The Big "Ballpoint Pen Sketches" Entry
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petite_madameThe Big "Ballpoint Pen Sketches" Entry
Some people run every day, some people go to the swimming pool everyday, some people sketch everyday. (I let you guess in what category I'm in
). I sketch very, very often. Everything. From Coca-Cola cans to cats to TV show characters. Here is a small part of what I drew in the last 2-3 months. Contrary to last post, I managed to scan my sketchbooks (I almost sat on the scan....). I just added a light gray texture because bizarrely, the details of the ballpoint pen were less visible with a white background.
Part 1 - Prompts from friends
I asked some fandom friends to prompt me with various ideas. Sketching is good but if you can sketch for your friends, it's even better. The only conditions were:
* the characters had to be from Supernatural, Sherlock or The Avengers.
* no more than two characters in the picture.
Here is everything I drew. I must admit that, as the following sketches weren't for me, I added more details than usual. I also spent more time on them.
1) Prompt: "I would really like to see Cas getting a hug from Sam. ;) "
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This one was one of the easiest. The pose is simple and the faces are quite big (around 12 cm each - a bit more than 2 inches), which makes them easier to draw compared to smaller faces. I could really have fun with details like Sam's hair and teeth and Cas' stubble.
2) Prompt: "Romantic or cute idea...Something along the lines of chopsticks, Asian food and Dean and Sam or Jared and Jensen or whoever you like from Sherlock or Avengers. Not necessarily a pair either. Maybe just one character if that's easier."
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This prompt really made me laugh because I am known for my gore and dark art so having someone asking me to draw a super cute scene was really awesome. I see it much more as a J2 art but I guess that it can be interpreted as a Sam/Dean too. Whatever floats your boat!
Some people run every day, some people go to the swimming pool everyday, some people sketch everyday. (I let you guess in what category I'm in
). I sketch very, very often. Everything. From Coca-Cola cans to cats to TV show characters. Here is a small part of what I drew in the last 2-3 months. Contrary to last post, I managed to scan my sketchbooks (I almost sat on the scan....). I just added a light gray texture because bizarrely, the details of the ballpoint pen were less visible with a white background. Part 1 - Prompts from friends
I asked some fandom friends to prompt me with various ideas. Sketching is good but if you can sketch for your friends, it's even better. The only conditions were:
* the characters had to be from Supernatural, Sherlock or The Avengers.
* no more than two characters in the picture.
Here is everything I drew. I must admit that, as the following sketches weren't for me, I added more details than usual. I also spent more time on them.
1) Prompt: "I would really like to see Cas getting a hug from Sam. ;) "
FULL SIZE HERE
This one was one of the easiest. The pose is simple and the faces are quite big (around 12 cm each - a bit more than 2 inches), which makes them easier to draw compared to smaller faces. I could really have fun with details like Sam's hair and teeth and Cas' stubble.
2) Prompt: "Romantic or cute idea...Something along the lines of chopsticks, Asian food and Dean and Sam or Jared and Jensen or whoever you like from Sherlock or Avengers. Not necessarily a pair either. Maybe just one character if that's easier."
FULL SIZE HERE
This prompt really made me laugh because I am known for my gore and dark art so having someone asking me to draw a super cute scene was really awesome. I see it much more as a J2 art but I guess that it can be interpreted as a Sam/Dean too. Whatever floats your boat!
3) Prompt: "Sam/Dean. Can I request the boys doing something completely normal, not hunting related (watching a movie together, having dinner together, sharing a drink at the side of the road in the middle of the day.)"
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This one was difficult, probably the most difficult of the series. I am going to be frank, I am not good at drawing mechas and drawing the Impala with an open hood was a challenge. I took as a reference some screen shots from Supernatural (of course) but also a promo picture from the movie Drive with Ryan Gosling. It helped a lot.
4) Prompt: "Inspired by a fic I wrote. Young Jays transferring cigarette one to other"
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In the series, "that's exactly what my friend wanted but I didn't do it on purpose", here are the boys smoking together. From the reference picture my friend sent me for the sketch, I thought at the start she wanted something with J2 as the bad boys of their school, the kind of guys who smoke to look cool in front of their friends. I had no description of the fic whatsoever and I couldn't read it either because it was in Russian. I improvised and I ended up with something a bit schmoopy. I was afraid my friend would find it too cute but apparently, no, it was exactly what she had in mind. What can I say? I'm relieved!
