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Published: 2011-07-26 09:25:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 29103; Favourites: 624; Downloads: 394
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Hey! This character art is from 2011 and outdated. Check out the most recent stuff in my gallery or dye's gallery!Everything below this point features outdated information and character designs and is only kept here for posterity.
Also adorable corny title is adorable and corny. *glitters*
This is promotional art for Tyshea and I's collaborative girl's love anthology, Picture This.
See Tyshea's upload here!
(That means they're all girls! Yes, I know, we totally fooled you.
Sorry about that.)They follow the order we'll tell their stories, from left to right. Sam&Sara > Jay&Jess > Stella&Gale > Mona&Su-Mi
The two couples on the left are in high-school, and the two on the right are in college, except Gale, because she's a butt.
GOSH I CANT GET OVER HOW BIG THIS THING IS. IT'S GOTTA BE THE BIGGEST THING I'VE EVER POSTED. I blame Ty for this immediately. Ty and her... her large resolution nonsense. Also, this is officially my first print...
I've never offered any of my work as a print before, I usually don't like to, but since Ty is, and we have such a massive resolution... I dunno! ANYWAY Wow. These were SO MUCH FUN TO DO. Doing flats only made it so much faster and more fun with the texture and graphic aspect. I drew all the right characters, and she drew the left side ones! Also, since we're both MASSIVE fashion geeks, we referenced this wonderful site Polyvore for our outfits, just for those of you wondering where we get all our inspiration from. We used a combo of Paint Tool SAI and Photoshop 7 & CS2, and it took about a week total, which I find very impressive... Ty is responsible for that fantastic graphic text background on both the whole thing and behind each of them, also!
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To everyone watching both me and Tyshea know that since this is a collab project, you might get some stuff in your inboxes twice.
Sam, Jay, Gale, Su-Mi & Amazing backgrounds (c) Dyemelikeasunset
Sara, Jess, Stella, Monica (c) Beedalee-Art
Creased Paper Texture (c)fudgegraphics at fudgegraphics.deviantart.com/a…
Thank you for the overwhelming support so far, oh my god! I'll be sure to reply to comments soon, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!
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Oh gosh, that would be super fun to figure out, but we definitely don't have time right now 
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Ha ha, that's okay. Thanks for replying!
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You're more than welcome, my friend.
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awesome!
jay and jess are girls too? because for me they look like boys...
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Yes, they're both masculine women
Thank you!
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I can't help but to look though all of your gallery, especially the concepts of Picture This. I love the idea, and I'm already attracted to Mona and Su-Mi, they contrast, and yet look so right together (not to mention very, very cute~).
I would love to know more about these two, as I don't see much of them together in your gallery, but I can definitely identify with Mona, in more ways than one. ;w;
Please, keep up the amazing, inspirational work. Just looking though your gallery alone, has reinspired me.
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Oh wow, I'm so happy you can relate to MonaSu! I'm sorry they're so scarce at the moment, we're focusing on each arc in order so only SamSara is getting the bulk of our attention right now; but we definitely want to do our best to keep the others in the loop.
Thank you so much for the interest and support!
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This is beautiful and all the couples look adorable :3
By the way, I found this girl who looks a bit like Gale named Rita Indiana. Here's a picture of her
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Wow, these are really great photos! 
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I just love PT too much. It's so awesome, and (I've realized it's not only me, but) for some people this really helped them find more to themselves than what they already knew. There are so many things I want to say but they're going crazy inside my head I can't narrow it down to one to even start with!
At about the end of 2011, I found out that me and one of my best girl friends actually like each other; I never knew I liked a girl until then (unfortunately for both of us, she had a boyfriend and I just wasn't dating until I got out of HS). But anyways, once I found PT, I just... my heart melted, although your characters aren't real, I could relate so much to them and it has actually made me a little stronger, emotionally and mentally.
I hadn't even heard the term androgynous until I followed you and Ty, and I absolutely love those types of girls. hehe and girls like Mona and Gale too >///<
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First, apologies for the late reply!
I'm really, really... really happy you took the time to share that with me. I really don't feel like we've done that much sometimes- just drawings of these characters of ours, nothing really substantial about the story or their struggles or anything.... yet so many people like you tell us about what it does for you and helping you find yourself. It really leaves me speechless.
