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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 Yes, cell phone technology has been outdated in 2040 and replaced to hologram and some virtual reality within the future of social medias.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.

The reactions on these Dwarf faces and some of the Nomadic men when they looking at me when I entered the Inn, and rent one room for 10P (Pounds in Fantasy's Currency) of golds. As a 5'2 feet tall, skinny athletic guy,  I can see one of a Dwarf with orange beard whispering in to his buddy's ear (but not sure what he was saying). Well, I guess they never seen someone from another world wearing the modern days clothes coming from different places or from another planet, the world or so. I don't care what they were thinking of me.

Then Inn. Keeper approaching me and asked, "How can I help you, young lad?" (Speaking in ancient Nomadic language).

Then he continues, "I have never seen you before. Hope you don't mind I ask, where are you from?" (Speaking in Nomadic language) as his right hand reach out and picking up 10P of Golds from my hands as I sat on a stool at the bar table. You know, these currency from the Fantasy's world is just so different from our real world. I get used to the U.S. dollars, compare to the U.K. pounds and Australian dollars. Anyway, when I look at his hands as he counting the golds by picking up only 10P of golds which I guess was for the cost of the room I planning to stay for the night.

This old beard Inn. Keeper then looks at me in his strange reaction, probably thinking I was from another planet or just got back from killing a dragon, etc. I guess what they called him. Some of these ancient Nomadic language quite different to the modern English language, but the dialect, which is heavily Scottish accent or so, but I couldn't quite almost understand what he was saying. I can only remember my best friend who is an Irish and Scottish, who also spoke sticky Scottish accent. So I think I could understand little what this fellow old beard was saying. At least, he was politely, unlike these Dwarves jerk and the Nomadic men sitting at the tables drinking with their buddies behind me.

(Deep breath). The smell of the Inn. You can imagine fresh smell was nice. I can tell this Old Beard love to keep his Inn clean.

To be honest, by looking at these Dwarves, they are actually 4'10 feet tall which compare to my height as 5'2. But hell, this Dwarf looks huge and strong. Not sure how much he weight, by the looks of his physical appearance as he carry a huge war axe on his back when he walk out with his buddy. I can't blame these Dwarves of been arrogant and ignorant toward the new visitor like myself magically pop-up into their world.

Well, it's night time by I can't tell what time it is in their world. I'm now lock myself in a room I rent, and working on the drawing of some of these Dwarves I met today at the Inn. Especially the mean Dwarf with orange beard with a huge war axe. I will post the portrait drawing of him on here when I'm done.

Oh, and by the way. You know what? I actually had my iPhone with me. These Dwarves and the Nomadic warriors seem impressive when I show them my iPhone, because they have never see an iPhone technology before. I scroll through my art of the baby dragon painting, but one Nomadic man storm off the Inn with fear, and his buddy said he had a PTSD, that's why he left after saw my dragon artwork. Yes, he actually witness the adult dragon once burned his village when he was little. (Sigh) My condolences to his family.

Anyway, here is the artwork of book cover I was supposed to commission for an author who is um.... a hobbit. You know, the little guy with 3'6 feet? He paid me 200P Golds with this artwork for his book after his journey with his Wizard buddy. I did show him the artwork, and he told me this dragon is just... like the one he saw and it almost kill him by staring into the dragon's eyes when he first time encountered the dragon. And he said it was HUGE. I can imagine how terrifying is that if I was there with him.

But this dragon is just a baby, exactly was this author Hobbit wanted for his book! I'm happy that he satisfied with the artwork.

I'm surprise someone got the balls to offering 3 revisions on Basic for $70 and 4 revision on Premium. But this guy at least could handle his clients well and satisfied them with his works!

While browsing through Fiverr's online market; searching to order the better animation logo video for my sci-fi comic. I have seen some of the worst one. I get it, price from $10 - $35 is fair, although the animation video is amateur, I mean. Bad. But hey, it's ok. It's Fiverr business, right?

Although I always try searching for a top seller with level 2 who had the most rating on Fiverr, to create an animation logo and creative writing for my comic I can only hope what I might looking for the right seller to do the job.

