!!IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!! deadline has been pushed to 21st of April, 2010. From this theme onwards, Cuttle Inc members will have to submit work once every two weeks, instead of every week. Thanks!
Theme: In-A-Guy
Deadline: 21 April 2010
Punishment: No punishment for this week, yay!
Status: ACTIVE
Rules:
In-A-Guy is based on an idea that our members came up for a comic story during Uni. It's based on ourselves only in the opposite gender. The girls in the group are guys in the story and vice-versa. For this week's theme, all cuttles have to draw their own In-A-Guy's character. Yup, just your OWN character in any pose with their NAMES. Like a cool poster! Do describe about your opposite self too in the explanation. XD
Girl cuttles, draw your guy side:
Yin - Reeis
Sara - Griever
Izzati - Maiki
Y'ng - Reign
Nat - Nox
Daphne - Dainen
Kelly - Kenny
May - Man Hou
Guy cuttles, draw your girlie side:
Adam - Audreya
Andrew - Andrea
Have fun with this XD I know some of u will!! X3
Title: Reign Law
Duration: 2 hours 45 minutes
Software: Photoshop CS3
This is Reign Law (my male alter ego).
He's the twin brother of Reeis Law. Being the eldest twin, thus making him the oldest child in the family. Reign is known as your perfect kind of guy that everyone wants to be: Good looks, hardworking, smart, friendly, kind, all-rounder, cool, outgoing, well... i think you know the rest. XD
Sadly, behind this perfect guy, there's always a darker side. Reign struggles a lot with his inner self, either trying hard not to fail his family or chasing his dreams. People expects a lot from him, therefore pressuring him to be someone that he was not. Because of his selfless attitude, he dare not rebel against his parents wishes.
Reign always dreams to be a concept artist & comic artist ever since he was a kid. These inspiration came from his love of gaming & reading manga. But because he was the eldest child, he feels that he need to take responsibility for his family. So he was forced to cast his dreams aside just to please his parents.
However, halfway during uni, he finally got the guts to tell his parents that he hv decided to chase his dreams instead. Although he knew it was going to be a long road for him, but he strongly believe that he get there eventually.
Reign gets along well with anyone. He's easy to talk to & confront when you have a problem. Simply because he's an honest person & never takes advantage of anyone.
The bad side of him is... he's a freakin' workaholic (overly passionate with his work) & obsessive esp when he sets his mind on something. Although he presents great works but sometimes goes overboard with his perfectionism. ^^;
-- Submitted by Y'ng
Kenny @ Rain - my twin bro. Obviously hes the eldest in da family heheheh.
He has what most girls would dream off~ Charm, personality, style, skills, charisma etc etc. One heck of a hiphop & bboy dude & LOVES to fight over food with his lil sis :ME!!: (damn annoying)
Hes a playboy at times XP but girls are still crazy for him - sweet talker~!
*Hey! wait! wut?! Thats MY LOLLIPOP!! KENNY!!!*
:Th3 3nD:
-- Submitted by Kelly
My "In A Guy" character XP full name, Noxandus, nickname Nox :D
He's hyper, crazy and fun. Yet girls aren't interested in him no matter how hard he tries, thus little kids find him very amusing. He is a slacker and a free spirit. Very laid back and is always the target for trouble. Deep down he's a good guy, but he usually gets misunderstood coz of his bad boy look. He also has an obsession of keeping his mustache as it is and is very reluctant to shave it off.
Nox shares an appartment with Kenny and Dainen, his two best buddies. And is a shadow to his cousin Griever who seems to get the girls most of the time no matter how oblivious he is.
Overall Nox is the joker among the gang, yet apart from being loud and sociable, he can have his moments of being a lone wolf at times. The rest is plain crazy XD
-- Submitted by Natasha
THIS version of the fellow is like the guy version of me. He's part of a comic called In-A-Guy that my Uni friends and I made out of boredom one fine day.
