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@Stella-Maris
Female (the snorts kinda give it away)
23
Goshen, OH
5'8"
The Walking Dead, The Leage of Extraordinarily Stupidmen
Mostly seen as Cerridwen Bane or Stella-Maris

Little known facts: Some say I am prone to being a "Drama Queen". I like singing stupid songs about completely random happenings. My second toe is not bigger than my big toe. I have a birthmark on my eyelid the shape of a star. My global is actually my magickal name used at ritual. A horror movie, popcorn, and a half-naked Eff are a damned good Saturday night in my opinion.

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Sounds like a good night for Eff too.

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I would have thought a half-nekkid Stella would make an even better night on Eff.

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live with Darque and her hubby as her "live-in boy-toy"

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You are so much more than that, and you know it :P

Global: @darque
Gender: female
Age: See other thread =P
Location: Erie, Pa
Height: 5'8"
SG Affiliation: Digital Defenders, Order of Illuminati, Darque Mafia
Most Recognizable Server Toon: br0k3n (h) or Darque Willow (v)

My art is at Toxiclight. I do commissions as well, although right now, I'm mostly doing things for friends for the holiday season.

My gallery is flash-based and NSFW.

My Deviant Art account is rarely used and is secondary to my main site (link to Toxiclight in my sig). But I do post there every now and again...

My DevArt account

I got mine from Newegg.com.

Finally got a new domain and new hosting for my artwork...you can see it at Toxiclight

Please note that most of the gallery is decidedly NSFW.

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Another sketch by the very talented Starfire .

Reference Shot

Sketch


Needless to say I absolutely loved it, its my new desktop backround. I am so grateful that she decided to grace my characters with her talent ^_^

EDIT: I had pre-faced my other post that her work is generally not work safe and forgot this time. Sorry

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*hug*

They were a lot of fun to draw. Got something a little more challenging in mind that Dave suggested...just need to find the right reference pictures...

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Hehe <~_~> Thanks.

And no - you didn't offend me <,< I don't even have a problem with furries really - its just definitely not me <@.@>; I'm very well... my catgirls all tend to be what I call "1/4" mode - which is 1/4 kitty. Ears, Tail, that's all <@.@> Maybe the occasional cat-like mannerism, but mostly 'human' (I consider them a race, akin to elves, dwarves, humans, etc...; so I guess "sentient creature" would fit best).

The only reason I even brought it up >.<; is cause well, I don't like being categorized even accidently <,<; and earlier this week I was called an "emo furry" <'x'> Admittedly - a beyond stupid insult (I've likened it to the text version of a 9 year old taking a swing at a professional boxer - verbally my foe is no match) - just the same, its a term I'd like to avoid for myself >.>;

I think I get what you mean now that I see it ><; hrmm... gotta figure out how to do that without it looking 'manish' though >< Do you have any suggestions? >.> I'm open to anything!

And my ex... she's actually really sweet... but... its very uncomfortable for me. Its like "I loved you... I failed you but damn I loved you; and now we're 'just friends' but not... and" >< yeah, awkwarrrrrd! ><;;;

<;_;>

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Best way that I found to do necks...heck, anatomy in general...is looking at lotsa reference. One of the first people that I emulated when I started drawing said to pick up Victoria's Secrets, Vogue, any fashion magazine and just draw, draw, draw. See where the shadows fall on the body and neck and face...

(for the record, it was a manga artist that gave the advice. He said that studying realistic drawing helps immensely with proportions and anatomy in general when you draw anime)

Cool Now to see if there's a channel I can delete so I can join :/

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Now THAT"S what I like to hear!

(BTW, do you think there are programs out there better than PS for this type of thing?)

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There's always Painter. Whether or not it's better is an "eye of the beholder" type of thing. I know Gill uses both Painter and Photoshop.

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Perhaps they should make "Paintershop" <o.O> and thus, we would rule the world! <O.O>;;


Or not <. .>;

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There is a plugin for Photoshop called Deep Paint that emulates Painter. I've never managed to get it to work quite right though...

FWIW...I find Painter has a much steeper learning curve that Photoshop, and I don't care for the way it does layers (mostly because I'm far too used to the way Photoshop does). But I know people that do absolutely beautiful work with it as well

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*tempted* so very very tempted>.<;

*IF* I get enough time this month, I will be going for it <,<

Good thing this is october... november none of you all are likely to see me at all <O.O> I'll be NANOING! <o_O> (I'll explain another time if anyone's actually curious <,&lt

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Heh...I've NANO'd the past two years, and plan to do it again this year. Not that I've ever come close, but it's still hella-fun

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(Sorry >_<; <;.;> I had to... (I've been repeatedly thought of as female for some reason <,<; thus I get to make said comments <'x'> I figured all my pervy dialogue would make it obvious too <;_;> oh well <@.@>m)

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Heh...when my bf and I duo (we both have female toons) people generally think that he's the girl and I'm the guy.

I use a Wacom graphire 6X8 tablet. I started with the 4X6, which wasn't bad at all, but having the extra room is definitely nice

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I like your style You need to fix your website though, its broken.

Commissions? hehe

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I forgot to change the link to my website ...it's completely borked. All of my work can be seen through Photobucket and Livejournal (links in sig)

Commissions are available (female toons only, currently)...for information, contact me at toxiclight@gmail.com

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The secaond one is.. well to put it in a fancy way "It's stimulating my male anatomy"

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Just the effect I was going for.

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Just a few of my latest images:

My Morrigan and her Phantasm
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3.../060923_03.jpg

Avatar of Woe (a friend's toon):
http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k3.../060919_03.jpg

There are more images on my photobucket account, but most are NSFW.

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fixed it for ya no direct pics posted as such, use the URL tags instead of the IMG tags...

pics are nice...should post a few more, even if some are NSFW...although I would probably advertise as such just for forewarning to all us forumites. ~

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Thanks for fixing the links...I'm still not used to UBB code Used html for too long.

And I will post a few more...I wasn't sure just how NSFW would be appropriate on an all-ages forum, so I chose a few of the safest images

Thanks

Just a few of my latest images:

My Morrigan and her Phantasm


Avatar of Woe (a friend's toon):


There are more images on my photobucket account, but most are NSFW.

Fantastic! Sent that link to all my 'white and nerdy' friends

I alternate between digital inking (I use Photoshop mostly, with a hard, small brush - 5 px for a majority. 7-10 for eyes. 1-3 for small details)

When I feel like dragging the lightbox out, I use microns to ink (I use a fresh sheet of paper over the pencil work). I generally use photocopy paper, since it has a nice, smooth surface to ink on, and is fairly inexpensive if I make mistakes. Which I'm known to do.

Overall, I prefer digital inking. Easier to clean up those mistakes

From what I can see...the right shoulder is too far forward, it needs to come back slightly. And the hand within the fire (?) doesn't quite line up with the lower arm. It looks like the hand and the arm don't really connect.

It's a really good start though. Just a little adjustment, and it'll be fine.