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I have entered my gal Nicole Vetter aka "Diamond" in the very first OC battle held by This is the first time that I've ever been in an OC battle, as I've only recently have gotten comfortable enough with my artwork to pit myself up against other talented artists. So in a move to step my game up a bit and push towards my ultimate goal of being able to do sequentials and such, I jumped in the Battle if nothing else to try my hand at seeing if I could make Nikki the badass fighting machine that I claim her to be.

This is the first round match up...which originally was to be a three way battle between my Nicole verses 's Jet Dancer [link] and 's Genesis [link] to take place in an emptied Staples Center Arena, home of the the NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers. (I don't like Kobe Bryant!) as well as the home of the WNBA's LA Sparks. (It was also the same place where Micheal Jackson's funeral was held at.) However, due to bad timing and such with personal issues =Dualmask dropped out of the battle.

Basically, the story goes like this: instead of settling their battle with fighting, Nikki talks Genesis into a friendly game of One-on-one to 20. Knowing that Nikki is a World Champion Fighter, Genesis figured that she would have a better chance of beating Nicole in basketball game than a fistfight...however Genesis didn't realize that Nikki is as good at basketball as she is with her fighting skills...even worse for Genesis is that Nicole has her cybernetic enhancements as an advantage. Genesis didn't stand a chance against Nicole....Nicole simply dominated Genesis on the court with smothering defense, not letting her come near scoring a point and Genesis just didn't have any answer for stopping Nicole's juggernaut-like offense...it's kinda hard to stop someone that has a near 30 foot vertical leap and that can run at speeds up to about 60 mph!!!! The exclamation point is here where Nicole just throws it down hard with a monster dunk to confirm her victory! Although they were the only two in the arena, Nicole wished that Kobe was there so that she could take him to school as well. Genesis was very embarrassed after being dominated, but being the good sport that she is, Nikki brought two bottles of Gatorade and shared one with Genesis and they sat and talked for a little while...Nicole even gave her a few pointers and tips to help Genesis's game.

I wish that I could've done more with this...I wanted to originally do a 2-3 page comic of the whole game, but I caught a case of art slump for like 2 or 3 days last week. I think the pressure of thinking of something to do for my entry had me shook at first...but then I settled on doing a one page pin-up type of piece, as that's what I'm comfortable with doing. And sure I could have had them just brawl it out and trash the Staples Center, but I wanted to be creative by making the "battle" a game of B-Ball...especially being that Nicole is not just a fighter, but a SUPERIOR athlete. I wish that I had more time, but as I type this it's 6 am, I haven't gone to sleep yet, the entry is due today, and I have to work from Noon until....so I had to burn a little midnight oil to get this one in. I would have like to have added the raised seating in the arena and more details to the court and such, but I just settled on the gradient background. Perhaps I'll go back and touch it up.

BTW, the name of this piece is a play on words of "Shirts vs. Skins". For those of you that aren't athletically inclined, often when guys play b-ball to distinctly tell the teams apart, one team will keep their shirts on while the other team plays bare chested...I have yet to see a gal on the Skins team! Being that Nicole's body is covered in a symbiote, that's what spawned the title. What Nicole is saying is a reference from an episode of Chappelle's Show where Dave Chappelle is re-enacting a time where Charlie Murphy (brother of Eddie Murphy) is telling a story on how he and his buddies got their ass kicked in a game of basketball by Prince and the Revolution back in the 80's. At one point Charlie comments on Prince's shirt, saying it was gonna be shirts vs. blouses. At the end of the sketch, Dave as Prince dunked the basketball and said, "Game....blouses!" as he slid down the basketball pole in such a manner that Prince would! [link] K-djZK9-ks&feature=related

Here's to hoping that Nikki makes it past the first round! And now...I'm gonna try and enjoy these next 4 hours of sleep before I have to get up to go back to work!

