Raine
Bumbling French Crook
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Post by Raine on May 11, 2009 9:37:51 GMT
Aww thank you so much for the concern <3 And ugh.. yeah. 9am - midnight is not something I want to pull again for a looong time o__x That just about killed me :/ Unfortunately, it was kind've a necessary evil though. I actually work for a local apparel company & one of our larger clients needed like a whole new line of designs (15-20), printed samples & a full presentation put together for a meeting he was having with a retailer o.O And of course my company being the kings of time management that they are gave me like all of a week to do it all in Anyway, depending on how it goes for him it basically means the difference between a ridiculous amount of business for us or nothing. So.. yeah. Kind've one of those things that HAD to be done for me to uh.. still have a job :/ Fortunately though everyone seemed pleased with everything & they all think it stands a strong chance of going through. So .. here's hoping :3 Plus, yes, I did manage to make overtime for this whole little undertaking so I could never complain. Either way though I got it done & that was all I was expected to do. Whether or not it goes through is all up to them at this point :/ But yeah. Hopefully I won't have to do that again for a long long time or at least I'll be told a lot sooner in advance instead of OMFG! WE NEED YOU TO GET THIS DONE RIIIGHT NOOOOW!!! *flaaaail* XD Like I said though, I wouldn't ever dare to complain. When it's not super crunch time it's fine. Plus they let me print my own shirts sometimes which is really nice of them. Honestly, as a surprise, I was thinking about doing some Duckula themed shirts for everyone here sometime. It's been a thought of mine for the last year or so actually but I was never able to think of a design that would be cool enough :/ Plus, I worried a little too about when I'd have a chance to actually print them. Likely I'd have to do it sometime when my boss isn't around or else I'd be subjected to 'WTF is that faggotry?! You better not be thinking of gaying up my press with that' XD So I don't know.. maybe one day I'll be able to do something nice for everyone here.. eventually Speaking of nice, holy crap woman you're way too good to me I swear. <3 I love these all so much! <3 <3 Agnes & Louise! Haha I love Louise's defense here so much. I totally agree, Agnes would SO see through Johns BS. It would probably be like.. such a feat for her to bite her lip about him.. XD Let's hope she can drag manage to convince Louise away sometime. I think she'd be a lot happier around Agnes' son after all ;D Joohn <3 I never get tired of him I swear. Ahh! I just love his face here so SO much <3<3 Haha, poor man. Life is just SO hard XD Again, I'm so crazy about the expression you put on him here. This is just so win. Like he's just entirely lost in concentration over this XD It's so nice to see such an interesting face on him too. Lately I've been stuck drawing him angry anymore.. kind've a rut really. And then it's like you come along with such an awesome range of expressions for him. XD It really helps inspire me to keep thinking of new things to do with him. And again, I love the technical side to all of these. The faces & poses you put these guys in are always so interesting. And your sketches - they look more & more fluid each time I'm see them! Everything is just expressed so clearly. It really shows! I also can't get enough of the emotion you manage to work into these guys. The comic you did here especially. That just reads so fantastic. Oooh gosh, poor poor Louise though! I swear this almost made me want to cry D:} Just the strength of the expressions you managed to convey here. It honestly just tears me up a bit to look at. {:/ Unfortunately, it's definitely not out of character for John though. Especially when it comes to Raine being in some kind of danger (other then what he personally wants to inflict on her). He can easily manage some pretty violent reactions. I can imagine somewhere in that warped mind of his it would almost border on a weird entitlement complex. Kind've along the lines of 'you belong to me therefore nobody's allowed to smack you around you BUT me' I don't know if there's some psychological term for that? It's another layer of hypocrisy I was hoping to add to into him though. Because God forbid any stranger give Raine (or even Louise) a hard time. He'd likely rush up to defend her like some kind of jealous husband D: Which I can see going on so perfectly here. Seriously, you couldn't have captured this any more remarkably. John is all pimpsmack! so horribly merciless! OMG & poor Louise. Arghh I just want to scoop her up & run her away from him! {X( Ugh.. I mean it. This made me just.. hurt.. to see. I swear it makes my heart squeeze especially the expressions on her & Raine. I feel for them both so tremendously.. but again I consider it a good thing. Just the fact that this can elicit such a emotional response only says exceptional things about your work. I would never be able to feel this much pain for them or feel it so powerfully otherwise. <3 Ugh.. even though this does totally make me feel like stomping Johns @ss in getting back at John D:< I do love this comic so overwhelmingly though. <3 OMG and you'd want to make another one?!!? Holy Begeezus I would DIE over here! You MUST be trying to kill me XD Ahh, but honestly I'm so touched that you'd even consider such a thing. That's just.. I don't even know.. so ridiculously nice of you. Even if it never materializes (because God that would probably be so time consuming for you D:}) please know how much I truly appreciate even just the thought of this <3 Seriously, that's so incredibly sweet. I don't even have the words <3<3 {:3 And speaking of lack of words.. OMFG XD If you could've only heard the uproar that belted out of me for this last one here XD Oh maaaan! Ugh.. I must be such a horrible person Duckula fan because I swear I about doubled over at that second panel XD Ahh, I hope this doesn't make me a bad person! Johns face is so full of awesome though. I just love his expression so SO much! And Raine's reaction too! Oh that just couldn't be more perfect XD Poor Duckula though. As funny as this is to me, he really didn't deserve it D: In fact, I have to admit I really have been feeling kind of bad here for my lack of canon art. Seriously, I hope it hasn't been like.. a bad thing to anyone for me to post so much of my pseudo fan art here. In the back of my mind I've honestly been somewhat worried about it just because I'm not like.. y'know.. trying to make this into the raine show here or anything o.O If any of it's been getting a bit much for folks just let me know. I swear it's not my intention here to overwhelm anyone. Or maybe I just worry too much? :/ I don't know but I do have to say I am so very thankful for this place for letting me post as much non-canon as I have. It seriously IS the most fun I've had in ages. Before a few months ago I had all but abandoned a lot of my story ideas just because I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere with it. But now.. I just can't stress it enough how much life has come back to all of that because of all of this. I swear, you've both given me such a much needed second wind. I don't think my ideas have ever flowed this easily. I mean it. This has all given me so much to look forward to. Always know how much I truly appreciate it.. even if I have a hard time articulating it properly most times <3 XD And speaking of story ideas, I'm so happy you like the idea of Raine having ties to Heliopolis. It's something I'm going to have to work with this week sometime but yay! I'm so glad you think the idea isn't completely retarded works at least :3 I'll have to share up on some of the other ideas I have going too. This whole last week during my breaks I've been steadily trying to figure something fun out for Louis' whole tragic situation. I think what I'm on to could work or at least I hope some of it can. I'll try to note about it soon. If nothing else it involves a couple of new characters. Well.. honestly one's an old characters of mine but I'm attempting to give him a little bit of a new spin for this. Anyway, I'd love to bounce my thoughts off you guys for this. See what you think works or could use changing. Again, I'll try to note you both soon about it <3 Also, I wish I even knew what to say about your comments on John. I swear woman your so ridiculously kind to me. I'm moved ;_; I mean it. That means so much to me to know. I've always admired & loved complex characters so so much. Just knowing that you would ever consider John as fitting that category is just I don't even know.. It really does mean the world to me <3 I'm just beyond thrilled you would ever think such a thing. <3 Although I do feel badly about your nightmares. D: Jeesh! Makes me sorta thankful now I've never had a character related dream. I bet John & fire would make a pretty horrific combination. I can't even imagine. Especially having a fear of fire on top of it? Ugh.. that just makes it like so much worse. I feel so bad for you! I can't say I've ever had any fire dreams. When my brain wants to torture me it usually involves a train, truck or bridge. No idea why but I have this mild phobia of them for some reason. Not outright panic thankfully but it does really seem to set me on edge. So much my friends always joke with me now how they're going to surprise me with my favorite book; 'planes trains & automobiles' XD Guess I should be thankful my dreams don't get much worse then that, though every now & again I do get one good horrific one. This piece is based on one of them actually www.fireandraine.com/FanArt/2/Nosseren-Der_Leibhaftige.jpgMy best friend from college did this after a dream I told her about that involved me being at a tarot reader for some reason. In the dream each card she set down on the table represented a family member. Which was all fine until the cards representing deceased members started bleeding into the table. XP ..yeah D: I guess if nothing else though it managed to inspire a decent concept so.. yay? Ugh but I think you're right though John probably would be like.. all too delighted if he knew the effect he was able to have XD Also, before I forget; No- I'm not a native Floridian. I'm actually originally from Northern Virginia. About 40 minutes outside of the nations murder capital Washington DC. I ended up moving down here for school and then after that I was luckily able to get a job. Which is kind've nice since my moms whole side of the family lives in the Tampa/Largo area. It's the only side of my family I really have any contact with anymore sadly. All of my biological dads side is gone & my step fathers side kind've.. acts like they don't want much to do with me & mom anymore now that he's gone XP Bastard child syndrome. No not me But yeah.. kind've makes me all the more glad to be down here. :/ At least my mothers side, despite the distance growing up, has always been very cool to me. I mean hell just a couple weekends ago Grandma & I just hung out for a night & drank beer XD But yeah.. I don't know. I'm so fortunate that I even have them & to be lucky enough to be down here now. Although, I will totally agree with you the heat here is just unbearable sometimes. Especially right now like you said. It DOES feel like it's been way hotter then it ought to be for the beginning of May. :/ Maybe I'm brain dead but I don't ever remember it being 96 degrees. It's like wow.. I sure enjoyed those what? Three whole days of spring we had? I just pray it doesn't continue like this. I'd hate to see it get any hotter especially considering I have no working AC in my car anymore what the summers here are already like. And I hear you, BTW, on the whole snow thing. My boyfriends one of those native's who's never seen snow & it's just like.. such a foreign concept to me. I'm determined one day to drag him to VA one winter just to behold nature's majesty but then I just know he'd be all like 'OMG! It's below 80 degrees! I'M FREEZING & I H8 U!!' XD Anyway, now that this is like a million years long (I'm so sorry! {:/) it's past due for some pong. "...You have done it right, very right" i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/VeryRight.jpgInspired by Lourdes story <3 I can't even tell you how much I just loved this scene Lourdes. I swear the whole mental image for it just jumped right out at me when I read it. It was so fantastically perfect! I could just see it so completely. So, I had to at least give the scene a try. :3 Plus again I just can't seem to get enough of John in front of a fire XD I'll probably have to do more from this story sometime. I swear it's just like.. begging me to be drawn. Knocking on Heavens Door i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/HeavensDoor.jpgUh.. I have to say I totally hear you when you mentioned how painful it was to draw your last comic. This one just outright hurt for me to draw. { I almost didn't want to do it honestly but I felt the concept I had for it was just too strong. {:/ Anyway, the idea was entirely based on this song. I heard it going down the road one evening & the connection just sort've smacked me in the face. I imagine poor Ven being trapped under that ice & trying to pound his way out from underneath of it.. it probably would be a lot like knocking. So.. I don't know. It just seemed very appropriate to me since he literally would be knocking on heavens door. Or even beating it in maybe? XD I feel like the job I did on it doesn't do the idea justice at all. But.. I tried :/ I may redo this later sometime when I have more talent can figure things out a little better though. Also, I'm sorry about your fathers friend that you mentioned regarding this, BTW. That's really sad. To be honest Vens death is sort've based on a similar situation. One of my uncles died under ice trying to save one of his friends on the Potomac River. His friend fell off the boat they were on & he was able to save him but not himself. So I don't know.. I felt maybe Ven here could help honor that in a way {:/ Plus story-wise, it's able to serve as Ven's saving grace in the end which, given his circumstances, he desperately needed. My Jerk i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/MyJerk.jpgAnd lastly a sweet piece since I didn't want to end things on such a ridiculously depressing note :/ Just Raine & Veneficus being geuinely tender together. Before his death the two of them were very much in love. Never married though thanks to their status as witches. Plus given Veneficus' uh.. unique debt, setting foot in a church would've never have been an option. Still, they were married in heart... which was all that ever mattered to either of them. Even despite his' unethical circumstances & the fact that he did absolutely nothing to help his reputation among people. (He kind've lived to aggravate it actually XD) But yeah.. He may have been a jerk but he was Raine's jerk..
