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This is Alicia Von Anderson, the favourite of my OC's, and my inspiration. She is so fucking AWESOME!!!!! She is sexy, talented, beautiful, Bisexual, confident, bad-ass, intelligent, successful, loving, compassionate, eloquent, classy, and heavily tattooed! And I want to be just like her. Love ya, Alicia!

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Short Written Tutorial, Anyone?

Journal Entry: Sat Nov 21, 2009, 1:27 PM
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Hi beautiful peoplez,

Over the time that I have been a member of deviantART, I've had several people ask how I do my colouring, so I decided to give you guys a not-so-short-kinda-maybe explanation. Okay, here it goes:


A lot of the time when I colour, I use multiple colours of a similar spectrum to give depth to the drawing, such as red, burgundy and brown when I want something to be red, or lime-green, dark green and black when I want something to be green. The way I get these colours to blend so that I get a 3-D image is:

:bulletblue: I lay down the lightest colour first. That acts as the base colour, which is usually also the main colour that I want to show up.

:bulletblue:I lightly go over the base colour with the slightly darker secondary colour, and shading with the second colour, to start giving the image depth.

:bulletblue:I add the third and final colour to add the darkest shading. As I have learned from practice, it is that most images that are drawn very realistically have more than one layer to the colours. Bleu is not just bleu; orange is not just orange, and even black is not just black. It requires many different colours to look like an actual photo.

:bulletblue:Finally, for shading and hilighting, I add gentle touches of black to give the colour a less saturated look. For the highlights, if I am not colouring in a black shirt, I usually don't use white coloured pencils. I just erase some the pencil work I did, but not too harshly, unless I want the implication that the lighting is very extreme.

Let me give you an example:

:bulletred:when I want to colour in peoples' skin, I do a light peach coat first to even out the skin tone underneath. That's my base colour. If I want a darker skin tone, I will use a darker coloured pencil as my base.

:bulletred:Then, I add a slightly darker shade of brown, and, depending on how dark the skin is, it could be mahogany, or dark brown. That allows the skin to pop out a little better from the white paper, incase I intend to leave the background blank.

:bulletred:Then, I use another darker shade, or sometimes just apply more pressure to the pencil, to shade the skin, to make it not look so flat.

:bulletred:Then I shade it again gently with black, to make the person's outline more definitive so they don't blend in with the background, but not so much that they look like they were outlined like a cartoon with black line work. (It took me a few years to get used to not outlining people in inking pens, because I did it for so long. But I learned how to define a person's figure without much inking now.)

:bulletred:And last, but not least, I make subtle highlitghts of the skin by erasing some of the pencil, but not so much that it doesn't look natural.

I use the same principals when I colour clothing and tattoos. Usually I have an order that I am comfortable with when I work on a picture:

First, I draw the line work, then I outline the things that need to be outlined with inking pen, then I shade certain things like hair, eyeshadow, and black clothing with a black coloured pencil, then I add the base colours of my tattoos, clothing, and hair; I finish colouring those in, then I shade any piercings the character might have, then I colour the skin, add the black shading, highlight it, and...I'm done lol.

I'm still improving, so if I have any new techniques that I learn along the way, I'll share them with you guys. I may be a good artist now, but I still have a ways to go. I just have to practice. ^ ^

If you guys want a tutorial on how I do other steps of my drawings, such as line work, inking, or hair highlighting, or if you just want to know what are my tools of the trade are, just ask, and I will post up a new tuorial.

And don't forget to check out my contest! ;)

Love ya,

Jazmin
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I'M HOSTING ANOTHER CONTEST!!!!!!! Check it out:

"Alicia Von Anderson" Contest:

~This is my second contest. In this contest, (if you enter), who ever draws the picture of Alicia that I like the most, wins the prize! When you are done with your entry, just note me and I will post it up.

~This is an all media contest, so dolls, drawings, photographry, photomanipulations, vectors, paintings, etc. are welcome.

~The winner of this contest will recieve a picture from me of either themselves, or their favorite character with Alicia.

~Everyone else will get a three deviation feature in my journal.