5) Prompt: "I think I would love to see you try your hand at some schmooptastic domestic Sherlock. I am picturing Holmes and Watson sharing a blanket and drinking tea. "
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The great question about this one was: "wallpaper or not wallpaper?". If you are a fan of Sherlock, you certainly noticed the horrible wallpaper of Sherlock and John's flat. I wanted to reproduce it but I finally stepped back because it would have been too much and the two characters would have become invisible, lost in the amount of details. So much for the wallpaper!
6) Prompt: "Captain American, with a few bruises and wearing the lovely short sleeved shirt he has on when practicing boxing...maybe include on the shirt a little logo that is the same design as his shield. ^^
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This prompt made me smile from ear to ear. Chris Evans. With a tight t-shirt. Boxing. Nothing more to add!
This one was the first one I drew. I didn't include the logo on the shirt because there was already enough details in the picture.
Part 2 - Prompts from Tumblr
As if asking fandom friends wasn't enough, I asked anons on Tumblr to prompt me too. I found around 16 prompts in my inbox and only kept two (some where very close to what you can see above or to things I already drew). There was a lot of Thor/Loki too but as I wasn't interested in this pairing I focused on the things I loved.
1) Prompt: "Jensen meeting his evil doppleganger"
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I must admit I reinterpreted the prompt and that I adapted it a bit. I don't know why I saw this prompt much more as Jensen having out with his evil twin brother. Don't ask. Just don't.
2) Prompt: "What about skulls? Animal skulls?"
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This one is original. I love drawing skulls. I draw them quite often so I was very excited about this prompt. Because I like complex drawings, I added a distortion effect as if the scene was seen through a crystal ball.
Part 3 - Random sketches
I also draw for myself a lot of random fandom stuffs. Here is a small selection
1) Sketches for the Paris Apocalypse Convention
FULL SIZE : MARK - RICHARD - SEBASTIAN
On June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, I had the chance to go to the Paris Apocalypse Con where Mark Sheppard (Crowley), Richard Speight Jr (Gabriel) and Sebastian Roché (Balthazar) were the main guests. I thought that you could only give official photos provided by the con staff for the actors to sign but...no! Thanks to some great ladies I met there, I learned that drawings/art were allowed. Only printed photos from the Internet were forbidden. I fixed VERY quickly 3 sketches when I came back home after the first day. I drew from 10:00pm to 2:00 am. Unfortunately, I was too tired to draw something for the 4th guest, Chad Lindberg. I had to wake up at 5:30am to be there at 8:30 so no way I would stay up longer to sketch something. I'm sorry, I had to take photos for those ones: they were too difficult to scan and the autographs weren't visible because the actors used a kind of silver marker to sign my art.
2) Androgynous Sam
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I recently fell in love with the fic Silk by![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
minchout written for the latest round of ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
spnspringfling. From the moment I read it, I knew I wanted to draw this androgynous version of Sam and more particularly the following sentence: “His jeans were skin tight, tucked into a pair of calf-high black boots, laced halfway up, and he wore a slouchy sweater half hanging off one shoulder, his duffel slung over the other. His hair was half up in a messy knot at the back of his head. A cigarette dangled from his lips”. I asked the permission to the author and minchout kindly accepted! I hope to draw a color version of another scene in August but first, I have to finish working on my spn_j2_bigbang.
3) Man's best friend
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I am a cat person but sometimes, very rarely, I find dogs cute too. I found on Tumblr a photo of a dog "smiling" while watching out of a car window (and I lost the original pic. If someone has a link, I would appreciate). I've been wanting to draw Jared with a dog for a long time and I thought that this precise dog was perfect. He looks completely stupid but so happy. I couldn't resist!
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The Ballpoint Pen Entry Trivia
1) Tools of the trade
- Ballpoint pens (BIC pointe fine). I usually use two ballpoint pens. One new (= full of ink) for the outlines and dark shading and one old (= with not a lot of ink left) for the small details and lighter areas.
- A blue watercolor pencil for construction lines.
- A BIC mechanical pencil (Bic Matic, 0.7mm), also for the construction lines.
- An Staedtler eraser.
- Sketchbooks. I am not picky but I must admit I prefer when the paper is thick so I tend to choose sketchbooks with a 80g (or higher) type of paper. I prefer sketchbooks with a metal spiral binding. The big drawback is that it's a pain in the ass to scan but I feel more comfortable with this kind of sketchbooks. Sometimes, it's not even a sketchbook per say. I use photo albums. They are great too!
- Scanning and picture enhancing: I use a Canon scan and scan in 300 ppp. Then I open the picture in Photoshop and darken the picture with the Levels Tool. I add a light gray texture with a layer set to Multiply.
Fail?
It happens! I had a lot of problems with the "J2 smoking together" art. I screwed up Jared's face. The likeness was off so I decided to start from scratch. Here's the first version (just a photo, I didn't have the occasion to scan it).
