The ape preparation has begun.

I realize that APE is gonna creep up on me if I'm not careful, so I have started reviewing my XtraLarge Gal pages again. I think I have finally settled on her costume design, so it is less offensive and not as unflattering. I spent some time today, after doodling an Awful Times comic (that I will post later), I did so doodles of the new costume, and drawing style. I may just do it all traditionally inked. I really like the look and feel. I just don't have the experience with photoshop to do it in a way that I like it. That is fine, and the first story will be easy to redo In this way, so I am at least excited about that.

Avengers again!

The cosplay continues with yours truly as Black Widow. There really isn't much more to say. This is totally stress relief drawing!

My Iron Man.

I am having so much fun drawing my boyfriend. It's a problem. But at least this one is awesome. I think a themed draw is gonna have to happen. Next? Me as Black Widow!

PERMISSION GRANTED.

One day, I was doodling my boyfriend in my sketchbook. Since the subject was on Disney, I drew him as a few Disney related people, along with other friends, just for funzies. He is a good sport to put up with this. I present to you, My Little Merman.

I don't why,
I don't know how,
But I've been drawn as a merman somehow,
Rachel, watch and you'll see,
As of today you will be,
Out of my world.

Disney Friends!

So, as part of my warm-up today, I drew my friends Amy and Ruth as Maid Marian and Aurora. I really enjoy the approach I took with these doodles because they are very different from my normal works. I am doing my best to paint in photoshop more to improve my digital coloring skills. It's a good start! Before I did this drawing today, I did something awful. If I get permission to post it, I will.

Alan Wake!

So somehow the best video game in YEARS slipped under my radar until my boyfriend put it in my hands. It's Supernatural, Silent Hill, Stephen King, and a Del Toro creep factor all in one! I love it. I doodled a thank you, but it's also that I just really enjoy drawing my silly boyfriend. Moral of Alan Wake: Flashlights are your friends.

Fun doodle today!

Had some fun today drawing my boyfriend and his cat! I really love the moment I managed to capture here! He just LOVES that cat. He is growing on me to. So furry. I'm talking about my boyfriend. I love cats naturally.

The Anime Pokemon Project!

It's time to reveal my first piece. Thanks to facebook, I was able gather some great ideas for anime characters from my friends, then the fun begins. Pairing them with their perfect pokemon. Lum from Urusei Yatsura was one of the suggests I really liked, since I enjoy Ranma 1/2 so much. It was a little before my time, but I have seen a bit of the show, and the manga. Picking her pokemon was easy, since I've opened the door for shiny pokemon. A shiny Growlithe is actually yellow. I love all dog pokemon. Anyway, perfect color to match Lum. I realized when I finished that this is a little dark, since It may mean that Shiny Growlithes or Arcanines were killed to make Lum's suit. Thankfully the stripes on both evolutions of pokemon are too wide,so I think we are in the clear. =end nerd explanation= Anyway, the finished work turned out pretty damn adorable. I am very excited to continue the project! If you have any suggestions for me, feel free to comment on this post!

And, we are back!

I use the royal we, since I am the QUEEN of procrastination. Sorry for the long delay on new stuff, for those of you who care to follow me on this endeavor. We will start with my favorite warm-ups. FANART. We will start with one of my favorite characters from Game of Thrones. He really does have some pretty fantastic hair. Thanks to going to Fanime, quite a few drawings from my childhood emerged. First, I got it in my head to join the pretty soldiers in their adolescence. Then I thought, summer camp. Then this drawing happened. Then, thanks to Adventure Time fanart in artist alley, This drawing happened. Then I thought about the only harem anime I liked. For those who are not aware of what that means, it is pretty self explanatory. It's an anime with one guy, SURROUNDED by girls who are wanting to be his one and only. It's usually really sexist and annoying. Ranma 1/2 is full of strong females, so it's not AS painful. And! He is technically a strong female half of the time anyway. Then, thanks to Diablo 3, this happened. I thought about being a demon hunter. If you play table top games, it's the closest class to a rogue. I just thought it would be funny to draw the female huntress shunning creatures that were not demons. This one is actually just for "grins and giggles". My boyfriend hates Adventure Time. He was almost perfect. I had no choice but to draw him in the style, and finally came up with a place for myself in the land of Ooo. A soda genie. I will have to take the time and do this drawing again on Photoshoppe, so it looks more fluid with the show art. I hope that makes up for at least some of my absence, and I will try to have more out soon!