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Juno
Silly Nanny
Team Igor
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Post by Juno on May 12, 2009 4:14:35 GMT
God, woman... what is it about your characters that just... Man, just pull at my heartstrings? I know that sounds so mushy, but really. Everything from John and how horrible and yet how sadly lost he is, to Ven... argh, it's like everything I learn about Ven makes me love him more and more. I honestly had no idea that he and Raine had been in love! omg, you should have seen the pathtetic weepy mess I was at the last two you post DDD8 I don't care what you say about the justice you may or may not have done on that, arrrgghhh... You guys must think I'm the wimpiest crybaby ever, I swear! It broke my heart so bad! I can feel the pain of it, just so damn poignantly. Every last inch of it just screams at my emotions, I can feel everything, the pain, the frustration, fear... Honestly, I can't truly bear to look at it for very long cause it makes me tear up D8 You have amazing skill, Raine, god. It's doubly amazing... I just heard that very song on the radio the other day myself! Then like, half an hour later it was Stairway to Heaven! I was totally thinking on those two songs wondering if I coud fit them in somewhere. I see the mindlink is as strong as ever, haha. But yeah... I could go on about that one forever. You'll never have any idea how hard it struck me. It was like a punch in the stomach xD Your work is very powerful <3 Seriously, like everything you do just makes me fall hopelessly in love with it. I'm glad we've put a new wind in your sail, these characters of yours, I couldn't imagine life without them! Each of them is so deep, so versatile, so complex. You're gifted, believe me when I say that. (You know it's good when I have the uncontrollable urge to hug each and every single one of them! They all need it so bad! Even Especially you, John <3) My Jerk <3 <3 Yeah wow, that was seriously pretty suprising for me xD I must confess to a helluva lot of confusion though. Who is this then though? rainefall.deviantart.com/art/Everyday-I-Love-You-More-57833838The colors are similar enough to the Raine I am familar with, but there's enough difference for me to wonder if I have missed something xD Which if I have, please excuse my tarded-ness. It has also begged me to wonder who the heck the other Raine is and how she fits in xD I am sorry! My lack of any decent memory is probably to blame for this somehow, lol Aaaanyways, back to the stuff at hand - yes, I LOVE My Jerk <3 d'aaaaaw D8 I want them to be so happy-ever-after *cry* It's made me look over the couple things I did between the two of them and it has so much more meaning now. (Honestly, the idea had crossed my mind, but I like, always shot it down with 'BAD JUNO! Teacher and student, stop playing cupid everywhere, dork' The inner romantic in me celebrates heartily and is saying 'neener neener neener I TOLD YOU SO!! HA!' 8) They're so wonderful, good lord you can expect a bunch of gaytastically mushy stuff now xD You seriously need to explain more of their story to me, I am SO fascinated in this debt you keep mentioning (You like to tease me xD There's a number of things driving me nuts over here! Happy nuts, lol) Okay, and yeah, sorry John, you actually got booted to the end of the line xD Last but certainly not least! JOOOOHN, gaaawd why are you so effing HOT appealing to me?! His face, god it sends shivers down my spine! (I feel so bad for Igor. I feel like I'm cheating on him in some weird way xD It doesn't make matters any better now that I'm swinging back into Darkwing Duck and HOMG Negaduck *writhe* I have... I have WAY too much infatuation with evil....) John looks so spectacular by firelight <3 He needs to carry around a torch all the time just for effect xD Poor Louise though, he's just playing her like a fiddle D8 I imagine he does a lot of kinda sucking up to her from time to time though, I don't think she'd stick around if he was mean ALL the time, lol But yeah, back to the important thing here, JOHN your face is so amazing D8 (I'd be just as bad as Louise when it comes to puffing up his already over-inflated ego) His eyes, god, the way you get them, they're so... GAH! Words can't describe it xD I consider myself a fairly articulate person and I can't think of anything other than weak knees and as;ldfjqhsa;fdjahkgk! Taaawww! You're so nice xD homg, printed Duckula shirts would be the awesomest thing ever, lol Funny too about your boss What sort of designs do you guys do, if you don't mind my asking? (Being in Florida, I'm curious if it's anything touristy, lol) That sounds like a pretty nifty job though. That's awesome that you ended up staying in Florida too, btw Especially given where you're from! lol I first saw 'Virginia' and was like 'HOMG YOU POOR SOUL D8' then I saw where AT in VA ha ha, nevermind xD I guess my brain substituted 'west' for 'northern' GAH I couldn't imagine living in West Virginia D8< But then... the tristate area of Southern Ohio was like, pretty much the same thing xD That's cool that you lived in a more metropolitan type area. Where I lived... suffice to say beat up trailers with a hanging ancient sheet instead of a front door was more common than any building taller than two stories. It's a miracle that I'm not in the middle of a hayfield right now chewing on straw and getting knocked up by some middle school dropout named Jervis or something D8 (I'm so glad that from a young age I was determined to be FANCY! Thank you Disney! XD) Your poor boyfriend D8 Never seen snow at all?! DAMN. These southerners are so weird sometimes :/ It's sad though, many of my friends say that I'm an official Floridian now. I too get cold when it dips below 70 xD But I've been here since about 2001, so... whatev D8 Besides, everytime I go back up north it's like I was never here and I start feeling like my skin will burst into flame at 90 degrees xD Then in the dead of winter I don't mind going out in like, shorts, lol (Speaking of the heat here though HOLYCOW the night sky tonight has been constantly lit up with heat lightning D8 You might have been right about crap starting to burst into flame here, JESUS. Especially after what a freakishly cold winter it was, DAMN. I thought I would freeze to death in January DDDD8 Never in my LIFE have I been so cold, the death ocean chill here makes snow feel roasty toasty!) ahem, anyways xD Trying to keep this not a trillion miles long, I know it's harder for you to get back to us when the posts go on for like a mile xD I never seem to run out of stuff to say! Time for Ping! I'm sorry, I really wanted to do something serious today but... yeah, it's been a fantastically miserable day today. Every day I'm pretty sure Pat's gonna just kick me out, how effing lovely... anyways, so up for today is pure tardery xD I needed something to make me laugh, lol (Yeah, only two, I suck D8) alu87.deviantart.com/art/Castaway-John-122241335There was a commercial on for Castaway today, and.... yeah. My mind escapes me. I just have no idea xD If you haven't seen Castaway this will make probably ZERO sense. Hell, ever if you HAVE, it might not xD I really did think it was a good movie, but it's so damn comedic to me at times (I'm sadistic, I know). So yah, punishment for John. But not as much as... alu87.deviantart.com/art/Karma-It-s-a-girl dog-122241670 PAYBACK WITH A VEANGEANCE You mentioned John getting kneed (albeit by Raine) and Raine acquiring a Taser. So... This overkill was birthed xD I had WAY too much fun this x) John may have fun speaking like a little squeaky girl for next how ever long, lol And then getting fried xD Raine must have a crazy industrial strength taser, hee hee. Um yeah, and now time for the odds and ends I forget xD HOLYCRAP your friend is awesome DDD8 way to go BFF! That's a helluva painting, I recall seeing it before in your faves. Amazing concept too, that dream sounds scary as hell D8 And yeah, your fears sound like they suck! Good thing it's not a hardcore phobia, that would make life remarkably more difficult for sure. I myself am rather afraid of cars (Mostly due to a wreck I was in a few years ago. We were hit so hard the car battery flew out DD8 I don't ever know how the hell that happens! But there it was, laying a good 20 feet away. One of the scariest days ever, for sure. Luckily no one was hurt, aside from some vicious seatbelt bruises) but it's getting better in time. Lucky for me anyways, I have enough things I'm afraid of xD Like Spiders. I'm pretty close to a for real arachnophobiac when it comes to them. Little tiny ones don't scare me as much any more, but the bigs ones.... ARGH. I just shut down in terror it's so wimpy. Can't move, can't speak, usually burst into a torrent of uncontrollable tears, the whole shebang. I'm so lame :/ Here I go rambling again though xD It's not the 'Raine show' It's the Juno show, lol. But anyways, yeah, nothing compares to probably my worst phobia. It is the stupidest, lamest thing ever, and I am deeply ashamed of it. Seriously, doctors would say I was a fool for being so afraid of this xD Ever seen Disney's 'The Jungle Book'? I have a paralyzing fear of the snake, Kaa D8 Ever since I saw it when I was little, I have been so rediculously terrified of him. I love snakes in real life, not an iota of fear of THEM, no. Kaa the animated, completely make believe snake sends me into fits. Heather had me sit and watch the movie with her, to try and get me over it and when he came on I freaked out and buried my face in a blanket and pressed my hands over my ears, all but childishly yelling "LA LA LA I CANNOT HEAR YOU" oh my GOD he scares me so much D8< It's so LAME! stupid self Dx Anyways, done talking everyones leg off I tried to keep it short and this happened xDDD Feel free to disregard the lot of it, ha ha
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2009 1:53:30 GMT
Oh, my God! Raine, Juno! ;D I'm awfully sorry for my absence and also because I have no pictures for you! I have seen all your artwork here and I LOVE it... Heavens my reaction on your comic Juno and the picture you did Raine "You Did it Right", have got me all, all *faints with joy* ... ... ... ... I have no words to tank you both!!! Oh, before I forget this too, the name of John's horse... Raine, I'm so glad you liked it, I feel so honoured! Karonte (Kharon) is the ferryman who carried souls of the deceased across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead in Greek mythology. He is on Dante's comedy too. I'm so glad you liked it, and please allow me to say this: Raine, your stories and your characters are the inspiration for me, I'm talking serious, your knocking Heavens door have moved me to tears, and Juno, your comic made me want to stake John, I'm glad to see the vengeance! ;D Each time I came here and saw Juno's and your awesome artwork My year is totally done, no kidding, I have been through some troubles lately, and yesterday I was able to enter the forum and your artwork have made me happy to no end! ;D As I had stated, I feel so terrible I have nothing for you, and also because I would not be able to get here like before, because is semester ending, so there are research, homework, exams and informs, and more informs to write, imagine it I'm a lecturer... And my mentor, is going to kill me if I don't finish my project! Hopefully I will be able to have more pictures for you both when I'm on summer holidays! I will be thinking about you both, hope everything would be alright for you soon, I wish I could do more to help. Thank you very, very, very much for the wonderful artwork here girls, you both have help me to lift my spirit you can't imagine how much!
