Bittersweet Candy Bowl

*Hidden deep amid the woods in a gentle valley, there stands an imposing brick structure. Of all the many buildings considered “on campus” (used loosely), this one is the Ninja’s favorite. Here he is finally able to sit and work in silence and solitude, uninterrupted by his missions and free his sensei’s assignments. He has spent many hours in an upper room of this building, honing the few skills in which he still lacks proficiency; his artistic skills.*

Following in the glorious tradition of self-promotion, I am going to post links to my “art” (used loosely) here. Most of it is non-BCB related, but I’m working to correct that… Just give me some time and a few comments on how I’m doing so far.

First, the Physics and the Frogs:

Part, the First
Part, the Second
Part, the Third
Part, the Fourth
Part, the Fifth

Next, the actual fan-art:
Free Fall
Zeke

That’s all I’ve got that’s worth looking at so far.

Hope to see some more, and maybe you’ll improve.

I’ll see what I can do about more, but improving? *Nervous Laugh*….I’ll do my best, for what it’s worth.

I like those frogs. I keep expecting them to do commentary on something like BCB or some other webcomic. xD

hmm… not a bad idea…
do you have any ideas on what to name the frogs though?

Lemme think about it. I’ll throw out an idea when inspiration hits me.

HA! Despite all the dangers and distractions I’ve had to face, I finally got another work of fan-art finished!!!

Enjoy!

That’s neat. What’s he sitting on and looking at? It looks kind of like the view I’ve seen some people draw of The Great Wall.

Top of some building. Looking out on the countryside beyond the city, a place he’s never been.

Huh. Well, take him there then. Show us what’s there.

What kind of building is it? Tenement or just some office building? Hell, I’ve got questions, don’t I?

Probably an old factory that was built on the edge of town because of lower taxes, subsequently failed, and might have been converted into cheap apartments, but nobody really cares. It’s just one of those forgotten places you sometimes stumble upon.

And no. Zeke’s element is the city. He knows it like the back of his hand. His life, his school, his work, maybe even his love are all in the city. Taking him to the country would be like taking Lucy to Hawaii. He’s not rich either, so there’s the question of cost…

Unless he’s got some obligation, and since he can see it from where he’s sitting, he could just take a walk. Dip a toe in, so to speak. I mean, I don’t know anything about his character but if it’s beyond his comfort zone it’d be interesting to see him out of it once in awhile.

And I love those kind of places. There’s this abandoned bunker outside of San Francisco I got to explore once at twelve and again at sixteen. Dirty as Hell but kind of beautiful in its own way. I guess I just get that about his character. Plus, I’ve lived in those cheap apartments before. Smelled like pot all the time. So, again, there’s elements there I’d like to see. Reminds me of home, kind of.

He’s taking five. He’s got plenty to do, so to speak, so he really doesn’t have time to go randomly wandering off into the distance. Besides, it would take an awfully long time to reach those mountains…

Maybe I should post some sort of bio here?

Crazy idea that I’m just going to throw out here: why not draw his bio? Draw him in his element, what he does, where he goes. Just a handful a pics that you think show who he is. I think you could say a lot without actually telling us anything about him. It’d preserve some kind of mystique, if you will.

Hell, I don’t know. It is kind of a weird idea.

I like it! I’ll call it “my world”

Damn straight. At the least, it’s ambitious. And, you know, I think you can do it. It’ll be neat to see what you show us.

hmm…. this could take a while….

Ah! I think you will like this little Frog comic I’ve just cooked up!

Best Served Hot

Sheesh! I wouldn’t think this would drop off the recent thread list so quickly!

Is anybody still reading this?

Yeah, I meant to comment last night but I could not. I’ll get back to this in the morning, I should be cool by then.

But you did read the last one, right?

Yeah I did, that’s why I’m still trying to get around to commenting on it.

“Furcoat.” That was the best terrible pun ever. xD

I thought it was bad enough to deserve punishment, and Lucy agreed with me. That doesn’t keep it from being funny though

I thought it was funny. ;D

You could do a comic abusing Lucy’s Ayubeam powers. Make her flip hamburgers and swat flies or shit like that. Yay or nay?

I was thinking that once I get enough practice to draw some decent Zeke comics, his first meeting with Lucy will end with him fleeing for his life as she chases him while firing her Ayu Beam. But until then, that might be a good idea.

Heh. It’d be like Cyclops on PCP. I look forward to that scenario.

Yeah, I figure there’s no harm in throwing ideas at you. If you don’t like ‘em, you can just cut them in half six feet before they reach you anyway.

Or just send them flying back towards your face with a well-placed strike. You might just have to eat those words.

HAH. I see what you did there. Unless you send it back with a precision strike into my eye sockets, then I can’t very well see what you did anywhere.

Is it just me or does this thread sink like a rock?

I comment, but I feel bad about commenting twice in a row unless it’s in the RC thread.

Because I can get away with pretty much any shit I want in there.

But it doesn’t explain why everyone else seems to ignore this thread. Am I some sort of pariah on this forum?

No, fan-art threads just sink, it seems to me, unless the artist gets a lot of attention through Taesh attention or something. Know what I mean?

That’s not what I’m worried about. It’s that the only people who’ve posted here are you, me, and Ved.

Iunno. Maybe they’re scared? =/

Why?

Because you are a Ninja? Honestly, I don’t know. I was taking a shot in the dark, but I wouldn’t take it personally either way. I’ve done stuff on here too and received maybe one or two comments at most about it.

Really? Where?

I drew LucyxPaulo porn in one of the porn threads (I think the second one) and I wrote a song for the lyrics thread last night. Which was actually about something a lot more personal than the comic.

…uh…right…

Okay, I think I’ve figured it out. Try drawing characters that appear in the comic doing insanely awesome or absurd stuff and you’ll succeed as a fan-art thread. That’s my advice.

And for the record, that porn was just me trying to get a free ticket to make inappropriate comments throughout the rest of the thread. It worked, by the way.

So… more bit parts for Lucy?

More major parts on Lucy. Spend some time on her and Mike and Paulo and the gang. There’s a lot of hostility toward art around here where fan characters outnumber the main cast. By focusing on them, you can ease into your own characters. Just kind of slip them in after you’ve exercised the possibilities with the main cast a little bit, you dig?

I have two frogs, myself, and Zeke. I haven’t even begun to introduce Zeke, and he’s the only proper fan character I intend to create. I’d love to do something involving him and the main cast, but my skill isn’t up to that yet. And as you saw, my Lucy impression is so rough that the only place it would fit is in my poorly-drawn Comic 101 strips. So I’m in a bit of a jam on that front…

You still draw better than I do. Besides I find the frogs to moderatly entertaining

I’ve seen worse. Plus, you’re funny enough on your own that you could pull it off so long as you get ambitious about whatever it is you do. Anybody can draw a Lucy, not everybody could draw, say, David riding the atomic bomb and waving a cowboy hat like Slim Pickins at the end of Dr. Strangelove. See what I mean? I’m just saying don’t hold yourself back.

…I couldn’t draw Lucy to save my life!

*Sniff* Thank you guys!

And now I have another Frog comic for you guys.
Sorry it took so long…