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Well, it's been a long time since I last drew and uploaded anything; my apologies to those who might have been waiting. I know it's a tough job - sitting there passively doing nothing with no one to tell you if you're doing it right.Anyhow, I present to you Deidre Reid, a strong but kind girl with a love for breaking things and people that borders on paraphilia and sadomasochism. How delightful. Do you want to read her story? No? Excellent, here it is:
== Story ==
Since childhood, Deidre (also called "Dee") displayed an unhealthy interest in massacring her toys. At first her father dismissed it as reckless childish play, but as she grew up she continued to break things such as pencils, rulers, books, and bones (her own and others', indiscriminately). At this point her father began to suspect she had problems, and after much counseling and verbal discipline (the physical kind was not quite appropriate given the issue at hand) he was able to convince her to stop breaking stuff and herself. Dee later amended this agreement to apply only in public. Her father still does not know.
When she was old enough she moved out and obtained a job at a small demolition/deconstruction company. She brought a large steel hammer of unknown origin (though her coworkers suspect she had been using it years before working there and is responsible for the mysterious "Powdered Junkyard" cases in the town's history) to break down walls and buildings. And nobody complains. And she gets paid. Oh my gosh.
She also wanders the streets at night looking for trouble and getting into it so as to have an excuse to break someone or be broken. This is how she 1) gets those injuries and roughed up appearance, and 2) got the nickname Shatter Princess - after the sound your bones make when she breaks you with the "Iron Scepter." There would normally be a lot of legal ramifications from breaking people, but um...we'll say there are no police. It's a strange town.
== /Story ==
Alright, so I've found I've had a lot of difficulty drawing something this week - not only do I feel like I'm running out of poses, hairstyles, costume elements, and creative inspiration, but I like to play games and watch anime. Oh well, maybe some more time away from drawing will let the ideas brew.
This deviation also marks the first time drawing in Flash CS4, which I do not like as much as CS3. Something's up with creating a new Group, and all the strokes I draw with the brush are hidden until I move them or paste something. That really slows me down, but I suppose I'll have to live with it.
Like Vista on a laptop.
Made in Flash
EDIT: Several people have mentioned that Deidre looks like a character named Chrome Dokuro . I agree. Totally a coincidence, though - I just wanted to give Deidre a hairstyle that looked like it had a crown on it, and it's already been established that I'm a huge sucker for eyepatches. Had I known of this character beforehand, I probably would have designed her differently, but oh well.
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Comments: 513
AndyKelden [2012-08-27 06:45:42 +0000 UTC]
That is *gorgeous*!
I love the outfit, the colors, and her (sort of ironic) expression.
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Digiridoo [2012-07-17 02:43:35 +0000 UTC]
Neato. E'tacalum in fact. You should do like seasons of this stuff like Shatter Princess Season2 with complete overhauls of the plot which would want people to know what happened inbetween the non -existent seasons. I find hope in the false hopes of others.
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anzel-muzik [2012-02-26 00:26:21 +0000 UTC]
I really like the character design it matches really well with the story. and the story is just...AMAZING~
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Ladella-the-great [2011-09-25 22:43:19 +0000 UTC]
ur a really good artist, i like how she has an eye patch lol
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sinisteray [2010-07-08 06:10:26 +0000 UTC]
Once again, great character design! Diggin' the outfit/weapon.
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Zerochan923600 [2010-03-24 02:12:21 +0000 UTC]
There are no police men...
because i killed them...
this picture never ceases to terrify me.
I like it.
anyhow, i like eyepatches too. asymmetry over symmetry anyday.
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king-of-daimonds [2009-11-08 01:09:58 +0000 UTC]
how'd you get the bottoms of her pants to look like that? i tried it back when you posted "Fida and Hide" and it turned out terrible, i havent tried again since
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JohnSu In reply to king-of-daimonds [2009-11-09 06:01:33 +0000 UTC]
basically you take normal pants and then pretend a caterpillar has been eating them
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king-of-daimonds In reply to JohnSu [2009-11-09 21:41:25 +0000 UTC]
hardy har har. but really is there a certain technique you follow? or is it something that comes naturally to you?
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JohnSu In reply to king-of-daimonds [2009-11-10 02:00:22 +0000 UTC]
It is something I mimicked from manga. I forget which one, though, but the caterpillar thing really is similar to the mentality I use for drawing shredded cloth (except it's closer to "punching out" malformed circles from the material)
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redcarstudios [2009-10-09 05:09:31 +0000 UTC]
I'd read that story. As usual, your use of eyepatches intrigues me.
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pwned-by-twilight [2009-10-07 08:22:01 +0000 UTC]
I was thinking "'Scrapped Princess' inspired" the second I laid eyes on this piece, but the story is quite interesting, let alone sadistic... It's a shame she ended up looking so much like Chrome by accident, but I've seen this sort of mishap happen before. This character seems perfect for an OCT for some odd reason. Don't you agree?
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realityhelix [2009-10-04 22:18:08 +0000 UTC]
I don't think she looks a darn thing like Chrome. Not in the least.
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ScionofApolo [2009-09-21 09:48:20 +0000 UTC]
She's got a MAUL! *shakes head* remind me not to piss her off....
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Synchro593 [2009-09-07 08:00:37 +0000 UTC]
I am surprised the Shatter Princess still seems to be in possession of all of her teeth.
Arcangel: She should also have more cauliflower ear!
