~Miss Panda's Art Thread~

[Amissapanda]

Another piece from last year:

Disney style! I was attempting some different styles for the heck of it and had asked my tumblr buddies for some suggestions. Disney popped up numerous times, so I gave it a go. All in all, I was pretty happy with how it turned out for the first attempt at the style. And if nothing else, it's good practice to work outside of my normal limitations and bars. : )

This features my OTP from Princess Tutu, because I can never draw enough of them. Never.

 

[Shirohibiki]

whoa, youve improved so much!!! thats awesome to see! qvq
haha i love watching you draw your otp, it makes me happy that youre happy omg

 

[Hyoshido]

Lovely stuff as usual Amissa, Sorry I aint really been here but eh, I aint been feelin' too gravy and my recent attitude hasn't been too superb, I don't wanna say anything too stupid y'know

 

[Amissapanda]

whoa, youve improved so much!!! thats awesome to see! qvq
haha i love watching you draw your otp, it makes me happy that youre happy omg

Haha, I can't really say improvement is something I can determine when I'm working outside of my own style. I was trying hard to duplicate the Disney style, which is completely different from my own. I did use that style of coloring more back then, though. And I still like to use it from time to time.

I'm glad you enjoy the OTP stuff, since... well, I have tons of it. Lmfao. They never cease to inspiiiiire meeeee.

Lovely stuff as usual Amissa, Sorry I aint really been here but eh, I aint been feelin' too gravy and my recent attitude hasn't been too superb, I don't wanna say anything too stupid y'know

Thanks. And no worries, don't push yourself.

 

[pengutango]

...

Yeah, I don't miss that program at all. I'm glad Adobe decided to merge the programs in later releases of Photoshop. Makes life hella easier. Though, even though animations can be done in Photoshop now, there have been times I've done animations for someone's sig request and when I try and update it, it just won't cooperate and I have to do each frame individually. Definitely can be a pain if there's more than 10 frames... -____-

Very true on the limitations as well. It's not as noticeable if you have a small palette to begin with, but if you wanna add a rather colorful pic into a gif, you definitely can notice it. But, at least the option for animation is there, so it's better than nothing.

Haha, of course. :3 She and Willow are my favorite snooties, so I figured they'd be friends. If I could have more than 10 villagers in my town, I'd totally have both of them. However, since that's not the case, just have Willow. I love that fluffy, yellow sheep. <3

 

[Amissapanda]

Another piece to post tonight, because... why not?

This one is also a little old. I did it for the pairing week that I host each September, a couple years back. The theme was "Red" and I decided to draw my favorite couple as a pair of sophisticated vampires. (Don't ask how my mind works.)

I also consider this a sort-of example of my lineart. I did use some basic flat color in there, but you can see the lines pretty clearly. I don't really have many "just lineart" pieces that I can think of. I'm almost hardly ever happy to leave things as lines only.

 

[Ayaya]

Oh, that looks really nice! Your lineart looks smooth, something I still can't accomplish ;;
I think you've improved a lot in terms of anatomy too

 

[Amissapanda]

Yeah, I don't miss that program at all. I'm glad Adobe decided to merge the programs in later releases of Photoshop. Makes life hella easier. Though, even though animations can be done in Photoshop now, there have been times I've done animations for someone's sig request and when I try and update it, it just won't cooperate and I have to do each frame individually. Definitely can be a pain if there's more than 10 frames... -____-

Very true on the limitations as well. It's not as noticeable if you have a small palette to begin with, but if you wanna add a rather colorful pic into a gif, you definitely can notice it. But, at least the option for animation is there, so it's better than nothing.

Haha, of course. :3 She and Willow are my favorite snooties, so I figured they'd be friends. If I could have more than 10 villagers in my town, I'd totally have both of them. However, since that's not the case, just have Willow. I love that fluffy, yellow sheep. <3

Yeah, I guess back in the day, programs probably couldn't handle that much image-editing heavy things at once, so they had no choice but to split them. Sadly, I'm stuck with it. I tried Photoshop CS5 and it refuses to work with my tablet monitor. I used to do things completely by mouse on the computer, but after developing CTS, I can't possibly return to trying to do that. I'm really sad to find the limitations of what I bought, though. I at least knew beforehand that it didn't work with SAI, but since I was more used to Photoshop, I didn't think that would ultimately be an issue. Ah well. But yeah, the individual framing stuff SUUUUUCKS. I really wish I could just set them all to a default with the pauses between each frame, too, instead of setting each one separately. Soooo tedious.

