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August 06, 2003

I have no idea how I managed to water damage this.

Fun bonus extra, now: The "original" to the new Sketchbook image.

I found this thing while clearing out a pile of originals from beside the bookcase. It was too much of a wrinkly mess to try to save, but I liked the design on the clothing too much to trash, so I just recreated it.

Betini's from BLIKADA, a comic I'll probably never do. You know how it goes. Details here and here.

Oh, and I've decided I'm gonna go ahead with the FREAKS sketchbook. I've made a list of ten subjects; each gets one extremely detailed ink portrait, and maybe a page of pencil sketches to supplement. The three I'll be posting works-in-progress reports and images for publicly: Juliette the Ape-Girl of Eddington, Christian and Charity, the United Twins, and Nik-Nik the Coney Boy. You also get to hear me drone on endlessly about why, exactly, each one qualifies as "impossible." What fun! Stay tuned.

Posted by Spike at August 6, 2003 09:13 PM

Comments

That latest redesign (the new one in the Sketchbook, not the one posted here) is utterly fantastic. It is PURE SEX, Charlie. I'm really, really glad you finished that one.

See, folks? Isn't it better when she does pencil shading instead of inking? Someone tell her that. She doesn't listen to me, dammit.

Posted by Lemur at August 6, 2003 10:54 PM
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how the heck would you color something
shaded like that, though, matt? O.o
aren't the inked ones easier?

Posted by John at August 7, 2003 12:24 AM
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Color is unecessary on something shaded like that. Honestly, I have to agree with Matt. I prefer the pencils, but I'm sure the inks will get there-- not that I'm knocking the inks.

Posted by Hope at August 7, 2003 01:06 AM
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That is some honest-to-jesus amazing work. Breathtaking.

Posted by Crack at August 7, 2003 02:35 AM
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Yes. Your sketches are incredible. You really should do a comic just in pencils. That would be awesome.

Posted by Nina at August 7, 2003 09:44 AM
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Oy. You guys are gonna swell my head. For serious.

But thanks all the same. I appreciate it.

(Hiya, Nina. Read what I left in yer Livejournal?)

Posted by Spike at August 7, 2003 11:36 AM
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Yes, I saw the death threat. Did _you_ see what I left in my Livejournal?

Posted by Nina at August 7, 2003 12:13 PM
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Spike: See? I told you. Didn't I tell you?

John: Coloring shaded pencil drawings would be only slightly more difficult than inked ones, because I don't really use that floodfill/magic wand foolishness, anyway (not without going back over everything with the lasso tool, that is). But, as Hope says, shading like that doesn't need color. And if I did any at all, it'd probably just be base colors.

Nina: Hello, you. Have I told you lately how much I love your web design? And that's huge praise coming from me, because I'm a great big design fag/snob/nazi, and I hate -everything-.

Posted by Lemur at August 7, 2003 02:01 PM
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Heeeeeeeeey that guy looks familiar. Waitaminute, so does that hat! Harr. Very nice Spike.

Posted by Karen at August 7, 2003 09:15 PM
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OH MY JESUS NO

Betini is -not- based on me. I don't think. He actually had that hat (or something very similar) before I got mine, believe it or not.

But, crap, now I'm actually starting to see a -resemblance- in his monkey face. Oh, Lordy...

Posted by Lemur at August 8, 2003 03:41 PM
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