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Published: 2011-08-06 01:04:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 695; Favourites: 9; Downloads: 10
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Description I spend too much time in medical publishing. "Et al." indeed. 9_9

Okay, sketch dump of images gathered over the past few days, today included, and quick explanations. I've also dated them where i can remember when I did 'em... Oh and they're numbered in the order I did them and not in clockwise or anything order. LONG NOTES ARE LONG guys and when I warn you about notes you know it's going to be baaaad.

Top sheet - I actually like almost everything on here, with a few exceptions:
1 - Intended as part of a larger image; I may redo it, since it's not quite right and I want this to be a good one. Standards, baby. But I do like this, I just don't love it. This set the tone for the rest of this page, which became the Sad Beth Page.
2 - Ow. (No particular scene, just a moment of internal self-loathing.)
3- is a two-parter, takes place at the end of "High, Dry, and Flooded" and is approximately just how I want it to look.
4 - the text here says "idk who this is, maybe Beth at ~15". Seriously, I set out to draw Beth but it became not her as I went. Then I thought I could salvage it and make it during her teen years, so there's a slight resemblance but she's even skinnier and no glasses yet. (Though Beth wore glasses at 15... hmmm... maybe age 12 then.)
5 - I keep trying over and over to draw this damn pose. There is so much Launchpad Fail coming up in this you guys I'll explain why she has a flight cap on in the next sheet.
6 - Go up to the top! Haha I like this even though her head's too big and her hands are too small so NOTHING matches. Nothing in this pic is right but the emotion just cracks me up. She's all "WHYYYY"
7 - Did this today. This is from that fic I keep trying to sell everyone on. Hell she actually looks kind of hot, if only she weren't sobbing - instant mood-kill. And if it's not clear, she's got her arms around something (or someONE).

Second sheet - mainly done at work, just random when I had time and it turned into the Flight Cap Page:
1 - I had this idea that I'd try sketching scenes out of a few of my fics. This was as far as I got and it's just a thumbnail. Meh... This is TWC1, btw, Drake's introduction to Beth when she's acting like a flake.
2 - So, the flight cap. These are concept sketches for "Those Daring McQuacks in their Flying Machines" which I'm currently working on ([link] ), and if you can't guess from the title, Beth meets the Flying McQuacks and then other things happen. Anyway Loopy talks her into getting a flight cap as a souvenir and she spends most of the second and third acts wearing it. My first effort - see, I don't know why this happens sometimes, but sometimes Beth looks like this. I honestly don't know why. I *think* I'm following the same design, but there's obviously something I'm doing differently 'cause she turns out weird. O_o
3 - Back to basics, this is an update to the first pic of Beth that I posted on DA, and a pose I return to every so often to see if I can do it any better. I like this one; I like her hip, and her eyes, and the little tilt of her head. I'm less impressed with her looks though and more impressed with my having made her a LOT less stiff than usual.
4 - Second try on the flight cap and this worked slightly better. I don't think Beth likes it much.
5 - I tried once more the next day and she's a lot more comfortable. Look, she's even sassing someone. ;D Actually I believe she's trying to flirt a little bit! Awwww.

Third sheet - no theme:
1 - More Launchpad Fail.
2 - Darkwing Fail. This and #1 are also images to go along with that first one of Beth up at the top, but where that was possibly intended to be final, these are roughs to come up with a pose. Not loving either of these.
3 - You know what I said about doing the same pose over and over? This is actually a different scene (both this and the one above are from "Those Daring McQuacks" again), but such a similar pose that I guess I'd better do one or the other. Btw, she SHOULD be wearing the flight cap here. Cant' believe I forgot it, ugh, what's wrong with me
4 - Done today, and again based on that fic I won't shut up about. This is Beth's new dress in full view. I actually think she looks really, really pretty here. Which always makes me worry that it's not believable that she could be that pretty. :/

Last page - not a lot...
The first is one I started about a week or so ago, and yes, more LP Fail. This is meant to be Beth and LP, maybe before or right around the time of TWC1, on his weekly visit to the store when they hang out and chat. I felt like I needed more pictures of their developing friendship. Beth initially came out even worse than he did so I redrew her tonight and she cooperated

The second is a character from "Those Daring McQuacks" who will show up in chapter 2, Maurice LaDinde. He's a turkey ("Dinde" is French for turkey... uh I think... I took like 12 years of French so if I am wrong I'm going to be REALLY embarrassed.) It's pronounced rather like "Dand", like in "dandy" so now that you know that, a recurring gag in the fic will make sense. This is just a concept sketch and hte first time I've tried drawing him - I'm really not sure if that's him or not. But it's a start I DREW A MALE OC

Ahem.

