That's right folks, Lancer's going to be back in print AND you can get a version with cover art by yours truly. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say I've given everything I am as a mecha fan to this one, I hope you all dig it as much as I do.
We are extremely excited to announce the second, MASSIVE print run of Lancer in collaboration with
@DarkHorseComics
! The book will be on sale next year, available June 11th and 12th in your book shop or local comic shop and is available for pre-order now!
Nationless Miku that dares to ask if you can see any borders from here. What has borders given us? Can we actually see the physical lines that divide one from another?
The fashion in Elden Ring is pretty good, but Dark Souls 2 might still hold the crown for best armor sets. It's criminal how few of them ever made a return.
Okay a little more. Most of us hope to be good at drawing maybe one thing. Imagine in addition to everything else, Toriyama somehow also found time to be one of the sickest mechanical illustrators of an entire generation.
You're talking about The Wallclimber, The Wormkiller. The only G13 who's managed to live this long! Until the LIGER TAIL deploys, the odds are NOT in your favor.
#ARMOREDCOREVI
#ArmoredCore6
#アーマードコア
Fantastic episode of Dungeon Meshi this week, Trigger nailed the red dragon fight, but special shoutouts to the anime's hilarious shot-reverse shot afterwards. Marcille being reflected in every sweat droplet killed me.
"Hope you pilot better than you sew!"
Promise I'm still working on that G1 Michigan piece, taking a bit longer though. Kind of a low energy week for me, just need more time for myself.
DIVINE ENGINE ANCESTOR
Finally done with this one. Kind of a struggle, but hey I managed to get it done before the holidays. Quite tired at the moment so Lancer OC lore dump later.
It's my birthday today and I'm feeling a bit self indulgent. Check out some of the art I've done this year. Here's to another year of robots for this old man.
Was trying to finish this up before AC6 released but whoops apparently it's going live on PC in 30 minutes so I'll see you all in like 2 weeks.
#mecha
#LancerRPG
Armored Core has always understood the mech is a body that can be denigrated in the name of the military industrial complex, and in a callous enough society, so too can the pilot. 10/10 trailer, perfect vibes.
"621…I’ll give you a reason to exist. Let’s get to work."
#ARMOREDCORE
VI FIRES OF RUBICON engages the enemy on August 25, 2023. Pre-order now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC:
It's been so long, I'd nearly forgotten the age old Gundam tradition of giving the coolest fucking robot in the whole show to the lamest possible character. Schwarzette might be one of Gyobu's best designs.
#G_Witch
Was hoping to finish this before I go on a small roadtrip but some real life shit got in the way. You people seriously do not understand the lengths I'll go to avoid coloring. I'll draw a mech, I'll put together a whole damn illustration, ANYTHING to avoid coloring.
Meet the new neighbors.
UNION PATTERN EVEREST [G][K] TYPE.
Deployed in limited numbers, these upgraded veteran units were pivotal in the Cressidium Conflict.
Special version of art I did for the upcoming
@Lancer_RPG
supplement, Operation Winter Scar by
@kaitave_
.
Happy Winter Scar release day! Most of you will probably be moving onto newer and shinier frames as you hit LL2 and beyond, but should you find yourself lost or unsure of the trials that lay ahead, know the Everest will always have your back.
I could say a lot about this week's
#G_Witch
, like Miorine's naive concept of capitalist prosperity addressing sociopolitical woes or Suletta eating ham out of the fridge. But I'm obsessed with Secilia being a surprisingly good guidance counselor in between her casual domming.
SSC MONARCH [G] TYPE
My take on the Monarch from
#LancerRPG
's upcoming reprint. It may be presumptuous but take my [G] Type variant as a sort of ver. Ka deal. You're free to interpret it as either the original frame or a distinct variant.
That's right folks, Lancer's going to be back in print AND you can get a version with cover art by yours truly. I don't think it's an exaggeration to say I've given everything I am as a mecha fan to this one, I hope you all dig it as much as I do.
