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Published: 2010-10-29 18:15:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 746; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 1
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I'd wanted to actually upload this on the 31st (obv) but I'll probably be busy then (although not with Halloween, thank God).Well anyway, I just wanted to make a Halloween picture. So, happy Halloween and stuff. Early.
I didn't really have any ideas though. I went through a few, and most if not all involved a Murkrow. So, scratch that, thought I, I'll just make it Shade. Then I just added Sasha too (a Vulpix is Halloweeny if you push the boundaries a bit...and squint really hard (technically speaking.)) And the costumes?
Well Shade is a Vulpix and Sasha is a Murkrow.
OH TEH LULZ.
Also the BG looks really empty 'cos originally I had a silhouette Gengar there but it looked naff so I scrapped it...and then just left the area totally blank. Awesome.
Originally this was really saturated too, but I dulled it off a lot. Meh, close call over which one I used, but this is the dull version.
Yeah, well, I know it sucks. But...
...it's still better than last year's picture...
(...also this means I had 10,000 pageviews over the year. Huh.) Although this is sorely lacking in the Captain Falcon department nonetheless.
BUT BUT I WANTED TO BE IN THE PICTURE
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This is such an awesome picture! The colouring, the pokemon in costume, the costumes themselves! So awesome!
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Thank you very much! 
I don't think this picture turned out like I'd wanted it to, but I guess it doesn't matter
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You're welcome
Sometimes it's better when the picture turns out different, because then it's more...unique-ish. Less planned, more drawn?
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Ha Ha! Funny and adorable! Happy Haloloween dude!
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Thanks!
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Woo! 
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Yes! You should! That guy of your awesome emoticon/icon/avatar-thingy, do you know who he is? He looks like a famous Dutch-guy... He's an actor or something like that... Arie Boomsma or something, that guy looks REALLY like him.
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Alright then, but I dunno how I can send buckets of coolness over the internet 
I havn't heard of Arie Boomsma, although I just found his name on Wikipedia...but no picture ;_;
The guy in the icon is, I think, Jack Black [link] (and that's a particular moody picture of him from Wikipedia)
Whether he looks the same, I dunno.
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Hahaha, I think you already have
This is Arie Boomsma [link] Hope the link works >.> Do you know how STUPID Arie Boomsma sounds? Especially when you compare it with Jack Black XD I really don't like Dutch. Although I just found a new quote about Dutch people which makes me feel happy I'm Dutch
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Haha, he almost looks identical (in fact, he actually does look more like that avatar than Jack Black does
And wow, whatever that quote is, it must be a good one; you're always saying how you don't like being Dutch... so if just one quote can change that it must be the quote that beats all quotes.
Or something.
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But it would be really weird that that guy would be an icon, because many people don't even know him. So I think it's Jack Black. It just love English! It sounds great, it's easier for me to understand, most of the sentences are shorter in Enlgish than in Dutch, it's just great!
The quote: As a final touch, God created the Dutch
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Oh, y'never know, people make those icons using all kinds of people
Haha but how can English be easier to understand for you than your own language?
One thing I didn't like about learning German is that it sounds really angry and agressive compared to other languages, like, you really have to force out all the words. It almost put me off learning languages entirely >_< I don't think I've really ever heard Dutch though.
But no matter which country you live in you'll always find something wrong with it. I bet if you moved, you might be able to say "well, this bit's better" but also, "but this thing's a bit worse". There isn't really an ideal place in the world.
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Ye, I think you're right.
Because the words sound logical! And I don't even know how to write certain words. They change the way to write them so often, I kinda lost track of the right thing.
You've really never heard Dutch people talk before, we sound extremely rude! And some people have a really strange way to say the 'r'. I'm one of them XD
That's true, but I wish there was an ideal place in this world. But it would be overloaded with people...
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Yeah, I think it's a bit strange when a country decides it's going to spell the language's words differently, because it just gets confusing. Although when it comes to English, the difference between actual-English and American-English is equally confusing
And the more I think about it, the more I can say that I've never heard Dutch being spoken. I've heard English being spoken with the accent, but that's not really the same thing. I doubt it can sound that rude though, because rudeness probably depends on the kind of person talking.
I think the ideal place in this world is long gone. There'll never be an ideal place in today's world. What I mean is, wouldn't anybody love to go see what the world was like before the masses of roads, cars, cities, pollution etc appeared? Back then, every place in the world was ideal...although maybe not as comfortable
...nah, nothing's really ideal. >_<
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That is REALLY confusing. In Holland, we have the white and the green way of writing words... That's even more confusing...
