Black Cat

[Fresco]

"Face it Tiger, you've just hit the Jackpot!" http://franchesco.com/pics/TigerLilly_detail.jpg

click link to see the rest of the Pic: >>> TIGER LILLY (http://franchesco.com/pics/TigerLilly.jpg)


Love that classic MaryJane line, and I love this character.
Hope you like what the line does, or doesn't do... :)

[Cat]

well that sir, is just damn pretty! Better than a box of chocolates!

and that's all i gots ta say about that!

[JamieRoberts]

Linework's damn good.

Zipper added later? It's very white!

[sevans]

You have got the skills to pay the bills!

Yeah, 1984 rulz.

Seriously - nice work as usual, especially on the way that you handled the flowers. Fantastic linework.

[Biofungus]

Her chin bothers me. It's a very masculine jawline. Still a nice pic, but the chin makes me shudder.

[trialsze]

Wow Christmas came early. Thanks for the gift. Great pic as always.

[chaosgoat]

Smashing, as always. I love the lilies.

[FIG]

This looks AWESOME! Back to photoshop!

[danedawg99]

OMG! *jaw drops* beautiful!

[disgruntledfanboy]

that's really sweet looking. where's her mask? ;)

[Erik V. Lehmann]

What a beautiful catwoman bro.:kewl:

[Zhen Dil Oloth]

Great work as always Fresco.

Thanks for sharing it.

[hellblazer72]

now that is frescolicious...i mean that looks really good

[Fresco]

well that sir, is just damn pretty! Better than a box of chocolates!
Well CAT, they say life is like a box of chocolates... so how can I not dive into that bad-boy, and come up with a cavity the size of Manhattan?

I think it's pretty cool, you think the drawing is damn pretty.

thanks :)


Linework's damn good.

Zipper added later? It's very white!
Damn cool of you to shout-it-out like that, QUONES... thank you.

To answer your question: yes, and no. The zipper was there the whole time. I'm assuming you mean the metal hoop that opens and closes the front of her costume. The original art has that all in there, but once the image was scanned and tinted in PhotoShop... I added a smidge of white spot-color.

So to clarify, yes it is there in the drawing, and yes what you see there now was added later... :huh:
yeah, I know... I'm not following that too good myself, and I'm the one who wrote that.

Thanks for the compliment :laugh:

[Apotheases]

very cool! she's one of my favorite characters. :bounce:

[Cesar Feliciano]

Muy Bonito Franchesco.

Cesar-

[Fresco]

You have got the skills to pay the bills!

Yeah, 1984 rulz.

Seriously - nice work as usual, especially on the way that you handled the flowers. Fantastic linework.
LOL
I sure hate being a starving artist SEVANS... so its just a matter of survival. I either get gooder, or I goes hungry. ;)

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate the fact you mentioned some of the detailing that stood out for you in the drawing, that there tells me you actually looked at the piece. I know, how crazy is that? Looking at art on an artist board... and actually commenting on it??? That's just madness!

--and hells yeah 1984 rulez!!!


Thanks again!

[RAMolinelli]

Fresco I love it. Its amazing how much more you grow everytime I open one of your threads.

Rich

[Fresco]

Her chin bothers me. It's a very masculine jawline. Still a nice pic, but the chin makes me shudder.
:) Well then, my job here is done... mission accomplished.

I sat there and pondered the ponder and wondered the wonder, should I or shouldn't I draw something in there to make at least one person shudder--

I flipped a coin, and chose to go with 'the shudder' response...

Okay, okay, I kid of course. But I hear you BIOFUNGUS... not sure jaw lines scare me as much as all that... its the adam's apples that we need to be careful of. She has a choker on, so it is hard to see if she does... or if she doesn't... but my bet is she is all woman through and through... good thing I left out the five o'clock shadow... not that there is anything wrong with that ... (don't ask me how this reply took such a wrong turn the way it did... I'm not even sure myself)

but Hell, it's that festive time of the year...
so hopefully that cuts me a little slack. :laugh:


Thanks for the comment, always nice to get feedback; since I am so close to the stuff to see it clearly 99.9% of the time.

[Biofungus]

:) Well then, my job here is done... mission accomplished.

