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Valentine's Day Character Design Contest!!

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:06:04 -0500

Valentine's Day Character Design Contest!!:

Hey everyone!

Sorry we’ve been really scarce, but the Christmas season was brutal to those of us in retail. We’d like to get the ball rolling again with a little contest! Click on that link for details!

Thank you to Sofi who coordinated everything. I can’t wait to see some cool characters~

As for submissions, please submit your entries to the DeviantArt page, not the tumblr page. We will cross-post all of the entries here, so keep an eye out!

Thanks guys!

Pink Like Me: Historical Fashion In Character Design for mangainternational

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:46:43 -0400

Pink Like Me: Historical Fashion In Character Design for mangainternational:

pinklikeme:

HELLO FRIENDS, AND WELCOME.

So, you’re making a character! Cool! Does that character wear clothes? Well, unless you’re A) Writing about animals, B) Writing a porno) or B) Some other reason, your characters are more than likely gonna wear clothes. This makes you a fashion designer! FANCY! So, what should your character wear?

Here’s the deal, Lucile. Imma put down some steps. And while I’m no super expert, these are some things that have made clothing design fun and challenging for me! This is Part 1: HISTORICAL FASHION!

1. Who is Your Character?
Sometimes, and I’ve been guilty of this, too, I’ve decided on my character’s clothing long before I even have a personality formed. People look over and say, “Who are you drawing?” and I might say, “A Lolita.” Now, that’s not good! Anyone who knows about the Lolita fashion knows that each girl wears Lolita completely differently than the next. So to think of a character as their clothing is to think of an egg by its shell. We don’t even really care about the shell, we care about the yummy stuff inside! So first, think of your character as a person. Not simply a “punk,” or a “goth” or any number of fashions. Now. Instead of “What will ____ wear, it turns into what will “Anon” wear? (I’m using Anon as a fill in, so I don’t have to write “your character” umpteen times.)

2. Where is Your Character?
Where are they? When are they? If you’ve done the first step, then this should be easy to answer. Anon might be in, say, 1820s Britain. Alrighty. Cool beans. What did they do? Where were they in the world? Are they warm? Cold? A princess? A Pauper? Now comes the SUPER FUN PART OH BOY.

3. Research. FOREVER.
Now, as a bibliophile, this makes me giddy, because it means I get to go roll in my books. That’s right, books! The internet is useful for many, many things. But you can google all day and not find something you pick up one book and find. (Believe me, I’ve done it!)

There’s not much I can say to do except use every resource- books, internet, everything. Hoard images like a squirrel hoards nuts. Keep folders just for each fashion piece. Don’t forget accessories like shoes, hats, bags, and other items.

Here’s some cool places to find references!

Dover:
http://store.doverpublications.com/
Dover books are not only accurate, made from fashion plates of the time, they’re also very affordable! These are absolutely great to have around. Also, some come with CDs so you can have the books right on your computer, too! Any era, any time.

Tumblr:
If you’re here, obviously you see Tumblr as a great reference! Tumblr is also great because often it links back to the source so you can find more information!
For Historical Fashion, I recommend:
http://whattheywore.tumblr.com/
http://historicalfashion.tumblr.com/
http://fuckyeahcostumedrama.tumblr.com/
But there are bunches out there!

4. Silhouette
Now that you’ve done some research, there might be a few items that stick out to you. See if you can figure out why that is. It’s probably because you like the silhouette! A gown may seem interesting because of lots of frills and fobs, but a stronger silhouette will work out every time!

Draw your character naked! Or, at least in their underwear. You might want to save this drawing for later for the underwear test. Often character designers will draw their cast lined up in underoos, to be sure that they’re still recognisable, even without clothing to differentiate them. Example of an Underwear test by the delightful Yuko of the AMAZING Johnny Wander comic. (Over here!)

See how they’re still extremely different, even without their clothes? Now, try out different silhouettes on this character. Remember paper dolls? It’s like that. Here’s some I did, for my girl Nayana.

Whee! When you decide on one, try the same test you did with their body shape, and black them out to be sure the silhouette is strong. NOW…

5. Drawing Garments!
Clothes are, essentially, weird shapes in cloth sewn into different shapes. To draw clothing, it’s important to understand how garments are put together. For convenience’s sake, animators and cartoonists will often leave out a number of seams in their designs. Some seams can make a drawing have simply too many lines and too busy. However, a few seams can really make a garment believable and pop. Even a heavily fantasy garment needs some stability, or the reader will spend too long pondering how your character’s top is staying up rather than the issue at hand.

