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TheSylverLining — In the stars, in the rain
Published: 2010-06-13 19:35:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2223; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 31
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So this summer I'm trying to do some drawing every single day - I want to be noticibly better at this DRAWING THING by the time summer ends. So - whether that's some figure practice scribble-sketches (like today) or semi-full painting thingies with BACKGROUNDS and shit... like the past two days.
Top, I accidentally Phil Lamar. It looks like him to me so much, and it's WEIRD.
Don't believe me?
[link] He is such a sweetheart. :3
Also I want those headphones. Lyrics are from Gorillaz, "Clint Eastwood." I love that song so much and listened to it on a loop.
Bottom is mai very old character Cai, bein' emo. In tha RAAAAIN. THE RAAAAAAAIN.
He does that. You would too if you were a klepto drug addict struggling to support your little brother who freakin' hero-worships you and makes you feel even worse about yourself, and are scared your hands will literally turn into spiders. Yep. Cai's fucked up. That's all for now, folks. :3
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Wow, I totally wouldn't have imagined something as peaceful and beautiful to Clint Eastwood. That's like, one of my favourite kind of skies right there and I'm in love with those headphones myself!
I remember Cai!
I love the emotion in his face, and the colours you've used to shade in all of those defined features :3
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FHGHGH I am so glad you like these. <3 Thank you so much, dear!
Hee, Cai is... special. He's one of my oldest characters, and one of the most messed-up. x3 Probably started out as a Sue or annoying emo-kid, but I feel like he's grown since then, while still being... fucked-up. 
Allow me to make this childlike in nature:
'Rhythm, you have it or you don't!' - that's a fallacy!
I'M IN THEM, every sprouting tree, every child apiece..."
I just... that concept is so beautiful to me, and I embrace it with my whole heart. 
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That's a really... spiritual way to think of that song, I'm gonna be listening to it with new ears now! :3
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Yeah!
But yeah, listen to/read the lyrics as like... them being spoken by if not God, then at least some LIFE FORCE or powerful being, even a trickster spirit, but something essentially good and life-filled that's in or around us all, that lets us see clearly. Lyrics like this make me think so:
"You think it's fictional? Mystical? Maybe. Spiritual hero who appears in you to clear your view when you're too crazy"
and
"You can see me now 'cause you don't see with your eyes, you perceive with your mind", and even "feelings, sensations that you thought was dead, no squealing, now remember, that it's all in your head!"
Which I take it to mean not that "you're imagining this", but again... It's all there inside you. "I'M IN THEM."
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You know, I never thought it was about drugs! Maybe I'm a bit naive, but sunshine ina bag... because it's gorillaz, I thought of it literally, hahah
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Teehee! I get that, yesyes. :3
It always makes me laugh when there are swear words in Gorillaz songs. Or just... Adult Concepts.
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When I saw the tiny preview in my messages I was like "lol Virgil and Richie?" But it isn't lol.
BUT A CAI IS FINE TOO. <3333 I love him the most when he's being an emo kid. Which is probably an unhealthy portion of the time, aww, bb. <3 Also, I really like the way you did his hair. There is just something very... right about it. IDK how to put it, but the shading, and the shaping looks awesome to my eyes.
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... IT'S KIND OF VIRGIL.
But yeah, jeez, Cai is like the epitome of UNHEALTHY EMO KID.
THANK YOU FOR LIKING HIS HAIR. <3 I FINALLY FIGURED OUT HIS HAIR. IN THIS PICTURE. It was like the universe clicked into law and order, the missing piece of the puzzle was revealed... a little part of me was completed when I figured out Cai's hair. xD
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XD naice.
heh it's fun.
Btw. I support kismet to the end for the silver rose oct!
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Thank you so much! I'm glad ye like this.
And AAWWWW. THANK YOU for the support!
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You're welcome! Kismet deserves it too! she's fun!
Kismet and Porfino ftw!
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I. Love. The top. Panel. His hair (and the way it gets bunched under the headphones), the soft glow on his face, the simply-drawn cityscape, the colors of course...
Do you notice something about how you draw clothes, though? I notice that if you do simple shirts and things, you draw them as lines inside the form rather than setting on top or outside of it. That's cool -- but consistency matters in a picture! Look at "Phil's" scarf. On the left, it sits on top of his neck. But on the right, it becomes a part of his chest.
...Wait, does it? I'm looking at it again. It looks like it does because of the black line going from his neck on down, but then there are white lines contradicting that... A little confusing. Anyway, Cai can be used as an example of that too (his necklace vs. his shirt).
Dude I'm happy we'll be seeing more visual artz from ya this summer! Your writing is awesome of course, but I can never say anything besides that in comments 
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THANK YOU so much for this awesome comment of awesomes. Both for the praise but especially for the crit, thank ye so much! Yeah, I often get lazy when it comes to clothes, specially if I've spent a long time on the face/other focus point and then go "HOW DO I DREW CLOTH LOL DONE."
