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Jan. 13th, 2004 10:25 pm
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I had more important things to do, so I drew... um... myself. In my undies.


bandwidth:VCL

Yay for stroking your own ego. Oh, I'm so slinky and evil. My legs keep getting longer and longer, don't they?

Funny thing is, though it's my 'official' online persona, I don't use this shape much on Furrymuck, what with one thing and another. Not any more.

AI over pencils, with the usual methods and cheats and shortcuts, and the usual cheap tricks.

Date: 2004-01-13 11:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] draca-serpens.livejournal.com
Nice. I haven't seen you draw yourself in a long time. :)

Date: 2004-01-14 01:54 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
Actually, I think I've drawn 'me' more in the past month than in the last half a year... 06dec03, 21dec03, and now this; beforehand, the last time I'd drawn anything explicitly labed as a self-portrait was back in May 03.

Aside from the past month, though, it's been a long time since I drew myself-as-black-dragon, I think the last finished piece was back in February 03. Mostly when I draw myself nowadays it's pretty much human.

o/` Pinch me... o/`

Date: 2004-01-14 01:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kinkyturtle.livejournal.com
"I could hide out under there.
I just made you say 'underwear'."

Mommy, why isn't that lady dragon dressed?

Date: 2004-01-14 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maui.livejournal.com
Hey, that's fantastic. :D The colors alone make it worth the click, so soothing, and the body language is just rowr.

Date: 2004-01-14 01:41 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
*g* thanks!

My color sense is really on and off - sometimes I toss off schemes like this without a single bit of thought, other times (mostly for stuff still stalled out on my HD) I poke at colors endlessly to no avail.

I was thinking the pose was more pissyish than seductive, but I really can't tell tonight.

Date: 2004-01-14 02:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maui.livejournal.com
I was thinking 'rowr' more in the 'omgsofuckingcool' sense than anything, because the pissiness definitely reads. I just really like those legs!

Date: 2004-01-14 04:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonscholar.livejournal.com
Very nice.

I find it interesting that despite the non-human elements of the anatomy, the persona strikes a very human pose.

Date: 2004-01-14 11:31 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
That's part of the whole 'furry' thing. Yeah, so she's got wings and scales and digitigrade legs - she's still essentially a human character, a metaphor for the artist who draws her; she's a human with inhuman design elements.

On the other hand, this is about the happiest I've been with a drawing of her that has the digitigrade legs; it's an element I've been fooling with recently but haven't quite mastered.

Date: 2004-01-14 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dragonscholar.livejournal.com
There often seems to be something metaphorical about the characters is something I've often thought - glad to see you think that way too.

The legs are actually well done, you manage to maintain the reptilian and human fusion. I can see why it's tough to do :/

Date: 2004-01-14 07:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lapdragon.livejournal.com
Rowr. <3 <3 <3

Date: 2004-01-14 09:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vickshb.livejournal.com
Meowch! Wish I WAS wearing pants now!

...<.

Date: 2004-01-14 01:16 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] krag-carbine.livejournal.com
I like it alot, the style the colors, looks like a screening.

Date: 2004-01-14 05:07 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
Yah, my colors have really been getting faded lately... I'm not sure what this might signify, if anything. I'm just tired of visual intensity, I guess. One of these days I should look into getting some shirts made of my stuff.
From: (Anonymous)
"....andrememberit'sdollarshotsfromelevetotwelveanDOLLARDANCESATMIDNIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!"

--DJBill

Date: 2004-01-14 08:37 pm (UTC)
ext_646: (evil)
From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
Two hours later, Peggy's career as an exotic dancer ended when she eviscerated a patron who got a little too emphatic about his desire for a lap dance.

"I couldn't help myself," she said to the arresting officer, blood still splattering her body and lingere. "He got too close and too predatorial, and, well, my instincts took over."

The anonymous patron is in critical condition and not expected to survive.

Date: 2004-01-15 12:36 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
*bat eyelashes*

I thought you only liked men!

Date: 2004-01-15 04:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mutleyjames.livejournal.com
I'm into drag(on) too...then...

Date: 2004-01-15 02:29 pm (UTC)

Date: 2004-01-14 11:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] inkthought.livejournal.com
Psst. Will you do an illustrator tutorial? Or just a how-you-did-it step by step picture thing? I'd like to learn how to make illustrator work prettily. And you seem to have found a way.
Please?

Date: 2004-01-15 12:34 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] shatterstripes.livejournal.com
Funny, I was just kinda toying with that thought.

Mostly it's a matter of having a good pencil rough to start with, then layering stuff up and starting to build up overlapping shapes. (Normally the head would be a lot more shapes - but in this case I went with a simple, boring profile.) I do more in the way of detailing in AI than I used to, but a good pencil rough is still the most important part of my process.

Date: 2004-01-16 12:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] slinky-treecat.livejournal.com
Thank you for posting the outline view as well. It'll give me a chance to see how you built the structure of the piece and maybe learn a little.

Oh and, "Rowr!" =^_^=


(ps: Panty shot LJ meme? Hmmmm...)

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