But really, we sound rude XD Or maybe I only know rude Dutch people... But, Dutch doesn't sound nice in general. Like Italian, that sounds beautiful...
I wonder if there ever was an ideal place... I know, nothing is ideal... You just need to see beyond any imperfection, but even then... Nothing is perfect I guess...
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This is awesome! I just wish Hototo was in there somewhere. XD
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Thanks
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... I find it sad that it took me ages to work out what was happening.
Not your fault! It just takes me ages to work that kind of thing out. Like... ever seen that Pikachu that pulls a mudkip face? You could count to 5 before the penny drops in my head. Or there's a deviation around here somewhere that includes a Mudkip in a Halloween costume and a Pikachu in a Mudkip one, it kept messing with my head 
You're lucky, though. I haven't been able to work on anything for the last three days (PEEPULZ KEEP STEELING MAH INTERWEBS) due to lack of references, since losing Pearl I can't check the Pokedex anymore. I'll be lucky if it's up by the date; I've 8 hours study to do tomorrow ;_;
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Lawls, well, actually it IS my fault, because it IS pretty hard to make out. My original intention was just to draw other PokΓ©mon as other PokΓ©mon, but then I thought I'd just draw an Ekans as a Dunsparce and a Dunsparce as an Ekans. Then I thought that wasn't very Halloweeny and just used Shade and Sasha.
And I just went through with it despite the fact Shade looks nothing like a Vulpix. And it looks all sorts of terrible.
But yerse, I thought I'd rush a quick picture in now, because the next few days I'll be packing for London. But hey, who says you need it up for the date? A week either way isn't going to hurt.
Still sucks about your Pearl; are your other PokΓ©dexes almost empty? Anyway, surely if you can't get access to the internet, that also means you can't get access to a PC, meaning you wouldn't be able to work anyway (at least digitally)? Or is someone actually physically stealing your internet?
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Well, I mean, I'd like to draw, say, a Drifblim, but with an uncompleted PT dex and no pearl, I'd be afraid of getting things wrong. So can't do much, except when I have access. To the ACTUAL internet dongle-y thing, that is. I can still draw with what I have done already, but I wouldn't chance drawing from memory for something important. (And they're not almost empty, they just have large gaps. I've actually restarted Ruby for that reason; seeing the amount of Pokemon unobtainable in White has made me want to try catching up a bit.
Funny, actually. I had similar ideas for dressing up Pokemon, in fact, were I a premium member, I'd have held a contest for Pokemon Halloween costumes. Srsly. Best idea + execution gets a 3 month sub, sort of thing.
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Well if you find yourself without a ref for a while, just do a tiny little minute-study while you can, like, just sketch the outline and areas of colour quick-like, so you have a little something to go by. Plus, something like Drifblim isn't overly complex anyway.
But yes, wouldn't we all? If I could I'd be holding contests left right and center but, lo and behold, it doesn't work that way
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Well, of course I do that, that's the first thing I do. Only without colour, since it doesn't serve a purpose. And while Drifblim isn't complex, IT WAS ONLY AN EXAMPLE.
And it only doesn't work if you don't have a premium.
I'll get a premium, just you wait and see. >8(
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Why does colour serve no purpose in a ref doodle? You need to know which bits are which colour o_0
But whatevs.
If you want a premium that much, just go ahead and buy one. Sheesh!
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Well, I know which colours I want. And anyway, I'll be checking them for reference while correcting the lineart anyways. It's wasted effort.
And I would, (They are very cheap) only I'm very picky about premiums. I've already said before how rather a lot I'd see young people who are obviously borrowing daddy's credit card for no better reason than they want to? Or to make use of stamps? I don't want to be one of those people. Regardless of how much I've improved, if at all, there are plenty of people here who would think deep down that I'm just not good enough to deserve one. I want to deserve one. So, either I'm waiting to get good enough to buy my own, (I have no qualms with people like =purplekecleon having one, since she's obviously fantastic) to win one or work hard enough for somebody else to give me one, (like ~pokemondiamond , he works to get his - ZOMG where'd it go) or simply to win one in a random dA hosted contest - that's a gift, can't complain.
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I know what you mean. Everytime I see anybody with a Premium symbol, I automatically think "ZOMG AWSUM ARTIST". Like, if anybody with an asterisk faves my work, I expect to be entering the page of a damned good artist when I go thank them for it.
But usually, 'tis not the case. Normally some 13/14 year old kid with a truckload of stamps and other such malarkey. But hey, no one's stopping them.
