October Crossover 2024: #1 & #2

 

RED RIBBON REBORN - Ycrem0 - October Crossover #1 - 2024

#1 Info: This illustration is a tribute to Akira-Toriyama-dono (Dragon Ball Creator) & Kazuki Takahashi-dono (Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator). Frieza (Dragon Ball Z Villain) & Magician of Black Chaos (Yu-Gi-Oh! Monster) were used as inspiration to create my character and scene. October Crossover will feature a mash-up of tribute features from the three mangaka that I probably mentioned that passed away some years ago. 

All October Crossover illustrations are mostly redesigns to other creators works

with features you may recognize, except not exactly the same as the original design.

This is my way of sharing tribute art without copying or using the original creator's works.

The screenshot pose used is when Frieza is in his first form used a big ball of energy to destroy the Saiyan race backing Bardock (Goku's Dad) against his rule over them or the universe as a tyrant. My created character is a Red Ribbon Army (DB Organization that creates androids to further their business goals) android spellcaster/magician that appears to be in the process of creating more devastation in the already blazing scenery. 

I looked at Frieza in his first & fourth form, Magician of Black Chaos has noticeable elements added with colors and symbols relating to his attack too. This illustration is mixed media as every illustration will most likely be edited for better visual quality. Since the markers bled through my sketch book page, only color pencils will be used, until thicker pages can be bought.

LONE WOLF WAITS TO STRIKE - Ycrem0 - October Crossover #2 - 2024

#2 Info: This illustration is inspired by Yamcha(Dragon Ball Version) & Coyote Starrk(Tite Kubo-dono's Bleach - Living Creator). In Dragon Ball series, Yamcha's martial arts specialty technique is called Wolf Fang Fist. Therefore, Starrk and Yamcha has something in common with wolves as Starrk's resurrección Los Lobos has his soul split into wolf beings to use for multi-attacks.  

The scene used for reference is the sitting or crouching pose of Starrk, after his Los Lobos transformation. My Character's Features: Long hair (Yamcha), extended tunic coat design (Starrk & Yamcha), ribbon on arm (Yamcha), tunic coat colors (Yamcha), extended boots (Yamcha), extended fur pants (Yamcha & Starrk), and pose (Starrk). 

Instead of giving my character a sword like Yamcha or dual pistols like Starrk, I gave him a caveman club with obsidian (volcanic glass) shards sticking out from different areas. The club is blue (Yamcha's sword sheath color), so not regular wood or maybe a special kind of wood infused with something that changes the color. If you think of Aztec weapons utilizing obsidian, that is the idea to add that feature to his weapon.

Even though the scene is mostly in the sky with clouds, I had the urge to add the wolf spirit beside my character to represent Yamcha's Wolf Fang Fist or relationship with wolves that he has. Starrk's ability was taken into account too, except I will not delve into details about the character that is only represented as a tribute from inspiration at this time.

None of these characters I create have a specific background established or anything like that at this time, so they are simply models for now.

Creator Enlightenment: Be What You Can Be With What You Have & Can Obtain [RAW - NO EDITS YET]

 

Hi viewers.

Before I share two illustrations for my art challenge this year,

that piece of enlightenment I mentioned last month will be shared first.

Sometime last month, I was thinking most likely about being the creator 

I would like to be as well as other things 

relating to being artistically creative. To keep this kind of short,

I had forgotten what being a creator is all about. 

I cannot remember how to word my thoughts about that 

moment right now as it has been a while. Basically,

think of how a child is not restricted from their ideas

based on their imagination. Kids do not necessarily concern

their self about style, values, techniques, proportions, scale, 

or doubt their abilities to portray the idea as ridiculous or without significance 

to viewers and critics.

What I am telling you with this overall is to 

not seek to conform or box your creative abilities into

a corner where there is no room or struggle with your natural flow 

(style or way of creating). There is something you 

are already capable of doing fairly well or possibly to your liking,

except other stimuli as well as what you are interested

in may be hindering you from being the creator

you are meant to be by doing what you are already able

to enjoy doing.

Unknowingly, we may be fighting against our natural flow

and trying to conform to the things we like that we

do not do naturally or does not come to us

to do fairly naturally with consistency and that could 

be holding you back in some or a bunch of ways.

To shift the focus from you viewers to my experience,

I would like to be able to draw traditionally realistically/semi-realistically, 

sketchy, and with a vintage/classic art elements used

from the 50s to early 70s mostly. Yes, I have many creators

that either interest me much or sought to imitate to the best

of my abilities at the time. Usually, I focused on being able to 

draw other creator's works because I believed that if

I could replicate with decent results would let me know

that I could draw well enough to create for myself.

