http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:blightedangel&section=today deviantART RSS for by:blightedangel en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:10:07 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/27712216/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/27712216/ Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:40:48 PDT To find the truth, I've even lied
But all I know is down inside I'm bleeding."

"And Super Heroes come to feast
To taste the flesh not yet deceased
And all I know is still the beast is feeding."

"And crawling on the planet's face
Some insects called the human race
Lost in time, lost in space
And meaning."

My favourite track on the Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack. I mean, I love it all, and can sing almost everything, but this song just strikes me.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/25169097/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/25169097/ Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:09:35 PDT From what I can tell, this site is composed of a group of people all striving to build up large "favourite" galleries of fan art. And on top of that frustrating habit of collecting others' artwork, there is stunningly little actual SUPPORT by the other artists. There appears to be a long standing competition between warring individuals, angrily fighting for pageviews, or more-comments-than-so-and-so. So strong is the competition, that few actually stop to appreciate the artwork of someone else. At least, that is the impression given.
I do not exclude myself from the masses, I admittedly am as guilty of fav-ninjaing as anyone else. But I do try to comment, when I see something truly outstanding. Or a drawing that is outstanding, but has few comments already. Or an aspect of the image that is truly original and deserves vocal praise!
So I am disappointed in you, my fellow artists. I am disappointed that nobody has risen to the occasion, and SAID SOMETHING! We all claim to be outspoken people, but are too locked in our own little worlds to really notice and help one another. I thought this was the problem! I'm sure we've all received startling negative impact, enough to force us into a shell--again, I am no stranger to being rubbed in the dirt by a complete stranger. I've had my crap LAUGHED at, by teachers, peers, and even prospective employers. But I'm still here, throwing my best onto paper and begging for just a little love.
Tell me what I'm doing wrong, tell me what you like about my stuff! Just TALK TO ME! Don't make me beg anymore.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/24507081/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/24507081/ Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:29:46 PDT Thank goodness I write (or draw) everything down. My brain would be rather crowded, otherwise.

Oh, and on a side note--to all you wonderful amazing faithful watchers who actually care: what do you think about my Foal? Do we like her? 'Cause I do, (a lot, if you hadn't guessed.) Do I post her too much? Are we ready for Angela to move on and draw someone else, like more fan art?
I have a two-page exercise on panel work started, describing somewhat her shaved-headed beginnings. (I think it's well proven I need to work on paneling stories.) I don't WANT to stop drawing her, but it seems nobody cares that I do. I mean, I know I'm drawing for ME in the end, but it would be nice to get some response once in a while. We artists crave feedback like nothing else, and sometimes I wish I had more. Often I wish I had more.
So, SOME FEEDBACK PLEASE FOLKS! I want to know what you think. Honestly.

And please, be honest. Nobody ever really gains anything from lies.

Thank you!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/24403897/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/24403897/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:37:09 PDT This is just another in a long string of many many nights where I park myself in front of blank paper, and stare at it. Nothing is coming out. Even my normally fruitful visits to the gym, or the toilet, are for naught--no ideas spring forth in vivid colour, ready to be spilled onto the paper.
I feel the pages are beginning to mock my failure. Taunting me with the blank whiteness, insulting my lack of inspiration. My sketchbooks are full of old ideas, jotted down in a moment of overwhelm in an effort to preserve the concept for a time like this, but even old ideas fail to get my fingers moving.
My poor Copics are gathering dust in a corner, and it hurts my heart.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/23031375/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/23031375/ Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:44:05 PST So, to all those (fellow) ninjas out there--tell the artist what you like, so we can keep doing it. Don't just fav-and-run. It doesn't help anybody.

Isn't this supposed to be a community, after all?

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/22412005/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/22412005/ Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:52:36 PST I'm getting married.
Thanks for enduring my news!


]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/21789647/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/21789647/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 19:08:59 PST
]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/21462675/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/21462675/ Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:01:03 PST [link] )
I need to start designing backgrounds BEFORE I do a drawing, maybe this will alleviate the frustration when I FAIL at the end of a picture. I sit there...all done......with this I'm-proud-of-it figure posing in blankness.
IS NOBODY ELSE PLAGUED BY MY DEMON?? Does anyone have any suggestions? (Aside from practise, 'cause unfortunately I've preached that right into the ground, thank-you-very-much.)

PS. Copics rule. Most amazing and complete review ever: [link]

I just want to bring up one wonderful word that has come to my attention. "PENTIMENTO" which is a drawing technique used by Renaissance masters--wrong marks in a drawing contribute to the work and give it a sense of liveliness. I "implement" this technique all the time--COMPLETELY INTENTIONALLY...yes......intentionally.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20526785/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20526785/ Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:16:25 PDT gccomics [link]

Everyone go look and love. Or else.

It is our quirks that make us interesting. (My contestant [link] )

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20317636/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20317636/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:49:38 PDT
Two things are holding me back from having super awesome arts, I think, more than anything else.

ONE is lack of backgrounds. I have a hankering to try things Mucha style, and go for the Art Nouveau style as it's easy and beautiful all at the same time. Don't even have to draw realistically either, 'cause everything should be heavily outlined. What I NEED to do is practise drawing inanimate things. Plants, furniture, boyfriend. You know, stuff that doesn't move and is good background material. I figure if I can start making drawings more complex, instead of just an OC of mine floating in space (who the crap cares about someone else's imaginary person, anyway?) maybe I can gain some more insight into my style. I would like to work especially on landscapes, but I just find the idea of drawing something so stationary boring. Though I'm sure it's not. And I always hated drawing still-lifes, more than any other subject ever before. Ugh. Static lighting, static pose, static objects. I mean, I can recognise it may be helpful for rendering or realism, but it's just not me.