How long does it take for a sketch?
That's a very tough question. I can't tell precisely. Maybe two hours, two hours and an half per sketch. The problem is that I don't sketch in a continuous way. I sketch, then I stop, I go to the kitchen to eat something, I come back, sketch, go to watch some tv, come back, etc...I always have problems answering this question. It takes time, yes but how long does it takes... I have no idea! What is sure is that some sketches take more time than others. For example, the one of Sam & Dean drinking on the edge of the road took maybe 3 hours because I had to draw 2 characters + the Impala with the hood open.
Voilà!!!!!! That's it!!
I'm sorry for the rambling.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate!
FULL SIZE HERE
This one was difficult, probably the most difficult of the series. I am going to be frank, I am not good at drawing mechas and drawing the Impala with an open hood was a challenge. I took as a reference some screen shots from Supernatural (of course) but also a promo picture from the movie Drive with Ryan Gosling. It helped a lot.
4) Prompt: "Inspired by a fic I wrote. Young Jays transferring cigarette one to other"
FULL SIZE HERE
In the series, "that's exactly what my friend wanted but I didn't do it on purpose", here are the boys smoking together. From the reference picture my friend sent me for the sketch, I thought at the start she wanted something with J2 as the bad boys of their school, the kind of guys who smoke to look cool in front of their friends. I had no description of the fic whatsoever and I couldn't read it either because it was in Russian. I improvised and I ended up with something a bit schmoopy. I was afraid my friend would find it too cute but apparently, no, it was exactly what she had in mind. What can I say? I'm relieved!
5) Prompt: "I think I would love to see you try your hand at some schmooptastic domestic Sherlock. I am picturing Holmes and Watson sharing a blanket and drinking tea. "
FULL SIZE HERE
The great question about this one was: "wallpaper or not wallpaper?". If you are a fan of Sherlock, you certainly noticed the horrible wallpaper of Sherlock and John's flat. I wanted to reproduce it but I finally stepped back because it would have been too much and the two characters would have become invisible, lost in the amount of details. So much for the wallpaper!
6) Prompt: "Captain American, with a few bruises and wearing the lovely short sleeved shirt he has on when practicing boxing...maybe include on the shirt a little logo that is the same design as his shield. ^^
FULL SIZE HERE
This prompt made me smile from ear to ear. Chris Evans. With a tight t-shirt. Boxing. Nothing more to add!
This one was the first one I drew. I didn't include the logo on the shirt because there was already enough details in the picture.Part 2 - Prompts from Tumblr
As if asking fandom friends wasn't enough, I asked anons on Tumblr to prompt me too. I found around 16 prompts in my inbox and only kept two (some where very close to what you can see above or to things I already drew). There was a lot of Thor/Loki too but as I wasn't interested in this pairing I focused on the things I loved.
1) Prompt: "Jensen meeting his evil doppleganger"
FULL SIZE HERE
I must admit I reinterpreted the prompt and that I adapted it a bit. I don't know why I saw this prompt much more as Jensen having out with his evil twin brother. Don't ask. Just don't.
2) Prompt: "What about skulls? Animal skulls?"
FULL SIZE HERE
This one is original. I love drawing skulls. I draw them quite often so I was very excited about this prompt. Because I like complex drawings, I added a distortion effect as if the scene was seen through a crystal ball.
Part 3 - Random sketches
I also draw for myself a lot of random fandom stuffs. Here is a small selection
1) Sketches for the Paris Apocalypse Convention
FULL SIZE : MARK - RICHARD - SEBASTIAN
On June 1st, 2nd and 3rd, I had the chance to go to the Paris Apocalypse Con where Mark Sheppard (Crowley), Richard Speight Jr (Gabriel) and Sebastian Roché (Balthazar) were the main guests. I thought that you could only give official photos provided by the con staff for the actors to sign but...no! Thanks to some great ladies I met there, I learned that drawings/art were allowed. Only printed photos from the Internet were forbidden. I fixed VERY quickly 3 sketches when I came back home after the first day. I drew from 10:00pm to 2:00 am. Unfortunately, I was too tired to draw something for the 4th guest, Chad Lindberg. I had to wake up at 5:30am to be there at 8:30 so no way I would stay up longer to sketch something. I'm sorry, I had to take photos for those ones: they were too difficult to scan and the autographs weren't visible because the actors used a kind of silver marker to sign my art.