I sat there and pondered the ponder and wondered the wonder, should I or shouldn't I draw something in there to make at least one person shudder--

I flipped a coin, and chose to go with 'the shudder' response...

Okay, okay, I kid of course. But I hear you BIOFUNGUS... not sure jaw lines scare me as much as all that... its the adam's apples that we need to be careful of. She has a choker on, so it is hard to see if she does... or if she doesn't... but my bet is she is all woman through and through... good thing I left out the five o'clock shadow... not that there is anything wrong with that ... (don't ask me how this reply took such a wrong turn the way it did... I'm not even sure myself)

but Hell, it's that festive time of the year...
so hopefully that cuts me a little slack. :laugh:


Thanks for the comment, always nice to get feedback; since I am so close to the stuff to see it clearly 99.9% of the time.
:laugh:

Have a great and prosperous new year, Franchesco. :)

But um... NO SLACK FOR YOU! :p

[Fresco]

:laugh:

Have a great and prosperous new year, Franchesco. :)

But um... NO SLACK FOR YOU! :p

Thank you BIOFUNGUS... and wishing you the same.

here is hoping the new year is full of fun and profit for you.

--and Aye, aye... no slacking allowed! (cracks whip) :laugh:



Wow Christmas came early. Thanks for the gift. Great pic as always.

Christmas came and went in the blink of an eye... here's hoping yours was a great one, make the new year the one that counts for ya, you deserve the best there is! Thanks for the compliment on the pic TRIALSZE-- appreciating the shout out!



Smashing, as always. I love the lilies.

THank you thank you... (sorry darlin' but I blinked and last I recalled, there was an Xstacy pic you touched up for me, but I completely lost track of that beauty... please send me a high-res at your convenience).

Hope all is good where you are CHAOS GOAT... wishing the New Near brings you all the good stuff that life has to offer.

[Fresco]

This looks AWESOME! Back to photoshop!
thanks FIG-- glad you like it.


OMG! *jaw drops* beautiful!
thank you... I will take that as a compliment.
unless you have an unfortunate case of scurvy or something... and parts of you are starting to fall off... then maybe we should be calling 9-1-1 and rushing you to the emergency room.

For the love all of that is holy, stop surfing the internet and go see a doctor stat, DANEDAWG... we want you to be around for a good long time, and losing your mandible can't be a good thing. That's gotta be some kind of symptom to something not good, or all together healthy. Sorry, just got done seeing Pirates of the Carribian on DVD-- man, that is one great looking movie, looking forward to part 3.


But seriously... thanks for the compliment on the pic, much appreciated. :)

[Fresco]

that's really sweet looking.
Hey thanks... I appreciate the compliment Disgruntled Fanboy-- that's very nice of you to be so nice.


...where's her mask?
Hey, quit being so disgruntled... ;)
I got your mask for you right here:

http://www.franchesco.com/pics/oops.jpg :har:
(all kiddings aside-- I left her mask out, on purpose...
wanted her to look less 'burgular' and more 'girly' in the Tiger Lilly image)

I promise the next time I draw her... and there WILL be a next time,
she will be having a swanky mask on purdy face... and I shall be all disgruntled as I draw it.
and it will be dedicated to the one and only disgruntled of all disgruntled out there that there is... yup, you guessed it.

thanks DFB, glad you digs it.

:)

[OriginalJAM]

Fresco.........

Your ART as always is great! Are you coloring your ART now, I know you have had other ARTISTS coloring for you, have you mastered the digital coloring yet.... we all know it is difficult(I hate it.. :) ) even for you! But with practice we can overcome the most difficult!

JAM,......................................

[Wayne Drake]

I love the Mucha hair you give to all your ladies. :)

[TDHodges]

Dude, you never disappoint. Kudos over and over again.

[Fresco]

What a beautiful catwoman bro.:kewl:
Thank you Erik... what could be more fun to draw, than a really hot girl --petting her pretty kitty?

It's all about the petting... :laugh:


Great work as always Fresco.
Thanks for sharing it.
Whatta nice thing to say... Thanx ZHEN DIL OLOTH
glad you like the way the drawing turned out.

I really appreciate the comment --thanks again.



now that is frescolicious...i mean that looks really good
:har: hah... that's hysterical... please tell me that was YOU who coined that phrase. I remember that came up in a previous thread some time ago... the thread is a blur, but I do recall loving it then, and I loving it now. You slay me, Sir!

