Yubi's Hootenanny (Art Thread)

[Yubi Shines]

Online Galleries:
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/
http://yubishines.storm-artists.net/
http://yubishines.tumblr.com/

They're virtually identical, but if one's down, you can see the other.

(2013 EDIT: Tumblr tends to have more recent things, DA tends to be more reliable, Storm-Artists is the least-often updated but has the least annoying site design.)

Recent Things of Note:
Golden
Em
Lore
Curls
Vex (a demon from a recent dream)
Valor (unfinished)
Coatlicue Waitress (unfinished, and is probably going to get me killed from the goddess in question)

[Chron]

Was this for everyone to post their DevArts in?
because it sure doesn't look like it to me

Can't wait to see the finished version of the waitress, Yubi.
Coatlicue needs to heal me ):

[Yubi Shines]

This is a personal art thread, yes o_o

Chron: And since a certain person put a horrible, horrible idea into my head right after I finished that drawing... Well. For what is to come next, think The House of Red Fireflies*, except kid-friendly. Mostly. Sort of.


* I didn't write that. Wish I did.

[Orange Devil]

Oh my bad. I'm sorry! I'll delete my post.

[Yubi Shines]

It's cool. :>

Here's the Coatlicue girl coloured:
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Coatlicue-Waitress-71287942

I have learned this about Painter X: pastels are much friendlier tools, and the watercolours make me howl with rage and gnaw on the edges of the monitor. If that's how they work in real media, then I'm never going into fine art.

[Chron]

Nice color choice for her there.
Where's baby moon? ;_;

[Yubi Shines]

NO MOON FOR YOU

Another of the myth waitress thing:
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Nie-BW-71482266

After colouring this, probably the next will be Bai from the Madam White Snake story, then I have no idea what goddess or demoness or whatever to target next. He Xiangu is tempting -- she apparently attained enlightenment from drinking the vomit of seven immortals -- but I should branch off to other cultures. Equal opportunity butchering, y'know.

EDIT:
Coloured.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Nie-71495701

[Chron]

It does look a bit like a block print.

Also: if I recall, a lot of old Chinese myths have working-class men in hero positions simply because these people were revered higher than the warriors at times (especially by all those of Confucius's school of knowledge). Usually the approach they take is less "burst in and win" than it is a clever trick, similar to our Brave Little Tailor.

[Yubi Shines]

Man, if I had a nickel for every Chinese myth I've read lately that involved a poor scholar who failed the imperial exams... I'd be able to... buy an ice cream.

Couple of recent sketches:

Litany
I wanted to create a sort of priestess character, without all the lame add-ons and flappy cloth bits that anime character designs have. Ended up with a scary sorceress nun. I'm going to have to finish this simply because it freaks me out.

Doodles
Started to design a warlock to go with the priestess, but I couldn't figure out what she should look like, so just doodled.

Chainsaw
Right.

More Doodles
A Megamanish thing. And doodles.

[Chron]

Looks like a priestess to me.
That Megaman has a nose.
It's not a big nose, and it's not a small nose.
It's a nose.

But it stands out.
Like a sore nose.

[Yubi Shines]

So's I'm doing one of those "hundred doodles based on keywords" things. Let's see how long my attention span holds!

68. Nocturnal
This is a fairy accurate snapshot of me, circa five-forty AM.

Posted on: 16 December 2007, 08:53:26

This is what I get for watching this much Homestar and Fat-Pie at this time of night.



Colouring doesn't get much lazier than this.

[Mikero]

Safety pin in the head; Classic. Looks wicked.

[Yubi Shines]

Sangria

049. Languid
Sunbathing echidnas are both stupidly cute and extremely weird. Those back legs just don't look right.

Posted on: 19 December 2007, 19:17:50

It's been forever since I've properly used pencil and paper to do anything.

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Sketchbook08-76071277
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Bold-76069727

Posted on:  3 February 2008, 10:12:39

Coupla sketches towards that goddess thing. Here's Medusa and Madam White Snake, neither of which are goddesses but made their way into the idea anyway.

Posted on: 26 February 2008, 12:00:50

Some semi-realistic stuff for once.

[Mikero]

I really like these last three pictures, but I like the last one the best. In the second one, the eyes are really far apart though.

[Johncarllos]

Agreed, the third one is best.
Quality work.

[MOX]

The facial expressions are good, especially on the last one.

[Yubi Shines]

Been trying to work more on black and white rather than colour, so thanks :>

Quick (not black and white) doodle:

[Johncarllos]

I like the texture of the hair.

[Mikero]

I like the eye style and the whole brush pen sort of look.

[ASR]

I very much like the hair and the metallic feel I get from the texture.

[Yubi Shines]

In which I am a munchkin.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-80125597

In which there is little hair.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Maris-80958960

In which I continue the goddess restaurant/waitress/whatever thing.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Ivory-81138977

In which there is a comic panel for a non-comic story that's taking bloody forever for me to get anywhere.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Jinell-81440060

In which I revisit the horriblest horrible old art ever.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Laurel-Plus-Five-Years-81470507

In which there is the Gorgon.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Medusa-82220082

[Mikero]

In which I am a munchkin.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-80125597

@ description: What about that girl from Runaways?