Beth Webfoot and Maurice LaDinde are (c) me
Launchpad is (c) Disney
Darkwing is (c) Disney/Tad Stones
That nameless fic I keep trying to get everyone to want to read is (c) me (I seriously am getting annoyed with myself now so I'm making fun of myself to cover for it. Is it working? )
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Comments: 25

SonicFanGirl321 [2017-08-23 19:04:22 +0000 UTC]

I like pictures with Launchpad and Beth. Especially on sheet 3 sketch 3. They look lost in each others eyes. 

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RachelOrdwayArt [2011-09-08 15:42:52 +0000 UTC]

I love love LOVE all the energy and expression here. These all look fantastic.

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Zebeckras In reply to RachelOrdwayArt [2011-09-11 22:29:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really enjoyed compiling it too, I should try to do this more often.

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FrothingLizard [2011-08-16 14:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Aight - I've been afraid of commenting this, because it is SO huge!And I love that; it just sort of makes me push the 'commenting'-time.
In the first 'panel' I LOVEnumber 3 - the two-parts one; and I've just finished of that specific fic (I've been meaning to leave a nice comment there also, but time is my enemy ) and I did SO see that happen. I love how you drew her face, and her body-language is amazing. So descriptive! I mean LOOK at those eyes! Beth with LP's flight cap (which is one of the coolest hats ever made) is the most adorable thing ever - and of course she would be bouncing around with it ^^
And shush you about Launchpad-fail; I can not for the love of your God see it!I LOVE how you drew him in the third panel, him leaning and in deep thinking (or just considering what to get for lunch). And Beth in that dress!Damn, I need to try and draw it once I get back! (Although I'm seriously scared I might 'loose' my touch or my connection with the fandom ) Either way she looks FANTASTIC!
And I love your design for Turkey.boy
In general - I love these sketches; They tell SO much a bout Beth, her relation to the people around her, and I love small story-telling sketches which I consider these to be!

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Zebeckras In reply to FrothingLizard [2011-08-16 22:48:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, I can SO relate on avoiding commenting on the big things. Yeah I do that alright.

#3 on the first panel is totally my favourite too ^_^ Though I like the first panel best in general, I just filled up a page in the sketchbook nicely. The others are way more random and not-filled. But I like this one because it's one that came out looking how it should've, and I wouldn't have been able to do it a year ago (or even 6 months ago) so it made me happy.

No, despite what you and others kindly say, LP does not look right in most of these but I am working to better that. I will work and work and DAMMIT he will look luscious when I am finished! But thank you

And I am worried you'll lose interest in the fandom while you're gone also THEN what will I do?! I have all these drawings of Pintail and Brogan and HELENE AND UD, DAMMIT, I've never even DRAWN UD and now she has a NAME... So yeah I'm needy. Love it or leave it.

Anyway thank you once again for an awesome comment ^_^

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FrothingLizard In reply to Zebeckras [2011-08-19 12:40:53 +0000 UTC]

He will be so dreamy EVERYONE and their DADS WILL BE SWOONING! That's your goal!
And don't worry - I don't think I will loose interest in the fandom even if I wanted to!
I'LL BE BACK!

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Zebeckras In reply to FrothingLizard [2011-08-19 13:43:17 +0000 UTC]

I'll be reassured when I actually SEE you back. Or see your icon. Or whatever. Take care and be safe while you're enjoying yourself in the wilderness!

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NycterisA [2011-08-14 12:45:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, you did a great job with so many different and consistent sketches!

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Zebeckras In reply to NycterisA [2011-08-15 01:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad if I am getting more consistent on Beth, I still feel like I'm kind of all over the place but I'm trying. ^_^

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Marij-main [2011-08-09 11:28:06 +0000 UTC]

Daww, Beth is so adorable and I REALLY love the (3) with Launchpad. Love 'em all, actually. Beth's design is so utterly cute and very, very feminine. Like the drop-dead gorgeous beauty whom has absolutely no idea and probably thinks she just looks awkward and geeky and plain and thus does not dress to show it off in any way.

BTW, is the (2) from the first group the one you were mentioning having a similar pose to the one I did recently? (I mean, where I thought I was having trouble with Blade's back?) Just askin' cause, seriously, yours does NOT look bad at all, IMO. I can't see anything remotely wrong with it, so I guess it is exactly how you described it with me - we think it might be wrong 'cause we had trouble with it.

