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yellowis4happy — TP: Aly Character Study

Published: 2011-04-14 01:22:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 3536; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 39
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Description Something a little different for my watchers.

This is Alianne of Pirate's Swoop from Tamora Pierce's Trickster's books, which are a big piece of nostalgia for me as a big turning point in my reading during elementary school. I recently joined , and I was so stoked to be part of such a great project that I drew this up right away. Anyone who happens to be a fan of Pierce's writing should definitely go take a look at it, because it's a lot of fun.

I'm not one of the head character designers, but since I was informed that I wouldn't be shot for designing anyway, I'm going to design away and see what everybody thinks. So definitely expect more, and if anyone wants to give me any suggestions or advice or whatever, feel free. :]

I think my next ones are either going to be the Balitang girls or Nawat, although I want to tackle so many of the characters that it's hard to know who I'll draw next until it happens, haha. There's a great opportunity for practicing in drawing different kinds of people with these characters, since they're so diverse and of all sizes, personalities, and colors. I love it!

No idea what she's leaning on, by the by. You can make something up, if you want.

Edit: Added some quick shading, as promised.
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Pencil on paper. Might slap some quick PS magic on it later.

Trickster's (c) Tamora Pierce
Art (c) yellowis4happy
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Comments: 48

SgtAngua [2013-01-11 02:52:26 +0000 UTC]

Nice job! I love all of them ^u^

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yellowis4happy In reply to SgtAngua [2013-01-11 03:12:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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SgtAngua In reply to yellowis4happy [2013-01-11 23:00:34 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^u^

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Petite-Soleil [2011-07-05 03:25:32 +0000 UTC]

the only thing that bothers me is that she didnt shave her head just cut it short and sporadically all over the place. hair that short makes her look manish, if you dont mind me sayin

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yellowis4happy In reply to Petite-Soleil [2011-07-05 09:19:15 +0000 UTC]

The top middle sketch she is bald, actually. And the sketch on the far right where she is walking on her hands, her head is stubbly, where her hair is growing back.

She's not supposed to be very girly, since she's got muscled arms and legs from all her hand to hand combat, so no, that doesn't bother me.

Thanks for the feedback. :]

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Petite-Soleil In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-07-08 04:55:08 +0000 UTC]

yea i just dont remember her being bald but maybe thats just my bad *shrugs* anyway youre fantastic and its great to find people out there who also like great series like those done by tamora pierce

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yellowis4happy In reply to Petite-Soleil [2011-07-14 16:40:55 +0000 UTC]

Her head gets shaved in the very beginning, because the pirates are worried that nobody would buy her if they let her keep her hair, since it was blue.

Thanks! I'm glad you think so. :]

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Petite-Soleil In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-07-14 16:53:28 +0000 UTC]

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh thats thats but her hair was blue? i think ill have to reread the first book

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yellowis4happy In reply to Petite-Soleil [2011-07-14 16:57:01 +0000 UTC]

You should! Yeah, it ended up blue because she used some kind of pretty hair concoction when she was visiting the university in Corus, and her dad was teasing her about it.

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Petite-Soleil In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-07-15 02:11:15 +0000 UTC]

oh yeah i remember that wow youve go super memory

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yellowis4happy In reply to Petite-Soleil [2011-07-15 05:08:06 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha. Why, thank you. Although, I'm sure it doesn't help that I've reread it about a gazillion times, including just several weeks ago.

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SyawnFox [2011-04-17 20:59:44 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you thank you thank you! There aren't enough Aly-drawers in the world. ^-^
This looks epic.

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yellowis4happy In reply to SyawnFox [2011-04-18 02:06:28 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome! I agree.

And thank you, as well.

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deku2 [2011-04-16 17:05:58 +0000 UTC]

I would love to see how you design Winna or the Girls, as this is SO PERFECT. I especially love the center picture of her from her return to the Swoop (right?)

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yellowis4happy In reply to deku2 [2011-04-16 20:13:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'd love to tackle them.

Yup! I'm glad someone caught that, since I didn't color it to show that her hair is blue.

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Kairou-no-Kimi [2011-04-15 10:44:03 +0000 UTC]

I never heard of Tricksters.... what is the book about?

I hate designing character but you seem to do a very good job doing so... lol. All my character end up looking the same TT^TT

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yellowis4happy In reply to Kairou-no-Kimi [2011-04-15 22:27:47 +0000 UTC]

It's set in an alternate, midieval-type world. You should actually probably read the Song of the Lioness series first, since Tricksters is about the daughter of the main character in that.

Hahaha. It probably helps that she's not my character.