I think the comic panel looks great. The style sort of reminds me of Persepolis, and that's cool.

[Yubi Shines]

What girl? I'm not familiar with Runaways.

It reminds you of Persepolis? Sweet. I love that movie.

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Echidna-82796736
It's nagging at me that the present-day-goddess designs look too much like normal people, even if that was the point. I don't really like this particular one. The arms look too short, although when I measure them with my hands and swivel them to be vertical, they're the right length. I'll do a better one of her and Medusa at some point.

[Mikero]

I was talking more about the the graphic novel Persepolis but yeah, same art style in that anyway.

Gert from Marvel's Runaways if you ever check it out. She was in like the first 6 or 7 volumes of the digest sized trades. I can't find a decent picture of her right now.

[Yubi Shines]

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Pray-WIP-82882594
Why do I never finish the ones I really do work at? I still have the half-coloured version of this sitting in my "painter" folder. It's not been touched for four months.

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Cliche-Evil-82882293
*mutters*

EDIT:
Have a terrible meme

Posted on: 15 April 2008, 04:10:36

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Show-s-Over-83365673
I can has terrible background

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Winston-83334276
I love Winston. He's the ugliest cat ever and he sort of spins right back to adorable.

Posted on: 20 April 2008, 12:34:53

Drawn for the wtf_nature community.

[Captain Sanoguchi]

That's... Neither here nor there.
That's all I'm going to say.

[Johncarllos]

Terrible background is great!
And if humans courted like birds, I'd be a peacock so I could shake all my tail feathers.
lololololo-*ded*

[Yubi Shines]

I joined Tegaki. It is a soulsucking pit of awesome.

http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=18912&e=112738

Posted on:  4 May 2008, 10:46:09

ART DUUUUUMP.

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/White-Lie-Chick-83660983

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Wolf-83820536

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/GUILT-84231445

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Youth-85525898

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Soul-Music-85525724

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Stand-Up-STRAIGHT-85946084

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Bandaged-86460551

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Sable-87138500

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Robot-Dreams-87297742

[Johncarllos]

All very good!
I especially like Wolf.

[Mikero]

I left comments on only a few but I checked them all out, good stuff Yubes!

[Yubi Shines]

Drew this on Tegaki earlier.

Drow, man.

Posted on:  2 June 2008, 10:50:09

The Hermit.
http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Autem-Mort-The-Hermit-87544220

I like tarot cards. I doubt they have any divinatory prowess whatsoever, but they're fun to read about and play with.

Posted on:  3 June 2008, 10:36:38

More White Lie!



(Deviantart link)

Posted on:  7 June 2008, 13:56:12

I swear, I can quit tegaki any time I want to.


http://www.unowen.net/tegaki/dblog.php?u=18912&e=158375

[Johncarllos]

That sword makes a HORRIBLE walking stick.
Her posture is gonna give her back problems is she keeps that up...

[Yubi Shines]

Weiss hunting vampires
Okay, this has some background. Every time I read a comic (or story, or whatever) that has a vampiric creature kidnapping and mind-controlling people, usually beautiful women... the vampire acts like a jerk and smacks them around. It bugs me. I like charm and honor in my villains, is all. Even kidnapping ones.

Realism
I didn't finish the left eye. Oh well.

Sin City style
From an IM convo: "Of course, if Drow Love was drawn in Sin City style, Autem and Arinae and Pyras would get drawn as hookers." "That would not be bad ass."

Lucine the Everbright
Lyrics from Hybrid's If I Survive.

Tirade
Holy##### actual megaman themed art in a megaman forum I KNOW HOW WEIRD.
Drawn because there's a Megaman X themed RP that a couple others and I are starting, also on Tegaki, so I need to make a character that isn't really really old and cheeseball. Link is here.

[MOX]

I haven't said this before but I really like the color usage in your art and it something I personally find hard to do. All of my stuff is mono-toned but recently I've really wanted to experiment with some different color schemes. I like the Sin City one the most.

[Chron]

Well I missed a whole boatload of art, didn't I?
All very good... something about it reminds me of the Breath of Fire character art.

i'd say draw fou-lou, but eh

[Yubi Shines]

Thanks!

If y'all haven't been, be checking out the RP thread. It's filled with awesome. And, for some horrifying reason, robot T&A.

[Johncarllos]

Wow, that's neato.

[Yubi Shines]

First time messing with flash for a while. This is the beginning of the end.

http://yubishines.deviantart.com/art/Dress-up-lulz-89923840

[Chron]

Ah, drag and drop doll games.
...


... *furious clicking*
These things are despicably easy to make, but making them well is a skill.
one you apparently have

[Johncarllos]

Quite apparently. I mark that as a success.

[Yubi Shines]

It's kind of sad, but I'm almost more comfortable drawing on tegaki than in Painter or on paper now. The myriad limitations just make it more interesting...

Firstly, I have drawn more boats, skies, and oceans for the Drow Love RP than I have for anything else ever.


Also, does anyone else here listen to Tori Amos? Specifically her Strange Little Girls album. Been doing posts based on some of the tracks she covered in it.

