Heh, yeah it is pretty funny if you don't know it's a racial slur.

Thanks. I have a thing for chartreuse and teal together apparently, it's not the first time I've mixed them.

And I keep considering setting up a contest thread, even if I don't open it for who knows how long....

HEY! ARTSUU!

Username: Nav-ster
Character(s) Interested in: Yoki (amigad!)
Payment Requested: VDay 07 items if they're up for grabs? I'll do more with the picture (full body/couple/bg) depending on how much you'd want to spend, if you even want art from me! D: <33
Samples: Heavy WIP [1] [2] Or any other style on my DA page.

May be taking you up on it, Navi-poo. .-. I'm kind of... super craving art right now. You've been improving rapidly again, haven't ya?

You opposed to couple stuff?

Not opposed at all, just may request a little more for it? ^^

I am willing to part with my spare V-day pendant (115k) to start off with. I've been wanting like... a waist/thigh up couple of Yoki and Teridon sleeping together. Clothing optional >.>

Oh man, super sexy sleeping? I'd probably opt for nakey, been wanting to do a nakey for a while. Would you be willing to part with anything else for it? Laying poses are somewhat tough for me.

Ise: xD; I suppose I can't tease, though. I mean, I find 'Canuck' offensive. When I stayed with Matt's family, we went out to dinner one evening, eating in awkward silence, his dad turns to me, ever constant with Canada jokes (to my INTENSE chagrin) and asks 'So, what's a Canuck?' I blink, and reply 'a hockey player'. Tim laughed, but no one else got it. XD; (Famous team.) I then tried to gently explain that it was a bit offensive to me. I'm not sure why, it just strikes a cord. As Matt and Tim helped me elaborate, it's similar to racial terms. If you are one, you can say it. If you aren't, you can't. xX I'm just silly though. XD

I like it. <3 It reminds me of a really tart apple.

GO for it? >>;

*snugs Navi and Ise* Damn it, both of you stop being so talented. It makes us 'normies' feel bad.

Probably not out of the V-day set. I plan on keeping the Boa to sell in the future for all the CIs I'm not actively seeking anymore because I'm lazy and quit doing art for forums. Pity it's kind of gone into the rest of my life, too....

How much more you looking for? I'll rummage. At this point, a good quality piece will cheer me up immensely. Life has been full of shit lately... there's a thread in Life Issues detailing some of it, rather than me spilling it all out again here, heh. Suffice to say, I need the pick-me-ups.

EDIT:

Cryssu: Yeah, that pretty much covers it.It just doesn't come across right because you can't tell if it's like.. veiled insult in the form of a joke or just plain innocent humor. Regardless, it's a little tactless to pull things like that.

Thanks. It feels weird having blonde hair on my avis.

Debating at this point.

Pft.. I haven't completed art in over a year now. I fail epically.

Welp, I'm really looking for investment items to blow on art again so let's see *browses* These are what I'm interested in, doesn't mean I'm asking for all of them, just let me know which are cool and which are niche-niche:

Either crown
Mask
Fan
Pudao
Edit: Oh, Golden Stockings too, but I assume those are a DoNotTouch item. =P

Ah, they're no touch only because they're in a trade to yan right now, ha ha.

I can toss one of my spare Atlantis Masks into that if you want. I don't really use them.

Iseh: Yeah, pretty much. XD I know he didn't personally mean anything rude by it, he was just curious, but my back instantly went up. One of those, is Cryssu had a tail, it'd be puffed. Every time he made a Canada joke I wanted to use fury swipes on his face. I think I quipped back with a few American ones, but tried to mind my ps and qs since they were future family.

Why's that? >>

*nods* Do whatever feels best.

Pfft. Your WIPs are still lightyears ahead of my finished pieces, so.

Ah, is this looking any better? The eye's a bit off right now, but blegh. I like it. -_- http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...forcarrie7.png Kinda just been vomiting purple at it to deepen everything. I really like it much more now that I took your advice. Hoping to darken it all as much as around the foot there.

*hums to Madonna's Vogue*

Sure, that sounds fine. *shrugs* I'm so out of touch with the economy on here. XD

EDIT: CRYS! That looks hawt! the purple shading is great.

IF either of you have crits for my WIP let me know please! I get frustrated when I work on it and it's due on the 24th. :[

Cryssu: Lol, yeah, I can see how that'd work out badly if you pulled some of the worse ones. The US is simultaneously awesome and made of suck, unfortunately. There isn't really as much national pride as we could have.