Things are shit lately but it's almost christmas so fuck it. My
#LancerRPG
GMS Everest for their upcoming supplement Solstice Rain. I've always loved all manner of grunts in
#mecha
and don't know if
@kaitave_
and
@Lancer_RPG
realized just how much I relished this opportunity.
To this day, the Alva Set (2) is still my platonic ideal for fantasy knight. I personally find ER's armor sets to get a little too ostentatious whereas DS2's found that right mix of fantastical and grounded.
The Vestan's pulse blade was raised in the air, crackling with energy. Its full force moments away from crashing down upon Merrybell's Everest. Her synapses fired, milliseconds stretched into seconds, seconds into eternity.
“ASURA PROTOCOL IS ACTIVE. LET’S GET TO WORK PILOT.”
It was an honor to illustrate another cover for
@Lancer_RPG
. Had a lot of fun working on this. Please check it out! Enjoy a clean version of my cover art. I had to draw SO many little guys for this one.
OPERATION WINTER SCAR is now available! Written by Kai Tave
@kaitave_
, this is the long awaited follow up to Solstice Rain and continues the narrative started in that chapter. New variant frames, new NPCs, a whole new license, and an entire mission with included battle maps!
Me: I should do some quick warmup sketches for this
#LancerRPG
illustration.
Also me: The character will only be seen from behind so I should prioritize that.
Also me, two days later: But what if I drew the front anyway.
A nameless, soon to be faceless Lancer pilot.
Has it really been a year already? I'll always be thankful for bringing AC back, I never thought it'd actually happen. Maybe I should do a new piece to celebrate...
#ARMOREDCOREVI
#アーマードコア
Solstice Rain, a
#LancerRPG
supplement designed to introduce new players to the game is out today! I did some artwork for this that I'm quite proud of. Please check it out.
Operation Solstice Rain is now live and available! This is the first of our series of mission content for Lancer, intended as an introductory mission. Deploy to the planet Cressidium to salvage a diplomatic mission gone horribly wrong and grab it over at:
Appreciate all the enthusiasm on this one, truly. But I won't sugarcoat it. This is maybe 15% of the whole piece I'm working on for
@Lancer_RPG
. You don't even realize the full extent of what I'm cooking with this. You've only witnessed a fraction of my true power.
RESPITE
The final piece I did for
@Lancer_RPG
's Battlegroup expansion. Depicting the aftermath of the Cordonazo Monarch's tremendous sortie, its exhausted pilot tries to catch her breath as the tech crew rush to get her machine back into fighting shape.
#mecha
#LancerRPG
#LancerRPG
work specifically done for their supplement No Room for a Wallflower. Some of this work ended up not getting used in the final publication but I’m still proud of them all said and done.
#ArtistOnTwitter
#Mecha
QRT with your most popular piece.
It's the Rusty piece by a huge margin. Not surprising but compared to the other AC6 fanart I did, I wish I spent more time on this one. Think I might spend some time to polish it a bit more...
it was Calibarn! i remember drawing this right when she was first revealed in the hangar, going off a single dark screenshot. considering this dropped before the official lineart did, i think it came out pretty well!
I'm moving soon, which is the excuse I'm using for the recent radio silence (and definitely not the ER dlc). Apologies if you've been trying to reach out lately, promise to be more available once I've settled in. In the meantime, exciting things are on the way.👀
#LancerRPG
Continuing the Solstice Rain
#mecha
art done for
@Lancer_RPG
. Before it was identified, Union boots on the ground called the Vestan armored bruiser that led their formations the Bullfrog. A combo of its shield and leg mounted hover jets make it a nasty close range bully.
Independent lancer, call sign Cover Girl. Piloting SSC Monarch [G] Type registered "Watch Your Step". No name given. No known piloting record prior to mercenary career.
Me: I should do some quick warmup sketches for this
#LancerRPG
illustration.
Also me: The character will only be seen from behind so I should prioritize that.
Also me, two days later: But what if I drew the front anyway.
A nameless, soon to be faceless Lancer pilot.