I'm Not in Love
Strange Little Girl
Happiness is a Warm Gun
'97 Bonnie and Clyde
Heart of Gold (devart)
Real Men (devart)
Raining Blood

I think that leaves New Age, Rattlesnakes, Time, Enjoy the Silence, and I Don't Like Mondays. Kind of stumped on what to do for those at the moment...

[Johncarllos]

You want a fun yet limited art thing?
Try getting a facebook and using the grafitti app.
Holy cow. There are extremely talented people doing stuff with that.

[Yubi Shines]

And now for something completely different.

I think I've wanted to be a writer more than an artist, but it's harder to motivate myself to actually write and finish stories. Ngh.

Here's three really short things I wrote last night. It's freaking hard to write things that are sad without going emo. (There's a difference. Sad can be played to actually be hurtful. Emo is just whining.) One's a vampire yarn, the others are just... things.

-----

[spoiler]"What are you afraid of?" he said, and because it was too dark to see him, she could answer.

"Being found out," she said.

"As...?"

"As a fraud. People looked up to me, you know, and they've called me brave and daring and steadfast. I haven't earned any of it. But they need me, they need me to be that idea of a person. I think I'm just waiting for someone to find me and say, nice try, now go home before you embarrass yourself."

"But you have earned it. You've saved people -- put your life on the line for strangers -- I'd be dead if it wasn't for you."

"Is that virtuous? To do something when to do anything else would be monstrous? I haven't done anything to be a hero, Lycaon. Just human."

"You know that isn't true."

"Heroes don't freeze when they're afraid. Heroes aren't dogged by bad memories everywhere they go. Heroes don't cry or throw up or want to die when they fail..."

He reached out and took her hand, but she barely noticed.[/spoiler]

-----

[spoiler]If they kept track, they would know this was their three hundred and fifth anniversary, but they lost count after the first sixty years. Neither would know how to celebrate it, anyway.

Survival is easier than either would have imagined. Food was never a necessity, though they discovered early on that they could stomach certain things: pure water, for instance, or rare meat. Excesses of temperature were never a bother, and their eyes have always seen best in the dark.

Still, it is good to fit in, and there is electricity for heat and light in the apartment they share. There are books on the tables, mugs in the cabinet, art on the walls. Not much is treasured. They don't have many personal possessions. In this age, being hounded down as witches or demons is unlikely, but habit is habit.

Their only difficulty is remembering to stock the fridge. Luckily, guests are few and far in between.

He, the younger one, is better with people, and so is often the one to find work. Currently he does a late-night show for a radio station. On weekends he helps at a crisis hotline, where his patience earns admiration from the other volunteers.

The older one doesn't leave the apartment much. Mostly he listens to music. His smiles are seldom and gone quickly, as though he's forgotten how.

Here is a secret: Daylight doesn't kill them. Still, the elder is profoundly unsettled by it; the younger less so. They both keep to the nights.

When they are alone, they rarely talk or touch or make love. The nearness is enough.[/spoiler]

-----

[spoiler]There are things that are triggers for her. Not many, thank goodness, thank goodness, but none would have been better than some. A smell, the feel of cold marble, a lilt of voice, perhaps.

She doesn't respond to it consciously. Sometimes she catches herself in time. Usually she doesn't. She's clenched her hands so hard her knuckles complained, and pulled and pinched at her skin. It's worse if she's alone. She slammed her head into a wall once, hard enough that she almost blacked out.

Any physical pain is better than remembering.[/spoiler]

[ASR]

I enjoyed all three passages, you did a great job of conveying such emotion in such a small amount of text.

Keep at it, and since I can relate to the feeling of never being motivated enough to finish things, try keeping them all short at first.

[Chron]

I agree with ASR.
The vampire passage painted a pretty clear picture in my head (no surprise, it's the longest). Sounds kinda Anne Rice in terms of idea, but some people love that.

The first is a life lesson everyone needs once in a while.
You're only human, but that doesn't mean you're powerless (is that what would be accomplished?).

The third, while written in third person, is clear enough to allow the reader to relate to the situation. Really puts you in the spot, and with such a short passage.

Nice work.

[Yubi Shines]

I'm worried about doing vampire stories. The two boys in that story I really want to write about (at least one about their meeting, and another of them in a modern/semimodern setting) but I want to show vampirism as actually being a curse. Not something sexy or glamorous.* It doesn't help that I'm removing a central part of the curse, which is being harmed by daylight.



* See: The MarySuefest that is Twilight. A girl I liked told me today that she loves that book. A part of me died today.

[Chron]

It's hard to portray immortality as a curse. Someone who's already soulless like myself would have a ball 100% of the time.

But... that WOULD be interesting.

[Mikero]

I don't mind the whole sexy vampirism thing, but I'm glad you're not going with that. It's pretty played. You can do the sexy and cursed bit, that's not bad. But like... I look at covers of Anita Blake comics and want to burn them.

[Yubi Shines]

THIS IS WHAT I THINK OF IVORY SKIN

...she said, as she designs an ivory-skinned character

[Mikero]

I like all skin tones on girls as long as it works with the rest.