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alias_sqbr ([personal profile] alias_sqbr) wrote2010-06-18 04:35 pm

Prompts with references

Am feeling bored and aimless, having put up my reversebigbang art (links when the story is up too) and pretty much finished my dark_agenda art as much as I'm going to. I need to be distracted before I start arguing with people on the internet (more than I have been)

So! Art prompts! I will draw the couple for sure, and probably get to the others over time until I don't feel inspired any more.

Give me:
A prompt: (original or fannish. Nothing squicky or above PG. NO ZOMBIES)
plus
Reference images: Enough that I shouldn't have to resort to google images to figure out how to draw it. Thus: the characters(*) (and the less familiar I am, the more detail I will need. "Use this actor" is fine for book fandoms etc) plus if they're doing something unusual like sword fighting then a ref for the pose (Senshistock is good for this). If they wear unusual clothes I'll need a picture of them too.

Since by far the one thing that I find most off putting about prompts is figuring out how to lay them out and finding the references. I will probably not follow them exactly and look up extra images but it's nice to have somewhere to start from.

Confidential note to [personal profile] leecetheartist: regardless of when you comment I will draw your picture if you give me a werewolf and a casting for the archaelogist. A digsite would help too but I can fudge that :)

EDIT: LJ comment notifications seem to be down so comment on dreamwidth if you can.

(*)Unless it's something like "Hogwarts under attack by aliens" or "The Sydney Opera House under attack by aliens", in which case I will need pictures of Hogwarts/The Sydney Opera House and alien spaceships etc.
velithya: (Default)

[personal profile] velithya 2010-06-18 11:26 am (UTC)(link)
I would like Rygdea and Rosch! They are characters from FF13. Um, this is Rosch, he is amazing! I love him. And this is Rygdea. Another headshot. I am writing a story where they uh get together *cough* and in the first scene Rosch UM, ARE YOU PLAYING FF13? THE REST OF THIS COMMENT MAY CONTAIN POST-GAME SPOILERS-
sqbr: "Creative genius" with an arrow pointing to a sketch of me (genius!)

[personal profile] sqbr 2010-06-18 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
I have not played the game and plausibly will one day so you'll have to come up with something non-spoilery that they are doing. Still, thankyou for the reference shots!
velithya: (no hesitation [Rosch])

[personal profile] velithya 2010-06-18 12:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, well. HMM. Perhaps I can bribe you to illustrate that scene at a later time! ;P ♥

How abouuuuuuuut- okay! I got it! How about Rygdea helping Rosch? Something like this? FYI Rosch is about a head taller than Rygdea.
sqbr: "Creative genius" with an arrow pointing to a sketch of me (genius!)

[personal profile] sqbr 2010-07-03 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
Done! Sorry it's not coloured but I ran out of spoons.
velithya: (no hesitation [Rosch])

[personal profile] velithya 2010-07-03 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
THAT IS OKAY I LOVE IT AND IT IS AMAZING
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[personal profile] hl 2010-06-18 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
So, any fandom at all, or only fandoms you're in?
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[personal profile] sqbr 2010-06-19 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well, fandoms I'm in are easier (and the resulting image more likely to be in character) but if you give me enough detail for one I'm not in I can do it.
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[personal profile] hl 2010-06-19 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
I totally want to see a drawing of Naj and Al from Survivors (link to picspam) playing soccer. :D :D There are pictures of them doing it in the picspam, but I can take more snapshots of them if you need them. Google images of Al's actor. Google images of Naj's.

Also, of Sami (he's the scientist on the left of the two that are standing on the last blue square) sitting next a fire outside, dressed in regular clothes. Here are pictures of the actor, and here are some pictures of people by camping fires.

If you're interested on the why, the first is something that really happened (various times, actually! And once they even played with Anya, another of the characters, but I didn't want to abuse), and the second is a scenario of a fix-it fic for that character that has been around my head for a while.

(And, btw, I totally understand if it's too boring or something and you would prefer not to do them. I'm no good at prompting. Like, I don't think you would do them anyway, but just in case!)
hl: Drawing of Ada Lovelace as a young child, reading a Calculus book (Default)

[personal profile] hl 2010-06-19 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
Gah, must've forgotten to c&p or something! Here you go.
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[personal profile] sqbr 2010-07-04 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
Done!

I was feeling a bit stuck and then Cam watched a random episode of Dr Who and he was in it and I was inspired to finish it off :)
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[personal profile] hl 2010-07-04 12:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, thanks!!

I really like how you've done the fire's light and the shadows.
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[personal profile] sqbr 2010-07-07 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it.

The last time I drew someone by a fire it came out really crap and I'd been meaning to have another go, which is why I chose this of your two prompts :)
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[personal profile] elaran 2010-06-18 04:06 pm (UTC)(link)
zoe from firefly with a gun and in a slinky dress
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[personal profile] sqbr 2010-06-19 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds good! I will need: Zoe. A slinky dress. The gun will presumably come with the first part :)
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[personal profile] elaran 2010-06-20 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
holy crap that is gorgeous!! whoa. i love it. that dress is perfect. as is the pose! thanks dr sophie!
leecetheartist: Photo of me coming at the camera, in my colourful mermaid gear (Default)

Bewdy!

[personal profile] leecetheartist 2010-06-18 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Ooh. Thank you! I will send you linky goodness.



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Re: Bewdy!

[personal profile] leecetheartist 2010-07-02 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
And well worth the wait!
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[personal profile] furikku 2010-07-03 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Please draw an axolotl and a spider hanging out at the arcade.

If you have issues drawing either, a squid is an acceptable replacement.
sqbr: "Creative genius" with an arrow pointing to a sketch of me (genius!)

[personal profile] sqbr 2010-07-03 09:24 am (UTC)(link)
Two requests:
What kind of spider? Any preferences?

An image of people hanging out at an arcade. EDIT: Or just an image of an arcade.
Edited 2010-07-03 09:25 (UTC)