...glad you like the look of the drawing...


--thanks for looking HELLBLAZER, and thanks for taking the time to go pressing all the correct keys on your keyboard, in just the right sequence like that-- and thanks for putting a smile on my face when I could sure use one the most.


heh heh Now how can "It's frescolicious" NOT be my favorite phrase of the New Year?

[Fresco]

very cool! she's one of my favorite characters. :bounce:

Thank you APOTHEASES.. she is one of my favorite characters too. Glad my take on a perennial favorite did not disappoint. :)


Muy Bonito Franchesco.

My Spanish is not as fluent as I would like it to be, but my Italian lets me guess at it without too much effort. Although I am sure I have offended a few folks in the past without meaning to with my broken spanglish-italianish arble garble. Its like pappa and papa... sound almost the same, but not quite. So if I'm not mistaken-- one means 'dad' and the other means 'potato'... so for everyone out there whose dad is not Mr. Potato Head... it can get a little tricky.

where was I? Oh yeah, I think you think the drawing (or me) looks or is "really good" CESAR, and I thank you for the compliment. Unless you said something like "I should stop kidding myself and throw out all of my pencils and never post another drawing ever again" ...then I will have to chalk it up to the meaning having been completely lost in the translation. :laugh:

[disgruntledfanboy]

Hey thanks... I appreciate the compliment Disgruntled Fanboy-- that's very nice of you to be so nice.



Hey, quit being so disgruntled... ;)
I got your mask for you right here:

:har:
(all kiddings aside-- I left her mask out, on purpose...
wanted her to look less 'burgular' and more 'girly' in the Tiger Lilly image)

I promise the next time I draw her... and there WILL be a next time,
she will be having a swanky mask on purdy face... and I shall be all disgruntled as I draw it.
and it will be dedicated to the one and only disgruntled of all disgruntled out there that there is... yup, you guessed it.

thanks DFB, glad you digs it.

:)

hahaha! you know i love everything ya draw :) mask or no mask she's hot!

[Fresco]

Fresco I love it. Its amazing how much more you grow everytime I open one of your threads.

thank you RAMolinelli-- that is mighty fine of you to say, Rich. I appreciate the fact you see something there, that is not all together offensive to your sense of sight. :)

thanks for the holla'


Your ART as always is great! Are you coloring your ART now, I know you have had other ARTISTS coloring for you, have you mastered the digital coloring yet.... we all know it is difficult (I hate it.. :) ) even for you! But with practice we can overcome the most difficult!

Thanks for the compliment JAM... assuming you are referring to the snippet of the Black Cat picture with her mask on. No I didn't do the colors on that one. The talented EVL from this very board did the honors on her.

I hear you on the coloring thing. I don't hate it per se... I enjoy it sure, but just don't have a buring desire to color stuff. I think of myself more as an art director, than a colorist or anything of that sort. The problem I have is not really a problem... I enjoy collaborating with my friends. There are so many talented people out there, and I have been lucky enough to work with some of the very best there is.

So I look forward to seeing what they bring to the party, while I'm busy 'busting a move' on the pencils or inks on a new piece on the docket. It keeps the work flow going, plus I get to have fun with folks who I enjoy working with... that there makes it less and less desirable to change the status quo anytime soon.

it's a win, win! :)

[Rob Norton]

neat stuff man. ya know...what can i say that hasnt been said in this thread or any of your others. your skills and hard work shows. i would love to see you on a regular monthy book. and i would image that wont be very long. best of luck to you bro... you deserve it.


rob

[heartofglitter]

Those lips, those breasts, that ass! You now own my soul~ *bows at your feet* :D

[Fresco]

I love the Mucha hair you give to all your ladies. :)
WAYNE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! youre alive. ;)

You had me worried something happened to you-- haven't seen you around in a while... and the threads just didn't feel right somehow. Now that youre here... the world is starting to make sense again.

Thanx for the succulent compliment... gonna put it on melba toast, and have it for a tasty snack later. Thanks for the shout-out sir drake.


Dude, you never disappoint. Kudos over and over again.
Hola Tom Hodges... that means "hi" (I'm so worldly with my superior language skills)-- well... No, not really, but lets go with that anyways.

