Fire Fire Fire!

One of my top three favorite images I've done for this contest.... This one is #2. Number one is the one I did of Vee surfing 'the net'. *giggles*

Ahh haha! I love this for the fact that Vee's a virus... and she's climbing/penetrating a firewall.

*Brick'd*

I love my puns. :D

Only a few more days left of this contest... Well.. I'll only be doing two more entries for it, but.. meh. Probably won't post them here... Meeh.. Okay.. Why not. hehe. I'm finished with the "goodbye" picture...

I attempted to fit all of the people involved in the Scary Camp contest that actually submitted 5 or more days throughout the month. For those who did four and under, I didn't bother...  I kinda wanted to do a little something that would get a lot of.. "oomph" and say "Thank you" to all of the incredibly nice people I've met over the month while participating in this little contest. :)

Back row: Katherine, Sparta, Vee, Laylay, Athene
Front row: Isis, Jade, Cheshire, Jillette

As for the last picture.. I'm not going to post it.. But I will have to over on DA. The person hosting the contest wants everyone to draw one of her OC's.....

Now.... I have some qualms about that... But.. considering:

a) I'm kinda tired of drawing Vee right now
b) She's hosting the contest. So it's her rules if I want to win what she's giving away

....I'll do it. 

I can understand "Draw a scene include yours and my OC...." but... just a flat out picture... Seems kind of.... Hmm...

Just my thoughts, but no matter! :D

I'm not even looking for the doll.... I'm kinda hopin' my buddy Siobhan wins the doll. I know she would probably really get a kick out of it.

Beeeest Friends

So.. the start of today was... pretty... lame to say the least. I was still all bent out of shape because of Rudy's announcement... For the whole part of the morning I figured I would try to get my mind off of things and attempt to do a Scary Camp entry.... So.. I did...

 As I was working on this I kept thinkin' about Rudy cuz he's like my bestest buddy... and here Vee's bestest buddy is Sparta.... It kept making me so sad.... We ended up doing laundry today so we were gone for most of the day... but while I was out... Rudy called me to tell me that he wasn't moving afterall!

So... there's that! :D I'm not losin' one of my bestest buddies afterall! *dances!*

I cannot tell you how super relieved I am! Woooo man!

I got back so late and only had about an hour to turn in my Scary Camp entry from the day.. so I quickly colored it and just submitted it... That particular entry was for Day 16-- Best Friend/Summer Love...

I still need to draw one of the participants by the name of Chess (a werecat character OC).... but I got the news of Rudy's moving on the 15th which was the day i ended up skipping....  I wasn't planning on all of that happening.. so I need to figure a way to squeeze her character into one of my pictures... and soon...

Hacking--!

Yup... Gotta love my puns.. I'm getting pretty cleaver with these, I have to admit! *snickers*

Day 14--! Hacking! The theme for the day was "You and Scary Camp Nature" so.. Vee decided to take to nature by the horns and... hack...............some wood! Muahaha!

Hmm.. yeah.. it seems that as I'm watching the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place entries get pulled.. I'm starting to get annoyed.

I mean, I really don't mind pulling other images from this little contest if an idea is good.. but if there's no idea, plus the drawing is basically a SCRIBBLE... and I do something like... Well.. the stuff I've been doing and stuff doesn't get recognized on that level!?

OMG... Talk about fustrating!

I mean, I did only enter this contest for the fun of it... And i really don't care about winning any type of prize... but for the judging!? OMG.. c'mon! My stuff is *clearly* better.... there are also other people's stuff who is CLEARLY better than some of the entries pulled. I think that they're just pulling things so they will be "nice" and include everyone. it's supposed to be a CONTEST based on concept, ability, and creativity.

It just.... ARUGH. :|

It kind of makes me want to host my own contest.... So i can judge it and have it be a REAL contest, damnit. :P

Surf the Net

So.. This was for Day 13-- where we had to choose any sport... And I figured.. well SURFING the Net was something Vee loved to do! And plus?? 'Nother Pun!! :D

I have to admit, that THIS one is my absolute favorite picture that I've done, next to the picture of Vee all floating within her data stream.