SSSEEEEEEEEEAMS

Look at your own clothes for examples! Pants have seams on the inside and outside of your legs, pockets, flies, zips, buttons, and seams! These are a great place to start.

Different fabrics move different ways. A velvet, for example, is heavy and drags, and would hang entirely differently than a cotton, which is far lighter. A Chiffon is light and airy, and drifts far more than a starched twill would. A good way to familiarise yourself with fabrics is to invade a fabric store and just start groping the bolts. (If people look at you funny, tell them I sent you.) When you look at a costume, think: What might this be made of, how would it lie? Does it wrinkle? Does it stretch? Does it fold? Is it a thick fabric for winter or a light fabric for summer?

Now, there are plenty of tutorials online for drawing folds, so I won’t get into that. Here’s a link to a good one, though!

So, in conclusion.

RESEARCH EVERYTHING FOREVER.

NOW. PART TWO, CONTEMPORARY AND FUTURISTIC FASHION. OH BOY!

Pink Like Me: Contemporary Fashion for mangainternational

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:45:27 -0400

Pink Like Me: Contemporary Fashion for mangainternational:

pinklikeme:

And now, Part 2, contemporary fashion!

What if your comic is set in the present day? They aren’t going to wear corsetry and spats. It’s all too easy to retreat to t-shirts and jeans, and the oft-seen “manga sundress.”

It’s okay. We’ve all drawn it. But it doesn’t really let us know anything about the character.

The awesome thing about contemporary fashion is that it is literally limitless! While I adore historical fashion, the truth is, it can be limiting since it has already happened. Contemporary fashion has no bounds!

However, when some artists think of “fashion”, they might think of this…

But that’s not true at all! And as Tumblrites, I’m sure you know that fashion can be fun and awesome to play with! You probably already have sources for where you might snag fashion inspiration for your characters.

Now! As manga folks, I’d like to say we’re fairly well-versed on street fashion.
Here’s just a handful of examples.

Awesome, yeah? I threw Lolita, fairy key and several things in there. Is it awesome? Yeah. But if ALL of your characters wear it, it starts to overshadow what’s really important: Your characters! Instead of seeing “Susan,” “Sarah,” and “Samantha” (IDEK on those names), you see “A Lolita,” “A goth”, and “a morigirl”. I know for a fact I’ve been supremely guilty of this myself. Having a character in a fashion subculture can be great!

Consider the cast of Paradise Kiss:

As a fashion-related series, each character has a very unique sense of fashion. BUT, there’s also characters with more mainstreamed fashion, which allows the unusual fashions to stick out!

So, where do you get normal fashions, then? Observe all sorts of sources! Watch people, check out catalogs. For me, I always snatch free catalogs at shops in the mall. This will fill your world with contemporary fashion! But… That’s kind of boring.

So, now what? Welcome, friends, TO COUTURE AND READY TO WEAR.

Couture by John Galliano for Dior. (~~Damnit, Uncle John, please just keep your mouth shut and design gorgeous clothes forever.~~)

Here’s usually how fashion filters.
Couture > RTW > Boutique > High Street

Couture is to fashion as concept cars are to road cars. Would anyone wear these walking down the street ~~other than Lady Gaga~~? Probably not. But someone will be inspired by whole or part of a couture garment, and pluck a bit to use in their ready to wear collection, which would then be produced for a boutique, which would then end up walking down the high street. Neat, huh? Sometimes, it’s happened in reverse, too. A couture artist might see a street fashion kid, and incorporate it into couture, and the whole thing cycles all over! It’s really fun to play spot-the-trend.

Couture is a great source of inspiration for fantasy garments, as they push the envelope for what can be achieved with fabric in the real world.

This is Anna Sui, one of the many RTW Designers. While it’s a bit outlandish, the right character could carry this right off. No matter your genre, something on the runway is bound to make you squeal like a bird with a french fry.

Pic very related.

So, what does this mean for your character? These are pretty and all, but so what? Well! Consider your character as having a giant closet, filled with all the clothes in the world. This can only expand their world!

