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Published: 2009-01-08 07:58:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 7417; Favourites: 61; Downloads: 27
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Description Late, late, late Christmas present for long time friend ~BlueVenom . Her boy Spaceman is a hottie, and I owed her a decent piece of art for all the years of beautiful fan art that I never had the courage to return. ;o; But I try.

Spaceman as a little boy and an adult belongs to .

P.S. Swollen baby lips for the win.
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jess-o [2009-01-14 13:10:04 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I HAVE to know. How are you pulling off the hair? Is this a sketch that was colored digitally?

If you are somehow pulling this off all on the computer I think I will have to research how to assimilate power through cannibalism.

Just sayin'.


(This is gorgeous!)

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lokelani In reply to jess-o [2009-01-16 19:16:05 +0000 UTC]

Oh GOD, no I did not do the hair on the computer! XD I would have died. I've done it before, but the texture is all gross and I don't like it. Despite the wishes of a lot of my teachers, I don't like when digital paintings look digital, so I always do my lineart by hand.

But because I'm so OCD about the hair, and I'm smudgey, I use blue pencil for the lines. [link] That's what all my lines look like, and then I change the color in Photoshop, then start painting. So, yeah. My secret. It's not much of one, but the blue pencil DOESN'T smudge at all, and it gives a better shading quality than ballpoint pen.

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jess-o In reply to lokelani [2009-01-16 19:34:52 +0000 UTC]

Oh, okay. You are safe from cannibalism at the moment, then.


Seriously, it looks gorgeous. What a perfect blend of traditional and digital!

(I suddenly miss my scanner..)

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B8la [2009-01-13 11:55:10 +0000 UTC]

oh, i love your desings

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tir-ri [2009-01-09 16:17:00 +0000 UTC]

Oh, he'll grow into such a feminine man: very beautiful!

I've always had a thing for a little sick looking people with dark shadows or lines under their eyes and I adore yet how natural you made it look (too much gothic mush going on nowadays).
...And I want to hair like that too X3

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lokelani In reply to tir-ri [2009-01-11 06:27:41 +0000 UTC]

He's gorgeous, so so so femmy and pretty, and a total ditz. XD Haha.

And me too. The buddy I drew this for has a way of creating dark beautiful peoples. I tried to pull it off, but I'm better at drawing fluffy fatties. XD

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tir-ri In reply to lokelani [2009-01-11 14:51:21 +0000 UTC]

The pretty ones usually are. X)

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freak-on-display [2009-01-09 03:15:56 +0000 UTC]

awwwwww golondrinaaaa ;o;; he's so purdy <333

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lokelani In reply to freak-on-display [2009-01-11 06:24:09 +0000 UTC]

I am in love with him!!!!!!!!! He's just so cute and ditsy and AW poor baby. XD

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violetbeefstick [2009-01-08 23:01:22 +0000 UTC]

What is with you and the attraction to young boys, you silly girl?! Nay, hes hot.
Why is it called Swallow?


Oh, wait, like the bird, the Adults got swallows on his shirt. I thought you meant swallow, like to gulp, ingest.

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lokelani In reply to violetbeefstick [2009-01-11 06:23:09 +0000 UTC]

It is to gulp and ingest. 8D

He's not my boy, he belongs to a dear friend, I just REALLY wanted to draw him as a baby.

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violetbeefstick In reply to lokelani [2009-01-11 21:54:22 +0000 UTC]

oooh, okay then. I was wrong when i tried to be smart. . .

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Rezurekted [2009-01-08 20:04:55 +0000 UTC]

I like how peaceful this is

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x2words1promisex [2009-01-08 15:43:09 +0000 UTC]

I wish I could hair like that. :/

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x2words1promisex In reply to x2words1promisex [2009-01-08 15:43:44 +0000 UTC]

^could draw hair like that.

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lokelani In reply to x2words1promisex [2009-01-08 15:55:20 +0000 UTC]

I liked it before, you know, hair as a Verb!

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