Thanks for the compliment on the drawing Tom... good to see you on the boards again... now go draw s'more swanky pics please, the board has been in serious lack of hodgepodge by Hodges... ;)




For the record... not ignoring anyone... just replying to the posts in the order of people I like better than you. Of course I kid... not really... this means you, yeah you, the one reading these words right now... Yep-- what part of 'you' didn't you understand? Why are you still reading this... I am ignoring you... like, totally. It says so right in the first sentence... just don't go back and read it, since I am like ignoring you and stuff anyways.

okay, no more silly stuff... not ignoring anyone, just replying to the posts in the order they appear. :laugh:

[Fresco]

hahaha! you know i love everything ya draw :) mask or no mask she's hot!
I don't know that... how am I supposed to know that? Unless you say how much you love my work each and every day... Would it kill you to send a candy gram --no wait, a stripper gram everyday with a note saying "I Love Your Artwork" --is that too much to ask for?

Well, yeah-- probably is too much to ask for. Scratch that idea. But I love that you love 'Oh disgruntled one, how could I not?

:laugh: thanks man!

[disgruntledfanboy]

I don't know that... how am I supposed to know that? Unless you say how much you love my work each and every day... Would it kill you to send a candy gram --no wait, a stripper gram everyday with a note saying "I Love Your Artwork" --is that too much to ask for?

Well, yeah-- probably is too much to ask for. Scratch that idea. But I love that you love 'Oh disgruntled one, how could I not?

:laugh: thanks man!
HAHAHA do ya drink? i'll buy ya a beer :)

[Fresco]

HAHAHA do ya drink? i'll buy ya a beer :)

Do I drink? No, not really... but from reading some of my posts... one would think I do... and in massive doses. Nope Franchesco does not have a drinking problem-- but feel free to buy me all kinds of refreshing beverages whenver the mood hits ya. Never stifle that urge... always, I repeat... always buy Franchesco beverages whenever you feel that urge to do so.


I won't turn down tasty snacks either... I mean... what's could be better than beer and snacks? FREE beer and FREE snacks, of course.

:laugh: Tasty!

[jedipencil]

Bea-utiful piece! Gonna do some more? :)

[William Blankenship]

You know you're awesome, why do you gotta keep rubbing it in our faces?

:p

3'LL

[Evil Monkey Genius]

Damn Beautiful piece of work there! :kewl:
Although, I do agree with Bio about the jawline being a little bit masculine. Still an amazing piece, Fresco

[Fresco]

:laugh: neat stuff man. ya know...what can i say that hasnt been said in this thread or any of your others. your skills and hard work shows. i would love to see you on a regular monthy book. and i would image that wont be very long. best of luck to you bro... you deserve it.


rob

Well sure, you type stuff out like that... and how can I possibly disagree with any of it? From your mouth to God's ear... or something to that effect.
I honestly don't know hot to make that happen really... I don't really know people-- people think I know people... but those people who know the people I know, know not how not that what in the holy heck am I saying??? I was like following it there for a minute... and it was like almost starting to make sense, and maybe even sound a little funny, but then it took a turn for the the wrong side of making sense. Stream of consciousness typing without spell-check as a safety-net is a recipie for --"not making much sense of anything".

Thing I do know is that your words feel like candy to a baby to me right about now... if that baby really likes candy that is... and what babies don't like candy? I mean, its not like they have teeth to worry about cavities and stuff... and its not like pudgy little babies are any less adorable, and its not like --oh man I am doing it again... somebody stop me, please. :laugh:


okay... seriously-- thank you for sending those good thoughts my way, ROB NORTON... I appreciate it more than words can say!

[Fresco]

Those lips, those breasts, that ass! You now own my soul~ *bows at your feet* :D

Mwah-ha-ha!!!! :::michael jackson "thriller" blasting in the background:::

That was all part of my master plan Heart of Glitter ...it was merely meant to ensnare and entice you, but the whole soul-gone-bye-bye was a totally added bonus.


but seriously: the comment is extreme and I'm loving it... I do dig it lots. Thanks for the fun way you put that, appreciating the compliment. :)

[Fresco]

Bea-utiful piece! Gonna do some more? :)
No, never-- not in a million billion years, not even if somebody begged me would I do another piece with Black Cat... hell no-- no way, not gonna do it, nope.