As always, keep silhouettes in mind, and how they would function for your characters. Fashion should be a fun way to outfit your character, not their entire personality!

So where to find these awesome things?

There are dozens of incredible tumblrs that detail this exactly! A great way to keep up with runway shows as they happen is Style.com, under fashion shows.

HAVE FUN, FASHION IS YOUR FRIEND!

Pink Like Me: A Note on Using Subculture Styles

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:41:31 -0400

Pink Like Me: A Note on Using Subculture Styles:

pinklikeme:

So, we’ve explored Historical and Contemporary fashion, now for a sticky subject. Subculture fashions. Now, I’m a Lolita, a Morigirl, and dabble in fairy kei. These fashions are incredibly tempting to slip into our characters’ stories and personality, because they’re fascinating and eye-catching.

HOWEVER… Danger, Will Robinson.

Tackling a fashion subculture is inviting that culture to critique and pick at your costumes. Which can be great, because they often offer really great feedback! However, what does this mean?

DO. YOUR. RESEARCH.
Tackle this as if it were a delicate cultural reference. In effect, you are submursing your character into that world, and the things they wear dictate how much they are aware of that world. There is an enormous difference between these two things.

See a pretty distinct difference? It’s a cheapening of what you’re looking at. Consider when you design your characters, that somewhere, there’s someone who dresses like this every day!

Often if you introduce yourself and say you’re doing research, these groups are really friendly and want their culture to be displayed well!Just like your characters are people beyond their clothes, these folks are the same way.

If you want to take inspiration by the style without completely ripping it, there are ways to do that, too. What is drawing you to the subculture? It’s probably one of two things: The silhouette, or the color scheme!

Here’s two pieces inspired by the goth subculture.

The one on the left is an Alexander McQueen piece, and the right is a costume, but you get the idea. And two based on kimono…

Yeah. So what’s going on here? The more aesthetically pleasing pieces were made with respect to the original garments, and in particular, revamped them in such a way that they became their own garment instead of a costume!

Of course, character design rules still apply, but consider these the next time you consider tackling a subculture style. It might be more fun to reinvent it a bit and make your own style!

Heads up!!

Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:40:49 -0400

Morning everyone!

We just moved into our new place, helped our friends move, graduated, and now are looking for/doing our respective jobs. Sorry we’ve been absent for a little while, but I’m excited to say that pinklikeme has written a fantastic tutorial for us! This girl is amazing at all things FASHION and wrote her experiences out in a fun and informative way!

So be on the lookout! I’m about to post something you won’t wanna miss!

pinklikeme: A smaller one of Nayana reading. I hadn’t quite...

Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:53 -0400

pinklikeme:

A smaller one of Nayana reading.

I hadn’t quite settled on her personality before, but I think she’s beginning to emerge. She’s one of those people who’s sort of quiet when you begin to talk with them, but soon launch into delight when you talk about something she has lots of information on! Which is many things, considering she reads a bunch.

A few ghostlines I forgot to erase here, fff.

This one is just too darling not to post :>

pinklikeme: Nayana’s finished transformation. Sparkly! I...

Mon, 30 May 2011 16:52:42 -0400

pinklikeme:

Nayana’s finished transformation. Sparkly!

I originally had thought that Nayana’s magical girl transformation sequence would be more mechanical. (Legit, she just sorta went into a closet-shaped “Automatic Clothing Device” and it dressed her with mechanical arms.) Mahou shoujo transformations always seemed somewhat mechanical to me. Using Sailor Moon’s as an example… Hands, gloves, bodice, each boot one at a time. So I thought it’d be neat, but there’s just something so wondrous about it being a magical action.

My pictures here have had her in her late Victorian/early Edwardian hybrid clothing, but she likes wearing her Sari at home. Partially because I have a gigantic weakness for sari.

Lilly here is awesome at costume design!

pauflip: Finished panel from before. :3 love it!

Mon, 30 May 2011 16:47:34 -0400

pauflip:

Finished panel from before. :3

love it!

Cool Tutorials!

Sat, 28 May 2011 22:15:14 -0400

pinklikeme suggested some cool tutorials to post while Sofi and I are busy with finals~

Enjoy!

