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Description Liquorish is a girl endowed with large hands capable of firing conservative encouragements at 400 wpm. She also has tiny feet which are sufficient for walking and running and maybe climbing stairs. Despite the largeness of her hands, she is not very confident.

Yukiman is a large snow-like man who towers in the atmosphere and wears a tie, because he is serious. Also as you can see, he is not very confident.

Doma is a dome with a slot going down the top of his dome. The slot can hold any number of thin objects, like cartridges or toast. His vague, ambiguous stare reflects a certain lack of confidence.



I must confess, I totally did not know what I was doing with this picture. Originally Liquorish was supposed to be a homely character with the anatomy of a gorilla.

Then she was going to be a someone who shot musical notes from her fingers.

Then she became this.

And then there is the background, which uses floating islands with waterfalls that come from nowhere, and a cloudy sky I am certain I used somewhere else .

I still had blank space after that so I filled it up with a snow man and I guess now he's a character or something. And then I thought the islands were kind of plain so I made a metal dome with a face on it and now there are three characters. And then I looked up and saw there was still room for more business and thought,

"hey there's never enough pastel rainbow ."

So as you can see, I am not entirely confident in what I was trying to accomplish.

What is this thing??

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Comments: 397

AmberstarofThunder [2016-03-01 20:54:47 +0000 UTC]

That is a GREAT question. But, seeing as I just had a "random creation" moment myself, there really is no room to judge.
Celery Clinton...
What the heck am I doing with my life?

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Fallen-sniper666 [2015-03-30 15:23:12 +0000 UTC]

Super awesome! And thanks for the fav!

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Makoto-4-13 [2014-03-05 11:01:52 +0000 UTC]

I think of Zaiphon and Bascules when I look at this!

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wxzhenghoppytruffles [2014-01-09 01:56:53 +0000 UTC]

magic. you made magic.

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NightSummerRain In reply to wxzhenghoppytruffles [2014-05-22 03:59:41 +0000 UTC]

I agree with you, Kyoya  XD

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wxzhenghoppytruffles In reply to NightSummerRain [2014-05-22 10:23:26 +0000 UTC]

As always. XD

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Raineku [2013-04-11 13:56:41 +0000 UTC]

Doma could make a very determined yet somewhat unconfident paperweight.

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RooTheSnorunt [2013-01-10 01:39:24 +0000 UTC]

How much are you selling that dome for?

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Mununga11 [2012-12-18 20:14:09 +0000 UTC]

Awesomeness.

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JohnKillinger [2012-12-01 08:05:33 +0000 UTC]

You make me laugh so hard man!! I can tell you what you've accomplished: a special brand of dry humor! its awkwardness is its signature and is so entirely unique you cant help but love it! I made a good decision the day I watched you.

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JohnSu In reply to JohnKillinger [2012-12-01 23:42:28 +0000 UTC]

huzzah!

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chibi-devil240 [2011-09-05 06:58:23 +0000 UTC]

she's sooooo cute

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ilovedinosaurs300 [2011-08-24 01:27:22 +0000 UTC]

omg make a comic about this gurl please
this is awesome

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Kat-7 [2011-04-10 15:52:07 +0000 UTC]

...Can I live there?
XD Oh this is soooo awesome!
Perhaps they should go to a therapist to fix those confidence problems...

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imustbeemotaco [2011-03-25 21:56:44 +0000 UTC]

I love everything you make.

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yumeakumu [2010-12-18 16:48:55 +0000 UTC]

sticks and stones make break my bones but words can neve- ooooh noooeeeeesssss!!!!!!

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KittyKiona8796 [2010-10-14 22:14:06 +0000 UTC]

RAAAAAAIIINBOOOOOOOOOOW~!

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fwick [2010-05-17 03:57:55 +0000 UTC]

I just... I just love johnsu. I don't know how to completely express this besides sporadic fav-ing and an occasional declaratory comment. so here's one of those. actually, both.

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theblackbride431 [2010-04-09 20:45:56 +0000 UTC]

I like the floating Avatar mountains in the background.

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Akabeko-Arts [2010-02-26 17:14:05 +0000 UTC]

good colors exclent art
congrats!!!!

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theLIANDRI [2010-01-27 11:45:43 +0000 UTC]

this is the most out of mid idea that rivals my mest up friends head and i mean alot like but but the snow is something that says look at me im serious then i say watever ur a snowman with a TIE still awsome work me and my friends fav still is PeDoPuNcHeR

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xRyokucha [2009-10-09 23:54:09 +0000 UTC]

So THAT'S where Frosty the Snowman went...