Not knowing better, that was not a beneficial approach for me,

even though like that for many years while trying

to teach myself how to draw for myself with similar

qualities from so-called professionals. Even so, those beginner

struggles or approaches to art were not for nought.

Back to the message... I can sort of take my time, be patient 

with myself, continue to learn different aspects of art techniques,

enjoy the process, practice daily, and so on as the list goes.

The thing I am asking creators to do is not go against

your natural flow of creativity, enjoy what you are capable of with 

any materials you have or prefer, find ways to express your message

or ideas through your own abilities, continue to learn what works for you

or the elements that make your art shine for you, do not doubt yourself or doubt

because others doubt your works, and realize that whatever others can 

do is either their natural flow or techniques they have learned

to incorporate that gives their style its own platform to shine from.

Their style and ideas are not yours; your ideas and style are yours to nurture

into being for you or others to enjoy, if you chose to share.

For those of you who either do not mind fighting or

sacrificing your natural flow to conform or absorb a specific

style that is either trending, new, or from pastime masters of 

your craft. This message is not necessarily for you, in terms of

values placed on professionalism, defining aesthetics, conditioning

rules, tradition, or other forms of creativity that may not allow for

a sense of freedom to express ideas in a way that may

be unique in the way you personally feel/believe your works to be.

Whatever works for the creators who are trying to find

their natural flow or way of creating, nurture and trust

that your abilities will blossom in ways you may not 

have imagined overtime. I found out that color pencils

are revealing to me a quality in my cartoonist pursuits 

that I did not believe in at first, for various reasons I 

have mentioned in this post. 

This did not turn out to be a short post as I would like them

to be, except hopefully those who read made it to 

this point with something worth considering or to

think about on their artistic quest too. 

You do not have to be a child or think like a child nor label  

your abilities for attention, let your abilities shine

the way they can and focus on how that makes you feel.

I am leaving you with two images that can mostly

sum the message of this post or complement each other

regarding what I have shared overall.

Happy creating everyone and I do pray 

you will find your natural flow soon,

while absorbing what works too.

Every Creator Has Their Own Natural Flow (Style) & Ideas - Enjoy Nurturing Yours

Bruce Lee's Quote Puts Everything In Perspective

 

Fan-Art & Creator Support Overview

 

Hi viewers. 

This is a post to help creators that would like to gain 

more insight with the safe balance between

supporting the creator(s) content they enjoy much or 

simply sharing their appreciation while trying to stir clear 

of a copyright issue(s).

With the help of Microsoft's Copilot and other source material,

I will do what I can to provide information that may

point creator(s) & supporter(s) in the right direction to do that.

Do not hold me to this information as the definitive

and only way of enjoying everything about creator content

as well as providing support. 

Whatever you choose to do is your choice overall.

There was a point, when I was like any other big fan

of other creator(s) creative content during the time

art became a part of my life. Some years ago,

businesses started cracking down on the use of

copyrighted content being used as fan-art

and illegal means of self-promotions as 

well as the wrong use of crediting content

under the fair-use law(s). 

At that point in life, I got really bummed out

and frustrated with not wanting to get into

legal issues with creator(s) and business

due to wanting to share creative content

solely for the appreciative enjoyment with others

who were doing the same thing or had the same

intentions with sharing online.

That is one big reason I am sharing this topic

with creator(s) because I know what it feels like

to be a fan and not simply create for the sake of

enjoying something that is not my own and

not having the personal skills to achieve the 

same/similar quality as those that inspired or influenced

me during my growth over the years.

IMPORTANT NOTE(S): 

• All content shared that is not my own is credited to those who own that content fully.

• Example choices were only chosen to give better/clearer representation for the information shared, viewers can visualize rather than read a bunch of text based on the subject matter presented.

• If any of the property/rights to the content shared that is not my own is requested for removal, I will make an effort to remove that content as soon as possible and leave what information I can to support those who can use it freely. 

• If you are able to support the original creator's content, please make an effort to learn how to do that or seek the business that has license rights to connect with the content you are interested in. If you are not able to use either of those options, at least seek giving credit information with whatever content you create in relations/regarding your chosen original creator(s) when sharing.

• Among the information shared, there may be some special cases. Someone could be an employee working for a business and create conceptual art that does not get used for any production that they have permission to share. 

The content shared from a business position may still be copyright material, except that company decides how it is shared without legal issues arising. I do believe employees can still get into work related trouble for sharing production material without them knowing and finding out. 

There may be an official business logo/tag used with that shared content, or someone does have collaborative permission to reveal too. If neither collaborative nor business permission is a part of sharing content, it is possible that the sharer gained permission without connection to the source material.

