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Published: 2026-03-27 23:36:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1317; Favourites: 1; Downloads: 33
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Description A little present for :iconcessab: Check her out and give her shiny pretty things! She's an Artemis Fowl fan, so voila! Holly Short of the LepRECON unit.

This pic has been quite trying on my nerves; I believe God is trying to tell me something about doing fanart. Just about everything that could go wrong did. I drew it in pencil and tried to ink it. My pen hemorrhaged. So I retraced her head on a seperate sheet of paper, scanned both in, and put Holly Dumpty back together again via computer. Only then her head was noticeably darker than her body, and both were way too light for a coloring job. I printed her out and inked her, then scanned THAT version in and began to color. I was almost done when an error notice came up. The work was lost, because the saves didn't go through. So I ranted and huffed and puffed the rest of the night, and today I gave it another shot, taking care to back it up and doublecheck. And you see the result, and why it is late.

Really. It's a wonder I don't hate this drawing, after all the tricks it pulled on me.

Hope you like it, Chessa! I know my envisionment of Holly is greatly different from yours, and I tried to give her wings, but to be honest, I suck at wings. I suck at them even more than I do bgs. Enjoy!
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SpaceScholar [2026-03-28 11:11:33 +0000 UTC]

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BaaingTree In reply to SpaceScholar [2026-03-30 01:31:17 +0000 UTC]

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KatCardy [2004-04-03 16:24:16 +0000 UTC]

I read one of the artrimis fowl books and loved it!! it was the first one I think? .. I've been on the look out for more but I'm too poor at the moment -_- ~ neat fanart! ^_^

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2004-04-03 18:03:59 +0000 UTC]

Ah, I too suffer from poorness. And stinginess. The library has them a bit, if you can ever remember the author's name.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2004-04-03 18:25:40 +0000 UTC]

isn't it something like eoin coffler ? - he's an irish dude I think.. I should check out the library down here.. or I would if I knew where it was! z.Z

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2004-04-03 18:32:53 +0000 UTC]

Eoin Colfer. And YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THE LIBRARY IS??!!! Oh you poor girl. The library and the bookstore are virtually the ONLY places I can drive to without getting lost!

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2004-04-03 20:57:47 +0000 UTC]

hehe.. I don't often read. thus I don't have any need for librarys.. and it's mad.. I can remember obscure authors names, but I'm really bad at remembering people's names when I meet them

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2004-04-04 00:04:58 +0000 UTC]

Because you really want to read the author's books, but not see the people you meet, perhaps?

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2004-04-04 01:32:37 +0000 UTC]

that's the thing tho.. I hate reading with a passion!! lol ... but yet my friends mean the world to meh x.X go figure?

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BaaingTree In reply to KatCardy [2004-04-04 04:12:22 +0000 UTC]

You just have a contradictory memory.

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KatCardy In reply to BaaingTree [2004-04-04 09:50:07 +0000 UTC]

^_^ hehe.. that sounds like fun >.> LOL :]

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ChessaB [2004-03-23 02:50:31 +0000 UTC]

OH!! I LOVE IT!!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU !!!!!!!! actually, i know that my envisionment of holly is pretty different than the book, even, cuz of her hair, i think... doesn't matter to me, once it's stuck in my head i can't help it. but this is wonderful! and your cging is superb, and that's *without* a wacom tablet. oh, thank you! i've got a present for you to, actually... *grins*

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2004-03-23 02:56:27 +0000 UTC]

Ooh! Ooh! What is it, George, what is it? :hops up and down: Or is it going to be one of those surprise thingies? I must find out! Ooh goodygoody! :sit: Must wait and find out!

I'm glad you liked it! That picture is worse'n Lady MacBeth. Just when I hear 'cropped' for hair, I think boy-short.

Cging is frickin' hard. You're better at it.

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2004-03-23 02:58:17 +0000 UTC]

correction: like i *am* cheating...yeesh :sweatingalittle:

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2004-03-23 03:01:01 +0000 UTC]

Excellente! Can't wait!

Just out of curiosity (I've never seen a tablet, so know squat about 'em)... how does a tablet make the coloring easier? I can see why lineart would be easier, but how does it help with color?

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2004-03-23 03:07:34 +0000 UTC]

well, i suppose knowledge of all the photoshop tricks too...but when i color, i color similarily to how i color out of coloring books (which, i have in fact, done to practise before. professional coloring book coloring. how fun ^_^) so it makes coloring things in easier.

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BaaingTree In reply to ChessaB [2004-03-23 03:21:48 +0000 UTC]

::looks at her measely little PhotoDeluxe program:: I have Paintshop, but I still can't make a lousy bg. ::wince:: Traditional art for me, all the way.

I can't even afford a flatscreen. I couldn't afford a tablet in a million gazillion years.

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ChessaB In reply to BaaingTree [2004-03-23 02:57:50 +0000 UTC]

only cuz i got a tablet. gah, those things make me feel like cheating...but i'll quick post it now

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calenheniel [2004-03-23 02:16:28 +0000 UTC]

oh wow, great colouring!!! love the lineart and everything. ^_^

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2004-03-23 02:38:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Digi-color isn't my hottest stuff. BGs are worse. :shudder:

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calenheniel In reply to BaaingTree [2004-03-23 03:09:05 +0000 UTC]

^_^ It's still really good.

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BaaingTree In reply to calenheniel [2004-03-23 03:18:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. Fanart is kinda new for me.

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