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Raine
Bumbling French Crook
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Post by Raine on May 13, 2009 8:53:36 GMT
God.. I just never know what to say anymore. If you only knew even a fraction of how much your thoughts meant to me. I swear it just floors me every time woman. <3 I never expected anyone (except maybe myself) to EVER like my characters this much let alone regard them so highly. It's just.. crazy to me. o.O Seriously, just that you would ever consider them as being complex or even appealing at all.. it entirely blows my mind. I swear, I wish I could even come close to articulating how deeply that moves me to be able to know. It really does mean the world to me <3<3 Arghhh XD Again I just have no words. I'm just amazed, touched & in shock all at the same time. <3<3 Same goes for your thoughts regarding the pieces. Good Lord just thank you so SO much! <3 Again I'm just beside myself here that any of these could ever elicit such a response let alone anything remotely powerful. To say I'm thrilled is just an understatement <3 Though, God, it makes me feel all bad now for the Veneficus one. I feel like I've.. traumatized you guys somehow {XD Ah but seriously, I'm just so happy & shocked. But again it's such a crazy happy shock ;D Haha, which is more then I guess I could say for poor John. Good Lord! XD I guess when karma rains it must freakin' pour because holeeee crap did he ever GET IT XD This was just.. industrial strength everything! Oh poor poor Johnny boy. XD I can't say he didn't deserve it though. Bastard really did have it coming. Haha, I wouldn't be surprised if just the mere sight of Louise left him flinching after this one XD She'd be all like; 'Here's your tea, my John!' and he'd be like; 'AUGHHH DON'T HIT ME!. .... oh' Which reminds me, I totally agree with you on the whole sucking up idea. I think he'd pretty much have to once in a while for Louise to endure the amount of crap abuse she takes from him. There would just be no way otherwise. Though it does make me morbidly curious now what kind of sweet daddy stuff he'd have to be saying. And more amusingly, how hard he'd have to fight to keep a straight face about it all. XD Hahaha, oh man and speaking of not keeping a straight face, CASTAWAY JOHN! XD Oh God how this kept me grinning all day! You don't even know XD Just all those psycho expression of his! Oh God how I LOVE the fire one!! And WIIIIILSON! Ahhhh, that KILLED me! XD Just that little stupid happy face on the feather. Oh God! XD I swear whenever I feel bluesy at work that is all I am going to think about now. X) I love the last panel there too. Raine must be so uncomfortable XD Poor John. I would hug him.... with y'know a stick maybe. <3 Which reminds me, I totally agree with you about him & the torch. He really should be forced to carry one around at all times XD And yes, poor Louise. You really can't blame her for puffing up his ego. I doubt I would be much better either <3 Which is sad considering I set out to make him as unappealing of a character as possible. I swear I had nothing but the most horrible ugly character intentions both design & personality wise but it's like the more I drew him the hotter more attractive he just got. Ugh.. maybe there's something wrong with me. I don't know XD Either way, I couldn't be happier that he's the John he is today. Though truthfully. I always have you & Lourdes to thank for that. <3 Ahh, but I wouldn't have him any other way even if poor Igor is suffering a bit under him. Oh, Poor Mr. November. I swear I still love you. Haha, it's funny that you liken it a bit to cheating. I think I know exactly what you mean XD At least he only has to compete between Ven & John though. I think he'd have a tougher time in a fight if he had to go up against someone insane like Negaduck. Though to be brutally honest my bet would probably still be on Igor. Negaduck just.. I don't know. This is going to be total blasphemy here but I never did like him as a villan XD I think it's just the 'muah ha ha I'm soooo evil' factor. It just always seemed like too in your face/super overkill to me I guess. I dunno. Igor just always seemed to have that touch of deadly class everyone else lacked I think. But that's just me. I'm just a villan snob so picky XD Haha and speaking of class. It's funny you originally had thoughts on the whole teacher student thing with Veneficus. I almost feel sorta guilty about that one. Raine takes after her mother though I guess? To be honest though, for some reason I thought you already knew they were in love. I can see the confusion though. It's not like I said anything after all. ;D But yes, for the Duckula-universe I thought for Raine's feelings & belief system to be the way they are, it might make better sense if they were. That's why your pieces hit me so hard honestly. I swear even now they still make me want to tear up looking at them. Especially the one with him watching over her. Just eurrrgh.. I love that so so much. <3 It's funny that you weren't aware at the time just how much meaning that had. They were all such powerful pieces without you ever knowing it <3 I'll have to tell you the whole rest of their story sometime now but probably through note since so much of it would be too long & spoiler-ish for here. It touches me to no end though to know that you'd even want to know it or ever be that interested in them. <3 I swear it really does mean so much to me. <3 Although I am really sorry for all the confusion. You poor guys. I swear I've probably made everything so difficult to keep track of. I admit having two Raine stories that manage to intertwine probably wasn't such a hot idea XD To clear things up a bit though, the girl in the picture you asked about is Raine. It's just a proto-Raine if that makes any sense? Basically I've changed & evolved her so much over the years that's just one of the many designs I was toying with for her. If it helps though, here's a little time line of my character & story evolution. Basically everything evolved out for me like this; - In the beginning there was; vulture/phoenix Raine & vampire Veneficus. - Vampire Veneficus was too gay. Changed him into a dark magic teacher. Made Raine less evil & changed her into his apprentice. - Veneficus was still too dark. Made him more scholarly & more of a ladies man type. Raine still stayed the same. - Veneficus too old looking. Lot of complaints from my friends about him looking like a grandpa. XD Also didn't like his personality. Kept him scholarly but lost the ladies man act & made him more human with goals & vices. At this point I also decided I should do a story that could work away from the Duckula universe. So I came up with the idea of 'Fire & Raine' & continued work on a story that would work as a stand alone. - Worked more on Raine. Friends told me she was too old & ugly. She got evolved down more & more to look younger. - Figured out what I wanted to do for my story & how it could work on it's own but in order for it to work I had to change Raine's personality. Her as a witch just wasn't working with anything I was doing so she was made into a very young, naive & overtly faithful character. - More work on Raine. Came to the realization through friends that her as a vulture wasn't fitting for the symbolism I was trying to get across in the story so I was forced change her species to a dove. Made her personality & design a little more fitting to a dove too. Was forced to change her colors too. - Started ponging out on the forum. Decided to revive my old vulture/phoenix Raine Kept everything I originally had for her before 'fire & raine' except maybe some minor new adjustments to her background & personality. The story between her & Veneficus I decided to add to the mix too. Veneficus is the same as he is in the other story & him & Raine's past together is pretty much the same too. Veneficus & Raines ending though is not. It's meant to fit vulture Raine's story only. Then Johnathan Cawthorne was created & the world was an unhealthier place here we are Anyway, I hope that was more helpful then confusing. D: If there's anything (or all of it) that's not making sense just let me know. Again, it's basically just been a matter of me evolving characters, reviving old ones, and mixing the two together to make a fandom based story here. Other then that I still have the other story I'm working on. It's just sort of supposed to be a separate entity from this. But anyway, enough confusion! Time for some far less mystifying pong XD Owwie i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/Owwie.jpgQuickie of John chowing down on his arm enjoying his lovely little aftermath. Nothing spectacular XD Won't Back Down i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/WontBackDown.jpg"You can stand me up at the gates of Hell but I won't back down"Finally a decent piece for you. I swear my wrist filed a lawsuit against me after this one but whatever.. the labor of love here was well worth it to me. Especially considering your gloomy circumstances. I mean it. With as much as you've been going through I would do this every night for you if I were able. <3 But honestly, I do worry about you woman. I hope things won't boil down to the situation you mentioned. {:/ I'll definitely keep praying for you that it won't. Until things look up again though, here's some long overdue Agnes for you. I swear I've been meaning to draw her for forever now. I feel so bad neglecting her for so long. Anyway, you asked what music I had picked out for her & although I have quite a few, I felt this here was probably the most fitting out of all of them. (Although to be honest I still wish it were as fitting as half of what you sent me D:) Anyhow, for me, Tom Petty's 'Won't Back Down' never fails to remind me of her. Maybe not so much the tempo of the song but definitely the lyrics & the overall drive. To me it's just screams Agnes all over XD Anyway, I hope you'll think so too but if not that's cool too <3 :3 Either way I so loved doing this for you <3 X) This is supposed to be the castle courtyard here, BTW. Not sure why it's on fire though. Guess it could be one of Igor's traps or maybe it was set ablaze by Agnes? Either way whatever the hell happened must have been pretty personal because holy crap is she pissed XD And yes, that is Goslings coat on her, BTW ;D I thought she could use a pimp coat for this piece. <3
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Post by Juno on May 14, 2009 6:52:07 GMT
RAINE OMFG I LOVE YOU SO MUUUUUUUCH D8 Oh it's so beautiful!!! Agnes!! (homg. Igor must be made of braver stuff than the rest of us, cause if she were looking at me like that, you can bet I'd be hauling butt the other direction as fast as lightning!) I'm so sorry this came at the expense of your wrist, but god it is so worth it! And thank you so much for your sentiments, oh my god they mean the world to me <3 Don't worry for me too much - life has a way of interceding when I really truly need it to, and I know everything will be okay <3 But god, what a PERFECT way to start out my day! The song is just perfect too! It took me a couple listens to not think of The Silence of the Lambs (I know that must sound REALLY weird, but since I saw that movie when I was really young, I always associated the senators daughter who got kidnapped with Tom Petty since that's what she was jamming to on the radio before Jame Gumb abducted her. Yes, I know, the strangest things stick to me) But yeah, seriously, it brightened my day! It really is perfect for her, hell even the tempo of it, it's a good contrast for her typical seriousness I think. I think she would find this song relaxing if she listened to it 83 But GAWD, I can't take my eyes off it, thank you so much, words just can't even convey it! (I feel bad the the John wallpaper this replaced, that poor thing must have gotten whiplash from how fast this took over the screen of my mp3 player xDDDD) Agnes looks so haaaaardcoooore <3 I love her on Goslings coat too! In her initial designs I toyed with giving her a coat (aesthetically pleasing and functional, I figure she needs a place to keep those stakes and all) But I never really got around to it. I adore the idea of her keeping Goslings coat though, she SO would! I can't get over how fearsome she looks xD Goosewing is lucky to have such a mom, ha ha, WOW. And igor <3 <3 As always, you get him so perfect (Indeed, it's time like this that I all but shove other loves of mine *coughnegaduckcough* out the window and I have eyes only for my favorite vulture on the planet <3) Man, this just like, jump started my system for my thoughts on these two, I swear (We can thank John for my mind being elsewhere, aha) and the fiiiire, homg <3 I... would not be the least surprised if it was Agnes who decided to torch the place up xD Yay, this makes me wanna start thinking on these two again, he must have done something REALLY bad for her to wig out like this. Duckula is lucky to still have a butler xD This piece has so much depth to it too, I swear it's like I'm standing right next to them at the inferno courtyard. My thought on this are like, so scattered xD It's got me crazy! Agnes' eyes, LORD. If looks could kill, I'd probably feel bad for everyone's favorite satanic butler xD And god... this couldn't have come at a better time, let me tell you. If I hadn't had these two to cheer me up since I got up, I don't know how I would have survived this day D8 Hate to be self-centered turning the topic, but yeah, today was bad by my own standards. On my way to work this morning I was very nearly hit by a car while I was crossing the street. Recall my nearly being whacked by the UPS truck? Yeah, this was only about a thousand times scarier since this car was going a HELL of a lot faster. It was my go to cross the street, I was midway through the crosswalk and this guy turns onto the street (No blinker. of course. Else I might've stayed put on the safety of the sidewalk) and god, it was like time slowed down. I could see so freaking clearly into his windshield it was like some crazy out of body experience or something. He didn't see me at all until he was nearly on top of me, and he didn't slow down or stop or anything. Angels must have been watching over me today D8 It was weird, I like... just unconsciously took this half step backwards and I could feel the breeze off his car whipping around me, if was the most intense like, 3 seconds I've had probably since the wreck I mentioned a post or two ago. Only at the very end did I see his crazy shocked face and for some reason I just like, gave him this limp wristed wave xD It was like having absolutely no control over my body until I crossed the rest of the street and leaned against the building where my bus stop is. CUE NEAR BREAKDOWN xD I was all calm like until I got to safety and then my heart felt like it was going to burst out of my chest and I nearly threw up D8 To top it off, a few minutes after that, some jerkbags drove past me and screamed out their window 'How much for an hour?!' D8< There are times when I hate the people in this town. Ahem but yeah, forgive my venting... It's been killing me all day D8 I sadly spent the greater part of the day being violently ill and rediculously tired. JOY. But like I said thoug, I had the great pleasure of listening to Tom Petty and looking at all the lovely things on here <3 Thank you so much Raine - you'll never know how much. I've said it so many times, but it's as true as ever, if it weren't for ponging with you and spending time on here, and just.... just being my freakin self here and being able to be creative and knowing I have good friends who actually give a crap... It lifts my days so much. The things you create get my own creative juices flowing and it's like nonstop thinking and toying around and doodling and having fun xD This forum is a godsend, Stacey deserves like, an award or something x3 And thank you so much still! You have cleared everything up wonderfully xD I had the feeling that it was like Raine 2.0 or something, since her colors were so similar, but I recalled what you said about her being a dove some time ago in a devart note, and yeah, thus lead to confusion xD But it's cool now though, I've got it! (btw though, your friends need to stfu about how they look D8< They just must not appreciate an older man the way I do xD Oh Ven, I wouldn't change a thing about you <3 Grandpa? Fine, then he can be a gilf xDDD And Raine too! They look great, your friends are goofy, lol That does beg a question though, and it was actually posed by my friend Heather, she wanted to know how old they are (She too apparently agrees that Raine looks old. Am I the only one who appreciates old people? lol But seriously, Raine doesn't look all that old to me anyways :/ ) That's so interesting to me that they were once evil-ish <3 it's kinda cute to me xD I view them as perhaps crabby, maybe not overtly friendly types, but not anywhere near evil (Then again though, what I consider evil IS pretty bad) I admit though, I felt kinda bad for all the John macking on Raine ideas I have xD Not like it's out of his character, but poor Veneficus! xD To know that some crazed psycho is after his 'wife' all the time. Which leads me to tonights art post. I wanted to do more, SO MUCH MORE, but what with the car and all today... I just couldn't do it D8 A shame since I really think it would have picked me up to doodlea bit. www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=11270&e=614244 Buut instead we get this crap xD Ah well, it's better than nothing I suppose. I don't imagine John would like it AT ALL if he found out about Raine's past. He'd be one of the stupid purist types who's all like 'you had a life before ME? NO WAI D8<' Center of the universe! You bet! I don't think Raine would be as nice or at least fearfully tolerant of John though if he found out and started ragging on her for it. In fact, I actually anticipate that that would lead to something very nasty for John and I would not blame her one bit D8 Cause I'd be pretty pissed too if someone started insulting my dead husband, and I'm thinking something like boiling water to the face would be just payment for such treachery Okay, and this is random but it's been picking at me all day xD I have a twisted theory on how my fandom works in regards to Igor. I SO TOTALLY completely agree with you about the deadly class thing <3 Oh make no mistake, he will NEVER be in danger of being replaced in my heart xD This will likely sound really creepy, but it amuses me to put it this way, so I shall I view Igor as like... long term husband-y material. Oh I love him like no other <3 I could list the ways, but I'd be working well into the next century or so before I'd be anywhere near done, so we'll leave it be that I think you all know my general thoughts on him xD But yes, characters like say Negaduck, ah yes <3 I do so enjoy him too, but it's like a crazy fling - brief, frollicking murderous fun <3 There will always be a special spot for the ones like him, but nothing compares to my mainstaying man there xD (John runs a pretty damn close gambit though, I am impressed. You may have set out to make him unappealing, but I think that may have been exactly what drew me to him xD I am SO effed up, it cannot be right!) And lol, I don't consider it blasphemy to not be that into Negs xD I am a big fan of to each their own, ha ha. In fact, a good majority of my love for him actually springs from my adoration of DW himself. I NEVER like title characters, it really shocks me that he's actually be my favorite in the whole series (yes, even more than his evil counterpart!) I love how conceited and egotistical and just such a JERK he is! And usually completely unforgiving about it too! (The worst qualities in men are what attracts me to them? There's something wrong here, I think, aha) And Negs just completely the picture by being a completely psychotic in your face murdeous lunatic. He might not be as refined as what I usually go for, but I also have rather a taste for men who just adore being evil (and that would apply to Igor too. I love it when they're just so darn pleased to be that way! I bet you can't guess who my favorite Batman character is xDDDD) And yes, he's over the top about it, and I like that xD aha haa! What you mentioned gave me some fun ideas though xD I side with you, if it came to Negaduck vs Igor, I know who would win, hands down. Hell, I'd even give Negs the handicap of his chainsaw to make it fair > But hooray, enough ranting about myself and my own weird twisted interests, lol
