3024. Hai and Fei pin-up doodle + timelapse video

The first time I made banner for project news articles, I created some template-like layout for me to reuse for future news posts. Some themed decoration, character art, and a space for the title of the articles.

Fast forward to many more news articles after 3 years something, I abandoned that template and instead I drew something new for each project. Hmm, why do I like to give myself more work where my plate is already pretty full with commissions and such? Hmm, I wonder...

I actually know why. The decision to make new banner for each news article is mostly personal and selfish: I got bored. Template is very useful to save time; but I want something new and different. I want to give the potential readers a reason to click on the link to the article from their interest on the banner. Well, the quality of the art varies, mostly doodle level, but as you see here in BTS – I have fun making doodles all the time. So, why not?

Besides, looking back, it's really good to see how my art evolve over the time for each project. Each time, the way I draw the characters change a bit. I'd like to call it growth, though sometimes it doesn't look as obvious. I still like looking at the differences anyway.

Like this pin-up doodle (I made this term myself, hoping it already exists out there) of Hai and Fei I did for Tuna Rice update. It's very simple, as I'm quite busy, but I like it a lot.

I'm still learning how to draw cat. Fei is not as fluffy as how I drew her here haha, but I don't want her to be overly fluffy. I want to make her normal a grey cat.

Hi-res and timelapse video below. ⬇️