Okay I will, she is just too much fun to draw... :)

thanks for the compliment JEDI PENCIL
(the force within you is strong)

You know you're awesome, why do you gotta keep rubbing it in our faces?

Hah... that is a good one 3'LL... and um, would be really cool if I like --um, had a really good come back-- :::thinking... thinking :::
...oh yeah, I got one-- "I know you are, but what am I?!"

hah... that sure fixed your wagon... that'll teach you to, um... get up in my grill... see, that's how I roll dawg... and don't make be take you to school again, because school is out, and outside is not inside... and east side meets west side... and what that hell is all this having to do with the price of tea in china. Well... if I had even just a little bit of street-cred before this thread got all up in yo' face.... it's all gone now. :laugh:

but thanks for the compliment ...much appreciated!

[Divad]

Just to let you know, i just hired a voodoo doctor to place a curse on you and steal your talents and give them to me. Just a head's up. mwahahahahaha!

[Fresco]

Damn Beautiful piece of work there! :kewl:
Although, I do agree with Bio about the jawline being a little bit masculine. Still an amazing piece, Fresco

awwww what the heck do you know anyways? I think its pretty stupid you think this drawing is damn beautiful, and how dumb are you for thinking this is an amazing piece. Sheesh... go see an eye doctor, get some new glasses, and then maybe we can talk. Sure the jaw line... lets rake me over the coals why don't we-- its not like I am not already wounded as it is, from the previous comment... that it will be next to impossible to ever draw a jaw line ever again... there, I hope you're happy now. :man:

:blink: okay-- does that win for the worst reply to a poster in internet history? probaly not, but it is one of the nicest things I seen posted in this thread. Is it thee nicest thing? That's not for me to say, is it in the top ten? thats not for me to say...

What is for me to say is:
thank you Monkey... you evil genius you... I appreciate the compliment. :laugh:

[stupidstufftosay]

this shows a lot of skill and potential.

I think any crit would be nitpicking. I'd have to see more to offer insight, but the chin doesn't bother me. Within the context of your art, it works. BWS does big chins, Tim Sale's figures have all kinds of things wrong with them, but it works. That's what counts.

[Fresco]

;) this shows a lot of skill and potential.

I think any crit would be nitpicking. I'd have to see more to offer insight, but the chin doesn't bother me. Within the context of your art, it works. BWS does big chins, Tim Sale's figures have all kinds of things wrong with them, but it works. That's what counts.

Well, as long as it shows potential... then one day when I grow up, I look forward to drawing for reals. :)

Nitpicking is the name of the game mon ami... so please, pick away. Although not sure how much more you would need to see exactly. So if you're telling me that since Tim Sale cant draw himself out of a wet paper bag, then its okay that my artwork can suck... and has the potential to maybe one day be good enough to get published at DC comics so then I can start to suck... then something about that just doesn't make me wanna do cartwheels... not that I know how to do cartwheels, but if I did know how, not sure I would be doing one right about now.

I know you meant well, but if you were trying to come up with the right words that feel more like a back handed compliment, instead of a way to make me feel better about missing the mark on something in this drawing, then mission accomplished, STUPID STUFF TO SAY.

I do appreciate the input... thanks.

[Fresco]

Just to let you know, i just hired a voodoo doctor to place a curse on you and steal your talents and give them to me. Just a head's up. mwahahahahaha!

well-- let me see here... how to end this on a high note? of course... a voodoo curse... what can be more "feel good" than ragin' cajun mumbo jumbo gumbo. That there is real comfort food, the kinda comfort that is so deep, six feet under, deep-- and who doesn't like to be pushing up daisies. I mean, I like flowers... I even drew some in this drawing here... :)

just kidding...

Thank you DIVAD... I appreciate the compliment --and consider myself notably warned, and it bears mentioning that I may or may not have in my posession a doll... and not just any doll... they tell me it's a voodoo doll that puts any inaction action figures to shame... it comes with its own human hair stolen from --heck-- I don't even WANT to know where that came from... and it comes with these fun little pin-like accessories, all shiny and pointy and stabby and stuff... :whistlin:

I'm just saying...

:har:

seriously though...
thank you, you are much too kind.