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Post by Raine on May 15, 2009 7:34:25 GMT
Awww, I'm so glad to know this could lift you up so much!! <3 :3 Good Lord especially after an experience like that. Jesus woman! I'm so thankful your safe! D: My God I couldn't even imagine! I don't blame you for a second having a near breakdown after something like that. I would've damn near had a heart attack I think. That's just.. crazy. Especially the fact that the guy didn't even see you?!! How could he not?! Urughh.. just people. X( Florida's got to be full of some of the worst drivers I freakin' swear. Erugh.. Again, I'm so glad nothing horrible happened to you. D:} I've seen a friend fly from a car before. It's not something I'd wish on anyone. I think angels is a good way of putting it. I've had so many near misses at times it really is like... the only explanation I can think of sometimes. Although I can't say I've ever had one bad enough to experience time slowing down. I've heard of that phenomenon though. People say when it happens they're able to see things in such clarity it's unreal. That definitely had to have been crazy. Again I go with your theory on angels. If it were me there would just be no other way. Ugh. It makes me sad to hear that couldn't have been the end of it. Jeez I think I would've been tempted to tell those guys 'the same as your mom' XD But eh.. that would probably not be the best decision either Anyway, I'm relieved to know your alright & hope things won't get any worse. Seriously, after all that I would think things could only look up for you at this point. I'll definitely hope for you that they will. In the meantime, I'm so thrilled you like your piece so much Yay! X) I wanted so much to make something decent for you for once. I had the sketch & was just going to do what I normally do but then it was just like dammit.. I'm DOING this! Then I was all eye of the tiger XD Ahhhh but I'm so tickled you like it! God, I don't even have the words to describe my glee here. I'm just so.. drunk happy! Hehe But seriously, I'm so ecstatic <3 Believe me I loved working on it. Hardcore Agnes was just something I've been dying to do XD I'm so glad you think her expression comes off nice & fearsome. How Igor isn't hauling butt out of there is just beyond me too. I guess I just always figured Igor's the kind of personality where it would truly take a lot to phase him. He's so horribly desensitized. Half the time he never bats an eyelash at half the situations the count gets him into, even passing off his own death lightly XD. Anyway, I just figured it would take an awful lot to get him showing any signs of stress. I think Agnes does it though. Or at least I hope I was able to make it look that way. I'm happy you like the idea of Goslings coat, BTW. I have no idea why she would be wearing it or even how she got it but I felt like she needed it. Even if it's for no other reason then to just look bad@ss in it XD Speaking of hardcore, just the thought of Raine & the boiling water cracks me up. Holy crap! You're so right though. That is defiantly one avenue John does NOT want to go down XD To be honest, I've never given much thought to whether or not John knows about Ven. I guess I always figured he might have? Or maybe they even could've known each other at one point? The possibilities for any of these are interesting. But yes, you're right, whether it's a matter of 'when' or 'if' he would certainly not be happy about it. Even moreso since it would technically make Raine not an "honest woman" & all. XD Socially I can only imagine how that would look on her. But who knows. John already thinks of her as "his." Maybe knowing would just drive him all the more to be like 'the only one' or something? *shrugs* Again, who knows. There's so many possibilities here I think I'll just have to leave it open. Ehehe, I love your little tegaki sketch of them! <3 John is so butthurt & jealous. God it's just cute XD He's all like 'what do you MEAN I'm not the center of the universe?' Hehe, and as always, I get such a kick out of Raine calling him a freak. I swear that just makes me laugh every time. Which totally reminds me, today at work I had to put together a tennis design for a tournament in Ft. Lauderdale & the back imprint had a bunch of sponsor logos on it. Anyway, one of them just happened to be Wilson Sporting Goods which just made me laugh. All day I was just secretly like; 'eeheehe.. wilson feather' X) Anyway, cool story bro pointless story, I know, but I figured it might amuse you. I'm going to have to give Tegaki a chance on some cartoon stuff sometime now. I have to admit though it is HARD to do decent line art in this thing. I seriously don't know how you did it with those Duckula pieces. Those are so incredible given the nature of the program. It's funny, I've never actually tried this program before today. I'm finding it's not too bad for painterly stuff but eesh like I said, trying to get cartoony stuff to work on this thing (especially with how sloppy my stuff is D:) is like...such a feat XD Oh well. I'll be content to just stick to photoshop I guess & admire what you end up doing. I really appreciate that you made me a little tegaki doodle, BTW <3 :3 After hearing about your whole ordeal I'm shocked you'd even consider it. Seriously, with as much as you have on your plate right now please know I would never hold it against you if you ever didn't feel up to things. As much as I live for our pong sessions I'm just as content to hang out & listen too. I would never want you to ever feel obligated or anything. Same goes for you too Lourdes! Please don't apologize for not having new art. D: So long as I'm here with with you guys I'm perfectly happy, no matter what we're chatting about! <3 And speaking of happy, I'm so glad to know all the story stuff was clarifying. I was entirely convinced afraid that was just going to make things worse XD I'm happy it all seemed to make sense though. And yes, Veneficus used to be old & evil. Pretty crazy. He's gone through a lot of changes actually. Probably as many as Raine. Hehee, you should see the old versions of them I have. They're pretty funny. Stacey was the first one to draw Raine actually. I swear she looks about as psycho as John. XD God I had like no sense back then with my characters I swear. That's sweet to know you'd still appreciate Ven no matter what though <3 My friends had such a hard time with him being old. Even though technically he wasn't truly old. He was meant to be young but to just have a head of white hair. It was the result of a situation he was in actually. But I don't know. Even with a young face my one friend was just like 'dude, I don't care. He looks OLD.' XD To be fair though, she was right. First glance from someone else's shoes, it would come off as elderly teacher. So I don't know. I can't say the crits weren't well worth it. They honestly helped me a lot even though yeah.. the two of them love to give me a hard time. But it's all in good fun. They wouldn't be my friends if we didn't all bust on each other.. constantly XD But yeah. The age thing really seemed to be the biggest issue. I swear it was almost comical how much Ven's white hair really seemed to bother them XD Speaking of age, you've actually forced me to have to think now. Haha, Heather asks all the good questions ;D You would think as much flack as I've gotten I'd know the answer but this is still one of those up in the air things I never did get around to resolving. I sort've know I guess but I never did have specific ages set aside. At best guess I'm going to say I've always seen Veneficus as maybe early-mid forties. Raine would be no more then 10 years younger. I'm guessing she'd be like early-mid 30's? and John? John I guess would be like in his early 30's. I agree with Heather, Raine does look very old. So I dunno.. Maybe Raine's aged up some since John made his appearance? I'm not sure. Or maybe Raine & Ven need to be in their 40's/50's and John in his 30's? Sorry. Again, I suck but I just honestly never came to a definite conclusion with them. At least not for the Duckula-universe. If it helps, Veneficus is definitely, in my mind, the oldest & John the youngest. And Raine is just... stuck somewhere in between there. XD Anyway, I hope this helps. Again, I wish I had more answers. I guess it's just another one of those things that can be left sort've open. Which I guess isn't so bad given the weird aging the show has to begin with. Who knows.. maybe they're all really like 500 some odd years old or something XD Wouldn't surprise me really what with Raine being part phoenix & Veneficus, given his circumstances. They can just be absurd like Igor & Nanny XD Igor <3 I love your thoughts on him. Hehe, long term. I think I can definately agree with that <3 Honesty that's a good way of putting how I feel about the show in general. For me the whole series really is like a love that will never die. It's funny because there really aren't a lot of things that have ever been that way for me. There's been all kinds of cartoons I used to love (Darkwing included) but it all just ended up dying out for some reason. I'm not entirely sure why. It's sad too because I used to love Darkwing like crazy but even now just watching some of the old episodes it's sort've like well this is cute & brings back good memories but meh? XD Almost like I'm not sure why I ever liked it to the extent that I did. I don't know. I guess for me there's just very very few things that truly last. Fortunately though Duckula has always managed to stand the test of time.. and likely at this point always will. Along with Lion King it's just one of those things that I can never see ever going away. <3 Speaking of which, Lourdes I hope things are going alright for you. <3 I'm not sure what's going on but I'll hope for you for things to be looking up soon. Also, don't sweat being busy woman! Your priorities should always come first. We understand that <3 If anything I'll just hope your semester will go well for you. I'll definitely be keeping you in my thoughts :3 Thank you so so much too for the all the kind words. God you have no idea how much your thoughts mean to me to know. <3 I mean it. You put me on cloud nine over here <3 ;D I'm so happy you liked the pieces but even happier, of course that they can lift your spirits so much. My work here is done, hehe <3 Trust me I can't wait to do more from your story. I love your writing so much. It always brings the best mental images to me I swear. <3 OMG, Keronte. Now that I know the symbolism behind that I will definitely have to think of a cool piece to do! I love love LOVE the meaning behind his name <3 Ahh! That is just so perfect! XD I would've never thought of that. It thrills me even more so to know the name is also in the Divine Comedy. I actually have the book but have just never read it. I've been meaning to for a while now though. The illustrations from that are some of my all time favorites. Gustav Dore <3 Ahhh, I just love that guys work so so much. His engravings are just so... masterful <3 Maybe I can do a piece of Keronte, John & Louise in that style sometime? That might be sorta neat :3 Anyway, wow. I just couldn't think of a more fitting name now. That is just way too cool Lourdes I swear your too awesome girl <3 Again I hope you'll return back to us soon. We miss you <3 And until then, I guess there's always more pong. <3 Even though tonight it's a very Veneficus-y pong. I apologize. I actually didn't have time to finish up much new stuff so I'm pulling a couple odds & ends here. I hope you don't mind <3 I swear tomorrow I'll have something more Igor/Juno-y XD Quick Ven Portrait i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/VenDoodlePortrait.jpgJust a quick standard Ven portrait I doodled up a while back. Nothing special Adventure Time! i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/VeneficusRaineExploreSketch.jpgOld sketch I never finished of Raine & Ven exploring that tomb I was talking about earlier. Raines a little too young here I think but the idea is basically the same. They both want to get in, get what they came for & get the hell out. XD Beautiful Disaster i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/BeautifulDisaster.jpgSo emo I know but it's probably one of the only pieces I have so far that best reflects Veneficus or at least shows him in a more revealing light. So many times I portray Ven happily wasted but underneath it all the alcohol is still very much an addiction to him. Inside, Ven has an extremely hard time struggling with self worth. He's a brilliant man but despite the egotistical front he likes to put up, he's truly unhappy & disgusted with the way he is. All he wants is to be freed from his dilemmas (alcohol & otherwise) but until he can find that solution he constantly feels like this is all he's left with. He can't live with this problem & he can't live without it. This piece is also based on the song by the same name. I've always felt is was such a strong representation of everything Ven embodied. Even though, honestly, it's a hard song for me to listen to now. I really almost can't anymore thanks to personal circumstances. Still though I've never been able to find a more appropriate song for Ven. Everything he is, what he's become & everything Raine suffers through with him. From the fights to watching him slowly slip away before her eyes.. the song just fits it all so perfectly. I swear to say Vens familiar to me is just an understatement. In turn I guess that's why this song was chosen to honor the person so much of him was built around. <3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Ccu4UEzRM&feature=related
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2009 19:42:56 GMT
Ven: Looking handsome Here comes the rain again: I love how she's looking up at the rain, and the mood. My Give A Damn's Busted: I just Raine's comment hilarious. Can he please water our garden too, please? And Our Love Become A Funeral Pyre...: Love John's expression; and the red/ orangeness of the flames. Love his expression too. A Real Teacher: Quite amusing. I bet they would get along great, since they're both vampire hunters that are geese. Pity Agnes badmouths John in front of Louise, though. Burning's Good Anytime: Cute expression. The great question of the universe. Just not Good for Anyone: Extremely dark and full of emotion. Poor Louise. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised. The Takeover: Poor Duckyboos XD Very Right: Quite awesome. Love both their expressions and poses. The fire looks great as well. Knocking on Heaven's Door: I am simply breathless. I can feel the emotion. Love the use of colours and the urgency that I could feel in this piece. My Jerk: Aww, such a romantic pic. Ven and Raine are such a great couple. Pity about what had happened to him, though ;.; Castaway John: Oh man, poor John XD Karma: Oww, poor John being kneed and stungunned. Then again, what comes around... Owwie: Poor John. That looks eina. Won't Back Down: Simply wow. I love Agnes' determined expression and her coat all blowy, as well as Igor's attempts to shut her out, yet he failed. Damn Igor, you're made of tough stuff *hides away from Agnes* Raine and John: Oh John. Then again, I wouldn't be surprised if he acted like that. Quick Ven Portrait: Looking handsome as usual Adventure Time: Ooh, very interesting. Love how Raine clinged onto Ven out of fear. Love the lighting as well. Beautiful Disaster: Love it. The blur's a great touch as well.
