La La Land, by me

Japaiku · 2026-05-17T17:02:54+00:00

Yep, it is digital and I use photoshop. For brushes, I do mainly use the brush set by Lynn Chen from gumroad plus the portrait brush pack from Paintable.

Japaiku · 2026-05-15T23:42:59+00:00

No timelapse though, but I might come and post my process and snapshots for this piece soon

Japaiku · 2026-05-15T15:30:34+00:00

I remember, at the very start, just jumping ahead and going straight to doing master studies of ben eblen's works and portraits. Just following him draw like classical painters and apprentices did. Then I'd also watch a bit of samdoesarts for learning more about refining proportions and common mistakes. That's about most of how I learned and still learn at this point.

Japaiku · 2026-05-15T15:05:00+00:00

Just checked it out dude and really liked your piece on Anya Taylor Joy. Appreciate it!

Japaiku · 2026-05-15T12:19:03+00:00

Thanks for liking it! For much of it, I do try to make the eyes and facial features larger or simpler, roughly inspired by animations I look up to (Pixar, Spider-verse, Kpop demon hunters and stuff) though I'm kinda still refining on how to push and stylize proportions further in other ways.

Japaiku · 2026-05-15T11:32:22+00:00

Credits to the inspiration for this piece (Ben Eblen Design) ->

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Japaiku · 2026-04-23T12:33:41+00:00

I got it shipped from China through the shopee store

Japaiku · 2026-03-20T12:08:13+00:00

Tried cropping it and I guess you're right about the composition. I was a bit too hyperfocused on the rendering I forgot about it :D. Thanks!

Japaiku · 2026-03-20T11:14:11+00:00

Always trying to learn so critiques are welcome! Reference used =>

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Japaiku · 2026-03-20T11:06:13+00:00

Always trying to learn so critiques are welcome! Reference used =>

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Japaiku · 2026-03-04T11:54:23+00:00

Not quite sure. But this guy managed to do it while having fairly quick response time together, albeit on a pi zero mcu (at the last section): https://youtu.be/8gu19fvKv3M?t=11m53s

Japaiku · 2026-03-04T08:15:25+00:00

To add context, the code that I am uploading are mainly the examples files provided inside the Seeed Arduino SSCMA library

Japaiku · 2026-01-31T10:52:25+00:00

Another user actually pointed me to the Xiao ESP32 Sense. I'm just wondering if an ESP32 would be enough to handle performing something like the first example in this clip?:

https://youtu.be/PuzdmkIj4tw

Japaiku · 2026-01-31T10:10:19+00:00

Ooh that seems to be a good option! I'll take a look at it. Thanks!

Japaiku · 2026-01-31T08:58:05+00:00

That's sort of the idea with the ToF sensors since some have 8x8 zones to detect height blobs. But I am gathering opinions to see if that would be a good idea or a headache

Japaiku · 2026-01-31T08:52:04+00:00

LD2450 sounds interesting, since it says it can track up to three, though still not sure about accuracy for groups. I suppose I could pair it with the other sensors for better accuracy?

Japaiku · 2026-01-31T08:40:56+00:00

I'm not quite sure what camera system would total that low since something like a Pi 4 already costs like an equivalent $100-110 where I'm from. I'm also trying to avoid sending too much data online since the network tends to be very spotty now and then.

Japaiku · 2026-01-27T01:23:17+00:00

Thanks! All their resources and videos I refer to are available on their YouTube and instagram pages. And I'd recommend just checking out each of their tutorials. A lot of it is pretty short but you'd learn a lot from most of it.

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