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Ummm... I dunno. I like to mix genres up, play with ideas. Plus I can always use the practice drawing attractive pin-up-girl-type art. I was going for something with a lot of attitude and character, a design that I could use for a fighting game or a comics project or anything else that comes up. It's just practice, really... but I feel like I'm getting closer to something I can be satisfied with. Not that I ever really expect THAT to happen...I'm working all large again... I need to cave in and go buy a pack of Bristol that's bigger than 14x17, 'cause this whole "taping extra bits to the sides" dealie is just no good.
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I actually just wrote a bunch about style and being in control of it. It's a bit of readin', but I think I expressed something useful, maybe.
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The TL;DR boils down to a really unsatisfying answer: practice and fundamentals. In this case, it'd be about composition and perspective... perspective helps create depth, and composition helps lead the eye.
Although this is an old one, so at the time I was probably fudging both.
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Already knew about how the basics help in drawing and style is just which techniques you use and which you don't.
But the whole composition and perspective thing is really helpful. Right now, I suck compared to every DA artist, so I'm not posting any deviations(and I don't have a scanner).
You've seen all the people who draw the equivalent of stick figures. The people who you can clearly see has talent. The people who have incredible drawings but lack diversity. The guys that can ONLY draw portraits etc. I just don't want to be like them. I'm going to suck PRIVATELY(excuse the innuendo). So thanks again, mate, for the tips. Every bit helps.
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angle, perspective, brilliant! so how big is this one?
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Pretty big, about 14x17. There was a time back then when I was working big.
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i've been thinking of working on bigger than a3. i want to draw gib and put lots of details in... you don't work big now?
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Well, I work digital now, which means size is a relatively flexible issue. For one thing, I can resize the canvas if I find myself running off the page, or I can resize the drawing if my dimensions are locked. And I generally find that at 600dpi I'm able to put in some retarded levels of detail even on very small drawings. The page border images I did for FantasyCraft are only an inch or so high in physical dimensions, but at digital resolution I can make them two or three times that size and maintain a good deal of fine detail. I'm not sure I could have done those on paper without a magnifying glass.
Which might have been fun in and of itself.
I miss the danger and the texture of live, physical ink and paper, but I'm not inclined to go back to it as a regular thing. Sometimes, though, when nobody is looking... I dust off the Microns and ink a doodle in my notebook. Such a rush, working with no Undo.
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Yeh, i was just drawing something yesterday and i went to undo. It was such a weird feeling. Don't know if i was looking for the menu bar or just thinking about reverting... strange 0.0
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Hmm.. just noticed.. After several hours of studying *hrm* I came to realise that she misses a Khukri
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Hm... yep. Espescially odd, too, 'cause I like kukhri's, I incorporate 'em often.
Then again, most of these blades are semi-made-up anyhow.
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Aaarrrgh... can't... resist.. anymore...
FAV!!!!!!!
There.. I did it.. .phew.. Now I can finally go get some sleep.. ^_^
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Hahaaa...
Maybe someday.
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Weeeeee
I'll look forward to that ^_^
And o' course- more of ya excelent drawings
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This is cool! 
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Nope, those are freehand.
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Some of the blade designs -- plus the fact that she has so many of them -- remind me of Blade of the Immortal. Are you a fan?
Also, what does the button say? It's too small to read.
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Oh, and I have no idea what the button says... it's too small for me to read, too! If I can turn up the original or a larger-res scan, I'll find out.
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Read every issue since the first day Dark Horse put it out. I haven't catalogued it lately, but I believe I may have every single issue as a result... the only other series that I think I have over 100 consecutive issues of is Usagi Yojimbo.
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I really like this pic. It's got a lot of character and life to it.
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I really do like the design. She's got a lot of attitude - it shows in her face more than anything. My over-all impression is 'someone you would not want to attempt to mug or belittle'. She looks like a chick who can hold her own in a fight, that or win.
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Yah, I really should ink this one. It's over a year old and I still dig it... good sign in a piece like this.
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yep, you should... Or take it for a new revamped electronic version.
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So get out that pen and ink!
Would it be okay if I tried my (rather unskilled) hand at colouring the pic once you've inked it? Iz okay if you don't want me to O-o
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Well, if you want to colour it, you might as well try with this version... it's not gonna get inked any time soon, what with my current project ("forever blue") and upcoming work.
But it is something I ought to do...
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LOL! 
Will keep you posted on the progress every now and then
I can't wait to see more art from you (you're an amazing artist!)
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great art work man, this is one great art man..she is the hot, and the detail plus the perspective are so balanced..i'd love to see a completed version of this sketch
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Dude, I went through your whole gallery and it's like you went out of your way to make MY drawings look like fresh warm feces.
STOP IT!!!
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Hey, I see you updated it. I think everything looks a lot more solid, and I can't wait until you ink it. Nice job.
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VERY cool.. awsome design!
I could see her in Guilty Gear..
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Looks like it fits together much better now.
It really is a damn nifty drawing.
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Awwww... there's just no PLEASING you people!!
I might give it a little lift in the next step... not much, trying to keep it somewhat real, and I think they look pretty righteous so far.
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"Awwww... there's just no PLEASING you people!!"
really dood trust me dont ask for opinions thell nitpick you till yer nothin but BONES
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err.. her breast looks kinda droopy now.. starting to move more towards milf rather than just a pin-up style..
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Edited the image, made loads of changes. Fixed a few anatomy issues with her torso, added lotta details as mentioned.
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yes, i'd say that this is one shweet image.
Altough the head is slightly small, it does give better effect to the fore-shortening, tho.... i'm not really feelin' her left lower leg & foot [the one in the foreground].... it's looks a little odd to me.. but it's still all good.. i like her face mostly.... great style.. simple yet expressess enuff to get the msg thru
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looks awesome. i really like the tribal tattoos and the necklace. hope you do more with it : ),
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This is a great drawing, better than anything I could do. The only thing that bothers me really is the area under her right breast how it transitions to the waist. Maybe I'm imagining things, but it seems unnatural to me. Really like the attitude and the gloves and rings and such, lots of character.
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Mmmm... I'm actually really happy with the curve of the breast, it was... umm.. *ahem*... I just... ummm... well, I did a lot of research.
>_<
Yeah.
...
Though it's possible that my research material may have led me to draw it as if it were... augmented.
I dunno, anyone else not liking the twins there?
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hurm...I didn't mean the breast itself, so much as the area directly under where the breast connects to the torso. I'm guessing that's the bottom of the ribcage I'm looking at, mostly it seems kind of too rounded and meeting the body at an odd angle.
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