[Hereford Eye]

Makes you wonder how that belt is going to stay in place.

[Dazzlinkat]

ICK! Eyes too big, unless you WANTED a malnurished child pic? Outfit is cool but only if it comes in real sizes. Maybe the belt has a magentic button holding it in place in the back.

[Radthorne]

I believe the character designer was going for an Anime style, to go along with the hair.

[Dazzlinkat]

Ah, isn't Anime all child-like figures? Still ICK :p

[Radthorne]

Many Anime characters do tend to look child-like, particuarly the females, mostly due to the extremely large eyes. And I'm sure whenever KatG wanders through, she will share your 'ick' sentiment. :) But that's ok; different strokes, etc...

[KatG]

I still think it would be better if she's looking the other way. :)

Actually, I like the anime one. Yes, she's young looking, but the textured nose and lips, longer face, and fairly full breasts give her the appearance of an older teen. So while the cleavage is a bit much, it does not cause me to think child protective services. The texturing on the face gives a little more depth to the big eyes, so they don't appear glassy and make her more appealing in expression.

Yes, she's skinny. But having today just run into a passel of non-anorexic but incredibly tall, skinny teens with tiny butts, the body does not look off-base to me. But I agree, the belt is going to fall off (although it's trendy.)

But essentially, it works for me because it is a full anime image. The body of the teen isn't twisted weirdly, though idealized, and the face and body match -- with a touch of realism mixed in the romantic cartoon imagery. The hair blowing slightly is classic anime and the blurred sunrise background goes with the anime style. You could see this as a still cell from an anime movie. The colors work nicely as well.

[Hereford Eye]

...the hair blowing slightly is....
de rigeur!!

I am convinced that all women-not-normal, e.g., in movies, on TV, in magazines, et al., [and maybe some who are only slightly off-normal] walk around with a personal assistant cum fan to assure the hair is always in movement.

[Radthorne]

KatG always likes to keep me guessing. :D

I am convinced that all women-not-normal, e.g., in movies, on TV, in magazines, et al., [and maybe some who are only slightly off-normal] walk around with a personal assistant cum fan to assure the hair is always in movement.
Umm... breeze?

On a related subject (related to art at least), I am presently attending Foolscap, a small con in Bellevue, Washington, where I'm doing panels and have some of my art in the art show. This evening was an artist's reception, at which Mark Ferrari, a noted fantasy artist, crtiqued stuff in the show. He had things to say about mine :eek: which I'll share tomorrow, as he and I are also on a panel called How is Digital Art Produced, and I want to include any germane info that comes out of that panel as well.

[Dazzlinkat]

Sounds like fun and a great learning experience! Hope you sell a bunch :D

[Radthorne]

Well, here's the scoop so far on Foolscap. It's the old good new - bad news sort of thing.

The good news is that I've sold at one least piece already - someone has put down more than the minimum bid on the picture (for you old timers in my forum) that had the knight reaching forward for a sword mounted on a plinth, with another knight holding a dagger behind him looking decidely dodgy about what he might do...

The bad news is that the Digital Art panel didn't go so well. Mark Ferrari is a terrffic fellow, very personable and quite funny (as well as an excellent artist). But he doesn't care much for 3D art, considering it of little use beyond perhaps making a background upon which one then manually paints (whether digitally or otherwise) the main subject of one's work. So after he rather soundly put down the whole concept, and given that he was the artist guest of honor to whom most of the people in the room had come to see, I considered it best to mostly just keep my yap shut. The one time I did speak, to recommend Bryce as an easy-to-get-into and intuitive tool for starting 3D work, someone in the audience piped up that it was the most awful software they'd ever used. So that was about that for my contributions! :(

So, to go with my present mood :D here's a guy with an attitude...


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