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Birthday
• 1982-12-21
Gender
• Female
Location
• New York
Member Since
• 2004-10-17
Occupation
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Real Name
• Lindsey

Personal

Achievements
• Being asked to be a guest artist at the NYAnimeFest and winning a fan manga contest where my entry will be published in the back of a real manga!^_^
Anime Fan Since
• 2002 when I happened to flick on Cartoon Network and was sucked into Inuyasha and didn't stop watching it till I finished the series
Favorite Anime
• Inuyasha, Rurouni Kenshin, Ouran High School Host Club, Fullmetal Alchemist, Black Cat, Naruto, Fruits Basket, D.N.Angel, Chrno Crusade, Gravitation, Loveless, Code Geass, Soul Eater
Goals
• To become an illustrator
Hobbies
• Drawing, reading, running, skiing, movies, video games...and obviously anime, scuba diving, and belly dancing.^_^
Talents
• Art! But I can also sing hello in 21 languages, and sing all U.S. presidents in order, thanks to Animaniacs! I also kick butt in video games!^_^

myOtaku.com: ElvesAteMyRamen

Monday, June 4, 2007

With my latest Loveless drawing, I got many people mention they like my backgrounds as well as the way I draw the hands. Why thank you, I appreciate that but the reason I’m bringing it up is because backgrounds and hands are what I find to be the biggest problem amongst fan art. I tend to see people who “hide” the hands, i.e. the hands are kept behind the character’s back, hidden in pants pockets, sleeves that happen to be too long which can be okay with some images however, it’s not a good idea to ignore hands. How do you expect to improve on something if you don’t practice it?
Same idea with backgrounds. I see many who don’t give a character any backgrounds which again, if okay in some cases but often, an image can be GREATLY heightened if the characters are put into an environment. I have a perfect example with one of my own drawings of Sasuke. I did this drawing of Sasuke and when I originally drew it, I had no intention of giving it a background but after I finished coloring it and scanning it, I just looked at it and thought, this NEEDS a background! So I grabbed my acrylic paints and slobbed on a background and just look at the difference:

I’m certainly not saying that is the “perfect” drawing or anything but I’m just trying to show those artists out there that giving your characters environments can make a HUGE difference and it gives your drawings a new life. I sound so corny but it’s true! And hands are an important aspect to drawings as well because hands are extremely expressive and can really make or break an image. There, my little teaching is over. *passes out Oreos*

Why is it, if you’re skinny everyone just assumes you’re always hungry? At work yesterday, my supervisor brought in some food and he kept on shoving food at me saying, “C’mon, look at you! You must be hungry!” I mean, just because I’m a string bean doesn’t mean that I’m starving myself! Feh! I have a bird stomach and don’t eat much at a time so people don’t believe me when I say I’m full. My body, my tummy, I say I’m full, it means I’m full! *wags finger at them*

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