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If you ask me how good Adobe Illustrator can be. I will tell you how awesome Adobe Illustrator CC was! Designing art and logo with Adobe Illustrator sure does bring back good memory during my high school days in the early 2000s. The apps itself back then doesn't have a lot of tools, but still fun to design the art out of your head. Did you know? Back in my high school day during senior year, my art I won the first place at the art gallery with $600 prize is the art I designed with Adobe Illustrator to created art.
Adobe Illustrator CC now today was so much better than the oldest retro version. Because it had 3D features you can create out of your logo and text!

Did you know? Most professional comic artists on DeviantART, including myself used Adobe Illustrator to create comic character design by using pen tool! 

Most of the time I have to reminded myself that it is not healthy to block a friend back just because they deleted and blocked us after 12 or 15 years of friendships, if they decided to cut us off from their life. Then, of course there is nothing we can change that. Most people we met online will come and go. We can't force them to stay with us forever.

Although I find the blocking friend just show us how immaturity some people can be. however, I understand where they are coming from when they have family issues at home or broke up relationship problem. It is very sad, indeed. Because nothing we do to can't change that. That's why I would advise the person to seek counseling or therapist for help if they have some mental break through with friendship relationship, and need someone to talk. It's suck to be lonely without having no one else. I get it. Even if that person decided deleting and blocked me after 5 or 6 years of friendship for not able to be there for them through hard time they are depressed after knowing I was too busy with commissions. I always take a lot of my times to be there for them when they need someone to talk to. I would let him/her go and won't bother them. It's their decision to end our friendship relationship. All I can do is wish them all the best and wanted them to be happy. There is no need to hold grudge or hatred toward them just because they removed us from their life. It's hurtful, but you have to remember it their decision, even if you or your best friend have an argument over small things or have no issue at all, but they just removed and blocked you out of the blue. Yes, it really mess up what they did.

Deleting and block friends can be very confusing and leave us scratching our head and wondering what we done, if they are upset something. You have to remember, sometime a friend might unblock and message you later if they feel lonely or miss you. If not, maybe they found someone else. You just have to move on and live your life. Then are plenty of new friends online we can always meet get to meet them. Not all are friendly, but most are friendly we can meet online.

Well, it's look like I will not going to have a vacation anytime soon until my work is finish with the new art for another book. Have a new commission coming up from another client to design fantasy art for his new book. I don't even know how long this artwork going to take, but the project sounds super exciting to me to be honest!

And yes, he wanted the artwork like The Lord of the Rings, Witcher 3 and Skyrim illustration style mixed feeling. It's feel like me working on the Lord of the Rings artwork with Peter Jackson for the movie on set! [Feeling Happy]

Would you rather pay the artist $100 upfront for a sketches, then pay another $250 for the final finish colors? If it was me, I would cancel the commission order after month if the artist does not following up with deadline. I have read a lot of horrible stories from client had bad experienced with the artist who stealing their money and gone off. I never ask my clients to pay me upfront just for a sketches, then later hold the complete art hostage for the client to pay another $400 for ransom. This is why clients never hire artist on DeviantART based on their Commission descriptions and Refund Policy.

This is why clients have good reason to come up with Artists Beware website to expose these thief and scammer with their bad reputations. So other clients would aware of these bad artists!

If you're looking to commission or hire an artist on DeviantART to create art for your book, game or music etc. But then the artist just disappeared from the face of the Earth with your money without show you the sketches after 3 weeks with  no respond, even if you keep email them and ask to see the sketches. If they did not show you any sign of the art process, but disappeared. Then of course, you have every rights to expose that person on Artist Beware websites, so other clients can avoid working with these people claimed to be artist. They are just scammer. Not artist!

I support clients on this against these thief who claimed to be artist and stealing money from many others.

The weather here in California will go above 100° later at 4PM, but eating orange fruit sure does keep me feeling cool!

I cannot believe I will be 40 in 2 months on the 4th. 😞

Even though the Wolf (Lewis) wasn't the only psychopath killer Sarah will ever come across and face with him later when he appearance in "The Final Last Stand: Fear No Evil" Vol.2 comic book series. There are some bizarre behavior about the Wolf in his past before the virus outbreak started. Of course, there are a lot of new different type of enemies out there, including weird kind of zombie (infected) bosses not only she will encounter, but some of her group who later meet her at the abandoned motel.