TWO...I need to draw more nudity. [link] describes it fairly accurately. (And illustrates--hence why the drawing has so many hits. )
Have an art trade coming up that should hit this on the nail, somewhat.

THE LIST
Painting for Mike *WIP
HestaX3
Piratica *WIP
Zombie pics *WIP-poses for nearly everyone done
Sakura for sibling
Lock for Chelsea
BST comics (at least three)
Labyrinth fanart
Silver/Jane
Art trade 2
"The Perfect Dress" contest entry 2 *WIP

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20211282/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/20211282/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:02:02 PDT
PS. Been slaving away on the elliptical at the gym, so there's been shameful little time for creation. All projects seem to have ground to a screeching halt.

The list:

Painting for Mike *WIP
HestaX3
Piratica *WIP
Zombie pics *WIP-poses for nearly everyone done
Sakura for sibling
Lock for Chelsea
BST comics (at least three)
Labyrinth fanart
Silver/Jane
Art trade 2
"The Perfect Dress" contest entry 2 *WIP

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19983772/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19983772/ Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:07:12 PDT Boyfriend's mum gave me a wonderful easel for my birthday! Yay! Now I have no more excuses.

The list?

Painting for Mike *WIP
HestaX3
Piratica *WIP
Zombie pics *WIP-poses for nearly everyone done
Sakura for sibling
Lock for Chelsea
BST comics (at least three)
Labyrinth fanart
Silver/Jane
Art trade 2
"The Perfect Dress" contest entry 2 *WIP

And more that I can't remember.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19491792/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19491792/ Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:05:49 PDT Considering whether or not some of my other floating OCs need the emotion chart, also. The various canvases sitting in the corner also inspire me immensely.
As do the impending faces of the girls I have visiting me, this upcoming Monday. They will wish they never heard the word 'makeup'.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19010067/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/19010067/ Mon, 23 Jun 2008 21:16:35 PDT Also did Cass a tattoo, which turned out amazing.

Thank goodness, the To Do list is finally shrinking. I am well versed in my occupation, and able to turn my creative sights elsewhere.

I would LOVE to take the time to draw one of my favourite Disney characters: Joanna the Goanna, from the "Rescuers Down Under". Fabulous character, exceedingly expressive, mobile, intelligent, and a wonderful comic relief. Plus, she's freaking adorable.

And, thanks to my good friend I have learned some new sex techniques to practice with lucky boyfriend.


EDIT: Okay, apparently the tattoo is not finished. It is perfect and just what was specified and desired, except for a few hundred little things.
So, let's just put me back at square one, to be fair. I'll never accomplish anything.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/18636080/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/18636080/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:50:23 PDT

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Boo Boo Transit (I take the bus?)

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Moose-Tracks Pump

3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): Red Cougar

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Kristen Vancouver

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Olian (COOL!)

6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Blue Tea (wtf much? lol)

7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Donna Denise (I'm doing grandMOTHERs 'cause I'm a GURL.)

8. STRIPPER NAME (the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Bora Bora Mars

10. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Windley Washington (can't remember grd 5 teacher's name, just that she used to flirt with my father a lot. Gah.)

11. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Autumn Orchid

12. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Blueberry Boxer

13. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Banana Pine

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/18357387/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/18357387/ Sat, 17 May 2008 18:31:56 PDT Sometimes I wish I could do my work out of my house...then I think better of it. Other times I think I could just do art for a living, then I think I'd grow to loathe it within the year.

EDIT: I was surfing dA today and found [link] . This sculpture is incredible, and deserves a DD. So I (laboriously) found the help FAQ, and it turns out that as a lowly artist I have no power at all to even suggest a DD. So I am telling you, my few (probably only two) faithful watchers, that [link] deserves one. Go check it out and marvel at the deep thought. (No sarcasm intended, it really is amazing.)
Here's the FAQ thingie from dA. FAQ #18: Who selects the Daily Deviation and how is it chosen?


The ever present To Do List:
A) Tattoo for Brad! (Only the knotwork left!)
B) Painting for Harmonie
C) Painting for Mike
D) ANOTHER wedding present
E) Zombie profiles for Sibling, Kiel, Mairi, Boyfriend, Gerry
F) Guess the Anime IV and V
G) Art Blastside
H) Cruelty III

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17873935/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17873935/ Wed, 16 Apr 2008 00:45:14 PDT [link] She said she loved the way it was done, and that by looking at it, it made her cry. Now, *I* would never have called this girl fat in my LIFE, she's stunningly beautiful and energetic and full of life...but I could see it in her eyes that SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE in her life, had. Times like these that I hate most people for their lack of sensitivity. Big girls have feelings too.
I wanted to tell her that she IS spectacularly lovely, but she never would believe it. Because we never hear the true positives, we are so set on listening to the bad only. It's how we're programmed.
But made me feel so good to see I've touched someone. Even though I draw stupid cartoony styles, and even though most of the time I'm just trying to make someone laugh--comments like that just make me feel good. Because I WANT to affect people. In the case of chubby girls, if I can change the opinion of just one person out there who hates us....I've done a good thing. Because you know what? Chubby girls are always going to be there, we're never going to go away. And if the world was populated by Carmen Electras, and Britney Spears', and Kate Moss', we'd be pretty boring wouldn't we. (Not to mention high on super drugs and mental out of our minds.)
Both Cruelty [link] and the sequel are illustrations of my life, and the way I FEEL I've been viewed by others. So I am grossly overweight. You think I don't know? You think I don't see the looks I'm given in public, the way people eye me up and down before shaking my hand in an interview, or that nobody sits next to me on the bus? I'm fat, not stupid. I have dieted, I eat well. I am who I am.
So B, if you read this, know there is no bigger compliment to me than what you said to me tonight. I hope I helped you, even if it was only in a small way.


