For KT Ho Ho Ho Style

WOW!! Now this is a surprise. I wouldn't mind a couple of them coming to deliver our prezzies next week!!! (I'll let you guess which two I'm thinking of). Thank you Whoever took the time to create this brilliant piece of art.

Originally posted by KT1972 WOW!! Now this is a surprise. I wouldn't mind a couple of them coming to deliver our prezzies next week!!! (I'll let you guess which two I'm thinking of).

Aw, KT, it's so nice of you to think of Jinpei and Ryu in that way! Seriously, though, it's an excellent piece!

LOL this is adorable

So so so cute!

Santa GO! LOL, I love this! So creative!!!!!

Very nice gift. Some one has done a good job! And I have just spotted the sleigh pulled by reindeer crossing the moon! So many little details to keep going back and looking for.

LOL! So cute...

I love the looks in their eyes. Jinpei looks surprised, maybe even freaked out. Joe looks slightly amused and suspicious. Ryu looks like he's rolling his eyes, maybe thinking "Now what?" or "Not again". Jun and Ken are the hardest to read. Though Jun looks a little surprised, and Ken looks like he expected something but maybe not this or maybe he was warned about this, but really didn't think whoever planned it would go through with it.

So cute!!! I love the Santa and sleigh in the background too...nice touch!

We've heard a lot of Gangnam Style, lately ... now it seems time for Ho Ho Ho Style! Guess the team didn't expect this, even though I'm sure they won't say "no" when they'd be fully in the spirit of the special, unusual mission ahead! So cute!

This pic sure made me smile. The artist was able to capture a bit of each of the character's expressions, and the Santa sleigh in the upper corner just makes it even sweeter.

Very cool! They'd do an amazing job delivering presents in the God Phoenix -and lumps of coal to anyone in Galactor.

I'm going out on a limb here....did Lunulet do this?

sorry, EW, Lunulet hasn't recieved a gift, so I don't think she's contributed anything... If anything, it could be LB's work.

*Grumble, grumble* Never said I was any good at this!

LOL, EW, cheer up, all my guesses could be hoplessly wrong yet.....

I am trying to recall who our others artists are in the exchange so I might be able to match a person to this beautiful piece of work.

Darn ... I primarily, instinctively concentrated on the fics, since the picture I received as a gift is definitely Springie's for me, so now I'm finding myself back to square one! Lunulet is out of question, since she didn't take part of the gift exchange, so someone of the others I already proclaimed as the author of one of the fics has to be the artist of this one! Hmm ... TJ ... are you certain that when you say that you only know how to draw sticks, you're not being humble?! After all, you're also an Art teacher!!

LOL, my being an 'art teacher' is one of the great jokes life has played on me. But it has nothing to do with artistic talent, of which I have none. I promise!

Okay, now that it's after Christmas, I will officially guess that this is Marie's work. She said something to me awhile ago that clicked when I saw this piece.

well, now I know it's not LB, I don't know who to guess for it. I am going to be surprised when the artist comes forward.....

I suspect that this is Marie's as well as she is the only other artist I know of amongst our contributors.

Well ... since I don't know whether I could log in tomorrow, I wish to admit this was me, most especially also because it seems that I have been caught red handed! TJ ... I knew the small hint I once indirectly gave you would have given me away, in some way or another! When I first received the prompt, the "you know what" instantly came to my mind as a kind of inspiration! Me trying to put you in the picture was just part of the play, which you continued to play most sportively! And, I couldn't be more flattered to have had my drawing compared, in some way, to that of LB's! Really ... I'd love to reach that stage, some day! But, I do have one of her pictures, all for myself, now! *rubbing hands*

Thank you Marie, it is a wonderful piece of art, and I love it. It fulfilled my request in such an unexpected way too.

You are more than welcome, KT! I'm glad that my humble work made you happy, and I couldn't be happier to have done it all for you!

Marie, this was a great piece of work, you did a great job on their expressions, which really do show a great deal of their personalities.

So this was you, gatchamarie! What had me wondering was that some of it was clearly done digitally, where so far as I knew, you do your art on paper and then scan it. Great job, and great job throwing me off the scent!

Marie- you did a beautiful job! I love this picture- it would make a great wallpaper!

Thanks for your kind comments, guys! LB ... I guess I can say that, in a way, I cheated a little in order to make my work more digital looking, this time! I didn't have had the chance to explore that world, yet, so I had to resort to my own, restricted knowledge and resources to try and make the thing more pleasing to the eye! I did, in fact, pencil draw the whole team, as usual, using a mixture of pencil colours and crayons to colour all the characters, and to do the shadowing, and a sharp tipped felt pen for the final outline! I've then carefully cut the whole thing out, along the outline, and scanned it over a blue cardboard, in order to have the blue background! Yikes ... as I'm writing I'm realising how old-fashioned I still am! I used Photobucket to add the final effects, though, such as the blurry and darkened frame, the enhancement of the shadowing, the sharpening of the colours, and the wording! I think that did the trick! Santa, the moon, and the transparent circle in the center where just additions, which I first refined using Powerpoint, and which I then pasted using the same Photobucket!

You know what, though? Going non-digital will probably soon be seen as innovative. And look at all you got to play with. It might also be more fun.

You know, CW ... what you're saying makes much sense! In fashion we can see such a thing happening over and over again! As to having fun ... my being a person who loves craft and precision gets me to enjoy every passage taken through the longer way in every kind of piece I create, whatever the area!

That's not cheating, gatchamarie! I think that's being highly creative. I have a lot of respect for non-digital art, as once you put that ink or pen on paper, there's no going back... Working digitally, anything can be reversed in an instant with the "step backward" or "undo" feature. That said, I do enjoy all the tinkering that the digital aspect allows. As you say, the important thing is to enjoy the creative process.

I love the look in their eyes with this one... poor Jinpei looks like he's the most upset, since Santa is flying off in the distance, kinda like he feels that he won't be visited by the big guy.... Very creative GM....

Many thanks for your kind comments, LB and GG!