I finally dusted off my tablet to play around with coloring artwork. I thought it would be fun to design a Wild West version of the Sailor Scouts.



Yeah, I know. Mercury's weapon is out of character. I wanted to give each girl a weapon that fit their powers from the anime. And a round mace was the closest thing to a bubble that I could think of. LOL

I finally got to see this just before Thanksgiving. And the experience was something else:

--Despite the fact that the movie had been out for about two months at that point, the theatre was nearly half full!
--The audience (which was mostly Mexican families with young kids) was really into the movie. They laughed a lot and even stood up and applauded when the credits rolled!
--The movie's soundtrack is....unique. It's a VERY weird mix of American pop songs and traditional Mexican guitar music that somehow manages to mesh well together (for the most part).

--Also, I was happy to see Doug Langdale credited as one of the writers. IMO, he's one of the most under-rated cartoon writers out there (he's best known for creating the 90s cartoon "The Weekenders"). He is VERY skilled when it comes to writing groups of friends without inserting romantic bullcrap. And even in this film (where a love triangle was central to the story), he never forgot to make the trio convincing as FRIENDS before introducing the romantic drama. And it was a thrill to see him credited in a major film (here's hoping this leads to him getting more projects!)

I drew this comic while the country station was playing at work. This song was re-played WAY TOO MANY TIMES!!!

I found this "platonic relationship writing prompt" on Tumblr and decided to adapt it into an art meme. And the second BFF pair I used was Lina and Zelgadis (in case you're wondering, the first was Murray/Penelope from Sly Cooper)!

Here's the prompt list:

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• Platonic reassuring shoulder/arm/hand grabbing

• Platonic tight, meaningful hugs

• Platonic late-night deep conversations that end in at least one person holding back tears or sobbing

• Platonic sleeping in the same bed

• Platonic forehead touches

• Platonic staring into each other’s eyes like the other person is the world

• Platonic CUDDLES

SUPER CLOSE PLATONIC RELATIONSHIPS

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And here's my Lina/Zelgadis BFF doodle collage:

( Sappy buddy scenes under the cut... )

Some wonderful, kind soul put this tutorial on how to transfer pen&paper lineart into Photoshop on tumblr. And this technique makes digitally coloring stuff A MILLION TIMES EASIER FOR ME!!

This is the first pic I practiced it with. I really dig it. Expect to see more colored artworks from me in the future! :)

This is copy/pasted from my submission to the awesomely dorky community 1word1day!

I was recently asked to contribute to the 1word1day community! Basically, it's a comm for language nerds to share unique and unusual vocabulary words. However, since I'm not a good writer, I opted to do educational "Vocabulary Comics" for my contributions. Here's my first post (and I'll also paste it below). Let me know what you think!

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THE ORIGIN OF THE WORD "GLITCH" (featuring Vanellope Von Schweetz)
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I think I might finally be getting better at this! :)





Special thanks to earthstar_moon for inspiring the original

I had about a week off for the holidays. This is what I chose to do with it...




I already have an idea for how I want the rest of this story to play out. The only thing holding me back is the fact that I suck MASSIVELY at drawing the Disney Duck characters. But I'll probably try anyway because I REALLY dig this idea!

Random Artist Notes:
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I know it seems a bit early to start opening up requests for Christmas/Winter/Holiday art. But I want plenty of time to make you guys really nice drawings/presents. Also, Chanukkah is happening hella early this year (it also happens to start on my birthday). So I have to open it up NOW just in case anyone wants something with a Jewish/Chanukkah theme (or a Thanksgiving theme). XD

Rules:
--It doesn't have to be related to a specific holiday like Thanksgiving, Christmas, Chanukkah, Festivus, etc. If there's something you just REALLY want to see me draw "just because", feel free.

--Don't feel bad if I can't get your request done before New Years. Its nothing personal. Real life just takes up most of my time and sometimes I get spacey and just forget things.

--Keep your requests simple. For example, please don't ask me to translate your LONG, epic, 10 chapter fan-fiction into a comic.

--This should go without saying, but nothing pornographic, perverted, or fetishy. Romance is fine. Just keep the raciness of the requests at a PG-13 or lower.

Looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!