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Driven By Competitionby *Vaporeon249

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The idea behind it was a little abstract in its own right, and needs a bit of explaining. A boudoir was traditionally the lady of the house's private sitting chambers. More of a product of the Victorian Era, it included things like her mirrors, her dressers, or was sometimes the room in the house all to herself where she could get away and not be anyone other than herself. In this case, I have turned the concept to the private feelings about each of my set of Mewthrees inherent flaws, whether towards themselves, or in the belief that it rests with others (which in the case of Mewblade and her siblings, the blame is shifted from the individual to her instead, even though the fault doesn't lie with her).

This is the sixth image of the seven, with my Mewthree, Vicebane and his immortal sister, Mewblade. Vicebane is motivated by one thing and only one thing, to be the best, and especially better than his sister. Even when she defeated him he vowed that someday, whenever and wherever it would happen to be, he would show her who was to lead, and who was to follow. He'd spend all eternity just getting her back for the moment she ended him. So in his little room, the blackened void of spite that is his mind, is where he plots forever and a day, his only goal to make Mewblade's existence a miserable hell. He is the better one, and he'll make her regret even the very day she was born to prove it.

All of the images have the exact same background of rich colors and fancy patterns and textures. Something I like indulging in. Busy, rich and a show of my asinine eye for detail. Debated on individualizing the backgrounds a bit, but decided against so I could keep the theme the same. (This is the one image where having a red background was a very bad idea, since it is hard to contrast Vicebane against it.)
For Vicebane I wanted to show the disconnect between the pair, him pouting and basically being insignificant to Mewblade's Legendary magnificence (though she is rarely this smug). Usually I display him as confident, which he mostly is, but he has such a profound inferiority complex when comparing himself to her. Because of how obsessive and cruel he was in his pursuit of besting her, that when he finally got a grip of Mewblade she later developed several phobias, post traumatic stress disorder induced amnesia, along with a host of other psychological problems, all thanks to him. She later murdered her other siblings, convinced that they were all terrible copies of Vicebane. To say the least, he is good at something, that being a thing Mewblade will never want to beat him at.

Photoshop CS4

~mordeai Jul 24, 2012

is mewblade a boy a girl or an it?

*Vaporeon249 Jul 24, 2012

Technically, she's an it.

~mordeai Aug 2, 2012

ok thanx

~darkdragon43 May 20, 2012 Digital Artist

I'm starting to think that the couch is a recurring theme here...

*Vaporeon249 May 20, 2012

Yes, because it's a set of images, as listed in the description of all seven of them.

~darkdragon43 May 20, 2012 Digital Artist

I know, I'm just trying to be funny.

Nice work on them, though, it's interesting how each picture matches with the same background so well.

*Vaporeon249 May 20, 2012

You have no idea how many people ask me the stupidest questions because they couldn't even read the first line of the image. It's easier for me to assume most people are dumb than most people are trying to be playful and clever at the same time. dA needs a mandatory IQ test, where we can block comments automatically based on those scores.
Art of Photoshop. I did all my stuff with the background I needed, then deposited said background into the set of images with multiple layers all over the place to keep scale, style and lighting consistent amongst the characters. In those regards, continuity was easy. Only real obstacle was effort and theme. Same approach if these were animation cells.

~darkdragon43 May 20, 2012 Digital Artist

Yeah, I understand that, an IQ test probably wouldn't be that bad. And a maturity test wouldn't hurt, either.

I can't see how people like you draw so well in photoshop, though. I have a tablet, and photoshop elements(I got it for free with said tablet, and I have a mac so my options are somewhat limited) but I still can't get my lines as straight or my colors as good as you guys (i.e. really good anthro artists).

Well, I hope you keep it up with these, for however many more you're doing. They're really good

*Vaporeon249 May 20, 2012

Definitely a maturity test as well. Either or would be good, though smart people can be vicious trolls, so maturity test would be a better option.
Tablets emulate the pencil. Photoshop Elements functions the same as Photoshop. A Mac's screen has better color and display resolutions than most LCD monitors that most people use. It's all a good set-up. Straight lines relate to knowing what tools to use. So if I'm not scanning traditional lines, I'm using the Curve/Pen Tool. For colors, unfortunately, LCD cannot beat the CRT that I have, even if this model is several years old. Not sure what other people use, but for their colors, it's probably trial, error and experience.

*scarlet-pikachu May 20, 2012

Gotta love how 5 out of 7 have Mewblade in them and the other two without her have a more empty feeling to them

Vicebane's certainly stubborn to a moot point.

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