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11th-Memory [2011-04-14 19:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Love! She looks gorgeous!

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yellowis4happy In reply to 11th-Memory [2011-04-14 23:54:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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11th-Memory In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-15 00:31:29 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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Eozspike [2011-04-14 14:08:37 +0000 UTC]

She's leaning on.... an invisible baby mammoth! XD

I haven't read any of Tamora Pierce's books, but my sister really likes them.

the little crow is really cute! ^^

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yellowis4happy In reply to Eozspike [2011-04-14 23:57:55 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! I want one!

They're pretty good. Very fantasy though - no scifi in site - so I dunno if you'd like them.

Hey look, I drew an animal! Hahaha.

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Eozspike In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-15 13:50:55 +0000 UTC]

I read phantasy stuff... like The Wolving Time, Redwall, Hellboy, Dinotopia, Akiko (technically)... and some others. I just prefer scifi ^^

XD you can draw animals!

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yellowis4happy In reply to Eozspike [2011-04-15 22:28:41 +0000 UTC]

Hellboy has aliens in it, so I'm gonna say it doesn't count as strictly fantasy. But okay.

If you say so.

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Eozspike In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-16 14:10:44 +0000 UTC]

Um... have you not seen the vampires, werewolves, devils, Hell, magic talismans, zombies, Rasputin's ghost, the Baba Yaga, the Bog Roosh and her mermaids, the Ogdru Jahad, the Ogdru Hem, Hecate/the Iron Maiden.... the list of magical characters, things and places goes on.

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yellowis4happy In reply to Eozspike [2011-04-16 20:12:38 +0000 UTC]

It still has aliens in it. I think Mignola just likes to write about weird crap.

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Eozspike In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-17 03:07:01 +0000 UTC]

So? Aliens don't automatically make scifi. Mignola thought he needed someone to be monitoring the Ogdru Jahad out in space as well as being ably to infiltrate the U.S. army and watch Hellboy. Aliens who probably used a mixture of science and magic were the coolest and most fun thing he could think of to do. Also, it might just be me, but those aliens looked suspiciously similar to Abe...

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yellowis4happy In reply to Eozspike [2011-04-17 03:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! Okay. You win.

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Eozspike In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-05-11 13:45:37 +0000 UTC]

XD

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The-Blind-Bandit [2011-04-14 11:24:49 +0000 UTC]

Love it! :3 <3

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yellowis4happy In reply to The-Blind-Bandit [2011-04-14 23:59:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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goldenheartaly [2011-04-14 08:05:03 +0000 UTC]

I love the hand stand and kick motion poses, great work over all.

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yellowis4happy In reply to goldenheartaly [2011-04-15 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Man, you wouldn't believe how hard it is to draw someone in a handstand, so I'm glad you like it.

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Minuiko [2011-04-14 04:07:19 +0000 UTC]

I like the action and the general feel! She's got the right length hair (always a pet peeve of mine), and your anatomy for Aly's body is pretty spot on. Looking forward to the other characters<3

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yellowis4happy In reply to Minuiko [2011-04-15 00:04:02 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you think so. I sure hope I got everything right, given the number of times I've read the book, haha.

Thanks for the comment. I hope I please as much with everyone else.

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HippieLlama [2011-04-14 03:23:53 +0000 UTC]

These are perfect, they really are. I wish I had a constructive comment, but honestly... this is perfect. Well done!

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yellowis4happy In reply to HippieLlama [2011-04-14 03:36:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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HippieLlama In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-14 15:04:24 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome!

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Lazuli24 [2011-04-14 03:01:34 +0000 UTC]

These are absolutely fabulous!

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yellowis4happy In reply to Lazuli24 [2011-04-14 03:36:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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kunoichimistress [2011-04-14 02:13:32 +0000 UTC]

AHHH 8D

Very Aly Great work.

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yellowis4happy In reply to kunoichimistress [2011-04-14 03:37:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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kunoichimistress In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-14 04:20:39 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome <3

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bardkayna [2011-04-14 01:31:43 +0000 UTC]

Fabulous!

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yellowis4happy In reply to bardkayna [2011-04-14 01:35:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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bardkayna In reply to yellowis4happy [2011-04-14 03:07:30 +0000 UTC]

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Maseiya [2011-04-14 01:29:24 +0000 UTC]

\o_o/

Yes, please do more designs. These are wonderful and in my opinion you've really nailed Aly's design! I love Nawat in the corner there.

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yellowis4happy In reply to Maseiya [2011-04-14 01:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'm glad that you think so.

Heehee. I needed to take up space and decided to throw him in, since I'd already drawn him as a crow by Aly practicing her handstands.

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