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mallaard In reply to DemonCake [2009-01-29 00:53:30 +0000 UTC]

Well, scary's a good word. I thought it was pretty awesome when I first made it a few years ago, but I would definitely do things much differently now. Still love this show though, wish they made new episodes.

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shadow2007x In reply to Wave-the-Swallow [2006-09-29 18:17:19 +0000 UTC]

yea... 0.0!!..

pero vale el esfuerzo.. 8DD..

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mallaard In reply to MadCheshire [2005-10-17 19:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Oh yes, I can't forget a comment like that .
Thanks for the fav!

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mallaard In reply to sycolution [2005-04-22 02:25:11 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, you can't render a cartoony character too much before it becomes genuinely freaky looking. Is there a word that combines the verbs delight with creepy? No, it always just leans toward creepy. Ah well. I hope it's at least profoundly creepy...won't have any half-assing around here.

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sycolution In reply to mallaard [2005-04-22 07:41:39 +0000 UTC]

oh profoundly indeed, like I said...that's a new kind of creepy right there....

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mallaard In reply to MadChesireKitten [2005-03-23 03:43:54 +0000 UTC]

That's very nice. Some people might see other, less mentionable things in clouds, but you're obviously a sweet kid. Checked out your work, you've got
mad skillz. Hope you keep it up!

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MadChesireKitten In reply to mallaard [2005-03-23 06:19:55 +0000 UTC]

huh? oh all my pics got accidently deleted recently! u might have mistaken my favorites for my art ^__^

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mallaard In reply to MadChesireKitten [2005-03-23 23:38:05 +0000 UTC]

Ah! You're right, sorry 'bout that. I don't read enuff. Well, you have a nice favorites section, yes indeedy.

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MadChesireKitten In reply to mallaard [2005-03-24 17:53:15 +0000 UTC]

hahaha thank you

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mallaard In reply to Christ-Puncher [2005-02-12 03:57:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Maybe you should take a shot at the character, your Lady Death is looking pretty sharp.

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Christ-Puncher In reply to mallaard [2005-02-12 13:53:26 +0000 UTC]

Funny you say that, Iscanned a pic of XJ9 I drew about 3 days ago, after I get around to cleaning it up, resizing etc. I'll be sure to send it here.

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mallaard In reply to memod [2005-01-29 01:01:00 +0000 UTC]

I didn't feel right giving her human-like hair, or trying to come up with some kind of metal hair like I did with the Transforming Car piece, so this seemed like the only valid option. There might be a better solution, but frankly I was at a loss this time.
I did go back and push some of the shading further, especially in the little crevices like under the left arm, shirt, and along the neck and head, but I never felt right pushing the shading too far. I may have pushed the backlighting a tad too far in relation to the main lighting, I was just compelled to draw out some of those edges more and perhaps went a little overboard. I'm not sure it's really that much of a problem, but I do see where you're coming from.

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mallaard In reply to sonofdaeladus [2005-01-28 18:04:25 +0000 UTC]

I don't know who or what she's waving at, or why. The hand may be a little awkward, granted. I'm still very happy with how well it turned out, it's probably one of my best hands ever, even if it is cocked at a strange angle. I can see your points about the sharpness issues too.
The trick with these specific colors is that they're somewhere between science-fictiony and Lisa Frank, it's all in how they're used. I think I have a combination of the two going on here. Evidently I'm all about the Lisa Frank palette, even though I'm not very big into that whole genre.
I normally screw up the mouth area of these cutesy characters tremendously, but I must have lucked out this time. I tried not to stray too far from the original look of the character, so her head is still quite round and the face looks pretty similar, just with allowance for more rendering. Certainly one of my most successful fanarts, I'd say. Appreciate the comments bro!

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sonofdaeladus In reply to mallaard [2005-01-28 23:37:16 +0000 UTC]

well, i think shes waving at me. anyway, i didnt mean anything against the hand, in fact it indeed is one of the finest hands ive seen for quite some while. (that could be taken sarcastically, but i meant it) i really think youve done some wonderful work with this palette. and im just amazed at how good this piece looks, the shapes and shading are just splendid. i would deffinetly place this as one of yer best fanarts, although i might be a bit partial to the kimpossible one you did a while back. anyway, just to say again, excelent work

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mallaard In reply to pretty-cool-huh [2005-01-28 18:09:24 +0000 UTC]

It's true I could've added a lot more detail to push it further into realism, but that would ruin the fantasy aspect of it. Several times I had to knock down the shading on Jenny's face to soften the area up. The same tricks are used in photography, and there are a lot of photos that look more fantasy than real.

There are probably parts that could stand to be sharpened, and some that could stand to be softened. It's tricky for me to decide when to stop and when to keep going when working in this style. If I drew Jenny or a similar character once more, I'd go the battle-damaged route and cover her with dirt and cracks and stuff that would really push the realsim aspect more. Perhaps later?
Thanks for the comment.

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mallaard In reply to anniemae04 [2005-01-28 03:58:31 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like! I didn't recall Jenny having any kind of defined ear things, and I wanted to keep most of the robotic details subtle, so I opted for little speaker holes. Other artists like Bleedman opted for more anime-type earphone ears, which is cool too, so I went the opposite direction. All I remember seeing in the show is her ponytail turning into a receiver dish on occasion.
I'd been wanting to color a robot or white-skinned character to play around with all the colors that would be reflecting off of them, and Jenny was the perfect candidate. I'd considered having the clouds reflecting from her shell, but I figured she wouldn't be quite that shiny, and it would've been distracting from the facial features. She's probably about as refelctive as a white car, which might pick up some environmental detail but not a lot. I'm guessing anyway. I don't know any robots personally.

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anniemae04 In reply to mallaard [2005-01-28 04:21:50 +0000 UTC]

oh yeah the clouds are great. I jsut love how it refelcts off her so well.

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mallaard In reply to Cal-B [2005-01-27 20:29:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I figured I could get away with a lot of simplification of the form since this is a robot, after all. I was about to give her bulbous Megaman forearms before I re-checked the character design and remembered she had straight segmented ones, so I found a compromise somewhere in between.

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Cal-B In reply to mallaard [2005-01-28 07:09:14 +0000 UTC]

lol, megaman totally rules, but yeah i dont think it would have fitted brilliantly here
no worries

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mallaard In reply to indiochink [2005-01-27 20:33:21 +0000 UTC]

I can definitely see pushing back the little blue cloud and the stars, at least. I think I would need more elements in the composition to add more depth, like buildings and stuff. I admit I need to start making more fully-realized compositions and less portrait kind of stuff. I may try playing around with the intensity of the background to strike a better balance between her and the clouds. Thanks for the words dude.

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indiochink In reply to mallaard [2005-01-28 02:10:32 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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