Here are some references of her tattoos and piercings:

BY THE WAY, SHE HAS HER BLACK AND RED HAIR BACK! Just so you know.

:bulletblue:Mrs. Von Anderson [link]
:bulletblue:R.E.P.R.E.S.E.N.T [link]
:bulletblue:xXAlicia Von AndersonXx [link]
:bulletblue:xXAliciaMurderIsARiotGirlXx [link]
:bulletblue:MurderNeverLookedSoSexy [link]
:bulletblue:Tattooed Goddess [link]
:bulletblue:Burlesque Beauty [link]
:bulletblue:Beautifully Savage (updated tattoos) [link]
:bulletblue: League of Her Own (most recent look) [link]

Here are the entries I have so far:

:bulletblue:kamikazekayti's :iconkamikazekayti: Indelible Beauty [link]
:bulletblue:GRAFFITIISMYWEAPON's :icongraffitiismyweapon: ALICIA EVAN [link]
:bulletblue:is-it-real :iconis-it-real: alicia evans [link]
:bulletblue: ryanfruitcake's :iconryanfruitcake: Honey Tongue [link]

~The deadline is indefinite until I get a minimum of 10 people signed up. Good luck! =D

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My name is Jazmin Gowdy, but you can call me Frankie, Rage, or any nickname you think suits me. =) But don't even think about calling me "Jazzy". -_-"

This is who I am:

:bulletblue: I am a B.I.T.C.H., a:
~Beautiful
Intelligent
Talented
Charming
Hell of a Woman
:bulletblue: I am straight-edge, XXX and all of that. I would have sex, but I'm a virgin, so...yeah. I'm not having sex until I am sure that I love the person, and that person loves me. That's the only way I can be sure a guy or chick won't desert me after they get what they want from me. If you think being straight-edge is "uncool" or "prudish" or whatever, get over it, because I'm not gonna ruin my body with addictive drugs.
:bulletblue:I am an optimist. Even in my darkest moments, I still have some hope. I may be a little cynical and sarcastic, but I'm hopeful. That suicidal hopeless bullshit is so 2004.
:bulletblue:I practice many forms of religions, more specifically taking parts of religions that I feel coincide with my beliefs and morals, and follow them. I'm heavily into religion, but that doesn't mean I stomp all over other people's beliefs. And I'm definitely not an extremist. Extremism in anything is dangerous. I have friends who are Atheists. Hell, I'd become friends with a Satanist if I liked them. I'm not one to judge.
:bulletblue:I am mentally ill. I suffer from Schitzotypal Personality Disorder and depression. Yeah, I'm clinically insane, but my true friends don't give a fuck. If you want to be down with me, then be down. Otherwise, keep my name out your mouth.
:bulletblue:I am Bisexual.
:bulletblue:I am African-American, Spanish, Phillipino, Blackfoot, Cherokee and French-Canadian.

Here's what I'm not:

:bulletblue:I am not a racist. Racism is ignorant and pathetic.
:bulletblue:I am not a homophobe. So don't come to me with a bunch of homophobic bullshit. I'll cuss you out, bitch.
:bulletblue:I am not a vegatarian or vegan. Just because I am a "rocker" as people like to say, doesn't mean I don't eat meat. Quit stereotyping. :finger:
:bulletblue:I am not a vegatarian/vegan hater. I have friends who don't eat meat. I respect their choice, and they respect mine. Please do the same.
:bulletblue:I am not Scene, Emo, Punk, Metal, or any other kind of thing you can label me. I am what I am: me. So fuck off with the labels. You can shove them up yer ass.
:bulletblue:I am not a hater. Hate is fucking bullshit.
:bulletblue:I am not a Republican. I am Pro-choice, Pro-I 1000, Pro-same-sex marriage, Pro-gay.
:bulletblue:I am not narcissistic. Loving yourself, believing in yourself, being happy and knowing that you are beautiful is not narcissism. It's called self-confidence. Go out and get some. :iconimhappyplz:

Other than that, if you want to be my friend, do not be afraid to add me. I love to talk to people on here, so note me every once and a while just to say what's up. Don't worry. Despite my aggressive demeanor, I'm actually a nice person. You just have to get to know me. =) Peace. :peace:

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    =Sherit-Ra Nov 14, 2009, 3:43:45 AM
    wow... just read your text from your id...! i´m amazed about the things that you´ve wrote. love all your thoughts! and love your gallery, too!

    your amazing!

