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BlushBunnyC3 — The Five Muses - A New Look

Published: 2006-06-07 09:17:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 863; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 82
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Description I really don't mean to brag or anything, and believe you me, I'm the first to admit there's the nitpick here and there, but in short... I LOVE THIS PICTURE I'm serious. A) I haven't fit this many characters on a single piece of paper in _full body form_, since I was still drawing pencil shaded artwork that was really tiny. B) I finally got all my muses redesigned in one go. And 3) Well... look at it! IT PUT SO MUCH WORK INTO IT!!! ;; It's inspired me so much. I dedicate this picture to Brandon and Joanie; without them, this would not have been created or nearly as awesome as it came out Thank you both so much

To any of those who ever do a trade or gift or whatnot for me, and want-have to do one or more of my muses; FINALLY YOU HAVE A GOOD REFERENCE TO LOOK AT! (I may still create single reference sheets, so I can make other little things, and rant on about each character, but yeah.) Except for a few things out of view, this is pretty much them in full blooming detail Now to rant on about each new designs! (left to right)

Buckthorne Wolfe (grey wolf): New necklace (now chain, no longer dogtag), new shirt design, new pants altogether (carpenter pants I believe Joanie called them. Lots of nifty pockets ), new colour of hairband (to match his pants!), new gloves (they're now dark brown), new wrist accessories (as you can see, he has some gold bands on his right hand; I think they were his mother's, and on his unseen hand, he has a sweatband above his glove), and new shoe design.

Bullseye Warthogg (warthog): New shirt design (rectangular colour box), new pants design (line stripes and two patches) and new shoes look (he's still pretty simple, but still his good lookin' self The ladies are ever flocking yet! *hit*)

Chislett Warthogg (warthog): New shirt design (black and green stripes), new pants (zip off pants! Seriously, Chis would have SO much fun with those it's not even funny o.o He'd love to be able to zip off his pant legs and squee that he's now wearing shorts XD He'd also love to take those loose pant legs and throw them at unsuspecting victims And when people tell him to put his pants back on, he'd be all "But I'm wearing shorts! " Ah, the hilarity ensues 8D), and new shoes (loosely based of some sort of sketcher (sp?) shoes that Joanie was talking about).

Jacque Celaya (lynx-caracal hyrid): Okay... I'm bad... Jacque didn't get a redesign, because to begin with, he already was very detailed and unique amoung the muses But his shoes got an added feature: some little buckle strap thingy :3

Goresky Warthogg (warthog): New shirt design (nice circle and stripe effect; simple but shibby), new pants look (well, all he really lost was his zipper stripe line, and his pockets are now coloured in; they just have little light lines instead, so now he really IS wearing sweatpants), and new shoes (went along with the circle theme for their design).

More fun factoids that were inspired by this picture? I've now gotten a more clear idea of height range: Bullseye is now officially the shortest of the muses (I figure, since he was born a runt, he couldn't have sprouted up THAT much, plus it explains why he's very assertive and aggressive; has to make up for slight lack of height XD) Not saying he's really short; he's probably average or so height, but almost all his friends are taller, so yeah 8D; Jacque is probably an inch or so taller than Bullseye (which the warthog angsts over I'm sure XD). Chislett is pretty tall (tall and lanky geek sort of thing ), but I believe Buckthorne and Goresky would be the tallest of all, at the same height. Wheee :3

And yes... since it was a basic concept picture, mostly for the characters and all, the background was just basically rainbow raping colour filler What else is new XD And the bar of names and signatures seemed to fit well, so there it is Mweee. I hope you guys like this one; I'm really proud of it


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Comments: 11

LittleTiger488 [2006-09-01 21:19:10 +0000 UTC]

this one I've been waiting to comment on as well!

Like I've said before, I respect you, and back you 100% on your choice to focus on your own designs and characters and further develop them. That's very noble of you and shows you're very dedicated to your brain children XD

I indeed like thier knew duds! All of them are lookin' very sharp X3 and very glomp worthy *drool*

Gotta love Buckthorne and Bullseye who are all agnsty and Chislett, Goresky and Jacque lookin' all squee and high on life XD oh those boys...Bullseye's onsomble is most intriguing and I like it a lot ^^ but Chis' shoes are also neato XD

Fantastic update on teh muses ^^

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Amberspike-Sama [2006-07-09 22:55:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow, five characters...I doubt I'd have the patience to draw that many in full-body form.
All of the guys look great. ^^ I love the detail you put into their outfits. And their differing expressions are awesome as well...I personally liked Bullseye's, sort of a 'what's wrong with you...' one, and Chis' as well...came off to me as a total 'Dude!' expression. The idea with the pants you had with him totally cracked me up as well...throwing the legs at unsuspecting victims...I have a character myself that would do just that. Heh heh, you've inspired me now, I thinketh... *cackles*
Great pic! I love your charries!

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kaourika [2006-06-14 18:31:51 +0000 UTC]

Y'know Cari, you've uploaded so much art in my time away from dA that it would take me forever to comment it all as I do normally, so I'd keep putting it off, and probably never get it done. ;; So I thought I'd just write shorter than usual comments on these recent ones. XD I think it's better to write medium length on everything rather than long ones on a couple things. You can let me kow of your preference in the future

Well, you SHOULD be proud of it. There's a lot of work behind it, not only for what's there physically, but mentally as well.... in terms of the redesign of your main charas and the continued adjustments to your new style. Really,it's impressive that you weere able to adapt so fast. I also used to have a more rote art style, like you do--I thinkmost kids start out that way--and I was so limited by it, because I could only draw faces and bodies in ertain angles, and everything seemed very representational as well . Eventually I became really frustrated by my inability to draw stuff how I imagined it. When I dumped my rote style and adopted a real one, I had to start from SCRATCH, absoloutely. So, it's not only really neat that you can adopt to this new style, but that you essentially ressurected the old one and put it into this one!

