Monday, June 19, 2006

  Hey everybody. How’s it going?

I’ll be getting to your sites and commenting a little bit later tonight, after I post and have dinner. ^_^ Mmmmm, Turkey-burgers…..

Dang, you all remember that ditch my dad made me help dig with him 3 or so weeks ago (when my relatives were here)? Well, while working outside with him, my ankles got destroyed by the ants out there. My ankles are covered in bites.
And guess what….
3 weeks later, they’re still there and itching! Guh!!! It’s hard to sleep with these things still itching! >o< I may just have to take a nasty, gross-out picture of em’ to prove how painful these things are. >x<

I do have a new submission of artwork in my gallery I submitted yesterday, but don’t feel pressed to go see it.
In fact, unless you’re really bored, don’t even bother looking at it until you’re going into my gallery for some more interesting submissions.
What did I submit? It’s a sketch I drew for my dad for Father’s Day. He’s been wanting me to draw a sketch of the two of us for a while now, so I’m sure he’ll love it once he sees it (for whatever reason, we didn’t give dad his presents yesterday, so he hasn’t seen it yet).
However….I wasn’t really happy with the way this one came out. The proportions are off, and since I wanted to submit it on Father’s Day I rushed through the digital editing. Not to mention, I had to do it in MS Paint. (As many of you remember, I had a 30 Day Trial for Photoshop a month or two ago, but it has long since run out. T_T Even worse, my tiny hard-drive is too packed with stuff to have room to re-download the 400 MB file. *woe-anger-sorrow*)
It also didn’t help that MS Paint wasn’t cooperating….
So, don’t feel obligated to comment or even look at this piece. ^_^

If you got bored and skipped reading the top-part, start reading here ;p
However, speaking of art I would really like comments & critiques on my next submission, which might just be tomorrow.
For those curious, it’ll be a piece of fan-art for an actual existing anime-series (most of you are liking the idea of me finally drawing something that’s familiar and not an original creation =P ).
However, I’ve never been one to avoid being creative with my art (what else is art for?), so this piece of fan-art will have a Logan-kun style twist to it. ^_^

It’s a fan-art for the series “Mahoromatic”.
But since most of you aren’t familiar with that series, you won’t get what the fan-art’s about.
So, here’s a basic summary of Mahoromatic for those unfamiliar:

Mahoromatic is a romantic-comedy anime with cutesy characters, plot-holes and loads of adult humor….which to be honest, I don’t like one bit. :p
Anyway, the series focuses on Mahoro, a superior battle-android who saved the earth from an alien invasion.
Now that the conflict is over, Mahoro wants to pursue the life of a peaceful robot used for domestic service; namely, she wants to become a maid (don’t ask. Like I said: plot-holes).
That’s pretty much all you need to know to understand my next submission: That Mahoro is a super-advanced battle-android that is now working as a maid.

Here’s a picture of Mahoro (in her maid-role, which is the main focus of the series):

Isn’t she cute!? I love Mahoro’s visual design. That was the main reason I did this fan-art.
I’m showing you these so you can get familiar with how Mahoro looks. Accordingly, here’s another picture showing more of her visual design top to bottom:

In case you’re wondering who that is in the background, that’s another character from the series who need not be introduced right now (not important :p ).

Here’s another quick concept pic before we finish-up:

Soooooo cuuuuuuuute…..*melts*

Anyway, this coming fan-art will show you my take on Mahoro.
I hope my quick explanation has gotten you familiar enough with her to be excited about it. ~_^ Keep an eye out tomorrow for that new pic coming down the pipe.

Here’s today’s Art Feature (check out yesterday’s if you missed it. I want to hear your thoughts on these pieces!).
“Recce. Trooper” by Rub-a-Duckie:


I love military themes in artwork, and combine that with classic cartooning styles which I also love and you have yourself a tight piece of artwork.
As any authentic piece of military-art has, this one is loaded with detail. The gun, fatigues and equipment seen here are all rendered with fair accuracy, and the shading, lighting and color on all of them required a lot of time.
This piece is visually balanced well, a case in point being the wobbly antennae sprouting from a piece of his equipment.
The boots seem to be the only thing drawn out of proportion on this piece. I love the way the artist rendered the hat here.
And probably the focus of the piece, I love the way they did the facial-expression here. =) The look on his face suggests a tired and reluctant private, not too thrilled to be where he is or doing the Reconnaissance job he’s been assigned (who would be? War isn’t any fun). However, that doesn’t detract from or contrast with the piece’s overall humorous feel. This is a piece of cartooning; not a political statement. Like a better-drawn (and more entertaining) version of “Beatle Bailey”, this piece merely uses a military setting as its backdrop. Is it bad to see humor in war? Maybe. But that hasn’t stopped war-time humor or how it’s been used in the past 70 years, and thank God it hasn’t.
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