Recent Pictures by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:07eab8be-73c5-4a06-47aa-d31c5d5a589bElf guy by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:eb6487cd-60c1-2249-bc60-45a2799f16e72007-04-19T11:28:16-07:00Random green-haired elf guy who has recently decided to move into my head. I think he's basing his appearance off a D&D character I once had (who did in fact have green hair...or rather a symbiotic plant growing from his head that looked like hair...), but the personality is different. He's more cheerful for one thing. He seems to have taken over my sketchbook, three drawings of him in as many days, none of which were actually intended to be him. XD]]>Dragon and Phoenix by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:798b9427-eebb-3637-ba53-325eeaa758152007-04-18T19:37:51-07:00I wish there was a way to cross-reference.
Anyway, I just got back from a con, which gave me itchy fingers, and watched Spirited Away, which put dragons in my head.
I'm not sure what it says about me that the dragon is about to eat the phoenix.
I'm not crazy about the background, but that's what happened when you change your mind halfway through freehanding it. I'm really pleased with the drawing itself, though, and the colors of the phoenix and dragon. Unfortunately some of the subtler colors of the dragon don't really show up in the scan.]]>Edrahil and Finrod by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:6e4534bb-9147-8e14-0f7c-06984de049a72006-11-08T19:57:39-08:00Because there's just not much of anything for these two, and I'm a slash addict. And they're pretty. And in the RP I'm in they're so cutely oblivious.
This is what I do when I'm procrastinating on my homework for my drawing class.
That's Edrahil on the left, and Finrod on the right. Blond hair is hard. :/]]>Feanaro - WIP by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:a39cad5e-6cde-645c-4b63-458c947d1c9a2006-07-29T15:34:42-07:00WIP. So very, very WIP. But I haven't submitted anything in ages, so when I scanned it to show a friend who roleplays Feanor himself I figured, why not.
Believe it or not, this was supposed to be a picture of Ambarussa. But it didn't quite turn out that way.
This will be replaced once I finish it.]]>Raven by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:7860dc0f-31fc-6c37-d06b-a4f7cf5a1b642005-09-21T17:44:19-07:00I was trying to work on something, but there was a power outage so I couldn't. My dad started quoting bits of The Raven by Poe, so I sketched this instead. By candlelight. Fun.]]>Unnamed Snakeboy by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:a6e89f9a-e88e-fd1d-f8ed-b2d3f344f0a62005-07-29T14:51:31-07:00The drawing that I had up before, edited and colored in PSP 7. Many hours and over 50 layers...drove me insane. BUT! It looks pretty good. So I'm calling it done cause otherwise I'd nitpick forever.<br />
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If anyone wants to suggest a name that'd be awesome.]]>Fam and Poll snogging by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:ef6ebd70-e75c-c82c-db1b-56dc3b5c87c22005-07-07T19:32:41-07:00Famine and Pollution snogging, mmm. From my LJ comm, same as the last one.]]>Famine and Pollution by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:957518f4-9651-974b-cca5-59bdcc34a0752005-07-07T19:17:14-07:00Famine and Pollution, two of the Horsepeople of the Apocalypse (Pestilence retired) from 'Good Omens' by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchet. Drawn for an LJ RP community I'm in, where they've hooked up.]]>Agent Mitzi Elrond by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:d1460c07-30be-8685-616e-43889e31a5ec2005-04-06T17:08:50-07:00Mua ha ha.<br />
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This is cause of something that happened in a chat for an RPG. I was amused, so I drew it.]]>The Captain by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:35f47c7c-a7da-c06b-85b1-c073eab0b9452005-01-12T15:19:40-08:00This is a face I haven't seen in awhile! I used to draw her in middle school alot, but I haven't drawn her in ages. I think I threw away all the old pictues of her. I'd never colored her before. I had a whole backstory and world for her, she's from another planet. A small group of human astronauts land there and discover this whole civilization. She's in some sort of police/military type organization, fairly high rank. That's what the red stones in her ear and on her shirt mean, the different color stones are indicitave of rank. The clothing is pretty much the same for both males and females, they all usually wear halter tops because the back is open to allow space for the wings. I'll have to try to recreate some of the story that I had drawn out. I do think she looks better now than she ever did!<br />