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Post by Juno on May 16, 2009 4:39:42 GMT
DDDDD8 You're out to practically make me cry every time you post, I know it ;_; VEN! God, it's like everything I learn about him draws me to him more, and unlike almost all the other men that I love, it's really for the right reasons. I can appreciate him so much more beyond a level of jerkbag-ish-ness, but for the human he is underneath it all D8 Beautiful Disaster just shook me up to like, ten levels of depression, but in a good way, I swear xD But really, the depth of not only him, but the light this sheds on his relationship with Raine, it makes me so sad. Alcoholism has always run very strongly in my family, and I've seen what it can do to people. All day to today I've stared at this piece, honestly, because it was nagging something in the back of my mind like you wouldn't even believe. I kept picking up this just wild sense of deja-vu from it, and it's been driving me nuts! But I think now, in rereading your description of it, what it made me think of. (Watch out, Juno's about to launch into another tl:dr sob story, lol) Looking into this really was kind of like looking into a mirror, I realize. I myself don't have a drinking problem to any extent of the imagination, but what you said about hiding his inner fears and doubts under a shade of egotistical arrogance, that was me ALL OVER a few years ago. Self loathing to the extent that I acted like I was god-like around everyone. Probably one of the cheapest facades known to mankind. I look back on the poor me that was myself back then and I pity that poor girl :/ At any rate though, Veneficus, his whole deal just rips me apart. It isn't very often portrayed, honestly and truly, how vicious an addiction alcohol is. Your jailer and keeper of keys, if you will. It makes me sad D8 I swear though, this has prompted about a billion different scenarios of Raine dumping that crap outside somewhere xD I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Raine, you are so gifted when it comes to creating characters. Hell, I'm almost loathe to use that term, they're so real and so human and just so damn solid that it's not to be believed. Raine having to watch him slip away and the hopelessness that conveys AAAAARRRRGGGGH CRY, god it depresses me! Aaahem... yeah xD I do love the other two pieces you put up. It does me well to see Raine and Ven having their tomb adventure, that sounds awesome. Those two were a nice pick-me-up from that last one xD Ven looks almost Dad-protective of her, daaaaw it's adorable xD But yeah, I was totally leafing through a few of my books on witchcraft/wicca/etc today and me being the dork I am stumbled across some stuff on phoenixes and the like that I found rather intriguing, for I had not already known them. Such as the tale of the phoenix, where it lived alone for hundreds of years, sang it's last song, and then, on a nest built of spices (No puns directed for what's about to happen, I swear xD) it burns itself in the sun. Like a sort of ritual of cleansing, if you will, for the phoenix rises again for another round of life. Anyhoos, I thought it was nifty, not sure if you'd heard it before or not. I particularly thought it applied to Raine in particular, since as I recall you saying, she has something of a penchant for cooking (again, no puns intended, lol) But yeah, it made me wonder that if occasionally upon being burnt it's almost sort of a good thing? A terrible trauma to be sure, particularly at the hands of someone like John, but maybe in some small ways it's benefitted her to help her heal the sorrows of her life. Anyways xD Probably me just thinking too long and hard about stuff, haha. Speaking of Raine and Ven and John though, I like what you had to say about their ages. I personally, even before your own musings, estimated them roughly as Ven being in about his 50s, possibly late forties, Raine definitely in her thirties (Am I the only one who seriously doesn't think she looks that old? I mean, personality and everything aside, her arms and hands and whatnot don't suggest very much age. mid thirties at the very latest is what I thought. The only part of her that looks aged would be her neck, and I attributed that to her being a vulture) And John I had assumed was right around Raine's age, minus a few years. He's the baby of the group, t'aaw Something he probably resents, lol Oh yeah, on a completely unrelated note, thank you for your concern about me <3 It makes me happy to hear =) It's kinda sad, other people I know were like 'You klutz! Gonna get your goofy self killed one day!' It is true, I am spectacularly clumsy (making Nanny look right adroit) but that loser didn't have his blinker on, and dang it, I was on the crosswalk at the red light D8< MY TURN TO GO, bah. Yes, you are so right. Florida has some of the absolute lousiest drivers ever. I'm so paranoid on the road her D8 One of the many reasons why I haven't even bothered with my license yet. But sadly there is absolutely NO respect for pedestrians, not in Lakeland anyways. I guess these people think I'm walking for my health? No, it's cause I got places to go and stuff to do D8< Like I leave my house to go out into those noxious rays of sunlight willingly xD And as for the losers who drove by me and yelled at me, GAH. I like the 'your mom' joke, there is no situation for which that is not appropriate xD But seriously, if I had had a drink or a rock or something, you can bet it would have been thrown at them D8< I get yelled at so much by driving passerby, watch those cowards come to my face and start crap. Wouldn't be so brave then, [insert strong not-forum-appropriate expletive] would you? Cough, enough of that though xD Lourdes! I feel so bad! I totally meant to say something about Karonte's name last post! Bad Juno D8 Yeah, as soon as you mentioned 'Kharon' it made me want to slap myself in the forehead for not recognizing the name xD I'm more familiar with the 'Charon' spelling, though, to be honest. Total win, what an awesome name. John's horse is cool, you couldn't have picked a better one! Very fitting for Hell Rider John there too x3 I love that he's a white horse too - meant to mention this earlier, as that is also fitting with his name. Death with the Four Horsemen of the Apocolypse rode in on his pure white steed. God John, you're so effed up and awesome xD But like Raine said though, I'm sorry you're not doing very well either! May this forum be a good place for us all to come together and be good for one another <3 (Even though the rest of the place is curiously dead xDDD) It's Pong Time! 83 alu87.deviantart.com/art/A-Callous-bum-You-Are-Good-Sir-122641811I admire what you said, Raine about Duckula being a long term thing indeed 83 I haven't known of Duckula for nearly as long as the rest of you (I can't believe it hasn't even been a year yet! It certainly feels like I've known our young Count forever <3) But I certainly meant what I said about Igor <3 Others may come and go, but that's a love that will stick with me forever, I have no doubt. A voice like that, puh-lease I know what you mean too, a lot of things come and go for me as well (though they tend to cycle back, even if it's years later) but I have a few permanents. Duckula has joined those in that rank <3 I tell ya, it was like love at first site <3 He's probably the newest too, which is funny. To the best of my knowledge I never saw it as a child. Shame that, but I guess life was just saving up an extra large dose of it for when I would be old enough to REALLY appreciate it x) Anyways though, I was rewatching Dear Diary today, and this is another one of those episodes when it really strikes me what I little jerk Duckula is capable of being xD Not even in like a cool way! Like when he was making fun of Nanny for keeping a diary :/ I'm so glad Igor just stood there like he did like 'b*itch please, I keep one too you little brat' xD But yeah, Duckula going on about selling the Diary to a newspaper. I know I have an obvious bias in Igor's tide, but really, that was just mean D8< Obviously Igor prized this family heirloom, I would have given it to him <3 (btw, I love what you said about Igor being desensitized to everything. I think it's hardcore that you think Agnes can prompt that sort of reaction in him, it makes me feel like I did a good job on her <3) Anyways xD This is what Igor should have said to Duckula xD www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=11270&e=616921Get ready to have your eyes bleed pink xD I'm sorry! Woman, you're WAY to freaking kind to me, saying that I'm good at Tegaki xDDD (srsly part of me is like 'are you blind??!') I love Tegaki, but GOD it is so freaking hard D: I admire people who can do such amazing things on there, particularly the cartoony stuff. I'm suprised I use it, really xD I'm not usually over fond of a program that makes me bang my head against a wall til I get it right xDDD But I can't help but feel like it's good practice for me, especially having a limited color palette. Hence I keep doing it to myself xD But yeah. My art drive has been pathetically low the last couple days (Ever since nearly being made road kill of of D8) So I've been kind of struggling with ideas for stuff. But I rather like this little Raine I did <3 I've been dying to do a serious piece for several days now, and this is the closest I've come :/ I'll put together something decent... soon... D8 Til then though, I'm super happy that you think I'm decent at Tegaki xD
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2009 5:30:51 GMT
A Callous bum You Are Sir: Amen, Igor. I also agree that he was such a jerk to poor Nanny as well.
The Tegaki: I simply love the pinkness and how Raine is looking at the horizon.
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Post by Raine on May 17, 2009 22:50:52 GMT
Hahaha! Oh man, the ideas you come with. I swear they're just too perfect XD I love Igor here so much. About time someone called out that little brat! I swear this just gives me all kinds of come uppins joy. I'm so glad you chose to expand on this. Igor more then deserved his chance to say it XD Seriously though, I couldn't agree with you more on Duckula. Sometimes he's jerkish in that cute ignorant way & other times it's just like; wtf you little punk, that is so uncool! Like geez no wonder Igor gives you such a hard time. I would too. D:< Still, I only wish Igor would let him know about himself like this more often. After all, you know he's got to be thinking it half the time. ;D Especially in that Diary episode. I swear you could just see it all over his face. B*tch please - that is such a perfect description. XD Ugh, How Duckula could ever think of selling something like that was just beyond me. It was so much of their family history. I mean I know I side with Igor anyway like you but how could anyone so willingly get rid of such a huge piece of their life y'know? Even if Duckula truly hated his vampire heritage it's still his family history. Ugh.. I don't know. I would've given it back to Igor too. He's the only one in that place that ever seems to truly appreciate those kinds of things. Plus, like you said, it obviously meant a lot to him. <3 I swear it's a good thing Raine doesn't work there, there would be so much Duckula wouldn't be getting away with. Although this is totally giving me some great ideas for Juno now.. XD Awww the Tegaki. <3 Haha, I will agree it's very pink but honestly I couldn't love it more <3 Just the whole overall mood of this is just.. aksjblargle. I don't even have the right words to describe it. Somber maybe? Elegant & reflective? I don't know but it just reads so incredibly well to me. I swear I just love mood pieces. This manages to say so many things without having much of anything going on. I love it when arts able to do that <3 All the pink tones in this work so beautifully too. I just love all the deep reds & those bright magenta highlights along her hair. I swear it looks so perfectly like she's just watched a sunset. Like right between that time when the sun just goes down but before it turns to night. It also reminds me a lot of that peak time right before sunrise too where the sky just kind've warms up. It could work either way honestly and both ways would carry more then fitting meaning to it. I love what you mentioned here about the phoenix myth, BTW. I've read on the phoenix before but I still love hearing all the different interpretations. A lot of times some books will have different little fragments that other books won't. Anyway, I love your ideas on the burning being a healing process for her too. I could certainly see that. Especially since it basically takes her to the edge of death. Maybe by being brought there it allows her the chance to sense things she wouldn't normally be able to in life. Like a spiritual reminder that Ven is okay or something? I don't know. Just some disjointed loose thoughts on it here. I love your healing idea for sure though. <3 I'm also thrilled at the connection you made with spices. You know that was never actually intentional. The cooking was honestly just a random idea that I thought would fit for some reason. I didn't even think of the association! But OMG yes that totally works! Ahh, I swear you just tickled me to no end here with that. I just love happy accidents like this! <3 I'm definitely going to have to play up the spice thing in her cooking a bit more now. Speaking of which, for the last few weeks I've been thinking off & on about their diets some. No idea why. I think I just think too much sometimes XD Anyway, I thought besides soup, it might make sense that Raine would probably catch & eat a lot of fish too. Being so out of touch with the town & all I figured she'd pretty much have to live off the land if she wants to eat anything. Plus I sort've liked the whole biblical symbolism with fish & all too :3 Other then that her other favorite dish I decided would be mushroom soup. Again, no idea why. XD Just figured it would be sort've fitting. I know for me, real mushroom soup is something I just can't resist <3 Also, Vens favorite soup I suspect would probably be Borscht. Again, I haven't the slightest why. Just one of those ideas that just sort've came & stuck to me for some reason.. Anyway, I'm so thrilled you liked the pieces I put up. I know I've said it a thousand times before but I really can't thank you enough <3 Just reading half the stuff you always have to say about these. I swear it just makes my whole heart smile <3 Your way too good to me. I mean it. <3 And again, I'm just beyond touched these guys manage to come off so human to you. That's seriously like the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. D:} I'm so moved you would ever think so. <3 And yes, as fun as Ven's character can be he's got his issues too. They fight & honestly it's almost a test of strength sometimes for Raine to still love him. D: Not that Ven does anything particularly bad but his godawful pride does like to get in the way of his thinking a lot. Like any relationship though, underneath the frustration they truly couldn't live without one another. Especially Ven. Left to his own devices I think he'd truly be lost without her. Even though to Ven, she can just about drive him to the brink of sanity sometimes Her earlier attempts at learning & practicing alchemy with him were probably some of the worst in that respect. Which reminds me of a piece one of my friends did actually. Their designs here kinda old (Ven no longer has butt feathers XD) but it's still such a great example of their chemistry I think www.lionking.org/~kubo/Fire&Raine/FanArt/4/Iatro-OhHai.jpgI swear it's no wonder he drinks sometimes XD And yes, I've never thought about that but I can totally see Raine dumping that stuff outside & sending him into a righteous fit over it. Ah but I do love what you said. Jailer & keeper of the keys. God I really love that analogy. That's just such a perfect way of putting it & so representative of him. He really does spend so much of his time trapped by his own doings. It's almost like he chokes himself with his own hand :/ It's funny him & John kind've have a lot in common that way. Although it's clear to see what truly separates them too. Underneath Ven's problems, self pity & jerky facade he still manages to have a good heart. He's just a bad guy with a heart of goooold Haha, so cliche, I know, but again I base it off of so many people I've known to be this way. Though to be honest the majority of him is based off Bill. So many things about Ven I swear could just write themselves having lived through his alcoholism. And like Ven, Bill was so much of the same way. He was so good at what he did but so self destructive at the same time. It's like the same man that would lash out at us also hid in the bathroom & cried his freakin' heart out