    Kisses

    -Sherit-

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    :iconaliciaevan:
    ~AliciaEvan 3 days 15 hours ago
    sorry this message is late, I haven't been on my computer in a while. Thank you for your kind words, I appreciate it ^ ^

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    =Sherit-Ra 2 days 16 hours ago
    no problem :)
    your welcome was my pleasure :hug:

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    =papa-paparazzi Nov 11, 2009, 2:59:52 PM
    I haven't heard from you in a while. ;~;

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    ~AliciaEvan 3 days 15 hours ago
    hey, sorry about that. I kinda shut down from the world for a while. i haven't really been wanting to talk to anyone.

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    ~LetTheBridgesBurn Nov 2, 2009, 2:28:02 PM
    wooow your gallery! nice! ((:
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    ~AliciaEvan 3 days 15 hours ago
    Thank you very much ^ ^ *bows*

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    ~In-Retro-Noir Oct 21, 2009, 5:48:26 AM
    Your gallery is so interesting.
    I love your use of colour & how detailed you make the tattoos of your characters. :]

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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 24, 2009, 10:36:44 AM
    Thank you very much ^ ^ *bows*

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    :iconbls-sdmf:
    ~BLS-SDMF Oct 17, 2009, 9:31:05 PM
    you got some good art

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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 24, 2009, 10:37:41 AM
    Thank you. I appreciate the compliment ^ ^ *bows*

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    *GOSTEONER Oct 15, 2009, 6:41:10 PM
    :wave: hey jaz, hows it goin? i made this i figured ud might like it [link]
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    ~urbancamelot Oct 12, 2009, 7:08:15 PM
    ok

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    No more wanting from struggles.No more filthiness.Fascination of purity inside of a nation named Fruity Venom.Invisible from wroths birth,grasping on to Gods everlasting strengths.The nature created for me to live amongst.To dwell.A hundred miles from....
    :iconpandaneko:
    ~Pandaneko Oct 11, 2009, 12:39:19 PM
    I love your art, its so awesome!(Wow lame word)
    I wish I can draw and color like you, no lie. <33
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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 16, 2009, 2:15:58 PM
    Thank you hun =D :hug:

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    :iconmewmegan:
    Mood: Delighted ~MewMegan Oct 5, 2009, 12:48:39 PM
    I just wanted to stop in and say hi. :D

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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 10, 2009, 4:54:52 PM
    Oh thank you =) how are you today? (sorry. I have been offline for a little bit. I needed to cut interaction with people for a little while, online and offline)

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    :iconmewmegan:
    ~MewMegan Oct 11, 2009, 8:38:22 AM
    Ah. It's ok. I'm tired and bored.

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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 11, 2009, 9:18:57 AM
    I feel ya lol

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    ~MewMegan Oct 12, 2009, 12:28:27 PM
    Lol

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    ~snackorbsnacked Oct 2, 2009, 3:07:20 PM
    I must say, your art is fucking AWESOME. ive never seen anything like it before. and thats what makes it kool:iconimsarcasticplz:

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    If ideas are bulletproof, what are the bullets?

    Pop's been dropped, Snap's been capped, nd Crackle's in shackles.

    "Dude, I said DONT die."" I didn't I just perished."

    i has a youtube.go see it 8D
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    got seizure?
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    ~AliciaEvan Oct 3, 2009, 9:22:24 AM
    Oh, thank you very much =D *bows*

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    ~lucifera-demonessa Sep 27, 2009, 7:25:53 PM
    gah i adore your gallery! its so awesome! :la:

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    As i Watched the Blood Drip... Drip. It was like all the Mixed- up Thoughts in my Head were Flowing Right Out of Me.
    I will not be Silent...
    :iconaliciaevan:
    ~AliciaEvan Sep 28, 2009, 9:26:12 AM
    Thank you very mcuh ^ ^ *bows*

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