Danger girl, lover girl

[secondlina]

Art for my good buddy torreadora of her character Jenny and two of her beaus, Jude and Eli. I could not decide what version of her character to draw, so I ended up drawing her in two different phases of her life, and inking the crap out of them.



I'm actually really glad I met torreadora  and her sister kit_a_licious because they are turning into indirect drawing teachers. I spend a lot of time looking at the art these two produce, and it's teaching me some new stuff about textures and lines. So thanks guys! :D

Another something beautiful to look at : threeeyesworm  linked me yesterday to a video made by "L'école des Gobelins", a French animation school, possibly the best animation school in the world (graduates get hired by Disney a lot). I simply adore this video. It's the story of this seamstress in a doll world waiting for her husband.to come back from the war. He comes home... different. The seamstress tries to fix the world around her, but it's not so simple. This is like a mix of Howl's moving Castle, Disney's Fantasia and French war stories. And it's GORGEOUS. Please take the time to watch this and other things on the Gobelin's youtube channel. Well worth your time.



Seeing things like this reminds me of why I adore animation. It's simple, powerful and communicates with pretty much any viewer.

Some times, I wish I would have gone into animation, but i'm really more of a comic artist at heart. I don't think I would have been that good at it.

Tomorrow, i've got a day off! Link is heading to Ottawa to see some friends for New Year's. I'll be sticking around here (I don't know the people and I already lost a whole week of drawing.. I really can't afford to slack off for another 2 days). So i'll be around home, eating, inking and being buried in my fluffy new pajamas.

- Isa

Comments

[torreadora.livejournal.com]

I was all geared up to watch the film, but read about its sad ending... I'm one of those people. My squishy little heart can't take sad endings. :C Looks beautiful, though.

And CHUH -- ME teaching YOU anything about drawing? :D Ahhh... I can't even tell you how that flatters and delights me, as kind of ridiculous as I think it is. Kitter does teach me about drawing, about telling a story, about using expressions. I guess our art has sort of parallel evolutions, for good reason.

And, again. My God. I'm so... touched, I'm so touched by that drawing, Isa. I feel like there's so much symbolism in it, so much to love. I love that her past boyfriend is unidentifiable, because none of them were as important as Eli. (I dig the chunky brushstrokes of Eli's hair.) I love Klimt and the awkward balance of his couples, of these couples, the sort of desperate intimacy... And those little whirling stars. :)

I'm so proud and honored that you drew Jenny. She's so beautiful. Thank you, a million times.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Aww. Next time i'll try to find a happy video for you guys! :D

I'm learning a lot about shapes and textures and filler lines by looking at your stuff actually. And you can always learn from other artists, because they explore things that you don't always :D

I'm so happy you like it!

Yeah, I wanted "jude" to be a bit vague and kinda mixed in elements from the other boys too. In most of the images, she always seemed to be the "strong one" in the couple. The anchor. The support. With Eli, she seems more playful and girlish. I kinda wanted that to come out in these drawings. Of course, it's my personal analysis of what I saw.

and please, the honor was all mine. This was awesome to draw.

(Btw, I dn't know if you use a messenger like AIM, but I though it would be cool to add you if you do!)