when our kitties died. I swear it's just crazy the amount of contradiction & damage people inflict when their hurting. And I totally hear you about the mirror thing. I see shades of myself in there with Ven too as far as hiding things. Hate to ever admit it but sadly I used to be a really bitter person at one point too. To the point where it was like all I ever did was focus on every aspect of bad in life :/ To me, it wasn't being negative just "realisitic". It sucked though. Ruined a lot of my happiness. Kept me blind to anything good that happened. Ended potential friendships before they even had a chance to begin. It sucked the life right out of me really. Not to mention everyone else. Even now I feel so damn badly & ashamed for ever having been that way but I guess we wouldn't be human if we didn't all make these kind of gross mistakes either {:/ Anyway I'm happy to say I at least grew out of that stage in my life emo garbage & am nothing like that today. Even now with as much gloom that's gone on lately I still just try to count my blessings because Lord knows there's still plenty of them <3 Eh but anyway, enough of my completely self centered retarded babbling Seriously, I feel so bad now for the rash of depressing pieces. I swear I'm not out to make you guys cry! XD Buh, I think I owe everybody like.. a week of retarded happy art now to make up for all this. Speaking of which, it makes me happy you like the mom joke. I swear it would be so hard for me not to have said something like that XD Guess it would all depend on who's in the car. Teenagers sure. Car full of like 8 foot tall bouncers or something.. not so much XD But eesh yeah I am so glad you're alright. Regardless of who's misjudgment it was that's still a damn scary situation if not outright dangerous. Again, I've seen a friend fly from a car before. He's lucky he was on skates or my friends & I swear he might've been under the guys tires. {XP It's definitely not something that would end well for you had it actually happened. {:/ And lastly, on a completely unrelated note, I'm really loving your ideas on their ages. Ven in his late 40's. I can totally see that & love that concept <3 And John the baby hehehehe. Oh I am sure he does resent that XD I really do like where you placed them as far as age though & am so happy our thoughts ended up being so similar. Especially with Raine. I definitely see her in her thirties too. Which shows up just fine in the way you draw them, BTW. Seriously, there's nothing about the way you draw her that makes her look old to me. You & Lourdes make her look exactly how I picture her. <3 For me, it's not the way shes drawn but her coloring that's throwing me off. Which is nobody's fault except my own really. D: Again, it's just that white-ish hair. I swear it has such a way of creating age even when there is none. It's something I've struggled with for a long time honestly. I've actually gone through all kinds of color combos for her (to make her less um.. she-gor XD) but nothing ever seemed to look as good. Even my one friend agreed that whatever I ended doing with her I really need to keep the dark skin tone & light hair because it's such a natural contrast against Ven. I could never seem to get away from the reds & whites though. I think with dove Raine the color pallets a little better. But meh. It's just hard to think of what to do with that hair of hers. It's like the only color I can really think of is that dull straw colored blondish tone I have but I swear it just comes across too much like old lady white/gray But eh, whatever. If you think it looks good on her then hey I'm happy :3 Again, it's the only reason I have for feeling like she looks aged. The way you & Lourdes draw her is just fine & has always felt thirties to me :3 Ah but enough of my rambling. Time for the pongening :3 A little something different this time though. Tonight I actually have some art from my boyfriend, Dan. He decided he wanted to contribute to pong & actually surprised me with some random sketches of John last night. Anyway, after what he came up with I felt they pretty much had to come here. I hope you guys won't mind. I still have stuff of my own I'm posting too <3 John's Will i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/HisWill.jpgJohn tormenting Raine a bit. Seems he's not one to deny his own self interests the Lord's will. Carried Away i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/CarriedAway.jpgJust John getting a bit carried away in one of his many sermons. Seems he's having a bit of trouble uh.. focusing on the bigger picture there XD But seriously, I hope the dialogue isn't a bit much for the forum or anything. Dans just a raging smart @ss got a cheeky sense of humor. And Lo, They Did Not Burn... i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/TheyDidNotBurn.jpgUgh this last one. It freaks even me out to look at very long D: I swear when Dan drew it I was just like 'Ughhh! WTF's WRONG with you? This is creeping even ME out!' XD And he was just like 'Oh c'mon! This is exactly the kind of thing a nut bag like John would be saying!' Which is true but eeesh.. I still apologize in advance for how utterly disturbing this all is because honestly, it still manages to make me pretty uncomfortable D: Anyway, whats going on here is just one of Dan's theories on John. He suspects that after decades of being unable to successfully burn Raine it would likely start to.. unravel him a bit. So this would just be him slowly losing his grip on things. The story being referenced here, BTW, was something I was previously unfamiliar with but it's basically a bible story about three Israelite's who were being forced to worship an emperor. When they wouldn't, the emperor cast them into fire but when he saw they didn't burn he looked into the furnace & then saw a fourth figure among them which I presume is meant to be an angel. Anyway, I definitely think this is fitting enough for John despite it being y'know.. unsettling as all hell XD Washed Up i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/WashedUp.jpgAnd lastly something fun from me. <3 I hope you'll like it. I feel like this could've been so much better honestly XP Still, I hope the basic idea will make you happy enough XD I've actually been wanting to draw Juno in her new maid outfit for a while now & figured this was the perfect opportunity. Why she's actually washing Igor's coat though is a mystery. Maybe she felt she needed to at some point to keep suspicions down? XD Still, I think Igor's is likely on to her at this point. Speaking of which, this whole idea was loosely inspired by a co-worker of mine. One of his favorite cruel jokes to play on me is to silently sneak up behind me when I'm concentrating on the computer & get right up on me. Basically until his chin nearly touches my shoulder then be all like 'So what you doing Janet?' At which point I nearly jump about 10 feet straight up D: Freakin' sales guy. This man, I swear is out to give me a heart attack one day. Anyway, as much glee as Igor derives from intimidation I figure this would be a technique he'd probably appreciate if not eagerly use himself. So.. yeah. Lucky Poor Juno.. XD
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Post by Juno on May 18, 2009 7:40:28 GMT
T'aaw yay! I'm so happy that you like my ideas on her 'burnifying being healing' thing xD But I particularly like what you said about it drawing her close to Ven, if even for a split second, d'aaaaw <3 <3 :) As miserable as it is to be burned, maybe it's kinda worth it. And I just bet John would be ten shades of pissed if her knew that it had some positive factor xD And totally, I love your ideas for their choice of foods too! Borscht xD I can see Ven eating that quite easily, ha ha 8D I've never had it myself, but I went and looked it up, what a scary thing to eat! (says she that only touches meat when she has to) It's so freakin red, it's very Igor xD Oooh, but mushroom soup YESSS homg I love mushrooms just about more that anything D8 man, that really makes me want some now, I haven't had good mushrooms in forever. Why eat meat when mushrooms are that much tastier xD Seriously I could probably live off them, and it delights me to know that Raine would share that 8D Aw, but poor thing, I hadn't even thought that she'd have to live off the land, poor woman. Stupid villagers :/ I bet she has a hell of a garden though. Maybe Juno sneaks her down some yummy stuff out of the castle x) assuming there's any to be found, anywaysSpeaking of your characters, I'm happy to know that it lights you up that I love them so much <3 They feel like my buddies now 8D Persistent nightmares about John notwithstanding. I had another one today D8 And this one was freaky as hell, probably the worst yet. He would have delighted in it though, seriously xD I guess it was... the apocolypse? It was interesting though, since you were in it as well, even though you curiously looked identical to Raine xD Go fig, haha But really, it was you, rather than her, and even in the dream I found it odd. But yeah, there was this horrible lava like, raining down from the sky, but it was weirdly like, half cooled and came down in these great big gobs. It was terrible, people were dying everywhere and there was this crazed mania in everything. And John was there being his biblical crazy self babbling about the time for sinners to pay etc etc, but he was really effing creepy. Like, kind of even more deranged than usual xD Yay, I have interesting dreams 8D I need to stop napping in the afternoon, I almost always have nightmares when I do, and they're usually really vivid and crazy. (Though admittedly, these are further down on the scale of scary than the ones I used to have a few years ago, those were unspeakably horrific) But yeah, damn John got me all sidetracked there xD Seriously, there's so much heart and soul in your characters. I believe I've said it before, but it's worth repeating - if I didn't talk to you at all, I think I'd have something of a feel on your personality through them. They're very powerful, I can tell there's so much emotion involved. And indeed, you certainly clarified that tonight, talking about the man Ven was based off of. I am deeply sorry for you, dear D: And it's doubly sad that you went through a time so much like mine, I was the same way (Indeed, I love what you said about Ven choking himself with his own hand. Oh ho ho, the very definition of me!) I had the same excuse about being 'realistic' and that life was too bad so sad, get the hell over it. Misery loved company, I don't know how anyone put up with me back then D: And only viewing the negative, WOO, again, so me. The glass wasn't half full or half empty, it was practically lying broken on the table at that point. Pathetically, I also sed to cut (oooh, the shame! So emo!) But really, I wasn't one of the dinky little brats with slashmarks all over their forearms practically screaming LOOOOOOK AT MEEEEEEEEE MY HEART BLEEDS BLAAAAACK LIKE THE VOID! Nope. I was a careful little masochist, and made sure to never even leave a scar or anything. I was so rediculously tense back then, that all I could do was 'cut' it away, like sawing off a rope or something xD Heather made me promise to never do that again though, and indeed with time the urge to do so left entirely (save two very unfortunate incidents, and those are the only two that ever left any delible scar on me) Not to mention it's so damn cheesy to even think of now xD Being all 'baaw! life sucks, bleeeeeed it oooouuuuut' *insert linkin park* 8D It's kinda funny, I can't really put my finger on what changed in me either. A lot of things I guess. The last two years have done wonders for me, now I'm, funnily enough, the optimistic one in my family/friends/what have you. Always looking at the silver lining. I guess I feel really lucky these days. Like you said, count your blessing, cause even though things suck right now, they could be so much worse, and I think I have a lot more blessings to go through before I'm done xD I too had noticed the similarities between John and Ven, glad to know I wasn't imagining them! They both have their own wicked addictions. God, addiction is such a scary thing D: I've dealt with it first hand too, indeed, luckily for me it was cut short. It just rules over your life, like it's not even yours anymore D8 You might as well hand it right on over to whatever got ahold of you :< Anyways, on to the response to the pong of the night! Your boyfriend is hilarious xD homg, I lol'd quite heartily as his rendition of John xDDD The jubblies, omg it was one of the laughs where you accidentally like spit it out, I didn't see it coming xDDD Johns all seriously-like and cool looking (I'm digging his hair in his face, it lends a quality of madness to him 8D) lulz, like you said a few posts back, if he weren't all high and mighty he'd be a total man-ho 8D Gah man, and the one of him with Raine at the stake xD Dan gets John's wording completely perfect, he's all pious and quoting stuff (as opposed to me own tardery of him cussing at everything xD) It's so true though, man, if only I could let myself draw some of the things I've had in mind for those two xD lol, but if I did, I don't know how forum safe it would be 8D implied raep? not me, never I don't know if even John would go THAT far, but then again, in the flame of passion (pun intended!) you never know xD And urgh! You are SO right about that candle one! D: holy crap, the more I stare at it, the more it wigs me out, John, what the hell xD That look in his eyes, it seriously pretty disturbing >.> Urgh, it's like he's about to burn himself for some sort of sick pleasure :/ I guess you might wonder after a time what it was like? *shiver* Poor Raine, let's hope she... I dunno, enlists in some bodyguards or something D: Johns getting super effing obsessed, eeeesh.... PONG TIME 8D alu87.deviantart.com/art/Weepy-122884215Doodled this up a couple days ago. My art mojo has been kind of waning sadly D: Thus everything I'm turning out lately has been on the drab side, bleh :/ But I liked this well enough. I always want to draw more of Juno and Raine being kind of pal-sy and I imagine they have an easygoing friendship (I think Raine would be rather tolerant of some mild mood swings every now and then, lol) But yeah, poor Juno picking up on some of Raines inner feelings. You can't hide this stuff from the maid xD alu87.deviantart.com/art/John-of-the-Grape-Flavoring-122884266I played with my markers for the first time in ages today, and this was one of a few things produced. I have more time to do marker work since I can work in the daytime :/ This John is so blah, I almost didn't post him. But I was fairly pleased with myself for doing him in marker (I'm so lazy, I was all like 'NO, color palette, come and make it easy!) Far be it from the best, but it's not too bad. As sad, art mojo's been kinda downhill the last few days. alu87.deviantart.com/art/The-Reaction-part-2-122884330I bet you've been wondering where the big reaction was xD LIKE IT??! WOMAN I LOVE IT!!! 8DDD Wow, I'm lucky I haven't coffee burned myself over this xD It was just like the last one, man, I had to turn away from the computer for a second and let my face go from normal to crimson in about an instant xD Your art always has these curiously powerful reactions in me x) Animu nosebleeds are cliched to hell, but so appropriate for something like this xD (and tee hee, I had fun drawing my cluttered desk, lol. And I really do have a mouspad with ducks on it, lol. Pat and I share a love of birds and he brought it home one day and we both practically squeed/ Though the art on the mouspad is much nicer than my scribble xD) But yes GOD, art killing all over again!! 8D Man, you're gonna give me heart attack one of these days xDDD My mind was like, in shut off la la mode for AGES, ha ha 8) Gaaaah, I won't even strike it out, Igor is so sexy D: Juno you are one extremely lucky b*tch girl 8D Woo, gives me shivers of delight to look at it for too long x3 (Oh Negaduck, you thought you could ever compare? No no no, I was playing for keeps with this fine specimen of vulture <3) But jeeesh, he looks so friggin like.. sultry, your renditions of him slay me xD Nearly literally, lol And I can relate to your coworker xD My friend Andy used to do that to me back in highschool (Though his would usually involve something more along the lines of also biting me after a moment, usually on the neck or shoulder. Srsly, it's no wonder people thought we were dating xD) Scared the hell out of me everytime too xD I'm super jumpy, he's lucky I never accidentally punched him or something (cause I have so done that before, that poor soul!) Then on top of teeth at my neck xD He's lucky I have a fetish for biting he's a really good friend xD Dammit, it ended up being a wall'o'Text >:/ Sorry!
