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Jet Starr Vs Lady Frankenstein

Critiques

by *Oly-RRR

Absolutely gorgeous as always, Oly! Your colouring and action never fails to astound me - absolutely beautiful! Just a couple of things...


This caught my eye straight away. Lovely character piece, with definite attitude and a lovely colour palette. There's a few things...

by `delya

Gorgeous, colourful work - such as we'd expect out of Delya! I love to see you do softshading, and the underglow of ocean light gi...


Wow! I'm really impressed with the subject matter - you took a very dark subject and handled it beautifully. The symbolism is stri...

Pixies, Purporting to Prattle.

Tue Jul 14, 2009, 3:25 AM
Ave, sailors!

Been sort of crazy round here. By sort of crazy, I mean VERY crazy.

I have a part-time job that seems more like a full-time job. I pull between four and five days a week, selling laptop bags. Work's been - interesting, for the most part. For one thing, although I am a skilled saleswoman, I'm a total slob. Workplace a mess, every workday. So The Boss has been draggin' me over the coals about that. It's a part of my life - proffessional and personal - that I need to fix, because nobody likes a mess everywhere.

In between commissions I've also been working for a website: [link] as an items/npc/poster artist. There's a decent chunk of stuff on there now that's by me, as well as a host of other talented artists. I guess that's why you haven't been seeing as much personal work from me, although I have some ideas in the pipeline. An offshoot of working for lura is that I'm now much better at drawing anthros.

You may have noticed some manga-styled art falling into my inbox. No, I'm not changing my style. I love comics WAY too much. But I believe it's important to be competent in a number of different styles (though I've never got the hang of chibi) because freelancing is a tough world, and much of the work for online artists out there is manga based. So call it a segue from my original style. I plan on teaching a comic book/manga class in my home city (comics for me, manga for the people who want to learn it) and thus would look a bit of a duffer if I was totally unversed in the style. In other words, heap as much critique on me as you can for my manga work, I NEED IT. And yes, i know the proportions are a bit off - they're supposed to be. Manga is disproportionate.

Speaking of comics and critiques:
I met Dave Gibbons (artist of Watchmen) and Nicola Scott (artist of Birds of Prey) at Supanova this year. And they were kind enough to critique an inked picture of Rorschach i gave them. Both are humble, talented and inspirational artists - I think i flummoxed Mr Gibbons a bit, though.
Me: 8D *plonks rorschach drawing down on table.*
Dave: Uh, do you want me to sign it?
Me: "I'd like it even better if you'd tell me where i've gone wrong! 8DDDD"
Dave: "uuuh..."
But he did. And so did nicola. They were both gentle but helpful in the way they pointed out things i could have done better - but both ultimately LIKED MY WORK. They said so with a STRAIGHT FACE.

I am living on cloud nine, folks. It's doubled my enthusiasm for freelance comicking as a career. Picked up some new cardex (oooh, the smooth lines and glorious inking. Nom nom nom) and have been experimenting with new colouring stratagem.

Didn't make it past round 2 of Miss SDL. Ah well. =exileddelusion and *BlackLillian, take up Kit's mantle as Beauty Queen and GO!

I'm working on commissions between work and sleep. Thankyou so much for your generosity, people - it makes me feel all warm and squooshy inside, and =TheCrowchan and i certainly appreciate it.

Yours,
The pummellin' Pixie

COMMISSION STATUS: OPEN

Commission Slots:
1. *lesatho - 2 char cg with bg paid DONE
2. *lesatho - 2 char cg with bg paid DONE
3. =severedscythe - 1 char cell
4. =auryn - 2 char cell paid
5. ~PepperoniDeluxe - 1 char cell
6. ~ArtticWitchica - 1 char headshot paid
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10.~banditdorian - 1 char noir delayed

COMISSION TYPES

Inks
Noir-style inking of the character of your choice.

$10 - 1 character, no background. $18 - 2 characters, no background.