I understand they did their best work. I don't mean to offend those logo animation creators.

What's new in Photoshop CC 2022 this year?

• Object Selection Tool Update.
• Mask All Objects at once.
• Full XDR Support.
• Photoshop & Illustrator enhanced compatibility.
• Landscape Mixer, Color Transfer & Harmonization.
• Depth Blur Neural Filter with A.I. assistant
• 3D features have been removed from Adobe Photoshop.

I love everything about Adobe Photoshop CC 2022, because I enjoy creating environment / scenery art, designing a character concept art, and creating my own customization brushes for drawing and painting with all different textures used in all of my latest works. My personal favorite tools in Adobe Photoshop is that I used Quick Mask shortcut a lot for coloring blending and clean colors painting and to creating realistic art as possible.

Matte painting has become one top number 1 that most professional artist today used in the game and film studios, since we used matte painting to manipulate the real world into sci-fi and fantasy world with our creativity and visions to helps the director and game developers bring them into the screening.

The things I don't like about Adobe is that, I have to pay $29.99 a month via Adobe Creative Cloud to access all of Adobe apps such Adobe Illustrator CC 2022, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro and all other Adobe apps, excepted Adobe 3D Substance is not free! But to own the Adobe 3D Substance apps, just sign up Steam account and buy it on there, then I wouldn't have to pay monthly fees because bought the whole 3D Substance package mean I own it! This is why I'm glad Adobe decided put their 3D Substance products on there for $149.99.

I hate that I have to force close Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 if I wanted to updates the latest updates with bug fixed and new features after complete download the Adobe updates every 2 weeks or so.

But, why Adobe didn't do the same things with Photoshop and Illustrator CC on Steam like they did with Adobe 3D Substance? Oh well...

I don't use reference image for this concept character design portrait. I just got bored and draw this out of my mind of a lawman in the old western world.

The Wild West fictional character portrait concept artwork portrait painting of a U.S. Pinkerton Detective agency in 1890.

Agent Williams

A legendary gunslinger; most powerful U.S. Federal Agent Andrew Williams also known served with the Arizona Governor James Morris in 1871 until he retired.

In Andrew's early life serving as a Pinkerton detective, federal agent in a small town of Armadillo part of Texas before he arrived to Arizona, earned the honor to become head of Pinkerton when Andrew Williams captured two most dangerous bandits who kidnapped the daughter of a governor James Morris' for ransom.

He is the federal agent believe in Laws & Orders, and will hunt down the gang of outlaws across America's Wild West and Mexico. Agent Williams will not stop until outlaws are dead or capture alive. However, his son Phillip Williams was appointed as the director of Federal Agency in October 1911 few years later after his retirement as a federal agent.

Nicknames: Federal Agent Williams
Full names: Andrew Williams
Nationality: American
Born: April 15, 1843
Hometown: Richmond, Virginia
Affiliations: American Government
Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Bureau of Investigation
Golden Town Bridge Police Department
American Army
United States Marshals
Occupation: Pinkerton National Detective Agency
U.S. Federal Agent
Family: Patricia Williams (Wife), Phillip Williams (son age 16), Mary Williams (daughter age 10).
Favorite Weapon: Revolver and Winchester Repeater

Old female game character concept artwork I did back in 2013 for my personal project I was working on the comic. Comparing this artwork to the art today, I have come a long way to improved my character concept design over the past years!

Art of Danny Kojima will be adding new art to Marvelous Art™ Newswire Facebook group on 4th of July's Summer Sales at Danny Kojima's Deviant Art store.

Updates: Danny Kojima's SciFi "Night City 2070" PDF digital art book which will not reveal all details of how the characters N.C. 2070 character concept art and illustration done in Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 and Adobe Illustrator CC 2022. However, it will show how the colors and realistic texture done with Photoshop custom brushes to create a 2D characters process. The characters concept art will be share at Adobe's Behance and my ArtStation portfolio for future game and film character design. Keep in mind, this is not an art book teaching beginner artist how to draw game or movie character! This is just a peek inside artist's Masterwork with Adobe Photoshop.

