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Refaal

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1157017997refaal_eiriko.jpg) (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/?action=view&current=1157017997refaal_eiriko.jpg)

I've been a fan of the artwork of Refaal (http://refaal.deviantart.com) for awhile now, and I think I first saw his work on the now defunct Wreck-Shop forums.  I just recently commissioned some artwork and the result was Akiko Daimon by Refaal (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-84296850) (if you're not familiar with the character, check out this journal entry (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/journal/17248084/)).

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_Akiko_Daimon_by_Refaal_by_elee0228.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-84296850)

I had no idea that he started doing a webcomic called Joe & Jane (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/) until I checked out his journal (http://refaal.deviantart.com/journal) and saw this deviation in his gallery (http://refaal.deviantart.com/art/She-s-always-right-84395002).  I've seriously damaged my reputation as an art-hunter for not finding this sooner!  He had plans for another comic called Alisya over at moonwarrior.net (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/) at some point, but it looks like that one is gone now.  This self-described 'wacky brazilian dude' deserves more attention from the community, and goshdarnit, I'm going to do my best to make sure he gets it!  He doesn't make it easy, since it's hard to find his work on the interweb.  Here's one of my favorite strips with the adorably massive Jane:

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/20080329015559_joejane-guns.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=9)

He's taken down the gallery at his FurAffinity page (http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/refaal/).  According to 'teh Reffy' it's because he's crazy and took it down in a fit of madness.  Seriously, though, he says he goes through periods of frustration about his art, and does things like that.  Luckily, he always comes back to us.  But it drives me crazy that he's constantly taking down things from his galleries because I'm always wondering about the stuff I might not have seen.  He also gave me permission to post some of his artwork, so here's stuff that you may have missed over at FurAffinity (http://www.furaffinity.net):

(http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1155832431refaal_e8f7fde5.jpg) (http://s14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/1155832431refaal_e8f7fde5.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1155833761refaal_2f668ac2.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/1155833761refaal_2f668ac2.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1155833891refaal_424bb52d.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/1155833891refaal_424bb52d.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1157502944refaal_peilai_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/1157502944refaal_peilai_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_1164721690refaal_usk-copy1.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/1164721690refaal_usk-copy1.jpg)

He had some stuff up at Storm-artists.net (http://refaal.storm-artists.net), but seems to have taken down the artwork there as well.  It's too bad, since I didn't have a chance to see it when it was there.  Luckily, his page at iScribble.net (http://www.iscribble.net/gallery/user_refaal.html) is still there.  Here's some stuff that used to be at DeviantArt (http://www.deviantart.com):

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_Untitled_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/Untitled_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_Upward_Motion_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/Upward_Motion_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/th_Chibi_Chun_Li_by_refaal.jpg) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/Chibi_Chun_Li_by_refaal.jpg)

Oh, and Refaal asked me to mention how funny, smart and cute he is.  That's not my bag, but if you're a smart, sexy, strong girl, Refaal's your man.

Journal Entry (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/journal/18316488/) | Archive (http://amaz0ns.com/option,com_smf/Itemid,135/topic,1699.0/)

Thanks for the post.  I've always been a big fan of Refaal's work and wish he posted much, musch more!
 ;D

Great stuff!

Thank you for sharing them!

Tschuss!
Hunter

elee, what happened with  AnoniB gallery? :'(

These are neat. That 3rd strip is cute, but the pun is a groaner.  :P   Thanks for bringing these to our attention.

You mean http://www.anonib.com/_muscular?  They have the story here:
http://www.anonib.com/wherewasanonib/

Yup, since I didn't know about the comic, I figured most people wouldn't either.

New strip out today (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=20):

(http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/3401/20080516022957joejanepmxr4.th.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=20)

Great profile of a great artist. 8)

Posted a series of sketches leading up to this final version (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-84296850) in my scraps section (Sketch 1 (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-1-86006010), Sketch 2 (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-2-86006123), Sketch 3 (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-3-86006157), Sketch 4 (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-4-86006203), Sketch 5 (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-5-86006266), ).

(http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_akiko_by_refaal_take1.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-1-86006010) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_akiko_by_refaal_take2.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-2-86006123) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_akiko_by_refaal_take3.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-3-86006157) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_akiko-take-4.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-4-86006203) (http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a302/elee0228/commissions/th_akiko-take-5.jpg) (http://elee0228.deviantart.com/art/Akiko-Daimon-by-Refaal-Scr-5-86006266)

As a guy who loves girls in cute, stompy Doc Martens, there are two great things about this image other than her muscles. 8)

Regarding Anonib...

Could you please just tell use what happened next time, or give a NSFW, instead of linking to a site suspected of illegal activities!  Just being a little paranoid, but the whole thing gives me the creeps!

Yuck - I just read about the site that was closed-down. >:(
Why does that filth get everywhere? :'(

Another new strip (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=21):

(http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/6641/20080520224616joejane31cb8.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=21)

It's not letting me see it . . .

It's working now.

(http://yupze.com/msn/images/stories/avatars/s9/EMOTICON%20BIG%20SMILE.gif)(http://yupze.com/msn/images/stories/avatars/s9/EMOTICON%20BIG%20SMILE.gif)(http://yupze.com/msn/images/stories/avatars/s9/EMOTICON%20BIG%20SMILE.gif)

(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/thumbnails/thumb_20080426005733_joe&jane-strings.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=12)


LOOOOOOOOOOOL

New one posted on June 1:

(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/thumbnails/thumb_20080428000342_joe&jane-paradox.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=14)

I love seeing the process of sketches. These are looking good.

New strip today.  I don't quite understand it...

(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/thumbnails/thumb_20080428003226_joe&jane-bulking-up.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=15)

Assassin Hampsters!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Awww yeah...

My guess: someone probably made a comment about "gaining weight," the guy is running away in terror/despair, and misses her saying that the comment was supposed to mean "bulking up" rather than, say, getting fat.
Either way, the series is cute...thanks for posting the continuing updates for us.

/me smacks elee0228 with a big fish.

;__;


New Strip:


(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/images/20080618212444_joe&jane-3-hot.png) (http://"http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php")

Take comfort in the fact that the Assassin Hamster is T-SHIRT GOLD.

 :D I love the strips! Positively hilarous...  ;D

More new strips:

(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/thumbnails/thumb_20080624234647_joe&jane-fitness-2-women-lifting.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=24)

(http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/thumbnails/thumb_20080613193320_joe&jane-diet.png) (http://refaal.moonwarrior.com/joeandjane/index.php?showimage=22)

Refaal just announced (http://refaal.deviantart.com/art/Joes-Profile-93942959) he launched a new website for Joe & Jane comics (http://www.joeandjanecomics.com).  Here's some that are missing from the old site:

(http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/comics%20rss/2008-08-01-Piercing-Eyes.png) (http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/?p=19)
(http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/comics%20rss/2008-07-27-Introducing%20Moscoso.png) (http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/?p=18)

New strips:

(http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/comics%20rss/2008-08-18-Call%20You.png) (http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/?p=65)

(http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/comics%20rss/2008-08-11-Set.png) (http://www.joeandjanecomics.com/?p=64)