2) Androgynous Sam
FULL SIZE HERE
I recently fell in love with the fic Silk by
minchout written for the latest round of spnspringfling. From the moment I read it, I knew I wanted to draw this androgynous version of Sam and more particularly the following sentence: “His jeans were skin tight, tucked into a pair of calf-high black boots, laced halfway up, and he wore a slouchy sweater half hanging off one shoulder, his duffel slung over the other. His hair was half up in a messy knot at the back of his head. A cigarette dangled from his lips”. I asked the permission to the author and minchout kindly accepted! I hope to draw a color version of another scene in August but first, I have to finish working on my spn_j2_bigbang.3) Man's best friend
FULL SIZE HERE
I am a cat person but sometimes, very rarely, I find dogs cute too. I found on Tumblr a photo of a dog "smiling" while watching out of a car window (and I lost the original pic. If someone has a link, I would appreciate). I've been wanting to draw Jared with a dog for a long time and I thought that this precise dog was perfect. He looks completely stupid but so happy. I couldn't resist!
****
The Ballpoint Pen Entry Trivia
1) Tools of the trade
- Ballpoint pens (BIC pointe fine). I usually use two ballpoint pens. One new (= full of ink) for the outlines and dark shading and one old (= with not a lot of ink left) for the small details and lighter areas.
- A blue watercolor pencil for construction lines.
- A BIC mechanical pencil (Bic Matic, 0.7mm), also for the construction lines.
- An Staedtler eraser.
- Sketchbooks. I am not picky but I must admit I prefer when the paper is thick so I tend to choose sketchbooks with a 80g (or higher) type of paper. I prefer sketchbooks with a metal spiral binding. The big drawback is that it's a pain in the ass to scan but I feel more comfortable with this kind of sketchbooks. Sometimes, it's not even a sketchbook per say. I use photo albums. They are great too!
- Scanning and picture enhancing: I use a Canon scan and scan in 300 ppp. Then I open the picture in Photoshop and darken the picture with the Levels Tool. I add a light gray texture with a layer set to Multiply.
Fail?
It happens! I had a lot of problems with the "J2 smoking together" art. I screwed up Jared's face. The likeness was off so I decided to start from scratch. Here's the first version (just a photo, I didn't have the occasion to scan it).
How long does it take for a sketch?
That's a very tough question. I can't tell precisely. Maybe two hours, two hours and an half per sketch. The problem is that I don't sketch in a continuous way. I sketch, then I stop, I go to the kitchen to eat something, I come back, sketch, go to watch some tv, come back, etc...I always have problems answering this question. It takes time, yes but how long does it takes... I have no idea! What is sure is that some sketches take more time than others. For example, the one of Sam & Dean drinking on the edge of the road took maybe 3 hours because I had to draw 2 characters + the Impala with the hood open.
Voilà!!!!!! That's it!!
I'm sorry for the rambling.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate!
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Date: 2012-07-06 06:20 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-07 05:04 pm (UTC)I LOVE drawing the boys in different fashion. That's the problem with Spn: if you stick to canon, it's only big jackets and plaid shirts. The boys always have 10 layers of clothing so I like having fun in art and dress them differently :)
But you know, Richard's comment about my sketch is wrong because he's REALLY gorgeous IRL! I wasn't expecting that. Usually people look better on TV but not him! He look funny as the trickster but really charming and beautiful in person :D
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Date: 2012-07-06 07:20 am (UTC)Great to see the signed convention sketches <3 Thank you for sharing those.
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Date: 2012-07-07 05:01 pm (UTC)Glad you had the feeling to be in a candy store. When I edited the post, I was afraid it was too long with too many art. I know that people don't like scrolling a lot so I tried to make the "post surfing" as pleasant as possible.
Also the last two of Sam and Jared are brilliant :D
Call me nut but I drew the last one just because of the dog. His smile made me laugh far more than it should! Too bad I can't find the reference photo anymore because, OMG, this dog!! xD
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Date: 2012-07-07 04:52 pm (UTC)Glad you loved the doppelganger one!
Where do people drop prompts?
I contacted some friends by email for the most part. As far as the Tumblr prompts were concerned, I asked people to drop prompts in my Tumblr ask box. It only lasted a couple of hours because I had enough prompts. It was the first time I was doing something like this because usually, I never take requests or commissions.