Looking forward to design the zombies boss full body character concept artwork, including the crazies, cannibal, and psychotic (mentally insane) humans enemy that including the "Wolf". You don't want to know what does the Wolf did to his victims. It also happened to some of the group Sarah and Johnny (the homeless) are with have gone missing. Hopefully Sarah's youngest brother and his best friend Ashley wasn't end up dead in the hands of the Wolf!

New character adding to "The Final Last Stand" zombie post-apocalyptic comic series. He was Sarah new worst enemy she encounter with during her trip to the abandoned food supermarket with a dog when he try to knock her out with the hammer.

"The Wolf" who's real named was Lewis Davis, and he will often track down and hunt his victims, stragglers. Wolf was once a follower of religious-cult before he was expelled from the group for disobeying the cult-leader command.

Wolf is a skill hunter and a loner lurking in the woods, but some survivor said he traveling with the pack of wolves. However, there is no proof of evident supported their claimed about the Wolf.

New character concept art, "The Wolf".

Yes. Sarah was his enemy he tried to kill, but failed. Thanks to (a German Shepherd) dog who saved Sarah (the main female protagonist) life.

The real face concept idea for Sarah character for the final full body character model design concept art in "The Final Last Stand" zombie post apocalyptic comic book series and game artbook.

Sarah concept idea for the final character design. Keep in mind, her hairstyle may be change a bit in the final project of game character design.

Don't worry, she's not alone. She has a friend, a German Shepherd with her on the journey in San Diego.

Scanning the San Diego area on Google Earth images for working on environment/landscape to creates some scenery concept art in the "The Final Last Stand" game art book and the comic series. Of course, the natures has been taking over the whole United States since the deadly outbreak started when the virus spreading quickly in March 2024. Not just the U.S., but the whole. World.

The Dark Quarantine area used to run by the C.D.C., the Military and the U.S. National Guards are the most terrifying place. It very dark. And no survivors ever try to enter the quarantine area inside the abandoned hospital. Who knows if there any vaccine left in there. Everyone are struggling to find the vaccine, and they will keep fighting to survive...

Even some stragglers are willing to take the risk for the vaccine inside the abandoned hospital, if they knew the building are fill with the walking dead.

These are two images portrait I used A.I. Artbreeder to created for the early development how I envisioned my male character Jason Drake (who used to be the former Night City Police Detective), would be like in the final character for game.

This is just an early development I'm looking forward to create a game final full body of Jason Drake character concept art with him wearing detective in civilian outfit and N.C. Police uniform.

The first portrait was Jason before he was sentenced to 20 years in California Federal Prison he was set up by the corrupted cop, his partner he worked in the Night City Police Department beginning in 2057.

The second image was Jason when he turned 50 before he was released from California Federal Prison, then searching for the criminal who responsible for his wife death.

The images I will used for my personal project with two different story of the characters concept art designs idea for the final project only in game and comic and work close with developer and game director on future project.

Even though the commission price at DeviantART whatever the client wanted to buy it for their project on book, game, film or music track. But too expensive and the client couldn't made full payment depend on their budget -- of course, a client or buyer can make a weekly or monthly payment depend on how much the clients would like to make monthly payment before the full complete colors version artwork was deliver. However, the client will be able to keep the copy of line-art before the payment was complete for the final artwork was deliver.

If the client decide he or she want to stop the payment and wanted to hire another artist to color it because the price was cheaper. Of course, that's fine with me, as long as the artist know what they're doing and if they are able to make the colors right on the line art and satisfy the client with the colors.

Painting and creating art is the only way I cope with loneliness and depression. My mind is so full of imagination of another world that I wanted to paint and live in the world far away from society. It doesn't mean I'm anti-social. I just feel trap. Lonely and isolation, but to create art help me cope from feeling lonely is focusing on my work and being creative through my artwork.

The one things I hate the most is dealing with loneliness and the art I creates for nothing, then have to destroy it and re-create it.

The temperature today hit 97° which is still hot here in California, but... I'm having my ice cold strawberry-yogurt with banana for lunch break from creating artwork. I'm loving it. ☺

And no, I don't feel hot during this summer and last year when I had a great time watching movie with a Facebook friend at his house with his wife and his kids while their Facebook buddies were invited over for a movie night. The funny things is we have a movie night on May 2021 last year, and I already feel cold! I guess it just me for being skinny. But they feel hot. Damn. I really need to gain some bit of weight to be honest.