All the girls became guys in the comic, and vice versa.
Actually, came up with the character in high school, friends started calling me Reeis in real life and it stuck =) Drew him here settling some old scores as I'm in a pretty foul mood today. Feeling better.
Reeis Law is 2nd brother 5 siblings of a mostly normal family in a hardly normal story set in home, Malaysia. He is the "evil" twin to the perfect and wonderful~ Reign Law. He was a delinquent in high school, but reformed before hitting University.
He has as many faults as he has strengths.
He is impulsive, brash, undisciplined and critical of himself and others.
He got involved with gangs once upon a time to distract him from his troubles back home. (Long story)
However, he is also passionate, quick witted and truly compassionate. He really tries his very best to help those who need him. Often fails in his schemes and plans, which needs him to improvise on the spot or face the worst. He has learned to turn the his mistakes into lessons to keep others from repeating them. He is now teaching himself to trust himself, others and the world around him more. Learning not to give up too soon.
Worries about money too much. Learned (forced) to be a charming as he joined a pyramid scheme to help pay off his bills to help his parents out. Pretty successful, though hardly has any time left to do anything else.
Strangely, he can get completely lost in reading books, drawing or watching movies.
Entertains friends & teaches younger brothers about life with his special brand of bullsh*t. All this made him really good with words.
I don't share his past of drama or some of his successes as I'm not THAT ballsy.
We do, however, share the same dream : Being rich enough to spend days on end just drawing or writing freely without worrying about bills. Don't have a solid plan yet, but will figure something out. I always do :)
-- Submitted by Reeis
Meet Man Hou, the silly and mischievous fella. As you can see, he is a bunny freak just like me (yes, we are blood related :p)
If u are wondering how he behaves, think about Honey-senpai from Ouran High School haha xD
-- Submitted by May Hooi
This is a representation of Dainen, my lousy twin brother that does nothing but read books and manga everyday. Unfortunately, I can't say much about that because he's really awesome at graffiti art and gets his money to buy what he reads from there (because people here are crazy enough to commission him). In clothing sense, he has absolutely no idea what looking good means and almost always wears clothes that clash. Luckily, this time it wasn't that bad. Unlike myself, he's also really good at blading.
It's a good thing I can always tease him about not being able to pick up girls. He's really bad at getting to know people and often stares at their shoulders instead of eye to eye. Living with Nox and Kenny, he's grown accustomed to more crazy things happening.
**Couldn't find a solution I liked very much so went for simple manga drawing instead. Had a busy 2 weeks too =(
-- Submitted by Daphne
This here is Griever de Souza, my male alter ego ;)
Innaguy came about when me and Reeis were sitting in McDonalds, doing some girl-watching. Ta-daa! And innaguy was born.
Griever's real name is Robert (HAHA) and he doesn't really like it, because even with a simple name, he always gets teased with the name "Bob" in primary school. And all the kids would use this dumb accent every time they said "Bob."
So, to hide the shame of his real name, he started to use the name Griever :P why Griever? Well the name Griever was originally from Final Fantasy 8 (which is his 2nd most favourite game BTW), which is a name of a lion. So with that name, he hopes to become as *cough* courageous as a lion one day :3 rawr!
Anyway, long story short, he shares a house with Reeis and Maiki. He has a pet dog named Sparky (who seems to be neglected in this drawing hahaha). Oh, he loves all animals. Here he's pictured with Lucie (short for Lucifer, named by Reeis because Lucie is always evil to Reeis for some reason but nice to Griever hahaha). Griever just gave Lucie a bath too :P hence why her bow tie is on the floor next to him.
He's also related to Nox, who turned out to be his distant cousin. :O
Apart from that, he also loves:
Cooking and baking (lol), doing the laundry (lollll), chocolate (although is embarrassed about it and hides it whenever he can), sleep, sleeping during the rain (the usual scenario is when he takes his laundry out to dry, sees that it starts to rain, says "nuts." puts down his basket and goes to sleep hehehehe.) he also loves good food. if he is quiet during meals, means he approves. :D
He rarely gets mad, he's always smiling or half-smiling a lot. Very quiet unless spoken to.
