ming doyle ([info]_ming) wrote,
@ 2008-03-04 11:24:00
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Current music:tom waits - the ocean doesn't want me
Entry tags:[art] dc, aquaman

and to stay, and to stay.
character: aquaman.
rating/warnings: shameless goofball joy. mostly.
media: pen, ink, & ps7
artist's note: this version of aquaman is sporting hero panties and boots!





down into the endless blue wine
i'll open my head and let out
all of my time.

tom waits, "the ocean doesn't want me."



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[info]mordicai
2008-03-04 04:37 pm UTC (link)
they aren't manties, they are...mannatees! i like the finned boots, & my co-worker likes the dark face with just eyes. but omg, did rob liefield steal his hands?!?

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 09:24 pm UTC (link)
ha, liefield didn't just steal poor arthur's hands, i think he took off with the entire lower third of his body! ;P

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[info]rubynye
2008-03-04 04:48 pm UTC (link)
That is a very cool Aquaman! Especially in the second picture, with those glowy eyes!

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 09:28 pm UTC (link)
hee, thanks ny! i think i was channeling a sort of "mignola of the deep" with that sketch. he's got the devil stare! *g*

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[info]bonza
2008-03-04 04:59 pm UTC (link)
asudfhaiudf your illustrations make me think that I'd end up with a meaty mouthful if I were to ever bite into them!!! soooooooooy good! ( * W * )

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:12 pm UTC (link)
okay, that's just about the cutest thing i've ever read re; my art. thank you!

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[info]tresorart
2008-03-04 05:12 pm UTC (link)
oh my dear dear mingalingaloo~!!!~~~~


I love theseeee :00000

Is this a redesign? It seems really svelte and natural to the character~

love the little illustration too. You've been getting a lot more free with your stuff lately, yay looks awesome. :B

also the dolphins making me think about the stupid whaling commission retarded news as or late. sad. : '(

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:26 pm UTC (link)
thanks bunches, you! i don't think this really qualifies as a "redesign" so much as my personal take on the character. i would really like to redesign aquaman though, both his look and his character. i like to think i'd stay true to the spirit of his character, which is crazy monster-filled, pirate-smashing, oil-rig-exploding hijinks under and on the sea!

that last sketch was so much fun. i knocked it out in 5 minutes with a brush and liked how ~*HEAVY WITH PATHOS*~ it ended up.

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[info]darkwaterfrey
2008-03-04 05:28 pm UTC (link)
Beautiful....yet strange because, Aquaman is a really goofy character--yet you've made him interesting and graceful.


amazing.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:29 pm UTC (link)
thank you. i think aquaman has a lot of dramatic potential, he just needs to stop having such long chats with tuna. ;)

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[info]kmc_geijyutsuka
2008-03-04 05:47 pm UTC (link)
I don't think I'm capable of ever disliking anything you do!

I've never been an Aquaman fan, but seeing your art of him makes me want to go read him.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:31 pm UTC (link)
I've never been an Aquaman fan, but seeing your art of him makes me want to go read him.

that's about the highest compliment an artist could hope for with a character sketch like this. thank you so much!

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[info]doctorobnoxious
2008-03-04 06:06 pm UTC (link)
saucesome!
love ya take on him.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:42 pm UTC (link)
thanks!

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[info]realtegan
2008-03-04 06:38 pm UTC (link)
Oh, VERY nice. Thank you.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:33 pm UTC (link)
and thank you!

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[info]caia_comica
2008-03-04 06:56 pm UTC (link)
These are BEAUTIFUL. I'm so glad you decided to draw Arthur.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:39 pm UTC (link)
thanks! i've been wanting to draw an aquaman or two ever since i sketched namor months and months ago now, just hadn't gotten around to it.

arthur needs all the love he can get. <3

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[info]tammylee
2008-03-04 06:57 pm UTC (link)
DOLPHINS ARE RAPISTS OF THE SEAAAA! LOOK OUT AQUAMAN! Love his sassy shark boots!

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:42 pm UTC (link)
oh, you know those dolphins want a piece. you know it.

X3

thanks, tamma!

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[info]sobreiro
2008-03-04 07:28 pm UTC (link)
Beautiful work! Your stuff is very inspiring...

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:44 pm UTC (link)
thanks so much! i'm really pleased to hear it.

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[info]sxyblkmn
2008-03-04 07:41 pm UTC (link)
oh wow, i love that second one

i sure wouldn't want to meet him in a dark undersea alley ;)

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:48 pm UTC (link)
hee, thanks pat! aquaman is FEARSOME, you hear me, world?

*is very stern!*

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[info]kelen
2008-03-04 08:51 pm UTC (link)
Goofy or not, they look great! Especially with the little details you've put in, like the darks and gleams on scales. Really nice!

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:51 pm UTC (link)
thank you. i don't know what it is about scales, but i could draw them all day. i absolutely belong in the silver age in that respect. ;)

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[info]batfan_sarah
2008-03-04 09:03 pm UTC (link)
so cool. i am insanely jealous of your superior inking skills...

