TaTa Gala

Submitted by Jynxie on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 19:23.

Hey all,

Life's been pretty hectic leading up to graduation, and here I am....done after a five year tenure at the American Academy of Art!

Been busy with tons of conventions but now things are a little more laid back. What's new with me? Working on two entries to the TaTa Gala, a show raising money for breast cancer research (for more info or to donate visit tatagala.com).

Among the entries is a Jynxie piece! Yay!

I wanted to do this in watercolor, but am having some issues with a space to paint as I also have six commissions taking up my desk (and paper) atm. So I had to do this digitally.

I posted part of my process....by that I mean that I did a million sketches on tracing paper before hand of this.

-Kat/Jynx

PS
Wish us luck!

It's 9/9/10 and I added two more steps here.

One is of me pushing some colors out a little bit more, and a grey scale comp of the work. I find working in grey very helpful as it helps me to relate tonality better than color.

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Submitted by Asok on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 19:52.

I LOVE it.

Boshuda

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Submitted by Rozali on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 20:31.

Haha Asok Would love it

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Submitted by Lord Crumb on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 21:09.

Fabulous!

Kia kaha

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Submitted by Asok on Wed, 09/08/2010 - 21:15.

What's that supposed to mean??

Boshuda

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Submitted by Rozali on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 08:32.

cuz you sometimes talk about "alien boobies"
sorry if you were offended.

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Submitted by Jynxie on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 09:08.

Haha! You guys are lame!

But thanks for the compliments....this piece is about the boobies after all.

I am having some issues working digitally though. But working this in watercolor as of the moment is almost impossible with the other work I am doing.

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Submitted by Rozali on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 17:48.

Ohhhh, that black and white, looks cool!
I LOVE your style!!!
I didnt know you were in college, my sissy just went a couple weeks ago!

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Submitted by Judas on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 19:33.

Yowzah!
Now my wife's not gonna let me visit THIS site anymore.
I already gotta be all ninja-like when I log onto deviantart:p

Nice work, btw.

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Submitted by Rozali on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 19:46.

LoL, thats the reason why I like it, its not exactly "PG" so its kinda rebellious, like Jynxie!
WoW i comment alot, maybe I should shut up now,
good idea Roz

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Submitted by Xanamiar on Thu, 09/09/2010 - 20:19.

Yeah, but once Eclipse sees it, it's gone :( ...

Because it's not what this site is for... but oh well... you have wonderful style Jynx, always did.

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Submitted by Asok on Sat, 09/11/2010 - 15:54.

I regret nothing!

Boshuda

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Submitted by Jynxie on Tue, 09/28/2010 - 17:29.

Hey guys, I'm adding another update to this picture. I had to put it on hold to work on a rush commission....that's a long story....but the deadline for this was pushed back to October 16th so I will still have time to submit it in.

Thanks for all the comments and in case Eclips sees it I am sorry, I forgot about the PG thing and this is for a charity event for breast cancer research. If anyone wants to donate or enter visit the tatagala.org

@ Rozali: I just graduated this August with my BFA in illustration. Thanks for the comment on my style, I've been struggling to pull it together consistently.

@ Judas: Haha, yeah, I get a lot of that!

@ Asok: Like Jynx says 'Shoot first, ask later!"

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Submitted by Eclipse on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 16:17.

@Jynxie,

So, this is going to ramble a little bit, but stick with me ;-)

I appreciate the ask permission later approach, and really, I have very little issue with it... that said, other significant members of our guild have had issues in the past... I care about that, cause I don't want to see members forced into a situation with spouses, employers, etc. I can identify with Judas on this one. That being said, I'm also a bit concerned with the family friendly nature of the site. I don't want to come across as tyrant or anything, or a prude, I'm just trying to keep the site playing within the same demographic that Star Wars itself appeals to.

So... with that said, your art is beautiful, and I love it, but going forward, I think the right compromise here is to post a link elsewhere if possible. I noticed that you have a beautiful WIP on your own site of this: http://katguevara45.blogspot.com/2010/09/o-snipe-aka-process-of-jynxie-p...

I've let certain things slide in the past, truthfully I totally missed this one the first time through. If we can all agree upon the above approach that'd be really awesome for me, cause I definitely want you to be able to share this sort of stuff, but I don't want to compromise the site here. :-(

Eclipse

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Submitted by Jynxie on Thu, 09/30/2010 - 21:47.

No prob with me. I actually hadn't thought about the pg thing since I am so used to...well, art having things such as nudity involved in it.

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Submitted by Eclipse on Fri, 10/01/2010 - 10:32.

Yeah, very common, but Star Wars is sort of a unique use case. ;-)

Thanks for helping me out here.

Eclipse