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Siul-002 [2009-09-06 02:13:03 +0000 UTC]
Dude...awesome. O_O And one thing...does she have a broken nose or something cause i dont see any on her. O_o
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JohnSu In reply to Siul-002 [2009-09-06 03:01:39 +0000 UTC]
It's there. It is probably obscured by the scar.
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zanirra [2009-07-08 13:22:28 +0000 UTC]
she's kinda cute for a demolishioning shatter princess who breaks her own bones
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raeraychan [2009-06-20 23:39:30 +0000 UTC]
shes so cute!!! the eye patch reminds me of this character from hitman reborn
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ozgeek [2009-03-25 02:06:37 +0000 UTC]
this looks so much like a comic book cover i had to prank a friend of mine with it.
--prank:
dwnl, resized and printed out your pic. got 16pages of butchers paper, cut it to A4 and folded them in half(gives you A5). stuck on your pick then just left it lying around.
my friend saw it and was like *w00t unknown manga* but the look on his face when he tried to "read" was priceless.
disclaimer...
im a geek/nerd/dork with to much time on his hands, im harmless (mostly)
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JohnSu In reply to ozgeek [2009-03-27 19:20:01 +0000 UTC]
Hahaha, neat! I would love to see it if you took a picture of it.
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ozgeek In reply to JohnSu [2009-03-28 00:42:51 +0000 UTC]
just moved house so will have to find it, but no probs pic on the way *goes to ask wife where office random shit box is*
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ozgeek In reply to ozgeek [2009-03-28 09:39:43 +0000 UTC]
couldnt find the actual comic but i up loaded the master pics ( front and back ) to my gallery.
let me know what you think
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StarlightSovereign [2009-03-19 04:23:59 +0000 UTC]
Man, I love the story... the pic is awesome too but that's just a COOL STORY!
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ale4ya [2009-02-07 02:05:16 +0000 UTC]
where does she get this gene from? breaking all things that DOESN'T do anything that made her mad? her mother or father??
or is it from the television? XD
love it~
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masterdemonX [2009-02-05 10:22:00 +0000 UTC]
She is soooo COOL! I love the fact that wit that smilin face she could even break buildings!!!
GREAT WORK!
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Red-Angel-Keyo [2009-02-03 10:51:32 +0000 UTC]
Is it at all wrong that I find her kinda hot?
Great job, damn my eye-patch fetish.
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BladKrad [2009-02-03 07:30:41 +0000 UTC]
Hello John, I would like to use this deviant in an expose in my college as an example of the quality that Flash can give to those who use it as a platform for painting.
I choose this, because is awesome, I'm going to give you all the credit of course and also I'll add the url of your deviantart.
Greetings, continue with the great work.
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JohnSu In reply to Khanie [2009-01-22 21:44:35 +0000 UTC]
Nope. Don't...don't people die in those?
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giantflyingradish In reply to JohnSu [2009-04-02 03:36:31 +0000 UTC]
Very rarely. Especially if you have characters that don't die easily. And most of the people in tourneys are nice enough not to kill your character. And even if they do you can always throw in a crazy plot twist and bring them back to life if you need them again.
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Khanie In reply to JohnSu [2009-01-26 10:48:41 +0000 UTC]
.. I guess you could always enter with a suicidal chara?
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Dajra [2009-01-07 01:39:53 +0000 UTC]
8D She looks like a fun person to party with. Untill she breaks your face.
Aw story was...cute? Hey, it had a happy ending, didn't it? XD Plus, I just love bandages.
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Evil-Scoop [2008-12-30 11:15:54 +0000 UTC]
She may break things and people.
But is she a heart breaker?
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JohnSu In reply to Evil-Scoop [2008-12-31 06:14:04 +0000 UTC]
Only if the heart is made of glass or stone.
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Gerazzi [2008-12-26 22:15:09 +0000 UTC]
That looks like mois-chan from Keroro Gunso...
or maybe that's just the scepter... ah well.
[link]
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midnightthief [2008-12-22 06:41:54 +0000 UTC]
I love how the shadowed image of her looks like she's wearing a dress, or rather how one would imagine a princess would look. In color, she looks more roughed up >3
the position of her red eye urks me however in the shadow pic
maybe she's moving too fast for me to think...
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Pumkkin [2008-12-19 21:12:06 +0000 UTC]
whats the story with the eye?? is it scarred, is she totally blind in that one, does it bubble over with blood and her brain begins to leak through the teeny weeny blood vessels out into her tear ducts so shes crying her own intelligence!!! also if you come up with a good story behind the eye i can use it to explain my real eye which is the same... so make it gooooood!!! *points and then pokes*
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JohnSu In reply to Pumkkin [2008-12-22 09:09:56 +0000 UTC]
Oh, that's just an ordinary eye infection she got from rubbing her eyes without washing her hands after work. There's medicine on it. Sorry it's not very interesting.
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KageRyu798 In reply to JohnSu [2009-03-07 20:40:30 +0000 UTC]
Your explanation for the eyepatch is contradictory. It was much more interesting when you gave me a different answer to the same question.
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JohnSu In reply to KageRyu798 [2009-03-07 22:07:36 +0000 UTC]
Sorry, that one is wrong too. What I meant to say was that it is a parasitic seal that absorbs a portion of her excessive power so she can enjoy her fights longer.
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KageRyu798 In reply to JohnSu [2009-03-08 03:15:48 +0000 UTC]
There we go. I like that answer. She will definitely be included in my project thing.
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