While the limitations do get annoying sometimes, I guess I'm generally not a hard person to please, so I'm usually pretty happy with the result. And if worse comes to worst, I save the PDF files so I can always get the individual frames if I need them, instead. It works out, one way or another.

Aww that does sound really cute. The only ram I had in my town for a long while was Pietro. He was okay, but he kind of creeped me out. Hahaha. I'm not a fan of clowns. A friend of mine has (or had) Frita, but I think they really don't like her. I've heard good things about Muffy and Willow, though. I do have another snooty in my town, but I haven't really seen Maelle interact much with Diana.

Oh, that looks really nice! Your lineart looks smooth, something I still can't accomplish ;;
I think you've improved a lot in terms of anatomy too

Thank you! The only reason it looks smooth at all is because that lineart was done by hand with a pen. lol I can't accomplish the same effect trying to use a tablet to do lineart. Ends up looking jerky and taking forever and ever to smooth out with the eraser tool and then going back over and over the lines and erasing bits again and again until it looks somewhat presentable. I don't really feel that I've improved too much since then, but I appreciate your feedback just the same!

 

[Amissapanda]

Something Autumn-spirited that I did last year~

I love hand-holding. It's such an understated gesture that can mean so many things. In this case, it's a little more on the romantic side, though. I love pairings that have hand-holding significance, and this pair is definitely one of them. : )

I also had an affinity for doing these short little no-dialogue comics last year. It's interesting to get the simple story portrayed without words. I like making them, but they're time-consuming. lol

 

[Shirohibiki]

hOW GROSSLY CUTE OH NO

IM GETTING LIKE 500 CAVITIES RIP.........

oh my god i just adore your art so goddamn much im cry LOOK AT HOW CUTE THAT IS....

you are so good at comics <333 your paneling is great!! im so jelly omg. ahhh, i always love seeing your work :'D

 

[Amissapanda]

hOW GROSSLY CUTE OH NO

IM GETTING LIKE 500 CAVITIES RIP.........

oh my god i just adore your art so goddamn much im cry LOOK AT HOW CUTE THAT IS....

you are so good at comics <333 your paneling is great!! im so jelly omg. ahhh, i always love seeing your work :'D

Thanks a lot. I'm glad that you enjoyed the sappiness cuteness. I'm really not good at comics, though. Hahaha. I avoid doing backgrounds and difficult perspectives because they frustrate me to no end. I'd never be able to handle doing real comics or manga for that reason. But little 4-koma-ish/short stuff like this is different. I can make them simple or silly and get the point across quickly instead of trying to flesh a full story out.

Which isn't to say that I never tried bigger comics. I still have the first 20 pages or so of one I made in high school, which was really embarrassing and stupid. But I won't get into that.

Anyway, thanks for your support. It's always appreciated.

 

[Amissapanda]

I'm just gonna give this a sad 'lil bump tonight.

 

[Amissapanda]

Got a couple sketches of Beau and Cookie gijinkas done tonight. If all goes well, I'll hopefully get around to coloring them tomorrow. Pretty happy with how they turned out.

Also, this is random, but does someone edit tags on threads? (I'm assuming someone does, but I don't know if it's free-for-all or mods only or what.)

But...yeah. I swear "sugoi" and "amissa is hella rad" were not there when I made this. lol

Thanks for the tags, regardless. I did a double-take when I saw them.

 

[Hyoshido]

You'll never guess who did the "Amissa is hella rad" tag :^)

 

[Shirohibiki]

i dont remember if i added one or not omfg, "sugoi" has a chance of being me tho omg
omg cant wait to see beau hhh <u>

 

[Amissapanda]

You'll never guess who did the "Amissa is hella rad" tag :^)

Ahahaha. I'll take that as sarcastic and not literal. I mean, it couldn't possibly be YOU, am I right? But seriously, thanks. That's cute. I didn't even consider tags could be added by people other than the thread poster. (Although that worries me a little for other threads... ho boy. That sounds like something just aching to be abused.)

i dont remember if i added one or not omfg, "sugoi" has a chance of being me tho omg
omg cant wait to see beau hhh <u>

Haha, well, either way.

