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Inkthinker — Self-Portrait 2
Published: 2004-09-22 00:05:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1920; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 339
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Pencils, eventually (I hope) destined for ink. But clean and complete enough that I consider it a piece of its own.It's me! Okay, not exactly me... more like me as I sometimes see me.
It started with the idea of the pencil as a sword, and moved on from there. The symbol on the shoulder is, of course, the Inkthinker logo, and the smaller one on the chest is for Humouring the Fates.
The kanji on the jug is for "fire" and "water"... get it? "Fire"... "water"... "fire water"...?!
It's the kind of crappy joke you can only get away with as an American. Besides, I hate sake, and I didn't have a kanji dictionary at hand to find the symbols for "alchohol". I have no idea how a native speaker would write "booze" or "hooch" or any other slang term for it, either.
So, "fire water".
I do have that watch, though I wear it on the other wrist. I've largely quit smoking, but I still feel like a smoker. I do have an earring like that, as well... I don't wear glasses like those (when I wear glasses at all, normally I wear contacts) but I would if I had a pair... I miss my Wilsons. My hair does look more or less like that, and I do despise shaving. And I was criticised a bunch for making my nose too straight in the last one, so there it is in all it's lumpy, slightly broken glory.
Oh, and the finger-motion... 'cause I likes to get paid, yo.
How 'bout that shading? Better than usual, for me? I think I'm going to ink this one, so I'm trying to pay attention to the solid black shadows.
If you want to see an old picture of me, for comparison (it's about 3 years old, and pre-hair) try this [link]
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The ultrasoft lead* ronin that gets his rightful pay for every concept disembowelled.
I like it
*= unless where you live you use a different notation... O.o
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OMG. You look way overly BAD ASS.
Now I should sketch MYSELF reaching to your face to snatch that damn cig from your lips....before you thwart me with that big-assed pencil!
Damnit...your head is a bit bigger than that. No, not figuratively like in our convo. Literally.
Other than that, this is perfect, as usual. :3~
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self-portraits .... ahh
Been awhile since I've done one of those except the difference between me and you is I still look pretty much like my last one XP
On a side note, the pencil looks a bit strange right where it goes under the sleeve. Maybe it'll look right in ink, but right now it seems like it cuts into the fabric rather than being tucked into the sash.
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luv the concept of the lead pencil as a weapon i luv it man, nice work
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Wow ... this is awesome ... cool careless attitude
well done
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Swank, amigo! If that's what you look like I'd be frightened of you if I worked in your animation house.. *lol*
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Very very cool! (sorry way begind of comments - been installing new computers/servers for a month). Wish I thought of myself in such a cool way. Have I ever mentioned I'd love to color one of your pics sometime? *LOL*
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Cool! Just let me know which one so I can be sure it's okay, and tell me when you put it up.
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i would never have thought you looked that pretty.
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I think it looks awesome (everybody should draw something like this at least once in their lives) and I think it'll look even better inked. However, I wouldn't suggest the heavy black fills that you have indicated. Being that you're an excellent inker I'm sure it'll come out right, but I don't think it fits the art, personally. I think it should stay as is or be inked as simple line art with no fills, something color-friendly,
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very cool! love thhe lineart, cant wait to see it colored (perhaps?)
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very cool! love thhe lineart, cant wait to see it colored (perhaps?)
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Perhaps...
Plus: JINX! Double-post! You owe me a Coke.
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...I double posted? Ah well. I can give you a raincheck on that coke.
I don't have any $$$
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Honestly Ben, you need to stop teasing me/us.
You should know and if you don't I'll tell you in no uncertain terms.
I would pay you in a heartbeat to work ith me on one of my MANY and unrealised projects I have waiting in the wings for an artist to commit to them. I'm flexible with the story and while I CAN pay, I can't say you'll be able to buy a house when it's done. BUT, knowing you'd kickass at it anyway I WOULD be willing to try other, longer projects.
So . . . stop playing over the panties with me and let's get this fingerbang rolling!
Figuratively speaking of course.
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Patience, my son.
Besides, doing comics is a lot harder than it looks. I've got two projects on the table now, as it is, and they both tax me mightily.
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Well i wouldn't fuck with you. The only thing i can see wrong with it is it doesn't really look like he's holding the bottle to me. The one finger that does kind of appear to be holding it would sag down more than the other fingers since so much weight is on it and the hand is in such a relaxed pose. Just something i noticed, the rest looks great though.
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He's got two fingers looped through the handle, so that might be throwing you off. Plus, I ended up dropping most all of that into shadow... but I'll try and make it clear on the inks.
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god that's hilarious, rock on! I just love it, fire water indeed *nudge*
yeah.. shading does look good. now that you mention it.
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this is awesome man!! haha love the little pen designs and no. 2 pencil haha sweet work
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Hey! This looks great! I like that pencil instead of sword idea. Man, I don't even know how you can ink this. It looks soooo good in pencil!
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I agree with the above poster, that there is a definite Auron similarity here in the coat and sword rigging, but its worth mentioning that the half opened coat with sword jutting out is not entirely unique to Auron either. Secondly inks bwaaah! who needs inks (well "Ink"thinker i suppose 
Now if you'd like the shorter version i can do that too. I consider myself mutli-faceted.
~that's cool.
hah
~imp.
(typographical errors and grammatical errors included free of charge)
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So... so you like it?
I'd like to see the kanji for "Liquid Courage", but I'm keeping it as "Fire Water" here. It's terrible, I know...
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yo thats fucking kick ass!!!
great minds think truly think alike 
we could battle
NInjA Vs SaMurai GO!!!
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I wasn't thinking of Auron, so much as I was thinking about Toshiro Mifune and all the other samurai I've seen in movies, anime and manga who walk around with one or both arms tucked inside their kimono (there's a different term for the men's robe, isn't there?) with the sleeves flapping loose... it makes you look very casual.
But yeah, with the jug and the glasses, I guess the Auron likeness is more prominent than I thought.
S'okay, though... Auron was the bad-ass of FFX.
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that is awsome. can't see anything wrong with it.
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i havent tasted sake but they say ots similiar to our tequila true? false? u know anyway tequila itssss goodddddddddddd
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No, I like tequila... sake is different, and is served hot. Tequila is served at room temperature, and for a preference with a lick of salt and slice of lime to chase it down.
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i see i didnt knew that was sereved hot...
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I am... I'm a scary bad man. Stay away!
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ha nice dude,
2 things
sake is good for you
ciggy is bad for you
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