In that way I'd also feel similarly awkward in having a premium too; I can see that trying to "prove" you "deserve" that kind of thing is the best way to know you're getting it at the right time, if you know what I mean. I mean, I could easily say "oh hay i iz gud, i can haz preemeeum nao" and go buy one, although I wouldn't really have earnt it so much as I'd just be superficially hightening my status. Stress on superficially.
Although I seriously doubt you'd misuse a premium. If you WAS to buy one right now, I'd say you'd deserve it.
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"If you WAS to buy one right now"...?
Lol, I really shouldn't criticise a nice sentiment like that. But then, you shouldn't be misusing your native language, so I guess we're quits.
I think that's a big thing; the fact that when you browse someone's page with a * beside their name, you expect them to be good. I wouldn't want to disappoint. Less rich preteens steelin our asterisks, plz!
I wunder... I mean, wonder... what other kinds of contests could I do? I have 3 ideas already, possibly 4, all different ideas. (Flexible, though.) Those kind of thoughts are what keep me going through the school-day; the things that I'd like to do had I the chance. So, you said you'd do similar - any contest ideas? (I wouldn't steal! )
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Were, was, same difference!
But yeah, it's true; the premium symbols really do ramp up expectations. A great artist with a higherup symbol is bound to be solidified in their position as an awesome artist, even when, say, compared to an artist of identical skill level who was a regular member. Also, if a more so-so artist was to have a premium, because the expectations are superficially raised, it makes their artwork skill-level feel like it's capped prematurely. Y'know, almost as if greatness and level of membership go hand in hand.
Well, in all honesty, I don't really have that many contest ideas...it's something I know I'd like to do, but I never really put much thought into it 'cos I never thought it'd happen.
I really have no idea how it'd work as a contest, but I've always liked the idea of somekind of "continue the story" thingymajig.
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Huh. Sounds interesting - and sort of follows your own style, too. Unique, you could say. I wonder - would it ever be possible that either of us ever actually make money from dA? Like, when we'remuchbetter, we do commissions via paypal? The idea has a certain... sparkle to it.
And definitely not same difference.
Were - past plural, + you.
Was - past singular.
I was, you were. He/she/it was. They/You(plural)/We were.
Eesy peesy.
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Money!?
...greedy pig!
I don't really understand dA "commissions" though. Because... let's say someone requests something; how do you actually give them it? I mean, if you just uploaded it and they paid cash/points, it's still not really theirs 'cos everyone can see/download it. And if they want a physical, copy, well, that'd almost be impossible to sort out. They could always buy it through the Prints thing, but then they'd have to pay for it again. Or you'd have to buy it yourself and sell it for more (because I highly doubt we all own proper printing equipment). Plus I don't think you're even allowed to make prints of things like fanart.
It all just...confuzzles me.
I'd just be content with recycling points, not dealing with real money.
Or if I'm totally missing the point here, please enlighten me.
Also I'm just really used to misusing "was", I've said this before.
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Hurmmm. I'm not sure about prints. I'm not disagreeing, I'm just not positive whether or not fan art is a category for Prints; I mean, you can have fan art of an OC or something. But I've definitely seen people sell Pokemon stuff, even actual stuff, (e.g papercrafts, plushies) but I doubt they were prints. I suppose people with money to spend figure that that by comissioning something, they look good, they have fond memories of a piece, and they can feel good about helping out another artist. I mean, even if you were to recieve a commish in the post after buying it; well; what then? Sure, you hang it up, but that's it. And when it's on the 'net, it'll always say it was drawn for you. I guess that's why people do it.
And come ON, no point being nai(umlaut)ve about it. Eventually, if we're good enough, we are going to be tempted to sell stuff. I mean, it's one of the "next steps". Like, proving that you're good enough in the eyes of other people. Plus, the cash would help.
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Oh, well, I dunno then. It's just, I've hardly EVER seen people offering prints of fanart, and also, if you upload fanart dA never gives you the option to make a print. Pretty much every non-fan-art picture I've uploaded offers the option to make a print right off the bat, so I just assumed the option was disabled for fan art (copyrights.)
But I'd still think people would prefer to own a physical copy of a piece of art after buying it. Which is why, in the world of dA, I'd think just dealing in points is a lot better. If at one point in the future I want to set up and do REAL commisions I'm pretty sure I'd take it somewhere else, like, make my own website or something.
And yeah, I'd probably be tempted to sell stuff, but only if, one day, someone was to say "oh, I'd like to buy something like that" as opposed to me saying "anyone wanna buy this?"
If ya get me.
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YAY
Those two sure are great characters
great concept making them the opposite pokemon
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Yep :/
but Sasha's expression looks cool there 
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