Mandi's Art Gallery

Thanks sooooo much for the kind comments as always you guys! It really means a lot, you have no idea and it keeps me kicked in the arse so I'll keep making more arts! Anyway, I thought you guys might find this interesting. There was a Meme Art Summary template on DeviantARt and I did it today. I'll post it here so you can check it out and post my comments for each month below. You can let me know your opinions on how I did throughout this year.

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January- I was slowly beginning to fall into an art slump, but I think I did okay on this commissioned piece for :iconsango31283: It's her as an anime character. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Afternoon-Rays-110952062

February- I actually didn't do any art because I was in a massive slump that whole month, but I did do a few pieces in March, this one in particular on March 1st, so since the date is so close to Feb, I figured I'd compensate for that month and put this piece up for Feb. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/To-Zanarkand-114579978

March- I experimented with the eyes some, wanting to give them the more full crimson affect and practiced a bit more with the skin shading a highlighting, but not too much of a difference really. I also played with some blood spattering affects.You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/First-Feed-115414543

April- I decided to do some traditional cell-shading since it had been so very long since I'd cell shaded tbh. I really don't think it turned out half bad! This was an Easter picture for a dear friend. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Easter-EdxWinry-118931789

May- I tried to go for something a bit more textured here. I wanted to give the skin more texture as well as the clothes. I don't know if it really worked, but I sure tried. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/You-re-Here-121199979

June- Ah, another very rough month. I was having a hard time in my real life personally, was falling into a slump, doubting myself tbh and was quite a mess, so my art wasn't all that great this month...You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/I-ve-Got-Your-Back-Always-127668824

July- Ummm I actually didn't do anything this month as this was probably the worst month in my entire life, so I'm gonna scatter some pieces to compensate. I'm going to put up an August piece for this month. I was just trying to get back into the swing of things then. Be gentle. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Glacier-My-Muse-134283877

August- I was just getting back into the swing of things. I've put a Sept piece up to compensate for August's since I went a whole month without doing anything and it took almost another month in between to work on anything. I went for chibi here and tried working more on realistic hair and more skin texture. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Spira-s-Ray-of-Light-136704483

September- I did A LOT of art in this month. I think I got kicked into serious art mode at this point, but my favourite piece in particular is the one I did of Kyelinn. With this one, I worked more with skin and clothing textures, denim in particular, so I'm quite pleased how this one turned out. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Child-at-Heart-138239564

October- Fangirl mode! lol The new Inuyasha anime came out this month (I think?) and I decided to draw my favourite character, Kikyo! This one I decided to go ahead and cell-shade since I hadn't cell-shaded in ages. I quite enjoy this method of shading. It's kinda fast and it's really fun to try and make your images look anime-like. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Kikyou-sama-139429293

November- I practiced a new art style this month! I wanted to try drawing a new face style and I really should practice with it more, tbh <.< but I've been neglecting it and been lazy haha. I guess I'm just comfortable with the style I have now, but I really should get braver and broaden my horizons I suppose. I used Kyelinn with this one. You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/New-Art-Style-Kyelinn-144335469

December- Ahhh this piece nearly KILLED me! xD It had 9 characters in it, not to much all the Christmas decorations and detailing I did. It took me 5 days to complete the piece, but I went with the cell-shading again on this one and decided to get a little bolder and add a bit more darker shading bits and more colors. I had fun with it, but I was ready to stab it and pretty much sick of it by the time I was done! :XD: You can see the full image here: http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/A-Merry-Inuyasha-Christmas-146570902

Well, all in all I don't really know if I have improved or not this year. I didn't draw as much as I would have liked this year, tbh. I had a very very tough year. I lost a lot of things, some people I loved in my life, some things that had happened last year kinda stuck with me and I was doubting myself, trashing on myself a lot and it was just...ugh. I won't go into details. Those of you who do know, probably know what I'm on about. xD So yeah, roll on 2010! Let's hope this is a better year for me in art and in general as my mood and current state of mind genuinely reflects my focus and the quality of my work. Anyway, thanks though to everybody for the constant support. I know I've had a person here just recently tell me how much I suck ass and I know there's room for improvement, but for such a shitty year, I didn't do TOO bad, I suppose. I know I can get better. I just need to work on it.


I'm a January baby! =D

I love your art! This would makes a wonderful calendar! <3
 
I will once my art projects die down. I have a lot of stuff to concentrate on. Anyway...

Well this is my last drawing for the year of 2009. I've been a bit of a Death Note mood. L is my absolute fave in the series both anime, manga and the movies as well. Yesterday my stepdad took us to do some late Christmas shopping and we went into FYE. It's going out of business and moving locations so everything in the store was on sale, like 50% off. So anyway, I got two Death Note shirts with L on them that are jr size small and they were so adorable I couldn't not get them. L IS adorable!
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Hubby got the 2nd Death Note movie since we were finally able to find it and we snuggled last night and watched it. Anywho, I got inspired to draw L because of my shirts and the movie. I'm sort of in a bit of an L fangirl mode and I wanted to do a cute one of him, so I went with chibi. Anywho, I hope you guys enjoy!

