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Nilessa

Ceilidh Clemens
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Just in case anybody's still watching this account: I have moved to a new account here on DA. I am now... *drumroll* ... NixieSeal!

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For those who watch me on FA as well, I also changed my FA account name to NixieSeal. I can be found there at www.furaffinity.net/user/nixie…
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In case you missed the deviation explaining it...

Yes, people, I HAVE MOVED. I'm sick of being associated with the name Nilessa, because my Niles character is such a slut. And although I like and respond to the name Kiwi-chan, I'm not all about anime or kiwis... SO... I am now Ceilidh of One.

On DA: ceilidhofone.deviantart.com/
On SA: ceilidhofone.sheezyart.com/
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Ever wanted to commission me to do ye some artistry? Lucky you, it's discount time! From now until January 1st 2009, all non-commercial commissions will be $15.

I do character drawings, comics, short flash movies, smileys, gif animations, logos, etcetera. With the holidays coming up, you might also think about buying art for other people as presents, or commissioning me to make you custom greeting cards. *Wink*

For more details, see my commissions page: www.kiwichanstudios.com/kiwi/c…
To commission me, you can PM me on this site or e-mail kiwi_lemons@hotmail.com.
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Okay, this is regarding Mirror/Mirror, the remake of Humans. I'm trying to decide for sure which way to finish it. As cool as the lines themselves look, I wanna do something more to it- tones, color, shading, or something. But these things take more and more time to do, so I'd like to hear your opinions.

Here's a sample of the linework... Page 12.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…
I'm doing the lines in Manga Studio, same program I did Atlantis U in, because of the lovely line smoothing and the convenient comic-oriented interface.

Here's page 12 done in screentones, like I did with Atlantis U.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…
Just slightly better than pure black and white. Making screentones for this page took 26 minutes.

Here it is in basic color...
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…
Basic color took 36 minutes.

Here it is with cell shading.
www.kiwichanstudios.com/Post/M…
Cell shading + basic color took 1 hour 8 minutes.

Now, I could've gone a step further and did full soft shading and ambient lighting like I used to do for Humans, but I don't even wanna think about how much time that would take.

So! How much quality do you think I should sacrifice in the name of speedy production?
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I keep thinking about the future and saying, "crap." Our economy really sucks, our gas is costing so much more, so many people can't get houses or jobs... I'd say the planet's well is about to run dry.

I have only one friend left in town, and he recently had to move back to his mom's house because he hasn't been able to get a job after all these months of filling out a dozen applications a day. Since graduating, I've only gotten a single interview and I didn't get that job. It looks like there's just not much to do for jobs around here... I'm getting worried about my own future.

I've told myself my whole life, I'll do whatever it takes to be successful, to be something more than my father who lives on welfare and comes up with a new failure of a "get rich quick" plan every week. Apparently he wants me to live on welfare doing free art for other people, because otherwise I'm just dragging somebody else down. In different words, he said that people only get rich in this country by standing on the shoulders of others, that the ladder people used to climb to reach the top has fallen apart. I'm not some clever investor, I just want to be an artist, but I want to be able to buy manga and video games as well as food and rent.

So what happens to me when the global economy crashes? Should I invest in Coca-cola and beer before the next depression hits, and become one of those clever investors my dad hates so much? I just don't wanna be poor my whole life.

... Sorry about the rant. I just had to get this off my chest.

... Okay, so it's still on my chest, but whatever.
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I'm worried about the future... by Nilessa, journal