In the sci-fi Cyber-Stellar comic artworld of Danny Kojima -- Take a journey back to the 1956, the early research of the artificial intelligence until 2059 after Cyber-Stellar Intelligence completed the robotic factory to create a heavy machinery which could help constructor workers to rebuilt the future infrastructure. Yes, cell phone technology has been outdated in 2040 and replaced to hologram and some virtual reality within the future of social medias. Half of the nations; especially the rich one around the world are now owned A.I. android models to work as a cleaner, a maid to clean their home, take their children to school as guardian when they gone to work.

Have they invented the flying car yet? Well, it is 2142 and flying cars has already been created while back in the early 2117. Remember while back in 2022 when the scientists are trying to figure out how to create a flying car? Remember when Leonardo Da Vinci tried to built a flying machine in the year of 1400s? People from many centuries has tried but failed so. Since we, as the future in this year of early 2140 are finally now owned a flying car. Not only everyone can drive, but it can actually fly and drive itself! There are different type of A.I. machines are now in our civilization world are the Androids and Heavy Arm Robotics, now been served in the police forced, Space Marine and the military back on Earth.

Of course, Vanessa was the first female A.I. Android created by the Cyber-Stellar Technology for Space owned by the young American billionaire CEO Mike Lisiezicz.

The CEO called her the "Queen of A.I. Technology" and the mother of all A.I., because she was the future and help humans built the future of Civilization of the Galaxy in space. Most people thinks she was controlled by Mike's team of science which is not true. She was a self-aware android and the Goddess of CyberWorld since the 2050 when group of hackers tried to steal the documentation from the Cyber-Stellar's computer, but failed. She was created for the U.S. Government and the U.S. Military used for defense against future cyber-attacks until today in the year 2142. Do you really think we are really safe when having this robotic and androids around patrolling the cities across the states and around world? No. We aren't. But I don't trust Mike and his so-called Goddess of Cyberworld, Vanessa either.

Vannessa (the A.I.) portrait painting by Danny Kojima

Music Inspired by: David Helpling "Waves Dream of Breaking"
Title: Civilization 2140
Artist: Danny Kojima
Programs: Adobe Photoshop CC 2021
Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 13HD
Art Genre: Sci-fi, Comic
Art Style: Digital Painting and Illustration.

Alien Planet: Soropa
Age: 5.406 Billion Years

Done a sci-fi art of an alien planet Soropa for my comic. This planet is one of the oldest planet and the 4th farthest planet from the Whirlpool Galaxy far, far away from our home Earth.

Soropa has 3 moons orbiting faster than the Earth moon, which was discovered by CyberStellar telescope on October 2, 2065. This giant planet is the coldest planet than other planets in the Whirlpool Galaxy, and it has little supported of life but oxygen can be fatal which is why C.S.I.A. required rebreather mask when existed the spaceship to explore the coldest ice giant planet.

Sci-fi Space art inspired by David Helpling's music, "Free Dive".
Title: Lonely Alien Planet
Artist: Danny Kojima
Programs: Adobe Photoshop CC 2020
Tablet: Wacom Cintiq 13HD
Art Genre: Sci-fi, Comic, Space Art
Art Style: Digital Painting and Illustration.

One of my personal early female game character art I've created 3 years ago to following up for my comic, who was supposedly was a main female protagonist character Sarah who live during the post-apocalyptic zombie world. Not to mentioned she was also a mechanic fixing motorcycle.

She was an early character concept art I created for my comic which supposedly I wanted to create for a 3rd-person in an open world game style like "State of Decay" and "Dead Rising" graphics with Day Gone style gameplay.

After all those years, my art come a long way to improved after spend years to studying the human anatomy and figure drawing. I finally draw without using any photo reference for my characters design using 3D model characters I created for my art. Anyway, this is the early stage of Sarah character I created to following up with the final version of the character which supposed to look realistic more like "The Last Of Us Part 2" style art I aim to created my personal game characters in few week for my DeviantArt Gallery, Behance and ArtStation which is I owned all the intellectual property for my future sci-fi games and comic.

I'm not looking for a job in the video game or film industry. I'm looking to create art for the company as independent freelance, and don't have to worry about getting screw by the game company.

The artist biggest problem is being under contracted by the company when they couldn't get out. Yes, if you're contracted to create art for the company such Microsoft, Ubisoft, EA Games and so on. You're stuck with it until you're done or get fired. This is why I'm glad I never accept any contract. Or work under any company's sh**y policy.

