A Song for the Moon: Clair de Lune by Theia Lenore I had to write a poem for school today based on a song I loved so I thought I would write it about Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy. 🌕✨ I’m going to write more poems about my own story regarding space and magical stars so this was good practice/warm-up for me. :]