Peace out.

EDIT: The To Do List
A) Tattoo for Brad!
B) Painting for Harmonie
C) Painting for Mike
D) Gift for Wedding **DONE
E) Zombie profiles for Sibling, Kiel, Mairi, Boyfriend, Gerry
F) Guess the Anime IV and V
G) Art Blastside
H) Cruelty III

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17598151/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17598151/ Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:00:49 PDT
A) *FINISHED!! Art Trade with Secret Awesome Artist
B) Tattoo for Brad!
C) Painting for Harmonie
D) Painting for Mike

I have all projects started but C. And D is really in the vaguest of planning stages, mostly random sketching all over the place that change on a weekly basis.

Been doing a lot of DDR and socialising lately--I wonder what's wrong with me.

Edit:
More things that need to get drawed!
1. Guess the Anime IV
2. FoaL in formal wear
3. New Black Sheep Tales comic

Edit II:
So I bought the new Linsner comic "Dark Ivory I" and it's lovely, just top notch Linsner. I realise I need to buy "A Vampire's Christmas" although, 'cause it also has Ivory in it and I'm a moron for not having purchased and read it earlier.
Work is STRESSING ME OUT hardcore, most days I don't know why I go in and let the boss treat me like a cheap rug on a daily (hourly some days) basis. I need to grow some balls. Big old salty nuts. Covered in chocolate. And some seasoning. Maybe a little sprig of spearmint.
Going away for a few days. YAY seeing my mummy!
I now have TWO unposted art-pictures hanging out in my folders on the comp, waiting to be posted. ^^ Secrets.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17466535/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17466535/ Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:47:51 PDT It's really very simple.

All I need to do, is draw a graphic yaoi fanart of Harry Potter making out with Naruto, and give each of them humongous grotesque bulbous breasts.

I'll be the most fav'd artist on dA!

Assuming I can draw it. The prospect kinda frightens me.


On a different note, oldschool cartoons ROCK. Watching Fern Gully right now, and I've been catching up on all the old Disney movies. Animation has sure come a long way, it's a real shame it's giving way to 3D animation.
Enchanted is a breakthrough, the perspectives and movement and stylization is wonderful--but sadly short-lived. Maybe Disney will wake up and go back to their roots with some more classic cartoon films. I just hope that if Disney won't continue, Dreamworks will--although with all their Shrek success, I doubt they will.
So for now, I am grateful to Fox for Fern Gully. Wonderful animation, amazing movement...unparalleled storyline.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17370667/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/17370667/ Sun, 16 Mar 2008 21:16:26 PDT This is a huge step for me, as I finally know I have enough sitting around in various books to prove she is mine, and enough people to vouch for me. I mean, I can't imagine someone wanting to steal her, but paranoia is one of my many flaws.
My poor Foal has so much backstory behind her it hurts. She is my most thought-about character. Every time I start a new doodle, I begin it with her. Almost every time I design an outfit, I think how it would look on her. If I ever get cancer and have to endure chemo--I will shave my head to match her. THAT is how much she means to me. She draws influence from so many others, and from a part of me that always wanted to be cute and angry and fearless all in one.
And so now, I suppose it's finally time to share.

LegendaryFrog talked me into it.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16954680/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16954680/ Mon, 18 Feb 2008 23:30:52 PST Five things I wish for 2008, for myself:

1. I wanna make a corset.
2. The ever present weight-loss. (However I will settle for just general appearance improvement, weight is only the most obvious factor.) I want to feel better about myself.
3. I really really really REALLY want to paint something this year. Anything.
4. Gotta get my license. Bleh.
5. Have more sex.



And why on earth is there no PMS "Mood" to choose from, below? How freaking stupid is that!!!!!
PMS, PMS, PMS, ON ALL WHO HAVE THE BAD SENSE TO TALK TO ME TODAY! RRR!

Shit, that's not positive thinking, is it. lol

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16762127/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16762127/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 21:44:58 PST This artist then responds to your questions and comments with a mere "thanks".
This response drives me nuts! I mean, do you really NEED to validate every single comment by every single person who visits your page with a meaningless and redundant thank you? I certainly hope not! I mean, is the thanks not sorta understood by the commenter?
If I am leaving a comment I am leaving one for a reason, to point out the good points and maybe a bad one--strengths and weaknesses guys! Proactive, positive reinforcement and ASSISTANCE from one amateur to another. If you have something genuine to respond with, please do. But don't BS me with your thanks. I KNOW you read every comment; hell, most people probably sit by their computers with their mouse cursor hovering over the 'no messages' button waiting to click if something turns up. I know some nights that's what I do.

THERE IS NO NEED TO RESPOND TO EVERY SINGLE COMMENT.