Jerkwater colors!!!

I finally did some work for jerkwater as a comic, but until I have the website up, I will post the pages here!

I'm not dead!

Had a bit of a lapse in art the last few days. I did some pretty cool stuff with white pen. Trying hard to draw with color in mind, as opposed to line.

Also, working on my WEBSITE is taking alot of time away from me. I did do the 404 drawing! WOO!

And can I just say, I love love love that blogger is not putting uploaded pictures at the top of my entry! I am so excited to not have to copy/paste them into the right places. I just can't believe that something changed and I actually liked it. I feel like I should throw a party or something.

Trying out new styles!

I've been watching cartoons like they are going out of style lately! My Little Pony is one of my favorites, because I love anything that Lauren Faust touches! That being said, I thought, what if I make one of the most amazing anime characters ever in that Fausty style?

A blast from the past

Finally had a chance to go through all my files and sort. After doing the work on my parents filing cabinet, it was honestly really simple. I dug up some old comic stuff I did for Paperlinks.org back in the day, and found a piece that I actually still liked alot! This was from my Enuma Elish comic I did about Babylonian creation stories.

This is the little girl from that story, imagining what the great goddess Tiamat's army would be like.

ANIMATING!?

Cats are easy. And drawing big beans that become cats, well that's just amazing.

Gross affection, nerds.

First of all, I really like the way this lil' self portrait turned out. Not to mention, it's crazy adorable. ADORABLE. I was just gonna be a quick thank you doodle to the boyfriend man, but then it turned into a project of cuteness. I really enjoy the sign.
Next is some practice art I did for Jebediah, the comic I work on with Amy! This one was also inspired by the Playboy issues my coworker gave me, so thanks again nerd face Eric-man.
Lastly...my first attempt at an animated gif in oh...I dunno...5 years?

Ok, this one has a story. I asked my boyfriend about handle bars. When I think handle bars, I think Biker handle bars. The ones that come down from the mustache and are like...2/3s of a goatee, without the chin bit. So...when I got DAPPERBARS...well...

I of course requested pictures, and even got the wife beater and suspenders. He put up with alot of Mustache Ride and Pornostache jokes, and I will be forever greatful. My final thanks goes out to Pomade. No Dapperdome can be achieved without it!

Late night nakies!

My wonderful coworker Eric gave me some playboys he had no use for anymore, and they served as wonderful pose fodder for me this evening. These are all original characters, both mine and Amy Corsun's. They are girls in our western comic! I just wanted to draw them all! NAKED.

You can keep up with our work on that comic over here!

Doodling into Disney...

Yeah...this happened. I am so not in the mood for you, owl from Bambi.

Things that happen, good and bad!

1. I hurt my knee at work. I get a lame brace that I hate. The way Dug feels about the cone of shame? I feel about the brace of shame.
2. I went to Patxi's with my mother. That is Chicago Deep Dish Pizza baby. Only a centimeter of solid mozzarella. No big deal.
3. Boyfriend's HANDLEBARS~~~!!! All the melty feelings.
4. Ru and I were in the car and this happened. Many kinds of laughters followed.
5. My favorite stress relief with my favorite person!

Jerkwater Doodles again!

Larissa and April hanging out it color, and George and Ana having a private chat. They are just so cute, but will they ever be together!?

This is just a practice page as I make the attempt to Jerkwater digitally.

Jerkwater Doodles

It's been fun doodling all kinds of stuff for this story, but these are the newest to the family!

First, we have Lucia getting knocked the eff out by Larissa, who saw her do something less than honor studenty.

Second, we have Lucia being bitchy, while George tends to a beat to hell Ana.