Haha! I laughed pretty good when I read this. Thanks!
--JMH
--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Andrew Greene" <blaze@...> wrote:
>
> I dunno, if I saw a guy with an eyepatch, a peg leg, a hook, and missing
> teeth, I'd sort of question his fighting technique. You know why a pirate
> with a hook also has an eyepatch? He forgets and tries to rub his eyes when
> he wakes up.
>
>
>
> From: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of jmhcustomart2004
> Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 12:30 AM
> To: SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [SkunkworksAMA] Re: Ah...Soooo...Whiskers.
>
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>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:SkunkworksAMA%40yahoogroups.com> , "inkwell_01" <inkwell_01_at_>
> wrote:
> > Heh, on the surface, seems like it, but pirates
> > need to be visually feared, which means your
> > facing one crazy dude: You'll do anything he
> > commands.
>
> If I saw some dude coming after me and making threats to kick my ass, and he
> was saying all this while sporting a pegleg, a hook for a hand, missing
> teeth, and an eyepatch, I would think he'd be enough of a bad-ass to carry
> through with his threat. No need to light the moustache on fire. :D
>
> >
> > Question is: Do the whiskers grow back!
>
> Yeah. But I bet that'd hurt like a mother if one was to have those things
> "waxed" off their snout...
>
> > But no colored whiskers...sigh...sounds like
> > they still have a long way to go....
>
> No, I don't think they'd bother with so many of the pointless things that
> our species seems to concern itself with. Maybe _we_ are the ones who need
> to catch up? ;)
>
> >
> > I like the new Onyx sketch. The muzzle, (lower
> > right), looks very good. Your getting good with
> > those realistic noses, (lots of practice time?)
> > The whiskers adds to her outgoing personality -
> > (she looks like she's gonna have some fun.) The
> > thicker neck is good as well. Over all character
> > balance is good, (watch the eye highlights -
> > same o'clock angle. I know, it's a sketch.)
>
> Oh, yeah, it's just a quick pencil sketch. I think I spent about 20-30
> minutes on the whole thing, if that. Some of the details and stuff I do with
> my mainstream artwork will be incorporated into my anthro stuff, which is
> also part of the reason why the style has changed so much.
>
> I really want to use the different species' natural forms to express their
> emotions. Whereas humans use mostly facial expressions, these critters would
> have tails, body language, ears, facial expressions, and whiskers, which
> could all be used to convey their emotional state. It'll be more fun to use
> their "alien" attributes to try to recreate human emotions, rather than just
> have them use the typical human expressions. And no, I'm not going to draw
> that stupid anime shit with the big drop of water next to the head, or the
> plus sign on the temple, or any other example where an action or emotion has
> to be written down next to the picture because the drawing itself doesn't
> convey the emotion desired.
>
> >
> > The long fur "wet look" is fine from my view.
> > Waiting to see what the inked refined version
> > will be.
>
> The inked version is much smoother and silkier looking. Nowhere near as
> ragged as the sketches.
>
> >
> > Wear out those pencil points...they deserve it;
> > All pencil points do.
>
> Just bought another pack of them 2 days ago. Going through those things
> faster than Ivory goes through her "customers". Which reminds me, I need to
> get that damn site updated! Keep forgetting to do that...
>
> >
> > 100% Anime free... [Someone still doesn't like
> > Anime...]
> >
>
> Not really, no. It's too limiting. It's sorta like the modern day
> Hanna-Barbera. I cannot fathom the attraction to it, other than it's
> simplicity to draw and uncanny resemblance to so many other anime-styled
> things. I honestly can't tell them apart. But then, I'm just old-fashioned.
> What do I know?
>
> --JMH
>
Received on Sun Aug 23 2009 - 22:31:50 CDT