Naean's Art & Design Topic (Plus Some Audio Stuff)

[Naean]

Art #96 -- Eyenchor

A drawing that I have done on page 13 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC blue médium biro pen on cartridge paper.

 

Art #97 -- Lightcickles

A drawing that I have done on an individual A4 sheet.

Lights inside icicles that are shaped like sickle blades.

Berol Colourfine and Berol Colourbroad Fibre tipped pens on Ryman Bright white card.

 

Art #98 -- Crooked Smile

A drawing that I have done on an individual A4 sheet.

The eye and mouth in this piece are inspired by some grass and ground areas on a page of a Sonic The Hedgehog calender, which I discovered courtesy of Black Squirrel on Sonic Retro here: forums.sonicretro.org/index.php?showtopic=25575&st=525&p=936448&#entry936448.

BIC blue médium biro pen on Ryman Bright white card.

 

Art #99 -- Dilampidated

A drawing that I have done on page 14 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

HB Led Pencil (From a Grafix 45 Artist Assorted pencils set.) on cartridge paper.

 

Art #100 -- Fancy Fox Face

A drawing that I have done on page 15 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

This piece is inspired by the Fennekin character from the Pokémon series, and the Miles "Tails" Prower character.

Additionally, this piece is quite heavily inspired by one of my previous pieces, "Curly Bloboy", and is partially inspired by another one of my previous pieces, "Rustic Tribal Cyclops Insignia".

Furthermore, this piece is inspired by the styles of one-tone/one-colour tattoos. This piece also contains some elements inspired by leaves.

Berol Colourbrush Fibre tipped pen on cartridge paper.

[Naean]

A few music things that I did recently. Credits and other information are available in their respective video descriptions on YouTube.

 

Music Mashup #23 -- Invincible: Demo Track & Final Track - Sonic 3D (Mega Drive)

MP3 download link.

 

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #2 -- Dilapidated Longing

MP3 download link. There's also another MP3 download link of the beta version, for anyone interested.

 

Extrarrangement #1 -- Mystic Cave Zone: 1 Player - Sonic The Hedgehog 2

MP3 download link.

[Naean]

I'm having a "Dance eJay 2+ Week" from 2 to 6 December 2019 on my YouTube Channel, where I'll be premiering a new music mix every day. 

 

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #3 -- Gems, Skulls & Death

This music mix is directly inspired by the Gem Path and Death Route music tracks from Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped. Big thanks to the composers and arrangers of those tracks: Josh Mancell and Mark Mothersbaugh!

Additionally, the complete omission of Gem Path and Death Route music tracks in Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath Of Cortex inspired this music mix a little bit, so I put some synths/'technology-esque' samples in there, as a homage to that game's overall music style.

More credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

MP3 download link. There's also another MP3 download link of the beta version, for anyone interested.

Edited December 2, 2019 by Naean

[Naean]

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #4 -- Funky Fightin'

This music mix is inspired by the Zone Act 1 Boss music track from Sonic The Hedgehog 3 on SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive. Big thanks to the composers and arrangers of that track!

Many thanks also to Game Genie Sokolov for providing rips of Sonic The Hedgehog 3 samples, some of which are used in this music mix! (https://ggsokolov.blogspot.com/2016/10/soundfont-sonic-3-knuckles-3d.html)

More credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

MP3 download link.

Edited December 3, 2019 by Naean

[Naean]

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #5 -- Unsettled Scatterbrain

In this music mix, I wanted to create a song that sounds as if it's constantly at odds with itself, (representing an indecisive/conflicted person) while at the same time maintaining enough structure to be an enjoyable music track.

Ironically enough, I feel a bit conflicted myself when it comes to marking this music mix as completed, because I don't think that I executed my idea as well as I envisioned it.

Most notably, I have quite mixed feelings on the bass in this song. On the one hand, I dig its somewhat clashing nature, but another part of me feels like the pitch dissonance and note timing inconsistencies are perhaps too strong.

I don't want to leave this specific song concept unpublished on the cutting room floor, so I tried to polish things up, and eventually considered it a complete piece, or "as close to finished as it'll ever probably be".

Credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

MP3 download link. There's also another MP3 download link of the beta version, for anyone interested.

Edited December 5, 2019 by Naean

[Naean]

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #6 -- From Forest To Factory

This music mix aims to depict the act of a forest being destroyed in favour of building a factory in its place.

Various sections of the song are aimed to represent various actions and emotions related to this act: The initialisation of factory planning, the celebration from humans of building a new factory (among a minority of people's concerns cropping up before being quickly brushed off), wild animals reacting to forest deconstruction and dealing with the harsh reality of being driven from their once natural habitat, the sad aftermath of mostly desolate forest remains, etcetera.

I deliberately chose to use some samples which sound, and also are named, in relation to this song's topic. The general "nature versus technology" theme heavily influenced this song.

Out of all my eJay mixes to date, this is one of the most emotionally-involved songs, and is inspired by another emotion-focused eJay mix of mine: Dilapidated Longing.

Credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

MP3 download link.