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Date: 2012-07-06 08:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 11:28 am (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 08:48 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 10:53 am (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words ♥
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Date: 2012-07-08 06:05 pm (UTC)(I wasn't expecting it until next week),
You are right, I was planning to post it next week, on Tuesday or Wednesday because some sketches were unfinished/unscanned but I was able to find some time on my own to finally finish all these sketches! I couldn't wait to post all this! ♥
I have a soft spot for the doppelganger one
It was a great prompt! I twisted it a bit to have two different versions of Jensen, like one good and one evil but I had a lot of fun drawing it :)
I curse myself for not being able to draw
People can't be good at everything. Me, it's art. You, it's writing! I really, REALLY wish I could write but I suck at it even in my native language. BTW, talking about writing, what about your BB fic with Jensen dying, Did you post it yet? I really want to read it but I am a bit lost when it comes to BB these days :/
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Date: 2012-07-06 11:08 am (UTC)some people sketch everyday. (I let you guess in what category I'm in ). I sketch very, very often. Everything. From Coca-Cola cans to cats to TV show characters.
. . . and now I know how you got to be so damned good. &hearts Do you set daily sketch goals for yourself, or do you just draw whatever strikes your fancy?
Good to know that you use pencilled construction lines. :) I'd visualized you going from blank page to full ink in one stage. (I have no doubt that you CAN do it, though. No doubt whatsoever.)
My favorites?
- J2 eating Chinese takeout (definitely J2 -- there's a definite difference between Jensen and "Dean" and you've captured it like nobody's business.)
- Sam, Dean and the Impala. I know you said you're not good at drawing mecha, but this is wonderful. Brilliant. You've captured the guys and Baby -- perfectly.
- Jensen and his evil doppelganger. Mmmm. I love this SO much!
You and your work are awesome -- thanks so much for sharing!
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Date: 2012-07-06 06:06 pm (UTC)Do you set daily sketch goals for yourself, or do you just draw whatever strikes your fancy?
Huh..no, I don't set goals. This "one sketch a day" thing does no good to me. It becomes something mandatory (= like being at school) if I decide to sketch one sketch a day so I just draw what I want, when I want. Otherwise, there's no pleasure whatsoever. I draw a lot but only the things I like. I'm very jealous of people who can do those "30 days meme", though. You know like one sketch a day during one month with a new type of prompt everyday. I wish I could do this but I have zero patience. xD
I'd visualized you going from blank page to full ink in one stage.
HA! HA! No, no, no!! It's very flattering but unfortunately, I'm not Alan Lee. I need construction lines. And an eraser. And reference photos (or a live model). I really can't draw without any construction lines ^^
Thank you so much for your kind words about my sketches ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 05:37 pm (UTC)I'm very happy you enjoyed them so much! ^o^
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Date: 2012-07-06 12:36 pm (UTC)I bet the guys loved your sketches at the con! Too bad we couldn't meet :')
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Date: 2012-07-06 05:36 pm (UTC)I bet the guys loved your sketches at the con!
They did ^o^ Someone asked me the question on Tumblr a couple of days ago and I answered it here:
http://petite-madame.tumblr.com/post/26351181187/helloo-so-the-question-again-what-was-the-reactions
I was super happy about their feedback ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 01:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 05:32 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words about my sketches ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 01:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-06 05:31 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words about my sketches ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 06:07 pm (UTC)Can't stop staring at them.
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Date: 2012-07-07 04:34 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words about my sketches particularly about the Sherlock and Cas hug ones ♥
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Date: 2012-07-06 08:09 pm (UTC)My favorite is probably the one with the Impala, I really love both boys' poses and of course the Impala itself! Just wow!
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Date: 2012-07-07 04:46 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words about my sketches ♥
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Date: 2012-07-07 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-07 04:31 pm (UTC)Glad you loved the sketches so much :D
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Date: 2012-07-10 08:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 04:24 pm (UTC)Thank you so much for your kind words ^^
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Date: 2012-07-10 06:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-07-14 04:23 pm (UTC)The one with the Impala and the open hood drove me nuts. Cars are complicated to draw but old muscle cars with all the details, the particular structure, the lights, etc, are a real nightmare!! In addition, it was for a friend so it added some more pressure on my shoulders xD
I'm really glad you liked it! Thank you so much ^^
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Date: 2012-07-18 01:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-02 03:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-09 06:16 pm (UTC)Glad you enjoyed my work! I must admit that I am very productive ^^;; Don't hesitate to browse because I haven't updated my Art Master Post in a while :( *understatement*
I have a tumblr and a the art tag is full of other works if you want: http://petite-madame.tumblr.com/tagged/myart
Thanks a lot for your kind words ♥
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Date: 2012-10-09 08:59 pm (UTC)Love
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Date: 2012-10-13 08:21 pm (UTC)Je ne sais pas encore, ça va dépendre des invités. Si J2 vient, ok! Misha aussi, j'ai trop envie de le voir ♥
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Date: 2012-10-15 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-10-18 11:06 am (UTC)I'm very happy you enjoyed it and that you took the time to come here from Tumblr ^o^