Like I said, Chis is my fave here... he is so cute I love that look on his face. And, I think that is the best front on face you have EVER drawn!

Buckthorne is also adorable <3 That pose is nice and so Buckthorney (it's really HIM )

Bullseye looks the most MEH indifferent out of all of them... He's all chilled. I suppose he's trying to play it cool even though you can hardly take him serious because he's just such a runt *DIES* Ahh yes, Bullseye is stubby in many ways I know EXACTLY what you mean when you say he has that kind of personality to make up for his shortness insecurities, because I've known guys with the short guy complex before... oh man, they are SO annoying IRL XD

Jacque also came out really great... he's also one of my faves in this pic.I'd say he came out the cutest, but in a JACQUE cute way, not in a Chis cute way xD *dies* Which, I believe, is fitting

Goresky had the most improvement from the sketching to inking phase. So I really love how he turned out That lil grin is kinda cute and coy looking like "0u0" XD... looks like he's gonna be up to something << >>

The colours are also great as usual <3 And I love the combos which you used for the backgrounds.

Since you put "the five muses.... 2006" it makes me think that it could be like an annual thing!! Every year you could do a picha similar to this one, with the five muses, to see your progress. That would be really cool!

Awesome pic all in all I really hope you can keep it up with this style! Good one!

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ClimbingGecko [2006-06-11 00:41:59 +0000 UTC]

Joanie has a request to see Chis in his cargo shorts having some summer fun xD *SHOT* :3

Seriously Cari, I love the new tweaks for your boys. I know it's hard to change from what you're used to, but every now and then it's always good to have a little change in wardrobe for your chars

And check 'em out! You can see their feet YAY!

The next time I come over, I'll show you how to do a model sheet, Cari ;3 They're so easy with the method we're taught in class, and all you need is some loose paper and your 3-ring binder! Then you can make a 180 degree turnaround!

This is really awesome Cari, you should be proud!!! :3 And as always, I love the colours! (And nice pic for Buckthorne's bluejeans!)

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MrsRinrini [2006-06-09 14:07:47 +0000 UTC]

I like it! Chis and Jacque have looks on their faces like YAY NEW CLOTHES! They got more pockets!!! *searches through all the pockets* And Chis has got zip off pants!!! I'd love to see what he'd do if he lost one of the zip offs...
Great pic Cari! I still wish I was good at coloring!

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norithics [2006-06-08 03:20:56 +0000 UTC]

Now this is the kind of artistic breakthrough I was hoping for! The characters look so much more animated; so much more personality has been imbued into their persons, that the entire drawing vibrates (and not just because of the vibrant colors, which are of course marvelously done). The posing looks appropriate to each character, and overall I think this was a move in a very good direction. Excellent work!

Critique: Only one. Now that you're doing full-body, it would pay to take one rule in stock: Legs, minus the buttocks, are half the height of a character. In other words, they look just a tad short. One foot height longer would've been appropriate, and always watch out for the seamlines of pants to give the wrong impression that way. Still, a minor complaint.

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SweetSonar [2006-06-07 19:43:36 +0000 UTC]

That's impressive! o_o They all look really good, specially Jacque. I dunno why, but I find him the cutest

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CF-The-Pimp [2006-06-07 13:43:56 +0000 UTC]

JACQUE! :-D JACQUE!JACQUE!JACQUE!JACQUE!JACQUE!!!!!!!

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SamCyberCat [2006-06-07 12:33:50 +0000 UTC]

Yaaaay, the long awaited redesigns of your main muses. Well except for Jacque, but he looks pretty enough as it is so he doesn't need to change. ^_^ And you couldn't have left him out of the picture, because that wouldn't be fair now would it? ^^

Glad to see their designs haven't changed too much from their original clothes, so it doesn't take away from the appearance of the characters we've come to know and love. But it is different enough to set a firm difference between the group. Good to see Buckthorne's got a new necklace design. As good as dogtags are if they're overused it kind of takes away from their charm. Plus, just having the Warthogg triplets wearing them makes it feel like it's more of a family thing. ^^

Favourite t-shirts have to be Buckthorne's and Chislett's, as Buckthorne's is nice and simple with a good frame along the top while Chis's is just... well it's green and black isn't it? I'm a sucker for green and black used together (When there's large amounts of green and just a little black more then vica versa). You're right about him using the trousers legs as projectile weapons too. He'd simply love that. I feel sorry for whoever happens to be walking past his bedroom window (Probably Charles *Hit*) because they're gonna get some trousers legs landing on their heads. ^_^

And even if Jacque hasn't been given a new design he does look really cute here. I think the 3/4 face view looks very good on him.

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hypermegatailsfan [2006-06-07 10:34:26 +0000 UTC]

Hey,you should love this pic,it's great! A fantastic reference for your (in?)famous pregnanting pretty-boys XD *smacked hard*

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Deafblood [2006-06-07 10:17:10 +0000 UTC]

You should be proud of it.
The poses look great, as do the facial expressions. The new designs look great.
The colouring isn't quite as strong here but it still looks wonderful as does the rainbow rape(which makes your art look unique!).
This little piece of 'concept art' makes me want to draw them, but alas, I have no time for it. 'Least ways not now.

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