Ranch Dubois
@ranchdubois.bsky.social
Learning digital art and Mandarin Chinese. Love drawing lil’ critters and making lil' games. ENG/中文
Absolutely destroy your friends, guilt-free Sketch page from a bit ago experimenting with fighting poses with two bodies contacting each other
Funny Aòsēn and Guǐyàn sketch based on that one kawayoo meloetta and loudred art
Happy Pokémon Day 2026‼️🎉 I recently finished my first ever fully-colored character pose sheet! This one features one of my favorite mons: Mesprit! #PokemonDay #Pokemon30 #ポケモン30周年 #ポケモンデー
This (x.com/PAPERTRlCK/s...) comic made me chuckle so I did my own (very rough) version of it a bit ago
This was my fifth and final painting experiment! I finally got bold enough to try painting some characters, so I did a test run with a Xīngluò half-body and a #Mesprit! I still think these came out pretty nice for a first go-around! And I made the Xīngluò one my profile image!
This was my fourth painting experiment! I wanted some objects to practice painting specific materials, and selected a few items from #riskofrain2 that I thought looked cool. This is when I finally started becoming happy with how I was communicating materials!
Here's my third painting experiment: metal painting featuring some copper shortswords, Xīngluò's relic axe, and one of Yìyín's (goat's) nibs. A bit of an awkward middle stage where I was about halfway to figuring out how I wanted to do materials, but I still think it looks cool!
Just realized I never posted this. Talk about striking when the iron's hot. Around the time of that Frieren(?) looking upwards meme, I doodled this fox just to check that I could do it lol
In my second painting experiment, I started learning how to convey some information about physical materials using the critters' little soul amulets!
A few months ago, I started learning how to paint! This was my first test, getting used to the new tools I had to use, and getting friendlier with stuff like hue shifting, bounce lighting, and drop shadows! I'll post more of my recent painting tests soon!
Armored fox sketch from a few months ago that I still really like
Random Aòsēn sketch from a while ago that I'm still quite fond of
Armor + weapon concept for goat. Stretching the definition of armor a bit, but I really like how it came out!
One thing I've taken to doing when solidifying a new character design is testing their range of expressiveness by making them make some goofy faces🤪 Helps me make sure they don't look too outlandish when doing a funny face and figure out how I want that character to emote
Here are some goat expressions I did a few months ago. 🐐Helped a lot in figuring out her horn angles I wanted her to seem a bit more sinister and mean compared to the majority of the cast. She's got a rotten attitude, but don't worry! We're sure she has a heart deep down, maybe
Another one from a while ago: mix of messy back practice + rethinking/solidifying designs for the new goat and felf characters
Now that my RuckusWare project is released and formally closed, what better time is there than now to start showing my backlog of other cool stuff I've been working on? Here's a sketch sheet of poses for Hánméi in her armor. Might revisit this one someday, bc I like these a lot!
RuckusWare is a game I've been working on on-and-off for ~a year or so. It's a rhythmic local multiplayer versus game with increasingly difficult, fast-paced microgames! Find the game download, the gameplay sample video, and more info on itch! bigranchdubois.itch.io/ruckusware #indiedev
RuckusWare by Ranch Dubois
Fasted-paced microgame madness!
bigranchdubois.itch.io
Today is apparently Flutter Mane day? Happy Flutter Mane Day! #ハバタクカミの日
Ranch Dubois@ranchdubois.bsky.social · last yr.The burger has a GHOST! WHAAAT?! Flutter Mane is another favorite Pokémon of mine. A dubious and perhaps sinister creature I’ve been doing a bit more traditional drawing recently, feels more chill compared to digital. My trad work can get a bit messy, but I still like doing it!
Here's a somewhat recent color experiment from a few months ago where I designed Xīngliú's armor and gave her axe a redesign as well. This was fun and I'm very proud of it! Her armor is supposed to look like an "upgraded" version of the basic armor that Xīngluò and Hánméi wear.
Reposting this favorite of mine to reflect a recent slight change in Hánméi's face where I've removed her defined upper lip. It was causing her face to look very weird from the side 🤷♂️
Done! Thank you everyone for your requests! We got: - Ori (and Sein) for Squibbus - Starwalker for Paraba - Steve (from “Big Top Burger”) for Orio - Ralsei for an anonymous fella - Steve (Jack Black) for uhhh me! This was really fun! I’ll totally be doing something like this again in the future! 😁
Ranch Dubois@ranchdubois.bsky.social · last yr.I’m away from tha computer for a few days, but I’ve got my paper sketchpad with me for some quick studies/sketches I’ll take suggestions for characters to do quick traditional sketches of. I’ll try pretty much anything (no promises for it looking good tho), just comment it here!
Happy birthday to @thatorioguy.bsky.social‼️🎉🥳🎉 This is a little comic I made for the occasion featuring two of his characters, Chip and Jest. He's a really great friend of mine and an absolutely stellar artist. He truly deserves the world, so let's give it to him! Go send my bro some birthday love‼️
