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Ivey · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 6:33 pm

Well, obviously I am new.. and I want some critiques (I am a horrible speller).
This seems to be one of my better drawings.. simple yet complex, yet me what ya think.

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Spydur · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 6:38 pm

You gotta like a picture with a message.
After seing this pic and the dragon you posted, I can defintely see you are developing a nice style.

Ivey · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 6:42 pm

Oops.. ment to say "tell me what you think" not "yet me what you think" ;] oh well.

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Justin Kramer · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 6:43 pm

heh. I laughed when I figured out what was going on.

Her neck looks a bit too long. That's the only thing that sticks out for me. I think it would look good refined more--maybe colored.

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jasonN · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 7:14 pm

Apart from what the others said, I think it looks pretty nice and the way you have drawn it conveys its message well. The face looks cool too, I sense a manga/anime influence?

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EviLToYLeT · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 7:20 pm

HRmm..... guess everyone has different opinions on this. I think it's a great piece. Kind of sad and expressing your feelings? The girl's completely isolated and lonely and everyone calls her ugly right? So she draws in some friends with the marker in her hand and makes em love the girl?

Well..tell me if i'm right. Think it conveys a lot of emotion. REally like the piece. But would you care to explain why the charachters aren't on the piece of paper taped up?

Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

Cool pic. I like it. Nice website by the way. You have a cute profile... like an anime girl. When I say "profile" I mean your appearance from the side.

Welcome to the board. By the way, you didn't mention Dave & Buster's as a cool place... what's up with that?

Ivey · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 8:36 pm

Evil: I drew the picture because of my enviroment at the time. I was in Highschool, and I felt very very cold and alone. People offten claimed to be my friends and say that they "knew" me. Another thing that was offten said was "Oh you're so pretty", which made me feel even more distant from the people I was a round on a daily basis. I felt closer to my drawings then I did real people. It was supposed to be something completely different, but you should draw what you feel.. it seems to come out better when you do. So I did.

The drawing isn't entirly of me. It has three or four meanings. The paper represents conforming... and reality..everything we know in a nice little box. She drew off the paper.. making it seem odd and unfamilier.. more like a child. Also by drawing off the paper, she gave her drawings "life". In the picture you can't really tell wether the stick figures are drawn on her or if they have come to life... Its ment to be that way.

The picture could also be funny.. like the cheerleader mentality ( no offence to cheerleaders, I've known some really nice ones) The idea that you're friends arn't real, superficial aspect.

Overall... the girl *is* supposed to be pretty, just not through everyone elses eyes. She feels very alone and cold, so she creates people to surround her. I hope I cleared that up some.. I am glad you liked it Evil ;]. (You were right in a way... I've just stopped viewing it as I drew it... there are so many ways it can be taken, and I want to see all of them)

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Ivey · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 8:39 pm

Chapel: Thank you! ;]

huh? Dave and busters? I've been there once.. and since i am 19, they kicked me out at 10 ;p. No fun in that.. maybe when I am 21 It will be a blast.

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Ivey · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 8:41 pm

Jason: Manga/anime = while I love manga and anime.. It really wasn't an influence. Thats just sort of how my art has settled for now.. I keep trying different tehniques, and I just really liek that one.

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

You should read the comic book Kabuki. You would probably like it from the way you describe your picture. Every page is a story within itself and David Mack (the artist/writer) uses mixed media.

Sergenth · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 8:58 pm

I love the structure of the eyes. They remind me of a style I've seen before, but when I think of it, I just visualize the eyes micke and Francis draw (which are heavy in style).

This picture makes me want to buy "American McGee's Alice" even more so...

steady · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2000 9:57 pm

uhhh wanna go out some time? :O

Ivey · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:17 am

Steady?????

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Chapel · member Member # Joined: 18 Mar 2000 Posts: 1930

He must have missed the 20 or 30 references to your boyfriend on your website.

halo thirteen · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:16 am

really cool pic, i love it.

sergenth: alice is unbelievably awesome.