And if you DO plan to respond, don't make yourself sound like a redundant idiot by only replying 'thank u'.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16682081/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16682081/ Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:36:57 PST I mean, how many times have you looked at a piece only to scroll down and realise that the artist has SO little feeling for his work that he has nothing to say AT ALL.
What a load of crap that is!
Artists are some of the most oversensitive, puffed up, whiny brats there are out there, and I hate it when they pretend to not care, as if my opinion doesn't change the fact that they do art. Of course the viewer's opinion matters!!! If it weren't for the viewer, someone to be seeing the finished work, would the work really even exist?
Can these inflated bumpkins EVEN try to tell the viewers what materials they used? How long it took them? The name of the model? Their favourite flavour of pie!??!?!?!!!?!?! Just put SOMETHING.

So, to all the pompous full-of-themselves artists out there with NO COMMENT to say on their artwork EVER....

STOP BEING SO MELODRAMATIC! You're HALFWAY to being an EMO KID!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16560231/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16560231/ Fri, 25 Jan 2008 01:14:04 PST So with luck I'll post everything (at least) in the sketchdump section. Maybe do one huge compilation at the end of the month.
Rules: I am allowed to have one UNFINISHED drawing/doodle in a day, but completing it the next day does not count as that second days drawing. One new drawing started every day.

I tend to keep lists in the backs of sketchbooks of ideas that intrigue me, but I never have the time to commit to actual shape beyond writing.

And now that I'm flipping through my sketchbooks (an emotional process every time I do it,) (some eleven sketchbooks now, including the newly completing one,) I'm realising just the amount of unused ideas floating around. That's just the written stuff, too. Not even mentioning the half-doodled random crap inSIDE the books.

The boyfriend teases me every time I go through them all again. I just like to reflect on what I've done, maybe refresh some ideas, remind myself what a character looks like, and what my style has evolved into. Sometimes just a note to self that my style isn't looking like me anymore.

In the words of Derek Zoolander: "Who am I?"

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16411578/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16411578/ Tue, 15 Jan 2008 01:02:28 PST I respect Sheryl a lot for not pretending to be all 'cool' by warbling incessantly through her music (not mentioning names *coughXTINAcough*). It may sound strange, but I find a lot of artists out there tend to reuse the same words over and over and over, never deviating beyond language that is easy to rhyme, and simple to understand. Sheryl (historically) doesn't do that. (Neither does Cake, Alanis Morisette, Amy Winehouse, Tenacious D, etc etc.) I ALWAYS appreciate good use of language. English is so corrupted and twisted by slang, it's hardly a real language anymore.

Working on a tattoo right now, trying to make it a priority. So much of it is heavily dictated by the recipient, so I'll admit it's been a bit of a challenge getting off the ground. I get some hefty freedom with the celtic knotwork though, so hopefully that'll go smoother. It looks wonderful so far, however. I hope the "canvas" will let me post it here, once I do finish. Shouldn't be long. I'm sick, so I'm sitting in front of the computer and just DRAWING. Steadily.
I also have a small list of favourite redheads in cartoon/comics that I love love love love, and wish to do tribute to. Not a lot of redhead boys in the drawn media. I suppose that's good though, 'cause I suck at boys. Need to work on that.
Almost at a new sketchbook. I bought a bigger size this time. (Size DOES matter, after all.) We'll see how well this goes and if I can stick with it, I'm so used to the 7X10" one, I haven't had larger since high school. Why are new books so intimidating!? I have so much good drawing paper lying around I need to make better use of it.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16037527/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/16037527/ Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:22:21 PST
]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15856213/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15856213/ Sun, 09 Dec 2007 00:32:28 PST Maybe one day I'll attempt another original 'Linsner style' freehand and without reference, but for now fear of failure keeps me from attempting it.
On a similar note, I am pleased to be working with the good old prismacolors again, although it seems to me I can never saturate the paper enough with the colour for it to scan satisfactorily. Blend blend blend is the secret, I suppose. I'll just have to keep at it.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15608178/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15608178/ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:14:58 PST I picked up the newest Megatokyo graphic novel (that guy inspires me so much, I've been reading his crap since high school!) and the "Lucifer's Halo" compilation book. Ohhhh, it's so PRETTY!!!! Linsner is definately my idea of a god. He paints an amazing picture, a wonderful story, and his illustrations are otherworldly. So, I expect to be drawing/referencing some Dawn sometime. Maybe some Darrian. We'll see, we'll see.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15556252/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15556252/ Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:54:40 PST Too bad I suck at drawing horses.

lol

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15384193/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15384193/ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:13:15 PST
People I love for supporting and loving me!!

My subscription will run out in another couple of days, so I'm just gonna play with the pretty fun-ness journal one more time.

THANK YOU again for the sub. You're wonderful. If I wanted to ever have babies, I promise I will spit you out a few.

Next comic is about 50% done, I have two days off so it should be finished very shortly. I am enjoying trying to be funny, when I'm not fretting about trying to be funny. It's odd, I find the male character's personality to be surfacing with such ease, and it's usually so hard to find them. In comparison, Daniella is still rather blank. I need to maybe instigate some interests for her, give her some body and life. I'm sure she'll play a big part, soon enough.

Halloween had some super-makeup-y goodness. I only have photos from cell phones, but I'll hopefully at least post the boyfriend 'cause he was WONDERFUL in his gorey goodness. He looked most deceased. I didn't look too bad, but he really stole the show.

I can' t think of anything else to say, right now. So I'll go back to my comic-drawing.




People I desperately admire!!
]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15293143/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15293143/ Tue, 30 Oct 2007 22:35:28 PDT
People I love for supporting and loving me!!

