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[Frederica Sawyer - Chainsaw Massacre]

Ayyyy, I was hoping you would draw her. It was funny when she first shows up and no one knows who she is outside of her cleaner look. She's getting all excited to finally move up in the world, then loses her mic and freezes up. I felt bad for her, but obviously I wanted Rock and co to get out of the situation alive.

When I read up on her later trying to understand why she froze up like that, I learned she has her own manga spinoff series. I guess she must have been exceedingly popular, or maybe the author really liked her.

But yes, this looks great. You nailed her design and I knew your style would already lend itself well to her since you're very good at goth aesthetic. I love her stripy arms <3

SketchMeNot responds:

Aww thank you so much for your awesome comment! (>w<) I'm so glad you like how she turned out here! Sawyer's always been a big fave so it was a total blast drawing her again, this time featuring her trusty, bulletproof chainsaw! (^w^)

[birdstorm]

She's being snowed on quite aggressively.
Good action pose with her trying to make her wing into a snowbrella
Some of your best work honestly! feels really complete

Oddlem responds:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW that means a lot!!! I had a lot of trouble with the pose and getting the perspective right, so that means a ton of me!!

thank you for always being so supportive!

[Mizore Ito (Misery-chan) - Dark Flower]

You draw Mizore Ito so much, you've been dedicated for many years. It made me wonder, when did you first come up with her? and what's kept the appeal so strong for you? do you feel like she's a persona of you or your online image? or is it something else?

SketchMeNot responds:

Ah, well, I first came up with her back around 2015! She was actually meant to be a side character for a little story I wanted to make into a mini-comic. However, the more I thought about it, I realized that Mizore herself was a way more interesting character than whatever main character I had in mind for that story, so I scrapped that story and came up with one for Mizore to be the main character in! (^w^)

She's pretty much the personification of my love for Japanese horror and its tropes. I've always been a huge fan of j-horror and Mizore is a great way for me to express my love for it! I'm also really proud of how her design's grown over the years. As I've gotten better at drawing in general, so to I've gotten better at drawing her, so it's cool to be able to see my growth as I've drawn her (^-^)

She's definitely her own character and is separate from my own persona. I guess she could count as a sort of mascot for me, but I don't use her as an avatar for myself. She just really means a lot to me and I wanna do some more really cool stuff with her as time goes on.

It also makes me so so happy seeing so many people resonate with her in a positive way. I never expected her to receive the love that she's gotten over the years. It makes me so incredibly happy! (^w^)

[Magical (Horde) Girls]

Nobody guided people through Scholomance like Snabe, a place of many memories of rats, a questionable paladin tank, and getting teleported out of the boss room.

SplendidSneb responds:

Precious memories.

[Chasis (Redraw)]

I always have mixed feelings about redraws, because often the sketchy imperfect look of the older versions appeal to me more. In this case I really like the new one a lot, the lines are cleaner but the colours are also really nice. It's like looking at the older rusted version, then the shiny version where she's been restored and cleaned up, or at her newest. Super pretty and cool design.

SketchMeNot responds:

Aww thank you so much for your kind words! (^-^) I'm glad you like the new version, as well as the old one! That's actually a pretty cool observation/idea, with the whole rusted vs new/polished thing! That's very fitting! I like it! (^w^)

[CURLY PAINT]

Everybody loves Curly, myself included

SplendidSneb responds:

Same.

[The Word]

"Fairly wide"
You should do another Daemon art at some point using your 10+ years of skills since then

SplendidSneb responds:

I was thinking the same thing. (to both statements)

[Stormy Seas]

Thats really cool how did you make the water?

Kamikaye responds:

Its a blender ocean modifier, a reflective material and a caustics-photo on top.

[Shenhua - Body and Blade Last Forever]

Oh fuck, you're a Black Lagoon fan too?
I watched it relatively recently like 20 years late, but I loved it. Revy, Dutch, Balalaika, Shenhua, all the side characters were super interesting, and the animation was so good. I loved all the mature themes and the way the characters talked that wouldn't fly at all today. I ended up watching in english but I don't really regret it since the dub was actually very good, though I wonder if the dialog changes much between versions.

Revy's back and forth with Shenhua is hilarious in english. I love her whole blades on a wire trick, especially when she's threatening the out of town cowboy looking guy and explaining how things work in Roanapur. In the scene where they're raiding the safehouse with all the other bounty hunters and she gets injured and almost died, I was going to be mad as hell. She may be a villain of sorts, but I want her to LIVE. Maybe im a bit biased because I love red and her design is full of it. I love all the detail you put into her clothing, all your lines are super clean.

SketchMeNot responds:

Hehehe, ohhhh you bet I'm a Black Lagoon fan! It's been one of my top favorite anime series for like a decade! (>w<) The series has always been a major inspiration for me and I adore everything about it! I don't know why I haven't made more fanart of it... gotta make more!!

Oh yeah, the dub is absolutely fantastic! Every actor knocked it out of the park! I also believe that Shenhua still spoke in a "broken" dialect in the original Japanese dub as well, so the English dub still holds up in that regard haha. I think I remember Rei Hiroe, the mangaka, saying he prefers watching the English dub, since it makes more sense for the characters to be speaking English in universe, so that's pretty neat haha!

As I mentioned in the description, Shenhua's also my dad's fave Black Lagoon character. Over the past few years I've actually gotten him really into anime! He loved Black Lagoon a lot and it was a blast watching it with him! He's even watching some anime with the Japanese dub! Best dad hehe xD

Thank you so much for your kind words and fun comment! It makes my day hearing my art evoke such positive feelings and good memories (^w^)

[OMG?]

This is super cute.
Was this traditional or digital? I really like the lines and hair.

jazzmatazz responds:

thank you!!
this was digital :D! i used a pencil like brush though :)