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Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Toulouse Cheetah

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:04:36 -0000

Poll 43

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Toulouse Cheetah

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:04:26 -0000

Oh dear I have been negligent, haven't I? So sorry, mon amies! I shall put the poll up right away.

ArtSpots Coloring Book! - Radioactive Chicken

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:51:10 -0000

Ooo, nice job. *thumbs up*

ArtSpots Coloring Book! - Vespa

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:19:31 -0000

Hooray Kimono! :D Don't currently have any line art to offer. But coloring is fun! :D

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - soufex

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:53:24 -0000

i am digging the snouts on these, can i just say :D

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Feather Dancer

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:16:58 -0000

She looks irritated, probably with me for sketching so badly :D There was more but it looked so bad I erased it.

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Toulouse Cheetah

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:42:46 -0000

Yipes! I seem to have missed my own deadline. Sorry mon amis! To keep things consistent, I will go ahead and wait until this next Sunday night to put up the poll. And who knows - this might be just the unexpected break someone needs to finish their Trading Post entry! The more the merrier, non?

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - KoOkY!

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 07:24:32 -0000

Maxfield Parrish! Beautifully soft forms and use of colors. And Monet was just too obvious. Hehe. http://parrish.artpassions.net/

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - Fru

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:47:26 -0000

Clara Ferreira said: John Sibbick, an artist that inspires anyone with his Illustrations, specially Scientific ones :) http://www.johnsibbick.com/

Holy crap, this guy is amazing! Instant-love :D!! Thanks for the linkage!

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - vantid

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:55:06 -0000

Renee Lalique! He's like in my top faves forever and always. He created wonderful Art Nouveau enamel jewelry and glass sculptures. Sadly I haven't found a really good source of his images online. Go wiki and google images! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Lalique http://images.google.com/images?q=renee%20lalique&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - Richard Bartrop

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:30:45 -0000

One of my favourites is David Kimble, master technical illustrator, and airbrush whiz. http://www.khulsey.com/masters_david_kimble.html

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - soufex

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 12:16:11 -0000

aha, that's bitchin.

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Ze Gecko

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:08:39 -0000

Remember people, speed kills. Or horribly disfigures... Sorry about that :c

Game: Rarely Drawn Animals - rea

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:20:00 -0000

Alrighty, it's time we had someone take that challenge to draw one of these critters. I present you with the under loved, yet often adorable asiatic water buffalo: http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs36/f/2008/261/e/1/Kwai_by_Rea2mill.jpg This particular specimen is wearing a Thai (Laotian, Cambodian) style Phakama (plaid cloth of many functions) around his head, and another couple at his waist. The Thai water buffalo is frequently the butt of many jokes. In Thai, the word for buffalo is also slang for "retard" as well as the male genitalia. Poor unloved buffalo. a couple of photos from Thailand: http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/rea2mill/Buffalo_Rea.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b98/rea2mill/Buffalo_Erica.jpg

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - soufex

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:06:47 -0000

:D these are so cute!

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Sudan Red

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:58:20 -0000

SunCat - This is going to sound odd, but I love those toes! So chunky!

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - SunCat

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 17:53:06 -0000

Here is something quick in-between homework assignments. Not very detailed but hay, worth a try.

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Sudan Red

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:35:11 -0000

Barring any overwhelming jolt of energy and inspiration to complete this baby, my half-finished entry. Please do excuse the lack of "WOW", my artingness is rusty. D:

ArtSpots Coloring Book! - Drakenhart

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:51:00 -0000

Oh that's so cute. hehehe. :)

Trading Post #37 - Soufex - Toulouse Cheetah

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:22:13 -0000

Congratulations to Soufex for winning the TP! She has a very 'cool' creature for all of you to paint, sketch, carve, or doodle - take a look!

i am still rather amused and excited by this! :D if i could please, i would like to use my character boxcar as my character for the trading post! boxcar is a pyenabär (polar bear/hyena cross). she is white-furred with a polar bear-type build, approximately 5'5" tall and has a bright blue mane akin to a hyena's, as well as more hyena-like facial features. she also had a black-and-bleu dreadlocked tail, which includes a british blug socket and cable woven into it. she is relatively sedate, but has a fiery temper when provoked; loves cold weather, motoribikes, sushi, and urban landscapes. her fashion sense is bright but fairly practical with industrial accents. i'm afraid i don't draw her that often so my pictures of her are somewhat scant- here is the most recent! http://soufex.artspots.com/image/19386/so-why-dont-you-run thank you once again, lovely people at artspots! ~sfx.

So now you know! How can you resist a polar bear-hyena cross? Let's see your take on Boxcar - perhaps you will be our next winner!

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - kynliod

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:47:51 -0000

Grats, Soufex! I really liked your entry, it's way cool.

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - soufex

Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:31:48 -0000

i feel bad because i haven't checked back here in a while- thank you, artspots!

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Vizon

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:02:41 -0000

Congrats, Soufex!

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Feather Dancer

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:44:51 -0000

I've just been busy and had tablet problems constantly, go figure :) Bit early as they're not up yet but gratz to whoever wins!