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Post by Raine on May 21, 2009 6:10:49 GMT
Oh If only every day could be filled with nose bleedy goodness! <3 God, now you make me wish I had drawn the idea I originally thought of for you. XD Especially after hearing about your friend there & all. And here I thought it would be too much. What was I thinking? It's ok, maybe I still will. Haha, who am I kidding? I'll pretty much have to now. XD But, seriously wow! I'm just beyond thrilled here you enjoyed that so much. <3 Your reaction piece, OMG that's just too great! Just that whole jump from calm to ohcrapfloor!. XD That's so perfect. Again, I'm so happy anything of mine could ever be so well received. Thank you so much <3 Though it's not hard to imagine seeing as how your work basically has the same effect on me XD I swear your pictures of John. Oof. They just make my freaking brain melt every time <3<3 Speaking of which, how could you scrap your John piece?! Aghh! That is BREAKING. MY. BRAIN woman! D: And I swear I'm not just saying that to be nice either. This piece turned out so gorgeous! I mean it. Whatever you're seeing, I swear I've got to be completely blind to it because honest to God this turned out amazing to me. Just your marker & pen work on him. Holy crap! Your seriously blowing my mind by saying you don't care for it! D: Again, I know this probably comes off as being way ridiculously nice here but believe me I'm honest when I say it; despite how ever many of your mistakes you might see in this, it's a fantastic piece! Again, to me it's one of those pieces that reflects so much of your professional ability. I wish you could see what I see. I swear it's so frustrating when that happens. D: But truly, there's so many different little qualities I see in this that just completely express your talent. There may be mistakes you felt you made but I'm telling you that pen & marker work of yours is so beautifully handled! It really shows. Especially in his face here. That is so incredibly well rendered to me. I don't know what it is about it but there's just so much expression & life that radiates in it. Maybe it's his eyes? I don't know. When I look at his face though it just feels -alive- to me. I can't explain it. Ugh.. again for me to hear you don't like this makes me crazy! D: You might not think the pose to be super dynamic but it's a very -very- good piece. The way you handled the colors too is so nicely done. The pink shading along his collar & those lighter areas along his shirt especially. To me it just really sets the whole thing off. The purple background works as such an amazing compliment too! Argh.. again, I really do mean it; there's so much about this piece I love. It's no wonder it replaced the I should be so lucky wallpaper I made. XD Speaking of which, here's how I mangled your art D: the wallpaper I made out of it. Your works always all over my desktop. It's true <3 i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/JohnWall3.jpgAwwww Juno & Raine. <3 I love this so much {:3 Hehe, that's so sweet of Juno to try to cheer to her up like that. Poor girl though. That's really got to suck being so in tune to people's emotions. The emotions that poor girl must pick up sometimes. Raine is definitely understanding though & like you said, tolerant of the mood swings. To her, I doubt it would even be an effort. <3 The two of them get along so effortlessly, It would probably just come naturally to Raine. Kind've like their friendship. I just love how well the two of them get along. Which I guess should be no surprise seeing as how easy it is for me to talk to you. <3 I can completely relate to what you said earlier, BTW, about feeling a person out through their character. I feel the same way. Juno seems to reflect so much of yourself, it's like even if I didn't know you, I feel like I could almost get a sense of who you were through her or at least what wavelength you were on y'know. It's almost funny how that works. Still, I had no idea so many facets of myself were cropping up through my own characters. I hope that's a good thing? Powerful? God, I'm just touched you'd ever think so. ;.; It also touches me to realize how much we have in common here talking about this stuff. I swear it's striking how many similarities I must share here with you. Not everything obviously. But it's almost amazing some of the things I can relate to you on. Especially what you said about growing up. God, I'm so sorry you had to suffer through what you did. {:/ I had no idea. And ugh.. those after effects.. you poor dear. That's just awful. { I'm glad Heather was there for you. It sounds like she's a good friend especially for trying to keep you safe through it all. <3 Strange how we both managed to see things a lot of the same way & then did such a 180 from it all. But eesh.. talk about being all the better for it. I swear no matter what gloom happens in life, I could never let myself get dragged down like that again. It's was such a dark horrible place to be in. I never want to go back to that { Speaking of which, I'm sorry about your nightmares. D: Good Lord I feel so bad for you. Almost like I'm partially to blame in all this or something XD Ugh still, those sound just.. scary D: Although horribly I find it amusing John was just babbling like a religious psychopath through the whole rocks falling & everyone dying ordeal Plus wow.. I was in this? Haha, that's awesome XD Well .. sort've. Maybe not the lava part so much but damn.. too bad it wasn't a happier dream. We could've run around and had like.. a pirate adventure or something XD Almost makes me kind of sad now I don't have more character related dreams.. though maybe with John that's a blessing. XD Speak of the devil, I just about died at your thoughts on him regarding to Raine's healing process. OMG he would be SO pissed! XD He wouldn't know what to do with himself. He probably wouldn't be able to even think straight XD You couldn't be more right. And lol flames of passion. That's such a good way of putting it XD Very appropriate. And I hear you on the idea of him losing himself. I could certainly see that. Especially with as carried away as John tends to get. Not that I think it would ever be his initial intention walking in but yeah, it definitely wouldn't be out of his character to get more then a bit over amorous should the situation arise (be it accidental or what) D: Still, I'm not sure how far he'd get. Between the company he keeps & the hell fight Raine would dish out, it would probably take more effort then it was worth. XD She'd be such a b*. I don't think I could see him getting very far haha. But eh I don't know. I can't ever say for sure with John either. He is a crazy obsessive murderer after all D: Guess it would depend on how swept up he got in those flames. Well.. and how many horrible bruises he was willing to suffer from flying debris Anyway, your more then welcome to cast a darker tone on him if you ever want. He is a dark character after all. Hell, Dan certainly did XD Ugh.. I am SO GLAD to know I'm not alone on that piece wigging me out. D: I swear I don't know what it is about those eyes but they just unsettle the living hell out of me D8 Ugh.. and your probably right about John burning himself too. Freak probably would. XD But seriously, I'm glad you like so many of the pieces. Dan definitely appreciates the kind thoughts. <3 :3 And haha, yes I totally hear you on the jubblies one. When he showed that to me it was the exact same thing. It went from 'oh ok he's preaching' to just sort've hitting me right in the face. XD I'm tickled you like so much of the dialogue though. I can appreciate all the super bible talk too though to be honest I adore the way you write for him! His cussing might be silly & retarded but it's still very much him XD Same goes with the his looks too. As much as I think the hair in the face is a neat idea I swear I'm just stuck on the way you draw him. And I know I've said that before but it bears repeating anyway. You just draw him so damn well! He's always all clean and perfect & cold. To me, I don't know.. it's just always the very essence of him. It's just so right <3 Ok Wow.. now that I spent a year fixated on John here XD I guess it's time for some much needed pong! <3 Again, I'm sorry I couldn't get my sorry butt on here sooner. I had to work late the last couple of days & it just thew off my groove a bit :/ Hopefully I can make up for it the rest of this week though <3 Mushroom Sammiches i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/MushroomSammiches.jpgRaine & Juno enjoying a tasty lunch together. <3 Hehe, I just love drawing our characters being palsy too. Even with Juno's abilities, they're personalities are so entirely complimenting. I just know they'd get along so well together :3 Living alone, I could only imagine too that Raine would probably live for times like these with her. Good friend, good food, and even nicer, a reason to cook for someone other then herself. <3 She'd be so excited X) I loved what you said, BTW, about Juno sneaking her food out of the castle. Dawwww. <3 That would probably be like such a godsend to Raine considering how hard basic foods would be to make without proper ingredients. Things like bread & cheese would probably be such hell if not next to impossible D: Even milk for that matter.. she'd probably have to like.. go steal it from someone's cow or something XD Anyway, if Juno ended up bringing Raine food it would probably look a lot like this with Raine just going totally nuts here & making them a bunch of super extra special food X) But hell.. who doesn't love a good mushroom sandwich. It tickles me, BTW, that you share my love for mushrooms X) Haha, I swear it's like we keep finding more & more in common. It's so awesome XD But oh man yeah.. I do love me some mushrooms. Especially big ol' grilled portobella's. I haven't had one of those in ages either. Dammit. Makes me really want some now XD Also, before I forget, I'm glad you like the idea of Borscht for Ven. I agree it is really ... Igory XD It's actually very good though! Which is funny since one would think a beet soup would sound pretty god awful. But I got the chance to try some once at a little Polish restaurant up the road from me. It's crazy how good it ended up being. Dance Magic Dance i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/WitchesRealMagic.jpgLooks like Raine's harvesting skills were full of fail. Poor Juno. All she wanted was a sandwich! Oh well. At least it made the house kind've fun for a while right? XD Now all they need is like.. a blacklight.. and a bunch of trippy fractal posters. Haha, I swear God help the poor soul that walks into the middle of this. They'd be so horribly confused XD Keronte's Little Secret i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/KerontesDirtyLittleSecret.jpgA little something for Lourdes <3 Again, I hope everything's been going alright for you. I know your going to be busy with things for a little while here but I'd be lying if I said I didn't keep you in my thoughts & wonder if things were going smoothly. I hope they are. <3 In the meantime though, I'm still glad to pop in with happy surprises. Plus I really do love thinking about Louise. Her character always gives me so many ideas. This here being one of them. ;D Haha, what can I say here; I just feel BAD for Louise. I swear between John -and- his horrible death horse she just gets the worst from everyone. XD Anyway, I felt poor Louise just needed a break for once so I decided to give Keronte here a little weakness. Seems that pretty white coat just gets straight to that horses head. Such a vain little brat he is for sure. Kind've reminds me of Starlite some actually XD But yeah.. Keronte here is about as obsessive as a horse can get when it comes to looking good. Has a lot in common with his rider really.. D: Anyway, if there's one thing he can't resist it's someone making him look his best.. a little secret Louise just happened to pick up on one night. So yeah.. behold Louise's almighty bargaining powers XD Burning Thoughts i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv29/raineart/BurningThoughts.jpgNot much to say about this one except um.. sorry? Sorry Juno. Sorry Lourdes. Sorry everyone.. XD Ugh.. I swear I'll do some really nice canon stuff to make up for this. In the meantime though, I can't seem to stop drawing John looking sexy in front of the fire. It's becoming a bit of a problem here I think XD Again, I don't know what it is with me.. I'm just in love with the lighting & shadows. That & I think I like drawing men.. entirely too much Anyway, that being said, here's John unwinding after what looks like a pretty frustrating day. I'm not sure I even want to know what he's thinking about here. Probably something obsessive & crazy, no doubt. D:
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Silly Nanny
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Post by Juno on May 22, 2009 4:10:24 GMT
