thegaystarfish fanart!

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

You guys! You guyyyyys. Check out quimvaa's fanart she did for Book Two, which you can see here (the third picture in the post). Frank/Gerard, safe for work.

It is amazing! She has the coolest style ever! I CAN'T STOP STARING AT THEIR HANDS. Anyway, go check it out! Ahhh, seriously, I am so happy, fanart is so A+ awesome. ♥




(status update: last chapter is penciled but inking is taking forever. SOMEONE COME HELP ME INK. :|)

Comments

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww! :( But it's always worth it in the end. Sorry for the endless barrage of questions, but when you ink...is it just pen, or like sumi or I'm shutting up now? :P

I wish I could help, but alas, I have too much on my plate with university.

[theopteryx.livejournal.com]

Haha, it's not a problem! I love drawing the comic, so it's not a big deal, it just takes up a lot of time and when RL is crazy it's hard to get back into the comic ~headspace. But it's fun, and I really love doing it.

I love hearing what other artists use! I think it is very interesting. I use either Micron drawing pens or Prismacolor pigment pens (depending what I can actually find that still has ink in it) for the characters and speech bubbles, and Faber-Castell brush pens for coloring in their hair and any shadows or whatever, and for darkening the panel borders.

I like using traditional india ink on my own time, when I'm painting or drawing, or whatever, but I find it a little unwieldy for something like this, especially since I'm drawing on regular computer paper so I don't have a lot of room to work on the tiny details with something like a brush. And it also takes a much longer time to do, even though it's really fun.

[xhearrt.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I kind of fail when it comes to being savvy with art supplies. My art teacher today was just like, "Yah, I have TWO DOZEN pencils at home. I can describe each one to you in detail - the difference...blahblahblah... Get familiar with your medium," and stuff like that. :x

I'm excited for future classes because we'll eventually move on to sumi/india ink. :D