Tracy Butler’s Lackadaisy Expressions

Sister Claire tutorial on Character Design

Ecthelian’s tutorial on coloring with Copic Markers

Oh man I’m psyched I found this blog! I recently self published (a very small run but still!)...

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:24:43 -0400

Oh man I’m psyched I found this blog! I recently self published (a very small run but still!) my own manga/ yaoi comic for the Mocca comic convention in NYC. My plan is to keep the comic going as a web comic and maybe print again in the future depending on how it goes!

www.shipjumpercomic.com

Tips for Successful Character Design!!

Sat, 28 May 2011 00:22:00 -0400

Hey followers! I want to apologize for being kind of slow here. I’m getting into my final week here at SCAD, moving to a new apartment and graduating all in the same week…yikes! Anyway, it might be a little slow for the next week or so, but I wanted to post an informative blog to keep you guys going. Now, Sofi and I kind of passed this off to each other while working on our respective projects, so sorry if it’s a little all over the place.

I hope you all enjoyed the features I posted up on our Tumblr. Oh, and for everyone who was having trouble submitting work on our DeviantART group, it should be fixed now! So please join~! We only have a couple pieces right now, so please show us your work!

Anyway, tonight Anna and I attended a workshop taught by professor Mia Goodwin on the importance of character design. Although the lecture was mostly aimed towards game design, the subjects she covered relate to all forms of character design, be it for games, manga, cartoons—anything!

Professor Mia stressed three big factors in creating a successful character— Simplicity, memorability, and of course, the “fun factor.”

Using this character, she described to us what makes her successful.

What does this character do? What does she look like? How does her costume enhance her overall image? If you bothered to guess, or you already knew, this is a Beast Tamer from Disgaea! Her animalistic pose, mane-like hair and of course, her tail lead us to guess she is something to that effect! But let’s look at the simplicity factor- Yes, she does have a crazy costume! Perhaps it wouldn’t be practical in real life, but it isn’t covered in gratuitous bells and whistles. Her puffy pants allow for some room to play around with her proportions and make her distinctive from the other characters. If we were to silhouette her, we’d probably still be able to recognize her as a beast tamer and see which parts of her body go where, but even if she is relatively simple, she is by no means boring!

The silhouette of a character is more important than you think. If a character is memorable, we would be able to recognize them even if we were to black them out completely.

Can you guess who these characters are?

It probably didn’t take you long to recognize these silhouettes. Why is it that we can guess correctly? That’s because their shape, stance and outstanding features give them away easily. Therefore, when you design a character, you need to keep in mind that, while you don’t want to overlook the aesthetic part of designing a character, you need to first and foremost focus on the attributes that would make that character stand out no matter where it is.

Cartooning a character helps and it remains true to any style you take on. Akira Toriyama, creator of the Dragon Ball series, understood the importance of this. If you don’t think so, take notice how every character had outstanding features. Goku was tall and had palm-like hair. Vegeta is one of the shortest characters of this series (not counting his hair!) and has a huge forehead.
Other examples like Pokemon’s Jesse and James from Team Rocket would immediately bring to mind, the outstanding hairstyles and simplistic clothing mostly recognized by the “R” on their uniform.
All of these characters you would, with no doubt, recognize if they were to be blacked out.

It’s however not necessary to cartoon a character. Coming up with a dashing, interesting and memorable props and outfit for your characters is just as important; However, before you decide to do this:

(Drawing belongs to kool-aids on deviantart. Great parody! )

Or this:

Lets go to our basics:
- Keep it SIMPLE: Cluttering your character with too many things is not going to make it memorable. On the contrary, it’ll make your character look like landscape, a wall- something that blends with the background.
Simple character design DOES NOT mean failure. At times, less is more.
A good design could be a red t-shirt, shorts and snickers (Bart Simpson) or something a bit more complex like the Sailor Scouts’ uniform which are only different by their color.
Halo’s Master Chief‘s most outstanding feature is that orange-tinted helmet screen. This makes him stand out more than the other marines.

- Do some RESEARCH: Look at what other artists have done and really think about the things that makes it successful or not. Do the clothes fit your character’s world/history/background/personality/importance? How can you make 6 main characters stand out on their own?

