Erika! the VIKING ([info]erikamoen) wrote in [info]pantsketch,
2007-03-07 10:11:00

Some octos!


I like girls and I like octopuses. I am a simple creature to please.



This guy is gunna be a Moo card once it's colored.


Soooo anbody else going to APE in San Francisco, April 21 - 22? I think Dylan and Jen are going too?

Anyway, I'll be mooching off of Team Atrox's table, if you wanna say hi.

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[info]shimmercat2

March 7 2007, 18:32:40 UTC 5 years ago

Eeee! I also love girls and octopuses! I particularly like the composition of the second one, so clever and it will make such a good card.

You draw tentacles beautifully, but the eyes and body of the octopus are a little off. The eyes aren't really on stalks, but rather set into bulges off the body: http://www.saczoo.com/3_kids/1_australia/images/20_octopus.jpg And the tentacles don't come straight off the body; there is a fleshy area under the body that they are attached to.

But I'd love to see more octopuses from you guys. <3

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:22:01 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

Yeeeeeeah, I kinda knew it was a bit off /:) Er, uh, I was taking creative liberties?

(which means not drawing with any reference! I AM SO ABOVE PORTRAYING THE LAWS OF NATURE)

[info]ndgmtlcd

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[info]kozispoon

March 7 2007, 18:45:17 UTC 5 years ago

Awww APE. Y'know the entire time I lived in S.F. I never knew about things like this, but the minute I move I realize there are so many conventions to be had up there- I misses it. :( Well optimism. Maybe I'll stumble onto a satisfactory amount of money to buy a plane ticket.

Great inks on the first illustration- so crisp, so clean! The line width and variation really works on the first one- perhaps a more exaggerated difference in line widths on the second piece would've made both girl and octo stand out more. They kinda seem to muddle together as it is.

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:22:45 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

I'm hoping when I color the second one it will be stronger <:)

[info]reallife2010

March 7 2007, 18:54:22 UTC 5 years ago

honey that first image is lovely!

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:23:03 UTC 5 years ago

More like YOUR BUTT IS LOVELY.

OooOOOOOOooo

[info]reallife2010

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[info]pvck

March 7 2007, 18:54:29 UTC 5 years ago

Funny, I'm looking for a girl with a haircut like the first one who is into octopi.

[info]_w_o_o_d_

March 7 2007, 19:05:32 UTC 5 years ago

"I like girls and I like octopuses"

Dude, don't we all ?!

Gorgeous pictures !

In january I went for a few days in Paris, and visited the "Palais de la Découverte", where there was an exhibition on animal intelligence. And there was this octopus in a tank, they fed it a crab in a jar and the octopus first had to go through a tiny hole in a glass wall across the tank, and then unscrew the lid of the jar to catch the crab...

And then it bites the crab with its beak and injects its saliva do dissolve the flesh, that it will later suck entirely.

It's really incredible to see those creatures move.

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:23:25 UTC 5 years ago

holy crap, that sounds rad as fuck.

[info]jacksonpritt

March 7 2007, 19:17:03 UTC 5 years ago

I'll probably be at APE working the GAMA-GO booth.

[info]soygirl

March 7 2007, 19:21:07 UTC 5 years ago

100 Girls with 100 Octopuses: http://www.zaxart.com/octopus_girls/index.html

I will be at APE certainly. Favorite place ever ever.

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:24:17 UTC 5 years ago

I've seen a couple of those!

[info]youridiotsdance

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[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:24:48 UTC 5 years ago

Whoah!! RADICAL.

[info]iwasfakin

March 7 2007, 19:40:33 UTC 5 years ago

Mal and I will be there!

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:25:20 UTC 5 years ago

Is this a secret Hope account? ;)

Can't wait to see you guys!

[info]iwasfakin

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[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:25:34 UTC 5 years ago

Thank you!

[info]vincentbondy

March 7 2007, 19:58:12 UTC 5 years ago

Ooh me! APE! Me!

[info]callmesyd

March 7 2007, 20:07:20 UTC 5 years ago

Few things get my day off on a better note than boobies and octopi. Choice. Thank you. :D

The tentacles in particular look awesome and are making me want to go draw now. I need new art to replace some of the old crappy stuff currently on my page. Yay inspiration!

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:26:02 UTC 5 years ago

Yay! Thanks!

[info]squidb0i

March 7 2007, 20:27:46 UTC 5 years ago

Suffice to say, I quite agree.
=]

[info]erikamoen

March 7 2007, 22:26:21 UTC 5 years ago

woohoo for tentacles!

[info]greyaenigma

March 7 2007, 22:44:08 UTC 5 years ago

Very nice! Cephalopods and girls rock! (And Moo cards are nice too.)

The second one reminds me a little of this, which I have up in my office.

[info]sombermusic

March 8 2007, 01:35:02 UTC 5 years ago

That reminds me of this picture series. (If you can't see it because of deviantart's mature content obnoxiousness, try the first and last pictures on this page.)

[info]theartofjess

March 8 2007, 03:33:44 UTC 5 years ago

Awesome, this just made my day!

[info]karakurimi

March 8 2007, 04:24:17 UTC 5 years ago

I very much like your art in this post! There's just something to girls and octopii that make me want to be all giggly and serious at once, and your interpretation of a situation between a girl and an octopus counts.

I also wanted to say that from what I browsed in your livejournal, the rest of your work is, to me, great! I hope you do get published some day in the near future!

[info]mazi

March 8 2007, 06:00:00 UTC 5 years ago

yeeeh! octopus love. :D

erika moen, you are a god.

[info]everyday_dream

March 8 2007, 20:32:05 UTC 5 years ago

Yay, nekkidness and octopi! My day is better now. :D

I want to go to APE...it's just a matter of finding a ride. *plots*

[info]solmaru

March 22 2007, 07:47:02 UTC 5 years ago

That is a sweet ass octopus.

I'll be at APE again this year. WITH MY FIRST BOOK. Drop by and see me ok! It was great meeting you last year.


















[info]erikamoen

March 22 2007, 22:14:44 UTC 5 years ago

WOO! Have you changed your phone # since last year? Cause I still have that one.

[info]solmaru

5 years ago

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