A lesson I've been trying to teach myself is that while flats can help establish color/design hierarchy, they don't tell the full story of how a final composition will read and I should bring value into the equation earlier.
flats // render
Show some 2023 works you're proud of!
Apologies, one of them will be the one I literally posted 5 hours ago but let me have this! Despite being the least popular of my 3 AC fanarts, the G1 Michigan piece is the one I'm proudest of.
Show some 2023 works you're proud of!
What i love about drawing is the constant improvement on every art, and that I enjoy working on ALL of them.
I can only pick few and I'd say these pieces, 'coz they have been a turning points in my skill.
THE HURRICANE
Finished up the pieces I've been working on for
@Lancer_RPG
's next big project, Battlegroup! Shout outs to
@kaitave_
for letting me go all out with this one.
Keep an eye out, more to come.
#lancerrpg
#mecha
I've never felt confident doing characters so I tend to end up drawing them like how I do mecha, constructing them from inside out. Deeply envious of the artists who can just take a gesture drawing to completion.
"Frontline and reconnaissance units are to be on high alert for presence of new enemy craft, currently designated "Redeye". Despite its similarity to previously engaged combatants, DO NOT engage Redeyes without significant force concentration."
-Intercepted Vestan communication
Meet the new neighbors.
UNION PATTERN EVEREST [G][K] TYPE.
Deployed in limited numbers, these upgraded veteran units were pivotal in the Cressidium Conflict.
Special version of art I did for the upcoming
@Lancer_RPG
supplement, Operation Winter Scar by
@kaitave_
.
I also draw
#mecha
sometimes. As always, I feel like I get caught with my pants down and nothing new to show, but how about some real oldies I don't think anyone has seen in years.
Okay guys, one last Solstice Rain
@Lancer_RPG
#mecha
piece for the year. A Union patrol squad finds itself ambushed by a Vestan vanguard. Similar skirmishes are occurring throughout Nov Elysia as the Vestan fire their opening salvo upon the city.
Rogue Albatross Mackenzie "Mack" Titania Vermilion is the 21st pilot of Garland Vermilion, inherited frame of House Vermilion, called the Divine Engine Ancestor.
House Vermilion has dedicated itself to a generation spanning aim; the absolute destruction of the Karrakin Baronies.
DIVINE ENGINE ANCESTOR
Finally done with this one. Kind of a struggle, but hey I managed to get it done before the holidays. Quite tired at the moment so Lancer OC lore dump later.
Working on a sketch of Marigold, a
#LancerRPG
character I haven't drawn in a very long time. Probably on account of how much of a hassle it is to draw all those straps. Marigold is the pride of the SSC Test Team...much to their chagrin.
Seeing
@Orbitaldropkick
's excellent new
@Lancer_RPG
art reminds me I never shared the finished pieces I did for their upcoming No Room for a Wallflower expansion. Will be posting a lot of it throughout the day, so keep an eye out!
#mecha
#PortfolioDay
always seems to sneak up on me at auspicious times. I'm Peyton, a concept artist and illustrator who does a lot of sci-fi and mecha work across the board, from indie to AAA. If it clicks or whirs or has a bootup sequence, I know what I'm doing.
"What does the [K] in Everest [G][K] stand for?"
"Kunst I think? Signifies the skill of the pilot."
"Nah it's Kai, old world suffix for an upgraded craft."
"Heard from a guy who serviced one that it's Kit, each one's got a unique loadout ya see."
"[K]ustom?"
"..."
#LancerRPG
I did a lot of design work prior to starting the
@Lancer_RPG
pieces, so you guys get to enjoy this supplementary art. The first design I did for Wallflower was the Bicameral modified Genghis. No two militia frames are the same, but they all bear the movement's marigolds.
#mecha
Super excited to start reading the new release from
@Lancer_RPG
, No Room for a Wallflower, which I did some art for. Some of it didn't make it into Act 1 so I'm reposting now so y'all know what to look forward to!
