Gallery - Richard K Niner

Smile!

2011-12-27T17:06:20-05:00

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RK holds up his camera to snap some pics.

Felt like pulling my painting supplies out this time, and making a new conbadge — the challenge was trying to work with a much smaller area (I'm still a bit shaky with a brush, but it's gotten better I think).

non-lo-so's Robin Hood commission for Flow

2011-11-08T20:59:50-05:00

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Two months ago, a local feline fur/fursuiter/builder by the name of Flow asked if she could borrow RK for a commission she was getting. The theme (and goal) were to match the title card for a 2006 British TV version of Robin Hood.

Not one to squander opportunities to get art of my fursona, I took her up on the offer. Just today, I saw the work was finished; it is available from the artist on furaffnity.net. I think I can say that the work is awesome. © 2011 non-lo-so and/or 3245kat (i.e. Flow)

A Rainy Day Badge

2011-10-26T20:10:05-05:00

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It's been raining a lot lately, and I'm not a fan of that. Especially since the temperature has dropped too.

I decided to put that annoyed, wet expression on a badge for this weekend's furmeet.

Niner's New Bike

2011-07-22T21:02:48-05:00

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Niner gets ready to ride his new bike, a road-based hybrid.

Done entirely digitally, I decided to use my own body to help get the pose right, tracing the result (of course, changing from human to canine in the process). That's a large contributor to why RK looks different; the flat shading seems to fit the image rather well.

2011 Reference Sheet

2011-03-27T13:26:23-05:00

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Since it's been a few years, and I've had a chance to improve my drawing style, I figured it would be good to create an updated ref sheet. I decided to render RK nude from three angles since I'm also looking into commissioning a fursuit (possibly).

It took a few evenings to finish this after creating the original sketches over the weekend. I had initially drawn the tail in for the rear view, but after consideration removed it so you could see the rear markings properly.

Changes since the 2008 sheets:

Changed how my inking practices to all-digital and reduced the lines for fur texturing
Smoothed and defined markings
Reduced fluffyness in various areas so others would be more noticeable
Made tuft fluffier
Redid the sideburns to accentuate cheeks and ears
Lowered the tail to better reflect accurate anatomy
Put more effort into a consistent look between poses
Layout improvements to reduce by one page, while including more information

W00f!

2011-03-06T14:36:28-05:00

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RK jumps for joy as I finish another picture. Just felt like making him toonishly, heel-clickingly happy for a change. Also wanted to reduce the complexity in drawing his fur to see how it would look.

Conbadge by Arrowroot

2011-03-05T10:30:04-05:00

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A conbadge I commissioned from Arrowroot for Furnal Equinox, which starts next week.

When Canines Join Picket Lines

2011-02-23T22:37:07-05:00

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RK goes on strike, demanding tummyrubs as compensation for doggy things. Despite his low demands on the wage front, he looks kinda cute waiting for one of those bellyscritches.

I was originally going to try inking this in InkScape (i.e. using vectors), but gave up when I realized I'd have better control of the final image in my usual program. The picket sign was still done over there (and I have more of them!), and was fun to mess around with.

Hidey hole

2011-02-06T15:29:33-05:00

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After climbing through a portable hole, RK peels it off the wall to hide away.

This is a badge concept for FE 2011; as the theme is "wild magic", my 'sona is a toon, and toon physics is a type of magic… I figured this would be an appropriate way to fit into that theme.

Not shown is the hole for the string, as it would appear on this image as a white slot in a distracting position; the string hole is to be placed in the black of the portable hole, thus hiding it against my (usually black) shirt.

All that's left to do is print it out, cut it to shape, laminate it, and get the string…

Self Portrait

2011-01-24T18:54:27-05:00

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Over the holiday season, I managed to procure a painting kit as a gift. I decided to open it up this weekend and give the stuff a try.

My first painting didn't come out so great (it's linked from my Twitter feed if you want to find it), but after trying again with a new drawing, I feel a bit better. It's not perfect, and looks sloppier than my digital works, but this one's a decent starting point.

Acrylic on paper, which started to curl once the paint began to dry near the corners. Since the last time I worked in this medium was grade school, it took a bit to get used to, and I still need to work around some problems.

Play?

2010-12-29T11:41:55-05:00

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A yellow toller pup wants to play; he's even offering a choice of game. You can play tug, squeakyball fetch, frisbee, or bone fetch.