RULES:

1. Post these rules.
2. Each person must post ten random facts about themselves.
3. Tags should write a journal/blog of these facts.
4. At the end of the post three more people are tagged and named.
5. Go to their page and leave a comment telling them they're tagged

A. I make the best popcorn ever. Period.
B. I prefer showers to baths.
C. Disney's "Lilo and Stitch" makes me cry, every time.
D. I rarely have dreams featuring people I know in real life.
E. The sight of huge blank canvas TERRIFIES me.
F. Food-scented perfumes (vanilla, cotton candy,) piss me off.
G. I never turn down a piece of pizza--even if I've just eaten a HUGE meal.
H. I can't sleep if my feet are cold.
I. When I was little, I gave my baby brother a bath in cooking oil.
J. I have had unexplained foot problems since I was very small, but I still persist in wearing uncomfortable (but adorable!) high heels.

Bonus! I cannot stand the sight of bad punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. I feel fury every time I am forced to read/view text message talk. "omg ur cool sum1 sed so lol" *inward shudder*

Tag on...!


People I desperately admire!!


]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15223449/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15223449/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:04:09 PDT
People I love for supporting and loving me!!

Feeling pretty boo-hoo-ie. I blame the PMS, (THIS IS A PMS WARNING! AVOID AT ALL COSTS TO AVOID SUPER-NASTY TEMPER!! Do not engage, I repeat DO NOT ENGAGE!!) but also, flipping though old sketchbooks does that to me. Even the old garbagey stuff makes me sad...so many memories attatched to everything. Most of it I can conjure up the exact place I was sitting when I was colouring this bit...who inspired me to sketch out that little thing... It breaks my heart in many ways.
But I'm here for a reason, I promise. I find delving through my few physical memories gives me ideas. Forgotten ideas, mostly, as for my personal mnemomic device, I commit doodles to paper so I can clear the way for new ideas. It works, in that my mind is refreshed all the time...but it fails, 'cause I totally don't look through shit often enough. OOPS. Well, I'm looking now.
And it's the now that counts, right?

I remember a time I would sit and surf Elfwood art galleries for hours, just clicking and clicking with a stolen hotel note pad in front of me, and once in a while I'd find a thumbnail and see something wonderful, which upon clicking was nothing like the actual picture. So I'd sit back, pick up a pen, and draw whatever it was I actually saw. I found more often than not, I drew success from their failures.

I don't have photo albums. I hate myself committed to film, in just about every situation, so there really aren't pictures of me. I view my old sketchbooks as I have seen others view their photo collections. Small windows looking at me through time--not looking at my 2D false-grin physical self, but more intimately viewing my inner workings, the twirl of my ordinary (or not?) brain.

Then I look at some of this junk and wonder what the hell I was thinking.

People I desperately admire!!


]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15122943/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15122943/ Thu, 18 Oct 2007 23:32:33 PDT

Finished day seven today, of my nine day straight work stint. The homocidal tendancies are miraculously absent, still, but with luck they'll surface soon.
Been admiring and sighing over a lot of Dawn artwork lately. If I could kneel before Linsner and apply my tongue to his boots, I would be the happiest girl alive. He's so damned good at what he does! I WOULD say I envy his talent, but I know it was hard won. I've seen some of his earlier things.
Looking inward, I have several projects on the go (surprise, surprise.) Working on new comics now, always, recording obsessively everything I find amusing in this life, and also fighting with ideas for a tattoo I have been commissioned to construct. I find myself wishing I could be the one applying said ink, also, but then I recall a bad experience I had when attempting to apprentice for tattooing, and the desire is swifty squashed.


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15009598/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/15009598/ Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:16:31 PDT

Got about 23 hours till my first (self imposed) deadline. Comic progress: About 20% done. Snot bad, snot bad, two of three panels roughed out.
I have decided to not actually INK these comics, at least for a bit, while I get the hang of panelling and thinking in boxes and drawing the same peeps over and over and over. I'm gonna use PS to beef up the darkness, to make them LOOK inked before I send them over to the editor.
(Gods, it's two in the morning and I totally am not ready for bed.)
Already have the roughs down for parts of my first actual "story arc". With luck, it'll include my trademark character, and then I'll feel comfortable enough to start posting my MANY drawings of her, here. (Not like I don't have enough junk with her on it/in it to prove she's mine, but paranoia becomes me so much!
On a side note, thinking of continuous short gags is HARD! What else is there in the world to make fun of, that hasn't been done already?!!?!??!?!??!???!??!!! Maybe vegetarian zombies are funny. I bet I can work those in.
Sadly, the editor of the paper game me NO limits whatsoever. No size or panel limits, no topic limitations, no profanity censors... I have ABSOLUTE POWER! Which, I might remind myself, is a BAD THING FOR THE WORLD! HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAA..slkcmwoslinvxc.
But without guidelines...where am I to turn when I hit the hypothetic wall? I suppose I'll just have to dissolve into my customary puddle of obscenity uttering, hairy, antisocial, burbling, video-game-obsessed, gelatinous goo.
I grow more like my sibling, every day.


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14920221/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14920221/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:40:52 PDT

Gotta write and illustrate a couple of comics. I've been nominated to do the comics for a local college newspaper. I--AM--SO--AFRAID. Terrified, really. Of what, I have no idea. Deadlines, probably.
Oh well. Should you attend Malaspina U/C, look for me in the paper. If not, I'll post a link to the website when I get a few up there.

As for now? I will just huddle in my bedclothes covered in syrup and cat hair, and shriek profanities at anything that approaches.