I'm so happy you can relate to them, even so early on- and that they helped you find strength and courage. I really hope these characters and our work can always do that for you.
Thank you so so much! 
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I don't mind, I understand that you're busy with your own things. C:
Yeah, I think I know what you mean, just the general idea is so unique and the characters are so relatable. It's amazing that people can relate to them, I love it when characters are like that. If people are so moved now with just sketchdumps, pictures and character sheets, I wonder what the effect will be when it's out and ready to read!!
So, in short, thank you and Ty for such an awesome idea.
You're very welcome!
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I would really like to know the girls birthdays, could you tell me?
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Sure thing! 
Jess's birthday was actually yesterday, haha!
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Awesome, thank you. ^_^
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i think my favorite couple is jay and jess. jess is my favorite character of all time. with the exeption for rilu
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Argh, that's awesome! I'm happy you're a fan! Also ahahaha, a Rilu fan too?! Double awesome!
Thank you very much!
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wow. I have been following your guy's project for quite sometime now and i think its amazing! I totally love it cuz i myself am bisexual and i find it amazing how you depict girl love! The Sara+Sam relationship is SOOO cute i can't get over it! keep up the good work, your giving the female side of homosexual a change of look! swear cuz usually one say lesbian and they think porn and u totally changed all that. Picture This FTW! <3
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Thank you so much! 
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You're welcome.Keep up the good work! i cant wait to see more SxS tho... they're probably my faves
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I love this project and i can't wait to see the whole story. Till now the characters are just impressive and somewhat deep (and i haven't even read a whole lot about them). Personally I'm no that androgynous, but in my teens (15-18) people had the inclination to threat me like a boy because my rowdy, flirty, bold and loud personality and my lack of feminine curves, so I can relate to this kind of girls. Also, i don't know understand how people CAN'T see they're girls... ok, maybe Jay it's a bit too masculine, but what? you can still see the curve of her breast! the same with Sam or Gale! Not every girl was given a curvy, feminine and hourglass figure!
I'm a fan also of how you can mix your styles so well, the way you draw i mean. I have high spectations on how the story will go (specially JxJ, i have troubles imagining that sort of relationship, although it seems interesting so far) and how the story will develop.
I'm a bisexual myself, and anytime I dated or even liked a girl (i had a long term girlfriend also, it was hell for us both at first, but we managed to sort that out), everyone got in rampage or was totally lost and assumed that i had to be a sexually corrupted freak, thinking it was just and immature way to cope up with my looks and personality, so i can... imagine, the inner troubles they will have to sort.
Well, this became a bit too long, but who cares? I LIKE THIS PROJECT AND I'M LOOKING FOWARD TO THE STORIES!!xD That, to summarize i guess....
ps: sorry if you find some... HORRID grammar mistakes or spelling mistakes. English is not my first language (it's german) and i'm not so good at it yet (at least the writing part).
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Oh gosh!
I don't know what to say... I'm really really happy that you're looking forward to this project! Thank you so much for all the kind words and comments and support. I really hope you can relate to one of the stories, couples, or characters as we work on them. And don't worry at all about the long comment, it was fun to read! Your English is very good!
Thank you so so much!
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Hey there!
You don't have to say a thing xD And is something you should pride of, the fact your project is this popular and it still in it's preliminaries.
Right now i feel i can relate a lot to Jay (being the sport freak i am and being most of my close friends guys) but in time i'll see what's going on.
When do you think the first chapter of Sam is going to be released? i know it has to be a lot of work, but i still wonder xD
And thank you for complimenting my english. i've studying it for two years and i'm not confident enough yet (being a german/danish girl living in a south american country where EVERYONE talks in spanish tends to hinder the speed i which i can get to actually study, having also troubles with spanish)
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I've been spamming Tyshea's gallery with fangirling over PT and I've got some spam to spare. Care for some?