MrHiemey · Guest Member #

wow..that is such a cool drawing.. i think i have seen it somewhere before though..?

hmmm... haha. see you friday!

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Flinthawk · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 2:24 pm

Nice drawing, like the message you're sending. I kind of got that cheerleader feel about the piece as well but also got some slightly self-concious feelings with it. Reminds me of what I feel when people've told me that I do good artwork...it sometimes just doesn't feel right or it feels fake, kinda hard to describe. It's like I find it hard to take a compliment and maybe that's what this piece says to me...because the girl in the image is pretty but it seems she doesn't really feel pretty. I wish friends would tell me I'm good looking but a)most of my friends are guys and guys just don't do that (nor do I want them too) and b)I know they'd be lying =)

Anyway, I like your style...very simple but elegant, some anime overtones but without the overly large eyes. Those eyes look kinda goofy 'cuz they're slightly crossed it seems (hence the cheerleader feel to it, heh)but they're still very cute. Do you plan on making any full color images?

-Flinthawk

P.S. I have to agree with your 'friends'

Poxin · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 3:39 pm

oui,

love it, and it brought me to look at your others, those are lovly as well. Your drawings seem so familiar to me. What you had to say about music was also relateable (if thats a word =P) Anyways, id love to see more.

-poxin

NeoFun · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 4:37 pm

Beautifull

[Shizo] · member Member # Joined: 22 Oct 1999 Posts: 3938

My friends also think that i'm pretty and smart.

.....fool! Shizo has no friends! HAAA HAAA! HAAAA!!

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surferboi · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 5:21 pm

I like your drawing, its nicely done and the neck only looks long after you start analyzing the drawing. It kinda made me feel real sorry for you, and i dont usually feel sorry for anyone. Anyhow i hope you dont feel alone to often.

Ivey · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:13 pm

Just to make all of you jealose.. I have alice.. and its wonderful. Very good. ( I work at EB)

MrHiemey: For a boyfriend you really don't act it do you ;p. j/k.

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Blitz · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 7:41 pm

Damn how come I cant get this many Replies:EEK:

It looks good.. I like the color people
Looks like old blue is lonly and sad, red is happy and yellow is stoned..hehe

Blitz

Visigoth · Guest Member #

Ivey, I love this piece...I think it rocks. You take the time to put symbolism and hidden meanings in your art...That's something I find is a rarity with art lately...Keep up the good work.

~{V}~

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Flinthawk · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 8:51 pm

so true, Vis, so true

I didn't do it at first but actually doing pieces based on thoughts and feelings is a lotta fun, well, depending on the feeling it could be therapudic in a way. Anyway, it's a refreshing departure from the viking dwarves with hefty axes and soiled and bloodied, war-torn warriors I usually depict in drawings.

-Flinthawk

Dark_Thorn · Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2000 9:01 pm

Your good a drawing , your hot ,
you know how to make a sweet web
page my conclusion...I love you.
jk(but your still hot)

Ivey · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2000 1:17 am

Blitz: I suppose red does look sort of stoned.. never noticed before ;p

Visigoth: I try to give credit where credit is due.. if I drawing is inspired by lonliness, I will attempt to do that feeling justice. Any picture can look good, but not just any picture can make you feel the emotion the charactors feel (Thats what I love about Johnny the homicidle maniac). If I could get up the guts.. I'd post more.. the pictures I do have up are the ones I concider to be the best... there are other's I'd love to show, but I am sort of ashamed of them. I used to burn my drawing books. Thought I am ever so glad to see you liked this one. ;]

Dark: *smile* thank you. ;]

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Jaymo · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2000 8:30 am

Very original and emotional, like it a lot. Nuff said.

Ian · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2000 10:00 am

very nice.

kinda reminds me of me and my "friends."

ian

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