- Ask yourself WHY?: Why is it necessary that your character carry a massive pizza-cutter sword? What does it represent? Is it practical enough to be believable? Is it necessary to exaggerate features/props/outfit?
When exaggerating a character you cannot go halfway. You have to think on the entire look of the character and why it’s necessary to do so.
A good example of exaggeration can be seen in Soul Calibur’s Ivy. When you see this character there’s no doubt she is a fame fatale. The dominatrix outfit goes well with her overly exaggerated bust, metal claw and whip sword. The concept artist didn’t just go with a sexy, revealing outfit but really took his time to finish her whole look.

The same has to be said about your character’s palette. Once you have a well-designed character, the next step is to give it life with colors! Deciding on a character’s signature colors is not an easy feat. Colors must attract the viewer’s eye as well as go with the overall theme.
Main characters usually wear primary colors. The primary colors are Red, Blue and Green. These colors are visually attractive and go with almost anything if mixed well. If you don’t know the main complementary colors, you should look at the color wheel.

Rule of thumb: colors are complimentary to the color directly across from it. So Red is complimentary to Green. Blue Violet is complimentary to Yellow Orange and so forth.

Characters like Ash Ketchum from Pokemon have all the primary colors on his character. Coincidence? Not in the least. They usually are given primary colors in order to stand out more. It is what catches the eye first, what’s most vibrant and therefore what appeals to us more. This is what makes the character seem important.
Lets go back to our first character: The Beast Tamer from Disgaea. So far she has 2 out of 3 primary colors, although if you look closely at her top, it almost looks green. That blue-green top it’s the one outstanding color that makes her pop out.
You can also see this in Sora from Kingdom Hearts with his red and blues and with just about any important character.

The Mario Brothers are another great example of good character design with outstanding features, simple outfit and great color use.

This image was shown to children who have never interacted with these characters. When asked which one was the main character, they all went for the red character. The reason being that red is such a powerful color, it’s mostly recognized and associated with the main role. The Power Ranger’s leader was the Red Ranger. When playing battle games, such like Super Smash Brothers, Player 1 is always red. Followed by Blue and Green.

That said, the last factor that was discussed was the fun factor. This is what makes us go back to the character and the story. The fun factor is what makes a character overall appealing, memorable and identifiable. This is how we identify with a character and wish to play their role until the end of the story. The main character of a story should be identifiable by someone who hasn’t read the story. Archetypes come into play here, and it is important to remember that “archetype” does not mean “stereotype.” A character can be brave and strong without being Arnold Schwarzenegger, or they can be a princess without looking like Cinderella. Although a character’s costume should reflect their role, a certain level of impracticality is usually acceptable when playing into the fun factor. That’s what makes it fun! This is where features can be exaggerated, play up the important parts of the character. If you’re going for a cutesy look, make your character’s head, hands and feet bigger, or if your character is a tough guy, give him an exaggerated triangular shape and pump up his arms! Clothing can be used to accentuate certain features, like the poofy pants on our Beast Tamer. Bright colors bring attention to our main players, like on Mario, our Red Ranger. And as always, the amount of fun you have designing your character will show through in his or her design.

Wrapping up here, we hope this little informative blog helped you as much as it did when we listened to Professor Goodwin’s lecture. We hope you’ll keep all these factors in mind for the future as you design or redesign your beloved characters! As always, keep an eye out for informative blog entries that will provide you with the tools you need to succeed as a Western mangaka, and if you have any questions or comments, we’d be happy to respond!

candycalavera: Fishbones is a bi-weekly comic written by Jisuk...

Wed, 25 May 2011 13:50:07 -0400

candycalavera:

Fishbones is a bi-weekly comic written by Jisuk Cho and drawn by Yuki S. The story follows Ferris, a bookish teen in Southport (a pseudo-New York City) whose best friend is in a notorious criminal family. Despite this, the plot is more about their friendship than it is about the mob. The story touches on growing up, relationships, and trust (and hopefully never takes itself too seriously). Because teens and gangsters swear like its going out of style, this comic contains foul language and should be approached with caution.

How could I not reblog this?

Go visit Bemused-Dreamer on DeviantART! Gotta say, I ADORE her...

Tue, 24 May 2011 23:37:00 -0400

Go visit Bemused-Dreamer on DeviantART! Gotta say, I ADORE her backgrounds and environments, and she’s got a really distinctive style that is working well for her~!She also does some cute lolita stuff for you lolis out there!