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:56 pm UTC (link)
thanks sarah, but really, the secret behind my "superior inking skills" is merely the wasteful willingness to completely cover everything with ink all willy-nilly. it's hell on my wite-out budget, i'll tell you that. *g*

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[info]abrassea
2008-03-04 10:06 pm UTC (link)
very nice. i'm no fan of aquaman, but i'd read that book.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 10:56 pm UTC (link)
awesome! that's what i like to hear. more potential readers for my nonexistent aquaman title. ;)

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[info]trascendenza
2008-03-04 10:20 pm UTC (link)
Oh, gorgeous! I love the movement in the first one, esp.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 11:06 pm UTC (link)
thank you. i had a lot of fun with that one. :)

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[info]thete1
2008-03-04 10:32 pm UTC (link)
Oh, *Arthur*. Ming, darling, sweetheart, bubeleh, don't you know that it's ILLEGAL IN ALL WAYS to make Aquaman sexy? There are *rules* we must follow in order to live a good, right-thinking --

Oh, those *legs*. Oh, that expression, so determined and mmm, his hair is so floaty and *yes* the other is totally Mignola-esque and makes me wonder if he's about to do battle with Cthulhu, which would be kind of awesome, too.

*surreptitiously feels him up a bit*

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 11:14 pm UTC (link)
tecakes, you are the sweetest, you know that? i'm not even a little sorry that i broke the "aquaman equals not the sex, it is so writ in vulcanized coral" rule. we're horrible degenerates who love it, really.

i am, however, pleased to bits that you like his floaty hair, and also that you bring up battle with cthulhu because OH HECK YES.

:D

sankyuu veddy much-o.

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[info]dryponder
2008-03-04 10:47 pm UTC (link)
pretty dang awesome, ming. :)

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 11:15 pm UTC (link)
thanks, dean! you're the wind beneath my art wings! ;D

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[info]coffeebased
2008-03-04 11:04 pm UTC (link)
I love the toes of his boots! Pointy... for less water resistance! Yay, Aquaman, I am always so sorry for him because people just don't respect the fact that he is king, he cannot be going around saving the silly Aboveworlders all the time; doesn't he already help enough?

And his kingdom is like 70% of the whole earth, thanks and deeper than several Mount Everests. Aquaman is hardpressed and (nearly) the only hero of the Deep. :( /end rant.

But I really love the way you drew his body being all bendy and angly.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 11:26 pm UTC (link)
But I really love the way you drew his body being all bendy and angly.

ha! well, when you put it like that, i really love it too. ;)

i absolutely respect aquaman in all his incarnations. do you have superpowers and endeavor to use them for good? there, i respect you, done. i'm not passionately in like with him like i am with my husband mr. bat and my bit on the side mr. super, but i certainly don't understand all the animosity and disdain directed at poor mr. aqua.

i mean, if the concern is that his power isn't cool and/or there are no good stories to tell with him, i would posit UM HELLO and UH, NO. they are awesome powers, and i can think of a few dozen fun capers. the sea is an awesome enough character in its own right before you even dunk a metahuman into it!

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[info]chameleongirl79
2008-03-04 11:30 pm UTC (link)
Absolutely gorgeous ♥

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[info]_ming
2008-03-04 11:50 pm UTC (link)
thank you. :)

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[info]tmelange
2008-03-04 11:41 pm UTC (link)
Beautiful, as always!

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[info]_ming
2008-03-05 12:25 am UTC (link)
thanks, theresa!

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[info]mizzmarvel
2008-03-04 11:47 pm UTC (link)
I love Aquaman, and he's absolutely beautiful here. Amazing work.

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[info]_ming
2008-03-05 04:53 am UTC (link)
thank you! this was my first try at aquaman, so i'm glad to hear you think he looks pretty okay. ;)

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[info]oxboxer
2008-03-05 12:11 am UTC (link)
Aaaaah Miiiiing

What are you dooooiiiiing

Now you make me want to draw a freaking Aqualad to compliment this, I have to now, but I have midterms coming up and aaaarrrgh

Whyyyyyy Ming

<3

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[info]_ming
2008-03-05 05:09 am UTC (link)
apparently i am doing AWESOME, because all i want is to see an aqualad from you! i mean, ugh, i know, i'm evilllll, you should totally be concentrating on midterms, but.

aquaaaaaaalaadddddddd, jeemmmaaaaaaa. you know you waaaaaaanttt toooooo.

heeeeeeeeeee.

because! that's why. <33

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[info]goss
2008-03-05 12:56 am UTC (link)
Wow. Beautiful! :)

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[info]_ming
2008-03-05 05:07 am UTC (link)
thanks, goss!

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[info]flaminica
2008-03-05 01:25 am UTC (link)
Very stylish! I particularly like the use light and shadow in the second image. Well done!

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[info]_ming
2008-03-05 05:09 am UTC (link)
thanks! the second one was a lot of fun.

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