"PROFANITY!" *cough*


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14799451/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14799451/ Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:05:08 PDT

I think I need to take some schoolin', because life is becoming extremely dull right about now. Would LOVE most of all to take a cartooning or a life drawing class, but practically I'll most definately enroll in a fake-gel-nail course. Still get to be artsy but on a much smaller, more narrow-minded barbie-esque scale. Nobody wants fun nails, everybody wants the freakin' boring french.
I look at and am insanely jealous for wanting to take her classes. I struggle more and more with making my characters express, and move, but I have no one to give me aid, nobody to suggest exercises so I can learn.
So I buy books, I study them, but still am unsure of how to practise what they suggest. And I drink up every word mentioned by amateur cartoonists, to struggle with what comes to them so naturally. I pore for indeterminate hours over rough sketches to force my brain to absorb the FEEL of them...ever hoping.
Alas, I remain unchanged.

On the plus side, I have a D&D character to sketch, should I ever get around to it. I've missed paper gaming.


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14681440/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14681440/ Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:41:33 PDT

So, we all know I'm really opinionated.
I am of the opinion that programs like photoshop and painter are slowly destroying the art world.
I have nothing against such artists, in fact there are many pieces I am quite fond of. But there's something about the smell of certain colours of pencilcrayon, the way acrylic paint squeezes out onto the palette, and how graphite dust clings to the ridges on your fingerprints that just can't be matched by a tablet and screen.
There's so much planning required for real artwork; after all, real life doesn't have a 'back' button. Colours have to be thought out ahead of time, whole themes plotted and backgrounds sketched multiple times before the dream is achieved...
If we succumb to a wholy computerized world, who's to say we won't consult the compter more and more, eventually for the pose of the figure, then the colours, then the background, then the whole composition. Would it still be ours, then? Would it still REALLY be art?
Ideas are incorporeal enough without removing the physical medium we represent them in.


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14372996/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14372996/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:05:35 PDT

I'm not much for promoting the joys of youtube.com, but I stumbled upon an acoustic video of Trent Reznor singing "Something I Can Never Have", and I have to say if ANYTHING can inspire me to draw, it is this beautiful angry man. I was expecting the singing to be poor, because few "artists" can actually sing without digital enhancement. But Trent blew me away. The only other acoustic song of this nature that compares is Radiohead's "Creep", but I like Trent better. Thorn Yorke sounds like he's dying...and it is just stunning.
If you have a few minutes to spare, I suggest you squander them here: [link] .


People I love for supporting and loving me!! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14339549/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14339549/ Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:11:43 PDT

Not so much drawing going on, more reading. I'm going through a reading spurt. Polished off the last Harry Potter (woot no more avoiding spoilers!), and Pride and Prejudice (to get the taste of children's novel out of my mouth, ), and now am uncertain where to go. Two books I want to purchase, one of which is the newest in the Kushiel's Dart series but I'm too lazy to go to the bookstore.
So, I am currently enraptured by the character of Lydia from P&. She both facinates and irritates me at the same time, so hopefully I will attempt to capture her on paper, from my mind's eye.
On another creative sort of note, I THINK I've chosen the pattern for my too-rushed-to-be-as-extravagent-as-I'd-like Halloween costume, this year. ([link] , my choice would be the photograph not the drawing.) This pattern is multi-sized so at least I can make room for my frustratingly considerable bust, and not so complex as to tarnish the pleasure of the task. And easy enough to elaborate on, should I desire, at a later date. And I already have some petticoats, but doubtless I'll design more. I could even add a random bustle to it, too. Woot, huge cage bustles!! I will have one, sooner or later.
Anyone not knowing what a bustle is, go watch the movie "Bram Stoker's Dracula" again.

On a side note, my house now reeks of garlic, thanks to my uber-garlicky potato dinner. Yum.

People I love for supporting and loving me!!
]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14125312/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/14125312/ Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:17:00 PDT

My wonderful boyfriend bought me a console for my birthday. Mock me if you will, but I've always wanted a PS2. Everything I could want is on the system: Resident Evil, Final Fantasy 7-12, (excluding 11 because online FF is just wrong,) Puzzle Fighter II, and many many more! Best system ever. I love Playstation, all their systems run the exact same. Mmm.
Expect much zombie fanart, and maybe some random Final Fantasy crap. Leon is hot. Hooray!
Little else, I suspect...seeing as I'll be doing nothing but play console games. Bye bye, WoW addiction, hello oldschool!

Got the hankering to draw some realism, maybe some faces. I'd love to bust out that lovely new set of pencils I bought and that has been collecting dust next to my sewing machine. So many projects, so little time...
I would ALSO dearly love to win the Blizzard WoW comic contest, and score me a sexy limited edition Blizzard ipod. Gotta decide on a comic, first, I have many MANY little ideas. Mebbe I'll just post everything, and make you decide which is funniest.

People I can't live without!
]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/13492566/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/13492566/ Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:23:59 PDT In his entrance, Frankie says "..don't judge a book by it's cover." I find it very smartassed of him to be throwing at his audience such an old and traditional saying, while wearing ladies underwear. And so well he wears it, too.
I cannot help but admire, and enthuse over all the costumes in RHPS. Fishnets elegantly ripped, feathers in just the right places, and heels heels heels everywhere. I share a passion with Frank for high shoes, they add something special to the leg that cannot be argued. Maybe more than the leg, is the supremely sexy angle the foot takes on. I don't think I have a foot fetish, especially when I see some VERY unpleasant feet, while working...but I APPRECIATE a well formed body part when I see one.
And I unabashedly admit my love for Frankenfurter. May he always prance with style.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/13375418/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/13375418/ Sun, 17 Jun 2007 00:21:04 PDT So I am forcing myself to draw SOMETHING. Have a great idea. Hope to have it done, soon.
Blast this empty mind of mine.