You can see ~Akuzakuri-chan 's part of Nikki and Genesis's One on One B-Ball game here...warning, cuteness and hilarity will ensue! [link]

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Description
I have entered my gal Nicole Vetter aka "Diamond" in the very first OC battle held by This is the first time that I've ever been in an OC battle, as I've only recently have gotten comfortable enough with my artwork to pit myself up against other talented artists. So in a move to step my game up a bit and push towards my ultimate goal of being able to do sequentials and such, I jumped in the Battle if nothing else to try my hand at seeing if I could make Nikki the badass fighting machine that I claim her to be.

This is the first round match up...which originally was to be a three way battle between my Nicole verses 's Jet Dancer [link] and 's Genesis [link] to take place in an emptied Staples Center Arena, home of the the NBA Champion Los Angeles Lakers. (I don't like Kobe Bryant!) as well as the home of the WNBA's LA Sparks. (It was also the same place where Micheal Jackson's funeral was held at.) However, due to bad timing and such with personal issues =Dualmask dropped out of the battle.

Basically, the story goes like this: instead of settling their battle with fighting, Nikki talks Genesis into a friendly game of One-on-one to 20. Knowing that Nikki is a World Champion Fighter, Genesis figured that she would have a better chance of beating Nicole in basketball game than a fistfight...however Genesis didn't realize that Nikki is as good at basketball as she is with her fighting skills...even worse for Genesis is that Nicole has her cybernetic enhancements as an advantage. Genesis didn't stand a chance against Nicole....Nicole simply dominated Genesis on the court with smothering defense, not letting her come near scoring a point and Genesis just didn't have any answer for stopping Nicole's juggernaut-like offense...it's kinda hard to stop someone that has a near 30 foot vertical leap and that can run at speeds up to about 60 mph!!!! The exclamation point is here where Nicole just throws it down hard with a monster dunk to confirm her victory! Although they were the only two in the arena, Nicole wished that Kobe was there so that she could take him to school as well. Genesis was very embarrassed after being dominated, but being the good sport that she is, Nikki brought two bottles of Gatorade and shared one with Genesis and they sat and talked for a little while...Nicole even gave her a few pointers and tips to help Genesis's game.

I wish that I could've done more with this...I wanted to originally do a 2-3 page comic of the whole game, but I caught a case of art slump for like 2 or 3 days last week. I think the pressure of thinking of something to do for my entry had me shook at first...but then I settled on doing a one page pin-up type of piece, as that's what I'm comfortable with doing. And sure I could have had them just brawl it out and trash the Staples Center, but I wanted to be creative by making the "battle" a game of B-Ball...especially being that Nicole is not just a fighter, but a SUPERIOR athlete. I wish that I had more time, but as I type this it's 6 am, I haven't gone to sleep yet, the entry is due today, and I have to work from Noon until....so I had to burn a little midnight oil to get this one in. I would have like to have added the raised seating in the arena and more details to the court and such, but I just settled on the gradient background. Perhaps I'll go back and touch it up.

BTW, the name of this piece is a play on words of "Shirts vs. Skins". For those of you that aren't athletically inclined, often when guys play b-ball to distinctly tell the teams apart, one team will keep their shirts on while the other team plays bare chested...I have yet to see a gal on the Skins team! Being that Nicole's body is covered in a symbiote, that's what spawned the title. What Nicole is saying is a reference from an episode of Chappelle's Show where Dave Chappelle is re-enacting a time where Charlie Murphy (brother of Eddie Murphy) is telling a story on how he and his buddies got their ass kicked in a game of basketball by Prince and the Revolution back in the 80's. At one point Charlie comments on Prince's shirt, saying it was gonna be shirts vs. blouses. At the end of the sketch, Dave as Prince dunked the basketball and said, "Game....blouses!" as he slid down the basketball pole in such a manner that Prince would! [link] K-djZK9-ks&feature=related

Here's to hoping that Nikki makes it past the first round! And now...I'm gonna try and enjoy these next 4 hours of sleep before I have to get up to go back to work!

You can see ~Akuzakuri-chan 's part of Nikki and Genesis's One on One B-Ball game here...warning, cuteness and hilarity will ensue! [link]

Genesis belongs to
NBA logo is property of the National Basketball Association