About Me
Hello, person who clicked this link. I'm Shirley, and I'm an apprentice baker.
I also write and draw, having been trained in the latter formally for two years.
Most of my work is in monochrome with patches of colour in them.
When I paint seriously, I opt for watercolour finishes.
I'm not sure what my style is supposed to be defined as - originally I drew anime-esqly, but during my time in art school I was nagged at for two years, and the result is... this.
Checks on my twitter will reveal tons of crazy Jojo('s Bizzare Adventure)-esq anatomy doodles, but when I'm not busy being fabulous I do stuff like... this. Yeah.
I've been reading Smogon on and off for a while, and am a fan of THE SMOG (or at least, its entertainment section).
As such, I thought I'd start putting my art faculties to work, and what better than to contribute to Smogon?
Having gotten clearance from several members of the community about what's okay/ not okay to post, I shall now proceed to housekeep and update the thread, as promised.
About Contributing (Critique/ Art posts)
Having been formally trained during my short stint at school, I am very, very harsh with my critique.
Even if I give it in a civil manner it may end up deflating someone else who just wants to have fun, so as a general rule I refrain from giving critique unless I am asked for it, or the user tells me upfront that they don't give two hoots about what I have to say (in which case I can just say my mind).
I was famous for this in skoolz, so I suppose it carried over even after I left.
On a sidenote I DO love talking with others about art though, and not every single one of my replies would have an update/ picture with 'em, so I hope that's okay.
About Requests
I think I may be able to do a few from time to time (refer to "Annoying people over Twitter" in the lower sections of this post), but I can't guarantee anything.
Most of the time I already have projects of my own lined up, or a stupid idea in the wings (Apparently Reuniclus is my latest victim), so yeah. Feel free to ask though - I'll see what I can do.
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[POKEMON RELATED PIECES]
Prismatic Eevee Overdrive
This piece was the first colour piece I've done in a long time since my eventual, slow recovery from the tail end of 2011. To keep things simple, a series of traumatic events in my life took my drawing ability away wholesale, and it's taken me THIS long to recover. At least now that I can paint again we can all have more Flareon butts in the future. Speaking of that...
Flareon ('s Butt)
More or less still WIP, this was originally scheduled AFTER P.E.Overdrive was finished, as I did not want to paint Flareon's fluffiness without first re-establishing my paintin skillz (or lack thereof). Now that said piece is done I'll be working on this soon. As said in the initial rendition of this post, I mainly draw anthromorphic representations of Pokemon - While I can draw the mons themselves I am sadly not very interested in doing so. I may eventually do so as a companion piece to the anthromorphed work.
This will be the first in a series of 7 (+Sylveon, 8??) Posters and Mock CD covers - I've always wondered how anthromorphic Eeveelutions would look like if they were all in the musik industry. Yeah. Don't ask me how I came up with that. I don't know myself.
Reni-Reni: LAMENT CONFIGURATION
Am I the only one who thinks that Reuniclus' name is a failure of a pun and is ridiculously stupid to spell?
Hell, even if I am the only one who thinks so that matters little - I renamed her to RENI-RENI anyway. This little project started off chasing the coattails of the previous PRISMATIC EEVEE OVERDRIVE, and it seems like more of my colour faculties are back now. I mean, look at those giant paw arms.
Gonna stuff your face full of shadow_BALLS UGUU
On hindsight, that swimsuit was the most annoying thing to paint. Oh well. POSTMODERN COLOUR GRADATION END
PS: Shown in native 3000x4000 pixels for MAXIMUM GLORY. WA HA HA HA HA
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[NON-POKEMON PIECES]
PRisM Series
The original. Done more as a social statement as opposed to a series, it somehow sparked off a series.
The sequel. The funny red lines are Jojo sound effects.
What came after the sequel. Personally I love PRisM's horn things.
Another PRisM unit - I drew her for use as my 3DSXL cover image. I have yet to print it out, though.
The PRisM Series is an after-work mini-series by me, highlighting the odd travels of a space trucker who somehow got turned into a little girl, and now has to explore the wrecks of ancient ships in search of a similar artefact to turn himself back. Yeah. As with most of my monochrome works the PRisM series is meant to be rough, with odd splotches of colour here and there. It's mainly me cheating and creating instant areas of focus, but meh, let's not go there.
