Comment on Saccharine by mvtk42

ilovewheatley's avatar
Love the clothes, the details excellent, and I'm rather fond of the body hair on Wheatley. XD Dunno why but it looks pretty cool.

Pretty cute as well.
Also I know what you mean with the drawing at 3am thing -_- I normally stay up late and then when I'm just about to sleep I suddenly thing 'Fuck this is a great idea!' And then stay up another few minutes -____-

But anyway, urm... Good job~
mvtk42's avatar
I'm trying to get a little more realistic in my drawings, and most men have body hair. It's also another method of characterization -- how much, how thick, how it's shaped, etc. A thick coat is a sign of hypermasculinity and virility, where a lighter spread can show a more sensitive nature.

Thank you very much!

((And I tend to stay up for hours -- I got the idea for this at about three or four in the morning, and didn't finish it until nine. It sucked.))

((Totally worth it.))
ilovewheatley's avatar
You've got a very good style, it certainly looks realistic, but in a cartoony sense if that, well, makes sense.
Interesting... I have a bit of a love hate relationship with clothes: I love to draw them, they hate to be drawn.

Np~

((Same, mostly I blame my friends in America and boyfriend only sending my one message a day via notes at around four, but mostly Youtubes fault. Any particular reason you get stuck up at these bizaro hours ^^;))
mvtk42's avatar
Don't worry, it does. The blend suits me -- it's far enough away from cartoon that I feel I can take it seriously, but still enough that I can get away with crazy expressions and poses when I want to.

I actually prefer drawing semi-naked people. I'm getting better at anatomy, and it's a lot more fun to draw than clothing. I'm generally disappointed when I have to go back and put clothing on once I've got the poses down.

My boyfriend works nights, and I'm a night-owl by nature.
ilovewheatley's avatar
Same here, though I've gone into Anime and Cartoon. Its awkward and weird but suits I guess, plus it means getting away with the occasional stupid picture.

Same! Semi-naked is so much easier, or I guess more fun in a way. Mostly because I have quite muscular characters and its fun to draw them showing off, plus its fun doing all the little muscle details.

Agreed on the night-owl, though thats again down to my closest friend who lives next door, she can stay up all night and always sleeps round mine, its like I've adopted her, so I have to stay up with her.
mvtk42's avatar
Anime was where I got my start -- I'm trying to get away from that, though. There's nothing wrong with it, but the style just doesn't suit my needs anymore.

Details make my world go 'round. It's the redeeming factor of clothing for me. I slip in something subtle that really makes the picture, though hardly anyone ever notices it. I could probably do the same thing with backgrounds, but fuck backgrounds.

Ah, I remember being "adopted" by friends back in the day...
ilovewheatley's avatar
I started out Cartoony, then Anime, now... Well I'm not sure what it is. I'm sticking with Anime for now because my style is mostly jokey, so it suits more. Plus its fun, anything serious I do goes more into my writing which I'm much more passionate about.

Oh god I hate backgrounds, if I got the chance I would never do a background in my god damn life -___-

Yes... Well she's not doing too well, she's easy when it comes to sex, started drinking and smoking, parents don't care for her much, so urm... I'm sort of her mother right now.
mvtk42's avatar
... Don't know how to respond to that. Um, hope she gets better?
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