Interesting pose. Looking forward to seeing her finished with the bubble.
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That's looking great LJ! Can't wait to see the final. 
Very good LJ, probably one of your best. Normally your proportions seem a little off, the stomach usually seems a bit long, but this one is much much better. Not saying your other art is bad btw, just giving my opinion.
She looks great! Very fun pose!
Nice job LJ!
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Very good LJ, probably one of your best. Normally your proportions seem a little off, the stomach usually seems a bit long, but this one is much much better. Not saying your other art is bad btw, just giving my opinion.
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I have Edge of the Page-itis, which means I always draw too large... thus the elongated figures. But believe me I have tried drawing squat correct figures, and they don't seem right to me - aesthetically that is for my own taste. So I tend to draw long and sweeping over compact and powerful.
If you look at Gill Bates' figures, his thighs are consistently thick, and squat... I chalk that up to artistic license and preference. I'm sure he could draw a slender thigh, but most likely to him , "it doesn't seem right" with his own style.
Anyway, after seeing LJ's anime avatar in another thread, I am trying another approach, an anime version of her instead.
LJ, tell me what you think before I go to color...
LJ
OOoh! Very Utena-esque!!
Thanks Crimson, gees I didn't mean to start an anime vs comic book style war in the other thread. The person asked for advice, and since someone already took the practice, practice, practice route... I figured for a beginner, learning anime would help to understand more complex styles later on. I was no way implying that someone could pick up anime alone and be a Master... just that the artform itself was a universal way of teaching concepts.
Sheesh, I don't miss "shop talk", this feels like being in college all over again.
the new version definitely has a certain level of [censored]-kickery over the 1st....
lookin impressive so far...
Aww, don't worry about it LJ. It's been derailed from Anime-V-Traditional to Inks-V-No inks.
Thus is my superpower. "FORUM SUBJECT SWIPE!!"
I appreciate that Crimson... I'm the first to say I don't take crits well, part of the reason I don't ask for them. I mean it was up to the guy to take what I said with a grain of salt, or do whatever they like, I was no way telling them, this is the only way, this is the best way. In the end he said, he didn't care for the anime style, and if this were 20 yrs ago I would have agreed with him.
Back then I never cared for it, and part of that was because I didn't understand it, want to try it, or respect it. Now I see it for what it is, just like anything else, a tool to garner something from.
I don't know about you, but whenever I start a drawing, I first try to excite myself about it, because if I don't like it... how can the person I'm drawing it for like it. Check this out... this is as close to my own individual style that I do without thinking. If you anaylze that you'll find dozens of mistakes, and hopefully dozens of good things.
And this is to say, what I've learned, I've learned from trial and error, and only now am I doing that with anything resembling a traditional approach and or an anime approach to superhero figures. Some of those comments make me feel unappreciated, and I am disheartened to share work for anyone but the intended.
Okay now I'm officially babbling... think I'll take a break. Apologies LJ for whining in your thread. 
LJ
HA! See I did it again.
No, no, I understand completely. I was that close minded anime fanboy that turned a 180 as soon as I "got" the basics down and came to that realization. Get this, I even used to think Jack "The King" Kirby was crap... I know. I still feel ashamed about it.
Oh, yeh I know whatcha mean about having to get psyched for a piece. If I feel forced at all to compromise it kills the whole piece to me.
I dig your personal Style alot!! C'mon, Lanky and laid back characters? It's a given!! Where Mignola and Miller are my Inking influences, Most of my Pencils are highly influenced by Ashley Wood and Paul Pope.
As to Crits... Personally I like to be cut to ribbons. What gets to me are the "Wow! better than me it's great!" stuff when I'm specifically asking for "Critiques". Not that I don't appreciate the comments, the Ego's always in need of repairs, but my experience has been very lean on "real" critiques, so I've always had to rely on my own self critiques(which aren't fun, ie: I just realized for TA's piece the lightning looks like crap, so I'm gonna dig through my Kirby/Toth Archives to see if I can make it more dynamic). That and the fact that through my life so far, I've been the only "artistic" one in myriad circle of friends so I've never been able to bounce Artistic ideas around or even "Talk Shop".
That's why I love the Internet. It's chock full of people better than me. Graver's helped immensely and I've only done half a dozen or so pieces.
Ah, now I'm rambling. My apologies too LJ.
-CJ
Umm ok let me be the first...well not the fist but one of the first to say hot damn I love them all. Would it be greedy for me to ask if you can colour which ever you think is the best and let me have a copy of all 3?
They are gorgeous. After the first one I was like "Wow" then I saw the second one and already couldn't think of which I like more. By the third one I don't think I could judge them I think each kick butt and seriously I think its amazing how you can go from one style to the next so well. Seriously any one of them is more then I could have imagined. All 3 though...damn they are gorgeous.
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I'm probably going to be doing the second one, on account of this is a style I'm dying to get better at... so you're an experiment is what you are... muahahaha... but seriously I will gladly color them all for you eventually, but the second one comes first.
LJ
She looks great. It's nice to see art of another character for a change. 
I sent my SG mates to look at the pictures and they loved them. One of the interesting comments that came out of it was the 3rd one they mentioned had a sort of Aeon Flux look to it. I love it shows a very serious side of Jade. The super group definatly gives all 3 the thumbs up.
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Cool SG approval, let me know if they like this one...
LJ
I may play with the eyes some more, but first I have to make dinner... cheers!
Fixed... well just adjusted the old image, gotta love that DA editor.
nice work LadyJ. very nice indeed.
as far as the elongated forms...works for me. the difference in style is what makes each artist different from the one another. if you all did the same style it would be kinda stale, if ya catch my meaning.
either way...I like what I have seen and hope to see more. ~
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Cool SG approval, let me know if they like this one...
LJ
I may play with the eyes some more, but first I have to make dinner... cheers!
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Bah I don't care if they like it lol I think its gorgeous. It looks even better coloured.
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Cool SG approval, let me know if they like this one...
LJ
I may play with the eyes some more, but first I have to make dinner... cheers!
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Bah I don't care if they like it lol I think its gorgeous. It looks even better coloured.
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*nod nod* looks good.
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OMG! I love this pic and the style! Reminds me of Amy Brown Fairy Divas art and ornaments, which is probably why I love it so much.
If there was a style I would love to have my superheros drawn in, it would be this!
Thumbs way up LJ!
Yeah I'm pretty happy with it, it's definitely a step in the right direction. A personal break through for me both coloring wise and style, as I've been trying to teach myself more anime for the longest... just never had the time to take, I guess it's like the saying goes. Life is what happens while you're making plans... Send me a screen Spookie, I'll add you to my list.
LJ
Here's the sketch LJ, and actually she'll be inside a bubble in the color finish..
LJ