Night City 2070™ Comic & Game characters and environment concept artbook release date has not being set yet, but will post the following updates at Marvelous Art™ Newswire Facebook (private) group. The PDF digital-artbook will be available for sales at Deviant Art store only with high quality artwork display.
Price: $69.99 (at my Deviant Art Store only).
Each characters art print: $29.99 at Deviant Art store. The delivery of a print is available to your home in the U.S. and Canada. However, I'm not certain if Deviant Art have an option for international delivery of an art print package available to any buyer from Europe and Japan due to the pandemic.

What new on 4th of July's Summer 2022 sales at Deviant Art store?
1. Spicy-PinUp: Beach Girls
Note: Some of the city from Grand Theft Auto series may be appears in some of the pinup artwork like such "easter egg" in video game world.
So some collector and buyer may be lucky to be able to spot some place featuring Rockstar Games "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City" Malibu Club and Ocean View in the background.
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art.

2. Hot Disney Princess - Not for sale, but any Deviant Art users can add to their favorite Collection. However, 4K image is not available for download.
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art.

3. Sexy Disney Male Characters. - Not for sale as well as Disney Princess Art, but Deviant Art users may add the artwork to their favorite Collection. Of course, the 4K image is not available for download.
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art.

4. Spicy-PinUp: Gothics is will be available for Halloween's Special Sales 2022 at Deviant Art Store.
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art.

5. National Pride Month: LGBT-Q Art will be adding to Marvelous Art™ for new release on June 2023 at Deviant Art contest.
However, N.P.M.: LGBT-Q Art is a 2D realistic art such as fashion models portrait style photoshoot, but a digital-painting with no reference image use for the characters. These LGBT-Q characters art is a new style 2070 pop-art mixed with the 80's colorful neon with future fashion clothing design in the future. Some of the these gay characters are also based on my Night City 2070 comic.
Art Style: 2D Realistic Pop Art.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art.

6. All new Mythical Mermaids Art including Disney's Little Mermaid (Ariel) artwork available for collection on Deviant Art.
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art. 

7. Sexy "Goddesses of Mythology: Roman and Greek" Art
Art Style: 2D realistic comic.
Available on: ArtStation, Behance and Deviant Art. 

The buyers can choose between Spicy PinUp: Gothics and Beach Girls art complete colors with full background environment colors digital per-download price: $2.99.
Buyers can buy and download how many different artwork they want!

Painting of a mythical ocean creature mermaid with the body of her energy flashing light in neon colors, this is why the deepest ocean is very dark in hundred of thousand feet bottom of the ocean.

Rare Mythical Mermaid art by Danny Kojima
Art inspired by the legendary musician Vangelis, "Fields of Coral".

October 20, 2070 - "A Journey in the Whirlpool Galaxy"
Cyber-Stellar Space Station crew member made another discovery of this lonely planet, they called it the Red Planet 2, because it look like Mars -- one of the hottest planet in the Whirlpool Galaxy. This planet is not only just a desert planet, but also had clouds as much as other planet like Earth and Venus, the strongest storm ever recorded in the Cyber-Stellar Space Station and I.S.S.

Back home on Earth on December 4, 2062, the Cyber-Stellar Space Station was created by the American, Japanese, Canadian and German astronomers, including United Kingdom who spent hundred of billions of dollars to built the space and sent the crew into space to explore the universe along with an assistant of female A.I. Android named Vanessa. She control everything across the network, and cyberspace, excepted she leave it all to the C.S. Space Captain Henry.

Cyber-Stellar Intelligence Center for Space and Technology (C.S.I.C.) headquarters was located in the North desert of Seattle state of the United States, near the Canada border which built on April 2045 and completed on October 2060. This company was partner with NASA and the International Space Station.

This. Is the company that created A.I. Androids for the America's future economy and jobs in 2070.

"Sister of the Red Planet" concept art by Danny Kojima

Most people can't afford Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 through Adobe Creative Cloud for $19.99/month, of course, you can still use Corel Painter Pro to create environment/scenery and character concept art, with whatever you can bring your imagination to life. Although Photoshop is still the best app to create digital art and bring it in the online market.