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Accidentally Phil Lamar is awesome!
Cai's story makes me sad.
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Thank ye so much, hon! :3 I'm really happy ye like it.
D: He makes me sad too. But then he makes up for it by being a sarcastic smartass-with-a-heart-of-gold who makes me lul and d'aww. He tries hard. And often is full of fail. But always tries again.
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I just love what you did with the lighting on their faces. It's just so... smooth, or something. I dunno how to describe it, I just lurve it. C:
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Thank you so much! <3 Ahh, that really makes me happy.
:3 I LOVE PAINT TOOL SAI. It lets me make things the way I WANT instead of struggling. Intuitiveness = JOY.
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This is wonderful work. Your drawing style is excellent and is enhanced phenomenally by your advanced understanding of color, light, and shadow. Speaking of Phil Lamar - check your e-mail
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Ahh, thank ye so much Kevie! <3 I am so happy that ye like this. Srsly thank ye so much. 
And AAAAAHHH THANK YOU I WAS LOOKING FOR THAT LAST NIGHT.
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Eee, thank ye so much! :3 I'm so happy ye like it!
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I really love the top panel, Sylver o_o It looks like an illustration out of a book, really. The colors and everything are just gorgeous.
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Thank ye so much! <3 That srsly makes me happy, luv!
FFFF I want his scarf too with the strange bubble-things on it. Honestly I have no idea where I was going with that but it was fun. xD
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It's impossible not to like. It's so dreamy and pretty!
GOOD. AT LEAST I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. xD Now you have to make a real bubble scarf so that we all can have one. After all, you're the one who drew it...so it's your fault!
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I imagine them as having little jingle-bells in them too!
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NOW I MUST HAVE ONE NO MATTER WHAT. SEE WHAT YOU'VE DONE. D:
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D: I MUST HAVE ONE TOO. DAAAMN.
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BETTER GET ON THAT, WOMAN!
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Nice love the Color work and the good variation to season
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Thank ye so much!
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You want to be better at drawing? Hey, I wish I could draw like you. This is amazing.
Actually, do you have any off-hand advice for me? Because I really want to be able to shade things and draw as great as you do. :3
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Awww, that really makes me happy, dear. <3 Srsly. It's always bugged me for a long time that I'm better at coloring/shading than the actual DRAWING BUSINESS, so that's what I'm focusing on now. :> But that just... thank you.
Hm. Well, what do ye want to know? :3 About shading, I think the most important thing is to not forget warm and cool colors. How they interact and contrast. Like, for Cai's skin there, I used warm browns and reds for most of it, with just a little bit of blue-gray in the darkest pars (under his nose and jaw). I find that having a little of a contrasting color (like blue to orange/red) is REALLY effective and gives an interesting lighting tone. It just looks NEAT.
... Now I'm scared I sound like a pretentious art-dick.
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I go to a college full of nothing BUT pretentious art-dicks.
And that's helpful! 
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x3 OH YES. But still, it's no fun to listen to that. I try not to. Because it makes me sound like I know everything and I SO DO NOT.
But yeah.
And on a small side note, the colors ye pick can really influence the mood, too. Cai's pretty much in a world of hurt right now, so I colored his skin with bruisey colors. :> If it looks painful, MY WORK IS DONE.
... Jeez, even in drawing I put my characters through hell.
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XD In hell, I'd be reborn as one of your characters. Or heaven. I'm not too sure.
Also speaking of your characters! I was thinking about what you would be able to enter in the Gladiator thing. Why not Kismet in this too? I mean, look at her: [link] if it's just the left one, and a few slight chronological details were changed (although you CAN still time travel to Caelum if you can justify it, so you might not need to change anything), you'd be set!
Just a suggestion. :3
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xD I DON'T KNOW EITHER. You'd get tons of character development and depth, but you'd pretty much cry yourself to sleep every night too. And you'd probably be gay. Seems like all my characters are freakin' ghey or AT LEAST bi.
And yeeeesss, this is a good idea, yesyes. :3 Lawd knows I wanna use Kismet moar! Regardless of if I go further in TSR. Maybe she can be like, my tournament character. I'd just have to take away her foresight. But still, a quirky, neurotic bellydancer is FUN to write! >D
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yeah, that's John Travolta's job
I just shot Marvin in the face!
FUCK!
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Oh yeah, that does look like Phil Lamar! And he's even wearing Hermes' hair!
heh, quite the fun accident.
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SPEAKING OF:
[link]
BAM. <3 He was SUCH A SWEETHEART.
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ah, that is so cool!
the closest I ever got to him was watching him on a panel with most of the futurama cast & crew at the San Diego Comicon.
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Oh that is really neat!
FHGGGH he's so effing cute. I kind of want to snuggle him and take him out for ice cream or something.
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Teehee, I love it when things like that happen.
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