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Look! It's Kidd!

What is a Kidd? (Other than a little baby goat?)

It's :icony2jenn:'s personal character thingy! And, having run back into jenn after forever, I felt obliged to finally try my hand at her. Finally.

I have no reasoning and a full understanding that it's not the BEST representation of a character I've ever done (see what she's supposed to look like here: [link] ). Hell, I almost feel bad about not having a cartoony enough style to do her justice :P But still. It's the thought that counts in gifts, yes? Yes. :P

Jenn's one of the niftier people I've come across in my years of net surfing artistry. Go visit her. Enjoy the abundant sillyness. Have a hoot!

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On a more technical note:

2B pencil, Windsor & Newton India Ink and Micron Pens.

Photoshop and Painter.

And, like, a bajillion precursor sketches to finally decide I had no idea what I was drawing, or how to draw Kidd and to just wing it and let whatever happened, happen. ;)

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Oh. Right. Hit download for a rather larger version where more of the details are apparent.

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:iconalmightybob42:
looks great... but the shading on the chest... looks like you need to add more depth or something, it almost looks like you left it blank.

but that's just me.

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"The difference between me and a madman is the madman thinks that he is sane. I know that I am mad."- Salvador Dalí
"I'm in the Mystress' harem and it hurts so good!" [link]
Dig It: [link]
:icony2jenn:
Oh my... I just don't know what to say. This is so beautiful! You nailed her personality down flat! Her mischievousness, her class... it's all there, from the gorgeous lines to the colors. It's all so very her. The background! I can't stop staring at the background! I have to keep scrolling up away from this comment to just soak some more of it in! Every tiny detail about this suits her. And it's a technically brilliant piece as well! LOVE the border and of course your lines and the composition. This was such a wonderful surprise. Thank you so much, Mike. :cuddle:

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♫ "I'm sorry 'bout the attitude I need to give when I'm with you, but no one else would take this shit from me."

Torn Comics
:iconmijka:
Thanks!

As for the chest, there were two reasons for that, actually. I was originally tempted to leave it a flat cream white. A contrast of styles, as well as darkness and colors. My nit-pickyness eventually got the better of me and I ended up layering up from blue, to pink to through on to white though. I still tried to keep a general contrast up though.

Also, I work with my monitor calibrated to AdobeRGB standards, so I'm a bit darker than your run of the mill tft these days. That, again, is twofold. I print with an AdobeRGB standard, so it keeps up a steady line throughout my work and it makes things look a liiiittle better on the CRTs still floating around out there.

So, while I really, really do get what you're saying, it was purposeful! :)

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Murphy was right.
:iconviper13:
You have no idea how perfectly you pulled this off. Wow dude. I've always liked drawings with the pure white parts with no detail, that's really one of my favorite parts about this, well done sir. Well done.

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When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one
individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is an idiot.
:iconmijka:
See? Now I'm just smiling all happy like :D

Honestly, your liking it made my day! Well, evening. ...no, night. But STILL! :D

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Murphy was right.
:iconmijka:
:dance: :dance: :dance: revolution!

You have -no- idea how I angsted over this piece :P

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Murphy was right.
:iconalmightybob42:
ok... so let me get what you're saying:

it looks darker on ur monitor than mine b/c of the resolution, correct?
:lol:
if that's the case, then yeah, looks great! hahaha
aaah... resolutions can be a bitch sometimes.

--
"The difference between me and a madman is the madman thinks that he is sane. I know that I am mad."- Salvador Dalí
"I'm in the Mystress' harem and it hurts so good!" [link]
Dig It: [link]
:iconalmightybob42:
you know what i think it might be?
there's no DETAIL to it, no folds, no indentations or anything, it look really smooth for a curvy area like that, and that particular style of coloring... it just looks like there needs to be something there.
but it looks great nonetheless!

--
"The difference between me and a madman is the madman thinks that he is sane. I know that I am mad."- Salvador Dalí
"I'm in the Mystress' harem and it hurts so good!" [link]
Dig It: [link]
:iconviper13:
You rocked it brother.

--
When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one
individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is an idiot.

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