Did some research: Disney is doing two more movies, in 2008-2009. I am painfully excited. A "Rapunzel Unbraided", and "The Princess and the Frog". Look into it, much interestingness.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/12608144/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/12608144/ Sun, 15 Apr 2007 16:16:00 PDT As I lean further and further away from Japanese style drawing and anime (I still love the stuff though!) I start reaching more and more to American style comic drawings for inspiration. Most notably, and the challenging part for me, is how the characters will have so much more expression than those of anime. I watch closely and see the entire jaw moving on a Disney character, where a smile on an anime girl will consist of mouth movement only. How dull!
So I strive for expression. I spent a very involved evening pausing Alice in Wonderland to draw Alice, again and again and again with her (surprisingly few) variations of facial movement. I realise now, that Alice is a strikingly blank character, she is very proper and almost uptight, probably to contrast all the more with the extremes of the Wonderland she is thrust into. Also, with Alice, her body moves very little compared to those of the other characters. Everyone else is a CARTOON, where Alice is a human, and incapable of outrageous motions and squashing and stretching. She has a bone structure, and it shows. Gods I love Alice, I could rant about her amazingness for hours.
Next up, crazed Tarzan fanart! Tarzan has so many shades of expression, and he speaks with his entire body. Jane, I find, speaks with her clothing. It changes through the movie as does her mindset, and as she loses grip on civilization.
I find it increasingly sad that Disney seems to be letting go of their heritage in animated films, and reaches out for computer generated artwork and live action movies. Don't get me wrong, I love PotC and Monsters Inc. and all that it's just...they have so much time and effort invested in traditional cartoons, and they're known so well for them. It would be a shame to toss it all out the window in favour of the trendy current ideals.
Well, *I* will continue to worship the classics, and some of the not so classic American animated films. Even if I have to do it alone.
Alice forever! Three cheers!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/12294875/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/12294875/ Fri, 23 Mar 2007 10:08:06 PDT (Why bother wearing any armour at all, if it's only strategically placed to hide a nipple or something? Do they really think sex appeal will matter to the evil undead sorcerer, vicious carnivorous troll, or giant griffin?)

And on that note, why are princesses always warriors, nowadays! It seems every time you read about a princess, she's super-buff and TOTALLY capable of taking care of herself. How frustrating! Royalty grows up spoiled and soft, that's the point! I'd just love to see a wimpy, girly, frilly princess once in a while, just for the fun of it.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/11806617/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/11806617/ Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:21:43 PST I think it's okay to draw, however you like, with whatever inspiration you want. I mean, if it works for you, why stop? I've seen many music-inspired pieces, and many not, and both have strengths and weaknesses. Essentially, they are the same in many ways, just the ideas behind the artist differ. Where's the bad, I ask!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/11627448/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/11627448/ Tue, 30 Jan 2007 18:56:11 PST I haven't drawn anything for ages, though as always, I have plans in my head TO draw things.
I'm striving for photorealism (in my head), I have a couple of pictures I want to pencil. Sorta to test myself, to see if I can do it.
Otherwise, I'm just doodling little bits of things, fashion design, faces, characters....and watching repulsive amounts of anime on the side. Even WoW has been pushed to the back burner, to make way for Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, Ouran Host Club, and Tonagura.
Fan art coming up, most likely.
Go PGSM.
Few things can get me as excited as I become, when listening to that opening sequence for PGSM. I look at myself, giggling and getting hysterical...and wonder what is wrong with me.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10878131/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10878131/ Tue, 28 Nov 2006 10:57:44 PST I've decided I need to learn to do backgrounds, even as much as I currently shun them. My poor little people look naked surrounded by white paper, and even a partial or suggested background helps. But urban scenes are so hard...so much perspective involved! And outdoor scenes just as difficult, I mean....TREES are HARD! (At least for me.) Maybe if I learn to draw just ONE tree, I can just do the same one over and over...!
Back to the drawing board.

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10684985/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10684985/ Sat, 11 Nov 2006 00:33:38 PST I have more commissions coming in, even though I didn't ask for them...ooo, goodness. I can't even draw for myself right now. Stupid hands, WORK DARN YOU! Going through some painful 'artist's block'. Bleh. Every time I put pencil to paper, it looks stupid. Oh well, it'll pass.
Upon reflection of this problem, I have decided to go back to an old drawing I'd done for someone else and given to him, before it could be scanned. I still have my transfer paper, and I think I'm gonna fix it up all pretty-like.
Starting tonight.
Go me!

I think I should even go back to my obsessions...and do some loose sketches on movement. I enjoy them so much, they're such a pleasure...and they really make me feel good about drawing. Plus, hooray movement!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10326148/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/10326148/ Sun, 08 Oct 2006 14:01:13 PDT
Ablehenamon/Alex's symbol is finished! [link]
And Yumi is for my Sibling. [link]

Now I just have:

Gerry's D&D char. (I'm nearly done the planning stages, I just need some more specifics.)
Mummy. A logo for her company, also in the planning stages.
Sakura Sect logo. Hooray WoW!
Mike! A painting, on canvas. But I need help, sweetie!
Shannon. Not even started. This'll be a long time in the process.

