December 25, 2010

Christmas presents!!

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Filed under: Other fanart,Photoshop — Tags: , , , — Illinia @ 9:42 am

Here are two presents which I painted for other people! There are three more presents waiting to be given, so you won’t get to see them until next week. : D

First! For Aja of True Magic the webcomic, Gauth Schönen!

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Appropriately enough, I was in the middle of my Tsubasa binge, so I decided to make him as over-the-top Japanese-y pretty bishie as I could. Which is not very much, but it’s more than usual. I also tried out a new technique – using the regular brush on partial opacity. Other people use this to great effect and I’d like to get better at it. I actually really like this picture. : )

Second, for Aywren and Syntyche of Wayrift webcomic, Aur, from Dreigiau! In three versions!

1 – regular colour, from the pencil sketch (but redoing the arm to be more dynamic ; )

2 – experimenting with shadow and highlight layers set on ‘soft light’, which looked cool on their own

3 – and the final, in which I stole a picture of a lion off the internet (actually, from a page with a really cute story)

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Eheheh… I kinda went all out. Except the background is a little whatever. Anyway. Aur is my favourite character, I think.  ^_^7 I was meaning to colour this for a while, but didn’t get the time until recently.

Me? What was I given?

Well, I now have a framed and autographed (pretty sure!) picture of Andy Schleck. (so sexyyyyyy… <3 ) And a discarded SaxoBank foodbag from the Tourmalet this year. (which stage I still have not watched… that’s the stage Ryder came in 4th, isn’t it?) Luuuuvvvvvvvv…

I was also given Don Quixote and Dante’s Divine Comedy, and a music psychology book, and a camera, and a LBS (La Bottine Souriante) CD, among other things… presents we are going to share include the COMPLETE Jeremy Brett=Sherlock Holmes series, including the movies, and The Day the Universe Changed on DVD, and Fantasia/2000. I think we have enough books and movies and games to last a while. Oh, and a fabulous organ CD that opens with a Langlais piece that just makes me glee with power and excitement.  : D

But I’m going back to bed because I was hired at the last minute to play for a midnight service at a church, so I’m still beat.

Merry Christmas and custard.

October 2, 2010

Influence Meme

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Influence Meme

filled in Sep 30, ’10

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Okay, I saw this on the True Magic art blog and had to fill it in.

L-R, top-bottom, in no particular order of influence:

True Magic itself. It is a lovely, lovely webcomic, and was one of the first to introduce me to the concept of webcomic. Its self-proclaimed ABC’s (Adventure, Bishounen, Comedy) was a perfect combo and Gauth (pictured) is for me the quintessential Man of Mystery.

Norouet: a French-Canadian traditional band. I love listening to their music and it is hugely inspiring, whether it’s of images of wild, unearthly elven dancing, or just to get me the energy to write and draw.

Fire Emblem: how I learned to draw anime was by tracing these guys. A long, long time ago. Also the story of FE7 is really fantastic; it was like nothing I’d ever read or played before. It was deep. …Back then.

Winter Harp: my favourite music for writing. Very medieval sounding, with harps! Perfect for the majority of my writing projects.

Music, particularly Organs: MUSIC IS MY LIFE. In case you didn’t get that already. It’s where about 75% of my inspiration comes from, for characters, events, plots, cultures, anything you can think of.

Star Wars: Heehee. Heroes and villains!

British Columbia, Canada: Gorgeous scenery. It underlies all the Adhemlenei, even though it’s probably subconscious still at this point.

Miyazaki: anime, but not over the top, with deep stories and occasionally very pretty guys. ^_^

LinT: the second webcomic I ever read. I love Colby’s style, which is an odd blend of other stuff, but it comes across very well. Also her story is both funny and dramatic.

Awkward Zombie: hilarious expressions. Nuff said.

Legend of Zelda: elves! Quests! Sacred swords and objects and things! Quests! Elves!