First up, it wasn't until I read the artist's comments on the pic that I realised two artists were drawing the characters. I'm impressed that you guys have matched up your style so well! I also had a great time trying to guess what it said behind each character, then I scrolled down, read the artist's comments and felt silly
Secondly, I can't believe the comments you guys are getting about "are they guys" "too masculine" etc (sorry, I'm not gonna waste my time looking for direct quotes, because really?) Part of the appeal of this project for me is the fact that these characters *aren't* the hyper-feminine protagonists of so much shoujo-ai/yuri nor are they hyper masculine stereotypes. They look like people I've met walking around my city, whether they were gay, straight, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, or whatever else they like. And I may or may not be in awe of their clothing. So keep up the good work, and I can't wait to see what comes of this project
Thirdly, I can't believe my first comment on your work turned into a rant. Sorry about that 
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Omg, please and thank you!
Oh wow!
The amount of "chicks look like dudes" comments are thankfully few and far between, but they tend to pop up when we post anything JxJ or Gale related. Alas. We've even gotten a few "I pretend they're guys." comments, which really blows my mind. Believe you me, I can't express how "WHAT?" we get at these. Ty herself is very androgynous, it was like denying something's existence to its' face, really! And I just get all kinds of offended at people managing to still be so black and white. This is almost 2012, people!
As much as I love decent yuri/shoujo-ai, I do realize the problem on DA is that they're expecting yuri/shoujo-ai stereotypes, when what we're actually doing is approaching this from an American LGBT comic PoV- not the fluffy, innocent childhood bliss with pretty moe girls shoujo-ai usually entails. Not many people online are used to the LGBT culture (which did confuse me at first, but I realized I was immersed in it my whole life, so it felt natural to me) So we hope to maybe help rectify that a little bit at a time.
But ANYWHO, I'm extremely pleased to know people get what we're trying to say, hearing you say you see them every day is EXACTLY what I want to hear! My favorite comments are the long thoughtful ones- even if I take a bit to reply (I suffer from slowpoke-syndrome) I always love these the most. I also am a ramble-aholic, and emoticions are my favorite pastime!
I am fantastic, thank you for a wonderful read. Hope you're also well!
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Thanks for reading all the way through my comment and posting such a long reply, I love reading what people have to say
A (former) colleague at work once snapped at me "Jesus, you're such a guy, why don't you just turn into a man already?!" 
I used to devour a lot of yuri/shoujo ai, but I started to get a bit sour with the overplayed stereotypes and cliches. That's why I'm so excited for this project; even though I already know the planned couples, I have no idea what you're going to do with the characters or the stories you're going to tell. And instead of generic pretty moe-blobs (they have their place, they're just hard to relate to), these characters look like people I know and the sorts of people you'd love to hang out with
"Not many people online are used to the LGBT culture (which did confuse me at first, but I realized I was immersed in it my whole life, so it felt natural to me)" THIS. I wish I could fully express how powerful the wisdom in that statement is. But I can't find words, epic fail x_x
Don't worry about slowpoke syndrome, it's more common than you think (pot? kettle? black? where?) Let's hear it for the ramblers and emoticonaholics! 
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@__@ Forgive me for the super late reply!
But wow, I can't imagine facing a situation like that, I mean... really. Why would people say that? It's so pointless and hypocritical. "You're too manly" "You're too girly", it doesn't matter what gender you are, everything is an insult. Girls being "too girly" and guys being "too manly". There's no happy medium.
Ty and I really do enjoy our yuri/shoujo-ai, and she's admittedly quite good at finding really sweet stories, but even then, the repeated stereotypes and archetypes will start cropping up. I very rarely see a masculine girl in shoujo-ai that isn't just sleek and androgynous. I'm really happy that so many people feel them relatable though, I hope even with our remote secretiveness about their plots, it continues to lure people in. >///<
Oh gosh, wow!
And I was about to apologize again for my slowpoke reply, but I'll just hush up now at that last part ://|; Thank you for leaving such wonderful thoughtful comments! I'm doing great as well!
