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I have been COMPLETELY swamped with midterms recently, not to mention law school applications. Bah, busy busy busy. -_-;; And what time I have had has been because I have been ambushed by an unexpected social life, which confuses me greatly.

However, I just finished my 3 hours midterm today - my hand still aches - and as a result, I've been inspired to create silly things.

The first is for [livejournal.com profile] maelicia, and is Robespierre, Saint-Just, and Couthon done as Hello Kitty characters. I was informed it was cute and also that I have completely failed at getting the characters right, so whatever. Here )

The second one is just for my amusement and probably to my everlasting guilt as a good French Revolution fan, but the sad thing is, it just works too well!

In short, I have rewritten the Disney song "Be Prepared" (because you KNOW villains get all the good songs, and I was listening to it anyway) into a French Revolution song. Featuring Danton and a couple of random sans-culottes. It's actually singable! And I only had to change a few lyrics!

Song )

But that's because I'm a geek.

Also, Arcane? Am working on those ponies, if you still want them.
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[livejournal.com profile] joisana gave me the keyword "tarts" to do a picture of Grantaire with.

Two things came from that. Neither of which are colored yet, both may be - the second DEFINITELY will - but I figured I ought to put it up already, as it's been sitting at my desk for a day or two already.

The two pictures can be described as 1, "what happens when you give the prompt 'tarts' to a rabid Alice in Wonderland fan" and 2, "what happens when a fan of Les Mis and of pastries starts thinking about the two in combination".

Tarts 1 - Warning, LARGE image )

Tarts 2 - Warning, LARGE and UNNECESSARILY CUTE image )
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Hallo, all! I finally finished the picture that's been driving me up the wall - it's not perfect and I'm still not 100% happy with it, but at this point I think there's not much I can do with it. I'll do better next time, though. ^^;

It's not a particularly COMPLICATED scene, mind you, just annoying. And that background...! It's much more complex than it looks. >_>

Hope everyone likes it! Robespierre/Saint-Just as usual, in case anyone had any doubts.

And yes, the song title is almost entirely unrelated; I just felt like being silly. ^^

In the Dark of the Night )

...comments, please...? : D?

Catspierre

Feb. 25th, 2009 07:46 pm
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...I was bored...

Forgive the bad photoshopping, I didn't feel like editing it.



Everyone feel better about your day. ^_^
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I made an icon for [livejournal.com profile] krkornblum87, which she requested especially. ^^ I'm rather proud of it, though, as it's so completely out of what I normally draw; so I figured I'd post it here to boast - but as it's hers, no one is allow to steal it. Ask her. ^^;



^_^ Thoughts, anyone?
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Um. So. Yes. These take literally five minutes to do, so I did actually do a few more. More ideas are welcome! Also, ideas for 'scenes' - I already have Marat's stabbing and such, but I'm looking for more iconic scenes to draw in a strange sort of mural-type picture of various, um, zoomorphic revolutionaries. Maybe. ^^;

Also, I couldn't pick between the Camille pictures. There are three in the picture below. Please help me pick which one works best!

Also, I misspelled Charlotte, sorry. -_-;;

And here I apologise again... )

Again...more suggestions? Anyone? Bueller? : D?
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Yes, yet another joke on Thermidorian propaganda. I promise to post the other two Vampire Hunter Rousseau pictures soon, they're more interesting. ^^;; [livejournal.com profile] maelicia and I were talking about various depictions of revolutionaries in Thermidorian propaganda, and the popular description of Maxime as a cat came up.

I commented that it's a good thing no one who had read that particular story had then gone onto a career in anime, or else we'd be faced with catboy!Robespierre and other such things...

Inevitably, I actually did draw it. ^^

I think this picture deserves less of a title than an apology... )

I'm contemplating continuing this, because it takes me about two minutes to do each one. Any ideas? Snake!Marat? Something for Saint-Just? And what is Camille - some sort of pigeon???

Suggestions welcome, please. Accuracy to Thermidorian preferred for the joke value, but not required. ^__^
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Um. I blame [livejournal.com profile] maelicia!

Well, it was sort of both our faults. I came up with vampire hunters of the time period and the fact that Rousseau believed in vampires, she came up with the super-secret organization of vampire-hunting philosophes who would have been much more successful if they hadn't argued so much. I came up with the Light of Reason anti-vampire weapon, she came up with using La Nouvelle Heloise's time period fanboy-causing effects as a weapon and having Therese as a vampire-bait sidekick.

It's still mostly her fault. *cough* But I will admit that the picture is all my fault. Please ignore the horrible fashion inaccuracies behind the LJ-cut.

Rousseau: Vampire Hunter! )

I'm trying not to let this turn into a series. Particularly not a series followed by a sequel series titled "Vampire Hunters of the Revolution"...