I actually didn't color anything yet today. It's been so cold and yucky that I've basically been wrapped up in a blanket all day. I'll try to get off my butt and scan them/do some coloring of them later, if I can find the motivation. Geh, motivation is just really hard to find on days like this, though. I'd have some caffeine, but I never drink that on nights where I have work the next day. :x Baaad idea. Wouldn't recommend.

 

[pengutango]

About the tags, anyone can add stuff to it and I've seen it first hand that it can AND will be abused (depending on the thread). Usually isn't a problem. I think people only put the crazier tags if the thread has a lot of conflict or something. Some people just add tags to be funny too.

Oh! Remember that Willow sketch you drew for me? I got around to coloring it and man... coloring with a mouse is SOOO painful. XD Considering as I'm used to a tablet now, even if I don't draw or color with it much. Of course, go fig that the stupid pen sensitivity wasn't cooperating that day.

I can totally post it here if you're okay with it, OR I can VM/PM it over~. Either way works. I'm happy with how it came out and curious what you think of it.

 

[Amissapanda]

About the tags, anyone can add stuff to it and I've seen it first hand that it can AND will be abused (depending on the thread). Usually isn't a problem. I think people only put the crazier tags if the thread has a lot of conflict or something. Some people just add tags to be funny too.

Oh! Remember that Willow sketch you drew for me? I got around to coloring it and man... coloring with a mouse is SOOO painful. XD Considering as I'm used to a tablet now, even if I don't draw or color with it much. Of course, go fig that the stupid pen sensitivity wasn't cooperating that day.

I can totally post it here if you're okay with it, OR I can VM/PM it over~. Either way works. I'm happy with how it came out and curious what you think of it.

It makes sense about the tags! I generally try to avoid most of the drama-heavy threads and such, but I guess I haven't really looked a lot at tags until now. Anyway, thanks for cluing me in! That's a cool little feature, even if it does have the potential to be abused in some situations. (I did think there was a limit to 5 tags, though. I guess they must mean 'per person'.)

I remember! And man, I feel you on mouse work. I'm pretty sure I have years of doing mouse linework/coloring to partially thank for my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I really wish I had taken it easier back then. lol But anyway, I'd definitely love to see it! : )

Feel free to post it right in here, if you like! That way everyone can see---if you're proud of it, you don't have to show it just solely to me. Hehe.

 

[pengutango]

It makes sense about the tags! I generally try to avoid most of the drama-heavy threads and such, but I guess I haven't really looked a lot at tags until now. Anyway, thanks for cluing me in! That's a cool little feature, even if it does have the potential to be abused in some situations. (I did think there was a limit to 5 tags, though. I guess they must mean 'per person'.)

I remember! And man, I feel you on mouse work. I'm pretty sure I have years of doing mouse linework/coloring to partially thank for my Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I really wish I had taken it easier back then. lol But anyway, I'd definitely love to see it! : )

Feel free to post it right in here, if you like! That way everyone can see---if you're proud of it, you don't have to show it just solely to me. Hehe.

Yeah, pretty sure it's per person I think since I've seen threads with more than 5 tags. Like I said, I couldn't even attempt to do real lineart since the last time I did it with a mouse, I used the pen tool... and that was a NIGHTMARE... -____-

And~ here's the colored pic:

I'm happy with how it came out. It's nothing fancy, but was a good chance to try coloring again, even if it's only flat coloring. I dunno about you, but plaid is EVIL. XP By far, that was the most annoying to color and I still don't think I did it right. It was first attempt at plaid, so least that makes me feel a lil better about it.

 

[Amissapanda]

Yeah, pretty sure it's per person I think since I've seen threads with more than 5 tags. Like I said, I couldn't even attempt to do real lineart since the last time I did it with a mouse, I used the pen tool... and that was a NIGHTMARE... -____-

And~ here's the colored pic:

I'm happy with how it came out. It's nothing fancy, but was a good chance to try coloring again, even if it's only flat coloring. I dunno about you, but plaid is EVIL. XP By far, that was the most annoying to color and I still don't think I did it right. It was first attempt at plaid, so least that makes me feel a lil better about it.

Yeah, lineart with a mouse is hella difficult to do and really hard on the wrist and finger joints.

The colors look great, though! : D I really like how vibrant they are and the nice array of them chosen. I feel your frustrations with plaid, but I think you did a great job with it! And especially for a first attempt. It looks a lot like the scarf that she wears in-game!

Overall, nice job, and thanks for sharing!