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	Image: northern-lights.jpg 923x596 134133 bytes 2005.04.05 Tacoma chills out on a blanket of snow, watching the northern lights. So, this is what I've been working on for the last two weeks. Drawn and airbrushed in Photoshop 7. Little breakdown of how this was done. Tacoma was drawn first, slimmed the outlines, used a thick brush to make a base color of snow - powder blue. Took three nights to finish Tacoma. Then the real challenge - making the lights. Played around with the brushes, rotated a few times adding the wind filter, and after a few nights of pulling my hair out, I did it. Layered over the night sky, added Tacoma, and spent five days airbrushing the snow. This was exhausting but I love how it came out. About 57 hours of work total. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: hunger.jpg 757x499 92165 bytes 2005.03.24 Hey, you gotta eat.
	Image: rainbowsky.jpg 562x524 101198 bytes 2005.03.24 Yay, rainbow sky dances Lightly shaded 'cause I didn't feel like fucking up another perfectly good drawing with big waxy applications of color. Fuck prismacolors. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: trixster.jpg 554x795 70457 bytes 2005.03.24 One of my oldest characters, Trixie Raver the golden lab. Haven't drawn much of her in ages. Not too happy with this. The symbol on her shirt is from one of my runestones - it means fertility. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: trashy.jpg 414x711 85904 bytes 2005.03.23 Giftage for Velveteen of SA. This has got to be the strangest character I've ever drawn. Her name is really not Junkie Glamour, in fact she doesn't have one yet. She's a narcotic-loving mink. Image © Tacoma TigressFire. Character © Raiden3Claws
	Image: funky.jpg 576x537 67061 bytes 2005.03.23 Another fun bit of stoner art. Most of this wasn't even sketched before inking, just went right at it with the pen. Looks kinda shitty now, but just wait 'til I color :D Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: icarus-head1.jpg 247x298 32168 bytes 2005.03.21 Icarus' head. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: icarus-head2.jpg 262x401 45017 bytes 2005.03.21 Icarus' head. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: icarus-head3.jpg 227x349 40082 bytes 2005.03.21 Icarus' head. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: cozy.jpg 619x547 81096 bytes 2005.03.21 Tacoma and Lunati (Jaye) are cozy snuggling on a cloud together. I've been working on this since last night. Started as a bored semi-chatting on aim sketch that I thought would be good inked, until I started shading out of boredom. And I tried all day to finish it but kept getting interrupted. So I just took it with me when I went to get high and finished it up a little afterwards. The clouds were originally white but...I suppose greyish smokie clouds were in my head after I got high, so had to shade them darker o.o; Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: tremble.jpg 415x302 28008 bytes 2005.03.20 Am I the only person who feels this way about their alter-ego? I just wish she'd shut the hell up sometimes. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: plushie.jpg 840x489 74729 bytes 2005.03.20 Tacoma cuddles a kitten plushie. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: shake.jpg 906x629 124785 bytes 2005.03.19 Alright, so here's a fun little springtime sketch (since I'm sure plenty of you are sick to death of the extended winter, even though I could never be). So Icarus and Tacoma went for a little swim and, well, it's time to shake-dry and roll in the grass. My hedgehog, Romeo, is foraging on the ground. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: icarus-sketch1.jpg 439x462 64766 bytes 2005.03.19 Got high at around..7pm. Drew this quickie within the hour (felt like three hours, but that's just how it is). And...I really don't think it's getting inked. Way too small. Just an example of how I draw when I'm relaxed for a change... Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: menstrual.jpg 361x428 34895 bytes 2005.03.18 A picture for a friend who's fascinated with periods and the female reproductive system. Here's Tacoma on a really bad day. IRL, I haven't had a period in five months. :( This was a quickie, no ink used. The wings look like shit. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: bestest-friends2.jpg 676x564 169578 bytes 2005.03.18 Could have done a lot better, even for it being 5am (I stay up all night/morning working on this stuff). But again, the wings made the picture. I love how the feathers layer over each other and will be sticking with this wing style for a long time. I'm disappointed with Icarus' fur texture and could have made his coat appear lighter and smoother but...I'm having trouble with light texturing. I need to shade it enough to show the fur texture properly but not so much that it darkens the coat. Ugh. And I like Tacoma as she is. It's hard to not want to give her wings in feral form but...she's still young here. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: bestest-friends1.jpg 678x576 122965 bytes 2005.03.18 Something cute that proves that there just can't be enough of Icarus and Tacoma. Icarus is a mystery character. I can't remember how this guy started, but he was named after my computer (anyone figure out what his necklace pendant is)? And the first drawing of him ever was this enormous painting on my bedroom wall. Didn't draw much of him until this past month when I figured out he was the only other "child" of Skylion's. But this does not make him Tacoma's sibling - they share no blood. Only a long history and a very sweet friendship. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: thylacine.jpg 552x365 63555 bytes 2005.03.17 Quite possibly my favorite animal (surprise!) - The Thylacine or Tasmanian Tiger. On the dead spectrum, anyway. These were carnivorous marsupials, not as quick as kangaroos but walked with a slight limp, some even jumped around on their hind legs. They were declared extinct in the early 20th century. Very few photographs and only a couple short films were taken of these animals. No reference pictures were used since I pretty much know this critter like the back of my hand :) Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: worried.jpg 546x361 66243 bytes 2005.03.17 Haven't been feeling too good about myself lately. This is a quickie, little therapy art. Simple but cute and reassuring. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: bleuhawke.jpg 700x906 166330 bytes 2005.03.16 Trade with BleuHawke of DA. Couldn't do anything about the chopped wing thanks to my scanner -_-; Image © Tacoma TigressFire. Bleu © his player.
	Image: syndehy-bw.jpg 540x837 80122 bytes 2005.03.15 The (now extinct) uncolored version of my half an art trade with Syndehy of DA. Image © Tacoma TigressFire. Art © his player.
	Image: bleuhawke-bw.jpg 698x906 123760 bytes 2005.03.15 Trade with BleuHawke of DA. Soon to be colored. My scanner chopped of the top of his wing. I'll have to make sure that doesn't happen with the finished piece. -.-; Image © Tacoma TigressFire. Bleu © his player.
	Image: dancing.jpg 820x562 117694 bytes 2005.03.15 Dance dance dance the night away. Shading experiment, as usual... Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: happydance.jpg 824x620 130274 bytes 2005.03.15 Tacoma and Icarus all grown up, dancing the night away. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: syndehy.jpg 614x972 147599 bytes 2005.03.14 My half of a trade with Syndehy. Her character, Art, is a three-tailed wolf with interesting flame-patterned markings. Superfuzzified. Shiny. Image © Tacoma TigressFire. Art © his player.
	Image: watching-over-me.jpg 644x615 45255 bytes 2005.03.13 This sketch was laying beside my bed for a long time, so I figure she was watching over me while I slept. Inked perfectly thanks to Xanax. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: shiny.jpg 573x443 48810 bytes 2005.03.13 FINALLY Prismacolors do something NICE for their owner. Tacoma in nut busting shades. Expect more of this. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: yiffycuteness.jpg 731x680 106774 bytes 2005.03.13 One of the -very few- yiffy drawings from my sketchbook that I like somewhat. Lunati + Tacoma. Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: freaky.jpg 603x564 81245 bytes 2005.03.13 Tacoma and some totally random feline get a little freaky. I never liked my yiff much because I was never too passionate about it. But hey, for the sake of uploading everything... Image © Tacoma TigressFire.
	Image: exploring.jpg 656x448 71632 bytes 2005.03.13 Another half-assed lioness sketch from last year's drawing book. All of her paws are different and her fur has no texture. o0; Image © Tacoma TigressFire.

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