#Mecha
Sometimes you work on a pic that reminds you that perfect is the enemy of good. Think I've fidgeted with this one on and off for years. Posting it to finally put it to rest and move on. A very old OC and her
#mecha
I still have a soft spot for.
Things are shit lately but it's almost christmas so fuck it. My
#LancerRPG
GMS Everest for their upcoming supplement Solstice Rain. I've always loved all manner of grunts in
#mecha
and don't know if
@kaitave_
and
@Lancer_RPG
realized just how much I relished this opportunity.
The Cressidium conflict has escalated beyond initial predictions. Union forces in the field insist a greater tier of combat platform will be required to win the day. Everest [G][K] Types have been approved for deployment.
#LancerRPG
Continuing from where I left off yesterday, here's some more art I did for
@Lancer_RPG
's upcoming Wallflower expansion. This time, a lone knight makes its stand against encroaching bombers.
#mecha
As we all know, compromises famously leave everyone happy. In all seriousness, I ended up loving the suggestions to mix the two together. Kept the spiky edge in front but added the puffier volume of the other ponytail. Thanks for all the input.
#LancerRPG
I have an irrational psychological apprehension to reposting old work but I'm trying to break that bad habit so here's an oldie I did a few years ago I'm still proud of to this day. Was on a real Ma.K kick back then.
#Mecha
#conceptart
#Commission
for
@KaiTave
's
#LancerRPG
setting, Field Guide to Suldan. Mech based competitions are popular on the planet. Here we have Team Suzerain doing some diagnostics after a shakedown run. Our pilot is feeling pretty good about her chances in the upcoming race.
#mecha
IPS-N's model couldn't make the shoot due to off-planet shuttle delay on Cressidium. Thankfully a wandering vagrant by the name of Mack happened to pass by. Requesting only some supplies and ammunition for her custom Nelson, she agreed to stand in as a replacement model.
I know I'm old now because I see this and ask myself didn't I post blue mechs like 3 months ago and it's actually been more than a year...
Post your blue art. It could be mechs but I aint the cops.
BOARDING ACTION
The second piece I did for
@Lancer_RPG
's Battlegroup expansion. KTB marines have breached their way into the hull of a HA flagship but have run into its on board security team. Things are about to get messy in these confined hallways.
#lancerrpg
Gosh golly, *two* shill posts from me in a single day? Blame
#NobodyArtistClub
, but I'll happily use the excuse. I'm Peyton, I like to draw
#mecha
, I like to get paid for it, and that about sums it up.
The Hunt. A
#mecha
I've drawn a number of times under different monikers. Might even call it something different next time. There's a weird amount of story and lore behind this one that I hope I get a chance to tell someday.
Gonna pin this tweet with all my links. Ya know, just in case. Will I post to all of these equally? God no, who has time for that? But you'll find my art there as well.
Marigold Sumeragi, another
#LancerRPG
character of mine that I got away with slipping into official art. Marigold is one of Smith Shimano's premier test pilots and has years of experience putting various untested and dangerous prototypes through their paces.
And finally, here's a look at one more piece I did for
@Lancer_RPG
. Might be my favorite one yet. It combines some of my favorite things about mecha anime; the Itano Circus and pink Gundam explosions.
#mecha
#art
#lancerRPG
It's my birthday, though at this age it just reminds me I'm truly in anime old man territory. Thankfully I get to work on some projects that remind me why I still do it. Still a ways off, but I can't wait to show this one to you guys when it's ready.
#LancerRPG
Colored that Val drawing from the other day. Gradually feeling better about doing art again. Thanks to everyone who's been patient with me. In fact this inspired me with a bigger idea I'd like to try tackling soon.
#LancerRPG
Turn 30 today. Odd feeling. Proud of how far I've come but always feel like I could be doing more.
Alternatively, enjoy some Lancer
#mecha
WIPs that explain the feeling.
29--------------------------------------->30
Didn't have time for march of the robots this year so you'll just have to trust me when I say between the stuff locked behind NDAs and client work, I've drawn somewhere in the realm of 28 robots in the last month.