Okay, I've got to post all this art before it gets so old that I hate it all. I hate how that happens, actually... what's everyone else's art half-life? I can't get tachi to draw me a tattoo for that very reason - he's worried he or I would be unhappy with the art later on, and then he'd be to blame.

Anyway, I've been working on a bandom-themed art prompt post with speep and saint_sorrows. Actually speep has done an absolute tonne of art, and it's all awesome, you can see the whole prompt post here. We're still eagerly awaiting saint sorrows' stuff, which I know will be totally well spiffy.

But here's what I did...under a cut so I don't distort the hell out of everybody's friends' page.




( THERE'S ART UNDER HERE )


Apart from that, I've rented a Vespa for the weekend, so I can a) practice and not lose my skills while I wait for my friend with a Vespa-importing father to hook me up, b) test out if I absolutely really want a Vespa, and c) look like an inner west douche. WIN FOR ALL! I should take some kind of suitably arty photo essay for fun, so I'll keep you all posted.

Also, holidays in two days, I'm beyond excited.

Lastly, I've been playing Phoenix Wright again, and I forgot how much I absolutely adore that game and series. (っ´ω｀)っ

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Today I learned to ride a scooter (or hipstercycle, as I'm considering renaming it). I did the pre-learner course you have to take out our way before they'll give you a learner's license (all scooters need motorcycle licenses if you want to ride on the road in Australia). I had the best time, but I'm completely exhausted, which is why I came up with this and thought posting it was a good idea.

Two Reasons Goths Should Ride Scooters:
1. Mine came with a suicide kickstand. The guy said it and I kind of went "What?!", and secretly thought it was awesome because I'm a lamer.
2. It has a killswitch. I was also kind of excited about this. I mean, my journal title hasn't changed since a billion years ago...

Bonus points - get a metal fan on board and make jokes about Killswitch Engage.


And to make this post even vaguely interesting, have an oekaki I did a million years ago. It's been sitting on my desktop staring at me and I don't know why I've never moved it. I hope I haven't posted this before and just forgotten. Hiiiii.

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So I've been meaning to write more about work, because I used to write so much about it, but not so much of late - I guess I got worried this thing started to overflow with random fashion shenanigans, and I didn't know how interested y'all were in that...?

But I love that today, my art director in all seriousness said, "You can't do that. It would butcher the aesthetic integrity of the piece."

It was beautiful. Serious love.

On the bad side, I really have had almost supernatural bad luck with weather - my photo shoot got dust stormed into oblivion. Then because there's still so much of South Australia spread all over the place, today when we re-shot in the park, I ended up covered in dust up to my knees. But to make up for it, yesterday we had a male model casting, and the fashion girls brought back beautiful gourmet macaroons from their photo shoot. It's kind of a world of extremes... and I'm proud of myself for avoiding Blue Steel jokes, dammit.

Speaking of extremes, I blame aceles for this. She's been doing a series of totally hilarious badfic podcasts called Baby-Punchingly Bad and...

...when she mentioned Preppy Voldemort in high-heels, um...



Yeah. Uh. Sorry guys.

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saint_sorrows moved house, and I made her a moving house present, because she is radsauce. Also an 'I love your stories' present... it's of Frank, from her House of Wolves series. Call it a happy Frank. I haven't managed to draw unhappy Frank yet. It's a companion to King Gerard.





Also lol wip, sorry you suddenly got really short in that last one, Frank. Also thank-you Mimi for listening to me whinge about blood drops!

I have to draw some colour stuff soon or my head will probably explode.

In other news, I have a shoot tomorrow and the forecast promises gale force winds. If you see a shoot where everyone's hair is at 90゜to their faces, that was probably me. ALSO Tachikoma and I are completely hooked on True Blood, and now working our way through the second series (we're up to um, episode 4?). I love it so hard. Y'all.

SOOKIE

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Okay, finished - I was going to try colouring her, but I started and it didn't seem right.

For stayhomesandy, in an art trade for the lovely lovely adorable pics in my last post. It's a drawing of her character, who I thought was rather spiffing, who you can see here. Cute, right? Anyway, here she is...



Also, here is a kind of bigger version. Also also here is a terrible sketch that I think was kind of inspired by your girl. Because you know, floating skulls and all... so it's kind of two pics except one of them is totally half-assed. \o/

That was really fun.


Many thanks to speep, saint_sorrows, you are both so awesome at listening to me go "hmm, maybe I should change this and this and this and this and this...". Also tachi shut up it's just a baby crow or something... you are also awesome.

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Current Mood: happy

saint_sorrows...~!

This is for you.






Argh so sketchy. But click for a kind of larger version!