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pencil, ink, Prisma and Crayola colored pencils]]>Faerie by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:b854afc1-d334-44b8-7f2b-00fe76753d142005-01-11T19:05:33-08:00Can you tell I'm not very good at working in ink?<br />
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This was drawn during class in my notebook. Normally I wouldn't bother scanning a sketch from my notebook, but considering the class was two and a half hours I figured I'd put in enough effort to justify removing the lines and posting it. And it is pretty decent considering I don't do actual pictures in ink very often<br />
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I've got 2 1/2 hours of Stats every tuesday from 7-9:30, so you'll probably see many more of these as I try to keep myself sane.<br />
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No, I really don't know why she's got a furry devil tail.]]>Day at the Beach by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:c80af09a-8245-619d-a41b-dd53a8f6e8642004-12-28T13:04:03-08:00This is my Secret Santa picture for PhunkYMunkY. I'm so sorry it's so late, but all the time I thought I'd have didn't happen. I had no idea what to draw, but I figured it's the middle of winter, so what would any of us like more than to be nice and warm! So I drew a pretty girl at the beach. I hope you like. ^_^]]>Alan by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:a106540a-7a5b-0349-e29e-2d6230dcb4692004-12-21T19:19:00-08:00Another character from the vampire thing I'm working on. Or would be working on if it wasn't so freaking cold in my room. Hard to type when you can't feel the keys. Anyway. This is Locke's human best friend, Alan. He looks sweet and innocent, but he does have a bit of a temper. He's actually been sitting in my sketchbook for at least a week, but I only got his hair colored today cause I'm lazy.]]>Tiamat by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:3ce01a6f-343d-795b-a446-4d88d41046d12004-12-14T17:10:14-08:00Dragon hatching, based on Tiamat in "Jeremy Thatcher: Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville, cause one of the forum threads reminded me and I still like that book. I used some of Strata's advice on my last dragon, and WOW! Took a long time though...that coloring job only took slightly longer than it took me to read Pienemien's Ray from beginning to end. The egg was a pain, cause I knew what I wanted to do but I couldn't find the functions in PSP 7. Just found them today, and I think it turned out pretty well. I was trying to do it by hand and that is just not working. I like it better this way anyway. It's pretty. ^_^ She reminds me of a big, blue parrot. You can't see some of the finer details in the wings, and some of the blue washed out, but I think she scanned pretty well, too. ^_^]]>Melek in Olum by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:79d68eff-5540-d32b-de01-953309508eb12004-12-12T23:16:37-08:00This is actually an older piece I randomly decided to upload. Drawn and colored sometime last year. My first attempt at using a complicated program that I was actually happy with, and my first experiment with layers.<br />
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This is based on a really good Naruto fanfic titled 'Melek in Olum' on fanfiction.net, and it takes place after the manga. Little Naruto hit his growth spurt and is about 7 feet tall by the beginning of the story. I won't ruin anything else, but I will tell you that yes, that's really him. He makes his hair black with a jutsu. Ehm...he's supposed to be looking over his shoulder, but you can't really tell.<br />
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Mechanical pencil, ink, OpenCanvas 3 demo]]>Phortagon by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:08fb531f-af2f-3508-07a1-68ff8c5922882004-12-12T12:18:34-08:00Umm...kay. It's been a couple years since I've actually drawn a dragon, so this is me just trying to get the hang of it again. No, I have no idea what's up with the feet. I was going for something I saw of some kind of dinosaur, and it (obviously) didn't really work. The wings suck. Yeah. I can here you all laughing at him from here. I'll try to put up a better one when I have time and I'm not just procrastinating on my final papers.