I love space opera as a genre, setting, and more or less anything - if I had enough time on my hands I'll end up drawing cyborg steelmons, and I don't think that's a very good thing.
Atelier Series Works
Merietta Muir, totally awesome shopkeeper that for some stupid reason isn't playable in Atelier Ayesha. MERIETTA, WHY?!
Mimi Houllier von Schwarzlang, of Atelier Meruru, although she first appeared in Atelier Totori. No, I'm not making that name up. It's real.
I love the Atelier series, having played from A9 (ManaKhemia) all the way to A14 (Atelier Ayesha). TBH the Atelier series only really took off with the advent of GUST somehow managing to hire Kishida Mel as the series artist, with his illustrations single-handedly defining an entire generation (A10-A13). Although I really like his colours the style gets old quickly - A14 brings something new to the table, but I suppose as long as I get to synthesize Uni bombs I'm not complaining.
The Mimi illustration (the one with the pointy stick) is what monochrome drawings of mine look like when properly cleaned up. For this reason, I don't bother cleaning up my monochromes up often.
Misc Works
Filia, Skullgirls, done as a present for a friend.
Cerebella, Skullgirls, done as a present for that same friend.
Cake-Cup-Tan, fanart done for Dan Kim @clonemanga. Stay based Dan.
Jojo-esq Mokou, done to annoy someone on twitter. I succeeded I think.
I occasionally draw Skullgirls and stuff like that - I have the relative misfortune of being acquainted with a few individuals who are crazy over it. I also annoy people with random crazy Jojo-esq doodles on Twitter to make them trip balls. Mainly because I can.
Having finally finished my housekeeping I think I shall give myself a pat on the back. I will mainly be updating the pokemanz section only, the rest of my stuff can be viewed on my DA.
You're also welcome to annoy me on twitter, and if I'm near my tablet (and not a mountain of dough) I may think up of something annoying to send your way.
Thanks for viewing.
I hope you have an above-average day.
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Hello, person who clicked this link. I'm Shirley, and I'm an apprentice baker.
I also write and draw, having been trained in the latter formally for two years.
Most of my work is in monochrome with patches of colour in them.
When I paint seriously, I opt for watercolour finishes.
I'm not sure what my style is supposed to be defined as - originally I drew anime-esqly, but during my time in art school I was nagged at for two years, and the result is... this.
Checks on my twitter will reveal tons of crazy Jojo('s Bizzare Adventure)-esq anatomy doodles, but when I'm not busy being fabulous I do stuff like... this. Yeah.
I've been reading Smogon on and off for a while, and am a fan of THE SMOG (or at least, its entertainment section).
As such, I thought I'd start putting my art faculties to work, and what better than to contribute to Smogon?
Having gotten clearance from several members of the community about what's okay/ not okay to post, I shall now proceed to housekeep and update the thread, as promised.
About Contributing (Critique/ Art posts)
Having been formally trained during my short stint at school, I am very, very harsh with my critique.
Even if I give it in a civil manner it may end up deflating someone else who just wants to have fun, so as a general rule I refrain from giving critique unless I am asked for it, or the user tells me upfront that they don't give two hoots about what I have to say (in which case I can just say my mind).
I was famous for this in skoolz, so I suppose it carried over even after I left.
On a sidenote I DO love talking with others about art though, and not every single one of my replies would have an update/ picture with 'em, so I hope that's okay.
About Requests
I think I may be able to do a few from time to time (refer to "Annoying people over Twitter" in the lower sections of this post), but I can't guarantee anything.
Most of the time I already have projects of my own lined up, or a stupid idea in the wings (Apparently Reuniclus is my latest victim), so yeah. Feel free to ask though - I'll see what I can do.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[POKEMON RELATED PIECES]
Prismatic Eevee Overdrive
This piece was the first colour piece I've done in a long time since my eventual, slow recovery from the tail end of 2011. To keep things simple, a series of traumatic events in my life took my drawing ability away wholesale, and it's taken me THIS long to recover. At least now that I can paint again we can all have more Flareon butts in the future. Speaking of that...