'Cause.. I dunno. I usually don't like it because I don't like blonde (at least not my natural mousy ash blonde) on me? Nevermind I have bleached blonde highlights now >>

Probably toss it around some more and not do it, heh.

Tch u-u My recent WIPs are so-so. Can't quite get the tango one where I want it, so I left it awhile hoping to return with a fresh look when my mental outlook starts to lift a bit.

Hey now, hun. :whistles: That's looking much better now that you're building up your value range. I look forward to the highlights coming in on the rest of the body like the leg there. I was certain you were iffy about my advice, didn't seem like you wanted to. Sorry if I was pushy or rude <3

:listening to Charlotte Martin's "Every Time It Rains":

Navi: Eh, it doesn't change too much. The masks are still sought after.

I'll start the trade in a sec and try to give you an idea of posing. I'm pretty picky on these two, just to forewarn. x3 I'll probably crit if you don't mind it.

Don't mind at all, I live for crits. I never get them. ><

Navi: Because it's still a really rough WIP, I'm not seeing too much issue with it right now. You might want to take a look at the ears, though. They are a bit big in proportion to the head. The colors so far look great and I really, really love the scars on the man's face on the right. You might want to tighten up the color on the woman's hair, though you might not have reached that yet?

Trade started. As for posing on mine, the first thing that comes to mind for something similar is the movie poster for Unfaithful.

http://alish_poster_u.tripod.com/unfaithful01.jpg

Eee. Thank you, Navi! >w< <333 That made my day.~

So far, I just agree with what Ise said. :3 It's look fantastic. <333 You're so much braver and dramatic with your art than most people I see. XD

Iseh: xDD Don't I know it. Secretly, Canadians are all obnoxiously patriotic but loathe our government. X'D;;

But avvies are different~. XD I like to play wth every colour. But some are too blah for hair. The fade into the outfits too easily.

Kinda like someone else. *coughs*

*nods* I dropped the Carrie piece for a few days and started doing nightly prompts with Matt. I'm averaging FINISHING (gasp) t least three pieces a day, now. So I'm ready to charge back into it.

Whee. I'm so glad. <333 And nuh, you weren't. I was a bit flustered initially, cause I'd been staring at it so long, my brain went 'wtf? what are you seeing different than me? ;~;' but begrudgingly knew you were fully right. So I lobbed in a pink hunk of purple and a few hours later I was loving it. X3

Pretty. <3

And holy crap, I have that exact same sleeping image saved. Only a fuller version, I think...? Somewhere in my PC. I wanted some Ki/Line art of it.

Would you want bewbs shown or hidden?

Cryssu: Lol. I think it really depends on what American you're talking to. The younger generations I think are very apathetic, but many of the older ones still hold the old patriotism. There just hasn't been much to be proud of for a long time I guess.

Lol, yeah. I like mine to stay in my color scheme, but too much blending in is bad. It's a pity I couldn't get the plum to fully work into this avi. I need a few other items if I can find the correct layers to try again later I suppose. Too lazy atm though.

Heh, yeah <<; I don't want to set it up for no reason, plus I haven't even decided what exactly I'd be wanting. I'm still trying to learn a bit more about Tigress, who isn't even listed yet (and she has a demon beau who drives her nuts. Good thing he can turn all incorporeal or he'd have been gutted a thousand times over by now). Then there's Abiah and Mikh'ail whom I'm trying to actually draw out properly right now. I have her face, but the hair eludes me. Mikh'ail will be interesting as he's anthro. He can't shift beyond full cat or cat anthro, unlike Abiah who can go from full cat to looking completely human and back, or even just tiny parts of her body. I fully expect those two will become a couple when she gets a little older.

Awesome. I wish I could say the same of myself. I have trouble just trying to start anything much less finish anymore. Epic failure.

Yeah, that can happen. You start to go cross-eyed from working on a piece for too long at a time. You do need those half an hour tea breaks and whatnot before you can get a better look at it. I'm glad you're liking it now <3 I know Carrie will adore it when you're done.

Yeah, I'm really, really liking her stuff. I'm having Jace get me the discography.

Lol. I saw it in an Entertainment Weekly years ago and tore the page out. I have a very old sketch of Yoki like that somewhere, not sure where it went to. It's probably hideous now though.

Navi: Tasteful nudity, so skin showing but hidden I think.