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Late replies ahoy! Skyrim and Christmas did more to my free time than I imagined
Dunno why people say it, though I think it reflects more on their attitudes towards gender roles and what's "appropriate" rather than the person on the receiving end. I used to devour yuri/shoujo ai like someone possessed, so I'm looking forward to the chance to dive into PT and feel just as passionately as I felt about my favourite shoujo ai series. No pressure or anything
I hope things will get better too with time, and I think they are. In spite of some large step backwards in global LGBT rights towards the end of 2011, I think people overall are starting to learn that a person's sexuality is no reason to demonise them; it's simply one more aspect of their character. Though it still makes me laugh when I get the "I didn't think you were that way" or "I know, but you still don't strike me as queer." Really? I guess it's time to get a flashing neon sign.
I'm grateful if you think my comments are thoughtful and not just longwinded 
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I've looked around in both of yours galleries, they are awesome! I love this project and I hope it's something you two will continue with. I think the parings are unique, really unique! There are many boring parings in comics, but these are all really special and I can't stop liking all of them! 
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Oh, yay!
Thank you sooo so much though, omg! We'll do our best! 
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When ever you talk about the comic and see new pictures I really want to have it all DDD: It's like a candy you can't get enough of. ^^'
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...what. Someone said they're not... feminine enough? *blank stare* ...what does that even mean? That just because you said these were all girls' love, that the main couples all have to adhere to some standard of femininity? I love these characters. I've encountered almost all of these kinds of people, and the others seem believable. Real life has gender and sexuality spectrums, not one-or-the-other positions. Why shouldn't your characters be the same?
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Amanda, I love you immensely.
with like the intensity of many flaming rainbows
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Nafi I love you more than sparkly things. YES THAT MUCH
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I JUST HAD THE HAPPIEST EPILEPTIC SEIZURE, OH YES I DID
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ok, first of all: you are one of my favorite commenters in the history of forever I am FIFTY KINDS OF HAPPY you comment on my work too now.
You don't even know. 8| Secondly. OH MY GOD SOMEONE WHO JUST TOTALLY, COMPLETELY GETS IT /INTENSE DESKFLIP (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
I really don't know what it is. We get comments like "they're too manly" and "look like dudes" and "I don't believe they're girls". It's like. What? We said they're girls. They're girls. Do we need to draw their tits and bits showing to convince you or something? Have you ever even gone outside in your life? There are THOUSANDS of girls, are you only looking at the ones with C+ knockers and shortshorts with heels? I mean, more power to you if you're a feminine woman or a straight guy that prefers feminine women, seriously- but don't be ignorant about the fact that's not the only side of the spectrum! We even got comments that are like, "Oh, I just pretend they're boys." And we just. 
/breathes and composes self
MOST of our PT fans are very open-minded and understanding though, and we're eternally greatful for finding something like a family for it.
Ohhh man I totally tangented hi. *lays on floor*
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I-I - eep. o////w////o Omigod, I'm blushing so hard. I'm glad that me commenting can make you so happy! Y-you flatterer
EXACTLY! *flips desk the other way* Artists confusing readers about the characters' genders is one thing if they genuinely lack the artistic ability to differentiate their drawn genders, but your characters are very distinct and unique - any gender-blurring is part and parcel of the characters themselves and is intentional. Yet readers still seem to complain as if it's your fault that the characters aren't part of their 'normal' conceptions of gender. You're not making a comic specifically to appeal to some people's idea of girl love, or for popularity - you're making it to explore different types of couples and the various successes and pitfalls in their relationships (at least that's how it seems to me, sorry for presuming). Anyone who needs to pretend that the characters are men to like it has some growing up to do and is probably not the intended audience in the first place.
Also I am probably going to use the phrase "tits and bits" now. XD
Hey there. *lays on floor next to you*
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Whew, forgive my painful lateness, but I wanted to reply >://| *STEELY DETERMINATION*
I'm intensely flattered and relieved at your thoughts though ~///~ Seriously. You're so observant and lovely and agfhsgsd. I'm so relieved it feels on-purpose to you- I don't really like the whole "trap" aesthetic people force onto characters, like the moe oc wearing a dress and pink but "IS A BOY ZOMG". It makes for bad stereotypes, and it makes people think that if I draw an androgynous girl, I'm trying to confuse their poor boners and make them mad.
Please do use tits and bits.
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I don't care if I get doubles, the more the merrier!
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Eeeee, glad to hear that!
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