After lounging around for a few days, dealing with the remnants of a cold and a chronic case of artist's block, I finally got around to making something.

Relaxed

2010-11-28T00:43:57-05:00

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RK relaxes in front of an abstract background. Made some tweaks to my style, and shrank the sideburn so I could use the cheeks to enhance the facial expression.

Planning to use this pic as the background to my main website

Doggy on a CLRV

2010-11-07T18:01:32-05:00

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RK rides a CLRV (a streetcar/tram used by the TTC) the way only dogs would be tempted to try. In the background and reflecting off the window, Toronto's blurred-out skyline passes by.

And yes, I've actually tried riding like this — the TTC's streetcars are the only vehicles in their system that let you do it, by having a window you can open at head height (when seated).

Puppy's Serve

2010-10-10T16:42:19-05:00

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A toller pup decides he'd rather try to play tennis instead of fetch with that fuzzy rubber ball. I'm not sure how well he'll play on the full-sized court he's trying to use.

Any guesses how well the puppy will do playing with catgut?

Down, But Not Out

2010-03-14T19:32:43-05:00

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RK, dressed as a pirate, is down on the deck of a ship, slowly getting up. Looks like he's ready to strike back at his attacker.

Inked digitially, so I coult spend some time working on the wood floor — it's easier to do straight lines in the GIMP than on paper.

Headshot conbadge for Furnal Equinox

2010-02-28T14:18:52-05:00

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Decided to make a new conbadge to wear to Furnal Equinox next weekend. Simple and much easier to read than my other ones, I think.

On the Hunt

2010-02-07T15:50:12-05:00

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An angered Niner goes out to seek revenge. He's carrying his PRG.

Not my best work (not even close), but was just trying to get this out of the way so I can work on something else. Hope it'll come out better.

OCP K9 Unit (coloured)

2010-01-04T20:06:32-05:00

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Finished version of this pic.

OCP K9 Unit

2010-01-03T23:23:27-05:00

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A sketch of RK as a RoboCop K-9 unit.

The 300m Bus Dash

2009-11-08T21:42:04-05:00

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Niner, realizing how late he is, and not wanting to wait for the next bus, breaks into a run to try and catch it. Of course, if traffic were a bit heavier, he might have a chance.

The title comes from the fact that most bus stops around here are about 300m apart (1000 feet if you prefer US measurements, and yes that's approximate). It's particularly appropriate since bus drivers often don't stop twice to pick people up around here; RK would have to beat the moving vehicle in the dash to the next stop flag.

Down, boy!

2009-10-11T15:57:21-05:00

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RK sees something tasty. He's wagging his tail and drooling, after all.

Some head measurements

2009-07-12T16:15:37-05:00

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Just making some measurements to get a better idea of how a fursuit head would fit, as part of my plans to commission a partial. My full reference (not including this image) can be found here.

Got my degree!

2009-06-03T21:23:30-05:00

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A badge of Niner collecting his degree at the June convocation for his university (Waterloo, for those who don't recognize the crest behind him or the regalia).

Okay, that doesn't happen until the 12th, the day before my B-day, but since I have a furmeet this weekend, I felt it was time for a new badge. The part where I did the calligraphy was fun, and I thought it would look different with circles for paws (wristless, at that). Hood colours were matched to my grad photo, and no we don't use mortarboards.

Me and my fursona

2009-05-18T16:42:37-05:00

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Decided to try something different, and make an animation. I noticed that my human av (for MSN with mundanes) was noticeably out of date against my art style, and was thinking to do something interesting with it. In any event, I made an attempt (rather successful, I think) to make a human and furry version with the same pose and scaling, that could line up — kinda hard when you have to draw both pics side by side.

The remaining five images were drawn up after I scanned everything in, because I felt a smooth transition would look neat. You can view the finished animation here: APNG (requires Firefox 3.x or Opera 9.5+) or GIF.

Warm fur

2009-02-09T19:24:40-05:00

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Niner shows off one of the properties of his winter coat (of fur); he's warm enough this winter without requiring extra layers.

Interestingly, I don't need any extra layers either, and was overheating whenever I wore anything other than a single shirt and jacket (this is in Canada, you know). Conbadge for a furmeet in a couple of weeks.