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Fatebreakker [2009-09-14 10:42:49 +0000 UTC]

Talk about damning people with faint praise. I mean, 400 WPM. That's a lot of mild compliments. With that volume she's sure to give her target an inferiority complex:

"Why am I only doing okay?" "Why am I only mildly acceptable?" "Why must I be taken with a grain of salt?"

AHA! I've cracked it, I have! Her power is to sap peoples' confidence, which explains the general lack of confidence in this picture. What do I win?

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JohnSu In reply to Fatebreakker [2009-09-18 23:14:25 +0000 UTC]

You win a very small trophy

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Superjustinbros [2009-09-08 21:58:00 +0000 UTC]

She's cool.

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ikka-nosferatu [2009-09-04 20:34:59 +0000 UTC]

I wonder, does one have to read these encouragements that shoot out her fingers, do they simply understand them when they hit, or are they said aloud by some voice which its origin cannot be pinpointed?
If they were to be read, they would be useless on someone who is illiterate.

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JohnSu In reply to ikka-nosferatu [2009-09-05 01:30:40 +0000 UTC]

the target's heart can intrinsically understand them.

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aseariel [2009-09-01 16:34:20 +0000 UTC]

Now I have a song by They Might Be Giants stuck in my head.

Words fail
Buildings tumble
The ground opens wide
Light beams down from heaven
She stands before my eyes

She's actual size (but she seems much bigger to me)...

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Kota-ken [2009-09-01 05:42:49 +0000 UTC]

LOL :woot:

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mymilkiaen [2009-08-30 19:48:25 +0000 UTC]

Dang.Very wicked-awesome indeed.

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klara001 [2009-08-29 02:32:14 +0000 UTC]

I love his face

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koimanZX [2009-08-28 03:59:58 +0000 UTC]

Did you purposely spell liquorice that way or do you not know how to spell it? I am not trying to be irritable, I am only curious.

Spellings (just in case).
US: licorice
UK: liquorice

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JohnSu In reply to koimanZX [2009-08-28 05:34:19 +0000 UTC]

I am spelling it that way on porpoise.

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koimanZX In reply to JohnSu [2009-08-29 02:17:21 +0000 UTC]

Okay, just checking.

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pocketme [2009-08-27 17:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow, John. o_o

I like her feet. n.n

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Kaeso-Senn [2009-08-27 00:10:06 +0000 UTC]

This is why there nature side with the hidden flaw... or not...

*Thinks*

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Mello-Drama-Reborn [2009-08-26 23:42:54 +0000 UTC]

you are epic.

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R-xotib-CREATE [2009-08-26 14:57:06 +0000 UTC]

Now, were you born a genious, or did you work towards that?

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JohnSu In reply to R-xotib-CREATE [2009-08-28 05:31:15 +0000 UTC]

I had to find and eat one

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R-xotib-CREATE In reply to JohnSu [2009-08-28 16:38:08 +0000 UTC]

*A*

Ooooooh. That does explain a lot...

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bethcould [2009-08-25 10:41:45 +0000 UTC]

You're art is really nice and random. I like Doma

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coffeemaid [2009-08-25 03:22:25 +0000 UTC]

I love the friendly color palette and the lightheartedness that goes into all of your pieces, they are marvelous, it's been a while since i came on to dA again, so seeing your piece in my deviation box just made me smile.

Oh, are the words shooting out her hands something you wrote?

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JohnSu In reply to coffeemaid [2009-08-28 05:25:38 +0000 UTC]

yes, I wrote those!

typed them, actually

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QuantumSpectre [2009-08-24 14:36:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This is really cool. Embracing the weirdness ^^
It kinda reminds me of some of my sketches, lol. Sometimes random things pop-up everywhere.

When you make images in flash, how do you get them out of Flash? I don't know how.

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JohnSu In reply to QuantumSpectre [2009-08-28 02:00:31 +0000 UTC]

You can export it as an image in the File menu

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QuantumSpectre In reply to JohnSu [2009-09-01 00:49:15 +0000 UTC]

Hey! Thanks again for telling me how to use Flash. Here's a link to the picture I just finished and exported: [link]

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QuantumSpectre In reply to JohnSu [2009-08-28 16:51:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank You!!

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KirbyGotenksabsorbed [2009-08-23 09:32:52 +0000 UTC]

"What is this thing??"
I believe the correct use of words is "what is this, I don't even.".

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JohnSu In reply to KirbyGotenksabsorbed [2009-08-28 01:35:21 +0000 UTC]

sorry, my mistake

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Celsy [2009-08-22 09:01:25 +0000 UTC]

were you bored? you make this mental spew sound awesome, or they just cant tell the difference. lol.

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