Amissapanda
Manda Panda
Yep, I definitely enjoyed it. Glad I finally got around to watching it for sure.It really does change soo much in the 2nd half. I almost wondered if it was the same series because it was so much darker in the latter half. Yeah, I was happy with the character development for Fakir. When he was first introduced, I was seriously like, "I can't believe Panda ships him with Ahiru. He's such an a**hole. Ironic too since they look so cute together in her pics...."
No prob. Hope it helps, even a lil bit. XD Eww, damn, that seriously sucks. But, as long as you enjoy it, that's the most important part. If you have to do commissions, might as well try to have fun while doing them. Yeah, that's about the only downside of cell-shading. The fact that it's a bit more restricting since all the lines have hard edges. Since I got my tablet, I haven't done any cell shading at all. Much prefer the softer and painted looks. Probably since I get bad memories about cell shading with my mouse... T.T
Btw, you ever thought about getting a new tablet down the road? I forgot if I ever asked you this, so forgive me if I have. ^^; I dunno how you don't throw your tablet against the wall since I probably might have done so if I was in your position. I'm no where near as patient as you are with it. Though, I surprise myself with patience at times, but.. beyond the point.
Yeah, it really is a stark change in the tone of the series. I enjoyed that a lot, since I feel like it's kind of almost playing on how some fairytales are made "prettier" by taking out the nasty truths or endings in them. And Princess Tutu turns that on its head by bringing out the terrible truth of everything and the characters ultimately defy their "roles" in the story to avoid a tragic ending. I could go on forever about theories and meta and everything in-between for the series. XD It has strong feminist roots, too. Even depicting how brute force like a sword is cast away for a pen, literally embodying "the pen is mightier than the sword". ...I really need to stop before I do go on and on and on. Hahahahaha. And I don't blame you for being confused with my shipping preferences. Had someone only seen the first few episodes of the show, it would be pretty baffling, I'm sure (although there are people who ship the bad guys/good girls, regardless of whether one is actually good/bad or not).
It does, thank you! Haha, it's a given that there's always going to be commissions that I don't enjoy (like various fetish stuff or shipping self-inserts with canon characters, etc), but that's part of taking on commissions in the first place. It's rare that you're going to get something you're COMPLETELY comfortable with. It's just something you've got to put at the back of your mind and set your comfort levels to the side if you want to make money. lol I only draw the line at stuff like gore. I just won't do that kind of thing at all. As for cel-shading, I don't mind it and sometimes I even prefer it. The colors can look crisp and such, but it is nice just brush and tone more freely, because you can mix colors a bit more to get some really neat effects and tones, too.
Another tablet is just out of the question for me, though. My tablet monitor cost me nearly $600 and I've only had it for two years. I can't justify getting rid of it to get a new one. And I can't use the ones where you look at your computer screen and draw in your lap. My hand-eye coordination is a bit too poor for that. I work with what I've got, though! No worries. I just don't really use it for lineart and do lineart by hand. And from what I've heard from people who buy art from me, they like the rustic look of the pencil lines that I change colors of/darken, etc.