But he gets annoyed with crowds, which is why he avoids pubs, nightclubs, parties, even concerts sometimes.
But one thing he really can't stand are downright rude and rowdy people.
He is not a morning person. Don't try to wake him. He'll either go back to sleep, or unintentionally beat the crap outta you in his sleep :P
His fallbacks? He can fall asleep anywhere, anytime, in any pose.
He can sometimes have really bad eating habits too :O
And, as much as he says he'd like a girlfriend, he is incredibly oblivious when any girls like him. Even when they come up to him and ask him out LOL. Which annoys everyone else of the guys whose expression doesn't fail to be like this =______=""
-- Submitted by Sara
April 8, 2010 at 3:23 PM
MH's innaguy is Man Hou?! I didn't know! hahaha. nice name! and goodluck guys!! XD
April 8, 2010 at 3:38 PM
waaaa...funnny name D:
April 8, 2010 at 5:33 PM
LMAO!! man hou!! sounds like mantao XDXD the chinese pau LOL!! mh u named it urself?? XD
April 8, 2010 at 5:38 PM
MH, if ur innaguy name is really Man Hou then u better tell me so I can change XDXD
April 8, 2010 at 5:56 PM
oops, i mean if ur name really ISN'T. typo error XD
April 8, 2010 at 8:47 PM
LOL! Nat was the one who told me is Man hou cuz that's wat she & kel used call MH.
Me & Yin version is 'Jin'. XP
May hooi, i suggest you give a guy name for yourself. Then let Sara know ASAP.
April 9, 2010 at 12:08 AM
i leceh to call her long name so cut it short mh LOL!!!
April 10, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Reeis here.
LOL! Could it be that Man Hou told Reeis and Reign to call him Jin cos he didn't want too many ppl calling him by his Chinese name in his IC.
Another chapter added to In-A-Guy.
Which reminds me, what is everyone's full name?
We never really formally created full names, did we?
April 10, 2010 at 10:49 PM
wut?? dun wan full name la DX
we dun even use our full names anyway DX
April 11, 2010 at 4:13 PM
oh noo...whats my name T.T
April 12, 2010 at 2:22 PM
MH, quick! think of a guy name!
April 19, 2010 at 11:08 PM
@reeis: I thought our surname is Law. O.O
@mh: oi! still haven't decide your name ar...
April 20, 2010 at 9:26 PM
Reeis here
@Y'ng: Yup, it's Law. But what about the rest of the Chinese name? We haven't decided that yet XD;
e.g. Rufus Law...??
@MH: You have til tmr to decide =P Y'ng character always called you Jin, FYI
April 22, 2010 at 3:03 AM
Reeis here, giving feedback.
So far, this has got to be the most popular post XDDD 13 comments were posted way before even one of our artworks went up!
- Y'ng -
- Good -
Excellent job on the lighting, successfully captures a calm and cool mood.
The windows (and the latches) in the background is a good idea for that. And those blue eyes really drew me in...
- Fixes -
Arms... One's bigger than the other ^^;
Be careful some of the blended colors around the neck look abit dirty...or is that intended?
- etc. -
Reeis: Hey! Go Cosplay as Zack! I can sell more photos to your fangirls **gets hit**
- Kelly -
- Good -
Colors = <333! Especially the lollipop and Kenny!
He looks like what I would expect from a Korean dude. Mood is good, but...like too calm for the Kenny I know lor >D Can really see this as part of those chinese novels.
That said, do compile your works into a small booklet or something, they could land you freelance work with a publishing house somewhere. Ganbatte!
- Fixes-
Some parts of your linework don't seem to fit (e.g. some parts of the pants' folding).
