Bad Girl

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:36 am

Work in progress, haven't finished it yet.

Kite-san · Post by **Kite-san** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 10:42 am

wheee! it looks wonderful, Ghastly-sama! ^_^ ^_^

...for some reason i can't shake the feeling that i know her, though... lol

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 11:34 am

And now it is finished.

Love these watercolour magic markers.

H-Kat · Post by **H-Kat** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:16 pm

Just fucking yes, Ghastly.

I think I'm in love....

-Kitty

Mind Pollution · Post by **Mind Pollution** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 12:39 pm

Facially, she reminds me of that bitch from Totally Spies, 'Mandy'. Course the overall deal here is much hotter.

I don't know why she's bad, but some part of me hopes it involves Kiki or Zsa Zsa.

Then again, that's my answer to anything here involving hot female characters.

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:08 pm

mruah!
That's great Ghastly.. I so totally know she's watching squid mate and thinking naughty thoughs.. oh yes... and don't fucking correct me either.. just let me dream for a while..

Those watercolor markers do indeed kick ass. What kind are they?

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:20 pm

The markers are Crayola washable markers. They work freaking awsome for watercolour washes.

Don't by the Roseart washable markers though. I bought some for the kids because they were cheap and I was just teaching them how to use the watercolour effect for shading with the markers. The Roseart markers suck ass. They streak when you colour with them and they arn't nearly as water soluable as the Crayola markers meaning you don't get even blending and a dark wash out of them. Nope, definetly worth the extra money for the Crayola markers, and it's not like the Crayolas are expensive either. I got my set of 100 markers for $25 CND. Unfortunately they no longer seem to sell the 100 marker sets anymore (it had 50 shades, half with broad tips half with fine tips). You can buy them in sets of 50 though. 90% of the time I use the broad tips.

The nice thing about using them for a watercolour effect is your markers last a lot longer because you're not colouring as much of the image with them as you would otherwise.

Krylex · Post by **Krylex** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:24 pm

My girl has boots like that.

Usagi-kun · Post by **Usagi-kun** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:29 pm

There is just something about that picture I just love I cant put my finger on any one thing. Have to set it as my background now

Squidflakes · Post by **Squidflakes** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 1:34 pm

Holy shit.. Crayola markers?

Hehe, I bet that's one picture they don't put on the back of the box as a sample of what their markers can do

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:19 pm

When I was at CN Anime I had a lot of artists hit my table completely amazed that I was using ordinary ol' Crayola washable markers as watercolours. They all thought they must have been some sort of super expensive professional art markers. When I told them what they were and how much they costs a lot of them said they wouldn't be buying Prisma markers again.

Crayola would probably shit if they knew how much I was promoting their product.

Kite-san · Post by **Kite-san** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:23 pm

i can see it now... Crayola mounts a tentacle-focused ad campaign.... ^_^

Beatrix · Post by **Beatrix** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 3:24 pm

"Crayola would probably shit if they knew how much I was promoting their product."

Maybe someone should drop Crayola a line and tell them. They could use your work to promote their product.

Parents and small children might take exception though....

Edit: Damn, beat me to it. ^_^

Ghastly · Post by **Ghastly** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:21 pm

Incidently, my personal favorite things in this work (as in what I'm most pleased with regarding how it turned out) are the bricks on the buildings across the street, the sky, and the door.

The technique for creating the brick textures on the buildings across the street was increadably simple and very effective. Definetly something I will be using from now on for bricks at a distance.

The sky has a very natural, partially cloudy look to it.

The techique used to paint the old wooden door with distressed paint was another increadably simple trick that was very effective too.

Maybe someday when I get really good at it I'll have to write a book "Hentai watercolour techniques with Crayola washable magic markers". I wonder how long it will take me to get sued.

Kite-san · Post by **Kite-san** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:36 pm

i dunno, as long as you video yourself drawing at least one hentai pic with crayola markers using the techniques in the book... thus proving you aren't lying or slandering anyone, i don't think they woudl have any grounds to sue you on. i mean, you're using art supplies for art, and telling people tricks you found... they'd probably sue you, but i doubt they'd win.

Ce6 · Post by **Ce6** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 7:41 pm

Great work on the coloring there, Ghastly. I always prefer using a more manual coloring method than something computer-based, since that's where my meager skills lie (I don't generally use anything other than MS Paint or Photo Editor for what I do on the computer)
I always find it interesting to learn a little about an artist's preferred medium for work. Gives me just that little bit better perspective to see how it shapes their art. Sometimes even the simplest of materials can create beautiful effects.
My personal weapons of choice are either a mechanical pencil or a good cheap black ball-point pen (though I'm VERY picky on pens -- with good ones I can shade almost as well as with a pencil. Bad ones leave globs of ink). For coloring I haven't found anything I'm better at than with my trusty old box of 36 Crayola colored pencils. Come to think of it, that box has lasted me over a decade now.
(yes, I am a total amateur, and I recognize and embrace this fact. My art, same as my music and writing, isn't what pays my bills. It just clears a few cobwebs from my mind from time to time.)

Steel Roses · Post by **Steel Roses** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:34 am

It is difficult to find good art software, thats very true. There is plenty of powerful stuff out there, but the fact of the matter is its like learning how to use a nuclear reactor, when the only product of your suffering is a picture that could have been done nicer, and faster by hand.

Perhaps you should email one of your pictures to crayola, just for the sake of comedy. But not that picture, since this one is comparativly clean. Draw something that squeezes every drop of perversion out of your pens and send it to them to advertise thier own product to them.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 12:38 am

That is just gorgeous.

Amberchrome · Post by **Amberchrome** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:01 am

Oh, I've played with Crayola washables before. Nice for study and sketch work, but watch out for the fading. Doing it on good paper helps.

Tha_Pig · Post by **Tha_Pig** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 1:13 am

Great job! I love all the detail you put on the background. The bricks look great! For some reason it reminds me some brick buildings I saw in Baltimore some years ago.

When I was at CN Anime I had a lot of artists hit my table completely amazed that I was using ordinary ol' Crayola washable markers as watercolours. They all thought they must have been some sort of super expensive professional art markers. When I told them what they were and how much they costs a lot of them said they wouldn't be buying Prisma markers again.

Some times the simplest tools are the best. Some people think they will make better art with expensive tools... but you can't buy talent. The main tool is the artist's own brain.