No artist wanted to sign the contract. Of course, we artist are now finally have our own contract and the DMCA take down on DeviantArt against art thief who try to steal our art. I don't care if you're a writer, a video editor, an animator, a creative director, a film director, a game director or developer, a musician and a TV producer. I will take DMCA until my art was off from your products, book, YouTube channel, etc.

I only accepted commission on DeviantArt and Behance. If ask to sign contract, of course, I'm out. I can't sign contract and work under your company's policy when there is a discrimination and going on in the workplace. This is why I preferred to work as an independent freelance concept artist to start my own on Patreon, and not to be control by greedy company.

Currently busy working on some logo tutorial video with Adobe Illustrator CC and planning to upload it on YouTube (unlist as private) for a fellow freelancer, and a friend @vickieito. Well Vickie, you don't have to thanks me for a free design tutorial. I hope one day you can use this skills for your gig if you ever decide to use Adobe Illustrator CC as your next design challenge on Fiverr.

Getting an Adobe Illustrator CC 2022 apps through Adobe Creative Cloud is just only $19.99 (USD), but I'm not sure about the Japanese yen. Since I have never been to Japan. $19.99 seem quite fair price for me. Although I paid $29.99 for the whole Adobe apps from $19.99 when my college ended while back in 2018, so they charged me $29.99 a months which is not bad in my opinion.

With the $29.99 Adobe Creative Cloud plan, you will get:

1. Adobe Photoshop CC - Great for matte painting, environment concept art design and character concept art, portrait painting, photo editing and some logo (which is not so grate for logo). But Adobe Illustrator CC is the winner for logo design!
2. Adobe Illustrator CC - This app give you the power to create high quality and clean logo (with beautiful colors) for company, brand design, brochure design, architect design, PlayStation/Xbox game console or controller concept design with blueprint, retro poster art, auto design, vehicle design blueprint, clothing design and more other design.
3. Adobe Dreamweaver CC - CSS and HTML coding for web design.
4. Adobe Indesign CC - Copywriting, writing content, design HTML for web, magazine design with creating writing for PDF.
5. Adobe Acrobat - Working with all your creative contents into PDF.
6. Adobe Media Encoder 2022 - Rendering multiple videos from Adobe Premiere Pro.
7. Adobe Premiere Pro - VFX, video editing and animation for short film ready use for your viewers on YouTube.
8. Adobe After Effects CC - VFX, animation and some video edition for your web.
9. Adobe XD - Design, prototype and share user experience (such as design app website for Google and Apple store for iPhone/Android).
10. Adobe Lightroom - The cloud-base photo service mean that you can download and use all stock image for photo editing and retouching. (Not a big fan of photo retouching anyway).
11. Adobe Premiere Rush - Create and share your video on Instagram.
12. Adobe Fresco - New power with digital oil painting recently released for Windows, Mac and iPad.
13. Adobe Animate - A new age for users to create your own cartoon show on YouTube for kids or adult. Like South Park and The Simpsons for example. You can now actually use a webcam for motion facial track for your cartoon character!
14. Adobe Audition - Great for audio editing and music editing.
15. Adobe InCopy - Collaborate with copywriters and editors (for magazine and article).
16. Adobe Character Animator - Animate in real time to create your own cartoon shows on YouTube or create games animation.

If you're going for graphic design such as creating food menu design for restaurant or brochure design. Adobe Illustrator CC is a great program for every designers to create not only art/poste art, but also architecture blueprint, gaming controller blueprint, iPad/iPhone design brand, clothing design, or anything that you can put all your creative in this amazing Adobe Illustrator CC. To be honest, Adobe Illustrator CC is the best program for logo design than Adobe Photoshop CC in my opinion, if you're looking to create character design for games, or environment digital painting photo editing, then Adobe Photoshop is for you. However, I used both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator CC for designing anything.

Anyway, I'm only doing this to help out a fellow freelancer. Maybe one day they can do the same to other, mentoring or teaching art, etc.

Here is a Xbox game controller concept I designed with Adobe Illustrator CC 2 months ago. Cool right?

The most coolest things is that when I put on a Oculus Quest 2 (VR) and viewing my art and logo in a virtual cinema screen, my artwork look super HUGE, sharp and clean with beautiful colors! I mean, wow... I'm impressive by the VR experience to see what does my own art looks like on the wall and film screen in the theater.