I had to place her in Oracle's cybernetic bodysuit. Considering Vee IS my "daughter", it's only right she shows up wearing my suit!

I.. really should make this into a wallpaper or something... I really do love this image... The pose, the concept-- just.. everything. I really blew myself away with this one...

Oh Ribbons!!

This.. is Day 9... Arts and Crafts.
Hhehe. Man oh MAN.. I love the way this one came out. I really did this to muse my boyfriend, Chris. I really thought he would get a kick out of this one...

Fun facts:

• Those hands took me 1 hour to do.
  
• Vee is wearing Cindy Vortex's outfit from Jimmy Neutron.

Today was a LONG.. *long* day... Extreme broken sleep over a 3 hour period... I think tonight will be an early night...

My hand is DEAD

The past two days....  Day 8 (writing home) and Day 9 (New Camp Friends) had.. just DONE it. Well.. Actually Day 9 was really bad... I really shouldn't have done so many bodies in a picture...  Did so many i forgot to draw in Vee's arm panel too... Oh well.. maybe I'll fix that... Heh!

I really loved how Day 8 Came out.. The letter in the background, I thought just added to the icing on the cake. Added in some comic references to Dinah, Arrow and Charlie there.. just because I couldn't resist. hehe. After all, Vee IS Oracle's little creation. It would only be right that she's aware of the other BoP members.... ;)

Her full letter and everything else can be viewed on Vee's Tumblr. I don't feel like copy/pasting here.. there's really no need. :|

Considering my hand has just about gone and fallen off, I've also come to the realization that... I won't be participating in every challenge... and I will try to keep things a bit more simple if I do... I'm not really looking for the top prize of a Skull Shores Ghoulia doll (I already have one).. but rather.. to better myself and have fun with it. And if I'm burning myself out and creating lots of firey pain in my wrist...? It's not really worth it...  I'll probably only participate on the days left that I really wish to or have the desire for.

I'm totally resting tomorrow... And yeah. Not going to work on anything...

Watch that backfire...

Scary Camp Day 5-- Scary Camp Meal!

I've started keeping a bit of a journal for Vee as of late! I kind of did a mass of entries to get her caught up and what have you to keep things all correlated with the days of Scary Camp. I figure with this.. I can have a random character outlet to RP with and everything else. Kinda makes me miss my character LiveJournal RPs that I had going on way back when...

Vee Iris Mitnick's Tumblr

I figured I'd probably just start cross posting entries between here and there but.. Meh... I'll just continue to pimp it out. Heh!

So... today when I woke up, I logged onto check onto the contest and I realized that someone had the NERVE to steal a piece of my art! A background, to be specific. it was from a late contestant that decided to enter the Scary Camp Contest. granted they mentioned that they "stole" it and had a link to me.... I *never* recieved any kind of note or anything from the person saying "Oh hey--! I used your backgournd HERE. I hope that's okay!" or anything like that.

I'm generally a pretty easy going person and I don't mind helping others out from time to time, but you do NOT go and do that! I don't care WHO you are. You *ASK* permission first!!

I figured that the person who did it was SMALL and I recognized the name too.. So I tried to be polite about it and told them: "I'm usually pretty okay with others using certain elements of my art. And I don't mind at all! But next time can you but like... drop me a note just saying "Hey I used your background (here) I hope you don't mind!" or asking next time please? :3 That way I don't freak out or something."

This person responded to all other comments that I wrote on their stuff.... but didn't even bother responding to that particular message.

>.>

I'm pretty pissed off..... I should report the image...

Anyway.. Today's entry was Sparta and Vee eating something yummy... well.. at least for them ^^;

  Update: I don't know WHY this one didn't place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd for the day. I mean.. COME ON!!!! It was way better than some entries. >.<

Scary Camp Day 4-- Swimming!

Data Stream

This one took me WAY longer than i anticipated.. ALL because of her hair!! OH my GOSH what a pain! I think I tried fixing her hair for.. like 3 or 4 hours.. just trying to figure a good way to ink it...  Tried a really intruicate method that didn't work and looked sloppy, tried something else that didn't work, and finally I just settled on this... Not really what i wanted, but I was running out of time.

