While I've been working on Kanira Baxter, I've found it very useful to seek out reference art. And in the process, I've found a number of images that just...go straight to my heart, I guess. As a rabid and screaming sci-fi fan who actually really digs on the retro in certain ways, well...I've found a lot of images of how I wish the world really was ( Read more... )

It's not much, but I just got a bit of a shout-out:

http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2009.asp?intID=353

I'll save you the trouble of looking; it sez:

"Kate Fahr is a friend of mine from Seattle and Effing Brutal was her FIRST ( Read more... )

Here's something I've never quite understood, either. I was watching this YouTube vid about recent vampire movies, and the complaint is made that people tend to value fluff and flash over art and substance...which I can understand ( Read more... )

I reached that point ( Read more... )

...but I really would like an opinion or three.

Do these characters look distinct enough from each other to be instantly recognized as not merely being separate people, but also not family members?

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Okay, here's the deal: if I had the power to enforce this, I would decree that for, say, the next two-to-five years, unless you were raised in Japan or are of recent Japanese descent, you are NOT allowed to draw in that anime/manga style ( Read more... )