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Published: 2009-04-30 00:23:35 +0000 UTC; Views: 3592; Favourites: 74; Downloads: 123
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Hello!This is a commission done for the wonderful , one of the best pixel artists I know, and she's absolutely a great person to boot! Do yourself a favor and go check out her sweet, candy-coated gallery. ;D
I don't remember her ever mentioning the name of the character, but the blond-haired girl you see before you is like a virtual representation of Firstfear, and standing next to her is her friend, Bunce. The two of them work at the Numnum Cafe (pictured in the background).
Speaking of backgrounds, I rarely do them, but I'm so glad I'm offering it as an option for my commissions right now. It's great practice and I'm finding they really do take an image to the next level!
For those who are interested, I'm still open for commissions. You can see the details here: [link] I could definitely use the help, so take a look and see if you'd like to commission me!
Firstfear and I are very happy with the image, and we both hope that you all will be, as well. Full view, and enjoy!
Adobe Illustrator CS. Sketched in Photoshop.
This image was created by me, Andrew T. Green, and was commissioned by Firstfear. The characters pictured are (c) her. This image is not for use in any way, shape, or form without the express permission of Firstfear. As with all of my commissions, I am not authorized to give you permission to use it, so please don't ask.
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Comments: 52
Mm, what delicious candy-colours!
The pointy chin is such a nice stylistic touch.
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Thank you! I've been drawing a lot of pointy-chinned ladies lately...not sure why.
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Thank you!
Cute avatar, by the way. ;D
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I'm such a fan of your style, it's so unique! I love how pointy her face is, and that background is adorable. (:
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Thank you! That means a lot! And I'm glad the response to the background has been so positive. That really helps my confidence with backgrounds.
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Hahaha <3 "numnum" made me laugh! Great color scheme on this one--it reminds me of the Candyland game, which always made me frustrated because it never actually yielded any candy.
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Thank you! Yeah, the "Numnum Cafe" is definitely awesome, and incredibly cute.
Our household was definitely a Candyland household. My siblings and I used to play it all the time, and I used to pretend my action figures were in Candyland by using the board as the floor for my toys. XD
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Is this one of the recent commissions you took?
The whole thing makes me think candy, haha. I love the trees being circles and striped. They remind me of lolipops for some reason.
I looked at her character in her gallery and I really like how you took her and gave her your style. Great job. I bet she loved it
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It is, indeed! And if the trees remind you lollipops, then that's appropriate, since she called them lolli-trees when giving me the description for the commission. ;D
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I know I should like the main character or something, but she's terribly outclassed by the background. It's the trees! They're just really pretty kick ass. And when i get tired of them my eye strays to the stand. Anyway it's amazing of course. Can't believe you do these damn things in illustrator. My mind will never accept it.
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Well, it is a pretty good background. ;D
Yep, Illustrator. See, I look at all of those amazing realistic vector portraits and I wonder how on earth folks do that stuff. I mean, I know how, but...the patience! I do not have it, I'm afraid.
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Got a link to some of that stuff? I'm curious now.
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Here are some great examples of realistic vectors:
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Holy shit. The road is long and perilous...Maybe the destination is worth the journey, but I don't think I'll go down that path.
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Yeah, that's kinda my stance, too. Great results, but soooooo much work.
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Nice BG, Bunce is adorable, and Firstfear looks nice. I like the details on her.
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Awesome work. The colors are beautiful (both by your use of tones and gradients and by the way everything looks so vivid without being overly saturated), the background is splendid, and the overall style is great. I'd have expected such a mix of curvy and pointy outlines styles to look strange, but the result is really good.
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Thank you! I do my best to blend unexpected style elements and make something work out well enough, so I'm glad you think it is successful. ;D
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You now i love it! Thanks again for taking it on and even now I think of other things you could have a try at for me haha
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Well, if you think of anything you'd like for me to draw, just send me a note and we can set up another commission! I'm not planning on closing commissions, and I don't mind doing more than one for a single person.
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good style 
And... you tried the sai?
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Thanks! Glad you like it, even if the color bothers you.
What do you mean by "the sai?"
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sai is a best program of draw 
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And tried this program also ^^:
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You can draw mirrored
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Ah, I've heard of that. Yeah, Paint Tool Sai. I've had lots of people suggest it.
But I'll stick to Photoshop and Illustrator. Thanks anyway. ;D
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theres nothing wrong with low saturation. This just happens to be part of his style
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yes, but in others draws of you, this saturation not are current... you others draws have more bright and look more good
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thats my style though not his haha ^^:. to each their own!
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x) okey 
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my favorite part is the jelly
on the bottom right but the colors
are soft wich i really like
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Thank you!
Yeah, the blob's name is Bunce and I agree, he's incredibly cute. He was fun to draw!
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bunce is a kool name did u make it up urself?
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Nope, it's one of 's awesome original characters. This is a commission, after all.
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oh yes i suppose i didnt think about that <3
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God, that background is delicious. Makes me wish I'd ordered one, but my PayPal is running low. XB; I love all that color.
How do you get your Illustrator vertices so pointy?
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Thank you! I'm glad to hear the background was successful!
When you say pointy vertices, I assume you mean the tapered ends of the lineart?
And don't worry, your character is going to look awesome without a background. Sometimes simplicity is best, and I think this is one instance where you'll have to agree with me on that. ;D
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Yer welcome!
That's what I meant. 
The more I look at the sketch, I may just have to! I've made it my desktop wallpaper and I can't stop staring because it's so pretty. *_*
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Getting the ends of a stroke in Illustrator is a bit of a work-around, but this method works really well. Do this with a couple of lines, play around with it, and you'll get the hang of it and how to apply this method to a whole piece of art:
Using the pen tool, make a line with a stroke, but no fill. Do a curved line for the sake of learning.
Then, if I remember correctly (I can never remember this on the top of my head), go to Edit>Object>Outline Stroke.
The stroke will become a fill. In that form, you can delete points and play with the handles to change the thickness of a line and to taper the ends.
If that doesn't make any sense, then I probably didn't remember the location of the action perfectly. Let me know if you have any troubles and I'll try to help. ;D
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Well, the menu path wasn't the same (I went to Object > Path > Outline Stroke), but wow, it worked! This mini-lesson may have inspired me to try out Illustrator more. Thank you!
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Object, yeah, not Edit! Thank you! I don't know why I can never remember that. XD
I hope you do play around with Illustrator more! It's an awesome program once you know how to work it.
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Will do! I'd been avoiding it for years because of small silly things like this. XD
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Seriously, it took me several false starts until I finally learned how to get along with the program. And then I eventually learned to love it.
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I'm a fan of both of your art, and I totally think you captured the awesomeness of her art, with the awesomeness of your art
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Why, thank you! I tried very hard to capture the spirit of her artwork while making it all my own. I'm glad to hear that it was successful!
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Wow! I seriously adore everything about this. The first thing I noticed, oddly enough, was the trees. I love the way you did her character, and I giggled a bit at the bra peek.
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