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Zebeckras In reply to Marij-main [2011-08-09 13:16:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I really like that one of Beth and LP too - actually, LP's eyes and hair came out totally wrong for me But I like the angle of their heads, that took a litle while to get right and it's actually just precisely right for what I wanted. I don't like the way their arms look though. I really find it a major challenge to get LP's body right, especially in the shoulders if he's at any angle other than front-on.

I wonder sometimes if I make Beth way too pretty. I mean, isn't it sort of predictable that "Oh, she's not really plain at all, le gasp!" I can't help it, I want her to be attractive but it's such a cliche. i should really just aim for "cute" and "could be way improved if she understood makeup and hair".

Oh, and the #2 pose of her full-body with her head against the wall? No, not the one I was thinking of with my comment about Blade. It's actually one of the Beth and Drake WIPs... uh... lemme find it... [link] That one.

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Marij-main In reply to Zebeckras [2011-08-13 20:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Look, draw Beth from your heart. She IS not Malicia, even if she is totally hot, so don't worry.

My own DW OC, Fies, has no idea how hot she was (before she was a plant-duck - I like to think she had a super-model type body, but could never actually THINK so herself, saw only her imperfections, and thus did not "go with that" in any way. - It's a point that she later looks at an old picture of herself and sees how hot she actually WAS, and how hot she "isn't anymore! [so, no more grade-A-boobs and cascades of womanly curves] and has to face it - which is actually t be a secret heartache of hers... but something she eventually comes to grips with because she realises the person she does, truly, come to love, thinks she's just the hottest lily ever.

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TricksyBird [2011-08-07 15:50:20 +0000 UTC]

That poor girl spends way too much time looking miserable. Buut on the other hand, she's looking adorable even when she's down, so, eh, let her suffer

Also, congrats for drawing the dandy. Males are much harder than they should be, aren't they? At least I found them to be that way...

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Zebeckras In reply to TricksyBird [2011-08-07 17:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, if I could get around to drawing a bit more out of that fic I wrote, she does have quite a bit of happier times in that one. But THOSE moments probably won't make it onto here due to lack of artistic ability on my part I do need to draw happier Beth pics though, don't I? Somehow I feel like they'd be less interesting.

I always have trouble drawing male characters, be they human or anthro. It's rough. I can probably count on one hand the number of male OCs I've drawn. So yes I am proud of having done this one even if I don't stick with this design

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MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-08-06 13:42:05 +0000 UTC]

Nice work

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Zebeckras In reply to MightyMorphinPower4 [2011-08-06 23:38:52 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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DisneyPsycho [2011-08-06 05:44:53 +0000 UTC]

I looooove #5 from the first page. Really great job on all of the expressions here, but this moment I particularly found striking. Also - yay Maurice! It's nice to know what he looks like! I should have a critique on that fic for you when you get back!

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Zebeckras In reply to DisneyPsycho [2011-08-06 23:40:33 +0000 UTC]

OH thanks! That one is from towards the end of the fic (last chapter most likely) and I hope the scene comes out well. And yay critique! Thanks a bundle (oh I hope you like it *crosses fingers*)

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ToonQueen [2011-08-06 05:32:40 +0000 UTC]

I love all of Beth's expressions! The thunking her head on the wall made me giggle. XD Some of the expressions inspire me more for writing. I hope to get the first part of the story this week.

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Zebeckras In reply to ToonQueen [2011-08-06 23:39:40 +0000 UTC]

YAY writing inspiration! My favourites are honestly the two #3 in the top sheet. That came out almost exactly as I wanted.

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Jose-Ramiro [2011-08-06 03:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Pretty good sketches.

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Zebeckras In reply to Jose-Ramiro [2011-08-06 23:39:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot!

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Jose-Ramiro In reply to Zebeckras [2011-08-07 05:38:10 +0000 UTC]

YW

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DarkwingSnark [2011-08-06 02:03:29 +0000 UTC]

This is LP fail? You got to be kidding me. i'm looking at these, and trying to find any of the negative things you've mentioned. I love them all. Dandy LaDinde is a really fun design, too! I like him.

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Zebeckras In reply to DarkwingSnark [2011-08-06 02:43:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh, well thanks, I'm glad you think so ^_^ I don't feel like I managed to get his eyes right in a single one of these and I'm going to have to go back and study his bill some more WHY are the DuckTales style bills so hard for me?! Anyway... I thank you for your feedback ^_^ And I hope I can draw Dandy, and I am so calling him that now, well again... this just sort happened and there's a good chance I'll have no idea what I did and be *forced* to come up with a new design just 'cause. ;D Either way, though, he's a fun character so I'll enjoy it.

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