Professor Tolkien: of course he gets the 3×3. His amazing world both broad and deep and filled with characters and races and quests and swords and light and dark is, of course, the inspiration for modern fantasy everywhere. As opposed to archaic fantasy, which is legends and myths. But legends and myths… just aren’t the same as when you put it all together in a whole world. It’s breathtaking what this one man did.

There’s all kinds of things I’ve left out, like my Dad’s big influence, some of my friends, Bruce Lee, my piano teachers… I might have said it before, but actually EVERYTHING is an influence on my world, if not my art. Everything can be taken and integrated somehow. My art… kind of grew on its own, really. But if I kept to the literal influences on my visual art, I don’t think this chart would be so interesting. So you get some tenuous connections. But I think it’s worth it.

December 31, 2009

Heroic Henson

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Filed under: Other fanart,Pencil — Tags: , — Illinia @ 10:29 am
Henson heroically hefts his handy Homeville-ian Homescythe! XD

Henson heroically hefts his handy Homeville-ian Homescythe! XD

Heroic Henson

drawn Nov 2, ’09

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Fanart for Aja’s contest! I did not win. But those who won definitely deserved it. And I’m pleased with this picture, so everything is as good as it can be!

I need to study clothes. Meh.

December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009!

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Whoa! Lots of pictures today, folks! Hold on!

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drawn Dec 23-24 ’09

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First, a very Merry Christmas (or whatever you happen to celebrate) from all of us here at the Adhemlenei. People in this picture: Marteth, Bayn, Gyoriing, Lyrestan; Mathaning, Gullac, Zela, Flaer, Yoeath; Flaria, Jalril, Flairé, Tam, Rana; Ceniro, Leslie, Jennifer, Esgalwen. Quite a number! Didn’t have room to fit in Silver, but we all know she wishes you a Merry Christmas too. Yes? Yes.

Jalril is just embarrassed at standing next to a girl. Who’s dating his brother. She thinks he’s funny. And cute. Tam is a cloooooowwwwn. X D Flairé is wearing his princely-type tunic which you haven’t seen before! It’s red.

Eeeeeee I’m so excited!

Below are the Christmas presents I drew for the various webcomics I read.

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Leaf of Chasing the Sunset (and chibi Feiht, Ayne, and Myhrad)! drawn Dec 18, ’09

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Jen, of True Magic! drawn Dec 18, ’09

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The Cigar Hermit (Juan) of LinT! An underappreciated character. drawn Dec 18, ’09

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Zemi and Kip (with Flairé, who thinks they’re the greatest funny dudes he’s met in the last century,  if not longer) of Wayrift! drawn Dec 19, ’09

P.S. Were you like this last night? (I wasn’t, but you never know who might be) XD So funny.

September 18, 2009

Bob Christmas Fanart

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Filed under: Miscellaneous,Other fanart — Tags: , — Illinia @ 8:15 am
Those potato peelers are HAWT. I mean, the potato peeler. Ahem. Yes.

Those potato peelers are HAWT. I mean, the potato peeler. Ahem. Yes.

Bob Christmas Fanart

drawn Dec 25, 2008

posted Sep 18, 2009

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littleranaav Next up for the ’08 Christmas New Pen Fanart Spree was Bob, of True Magic. Lookin’ good there, Robert. : D I think I like his hair better like this instead of the thick, almost bushy mop that he has in the comic right now. But whatever. He’s still cute. (Joe is cuter at the moment, though… despite the trim.)

I tried doing the outside lines in a thicker pen. …It worked. I’d do it a bit differently now.

I’m in a TRIO. It has clarinet, horn, and piano, and so far we’re doing a wierd piece that was published using the composer’s manuscript (so, messy messy – but he does put accidentals in places that I approve) and it sounds jazzy which is kind of cool but WHAT THE HECK I’M IN A TRIO GUYS. It’s been too long since I did chamber music with multiple people.

Volunteering at the Rueda table was kinda cool. I’ll have to do that again sometime.

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