Hrm.. o-o!

Tue, 24 May 2011 23:14:54 -0400

I’m an art student myself and I’ve also had dreams of having a comic published but it seems like schools in general don’t approve of any kind of asian influenced art when you yourself aren’t well… asian. I’ve grown used to having people at school look at my work and really enjoy my coloring skills but not much of anything else. I always get that question, ‘Is this how you’re gonna draw for the rest of your life?’ I always have people look down on me because of what I choose to draw. I always have teachers making snide remarks that are usually directed at people that draw manga styled. So to see a project like this makes me happy that there are others that want their chance at their dreams. I support you guys all the way and I hope to be a part of this. I’ve had a story that I’ve been working on for a few years so I’ll post more of that in time to come. Don’t give up!

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Don’t you give up either! A wise man once said to me: talent and art is only ten percent. What matters is your story! So shouldn’t that mean that it doesn’t really matter whether you draw like Naoko Takeuchi or Rob Liefeld, as long as you can tell your story effectively!

(well okay, don’t aspire to draw like Rob Liefeld, and you probably shouldn’t be drawing like Naoko Takeuchi if your story is about Space Marines…)

I will say this: do listen to your professors. 99% of the time, they do know what they’re talking about. You will have professors who have issues with the manga style and you will have professors that will tell you to be more versatile. The ones that tell you to develop another style ARE just trying to help you, and there’s nothing wrong with branching out a bit. People with multiple styles are very marketable! This doesn’t mean you have to stop drawing manga.

You also have to understand that there are a lot of people who come into art school who learned to draw from anime and manga and don’t understand the basics of anatomy. That’s another tip for everyone out there is to learn to draw a human from life before you get too far into drawing manga! This can only help you improve in ways you can’t even imagine, so when you get into drawing your story, you’ll be able to draw a face the way it makes sense—….Oh, I’m sorry I totally got off onto a tangent there. But it is important information that everyone following Manga International should consider! And unfortunately, manga kids in art school have a bad rep for learning their anatomy from CLAMP…

As for you, keep at it and don’t get discouraged! Take advice from your professors but don’t let anyone tell you you can’t. And I’d love to see your work if you ever feel like submitting. As always, thanks for your support~!

frudoodles: Set of chibis of my own characters - the Winged...

Tue, 24 May 2011 22:10:39 -0400

frudoodles:

Set of chibis of my own characters - the Winged Warriors (: I’ll be posting sketches and whatnot of them up soon~

Visit Tamao on Deviantart~!

Manga INTL on DeviantArt!!

Sun, 22 May 2011 15:12:05 -0400

Good day everyone! Sofia has been hard at work putting the DeviantART group together, and it is now open for business, so to speak!

Join us~

Manga Pages

Sun, 22 May 2011 00:23:21 -0400

Hello, My name is Samantha Gorel and I am an aspiring manga writer and illustrator. I am still very young and inexperienced, but I wanted to help support your amazing and inspiring efforts to help English speakers a name in the American manga industry. Below are links to the first two pages of my first personal manga, which I have been discouraged to finish because of the publishing industry. Thank you very much for trying to help with this very daunting problem, I completely support your efforts, and look forward to your achievements.

Page 1 http://mireielle.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d387bvt

Page 2 http://mireielle.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/#/d3c6tcy

Featuring miss ShadowBucket! She has a way with…well, ANY...

Sat, 21 May 2011 20:38:58 -0400

Featuring miss ShadowBucket! She has a way with…well, ANY type of media and a style that certainly stands out…And check out that robot!

For DeviantArtists!

Sat, 21 May 2011 20:30:31 -0400

Hey guys! I want to thank everyone for sharing their art and stories with us. We’ve been getting a lot of submissions from DeviantART that are really great! I just wanted to let everyone know that we’re also working on a DeviantART group for submissions, and if you’d like critique, we’d be happy to do it there! I don’t know about critiquing someone on tumblr where everyone can see it, because some people might feel vulnerable about that…What do you guys think?

Between the two of us, we have 8 years and $300,000 invested in art school so we will be able to help you out with whatever you wish to improve on to the best of our ability!

Sofia is more in charge of the DA group, but if you’d like to contact either of us,

My DeviantART

Sofia’s DeviantART

feel free to send us notes :>