LySs wrote:Lovely work Enigmawing! You've definitely got a great style going on. I need to remember to watch you on deviantART.
Thank you!
LySs wrote:I know the feeling. Since I was a kid up until high school, all I ever wanted to do was sit in my room and draw.
Now, after graduating from the trade school I went to, it feels almost like someone needs to give me a good kick in the butt to get things done.
I still love drawing, but it feels like my creativity disappears at times.
I almost wonder if that's just a weird, painful part of growing up. Sometimes I feel like my creativity shriveled away along with my drive. I used to do more than draw, I used to make up all kinds of stories for my characters and even make pages of comics but that seems to have dried up as well.
LySs wrote:Unfortunately it's probably because I suffer from perfectionism. If something doesn't come out the way I want it to be right away, I get frustrated and procrastinate.
So far I'm only doing small freelance jobs, but I really need to take the time out to really sit down and draw for myself again.
I'm sort of the opposite, I think. Or at least, I seem to have an easier time just doing my own thing, since taking on commissions and freelance work tends to intimidate the hell out of me. I mean, if I'm only drawing for myself I only have myself to disappoint. But like with you, it's also a product of perfectionism. I've had to learn to just put down a piece and be done with it instead of my usual picking it apart. Unless I stop getting hung up on certain details I'll never move on to the next piece and have a chance to keep learning.
LySs wrote:Same here! I've always enjoyed drawing sexy things, especially pin-ups/cheesecake. Maybe because it's just so fun to draw dem curves, and nobody can say no to a sexy pin-up. I really need to practice drawing more men though. Or at least, more super buff macho-like men.
You know, I used to think I was crazy or weird for liking to draw girls, and once I got online I was so relieved to find that I wasn't the only one, lol. It just seems everything I touch has some sort of feminine quality about it so it's been a struggle to depict anything masculine out of my head. Which means I should really be doing more studying and practicing.
LySs wrote:Also, I just happened to be browsing 4chan while going through your thread, and by mere coincidence someone posted this image...
OMG, lol. Sometimes JKR gives me a fun little cameo in his work and that's one I'd totally forgotten about. It's from a comic he did for a contest that was supposed to feature women in uniform, presumably something "sexy" like a policewoman or stewardess, but he apparently went the opposite direction for the heck of it.
Flanger-Hanger wrote:Regardless of what Bluth and company wanted the colours to be, your choices are still excellent enigmawing.
Thanks!
I seem to have a thing for purple.
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To update, I got the awesome opportunity to do a cover for an upcoming Demi the Demoness title, a well-known character in the adult comic world. It's, um . . . totally NSFW so I won't even be linking a censored version, but the opportunity has been pretty cool.
Well hmm, I can at least post a thumbnail, the full cover art is currently available in my dA account and the comic itself should be available in the coming months (there's a little more info on that in the dA description).
She's running from some monsters, which were kinda outside of my comfort zone of drawing girly things.
The publisher will later add the logos and text, and I can't wait to see how the final product turns out.
Oh, and in case you haven't seen them over in the Brave thread, I've worked on a couple of pieces starring Merida. The first of which was drawn by SWillie, I just thought it was awesome so I borrowed it for some coloring practice:
http://mattdewater.blogspot.com/2011/06 ... erida.html
And now that we've gotten a better look at her official images, I tried drawing her myself:
Her hair was a pain, lol, but was ultimately very fun to work on.
And one more thing for now, what my current avatar and banner are from:
There are alternate versions in my dA account.
Thanks for looking!
Maybe I'm just a cat person. 
He still hates baths to this day. 