I'm looking for RL facial refs to give you on Teridon. The ones I've done are a little too effeminate. He's beautiful, but you'd never mistake him for a young bishie or a woman.

Yeah, this is true at both ends, I think.

Mm... Plum. I've been really, really wanting to get a nice plum outfit for real. I know I don't have the money, but I can't help it. I love fall colours. D:

*nods* Mine just hit a bad snag in time. I wasn't really expecting Matt to propose and there was a billion snowballs after. I want to finish it, though. -_- And I'm still really curious to see those OCs, you know. D:

You should try silly prompts. XD We're just drawing batshit crazy chibis or nonsensical, barely made-out chibis with the occassional serious sketch or speedpaint. It really helps me loosen up A LOT I'm finding.

*nodnod* Heh, too bad usually when I have fresh eyes I hate what I'm working on, eh? XD But sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised and get a 'hey, I did that? Not bad :3'.

Good. <3

XD Nah, I bet it still looks pretty hot. <3 Guh... I always saved it for Ki/Line, but secretly I wants me some Gabe/Line too. >O>

Cryssu: At least you don't hear the same dumb shit about Canada as you do here. Though honestly, I don't hear much of anything about Canada's goings on. .-.;;;

I know. u-u I love wearing plums and neutral browns this time of year. That or my deep forest greens.

Eh, you'll see them eventually when I have more solid references down. I'm still in the process of figuring them out, and it's slow for me because I have a vague sense but when I draw it I'm going, "Uh uh, still not her/him yet..." Tigress is the closest to coming around, and the evolved wolf form of Teridon as well. I think Mikh'ail will be fun, he essentially looks like a panther with a few slightly humanoid facial features.

Mm, the biggest thing is fighting my apathy as I stare at the page. I haven't wanted to draw. I just haven't cared. :sighs: Bad.

Lol, everything goes through phases like that, particularly digital I find. You have to keep working through it anyway to get to that point where you like it. Learning experience if nothing else.

I'll root around and see if I can find it. I think I lost that one though....

For posing?

Looks good for a rough pose there. I'll find you a better reference for Teridon's profile.

EDIT: Probably something similar to this:
http://www.stormmodels.com/mendetail...80&image=16320

Odd little factoid: Typically he doesn't actually sleep - doesn't need it. While they are both vampires, he is about 14k years older than she is. It is not uncommon at all for her to take the rest she needs against him while he simply watches her as she sleeps, running his fingers down her skin or through her hair to soothe away her nightmares.

With Yoki, you'll want to elongate her torso. She is very long and svelte. I don't mind the side of bewbs showing or anything, also. Have fun with their hair, too. xD Think Art Noveau, Rococo or Neo-Classical art. This is what happened when I went to the met and was drawing from the gorgeous Neo-Classical rooms they had set up. All the funky swooshes and whatnot in her hair.

:flops: Retail is hell... and I'm sad to come home to no responses in any of my threads and everyone I IM, regardless of status, seems to be away. .-. Not cool.

Hi *3*

I was cooking dinner. :gonk: :heart:

Anyway... Replying to wall of text powers, activate.

We Canadians like to keep things quiet. >O>; <O<; That's why you think we live in igloos. Isolation so we can plot world domination via Tim Hortons. I can't believe they just put one in Fort Knox. XDDDDD

Oh, I love to wear purples, browns, and greens year round. *3* But yes, this time of year is best for it. :drool: I just wish I had more. I've been buying a lot of brown clothes, lately. I like to accent the chocolate with something bright, like gold or blue, or even, dare I say it; pink.

I love coffee browns, too. :drool: <333

So, if he's a panther, what were his parents? >>; Since panthers don't really exist. XD; They would have either had to be jet black themselves, or jaguars? Though I think the same melanistic feature can happen in other large cats...? *checks wiki* Yep. ^^ As expected, mostly spotted cats, not counting all those hoaxes with black pumas/cougars that aren't real. I didn't know there was also white ones. o3o Regardless, he'd be really fun to paint, since detail shots would be able to show the slightest hint of other fur peeking through the 'spots' that don't really exist. XD http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi....de-nk0005.JPG Like this.

So just shut your mind off and do it? I experimented painting with wine the other day to dig myself out of a funk. It was really fun, but really messy. My room still smells of red wine. XD It was weird seeing it start blood red, turn pink on the paper, then dry an intensely deep indigo/violet.

*nodnod*

Navi: Wow, you work fast. x____x <3