• If you have questions or would like to add to the subject that I may have forgot to mention, these posts usually have a comment section to do that I believe.

• When I finished this post and tried to submit, Blogger gave me a community guideline message that caused this post to be hidden. I skimmed over their information; except they did not give any indicators beyond the message to help me remove anything that is not allowed. 

Therefore, all the provided links I had added for content shared were removed.

 I am not sure of what the post had wrong with it, 

so that is why no links are provided for content that is not mine.

 

Thank you for your understanding and hopefully 

this post will help creator(s) be safer as well as

 enjoy what they like from other inspiring creator(s) more freely.

FAN-ART OVERVIEW

Fan-Art (Cambridge Definition):

- drawings, paintings, etc. based on a TV show, movie, book, game, etc. or the characters in it, created by fans (= people who admire or are very interested in something).

Fan-Art Options to Avoid Copyright Issues When Sharing Content Inspired by Other Creator(s) Works:

This is the question I asked Copilot and reply I received. - Ycrem0

Type(s) Of Fan-Art (Examples - Not Full Range of Types)

Naoko Takeuchi-dono's Original Sailor Moon Manga Art Cover

TalesOfPinkAnime's Sailor Moon Fan-Art

TalesOfPinkAnime's fan-art of Naoko Takeuchi-dono's character Sailor Moon 

would be considered an example of copyright infringement as the 

representation of the original character is identical or strikingly

 similar to the original character design. 

If this fan-art had intentions of being sold, reproduced for alternative profits, 

claimed for credit, or used as promotional material without permission 

from original creator or the license holding company to the content 

of Sailor Moon would put them in violation of copyright issues. 

Sailor-Serenity's Sailor Moon Inspired Original Character Design Sheet

Sailor-Serenity's character design is inspired by Naoki Takeuchi-dono's 

original designs for her creation Sailor Moon. This is potentially

the safe way a creator(s) can showcase their liking

of other creator(s) works, have fun creating

their character ideas based on content they like, 

and avoid reproducing 

another creator(s) works illegally or without permission.

If Sailor-Serenity had means of reproducing her

inspired character design for profit, promotional

content, personal uses, or claim property rights, 

I would believe that she would be able to without

any legal issues from the inspired content 

creator(s) or businesses that have license

rights of that content too. 

Masashi Kishimoto-dono's Original Naruto Akatsuki Shonen Jump Page Spread

osy057's Original Character Design Group Inspired by Masashi Kishimoto-dono's Akatsuki Organization

osy057's created his own organization of criminal ninja characters

as well as other Naruto inspired designs that shares

his liking and appreciation for what Masashi Kishimoto-dono's

original creation(s) that has influenced him greatly. 

He also had his own Naruto inspired project called Naruto Eledia

going on some years ago, except that did

not go fully as planned with schooling

and life situations from what I can remember.

osy057 was one of the creators I found with content

that I like during the early years of being into the 

developing ninja manga universe of Naruto. 

Whatever happened to osy057, hoping he

is doing too well to have time to update

his profile or praying all is well

with whatever has come his way in life.

Additional Example to Support The 

Reason This Post Is Relevant for Creator(s):

Recently this year, an anime studio I saw on YouTube

called Studio ECLYPSE had a fan-animation trailer 

called Berserk: The Black Swordsman that is

 inspired by Kentaro Miura-dono's Berserk manga.

In Studio ECLYPSE's words, 

"Studio ECLYPSE is a collective of fans from all over the world, 

we make high quality fan-animations for the community to enjoy for free."

The fan-animation they produced for 

Berserk: The Black Swordsman 

is definitely high-quality and their goal

to create content that similar fans can enjoy 

freely is an awesome collaborative goal.

Unfortunately, they missed a very important step

in the process of being fans of content they

did not own, have rights to reproduce, and

permission was not granted to share the

highly inspired project, even if production

was a tribute to the original creator.

My point for sharing this news is

that these very creative and skilled individuals

put a bunch of work into a project that included

or was entirely based on another creator's work, 

which got them hit with copyright infringement claim

from Berserk's official licensed production team 

Studio Gaga for not getting permission 

to do what they were doing.

I am not stating that their efforts were in vain

or wasted, except imagine if Studio ECLYPSE

gained Studio Gaga's approval to allow a 

group of skilled fans to share a project

based on the Berserk's universe. That

would have been a momentous opportunity

and honor of fan's achievements as well as

the company I would believe.