Manga Inks (waist shot)
Inked and halftoned manga style picture of the character of your choice

$8

Manga Cell-shaded
Cell-shaded Manga style character of your choice.

$18

Cell Shaded Headshot
Cell-shaded headshot of the character of your choice.

$8

Cell-Shaded
Cell-shaded and coloured picture of the character of your choice.

$20 - 1 character, no background. $35 - 2 characters, no background.

Cell-Shaded with Background
Cell-shaded and coloured picture of the character of your choice, with background included.

$40 - 1 character, background. $60 - 2 characters, background.

Comic Page
Cell-shaded, texted single comic page, drawn to your script and specifications, of six panels or less.

$60 - 1 page, 6 panels or less.

Small Reference Sheet
Cell-shaded reference sheet, text provided by you.

$60 - 2 full body drawings, three torso/bust drawings minimum.

Large Reference Sheet
Cell-shaded reference sheet, text provided by you.

$100 - 1 turnaround, 3 full-body drawings, 3 bust shots, 5 facial expressions, choice of action pose/significant others and clothing/props list.

TRADES: Closed
*ryuuen - 1 char manga, trade.
  • Mood: Not Impressed
  • Listening to: The Wreckoning

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Devious Info

  • Current Residence: australia
  • Interests: words, and everything pertaining to them. drawing, peoplewatching, shiny things and dressmaking
  • Favourite movie: road to el dorado, Unforgiven, Lord of the Rings (all three)
  • Favourite band or musician: dragonforce, gogol bordello, the pogues, flogging molly, dropkick murpheys, travelling wilburys
  • Favourite genre of music: battle metal, folk/gypsy punk
  • Favourite artist: john howe, chris riddell, paul kidby
  • Favourite poet or writer: terry pratchett, tolkein, robin hobb, lyn flewelling, garth nix, robert browning, sir arthur doyle
  • Favourite cartoon character: tankgirl, tulio (road to el dorado) chainey(maggot boy) and cassidy(preacher)
  • Personal Quote: "i never loved to read. one does not love breathing."
  • Tools of the Trade: handses, precioussss.

Comments


i am totally in love with your characters, who somehow manage to be incredibly original, hilarious, realistic and somehow quite grubbily endearing.(especially kit and niko!) and your art is great. just wanted to drop by and lather you with compliments.

(ooh, lather!)
I can't resist. Must :+devwatch:

:gallery:

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I'm Dr. House's bastard little brother.
thankyou!

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"Why d'you hafta bring up communism every time you're losin' an argument?"
You're very welcome. :)

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I'm Dr. House's bastard little brother.
WAHAHAHA. Why haven't I watched you before?
I don't know. :)

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:tea: here, have some tea, Arthur. [link]
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"The idea of art kills creativity" -DNA //\\ "I'm a romantic; so sue me." -SK
hallo hallo!

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"Why d'you hafta bring up communism every time you're losin' an argument?"
I imagine you're insaneley busy with Sakura Bowl; or you will be, so the date for this has not been established yet. just throwing this out for you when you find time to catch a breath. [link]

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The most Badass Internet Pirate you know.
[link]
ooh! looks fun - let me know when it starts up, and depending on what's happening, I'll see.

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"Why d'you hafta bring up communism every time you're losin' an argument?"
Wellll...

*Obaba started on her trading card/OC Developmnt thingie(phase 1) [link]

So at this point... I guess it's more 'at your leisure' :shrug:

base points from the journal:

-insp./lovingly ripped from Urban Rivals Online Trading Card Game. the more you fight with your cards, the more awesome the characters look.

-1 OC (or more if you wish) in 2 to 5 stages of development/evolution. if you can find an Urban Rivals Template, great, if not, that's fine too. it's mostly about OC Development over time; not neccesaraly making proxy cards.

... and I guess I'll answer any unresolved questions or issues if the need arises.

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The most Badass Internet Pirate you know.
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