Alice and Jack

[secondlina]

Sketch for dqbunny  of our Namesake characters, Alice and Jack. I decided to color it because I almost never finish any Namesake sketches, aside from the comic pages. And that's not cool.

dqbunny  is a pretty epic Alice/Jack shipper. Though it doesn't mean the couple is official or anything. OR IS IT? QUICK, LOOK AWAY TO THE SHINY NOT-PLOT RELATED DISTRACTION!

I love drawing Alice. Why? Because her proportions are non-existent. I mess up her proportions on purpose to make her crazy skinny with long legs. That's how I wanted the character to look. I wanted her to be mostly legs. She was one of the character that really came to life quickly. She has almost always looked like this. Her costume was a little different before, and she had long hair for a few sketches, but Alice really came together quickly, with a side of hot badass.

I love awesome ladies in books/movie/tv series. I'm a little sad that some turn out to be less badass then promised. In a lot of comics, a girl is shown as powerful, capable, awesome... And then she winds up getting saved all the time. Sometimes it's because the villains are just too strong. But really, how come the hero gets to win then? I find that odd.

Another odd thing of the week. I was re-reading my Sailor Moon mangas and noticed something a little ridiculous. Mamoru (Tuxedo mask), in the 16th book, leaves for the USA to study. And Usagi (Bunny/Serena/Sailor moon) is sad, because she won't get to see him often. Then, about a chapter later, you see this same girl teleport to another country and other sailors teleport to other planets! HELLO? Why is she even sad? SHE CAN TELEPORT? I love this series, but I think it's hilarious that everytime I read it, I notice something that doesn't work with the logic of their own universe. Weird.

- Isa

Comments

[eveshka.livejournal.com]

Have you ever seen Legend of the Seeker? You'd like Cara. She's hot with a healthy dose of badass.

[torreadora.livejournal.com]

Christ alive, this is everything that pleases me. I mean it. You always put things together so nicely, like some sort of reliquary, all wreathed in tenderness. God.

Have you ever read Jeff Smith's comic Bone? It might be the biggest reason I started drawing seriously, and I reread the series once a year. The heroine, Thorn, is amazing, wonderfully presented -- we get to know her slowly, as Fone Bone does, and she is as powerful as a person can be. Her realization of her power is incredible, reacting with fear and trepidation and then wearing it like the crown it's meant to be. Your Alice reminds me of Thorn in a lot of ways (and as a matter of fact, THAT'S who your work reminds me off: Jeff Smith!).

[cxco.livejournal.com]

Your background is beautiful! Did you make it yourself? and I agree with you about the character, her slenderness make her sexy as hell.

[dqbunny.livejournal.com]

*laugh* Aww, how cute!! It's lovely to wake up to. Thank you!!

Apparently, Mike is drooling over this picture as well. *smirks at him*

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I'll have to keep that ship in mind for future presents for Megs. ^_^

I do love badass females and it does annoy me too when they get turn into an object for the hero to save. It's really not until the second book, but I do love the strong females characters in the Queen's thief series. They don't actually fight, but they have badass moments.

[chameleon9999.livejournal.com]

Jack sure has a lot of freckles! XD

And Alice has great legs!

Does Buffy count as bad-ass? It's all I can keep going back to. I haven't watched the series in a while I'm trying to remember the ratio of her getting herself out of crap versus people helping her out. She's practically Superwoman in the comics now though.

[snapdragon76.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE!!! Cute! If I'm not careful, I may just become a Jack/Alice shipper myself...

[rowenathewitch.livejournal.com]

I love awesome ladies in books/movie/tv series. I'm a little sad that some turn out to be less badass then promised. In a lot of comics, a girl is shown as powerful, capable, awesome... And then she winds up getting saved all the time. Sometimes it's because the villains are just too strong. But really, how come the hero gets to win then? I find that odd

Oh, I know, it happens most of the time >_<. probably the author wants to add a kickass girl because he wants to be modern and stuff...then totally forgets about her because he is not really that interested >_> (I'm an editor of the Faux Action Girl page at TVTropes, does it shows? XD)

About Sailor Moon...LOL. I haven't read the manga, so I didn't know it XDD

[elle-white.livejournal.com]

I love that picture! The background is beautifully and their expressions are wonderful!

I have been reading the Sailor Moon manga too and I'm around the same part. I adore the manga, but it does have some plot holes.

[amelia-seyroon.livejournal.com]

I....should start reading Namesake. x___x *is a bad fan*

Maybe the teleportation thing is, and I quote Luna from the American dubbed version, "ONLY FOR SAILOR BUSINESS?!" XDD

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Alice/Jack make a hot duo for certain! :P Love that pose! Super hot *meow!* ;)

I'm sure you can gather I'm totally with you on the female bad ass that constantly needs saving *eye roll* Boo!

LOL! Sailor Moon... haven't read it, but that would annoy the crap out of me! :P

[seawasp]

Hm. I see Alice and part of me immediately thinks Sir Integra Hellsing.

THAT is a hot badass.

[seawasp]

Also, yes, Sailor Moon and consistency, no, not so much.

Though that's true of many other anime. Many mangaka and anime creators seem to overdo the reliance on Rule of Cool to overcome consistency failure.