So the list shrinks a little, I am proud. Top three are in the process right now, and soon I'll have only the terrifying paintings to get to! Gah...

And no new Dawn picture yet...I'm slacking off; bad me, bad!

]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9934796/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9934796/ Fri, 01 Sep 2006 21:04:13 PDT Sometimes I feel overwhelmed, especially when complete strangers or people I barely associate with beg me to draw things for them. However, in light of my current lack of inspirations, I've decided to make a list of the most pressed requests, and to actually try to do them. No promises, people, but I am going to strain my brain and force the art-ness out!! Out, out damn spot.
So, my short list.

Brandr - Yume. Dude, get me a description and I'll get on it.
Mike - ANYTHING of my doing, on canvas. Help me, babykins, I need more to work with!
Gerry - D&D char. Got the specs somewhere muffin, you might want to resend.
Shannon - On canvas, something pretty big, for her...spare room.
Chelsea - A really huge pic of Bloodrayne! I should have fun with this, please forgive the extreme delay.
Alex/Ablehenamon - "Religious slash lifestyle symbol". Working on it! This'll be a challenge.
Mummy - A logo for her company. Phone and rose or wheel and rose...we'll see.

And that's my list. I don't care for any new names to be added anytime soon, so....I'll just keep pumping out my random stuff until I can finish this little list. THEN I'll consider new stuffs.

Peace out.

Puppy men drive through purple death wax all summer.

I still wanna draw a new Dawn picture. ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9535286/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9535286/ Sun, 06 Aug 2006 21:37:43 PDT Can't draw at home because boyfriend stares at me while I do it. Can't draw at school because I keep being interrupted, plus I'm stared at.
I think instead of reading while on the toilet, I'm going to draw while on the toilet, because the toilet is the only place where I am not stared at.

EDIT: Coloured and fixed "No One Will Find Us Here..." [link] ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9380408/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9380408/ Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:19:35 PDT Maybe it's change I seek in others, because I see so little change in myself, and the styles and subject I tend to draw. I still think it's an unfair advantage nudity has over landscape (or seascape, traditional portrait, stories, sculpture, etc.)
I mean, everyone has boobs, or bums, or penises, or (occasionally) whips and chains, why must we persist and be so enamoured of things society says we have no reason to hide? I would think that after all the time modern society has spent obliterating old standards of conservative thinking, the subject of nudity in art would be LESS sought after, because it's been done. It's old. It's not fresh anymore.
People are strange creatures, fighting SO hard to make nakedness okay in public, but still revering that same nakedess it as if it were forbidden. Ah humanity, the fickle beast. Will sex never fail to fascinate? Is there nothing more interesting in the world? As long as we cater to it, no there won't be.

A little bit of backwards thinking by yours truly. I wonder if I'll ever ask too many questions. ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9234935/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9234935/ Fri, 30 Jun 2006 18:09:53 PDT But I don't draw them because they're so...rigid and angular. I mean, you can't draw a guy with long flowing blowing-in-the-wind-for-no-reason-even-though-he's-indoors hair, he'd look like a girl! It's hard enough to distinguish guys and girls in the anime world, without having crazies that can't draw add to it! Must...draw.....boys.
I think I have a working torso model down, for guys. I think. Can't do legs yet though. They're never...burly enough. Dammit. And I never know what to do with their arms/hands. Seems like I can only ever clench fists, to keep that 'manly' look about him. RR! So frustrated! I want this shameful handicap to be gone from my pencil! Aargh!
Suggestions, anyone? ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9173931/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9173931/ Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:15:55 PDT

My new favourite thing I've ever said:
"...Evil kitties cannot exist. To prove a kitty evil would cause the effects of kitten armour to be null and void. Don't ever detect evil on a kitty." ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9089944/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/9089944/ Fri, 16 Jun 2006 18:32:02 PDT *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8954449/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8954449/ Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:09:09 PDT ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8879008/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8879008/ Thu, 25 May 2006 23:17:40 PDT For how can I branch out in the world if I never really try to draw something new. How can I challenge myself, if I'm always drawing the same thing. Change comes slowly, and painfully (though not nessecarily in my case.) I will change! I must!
To change! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8821333/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8821333/ Fri, 19 May 2006 23:35:42 PDT I'm really happy with the Sailor Moon "Hate Me" fanart. REALLY happy. So happy in fact, that I'm gonna ballpoint the rough of my schoolgirl, and give her some stronger-than-I-usually-do shadowing, just to see how it shapes up using the most recent ballpoint technique. Woot.
Not sure if I'm happy with the coloured Elsie-Schoolgirl yet...I may colour her some more and put a shadow on the ground or something. Suggestions? Feel free to comment on [link] . ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8666940/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8666940/ Wed, 03 May 2006 21:59:31 PDT First, I spent YEARS at a dead end job, hating every minute I was there and drawing in my notebook for company and consolation. (Years of doodling in ballpoint has given me a decent feel for the medium.)
Light brushing strokes to build up the hatching. If you go light enough, and for long enough, with tight strokes you can actually make your patch look like a solid shade, not hatched.
I create different textures to describe skin, clothing, etc. by different hatching methods. All one way for skin, for example, and every which way for a dark jean fabric.
If you have more questions, please ask! I'm responsive! Woot! ]]> *blightedangel http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8636393/ http://blightedangel.deviantart.com/journal/8636393/ Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:30:30 PDT Hand hurts a bit, but I don't care.
Gods I love ballpoint.
Hello bed...
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