- etc. -
I really like the textures! How did you manipulate the black-and-purple checker pattern on his shirt? Please share. And what does the Korean words say?
- Nat -
- Good -
I like the faded close up of Nox in the background. Good call. Over all composition does connect with the description you've given - good heart, but still street. I especially like how you did the shoes.
-Fixes-
Anatomy, esp the hands, but I guess you know the rest.Words on the black box thingy he's sitting on could be arranged better.
- etc. -
...Kenny! We must KILL the MiSai! Grab the shaver, quick! Girls don't like it! Kids will call you Abang Misai!
- Myself -
Free hand drawing + dried out markers and 0.5 Artline pen + 15 minutes + 5 seperate reference pics + No pencils + no erasers = Artwork #15
Somehow came out way, way better than I expected. Somehow it captured the roughness I had in mind for this character. I am satisfied XD
- MH -
- Good -
I really like the way the brush stroke shadows came out. Nice and simple
- Fixes -
Hard to say. I admit, wasn't expecting a chibi version, but hey, that's just me XD;
- etc. -
Honey senpai...Nox, we're damn unlucky la. Got Griever, Kenny, Reign, and now a Honey Senpai T___T No way the girls are going to look at us d.
- Daphne -
- Good -
Ooh, you pulled of this angle nicely. The image really captures the character's personality you described. Especially in the wardrobe department...that purple and green, and gold rimmed glasses,on a guy, is, erm.
Can imagine him getting into a whole new character once he wears the gas mask and gets the grafitti going...whoa...
- Fixes -
Top of head looks flat XD and careful with the arm holding the bag...looks abit off when in close up.
- etc. -
What's blading? And how to pick up girls la when you look at the competition...
- Sara -
- Good -
First off: SPARKY! omg, looks real good! Overall, I like the easy going-ness, the laidback-ness of the pic. Mainly due to the pose, the choice of colors and the minimal shading. Griever is too damn adorable la. Converse-looking sneakers too.
- Fixes -
Careful with the length of the legs and arms.
Sparky's paws?
And Lucie is NOT cute. Ever. Period.
It is a foul and demonic being.
Watch, it is clawing for your heart in this pic.
- etc. -
Thanks for elaborating on In-A-Guy and its origins!!! XDDD Sad smiley ftw!
April 22, 2010 at 3:04 AM
Reeis here, with extra words:
Overall, I think everyone had fun with this theme XD we must do something like this again
April 22, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Weeeee comment time for all charming guys LOL!!!
Special thanks to nat for this so very fun theme XDXD
:Y'ng:
Fantabulous job on this piece. Reign looks soo macho! A guy u can feel secure with XP The window for his bg was a great idea! Really feels like hes taking a photo and the shine coming from the window really works well. Like the handle on the window, nicely done~!
Feels clam indeed looking at it and his blue eyes~ yesh that does draw my attention into him~
:me:
Kenny wont stop bugging me for writing such short introduction about him whilst the rest was soo detail but ah well LOL!!!
Reply to reeis: I did this mood cos hes the type tat lure girls with his charm, sweet talks them into him n voila!! ( u know, like luring birds to your trap by placing food there XDXD ) And the checkered detail on his shirt are all drawn manually.Each and every box of it was drawn n colored manually. My eyes r filled with checkers now after doing it @A@ The korean word says "Bubble Love" LOL!!! XDXD
:Nat:
Hiii nox!! LOng time no see, i can see u grew mustache nw! LOL well it does makes u look more manly n matured compare to last time XDXD but still mischievous looking as usual XP Yea i like how u use nox face as a bg, it realli sents a message over. Ure missing a skateboard dude! else ur whole image wud be complete.
Ans i jus realised tat ur eye r abit diff frm the other one.
:Reeis:
He looks like a gangster XDXD Nice angle, u portray that well. Thou u didnt color it but it feels manga-ish tat way :) hmmm other then that, not much critique thou but actualli i cant realli see his face clearly so i cant really tell how he really looks like.