Considering Vee doesn't really work too well with water (it's not in her programming just yet. I'm working on it!) she couldn't exactly "swim." But she can float and "air swim" or.. something to that effect.

*giggles*

I really got to stop making these images way harder than what they need to be.. I need to do my quick and dirty methods of inking and coloring..  especially on certain days I have too much going on.. I'm finding that 1 picture a day is very tiring.. and my hand is hurting so bad. :|

Tomorrow's image will be simple... little or no background...

When i checked my messages this morning, I was greeted with a surprise!

It's Sparta and Vee!! (Vee's MH OC friend!) Siobhan was sooo kind enough to draw Vee and Sparta together in today's entry. Which was sooo sweet of her! i seriously LOVE this!!

Eee! And she was the very first person ever to draw my Vee! *giggles* how exciting!! :D

I'm workin' on another image of Sparta and Vee myself... hopefully i can get it done... time permitting. 

Hmm.. so apparently one of my submissions to a MH OC club on DA got declined. It wasn't in the wrong folder, it was't a main MH character. it was my OC... Posted to a GROUP for OCs.. and it was declined--!

WTF!??

Okay considering I've uploaded my pictures there once a day for the past few days shouldn't mean anything. That's why the club is there...  Lots of people submit things to the main MonsterHigh club on DA all the time... Stuff goes through there easily.

Kinda annoys me in that right...  You decline one of my pretty pictures I worked hard on.... and give me no reason why it was declined? :|


Bleh....


Oy... 

I need sleep... Prolly only going to get a nap today :|

YAAAAAY!! Firework daaaay! *dances!* 

Scary Camp Day 3-- Biking

When Vee entered the Great Hall she took notice that the day's activity sheet gave the campers a choice! The choices? Horseback riding or biking!

Take a guess at what was chosen... 

Considering she wasn't able to aquire access to her Light Cycle (yes I'm crossing fandoms here. So!? xD), she had to construct a bike to her liking that she could ride around on the trails for the day.

Now.. on the construction of this picture, i have to say that for as simple as the background is... it took me forever to do.. *faints!* Only because I couldn't figure out how to make it work for this one.

Anyway...

Ended up going doll hunting today as well. I found a I <3 Fashion Abbey!! *bounces all kinds of excited*

I should have taken a picture of the box before I extracted her...  I'll have to take a picture of her later...

Upon Rudy's return trip from Anime Expo this year, he gifted me with an adorable Rarity hoodie from My Little Pony. And i just ADOOOORE it so much! I am soo going to be wearing the crap out of it when it gets cooler. Rarity is so one of my favorite ponies too! Well Pinkie Pie first, and then Rarity. ♥ 

Scary Camp Day 2-- Talent Fright

Day 2 of the activities down at Scary Camp are going incredibly well!

Today was the Talent Fright competetion... and Vee rocked it out with her amazing gymnastic routine.

 She apparently was such a hit that she made some new friends and gained quite a bit of a following.

Something that i really wasn't expecting.

At least 150 views, 18 favs....

And it hasn't even been up 24 hours. Which is niiice! I usually never watch the view counts on anything, I tend to just pop things up for my own amusement.. but I've been getting a *lot* of positive feedback about my entries, thus far... So.... yay!

But yes! Vee has her first MH OC friend... her name is Sparta and she's a robot. *giggles* I have a feeling between the two of them some epic little adventures will totally come about.

Sparta Mun and I have already decided to do some kind of collab or.. some kind of something together we thought would be fun. Though with this contest, I'm having to be careful to split my time... Gotta make sure I get these entries done.. Today's really kicked my ass... and I woke up really early today to attempt to get a better headstart on things....  Man.. tomorrow's image-- the base-- was pretty challenging. I think tomorrow and the 4th might be a little rough... but.. they don't call this a challenge for nothin'!

Scary Camp Adventure Day 1!

So tomorrow is the start of the Monster High Scary Camp 31 Day challenge. I'm actually pretty excited over this little contest, but because I know within a month's time, I'll have refined my Monster High drawing style.