To be a concept artist in the video game and film industry, you don't need to be create a very realistic artwork with a lot of details in color when on a tight schedule. Let's say, the movie or game release need the art to be done by next week, of course, you can create a quick sketches of the character for a bonus PlayStation content like it done on the Naughty Dog's The Last Of Us Part II art book.

Digital Art Tools
Whatever digital art tools you can afford to master your artistic skills in the video game and film concept artworld -- is Wacom tablet. Any tablet you can afford such Wacom Intuos Pro or Wacom Cintiq you can get off the Wacom's market to create something you can bring it to life in the gaming world. Wacom Intuos or a Cintiq can do a job for you. However, I recommend get Adobe Photoshop if you're looking forward to create art for the entertainment industries. Although I never try Corel Painter Pro, but maybe one day I will if I decide to switch to Core Painter Pro.

What new in Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 updates via Adobe Creative Cloud?
• Bug fixed.
• Adobe had removed 3D tools from latest Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 updates.
• Adobe adding A.I. to Adobe Photoshop CC 2022 via Neural Filters.

"My art is my imagination and creativity is my time traveler in space. And my to explore the universe throughout the painting." - Danny Kojima

'Explore the Unknown Alien Planet' environment concept art painting by Danny Kojima

August 23, 2066 - U.S. International Space Station and Cyberstellar Space Station
Member of the Cyberstellar Space crew made a discovery of the unknown alien planet, supported life like Earth, hidden inside the giant Nebula. The planet is much more larger than Earth which is same size as the Uranus from a billion light years away from our solar system. None of the scientists can explain how does their CyberStellar space probe ended up into the other side of the nebula galaxy.
 

Portrait speed-drawing and painting demo of a friend as an ancient Roman Goddess I did a year ago.

Portrait drawing step-by-step "Art of the 1980" by Danny Kojima

Model: Laura
Artist: Danny Kojima
Art Genres: Classic retro fashion Illustration, Drawing (80's and the 90's)
Subsidiary: FloppyDisk Art Media, Marvelous Art™ Magazine, Art of Danny Kojima
Commission: None

Painting portrait of an Ice Queen who was lay to rest and buried in the ice cave of the snow mountain by the Dwarves. Then she was later given named "Ice Queen of Death" by the village folks because the mountain cave was fell under her curse.

The sadness in her face and her eyes explains it all. With all the angers and suffering inside her by the man she fell in love with.

Character art by Danny Kojima

Night City 2070™ comic / art book of PlayStation 5 cover character concept art by Danny Kojima.
Night City 2070™ All Right Reserved 2022 © Danny Kojima, SCI-FY Art.
Sci-fi Comic / Crime / Action 
Rated Mature

Working on the 2D female character Tara Kobayashi illustrator and concept artwork for my new sci-fi "Vanessa: Night City 2070", the future of Blade Runner style art book. The portrait black and white painting of Tara Kobayashi with shadow and lighting rendering turn out to the exact the way I wanted for my sci-fi comic and character artbook. She coming out alive and looking gorgeous just the way I wanted her to be. The hairs, eyebrows and skins already make her looks super gorgeous like the CGI PS5 game trailer.

"Vanessa: Night City 2070" Vol.1 Art Book displaying of all different characters in the future of Los Angeles Night City environments concept art created by Danny Kojima (me) which is inspired by Blade Runner 1980 film.

The introduction of female protagonist in Danny Kojima's sci-fi comic and artbook name Tara Kobayashi who is a 19 years old Japanese-American girl was born and raised in Los Angeles Night City and she lived there for her whole life. Tara ran away from home after her step-father sexually abusing her as her mother stood there by his side watching him beating her.

Living on the street as a prostitute for long 7 years, she finally found someone who came into her life who care for her the most.

Tara Kobayashi was born on September 22, 2052 and grew up in Los Angeles Night City in 2071. She never get a chance to see her father's native country, Japan where he immigrated and bring her into the United States with her mother.

This is just my new female character preview cover art working of progress I'm currently working on a new character for my sci-fi art book and the comic. The final artwork will be post once it complete! Can't wait!

A complete portrait painting of Tara Kobayashi character along with her full body wearing different clothing will be coming to Deviant Art, Artstation and available on Behance which is owned by Adobe.