Flareon ('s Butt)
More or less still WIP, this was originally scheduled AFTER P.E.Overdrive was finished, as I did not want to paint Flareon's fluffiness without first re-establishing my paintin skillz (or lack thereof). Now that said piece is done I'll be working on this soon. As said in the initial rendition of this post, I mainly draw anthromorphic representations of Pokemon - While I can draw the mons themselves I am sadly not very interested in doing so. I may eventually do so as a companion piece to the anthromorphed work.
This will be the first in a series of 7 (+Sylveon, 8??) Posters and Mock CD covers - I've always wondered how anthromorphic Eeveelutions would look like if they were all in the musik industry. Yeah. Don't ask me how I came up with that. I don't know myself.
Reni-Reni: LAMENT CONFIGURATION
Am I the only one who thinks that Reuniclus' name is a failure of a pun and is ridiculously stupid to spell?
Hell, even if I am the only one who thinks so that matters little - I renamed her to RENI-RENI anyway. This little project started off chasing the coattails of the previous PRISMATIC EEVEE OVERDRIVE, and it seems like more of my colour faculties are back now. I mean, look at those giant paw arms.
Gonna stuff your face full of shadow_BALLS UGUU
On hindsight, that swimsuit was the most annoying thing to paint. Oh well. POSTMODERN COLOUR GRADATION END
PS: Shown in native 3000x4000 pixels for MAXIMUM GLORY. WA HA HA HA HA
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[NON-POKEMON PIECES]
PRisM Series
The original. Done more as a social statement as opposed to a series, it somehow sparked off a series.
The sequel. The funny red lines are Jojo sound effects.
What came after the sequel. Personally I love PRisM's horn things.
Another PRisM unit - I drew her for use as my 3DSXL cover image. I have yet to print it out, though.
The PRisM Series is an after-work mini-series by me, highlighting the odd travels of a space trucker who somehow got turned into a little girl, and now has to explore the wrecks of ancient ships in search of a similar artefact to turn himself back. Yeah. As with most of my monochrome works the PRisM series is meant to be rough, with odd splotches of colour here and there. It's mainly me cheating and creating instant areas of focus, but meh, let's not go there.
I love space opera as a genre, setting, and more or less anything - if I had enough time on my hands I'll end up drawing cyborg steelmons, and I don't think that's a very good thing.
Atelier Series Works
Merietta Muir, totally awesome shopkeeper that for some stupid reason isn't playable in Atelier Ayesha. MERIETTA, WHY?!
Mimi Houllier von Schwarzlang, of Atelier Meruru, although she first appeared in Atelier Totori. No, I'm not making that name up. It's real.
I love the Atelier series, having played from A9 (ManaKhemia) all the way to A14 (Atelier Ayesha). TBH the Atelier series only really took off with the advent of GUST somehow managing to hire Kishida Mel as the series artist, with his illustrations single-handedly defining an entire generation (A10-A13). Although I really like his colours the style gets old quickly - A14 brings something new to the table, but I suppose as long as I get to synthesize Uni bombs I'm not complaining.
The Mimi illustration (the one with the pointy stick) is what monochrome drawings of mine look like when properly cleaned up. For this reason, I don't bother cleaning up my monochromes up often.
Misc Works
Filia, Skullgirls, done as a present for a friend.
Cerebella, Skullgirls, done as a present for that same friend.
Cake-Cup-Tan, fanart done for Dan Kim @clonemanga. Stay based Dan.
Jojo-esq Mokou, done to annoy someone on twitter. I succeeded I think.
I occasionally draw Skullgirls and stuff like that - I have the relative misfortune of being acquainted with a few individuals who are crazy over it. I also annoy people with random crazy Jojo-esq doodles on Twitter to make them trip balls. Mainly because I can.
Having finally finished my housekeeping I think I shall give myself a pat on the back. I will mainly be updating the pokemanz section only, the rest of my stuff can be viewed on my DA.
You're also welcome to annoy me on twitter, and if I'm near my tablet (and not a mountain of dough) I may think up of something annoying to send your way.
Thanks for viewing.
I hope you have an above-average day.
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