Wow.
Ravenbane is right. That's quite good.
Be careful... as word of your expertise spreads, you may not have time to play, much.
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
hawt, vampires making out. 
looks good Dark.
Yeah man that looks really good!!
*fights the urge* 
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Yeah man that looks really good!!
*fights the urge*
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*Dons a devil costume and props on TA's left shoulder, whispering in his ear*
Do it... give in... you know you want to... you'll feel so much better once you do... >;-)
Seriously, TA, Dark'll be taking commissions very soon, just gotta get the website up and running.
I LOVE this picture! He already knows that and I'm sitting right next to him smiling like an idiot as he works on it some more. I get extra excited whenever he draws Rae and Dark. 
heheh woo!!
Yeah it is looking good and let me know when ya open up!
And now, before I crash headfirst into my bed, the "cleaned up" version of the pic!
Cleaned up
After I wake up: color!
Very nice work. I blame TA for my sudden obsession in my hunt for Nadya art, so it seems fitting that I eagerly await the day you 'open for business!' Just call me 2nd in line. 
-Virtue's First Naughty Girl-
Very nice pic your pencils and inks are very tight , I didn't know vampires where so lusty (makes note to make sure her next boyfriend is a vampire 
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Very nice pic your pencils and inks are very tight , I didn't know vampires where so lusty (makes note to make sure her next boyfriend is a vampire )
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Oh, those two can't ever keep their hands and fangs off each other. And they've been together since 1944, isn't that beautiful?
Flat color - I like the way my line quality comes out after clean-up, primarily because it feels a lot like a page in a coloring book, which makes the next step, flat colors, really easy.
flat color
I love how my last few drawings have come out at this stage, this one included, because they remind me of a single frame of an animated feature. With the last two pics, Nite Raptor and Tephra, I stopped here. But since this picture holds a special place in my heart, I'm going to give it the detail it deserves and go into the realm of Shadow & Highlight. Or I might destroy it in the process, since this step is one that I need the most work with. Either way, this'll take a while, so wish me luck and I'll post it once it's done to at least a satisfactory degree.
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Either way, this'll take a while, so wish me luck and I'll post it once it's done to at least a satisfactory degree.
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Good luck, honey! It already rocks! *Good luck kiss*
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"He has drama in his panels. I know he can do sequential action. If he can do, say a romantic interlude as well, then he should be able to find work."
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This is a good drawing, but, based on this quote, I was expecting to see a whole page of panel-to-panel storytelling. If you're really looking for work as a comic book artist (and you probably draw well enough) you need to do full pages, not pinups. Storytelling is the most important part of being a comic artist, and most editors will just dismiss you if you show them pinups. So let's see the whole scene! The moments leading up to the kiss, and what happens afterward.
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So let's see the whole scene! The moments leading up to the kiss, and what happens afterward.
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I wouldn't mind seeing that either.
Edit: Dark's actually got a degree in animation from the Art Institute. However, I think he'd take anything he can get in that kind of department, and I'm sure he'd love to do animation, story boards, concept art for games, comic art, etc. We've all been tell him he should be sending his stuff to bunches of places.
But I still wanna see the pictures up to this one too. *Evil laugh* Good thing I'm sitting right next to him so I can beg him for it. 
The guy I quoted was actually referring to my ability to express things other than combat with body language in this particular case. However, he also said that I should practice my storytelling ability. It's completely true, and something I plan to work on (just not with this particular drawing)
I'd love to draw comic books for a living... but I'm not there just yet. I need to get better at drawing characters with more quality and in less time. I have the education, I just need practice, and these pinup style commissions are perfect for that.
Anyway, my love of talking aside, here's the latest version of the drawing!
semi-complete
I only say semi-complete because only pictures that have deadlines can ever officially be complete. As of now, I do not plan to really go back and work on this drawing any more, so it's "done." That doesnt mean I won't go back and tweak it more if I notice something, or someone here gives a really noteworthy critique.
NICE WORK!
I can see now what you were talking about in the SG channel last night, Dark.
Very nice work, Darkfang. I like your cartoonish-comic style. And I've gotta say, the 'action' is hot!
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The guy I quoted was actually referring to my ability to express things other than combat with body language in this particular case. However, he also said that I should practice my storytelling ability. It's completely true, and something I plan to work on (just not with this particular drawing)
I'd love to draw comic books for a living... but I'm not there just yet. I need to get better at drawing characters with more quality and in less time. I have the education, I just need practice, and these pinup style commissions are perfect for that.
Anyway, my love of talking aside, here's the latest version of the drawing!
semi-complete
I only say semi-complete because only pictures that have deadlines can ever officially be complete. As of now, I do not plan to really go back and work on this drawing any more, so it's "done." That doesnt mean I won't go back and tweak it more if I notice something, or someone here gives a really noteworthy critique.
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I have just one thing to say.
Giggity-giggity. >.>
(JK: Great work <@_@>b)
wow.
that turned out great!!
And you two... 63 years together and you still get it on like that.... *fans self*
"City of Heroes. April 27, 2004 - August 31, 2012. Obliterated not with a weapon of mass destruction, not by an all-powerful supervillain... but by a cold-hearted and cowardly corporate suck-up."
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The guy I quoted was actually referring to my ability to express things other than combat with body language in this particular case.
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I don't know, love can be a combat of sorts, too.
In any case, I really do like this picture. Keep up the good work!
So as I continue to practice and try to fine tune my artstyle, a conversation is brought to my attention. My fiancee, Ravenbane, and one of our friends from the game were actually chatting about my drawings, and he brought up an interesting point.
"He has drama in his panels. I know he can do sequential action. If he can do, say a romantic interlude as well, then he should be able to find work."
It dawned on me that, while I wasnt sure 110% what he defines as a "romantic interlude," I have never drawn anything even resembling this! All my shots so far have been action or just a pose. So I immediately grabbed a pencil and paper and went right to work, using our main characters. A handful of hours later and I finished the very uncleaned pencils for the picture.
According to Ravenbane, they're good, and she doesnt want me to wait around to post it. But since there's still plenty of work to do, I'm going to call this a work in progress. So here's are two very happily married vampires.
step one
Still to come - the cleaned up version, the flat colored version, and the shadow/highlight version.