DC's little corner of the art world...
By
airhead,
Posted on: 2010-04-19 10:27 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
The Denby piece is pretty cool... Though I always dig his style.
The Mr-Author piece is an odd style but I like it, definitely works for that pic and I'm going to have to check out more of his stuff when I can...
I think I already mentioned I think Heroid did a great job on that piece... I always like his work but that's one of the best yet I've seen by him.
I suspect from the Heroid piece that he read the story I posted in the Virtue server forums first, then looked at the references. It's almost like it's meant to be an illo for that story. (And I will now have to post both pieces together to the Virtueverse website.)
As for the Mr. Author one...we were in the same SG and I asked if he could make up a little forum avatar for me.
Famous last words.
Shall I say he got carried away? My jaw dropped when I saw it. I love the colors...and I think part of the inspiration came from the name Kami Megami itself. It means 'Goddess of the indescribable'..and she does look like a young goddess in the picture.
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
This is a nice little corner you have going here, DC! And I like what you have gathered thus far! 
~*~VexXxa~*~
The City Scoop Art Correspondent/Writer "ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER"//"Don't hate because VexXxa is HOT and you're NOT." - JOHNNYKAT
Three very cool piece. I really like the first one (Mr-Author's) but mostly because there seems to be a story attached to it (as you have mentionned) and one gets undoubtly intriged at what might be happening there. Very nice stuff!
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very nice 
Recently won a Kiriban on DA-basically, I managed to be first post on Rhardo's 200th commission on DA..so...
It's still a work in progress, and is in the pencils stage. I like the fire katana here, and thinking of mentioning it if and when I get a character sheet done.
As for the ring (and I already asked about it..) Rio customarily wears open gloves with only a ring at the end where a hand should be (the ring keeps the 'glove' in place)..it's been the one consistency with all her costumes to date....
And the costume..yes, that is yet another new costume....haven't retired the red/black uniform...but well, a girl's gotta have an outlet, and for Rio, it's Icon....9,9;
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
Just found out about this today-
Caemgen liked one of my stories so much that he commissioned JR Schuller (The Last Avatar on DA) to do an illustration to go with the story..
Once I saw it...well, how could I get mad, it is so well done.
May eventually get it colored. Right now, just want to bask in this...
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
I swear to the powers that be that will be the last time I approve a sketch I've only seen on my iphone! 
All in all, I was just hoping to get it done quickly and didn't pay enough attention. I thought the coat was flowing down and around like a trenchcoat as wanted, not that it was some weird short coat and sundress over leggings type outfit. *shrug*
Still, I do think it captures the scene of her trying to swat away the clockwork pretty well
It does...looking at it, I think there might be a way to fix it so she's wearing slacks...but I also hate to muck with someone else's vision of Mellie...(and it's always possible that the trench came about later...)
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
Sometime back, Caemgen ran a contest...
I was one of the winners....Time passed, I forgot about it til recently when he nudged me to send my art references to Wassy...
And here it is!
In this case, it's the expression that makes the art...and this is the mischievous expression I often think of Ryouko as having...Maybe she's about to deliver a zinger to her opponent? Who knows...
Definitely captures her personality in a way the other arts haven't! Thank you, Caemgen and Wassy!
When I get her, she's going to get matted, framed and put in a place of honor...
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
I love this one. Hope she might find her way into glossy black-and-red as well.
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This isn't the red and black costume, it's more like a samurai type costume.
I am tweaking the red and black outfit, and it's still in costume rotation on her in game. Fashionwise, she tends to be a work in progress, but that's how she is...and Icon loves her because of it..
It'll be back in the art. Eventually.
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
I was just about to turn in for the night...and decided to check my DA one last time...
Remember the Rhardo Kiriban?
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account
Very nice catch!! Overall I love this, my only qualm is the way she's holding the katanna seems a bit awkward. Then again, I know next to nothing of using one so it could be totally right for all I know 
Either way, it's very cool art! You're a lucky gal.
it's just a reverse grip. the range of motion is more limited at the wrist so you have to more more at the elbow and shoulder. Generally you see it used more in blocking with an off hand, but that's all irrelevent if the character says so.
Nice piece, very animated.
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WOW DC!! Rhardo did a fantabulous work o' artz for you! GRATZZZ!!!
~*~VexXxa~*~
The City Scoop Art Correspondent/Writer "ART IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER"//"Don't hate because VexXxa is HOT and you're NOT." - JOHNNYKAT
I have no real idea why I am doing this...unless it's following the herd in posting arts of my own characters...
I've actually collected bits and pieces of art on Gaia, where I got bit by the art collecting bug, (Badd-Kitty, it's all YOUR fault with your humongous collection of your rp characters..). Before that, I was notorious at various Sci Fi conventions for just being someone who would spend hours in the art piles of friends, going over artwork...(mind you, this was before DA came along..)
Don't have that much over there at the moment but if you do get curious, you can go on over to http://mellissandria.deviantart.com/ as I am not going to put everything up there...But I do have some pretty decent screenies there, mostly from SWG with a few artist references for CoH toons. I need to toss more up there, as well as more stories (need to update stories to include the new Mellissandria story at http://boards.cityofheroes.com/showthread.php?t=217598
At any rate, enough linkies...going to show you the CoH related artwork I've managed to snag so far...
This first one is of my storm/energy defender, Kami Megami..done by Mr-Author from DA/(aka TheSummerEvening, aka the webcomic artist behind "Ow! My Sanity!")
The second one is of Oryo Ryouko, originally my main toon, since dropped to secondary main (Mellissandria, aka Mellie, is my main atm). This was done by Luke Denby, who's art can be found at http://lukedenby.deviantart.com/, and was a Christmas gift of sorts from another player.
The third one is the most recent one..Mellissandria, as done by Heroid. This was done for influence, and even rped out for giggles (the influence was in a briefcase..) one recent afternoon in Wentworth's. He's a wonderful guy, by the way, and this may be his best work yet...
Hopefully, will have more to add..someday. There are also some non CoH related artwork, but to see those, you will have to hit my DA account.
Global is @Mellissandria
I don't have that much art, but I do write stories and I do collect art on
my DA account