:mh:
LOL!! damn lazy la u! jus drew him in chibi form in bunny suit. I was hoping to see ur full figure of man hou (cant believe u realli use tat name XD) Anyway hes cute, (im imagining him in full figure mode but still in bunny suit -- me & kenny: ....O god! XDXD
:Dainen:
LOL!! Nice one daph! The perspective is great! I alwez wana do such perspective but dont seem to get it right. U pull it off well, if u insert bg to it o such, d whole pic wud look even better :) Yesh i can really sense hes ur other half LOL!!! yea wats blading?
:Sara:
Ooooo finally! so dis is how sara's innaguy look like. A homely lookin guy, yesh i can see y girls would fall for a guy like him, makes u wana build a family with him XP Anyway, i think ur left hand is bigger n longer then the other one. other then that, its good! I loved to see avone;s innaguy, wheres d girls?? XDXD
April 23, 2010 at 9:06 AM
Lol Kelly called me Dainen. Transformation complete :D Also by blading I meant roller-blading XD
What happened to "Yup, just your OWN character in any pose with their NAMES. Like a cool poster!" though?
**Comments**
@Y'ng : Nicely done textures thought a bit dirty. I like how you've done the window latches but they do stand out quite a bit from the rest of the artwork by having texture. The stance is good for his personality and great work on the jeans crotch folds. I usually get that area muddled up XD The one thing I'd get you to change though is the side contour of his face. It seems a little too smoothly curved, if you know what I mean. A strong personality like that coupled with the style you used would be good with a more roughly shaped face ie. hallowed cheeks and strong chin. Overall good work :)
@Kelly : He may be the eldest in the family but I guess you both could have inherited the gene of not looking old at all. I can just imagine him (like you) posing like this just too look good in a picture XD Outside the picture can show him being more active. Proportion wise, he's just a little off here and there. The hands are a little big, the upper arm of the one holding the lollipop is a bit long, and he could use a little more hip XD Overall great work.
@Nat : Good stance to choose and nice to see you using colour again :D I know Nox has always had a misai so dunno what this Kell is talking about XD The proportion of the body doesn't really cut well with the stance you're trying though. You seem to want him to face slightly to the right, but he's central in some areas. It seems like an awkward pose because he's bending over and jutting out his chest at the same time. Overall good work.
@Reeis : The proportion for your angle isn't right but is easily fixed :) The thing that stood out to me most was that the width of his head and each thigh is the same. Making in that if it were straightened out, he'd have quite thin thighs. The bat also looks short and unless that's what you intended, I can see it as only about 30cm in length. A good try though :) Overall could be better.
@May Hooi : I thought Kell was the one who was gonna pull off the chibi character XD I'd like to see more development on this character though because as I said to Kell, a tall person like Man Hou (like you) will look very odd in a bunny suit like that. Overall... cute XD
@me : The heads not on the same angle as the rest of the body, nooooooooooo.
@Sara : Heee can Dainen come over and cuddle your pets sometime? He promises to bring entertainment (in the form of Kenny and Nox) XD I like the way you've chosen to portray Griever. Though I feel he has a really long nose XD Like Kell mentioned, the hand not holding Lucie is not in proportion. Upper arms a little short and lower arm is too long. Can easily be fixed by dropping his hand behind the foreleg. Overall good work :)
**Replies**
@Reeis : The arm was a bit of a toughie :/ Half wanting it to swing back with the leg but fail XD And I noticed the flat head... 2 seconds after submission D: No competition also since this guy so lazy!
@Kelly : You called me Dainennnnn.
April 23, 2010 at 12:09 PM
OOPS!! LOL!! wrong typo LOL!! my bad XDXD
April 23, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Reeis here, too lazy to sign in...
- Kelly -
On Dainen:
I actually think it's a good thing you called her Dainen XD
@Daph: The name's rubbing off on them! Well done, lol!