The idea you originally thought of?! Woman, there is NO such thing as too much, who are you kidding xDDD Yes, you have to now, lol, I'll die if I don't see it 8D (There again I may die even if I do, but it'll be a much more joygasmic death!) Okay okay, by popular demand, that John I scrapped a couple nights ago has been added to the actual Gallery part of my devart xDDD homg, Raine, you and Lourdes had like, the same reaction, lol She even said something along a similar vein of wishing I could see what she did, taaaaw thank you guys so much! You pretty much nailed it on the head, it wasn't that I necissarily thought it was a bad piece of art, but his pose was boring as hell to me D: Of all the fun crazy nifty stuff I could have him doing, it was so... just so boring xD Ah well :D Arghawsdfjhasd;k, the wallpaper! Woman, you're too kind to me <3 I'm so pleased and honored to know that you would use my stuff for a desktop! x) I thought about it today and was like 'hmm, homg wow, I've had something of yours, in one form or another, gracing my desktop for several months now' 8D It all started with that Master of the Castle piece you did <3 <3 x) I think that must have been my longest running wallpaper like, EVER, I am known for changing them like, daily if possible xD It's been on my mp3 player for ages, till the recent stuff took over, haha, Agnes and Igor still have it in their court currently, hehe Mushroom Sammiches!!! It's so cute, I was all d'aaaaaaw 8DDD You're so right, those two have the best friendship ever. I love how easygoing it is, it really did just seem to fall right into place. (indeed, an extension of ourselves <3 And you're mentioning the portobello mushroom gaaaaaawd I want one so bad, those are totally my favorite! I didn't even like mushrooms up til I was about 16, when a friends mom gave me a seafood stuffed portobello, LIFE WAS CHANGED FOREVEEEER!) DANCE MAGIC DANCE Labyrinth HA HA 8D I was lol'ing at the name before I burst out laughing at the picture itself xD If you could hear the laughter that burst out of me, homg it was almost embarrassing x) Poor Raine and Juno my foot, they look like they're having fun 8D Or they will be shortly, hehe. Raine should ah... brush up on her plant picking skills 8D Happy accident! Aaaah, and I love what you said about her living for her time spent with Juno, poor woman must be so lonely being all ostracized in a town of idiots :/ Juno will keep her occupied I am sure (In fact, John should count himself lucky that she's unfortunately not around when he tries to burn her! He'd be lacking a few bodyparts fo sho'. In fact, on that note, Juno ought to bring Raine like, a mace or something from the castle xD I'm sure Igor won't notice one or two missing, lol) Man, just about everything you put up tonight has had me in a riot xDDD Last week it's tears, this week it's tears of laughter 8D Keronte, ha ha, I LOVE his expression all like 'Aaaw yeeeaah' x) You play him, Louise! Keep the beast tamed, unlike his doofy master 8D She needs to learn to play John like he does her, she could probably have him totally by the ropes if she weren't so dang good-hearted. He's lucky she's not like he is :/ I could totally see Keronte being this way though, like horse like rider, lol. (It just popped into my head, Carly Simon's You're So Vain, I can see it now 8DDD) And yeah, the... WOO, yeah, did someone did up the freakin thermostat in here?! xDDD I had this unholy grin on my face during the first three pieces, and at John it just like... slid right off my face xD Insert glazed eyes and some not-so-mild drooling! DON'T APOLOGIZE woman, PLZ D: Fate was conspiring against me and the amount of blood in my head last night when I saw it too as this was what popped onto my mp3 player just as I saw this - www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Jv8osRf6zcSuch apt timing as I have never known xDDDD Christina Aguilera's Candyman and this piece are now completely inextricably linked since I quite blatantly stared at this during the entire duration of the song xD God but really, I swear, there have been pieces you've done before and this one is no different in this sentiment: I don't know how my eyes aren't like, raking delible lines down them with the intensity of my staring xDDD Poor Igor, this is an unadulterated stare that I usually reserve for him, but LORD. I cannot tear my eyes awaaaaaaaaaaay <3 Keep drawing hawt menz, by all means! And to think John was meant to be unappealing, JEEESH xD Burning thoughts all right, you guys probably don't even want to know what's going through my mind xDDD And what a pleasurable pleasure trail that certainly is, John! I think I finally see why they call it that! Okay, now that I likely have your eyes bleeding xDDD Yeah just yeah, GAWD. You about broke my brain there xD I may have to do a darker take on him soon xD But I perfectly agree with you on that I don't think he'd ever actually have any 'real' intention of doing that. That would mean him admitting to himself that he's got an attraction in the first place, which knowing our dear fanatic, is highly unlikely. And I'm glad to know Raine is a fighter! Something along that vein actually plays into that comic I'm plotting out (It will happen! Still working out kinks, I want it to be nice for you 8D) And I had been rather worried that I had made her a little too fighty, but I see now that I need not have. I look forward to completing it, I need to just kick myself into gear and start drawing it out x3 Gosh, and about our own similarities, it is crazy. I'm glad we were both able to come up out of that nastiness <3 Heather really did me a world of good then. It's funny really, my relationship with her back then was actually strikingly similar to what you've said about Ven and Raines relationship. Her sticking by me was a labor of love paramount to nothing short of sainthood. Indeed, I might as well insert here that at that time she was actually my girlfriend. The relationship has since ended, but we've remained good friends. It's unfortunate that she knew me then when I was at my absolute worst and angriest and most desolate. How she put up with me, I'll never know :/ She must have seen something in there that wasn't completely warped and twisted though, she really gave it her all. Of course though, time takes it's toll and we ended up breaking up over it D: She held out for me for a year and a half, and I can never thank her enough for that. Of all the people I was ever pointlessly cruel to, or hateful with, she's really the only one that I truly regret, since she deserved so much better. Lucky for me, she understood then, I think, that I never wanted to be that way and dreaded every horrible thing that I did or said. Whilst I ultimately think we'd have ended up parting ways eventually (we had other problems aside from my jerkish-ness) I am so glad we're friends. Things are much better <3 And as I see, things are gonna keep going up from here :) Pong time? That's what I thought 8D Kind of a lengthy pong tonight, we've got six! alu87.deviantart.com/art/Ladle-of-the-Void-123290414I could NOT resist a follow up here xDDDD The someone walking in and getting hit by a wall of WTF just HAD to be John 8D Oh John, how you've come along and just stolen the show x3 alu87.deviantart.com/art/Finger-Lickin-Hot-123290524I couldn't help this, i swear xD Mentioning my incredibly redneck beginnings made me think of more character bastardization this and I just couldn't not do it xD This is also a small joke at your friends' expense. Does THIS look like the body of an old woman to YOU? 8DDD lol But yeah, I have known SO SO SO many guys just like John here D:< They are aggravating as hell, and you can't even do anything to make them go away (short of dragging out your shotgun wielding father/older brother, that is!) Then again, I've seen my friend Jamie lay guys like this out flat on their @sses for being too pushy 8D Were I as bold as her, I'd not usually just sit there and be extraordinarily uncomfortable xD (we went on a double date once with these older guys *I got dragged along, actually, to be honest* and I ended up scaring the daylights out of them when they found out that I was the young sister of the guy who used to beat the everliving crap of them back in high school *that would be my oldest brother Eric* Bout the only time my families noteriety in that small town ever served me good, we never saw them again 8DDD) alu87.deviantart.com/art/Fire-in-Your-Lungs-123290586It continues xD Since I have a rather hearty fondness of drining, I'm sure Juno does too, lol Poor Ven, drawing you in busted overalls rather than your spiffy sorcerer type clothes :/ alu87.deviantart.com/art/Fearsome-Tea-123290654More inspiration xD Protect the goods, John! 8D alu87.deviantart.com/art/Value-Your-Life-123290766Louise got left out of the Redneck fun, so I gave her a comic instead 8D I hope you can read my chicken scratch writing :/ I love what you said about John being uber defensive of both of them, and Louise IS pretty damn good looking xD Hooray also my use of 'stereotypical villager guy' I always seem to draw him when it comes to using one of the local yokels 8D And the hat! I LOVE Louis's hat I'm so glad that I finally had a reason to draw it xD alu87.deviantart.com/art/So-Typical-123290897Yes, even I had nearly forgotten these two! 8D It's been so long since I've drawn Horst that I had to look my old doodles of him back up xD Bt yeah, something quite typical of their everyday relationship D: He loves her... he just kinda loves science more. Needless to say, Agnes is not pleased. www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=11270Not necissarily part of the art pong but I did doodle this a couple days ago. WHAT THE HELL FLORIDA? We have had nothing but rain the last week, seriously. My yard has been nothing but a huge puddle :/ How did it go from dry as dust and bones to living in the effing ocean?! Alternatively, my county has had it's first case of Swine Flu. I didn't think much on it since Polk county is so rediculously huge, but it turns out the kid who had it is actually right here in Lakeland xDDD So of course everyone here is flipping out... again xD
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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2009 4:47:29 GMT
OMG! Raine, Juno... Oh my, I'm wordless! ;D Those artwork here are like I'm in Heaven! Don't know were to start! Burning Thoughts!!! Raine, this is fantastic, I agree with Juno, is getting hot here! The pose, the details, his face, priceless!!! Yum Yummy! Aaaw, I think Raine and Juno look cute together, they make a perfect duo... Oh, wrong mushrooms, eh? LOL Karonte!!! *jumps off the chair* I LOVE this, man, that horse has so much personality, and Louise, she is clever, he he! Thank you very much for this picture and thank you so much for your kind thoughts, Raine, they mean a lot for me, you would never imagine! *hugs* Hey Juno, I'm in love with So Typical, because this so happens, believe me! XD Finger licking and Fire in your Lungs, are awesome! I love the details on John and Ven's tattoos! This is so great I want to draw Louise and Karonte in Redneck! ... *faints* ... .... Value your life, Juno, just, just, argh! Awesome, this is so funny, your comic has the essence of their personalities! John acts father-like and Louise wasn't aware of the wolf whistle, clever! Oooh, poor peasant folk ;-) ... And there is more with John's tea, you drew Louise on her maid dress, is perfect! I gotta love John's expression! XD Oh, girls, I want to thank you once more, for your all your support and your wonderful art, seriously, if it weren't for you I would be so sad... I feel sadness pretty odd, for me is always a grumpy-self, but this time is getting gloomy... I hope things change for the better and I have new opportunities... In the meantime, I have been thinking on some ideas for Raine, I had send you them as PM, but only managed to get one character design. I finished Friedrich Von Goosewing, wampire hunter descendant of Goosewing the Teutonic Knight who took care of the First Duckula. Beware, Friedrich is a deserter (traitor) of the Bavarian army during the Thirty Years' War, so... Well, at least he knows how to fight, but has no clue on vampire theory... More info about this character soon! i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/vg1984/LouiseandFriedrich1.jpgAnd here is the same picture, but this time I tried to create a context about their first meeting. They are supposed to be arguing about who first arrived to Castle Duckula. There is no need to say that the both ended kicked out by Igor because all the noisy honking! XD ... Epic fail on the "borrowed" background, shame on me, I'm talking serious i158.photobucket.com/albums/t104/vg1984/FirstEncounter1.jpgYes, I know it is terrible, I will do best next time! I hope you still like this as some pong Thank you very much!
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Silly Nanny
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Post by Juno on May 23, 2009 5:25:18 GMT
Karonte the Redneck Horse xDDD homg, that made me laugh rather unexpectedly! Or should I call him a 'hoss' 8D I would love to see your take on them in a most redneck-y fashion, lol
And epic fail?! Shush woman! It's more than the effort I slackishly put in most of the time xD But jeesh! Your history on these things always amazes me. I know already told you that but seriously! If only more people put in more time on researching stuff, it makes it like a trillion times more authentic (And here I am calling the kettle black, lol how many times have I gone and created a story with little to no actual historical basis? 8D) I look forward to drawing him, again, I can see how much effort you put into these guys <3 Hopefully he makes better company than John for poor Louise D8 But Louise looks like a total bad@ss here! I wouldn't wanna face that xD Maybe John should start watching out, eh? ;)
And aww, I'm sorry things have been down for you D: They'll look up! That's funny that you should call yourself always grumpy, you seem so cheery to me most of the time xD But don't let things get you down, like Raine said, we should count our blessings, there's always some somewhere x3
Actually speaking of things along this vein, I quit my job >> I perhaps shouldn't have, but at 3 hours a week (Yes. You heard right. THREE hours a WEEK) it really wasn't worth it. I was already starting to forget how to do stuff around the damn place D8< So I figure I'll save what's left on my bus pass and job hunt full time again. In the meantime to scrap up money I have an appointment the first of the month to go and sell my plasma DDDDDDDDDD: (Another fear of mine? needles. of course.) Hopefully they consider me to be in decent enough health, I'm gonna be kinda screwed if I can't come up with a 120 bucks in the next few weeks >.> *siiiigh* Closer to paying off my court fines than I was though.... *cry*
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