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HarperJade — nth yet again

Published: 2005-11-14 21:13:43 +0000 UTC; Views: 1408; Favourites: 30; Downloads: 134
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Description i'm not sure if i've given the brief rundown of how this group came about so . . . . . here we go.

~*deep breath*~
it started back in high school when i was on a major jem kick. i decided to make original characters in a jem fashion. the group has been through several different styles of animation and has changed with time. this is one of my favourites. it's my own style . . . . which is HEAVILY HEAVILY influenced by disney.

most characters are animated representations of my best friends through high school and present, but holden is completely fictitious.

from left to right: bethany (red/pink hair), dawn (danse style multicolour hair), me (orange hair), holden (green hair), ellen (red/black hair) josh (purple hair), sam (normal . . . . boring hair).
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Comments: 21

DavisJes [2008-04-11 17:44:21 +0000 UTC]

I like the one with black and red hair and the one with hair like Danse.

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Junabelle [2007-02-13 11:32:22 +0000 UTC]

TRUELY TRUELY TRUELY OUTRAGIOUS OH OH JEM

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HarperJade In reply to Junabelle [2007-02-13 14:12:18 +0000 UTC]

man. i miss that show SO much!!

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jkforviger [2007-01-26 23:14:38 +0000 UTC]

...it may be influenced by disney, but its still not bad... i love people that arent real that you compare to people that are... makes everything more interesting...

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Lyserian [2006-12-04 03:18:39 +0000 UTC]

Woah! Dressed to kill. I love it! Green hair... always a winner!

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HarperJade In reply to Lyserian [2006-12-04 05:42:39 +0000 UTC]

i know, right!? ha ha.

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BadLuckDragon [2006-08-25 18:47:37 +0000 UTC]

Auw! I like the boring hair one! It's not that Boring.

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QueenOfTheCute [2005-12-21 04:58:41 +0000 UTC]

Aww, so cute! I love how everyone's hair is all glowy and colorful. Your character's outfit is totally hawt, btw.

Y'know, I really loved your style from the first time I saw it. I finally realized what made it seem so familiar to me. I drew in a very similar style a few years back. Well, a lot crappier than this, for sure, but it was in a similar vein, at least. Looking at your gallery makes me think of what I might have been drawing, if I could have actually gotten better at it. I was always trying for these thin, leggy bodies with long necks and full lips, but my sense of proportion was always so off. You've really got your style down, because everything has a cohesiveness that makes everything flow together. Really excellent.

*sigh* The longer I look at this, the more I wish I could draw like that. *patpat* You're talented, y'know. I never knew that I was really stealing someone else's style. Maybe that's why I never got the hang of it, huh?

PS: You said that you're heavily influenced by Disney. Me too! (That classic style from when we were kids?) Do you ever get people assuming that everything you draw is "anime" or inspired by it? I do all the time, and I just wondered if it plagued you too.

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HarperJade In reply to QueenOfTheCute [2005-12-21 06:36:14 +0000 UTC]

i much prefer disney to anime animation. i mean, anime is gorgeous in it's own right . . . and those japanese really got a hang of the long legs (which i love . . . . a lot . . . obviously). i can feel disney in your work, too . . . though it's not as painfully obvious as it is in my own ~*heavy sigh*~

side-note, do you ever find yourself drawn to an artists work and then realize that it all kinda comes back to disney. it's rather sickening in a way, but having growin up on it, disney always feels like home.

thank you SO much for the comments and the watch. i'm very flattered.

by the way, i totally love your art, though you probably already knew that.

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Shpout [2005-11-15 05:06:28 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME!!! looking great! my favs are Holden and Sam!! very very neat!!!!!

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Caelkriss [2005-11-14 23:54:32 +0000 UTC]

Haha, they're great! Love the costuming, and coloring! Great job!

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HarperJade In reply to Caelkriss [2005-11-16 13:06:52 +0000 UTC]

thanks . . . . don't you love how it's so remeniscent of the 80s . . . . it's so hard to let go of a good thing. ~*chuckles*~

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Caelkriss In reply to HarperJade [2005-11-16 23:54:28 +0000 UTC]

hehe, Lots of good things came out of the 80s. Take us for example...

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misterdin [2005-11-14 23:36:36 +0000 UTC]

very cute... it's good to have you back, i assume all is well?

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HarperJade In reply to misterdin [2005-11-14 23:54:01 +0000 UTC]

all is well, but i've already binged on dA . . . . guess i am an addict. we'll hopefully remedy that, just not today.

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misterdin In reply to HarperJade [2005-11-14 23:56:33 +0000 UTC]

haha... one step at a time buddy!

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13smyfavoritenumber [2005-11-14 22:22:25 +0000 UTC]

cute, i like the colors. my favorite is holden

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HarperJade In reply to 13smyfavoritenumber [2005-11-14 23:11:36 +0000 UTC]

he he he, yeah, he's my favourite too. ever since the birth of numbering the hardships, i've said that if i ever meet a green-haired boy named "holden" i'll know it's fate.

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13smyfavoritenumber In reply to HarperJade [2005-11-15 13:44:02 +0000 UTC]

:hehe:
is numbering the hardships a show?

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HarperJade In reply to 13smyfavoritenumber [2005-11-16 13:20:09 +0000 UTC]

nah, it's just the name i've given this group. they're a rock band, though they sound super emo with that name:

rundown:
holden: drums
me: vocals
ellen: keyboards/keytar . . . . yes, keytar
dawn: synth
bethany: lead guitar
josh: bass guitar
sam: rythm guitar

numbering the hardships comes straight from my long time love for henson's "labyrinth." the line goes: "Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered . . . . . . " and thus we have the birth of the name "numbering the hardships."

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13smyfavoritenumber In reply to HarperJade [2005-11-16 21:49:20 +0000 UTC]

thats awsome ^__^
your so imaginative!

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