Even if Studio ECLYPSE did not gain permission

to create and share a Berserk-based fan-animation

project, I believe they still could have used

all of their efforts to create their own universe

inspired by the creator they chose to give tribute

to without hitting that fundamental copyright

infringement pitfall. 

Since I found their studio recently this year,

I would have greatly like to have known

what kind of animated content they could have

produced as a project with a large amount of

the content being inspired only by Berserk's universe.

The moral lesson of this story is 

to seek permission for content that is

used regarding other creator(s) works

you would like to use, before investing in

a project with that content as the source material.

If you are unable to get permission granted

for set material, do not be discouraged and 

put effort into creating your own inspired

content based on the things you enjoy

and possibly no one can tell you differently

how to use that content or at least

certain laws to prevent will not involve you. 

Happy creating and creator(s) supporting viewers.

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⭐ 🎃 👻 QUICK UPDATES 👻 🎃⭐

 

Hi viewers. It has been a while and 

I know my blog board was updated some time ago, 

except no uploads for anything new, yet.

QUICK UPDATES:

- Flash Fiction Anthology Project (THE WET TYPEWRITER) 

is still a work-in-progress based on all I would like to add.

- My "October Crossover Challenge" is currently in progress

for this month too. I had to make changes to the challenge

due to copyright issues that would arise from my initial

goals with creating.

Instead of using other creator's designs to create crossover

illustrations with a Halloween theme of sorts, 

references will be used to create illustrations inspired 

by a mixture of content from other creators as

sort of an original mash-up of creative elements.

- Sometime last week, I had a moment of enlightenment come to mind

based on the creative path of being/becoming an indie cartoonist

that may seem like something totally obvious to share for many who 

read. 

In the way that I can share that enlightenment

with others who may be venturing on an 

artistic or creative path might receive

in a positive or optimistic way, hopefully.

Upon sharing the first illustration idea for

this year's October Crossover Challenge,

I will use space in that post to share what 

that enlightening message was about.

When you read what I will share, the message will 

possibly and most likely seem so fundamentally basic

that someone would wonder how I forgot or

misplace such a key factor in the process of enjoyable progress.

I will leave you with an image quote that has been 

saved on my cellphone for a while now that came to mind

with this post. It is a quote from a lady named Jami Gold. 

Not sure of where I got it from, so a link will be attached

to give credit for the quote.

[ JAMI GOLD BLOG ]

October Crossover Challenge - Illustration #1

 

In October, I thought of my own way to celebrate the Halloween theme artistically for the entire month by doing something similar to the Inktober challenge. The challenge for myself is called October Crossover. 

October Crossover is simply illustrating with mashups that represent the Halloween theme in any medium and colors can be used or not. I did not get to illustrate every day and my other ideas still have reference images for me to use, so hopefully I will get around to them.

Yesterday, the first illustration I was working on finally got the shading completed. My first mashup is between Nosferatu and Michael Myers, which I believe has much potential to be created for production among many others to choose. References & photos of my progress are shared below, mostly at stopping points. 

Mixed Media: Mechanical Pencil 0.7, Graphite Pencils, & Markers.

REFERENCES

[Nosferatu - Wikipedia]

RYAN GREEN/UNIVERSAL
[See an exclusive image of Michael Myers in the new 'Halloween']

STAGES

Final Scan

Final Edit For Quality

Contest Board [ 2023+ ]

This is a contest board where I will share links to creative contest that may interest creators. Some may be open and others upcoming, so follow the links that provide additional information to record.

To not have a bunch of separate post for individual contest, this will be the main post for a contest updates I find online. 

I have not joined any online art contest before due to requirements and things of that nature. Maybe, I will get to join one from time to time. To those that enter, have fun with the experience. 

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    Hi viewers. 

It has been a while since I updated my blog that is still a work in progress, and this is an attempt to share upcoming updates. I am still alive and well, so that is a relief at the moment. 

Currently, unemployed and seeking part-time employment mostly in the area. Aside from that, I am seeking to improve my blog and get my works displayed online again. My daily supportive task usually takes much out of the day, unless I get an early jumpstart. 

    I do not want to half-bake my blog updates, so some updates may take time to put together before they are displayed fully. The updates list I would like to get around to soon are below... All areas of this profession are being improved upon, so there is always something to learn overtime.

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• Title Change ✅

• Personal Logo Design Applied For Copyright Situations & Branding ✅

• About Me Information Added✅

• Sharing Illustrations (Fan Art, Concepts, Tutorials, Projects, ect.)

• Donation Pool For Support (if one can be added to the blog)✅

• Steady Blog Updates (as long as I can or between progress of completion)

• Portfolio Display 

• and more as I am able to manage this blog myself.