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☯ Jum Gallery☯ Alex © me.
Whooo, didn't think I'd get the colouring done yesterday afternoon! As usual, the hair was a b!tch to shade and I've gone a bit crazy with it but I quite like the way it looks, for once. Curly hair is love!!
Oh Hai, new OC-I-shouldn't-have-drawn
Meet Alex. And here are a few facts about him (I'll try not to say much since he really should only be inside my head still...): • Virtually deaf in his left ear. Loss of hearing started as an infant and eventually got pretty bad when he was about 3. Surgery restored most of it but he lost it again when he was 14 after an accident. Since he didn't know how he'd cope if he ever were to lose it again, he didn't even pursue the idea of surgery a second time.
• Despite that, he loves music and is a bit of a genius pianist.
• He is extremely shy and sometimes displays autistic traits. His behaviour may be mistaken for aloofness by some but he simply has a lot of difficulty connecting with people. His mood can change rapidly and he goes through phases; him loving something one day doesn't mean it'll last. That sometimes happens with people too (apart from his parents and his sister).
• Music, which he only really discovered at age 3-4, some time after his hearing was restored, is one of the most important things in his life.
• After his dad.
Aaaaand I think I'll stop there for now
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Comments: 26
whoiscassie [2011-01-26 00:31:57 +0000 UTC]
You gotta thang for pianist? >:3
Noticed the patter, babe.
Nice pic tho, I've fallen in love with practically all of your characters. Spent my weekend reading your Jum story and now I'm working on the Scar Tissue one. I really love your work.
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Mangsney In reply to whoiscassie [2011-01-26 12:47:25 +0000 UTC]
Oh I'm so glad you enjoyed the story (*kicks herself* Go and work on the next chapter!!)
And yes, I definitely have a thing for pianists. In fact, there's another character of mine who plays the piano (but he's not in Jum)
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whoiscassie In reply to Mangsney [2011-01-28 00:19:54 +0000 UTC]
YES, WRITE MORE. <3
What's funny is...is I wanna learn to play the piano. D: So it's all like,
*jealousy* D:<
BUT YES. Pianists are sexy.
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Mangsney In reply to whoiscassie [2011-01-28 13:26:32 +0000 UTC]
*whines* I'm tryyyyying but it's not working! I think it's because I'm already past 4,000 words and I have no idea where to end this chapter *whines*
I'd love to play the piano myself, but I never tried learning. So now I make half of my characters play it
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whoiscassie In reply to Mangsney [2011-01-28 23:07:25 +0000 UTC]
I actually have one piano playing character, easily my most used, though he hasn't played in years.
And yes. I'll be waiting for that damn chapter. <3
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Mangsney In reply to yuuyami-artist [2010-01-14 09:41:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I'll have to try to draw his half sister soon.
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Mangsney In reply to legolin [2010-01-13 17:52:18 +0000 UTC]
Thank you. I'm still a bit surprised about the whole thing
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Mangsney In reply to legolin [2010-01-13 18:54:40 +0000 UTC]
Well to start with, I often have to spread my drawing process over a few days, tweaking little things here and there for ages until it looks all right. Didn't happen this time; it was all fairly quick. I'm also surprised people seem to like it more than I expected.
So it's all good
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lookingback7 [2010-01-13 14:37:02 +0000 UTC]
So expressive, but in a really understated way. Really nice!
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Mangsney In reply to lookingback7 [2010-01-13 17:47:54 +0000 UTC]
Thank you I'm glad I didn't give up when the sketch was giving me real trouble at the beginning.
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LightSeeker [2010-01-13 11:05:32 +0000 UTC]
Oooh, nice! Very, very nice even! Is he who I think he is (or to be a bit more specific... the son of a certain boy from one of your stories *wink*)?
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Mangsney In reply to LightSeeker [2010-01-13 11:48:26 +0000 UTC]
Yes, he is! Don't you think he looks a lot like him now he's in colour? I meant for Alex to have lighter hair but it just didn't want to work and it was only when comparing at the end that I realised I'd made it so dark it almost matched his dad's *fail*
Last night I started sketching M & baby!Gemma and… so cute~ so far!!
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LightSeeker In reply to Mangsney [2010-01-13 12:32:18 +0000 UTC]
*nod* *nod* He does. And, it really suits him as well. I'd definitely love to see his sister.I can't remember, but those two do share the same mother, don't they?
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Mangsney In reply to LightSeeker [2010-01-13 13:23:36 +0000 UTC]
Err, forgot to say that yes, Gemma and Alex do have the same biological mother.
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Mangsney In reply to LightSeeker [2010-01-13 12:47:42 +0000 UTC]
I would like to draw Gemma as well. She'd be a better mix between M and Claire so that could be fun to try. But right now I'm stuck on baby pictures. Older!M looks like such a happy father!
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daccat [2010-01-13 10:11:45 +0000 UTC]
I love his hair sooo much. Curls = Great work on the colors, the picture has such a soft and dreamy quality.
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Mangsney In reply to daccat [2010-01-13 11:44:59 +0000 UTC]
I must confess I didn't really know what I was doing when I was shading his hair, but it worked. Let's see if I can do it again in the future. That'll be interesting
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