[David C. Matthews]

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It's "Teen She-Hulk"! ;D

[David C. Matthews]

Damn, I knew it, but I didn't know how to write it ^^' I used logic instead of dictionary and here we go -,-'

Don't sweat it, Kinsblood, I was just making a joke. The proper plural of "mouse" is "mice". I suppose my attempt at humor went over the heads of those who never watched 1960's era Hanna-Barbera shows like "Huckleberry Hound" during which the "Pixie and Dixie" cartoons were featured.

And using logic to determine what's proper English won't always work. I love my native language, but one of the reasons why it's one of the most difficult languages to learn is because of the many exceptions to its rules (the plural of "house" is "houses" but the plural of "mouse" is "mice"? go figure).

[David C. Matthews]

I'm never tired of your cartoon mouses =] That's a cute one 😀

Tsk tsk… such poor English. Everyone who grew up watching "Pixie and Dixie" on TV knows that the plural of "mouse" is "meeces!"  😀 (As in Mr. Jinks' line "I hates meeces to pieces!")

BTW, nice work, Red!

[David C. Matthews]

Ooh, an ironic thought: what if that was some sort of FMG formula in that bottle… and she doesn't need it now!

[David C. Matthews]

Day 2, cont'd:

Had a couple of inspirations about the drawing, so I decided to try them out:

1) I decided that Tetsuko's chest (not breasts) wasn't big, or maybe I should say deep, enough, so I enlarged it a bit.

(I tried like hell to get this version posted, but for some reason the image won't show up, no matter how many times I typed the URL correctly. And yes, the file is on the server.)

2) Then, I had the idea that putting Tetsuko's arms folded behind her head might show off her arms to better advantage, without looking like she's trying to "show off":

Now, the cool part is that each of these iterations of Tetsuko exists on a separate layer in the Photoshop file, so that if I want to "undo" one or both of these changes (say, I decide that her chest is now too big but I want to keep the arms behind her head), making the changes won't involve redrawing the entire figure. I love digital art!

So I'm going to leave this drawing alone overnight; and then, if I still like what I see tomorrow, then the "inking" phase begins.

JD: Yes, her bikini strap is untied… which means she'd better be reeeaaaal careful how she gets up.  8) As for what Sonya's reading and drinking: all in good time… ;D

khuddle: Unfortunately I can't say when the next bit of "Contest Jitters" is coming. Sometimes I forget that Satin has her fans too.

[David C. Matthews]

Day 2:

From here on, everything will be done digitally, using a Wacom Intuos tablet, Corel Painter, and Photoshop.

In Photoshop, I increased the canvas size to 2500 by 1600 pixels to give me more room for manipulating the figures. I used the lasso tool to select the figures of Tetsuko and Sonya (individually) and cut them onto separate layers so that each figure can be manipulated without affecting the other.

Then, using lasso again, I selected the parts of Tetsuko's figure that were giving me proportion problems and used Free Transform to resize, stretch and/or distort each part as necessary, until I was at least happier with the result.

I brought the file into Painter so I could use their Pencil brush to refine the linework a little more. And I added the pole of an umbrella. (Okay, I'm cheating a bit on the umbrella. I was originally going to do one leaning to one side, but then I realized I'd save myself a lot of work by using a standing one that conveniently rises out of the frame.)

I also rearranged the composition a bit; I'm much happier with this.

Here's the result of the past hour or so of work:

More to come!

[David C. Matthews]

I'm falling down on the job.  I usually try to write a post for this forum after updating my blog, but the past few times I've just been so relieved to get the update done that I forget to post here.

So thanks, AlexG!

(Heck, I just now remembered that I haven't posted here about Maxwell Madd and his Wrestling Women! #2 now being available at my site.)

[David C. Matthews]

original character by DCM.^^ hope he like it!

I do like it… the face especially.  And I'm flattered that you seem to like the character enough to draw her.

Plus also, welcome to Amaz0ns!

[David C. Matthews]

To quote Strong Bad: "Now that's what I'm talkin' about! That was amazing! I mean you—… I—… I can't b—… Chi-g-d-b … He—g … I'm buyin' you a pizza!"

(you can hear him say it at the end of this cartoon.)

[David C. Matthews]

Anyway, this animation is pretty professional anime-style stuff – give it a try!

I'll say!! the fire and smoke effects are especially impressive!

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