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Big Girl art —
I commissioned this last month from Emmy. Awesome!

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Then and Now —

I posted this "Character Development Meme" on a couple of my galleries, and people seem to like it a lot. I do, too. The most striking thing, if you ask me, is how little Ultra Fem has changed. My style and technique have grown, to be sure, but Ultra herself emerged pretty much complete. Her costume and hair have seen only slight adjustments in her five years. My skin tones back then were SO yellow! I was using a small LCD monitor back in 2005, and it made things look quite a bit different, but I can't use that as an excuse. Also, Ultra's feet and fists looked like concrete blocks, LOL!

One trick I learned pretty quickly was to never use pure white in a costume. You'll notice the new art has an off-white, almost beige tone, instead of white areas. This is so I can add highlights and shine. If the space is pure white, highlights won't show. You can see the same off-white technique development in the Big Girl art below.

I had actually forgotten about the original Big Girl concept art! I had totally forgotten making her full-on yellow-blonde! Her skin was too yellow, of course, and her body was too muscular. Too much like Ultra. I definitely DO remember changing her costume from that harsh orange to a more subdued brown. It's easier on the eyes, and I think it looks classy, too. My back-story is that Big Girl's costume is one of Ultra's rejected versions. That's why it's the same design.

One thing I worked hard at over the years, and one of the things I'm most proud of, is how different all my girls are. Their faces are unique, and purposely so. You can't mistake them for one another, and I think that's important. I didn't want to fall into the lazy-artist trap of making a whole cast of characters with interchangeable faces, like so many comics and anime artists do.

I'll make more of these later!

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Dinosaur details —

Here are some large, more detailed images from last night's wallpaper upload. I felt there was a lot of subtle detail that just didn't show in the regular size.

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June 2010 Wallpaper —

Big Girl vs. Tyrannosaurus!
This commission is the result of the contest I had last week. One of the suggestions mentioned the classic Coppertone ad, and what with Big Girl being 50 feet tall, it had to be somebody BIG giving her the business!

Poor Big Girl! She's the newest, least experienced and most emotionally vulnerable of the team. She's also the most "visible!" So of course the accidental public nudity always happens to her!

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CONTEST! —

I started this Big Girl commission drawing, but I'm drawing a blank (pun NOT intended) about finishing it...

You guys tell me! Leave your answers in the comments! I'll know the winning suggestions when I see them! You'll get a credit on the finished art and a super-large copy!

UPDATE: One of the suggestions here gave me a good idea, so I'll use it. A variation on it, anyway. There were also some other suggestions on my FurAffinity blog if you want to see those. Only one person suggested that she had stepped on something, which is what I was thinking myself, but I never came up with anything specific. Keep suggesting if you like!

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