Art: illustrations for cornerofmadness's Haunted By Water

[bob_fish]

The following three illustrations were all done for cornerofmadness's FMA Big Bang fic, Haunted By Water. Please do click here to go and read the fic at CoM's lj: fabulous plotty mystery/police procedural, with a few spicy bits and winning turns from Madam Christmas, baby Elysia, and a very brattish twelve-year-old Ed. And please check out fma_big_bang where fantastic

Comments

[a_big_apple]

I wish I had time to read the fic RIGHT NOW!!! Your illos are awesome and making me itchy for more reading-for-pleasure time!

[bob_fish]

Links to the fic are up! *tempts you evilly*

Thanks, glad you like the illos. I learnt how to do half this Photoshop stuff drawing Oktoberfest, you know. XD

And I love your Brotherhood icon. Just when I think it's mathematically impossible for Ling to get any cuter ...

[a_big_apple]

Haha, seriously, Ling's adorable factor just keeps going up and up. Your Ling icon is adorable toooo, I love the little heart! Oh Ling.

I'm glad Oktoberfest spawned new skillz for you! I feel like I've spurred you to greatness.

omgiwanttoreadstuffbutihavetowriteaplayforastupiddeadlineBAH!

[bob_fish]

But play=creativity=good?

Seriously, I feel like the drawing tablet is letting me do all kinds of things I couldn't do before drawing-wise. Part of the reason I spent ages on Oktoberfest (apart from giving you your money's worth) was experimenting with all the different textures and effects. Yay!

[evil_little_dog]

I love the little details in all these. Particularly the bowl at the very end...sooooo nice.

Ed's expression while holding Elicia is making me laugh.

And OooOOOoOOO to the hotness that is (are?) Maes and Roy. YUM.

[bob_fish]

Yays! Glad you enjoyed, especially the hotness. That was fun to draw.

As I said to CoM, Ed fears baby vomit, which is pretty sensible of him given Elysia's track record. XD

[evil_little_dog]

EWWW, baby vomit inside automail. I can imagine explaining that to Winry....

[bob_fish]

I can imagine worse things to explain ... although perhaps not quite yet. XD This reminds me of Pinako's excruciating, pre-emptive "why you should not fap with your automail" talk, which I really must write.

[cornerofmadness]

thank you again for the art to my story. I love it.

Maes' half hidden expression is so naughty

Ed looks like I do when someone dumps a baby in my arms

love the clay marks in the bowl

[bob_fish]

Thanks! Glad you like them. I need to go and comment properly on Haunted by Water now!

I enjoyed drawing cheeky Maes. Ed is scared of the possibility of baby sick - at least leather cleans off easily?

[cornerofmadness]

I did really love them

Ed is definitely scared of baby sick though honestly I don't see Ed in leather. I assume the pants are actually cotton twill

[bob_fish]

Aha, you're one of the rare ones who don't think Ed wears leather pants! I used to think they must be cotton back in my anime 1.0 days, but Arakawa just draws them so shiny that I swapped my vote to leather. I also like the idea because leather fits with manga Ed's punk/Goth style tendencies. But I can see how cotton would be a way more practical choice for everything but fighting ...

[enemytosleep]

Things I love about these illos:

~Roy's bum. It makes me want to do dirty things (I'd say think dirty things, but I sem to do that a lot with or without visuals).
~Puppy Ed w/ baby grump face. Adorable.
~All the brush marks of the detail pic.
~How awesome you are.

I think that about covers it.

[bob_fish]

You always do like a nice round bottom. XD

I love Ed in this fic, he's such a grumpy little brat. And I love experimenting with brushes in Photoshop. Wish someone would pay me lots of money to do it.

Thanks so much for the love.

[enemytosleep]

Oh I do. And a good forearm/elbow, which Maes is giving me. Thank you for this piece of deliciousness. All it's missing is limbless!Ed and Ling.