Dillerkind's Image Pool - Next Chapter

[brynn]

....but terrifying? Hmm...

Didn't you intend for her to look scary or menacing?  I really thought she must be a kick boxer, since there's no other weapon.

But I suppose you've never tried on a pair of women's shoes with heels, or platforms?  If you ever did, you'd know instantly why those look terrifying!

But I'll give you that they are a little funny too 

[Dillerkind]

I thought she could use them for jumping... and worried a little about her ankles, those look very fragile, and the posture suggests she doesn't have a lot of muscles to support herself... Weird thinking.

I don't think it's weird thinking. In fact, looking at the thin ankles and the overall pose which isn't very realistic or natural, such thoughts aren't that unexpected or unusual.

Didn't you intend for her to look scary or menacing?  I really thought she must be a kick boxer, since there's no other weapon.

I understand why you'd think so, especially considering how often I draw characters with weapons. But no, for once I didn't have a fighter in mind. Just some girl with strange clothing and posture.

But I suppose you've never tried on a pair of women's shoes with heels, or platforms?  If you ever did, you'd know instantly why those look terrifying!

Indeed I haven't tried on such shoes and to be honest, I don't intend to do this any time soon :D When I see extremely high platforms/heels I don't necessarily feel terrified - I won't deny though, that I often think that these can't exactly be healthy. But this is more a general thing because of the danger of tripping or breaking the wearer's ankles, not the specific design (which I assumed you were referring to).

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Here's a new piece. Some mad little fella you probably won't wanna mess with :D

[Moini]

Right He looks very agile, and very angry.

[brynn]

Yikes!  Are his feet missing?  Or those are maybe some kind of ninja slippers?  Oh, or he's part animal, those are paws?

Those clouds of kind of dust or steam, and plus desert-like setting, put me in mind of the Road Runner!

Yeah, definitely, I'm not standing in his way.  You have such a talent for stimulating the imagination, with your characters!

[Dillerkind]

Right :) He looks very agile, and very angry.

Angry indeed. Someone on FB said he looks a bit like a goblin... to which I replied that a remark like this was probably the reason why he's so pissed :D

Yikes!  Are his feet missing?  Or those are maybe some kind of ninja slippers?  Oh, or he's part animal, those are paws?

Those clouds of kind of dust or steam, and plus desert-like setting, put me in mind of the Road Runner!

Yeah, definitely, I'm not standing in his way.  You have such a talent for stimulating the imagination, with your characters!

Thanks brynn. His feet are neither missing nor are they paws. They're just very small, compared to the spaciously cut pants and gaiters. Sometimes I draw ridiculously big feet (Gears of War style) and sometimes the complete opposite. I like the silly combination of wide pants and tiny feet, especially with more cartoony characters like this.

[Dillerkind]

After his eye surgery, he never had problems reading in the dark again :D

[Dillerkind]

Hello hello and a late Happy New Year everybody! I haven't updated this thread in a while... Why? Because my last few drawings were all done traditionally, nothing Inkscape-related. Today, finally, there's something new for me to post. No skull, no beard, no sword or other such things, instead some cute girl. Hope you like...

[Moini]

And a happy new year to you, Sven!

[Dillerkind]

Hey, thanks a lot!

[Dillerkind]

Simple new piece...

[brynn]

Your character studies are absolutely fascinating!  It's impossible to have a glance and move on.  I always have to stop and look at all the details.

I'm particularly attracted to the yellow glow from the light, on his right side.

[Dillerkind]

Thanks for your kind words, brynn. And sorry for the late reply. Colored light is a rare thing in my pics. Usually I just use a white-to-transparent gradient (or very bright, almost-white yellow tone) for the lighting. Not very realistic but I guess it works well with my overall style. Though this is definitely something I'll have to explore more in the future.

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Here's a new piece, based on a little sketch I scribbled last week. Sketch can be seen in the latest blog-post, not that it's very spectacular.

[Dillerkind]

New piece... a family request for the upcoming Easter holiday.

[Dillerkind]

A blonde cutie...

[Dillerkind]

Behoooold, the mightiest of warriors! Outline view and a quick step-by-step over view in the latest blog post.

[Moini]

I don't know why, but I think the mouth area makes him have a wise expression. And with that blade, I wouldn't want to come too close
The missing feet worry me a bit, though - how can he walk? Has someone cut those off? Doesn't it hurt to walk on those?.. :-/

[Dillerkind]

Nothing has been cut off. The feet are just simple stumps, just like the overall body shape is very simple (look at the steps). The whole character was meant to look kinda goofy and I thought that these feet would add to this. (ah well, that and I liked the irony of a rabbit, who in comics is usually drawn with very large feet, with just tiny stumps for feet instead)

[Moini]

Mhm. Okay - artistic style, then

[Dillerkind]

Yeah, that's always a good excus.... umm, I mean yes, artistic style, definitely! ;D

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Okay, next up: a follower of some -probably evil- cult.

[Moini]

Frightening! They must have very spooky trees where he comes from - looks like the skull grew on it :-o

[Dillerkind]

Yeah, the skull grew on the branch. I'm no botanist so I can't tell you which sort of tree this is... :D

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Next one, it's sort of a remake or follow-up of an old pencil drawing. The old one can be seen in the blog-post too.

[Dillerkind]

After the recent darker-themed pieces, let's brighten the mood with the following pic :3 This is the second and final background/scenery I made. The first, scrapped approach can be seen in the latest blog-post.

[Moini]

Fitting, with the rain
(and very cute, too)

[brynn]

Oh, there's another favorite for me!

Fits our weather here too -- although ours started out as snow, then turned to rain!

Might have to grab a t-shirt for this one!

[Dillerkind]

Fitting, with the rain
(and very cute, too)

Glad to hear. And yeah, I'm really glad I reconsidered and went with this background instead of the other one.

Oh, there's another favorite for me!

Fits our weather here too -- although ours started out as snow, then turned to rain!

Might have to grab a t-shirt for this one!

Snow, really? In May? Wow, we haven't seen snow in a while. The last winter was cold and unpleasant but mostly without snow. The one before wasn't much better. At least we've had some (much needed!) rain recently. So that's a plus at least. Anyway... I'm happy to hear this made it into your favorites list. I certainly had a lot of fun making it. Also, in case you get yourself a shirt, I'd love to see some "photographic evidence" ;D