I think I have a good handle on the style as it is.. I've been practicing, and taking notes! *shows her sketchbook page of notes* I've been wanting to learn how to draw in this particular style for some time now... I can't believe I've waited this long to figure it out...

Anyway-- my first entry is the introduction of my MH OC in camp attire. I wasn't entirely sure what to run with.... so hopefully this will suffice.

 I'm not sure if I'll be able to participate EVERY day of this challenge, but I'm going to try to see if I can.

I'm pretty happy with the way this came out... A small few things I need to fix are her hands... MH hands tends to look more like anime hands... I suck with hands in general, so.... ^^;

And then I still did a Bruce Timm style of body...  I'm just so used to drawing in that style (well now it's really a modified version of the BT style) that it's a bit tough of a habit to break. I'll get there eventually though.

Hmm.

Oh.. so I was stung by a bee today..

Cheeyeeeah.

That sucked pretty bad.

x_x

Tonight is Alisa's little birthday party thingy.  She says it's more like a get together... which is totally fine by me!

....I should finish getting ready for that....

The Sun is Bright....

So after creating my Monster High OC the other day i thought it a good idea to make a Facebook profile for it...

WHY a good idea you ask?

Well, apparently Monster High OCs are favorite subjects of art thieves these days and tend to not only get yanked by some Lame-wad who thinks it's cool to claim that other people's hard work is theirs, but also like to make Facebook profiles for them and post around doing Hera knows what...

SO I went ahead and threw up a profile for her...

Vee's Facebook Profile

Maybe she'll bounce around and find some Monster High 'friends' of her sitting around.

I'm half wondering if things can work out on FB like how they did years ago on Myspace....

That would be killer. :3

Also.... it appears that I have figured out (FINALLY!) how to get a grips on drawing within the Monster High style! *dances around, all kinds of happy* Seems that my character studying has paid off. 

And one of the neatest things is that I'll be able to put all of those new found techniques to good use here soon. A group over on DA is planning on running a 31 day drawing challenge set in the Monster High Universe with a Summer Camp theme.

The Fun Starts here!!

I figured entering this contest will do nothing but further enforce the drawing stylization to help me better perfect things (at the level I'd like to be at). Unlike NNTM was a year ago (and the year previous), this one isn't an elimination contest... so that should be interesting...

Not sure if I'll be able to do this EVERYday, but I'm sure going to try... Hopefully I can fair pretty well in the sea of contestants...

The winner, at the end, will end up winning a Monster High doll! :D

Maybe I can add another edition to my growing force...

Virus Detected!

Well, it seems that i finally was able to get off of my lazy butt and FINALLY getting around to completing something I've been wanting to complete for some time now.

A Monster High OC!

I can't be more proud of this particular gem. She's... like... ME in the Monster High universe!  And how could you not love an Oracle incarnate into another fandom? ♥

I had a time coming up with a name with her. At first I was going to settle with Elvira Riz... but everytime I would say her first name I would go to think about Elvira Mistress of the Dark. (I love her! She's one of my favorite iconic character/peoples.) And I wanted her name to be a play on the word "Virus" so... my options were slim.

I then got to thinking that I had a few manifested characters channeling me with the name of V or Vee. So... I figured this was the more logical step.

Considering I'm a cyber fanatic and graduated with an ISS degree--[I miss my hacking classes. Those were fun...] I figured I would pay tribute to one of the most interesting guys who has ever become a hacker-- Kevin Mitnick. ♥

So taking myself plus Kevin Mitnick? Equals Vee Iris!!

Isn't she beautiful?

Here's a better look at her profile and such. Carefully tucked away on my deviantART page.


IT'SAVIRUS!!!!

Also today-- I learned how to draw in the Monster High style. Woohoo!!

I didn't exactly apply that technique with this particular profile, which is totally fine with me... At least this way the orginal profile of the character can have a Bruce Timmy slash doodled slash Monster High stylized look and feel to it.

Either way, I'm quite pleased!

I think I might just have to write up a mini origin fic on how this one came to be... And then I'll be in business! *dramatic pose*

....tomorrow....

...maybe...

HAH!