Title because ILoveDanR suggested it, and it made me laugh. That is now his name. Thanks! ^_^]]>Squall by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:c2a3b028-4d5a-8117-01d8-307c87a073b72004-12-11T14:41:47-08:00OK, the name's not very original, so sue me. I'm supposed to be writing papers for finals right now.<br />
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I don't really know why he's smoking, and no, I don't know what he's sitting on or leaning against. I think it looks pretty decent.]]>Locke by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:2be620d4-c07c-99e9-c5e4-48ac31d678172004-12-10T19:27:23-08:00This is...well, for the moment his name seems to be Locke. It just popped into my head last night and seems to be sticking...for the moment anyway... Almost every time I think about his name it's different. Anyway, Locke is a vampire who is over 1000 years old, and is the main character of something I'm writing. I'm not gonna tell you anything about it though. One thing I will say though, he's not your normal vampire. For some reason I felt compelled to re-write vampire mythology, and I'm still pinning down all the details. Maybe I'll put that info up somewhere when I've got it all figured out. The important stuff for him is that those fangs are actually in front of his normal teeth. This is one idea I was playing with, that the fangs used for biting actually retract into the upper gums and are not visible unless the vampire wishes it. another idea I'm thinking about is fangs that fold back like a snake's so they are hidden behind the vampire's upper teeth. Basically they fit either in front or behind the vampire's normal human canines. If you look closely his pupil isn't quite round. It's not enough to be noticed by most people. The pupil can expand to the size of the iris allowing the vampire to see in almost total darkness. However, as a result they are very sensitive to bright light, and wear sunglasses very often, even indoors. They don't burn up in the sun, they just get really bad sunburn and the light hurts their eyes. They can see into the infrared and ultraviolet spectrums, allowing them to see colors invisible to normal humans and they can see a slight glow around warm objects, such as human body heat. I'm trying to keep my vampires more grounded in science than the supernatural.<br />
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Apparently the colors that come in the box are no longer good enough for me, that's four different colors in the hair, nine in the eyes, four in the skin, and three in the shirt. Plus white to blend the colors in the skin and shirt. Yeah, I don't know what I was thinking either. I like his hair though.<br />
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Yeah, I see a name change in the (near?) future. So if the title changes that's why.]]>"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful..." by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:2e0ba78d-bb7b-147c-bcb9-d70bd1c8346d2004-12-09T00:19:34-08:00"...Hate me because I'm an effeminate psycho killer with mommy issues and I still get more chicks than you."<br />
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*points* 'E's nekkid! Anyway, I was watching some FFVII FMVs on my computer (if you want a link to a page that has lots of applications for that kinda thing, drop me an email and I'll give you a link to the page where I found it) and I saw the scene where he rescues/steals Jenova. Then I thought of this, so I drew it instead of studying for my final tomorrow. I really don't know why he's naked. And yes, his right hand looks funky and his left hand is too small. And he has no toes. And yeah, I crapped out the background in about 30 seconds. And...well...look! Nekkid Bishie! *runs*]]>Beautiful Little Doll by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:d072f4d8-c94d-48f8-4b6f-624b4ef5ac5d2004-11-29T21:00:13-08:00Claudia, the doll-like vampire child created Lestat to keep Louis from leaving. One of the biggest mistakes of his immortal life. I'd put up a clever quote from the book about Claudia, but I left my book at home when I went back for Thanksgiving...and I need it for class... -_-;;]]>The Brat Prince by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:119eaf79-6c59-dba7-a54e-476f90205f822004-11-29T01:05:00-08:00I used to like the Vampire Chronicles. Then I saw the movie. I believe I am now officially obsessed. This is Lestat, with his shirt open. I enjoyed drawing it. He's got Tom Cruise's nose. Got some more sketches of the vamps, but don't feel like fighting with my scanner at the moment. It's too late to think of something clever to say, so I won't.<br />
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Mechanical Pencil, Crayola Colored Pencils for skin and Robin's hair, Black and White Prismacolor Pencils.]]>Pretty Vampire Guy by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:8814fef7-4dc5-45fc-0b40-489c9d8ddd0c2004-11-18T00:19:23-08:00Sketch of the vampire from a story I wrote for my Vampire class. He doesn't have a name yet. It was in first person and he never introduced himself. Real flyaway hair he's got, huh? I'm gonna have to do a nicer version of him sometime, but I did this as a bit of art therapy, release some stress. Pretty good, I think, for being done while down with the flu.<br />
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Mechanical pencil, Crayola colored pencils, PSP for the manipulations on the computer.]]>Damien Fuoco by Thirteen_Black_Rosesurn:uuid:899199a5-820e-26b6-477e-49eedae826d72004-11-14T21:38:15-08:00This is my friend's character from a very good story he's writing. Damien Fuoco. I'm really proud of it, and he seemed pretty pleased. I'm so proud of the hair! I finally did hair that looks good! ^_^<br />
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