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Vizon

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:25:09 -0000

Aw nuts. Meant to finish mine. I am such a procrastinator...

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Toulouse Cheetah

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:56:33 -0000

So sorry for the delay! I seem to have slipped up last Sunday and decided to just let it go one more week to see if we could gather any more entries. Silly me, I guess that extra week did not make any difference after all! I for one, will blame school for starting at the most inconvenient time, as many of you participants I'm sure are currently being overwhelmed with homework. Well, to the vote then! Perhaps by the time our next winner is announced, people will be ready for an excuse to take a break! In the mean time, yours truly will return to my artistry, and try to keep on my toes a little better with the poll.

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Toulouse Cheetah

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 02:47:14 -0000

Poll 42

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - SunCat

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:20:57 -0000

That's cool Soufex, and I'm sure he could use throwing knives Kynliod, looks good. Anyone else? I thought we would be doing a vote by now or do we need more? no rush just wondering. I know I'm busy (and have no scanner in residence) so I bet others are as well.

Game: The Person Above Me! - Vizon

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:20:27 -0000

Before the Mousse/Gel...

Game: The Person Above Me! - SunCat

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:20:25 -0000

Hay Zip, here is you(in my style). Something quick, with computer fill.

Game: Rarely Drawn Animals - Feather Dancer

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:03:39 -0000

Here's a bird I next to never see, beautiful things though and they live on the coast (They're also bloody huge). Gannets! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gannet They have a lovely cream face with a bright blue eye, kinda like jackdaws. Turns out they are the biggest northern seabird so that explains a lot. Should draw one myself, there was a focus on them a few years back in Spring Watch though I've also seen them at Bempton Cliffs myself :) The kids aren't the most handsome thing in the world but they certainly pull out a swan when they grow.

Game: Rarely Drawn Animals - kynliod

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:50:22 -0000

This isn't the rarest of the rare, but I still think it's a neglected species, and one of my favorites. The hippopotamus. http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/NPLPOD/1060894~Hippopotamus-Adult-with-Baby-Masai-Mara-Kenya-Posters.jpg

ArtSpots Coloring Book! - SunCat

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:26:26 -0000

I felt like colouring, so I did.

Game: Rarely Drawn Animals - SunCat

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:57:28 -0000

The blue-footed booby (Sula nebouxii) is an adorable seabird with bright seafoam-blue webbed feet and a blue-gray face to match. The blue-footed booby belongs the Order Pelecaniformes (Pelicans and their relatives) and has long pointed wings and a narrow pointed bill. Male blue-footed boobies show off their blue feet during their courtship dance, in which he picks up his feet and displays them in an exagerated step-walk. There are approximately 40,000 breeding pairs of blue-footed boobies in the world and half of them inhabit the Galapagos Islands. http://animals.about.com/od/habitatprofiles/ig/Animals-of-the-Galapagos/Blue-Footed-Boobie.htm I like these birds they are cool, my uncle went to the Galapagos Islands and saw them.

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - kynliod

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:43:31 -0000

Haven't had time to keep up with the trading post for quite some time! But I made myself do at least a 10 minute scribble this time. I've never drawn a kangaroo before, so he looks... odd. =/ Evidently I need more practice. =P Oh, and I just sort of assumed he used throwing knives. I hope I'm right, 'cause that's what I drew. =P

Trading Post #36 - Boxcutter - Boxcutter

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:48:30 -0000

Sorry for the long delay in responding. Not bad, SunCat. Soufex, that looks trippy.

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - Clara Ferreira

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:19:38 -0000

John Sibbick, an artist that inspires anyone with his Illustrations, specially Scientific ones :) http://www.johnsibbick.com/

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - KoOkY!

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:22:20 -0000

Ivan Kramskoi! Hehe. Took me awhile to remember an "I" name but I remembered an Ivan something from an art appreciation class I took years back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kramskoi http://mmarttravel.com/newsletter/2006-08/pictures/kramskoy-neznakomka.jpg One I really liked from him.

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - kynliod

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:11:32 -0000

This one was hard, but it's interesting and something I never thought of. What I mean is, I've always been inspired by comic book stuff (specifically Marvel or DC), but it never dawned on me to look up specific artists of the comic book genre (how lame am I?). So this was a good exercise for me. Since it's also an alphabet game, I went with this guy, who evidently has worked for both Marvel and DC. My stuff is not anywhere near as cool as his, but I've always found that this style makes me want to pick up a pencil and paper. So, for H, it's Bryan Hitch.

Game: Inspirational Artists A-Z - Feather Dancer

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:16:30 -0000

Have to snag this one or my mother will kill me :D Though I have an H and J as well in a book next to me... Maybe somebody will get him? Anywho George Stubbs. He's not the most well known British artist but he was vital in the up and coming. He was the first artist here at least to really look at painting animals properly, not as squares as they were previously (Seriously, it very wierd). He also looked in depth into the horse, which is what he's most famous for painting such as Whistlejacket, a racing horse well known for biting anything that moved, creating plates of their anatomy that is still used today. So I give you, George Stubbs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stubbs