Edited December 6, 2019 by Naean

[Naean]

Dance eJay 2+ Mix #7 -- Retro Rhythms

In this music mix, I wanted to create a song with a strong nostalgic feeling, using some bass and synth samples which sound particularly retro.

Additionally, I chose to use some gritty-sounding guitar samples, to hone in on that retro sound, and give the song a primitive-recording-equipment kind of feel.

In general, this song is heavily influenced by early music production methods. To this end, I also deliberately made some sections and samples in the song significantly louder than others, adding to the scenario of a retro setting with lack of sophisticated audio balancing.

Credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

MP3 download link.

Edited December 6, 2019 by Naean

[Naean]

Art #101 -- Similar Differences

A drawing that I have done on page 16 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

 

This piece depicts a sliced tomato, with its insides including a letter Y shape. I combined these 2 due to them both sharing 2 different debated/disagreed categories respectively: fruit or vegetable, vowel or consonant.

BIC biro pen, Derwent Academy Watercolour Pencils, Berol Colourfine and Berol Colourbroad Fibre tipped pens on cartridge paper.

Art Creation Live Stream Video Recording:

 

Edited December 27, 2020 by Naean

[Naean]

Art #102 -- Attack Aftermath

A drawing that I have done on an individual A4 sheet.

Partially inspired by various artworks in the Crash Bandicoot™ 4: It’s About Time – Official Soundtrack video on YouTube.

I did some practice / experimentation with layering in this piece. 

BIC blue médium biro pen on wilko let's create A4 white card.

Edited April 23, 2021 by Naean

[Naean]

Art #103 -- Star Light Zone: Re-imagined Items

A drawing that I have done on page 17 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

In this piece, I drew my take on some Star Light Zone items from Sonic 1. I redesigned the fire shooter and seesaw's spike ball with star-specific theming.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

Edited July 5, 2021 by Naean

[Naean]

Art #104 -- Frozen Forest Fragment

A drawing that I have done on page 18 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

[Naean]

Art #105 — Chest Pain

A drawing that I have done on page 19 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

[Naean]

Art #106 — 200 Twitter Followers

A drawing that I have done on an individual sheet.

Berol Colourfine and Colourbroad Fibre tipped pens on wilko let's create A4 white card.

A special piece to celebrate my Twitter account passing 200 Followers.

I received quite a number of Twitter Followers from the Crash Bandicoot speedrun and CD-i communities, so I represented those in this art piece.

2 is part of a Time Trial crate, 00 use shapes and colours from Zelda: The Wand Of Gamelon and Link: The Faces Of Evil logos.

 

 

Art #107 — Abstract-Amalgamation Island

A drawing that I have done on an individual sheet.

BIC biro pen on wilko let's create A4 white card.

Edited August 20, 2022 by Naean

[Naean]

Music Mashup #24 — Back 2 SimCity 4: Sonic Rush Hour

I hope that you all had a great Christmas! 

As a gift from me to you all, I present my 24th music mashup, "Back 2 SimCity 4: Sonic Rush Hour" - a blend of SimCity 4's Rush Hour and Sonic Rush's Back 2 Back tracks:

Download its MP3 file here.

Credits and other information are available in the video description on YouTube.

Edited January 18, 2022 by Naean (Nez Man)

[Naean]

From 09 August 2022, I aim to draw 1 detailed piece of art each working week day and upload the finished art piece on the same day; however, some art pieces will take more than 1 day to complete.

I aim to add each working week's art to my merch stores each weekend. Attempting to balance different work with this approach.



Daily Detailed Drawing Upload Of 09 August 2022:

Art #108 — Pick-Up In Repair

A drawing that I have done on an individual sheet.

BIC biro pen on A4 white card.

Edited August 20, 2022 by Naean

[Naean]

Daily Detailed Drawing Upload Of 10 August 2022:

Art #109 — Stripy Helicopter

A drawing that I have done on page 20 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

Edited August 20, 2022 by Naean

[Naean]

Daily Detailed Drawing Upload Of 11 August 2022:

Art #110 — Eyebulb

 

A drawing that I have done on an individual sheet.

BIC biro pen on Ryman A5 Bright white card.

Edited August 20, 2022 by Naean

[Naean]

Daily Detailed Drawing Upload Of 20 August 2022:

Art #111 — Free Speech Versus Police Suppression

A drawing that I have done on an individual sheet.

BIC biro pen on Ryman A5 Bright white card.

[Naean]

Art #112 — Brain Train Of Thought

A drawing that I have done on page 21 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

Edited October 25, 2023 by Naean

[Monkey Destruction Switch]

On 2/6/2023 at 4:25 PM, Naean said:

Art #112 — Brain Train Of Thought

A drawing that I have done on page 21 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

This is super cool! Lots of amazing little details and precise lines.

[Naean]

Thank you very much @Monkey Destruction Switch, glad you like it! 

 

Art #113 — Sinister Skull ‘N’ Bad Bones

An art piece that I've drawn on page 22 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

 

Edited October 25, 2023 by Naean

[Naean]

Art #114 — Bling Bird Head

An art piece that I've drawn on page 23 in my Daler-Rowney A4 Optima Spiral Pad.

BIC biro pen on cartridge paper.

Edited October 25, 2023 by Naean