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Published: 2015-09-10 03:23:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 1615; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 0
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Edit - Got some requests so I put this up as a print on RedBubble if anyone wants one :3I'm not actually joining since I just finished the last round of and need a frikkin break but AATR's Go Fourth posters were purty dang awesome and it was about time I did another family portrait. So here's to the spirit of competition and the voices in our heads!
I don't know how to do beautiful, ornate designs for the background so it's just a conglomeration of characters.
I could rattle off the list of all the character names but only a few of them are relevant so I shall refrain!
Anyways, I greatly enjoyed the exercise in inking and got to play around with my greyscale markers again! It's a big ol' 18x24
Also if you take away my personas one might realize I only have two girl characters... I should probably fix this....
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this is just, straight up, absolutely beautiful.
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I love your fun, cartoony style! Nice job on your poster.
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Haha thanks! I wish I saw more people with toon styles >u<
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...one day I will drain all the epicness that is your art skill and make it my own!...granted I have no idea where I'm going to get an orange juicer big enough for a human brain for that....oh, I know, Ebay!
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Aww no please, I've practiced for 20 years to develop this skill D:
eBay or maybe Sam's Club, producer of oversized items!
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Oh fine ya big baby...I'll just take half -w- Now..where is that bendy straw?
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Thank you! It was very much fun to do; so much that I inked the whole thing in one sitting :3
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That's nice to hear. But don't forget about digital inking too. Although I do still enjoy traditional inking too.
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Digital inking takes forever haha. I can literally ink ten times faster traditionally
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But most of the time,digital line art makes the image(s) look cleaner.
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True but when you're working for a company on a deadline you gotta get stuff done. Can't be too perfectionistic
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meaning, traditional inking's faster?
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For me personally, yes, ten times faster (I can produce 4 8.5x11 digitally inked pages in about the time it took me to traditionally ink 40)
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Don't you enjoy inking digitally? It can save you lots of cash.
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Inking digitally is something I do enjoy for one-shot illustrations, but for comics I prefer traditional. I may spend a bit more money traditionally, but the time I save makes up for the small loss of cash :3
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What brand(s) of pens do you mostly use? Do you use those refillable pens, or throw away?
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Mostly Pentel brush pens, but I found a different brand (can't remember ATM!) with refill cartridges cuz I don't want to spend $7 every time I need a new marker
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Is that a brush pen brand, or a regular tipped pen, with refillable cartridges? Where can I find it?
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I used to use this brush pen. Now I use a different one but it's imported from Japan or something and the brand is in another language so I can't read it- and I can't find the link to it at the moment, but I'll eventually have to get refills so it so I'll let you know when I go hunt down the information u @
You can find Pentel's stuff on the internet or at some art stores. This brush pen makes the best lines in my opinion, but it doesn't sell refillable cartridges so I've had to stop using it
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I like brush pens, but I personally prefer the more finer/felt tipped sort of pens. The brush tips seem to fray after while
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I know what you mean, haha. I can't stand brush tips that don't stay super fine. The one I have isn't like a "real" brush luckily, it's all one piece- just a giant pointy brush-shaped chunk
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Is it the one with the refillable ink? Cause I might try it out.
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Yeah- but it'll take me some backtracking to find the link to it. This specific one is only available off the Internet 
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This turned out splendidly! You should so make a print of it :3
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Thank you, I probably shall! ^u^ Β And lucky for me, greyscale images are way cheaper to print than color, meaning if I printed some myself I could get more profit mwahahaaa
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oooo i hear that oct has top notch competition....moving to the big leagues, eh?
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Haha like I said, I'm not trying to audition or join AATR. I just really liked the spirit of the tournament :3
I won't be joining OCT's for a looooong time, if at all. But if I did- yup, I would attempt to join a 'bigger' one under the assumption that more people value the tourney and their characters/story in general :3
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there are big time OCL's (OC leagues) that tend to have advanced skilled comic artists, like you spirogs, that fight for records and fight when they feel like it. SDL (samurai dueling league) Β is a huge one, very popular. I know theres a huge one off of deviant art, if you gave me some time i could track down what its called again...thats if your interested. just remind me to find it for you.
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Thanks for the info; I'll let you know if I'm ever interested. But that'll be a long ways off, if ever
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