On my pic: Yup, THAT Reeis is gangster XD
His face was beaten up, so yeah, hard to see.
Thanks for noting the manga-ish feel, was intended. I thought that was how I could answer the poster part of this theme's challenge.
- DAINEN -
Haha, we both happen to choose tough perspectives for this theme... XD;
You got any good reference pics?
On Nox: Ah, you knew about the misai. Shall we try to convince him to shave it off?
April 23, 2010 at 6:42 PM
Reeis, being random.
Hey Bob! I just realized Dennis has a gold fish with the same name XDDD
April 23, 2010 at 10:45 PM
=.= I hate you, Reeis.
April 23, 2010 at 11:13 PM
@Reeis : You don't need to sign in, just use the Name/URL option and no need to fill in the URL :) I got no good reference pics though. This one also I didn't use reference. I proportion on the fly XD
And you bet it should be rubbing off, I've used that name for 3 years on dA and some other places XD
Nox should keep his misai. Makes him more different :D
April 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM
Yea, daphnes DA is dainen, so i had to call her dainen in there n it got me into callin her tat name in here LOL!!!
Nox shud keep d misai so he looks more mature~ least he wud be diff frm us~
Kenny is soo korean LOL!!! *wink*
April 24, 2010 at 6:30 PM
@Kelly: LOL! I got confused slightly when u mention Kenny is your twin brother cuz supposedly Kenny is your male alter ego. But I'll just leave it. Anyways, I absolutely love the way you play with the texture for his shirt. Nice! Won't comment on the proportion wise, since daph alredi explained it. I guess most of us will think he looks like Korean due to your drawing style. LOL! I'm still cannot grasp that Kenny is a playboy. XP
@Nat: Yo Misai dude! It's sooo nice to hv one of us having misai! YAY! Proportion wise, you really hv improved. But arms are tad bit too long though. Otherwise, Nox look great! Will be interesting if you can give an expression for him cuz i know you're an expressive person. ^^
@Reeis: A good try but as daph said, it could be better. I still feel the face a bit distorted esp the nose part & some parts where you shade. In some angle he looks like an old guy with beard. If you want to give Reeis a beaten up look maybe you could add some blood on his shirt & bat. It might make the image look better. Overall, i think u did a good job on expressing Reeis character, it's sooo him! XD
@mh: ...... i'm still quite shock to know man hou acts like 'honey sempai'. YOu should really draw one full form, not chibi. I honestly want to see how you empress his character as a 'honey sempai'. XP
@daph: LOL! i guess i don't hv to comment regarding the head and body not being in the same angel. But overall, you did a fantastic job using this perspective! Just like Kelly, i'm aso lost a bit when you mention dainen was your twin brother, i thought he should be your alter male ego. But oh well, he's character & looks are almost like you so i'll just leave it then. ^^;
@sara: YAY Sparky! So happie you drew him! However, his paws could hv been drawn better. As for Griever, I think his arms & legs are slightly too long & his head is almost same size as his body. Overall, I think you did great esp for his clothes. The kitty is just too cute! LOL! Poor Sparky. XD
April 24, 2010 at 8:22 PM
I guess Kell and I reenact ourselves (Kell, Kenny, Dainen, and I) talking amongst one another that we're more used to them being realistically beside us XD
= oopsie on the twin thing
April 25, 2010 at 1:25 PM
wut?? they're not twins?? LMAO!!! my bad XDXD yesh we're used to havin them beside us whenever i chat wit daphne XDXD They like to interrupt us during our msn conversation LOL!!
May 6, 2010 at 10:22 PM
Reeis here again
@Daph:
For some reason, the name/URL thing doesn't work for me... T_T
@Daph & Kell:
Hey, no probs on the twin thing.
Guess some of us found it a little off as we've always seen Ken and Dai as your male counterparts.
@Griever:
Sorry~ I just found it irresistible to point the connection out =3 Also...
♫Bob~the Builde~♫ *gets bricked*
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