Fanart for the unspeakably talented saint_sorrows' story Vogue. Madonna is love.

This is the first time I've tried to do an actual (kind of, it's not really, shut up) line drawing in just about forever. I blame speep, but in a good way. I so very really need to start drawing more and say, learn to draw limbs and suchlike again, rather than just rendering. And clothes. And everything. Don't even start with me on backgrounds, haha...

Many thanks to speep for many encouragings, and to tachikoma, even though he's dead to us.


Only a week or two to go until moving, it's too stressful for thought. I hate having to deal with all the utilities and the phone companies and UGH. AND MOVING. I give up... only it's going to be awesome so I don't. YAY.

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Current Music: 'If you don't, you don't', Jimmy Eat World

This image is for dragonwhishes, and it's of her original character - or at least, how I imagine she could look.

I hope it's something even vaguely right for you - it's hard drawing something out of someone else's head! I'm not sure if she looks like how you would have imagined her, but if not, just think of her as inspired by your character. But I hope you liiiiike! And I'm so so so sorry it took so long.




FUN FACTS:
• here is the black & white sketch, which I still really like.
• never watch a Massive Black tutorial midway through a drawing, you'll just cry.
• this is the first full-body rendering type thing I've done in forever and ever.
• this was done entirely with the chalk brush in photoshop.
• it nearly broke my head for some reason, maybe it's because I'm HIDEOUSLY OUT OF PRACTICE WITH CLOTHES.
• the final PSD file had 63 layers. WUT.
• thanks to speep, fluffyduck and also Dan and tachikoma, all of whom helped me find things to fix.
• Why is this list so long...?

So yes.

And the photo shoot went well - all that remains is to find out if the editor liked it. They're on holiday, but if I'm lucky, there'll be an email for me Monday morning going "YAY". Well, words to that effect.

Also I am so tired. And in love with the new Future of the Left album (<3 FALKO). And I'm moving house soon, how exciting is that? I should do an actual life post update some time soon...

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Current Music: 'The Hope That House Built', Future of the Left

Okay, so I finally got off my arse and did another drawing, yay! This one is of a slightly higher quality than the last, because it's not an oekaki for once (*gasp*), it's done in photoshop and painter.

I'm quite happy with it, althought it could use some more development in the face, and maybe, gee I don't know, some actual detail in his clothes?

But um, anyway, this was for the lovely saint_sorrows and was inspired by her lovely story Where the Animals Go. <3





Why is he lit from below in a forest? WHO KNOWS? My current theory is there is a hench-person of some description beneath him with a flashlight. Shut up.

Also I took screenshots as I went, so if people are interested, I can put up a WIP to show how it evolved. It's pretty funny. Y/N? edit: here is a WIP.


Also also, dragonwhishes, you're up next - I'm so sorry, I have been the hugest slacker on the face of the earth drawing for you - I've been so ridiculously exhausted. Would you still like the drawing of your girl reading, or would you like to change ideas?

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Current Mood: at lunch

1 hr 30 mins oekaki, my first in practically FOREVER, so out of practice!


I would like to be a dandy highwayman. Is there a training school? Are they accepting new recruits? Pls advise.


I've been contemplating office slang lately, and how much I've picked up. I'm now prone to saying that things are "super cute", which is art department slang. From the fashion team, I've gained the tendency to talk about things in the singular - "a tapered pant", or "a leather flat". And I thought this made sense, but I confused a number of people by relating the compliment I'd gotten, which was that I was looking very on-trend that day. That makes sense though, right... right?

Things like that always make me think of medical slang, which is mainly for the black-humoured...


Also randomly, does anyone out there use a Blackberry? Whassit like? I was vaguely considering getting the Bold (3G and thus not hideously slow internets), but do people have any general complaints about them that I should take into account before I decide to get one? I've read reviews, but I was just curious. Thaaaaaanks!

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Yeah, I have no idea. It's not quite the recovery position either, shhhhh....


Randomly, I'm worried I might be becoming a little more of a fashion nerd. It's vaguely embarrassing because it's not as though I actually need more things to be a nerd about. I've already got books, the internet, games, design and technology sorted... don't worry, though, if I ever start buying like, gold Fendi fur coats rather than a PS3, I have friends I can trust to shoot me.

But yes, I got excited today because one of the fashion editors put me in contact with a designer so that I could buy the sample of a dress of theirs. Samples are the cheaper and possibly slightly dodgier versions of a garment that are made before it goes into production, I believe?

But anyway, the dress is a ridiculously obnoxiously orange and blue and black checked thing, and everyone will probably be horrified but I love it. YAY. You guys will seriously laugh, it'll be awesome.

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