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Aww, that's so cute! I love how you've done the eyes and hair. An excellent drawing to bow out to in 2009!
 
This is my character from Perfect World, Kye. It's an online MMO me and my husband play together. Her race is a Tideborn and her class is Psychic. I play on the Raging Tide server and am in the faction called Purgatory. So yeah, this is her! She didn't turn out as great as I'd hoped tbh. I'm sort of in an art slump, but being sick, being on my monthly and having a seizure yesterday all rolled into one does that to a person I think. Hopefully that's all. Anyway, yeah this is her.

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Your art is still beautiful:D The one with L i think you really got his usual pose down pact. And to top it off he's chibi with all his fav desserts, though i've never seen him eating cookies if i had I would probably be more of a L fan more than light fan.
And Kye is colored so nicely the bubbles are making me thirsty. I can' take it......i'm gone for cookies and milk!
Awesome:D
 
He does eat cookies! I remember one episode in particular he has a box of little panda bear cookies and he's munching on them. I remember because he's talking about catching Kira and he takes one of the pandas in between his fingers and squeezes it so it cracks and then throws it in his mouth.

Anyway, thank you for the kind comment. ^^ You said my art is still beautiful though. Do I know you?
 
Ooh, I LOVE what you've done to the background, and I love the colours used in the character. Her hair and skin in particular are excellently drawn, great job Mandeh!
 
Oh my gosh! She's so pretty!

I simply love her outfit and the intricate patterns on her skin! It's so beautiful. >.<

The little beads in her hair are gorgeous and her ears are so cute. (I think they're her ears).

Such beautifully drawn hair as always and the bubbles in the background look awesome!
 
He does eat cookies! I remember one episode in particular he has a box of little panda bear cookies and he's munching on them. I remember because he's talking about catching Kira and he takes one of the pandas in between his fingers and squeezes it so it cracks and then throws it in his mouth.

Anyway, thank you for the kind comment. ^^ You said my art is still beautiful though. Do I know you?

Hmmmmmm I need to pay more attention to things like that i'm so unobservant. I doubt you remember........ me I use to call you and angelus big sis and big bro. I was a big admirer of you two artwork and still am:D
 
that summary thingymabob (oyas taht's the technical term) is ace, it's amazinghow much work you knock out woman 8F

Love your little L chappy and the denim effect too! You've captured his face really well <3

The hair outfit and eyes really stand out on your perect world character, love the bubbles inthe background as well, she looks really pretty :ryan:

Good stuff!
 
Thanks so much guys! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in ages. Life's kinda had me by a string. Anyway, I do have a new sketch. Just my Perfect World character on her horse! ^_^ Hope you guys enjoy it!

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http://morningstar83.deviantart.com/art/Kye-and-her-horse-sketch-154390400
 
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Loving the horse and as ever, your people always look grand and finely detailed, looking forward to seeing the complete piece!
 
Thank you very much Kelly! :D And I DID finally finish the bloody thing. :rage: The horse nearly KILLED me. :mokken: This one was a tough one to work on, but I'm so glad I finished it. This is my Perfect World character, Kye but as you can see she's different colored than what she was the last time I drew her! Reason being is because I used a Makeover Scroll and gave her a makeover! I basically just changed her skin, hair and eye color and that's pretty much it. The blue just wasn't working out. It was so hard to get clothes and things to match with her skin and hair color, so I decided to just go with a regular skin color and then I love the purity of silvery-white hair and so I gave that to her as well. She's currently at level 60 and she's a Tideborn Psychic. I also have a spurred Swift Silver Mane horse as a ground mount (very fast! =D) So I decided to draw Kye with her horse. I just called her Silver because...well I wasn't sure what else to call her. xD Anyway, here they are! Hope you guys enjoy! ^_^

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Ooooooh I love Kye's new look so much! Her hair is just gorgeous, and it looks like it must have taken you forever to do... plus the horse's mane and tail... whoa. I don't know how you have the patience for that. xD

I love her top too, it's so pretty. The colors... x3 And her tattoos/markings/er... whatever you'd call them look so bright against her new skin color... I really like her this way, a lot more than the blue! :yay: Her eyes are just gorgeous too... :jess:

Oooooh and I've just noticed that the horse has a glittery golden saddle! With... diamonds? :wacky: Either way, it's absolutely amazing.

You should draw you and Zac-... I mean Dave next!
 
Oooh that's even better than I imagined it to be, I like how sparkly it looks. He eyes and hair are amazing (green eyes are always a winner ;D) You've done a cracking job on the horse

I love the detail and the colour of her bodice/top thingy (such a way with words Kely)Her pants are abit dark though, I had a bit of trouble seeing them at first:hmmm: Thooough that coulsd be my monitor, hope you don't mind me saying!! It's perfect though!

I looovvve the gold glittery saddle, its ace
 
It's amazing! You pulled this off really well, Mandi. Like Jess, I'd like to see you and Dave next as well.
 
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