*shifty eyes* Did you know the REAL reason for the execution of the Hebertists and the Dantonists is that, after years of faithful patriotic super-secret anti-vampire service, they had become infected? The political stuff, that was all cover. Pretty easy-to-find cover, but cover ne'ertheless. And let's not even get STARTED on the vampire aristocracy...besides, we all knew about them anyway.
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Right, I forgot to post this.

Anyone remember the skipping stones comic?

Repost for those who forget )

Well, here's the epilogue!

Skipping Stones, Epilogue )
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Another of my attempts at realism. This one was done in a very piece-meal way, given my crazy schedule (all I need to do know is a 8-page paper and then start research for the 15-page, and do/catch up on all the hw! Not so bad after the mad midterm-presentation-essay dash), but I still like it. It's not perfect (goddamn mouth! Can't do lips to save my life...and don't get me started on how many times I had to do the hair! Bah, blonds), but at this point I'm poking at it and I don't think there's anything I can think of to make it better. I'm probably wrong on this point, but, ah well. I do apologize for shaggy-hair-of-doom, though - I have no idea how that happened. -_-;; So please, um, don't laugh too hard at that.

Um...yeah, I don't think there's anything else I can add about this.

Okay, there is one comment, and I can only make it because my birthday just passed: I am twenty years old; I have done badly; I will do better.

*cough* *couldn't resist* ^^

Comments, please? :D?

Saint-Just, Realistic )
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...screw it, I'll post the damn picture now. It's just about done anyway.

It's another experiment in the realistic style. I had a reference for the face, but not for the clothing - that I just did off the top of my head. Which is why it looks so bad: I forgot how to color cloth and tried to do it without looking up any tutorials or anything to remind me how it's done.

I like how the hair came out, though...but the head seems too big for the body...ah, well, to be fixed next time 'round. I did Camille because, well, I had a good reference picture that I wanted to use and I wanted to make all my mistakes when I drew him instead of when I drew any of the others...

Ignore the weird expression, it was much better done on the reference picture. >_>

Camille Desmoulins )
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I have a huge 30 min presentation on Wed and 5-page essay to go with it, neither of which have really gotten more than a little bit of progress on, and both of which are for a teacher which cannot abide any realism in her discussions.

...this makes me sad. It also makes me procrastinate.

Quick sketches of god-knows-who. My first attempts at realism for several years, just to see if I could still do it. Answer has turned out to be: ...maybe? Not really..?

Pics here )

*shrug* Figured I might as well post it here. I apologize for the crappy drawing. I should go back to less realistic style. >_
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

LAST ONE! Yes, I'm sure you're all excited. Definitely a "last but not least" situation...Yay, R. ^^ Don't mind the blatant symbolism...okay, after a certain point it's not even symbolism...

Mucha!ABCs: Grantaire )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Joly's picture is my personal favorite. ^^; Hope everyone else likes it.

Mucha!ABCs: Joly )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Now, as everyone knows, Lesgle - or Laigle or Bossuet, however one chooses to call him - has one slight problem with the whole Mucha/Art Nouveau style, namely that he's, well, bald. And as we've seen in the Jean Prouvaire picture, long & flowing = epitome of the style. Not to mention that hair hides a multitude of artistic sins...^^;;

But I tried. ^___^ I like how it came out, though.

Mucha!ABCs: Bossuet )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

I like this one. ^___^ My mental version of Jean Prouvaire just fits in with the whole art-nouveau movement quite well. I may have, um, overdone the floral theme a bit, but I was giggling the whole time I was doing it, so what the hell. It was fun. I regret nothing. ^^;

Also, I may have had a bit too much fun with his hair. And the background.

Mucha!ABCs: Jehan )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Bahorel's not my favorite (he was rather hastily done, unfortunately), but after this we do finally get to my favorite ones. ^_^ But he's not bad, and I liked how his background came out. ^^

Mucha!ABCs: Bahorel )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Feuilly's turn. Best way to explain this is...I had no idea what in the world I was doing here, but it seems to have come out all right. ^^;; The entire time I was drawing this, I kept thinking "Feuilly: the original fan boy!" and snickering...

Another obviously early attempt.

Mucha!ABCs: Feuilly )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Okay, I know Gavroche isn't really an ABCs, but I couldn't resist...^^;;

Also, as you can guess from this update, the pictures remain intact. Something would be DEAD if they hadn't...

Mucha!ABCs: Gavroche )

Sketch )
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The order: Enjolras, Marius, Combeferre, Courfeyrac, Gavroche, Feuilly, Bahorel, Jean Prouvaire, Lesgle or Laigle, Joly, Grantaire.

Courfeyrac's turn! ^_^

Mucha!ABCs: Courfeyrac )

Sketch )
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