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I've been pretty bad about posting my art here. So I'll update by showing off the colored pieces I've done recently with the tablet that the wonderful ichiban_victory gifted to me

( Colorful scribbles under the cut..... )

Ever since I discovered this GLORIUS tutorial on transfering paper lineart into photoshop, I've been on a coloring binge! And this was the second old drawing that I opted to fully color (I wanted to practice on something with a background).




And here's the old B&W doodle
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Happy Valentines Day, everyone






If you're wondering where the heck the Luna/Valgaav thing came from, check out this comic I did justifying the pairing!


Want more? Check under the cut!!
( More romance! )

Don't worry Jo & Stu! I didn't forget! I just got distracted by life. ^_^;

For those who don't know, I've been collaborating with earthstar_moon and gullwhacker to make an AU-version of Sly Cooper 4 because the actual Sly Cooper 4 was sexist and horrible. So far, we've just thrown together short stories and random doodles. But it's a very fun and cathartic way to vent some steam and imagine how good a forth game could have been if it wasn't written by perverted furries.

Onto the brainstorms!

( DOODLES! )

NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS, PLEASE!!! I HAVEN'T FINISHED THE GAME YET!!!!!

I doubted that this game would live up to the hype. But...wow.
I don't want to dub it a masterpiece before I get to the ending (sadly, I've seen lots of games start great only to crap out in their final hours). But so far this one is blowing me away (and I normally HATE the survival/horror/shooter genres)

The way Ellie was handled REALLY surprised me (in a good way). Modern games have a lot of.....issues when it comes to handling female characters (**cue obligatory rant about the-game-that-shall-not-be-named**). And games don't do much justice to kid characters, either. But Ellie's behavior and dialogue actually feels REAL! Her dialogue feels like it's being delivered by a teenage girl and not some 30-year-old male writer's idea of what a teenage girl would sound like.

It's so jarring to see a female lead character in a game actually behave like a human being instead of spank material and/or a lame plot device. And I'm torn between enjoying it and cynically waiting for a fridge to drop on her.


This next drawing has a slight spoiler for the middle of the game, so it's going under a cut:
( Possible spoiler under the cut... )

I brainstormed some ideas for how to handle the ancestors in my cathartic re-write of Sly 4 (aka the-sexist-fucking-game-that-shall-not-be-named!!!!) that I'm doing with earthstar_moon and gullwhacker.

I felt this warranted it's own post (even if only two people are really interested in it ~_^)

First up, the drawings inspired by this exchange:
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BONUS COMIC: SLY 2 EPILOGUE!

I was on an art roll yesterday and drew this while at work. Basically, it's my idea of how Bentley ended up in the prison hospital after Sly 2.

This comic is a rough outline. I normally don't post outlines because they tend to be ugly and hard for anyone who isn't me to follow (since I use them to brainstorm how the comic should be laid out). But it turned out surprisingly good for something I drew while I was on the phone (plus, it might take me a while to draw a polished version because I'm working 7 days a week now ^_^;). So I decided to post it anyway:

( Comic under the cut.... )

Here's an art post of random silly things I've drawn lately. We'll start with Adventure Time!




Now for some non-fanart original stuff!

( Doodles under the cut.... )

HUMANIZED RESCUE RANGERS

Here's some half-finished "Humanized Rescue Rangers" doodles that I forgot about until I dug them out of one of my MANY "unfinished ideas" folders. LOL
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Humanized MLP sketches

( Doodles under the cut..... )


DC Comic Girls
( Doodles under the cut.... )


Final Fantasy X
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Cardcaptor Sakura


( Doodles under the cut.... )

Because I need to keep doing this until the-game-that-shall-not-be-named (and all of it's horrible, sexist attacks on my childhood) is cleansed from my brain!!!!







This method helped me cope with the-show-that-shall-not-be-named turning a feminist icon into a self-loathing moron who hates herself for being "ugly". Let's see if it works this time, too!

Monotonous office jobs can be surprisingly inspiring. I even managed to incorporate color for the first time!!

Sharpie highlighters are perfect for 80s icons!






And here's some non-fanart (believe it or not, I do have a tiny shred of originality!)
( Scribble Time!! )

Sometimes, you CAN judge a book by it's cover.

For example, my initial reaction upon seeing the rebooted design for Carmelita Fox (the main female character and all-around badass from the original Sly Cooper trilogy) was, "WTF!? There is no way in HELL that this game will be good!! Why is it directly pandering to the wierdo pervs who draw furry porn!!!!?!??"

For those who aren't familiar with Sly Cooper, here's a side-by-side comparison of the old and new designs (hint: the original design is the one that DOESN'T SUCK!!!):



...but, in the end, I opted to give it the benefit of the doubt and buy the game anyway. That was a mistake.

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I can't help wondering if this sexing up of a game franchise that was previously...
a) not guilty of the sexist nonsense that seems to plague the game industry nowadays
b) primarily marketed to CHILDREN!!
....has something to do with modern trends or culture or whatever. It's just scary how female representation in media (especially in stuff that's aimed at kids) seems to be going BACKWARDS instead of FORWARDS.


On a lighter note, I couldn't help wondering how this game would have been received if the tables were turned and pervy WOMEN had gotten their clutches on this franchise. And then this fantastic piece of crack-art was born...
( Sexy & Sparkly fan-comic under the cut... )