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authoritydangerheartkilljoy: hungryhungryhiddles: travelingbyth...

Mon, 13 May 2013 05:58:16 -0400

hungryhungryhiddles:

travelingbythoughts:

this is the greatest thing i’ve ever seen

THIS GIF LITERALLY JUST MADE MY ENTIRE WEEK A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER

I want to see a giant cookie in my life time as well cookie monster.

Another commission of Krious, done in vector/flash. Wish i had...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:22:23 -0400

Another commission of Krious, done in vector/flash.

Wish i had more information to share with you on this character buuut I don’t.

Pencils/Flash

Okay, howdy there I’m looking for votes on which armor 1-3...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:09:03 -0400

Okay, howdy there I’m looking for votes on which armor 1-3 you like best. Neige is getting a change of armor and I’m asking you! Yes you there, in the chair to vote!

So vote here:
Click here to go to the voting page

If you could share this that’d be great I’m just looking for opinions before I go doing anything final here.

katiewoodger: DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK I don’t know what...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 20:52:33 -0400

katiewoodger:

DISNEY HAVE STOLEN MY ARTWORK

I don’t know what to do. I am so upset. Can anyone help me?

My painting was created back in 2010, (see it HERE) and since then so many people have expressed their love for it, not just on tumblr, but in many places. At least 9 people had it tattooed on their bodies. It’s one of my favourite images I created at University and I was proud of it in many ways.

Disney have used it on a cosmetics bag HERE (look at the back)
and they have produced a Tshirt HERE with a really similar design clearly modeled from my painting

I’m so mad because I have no chance at getting Disney to do anything about it. I had so much respect for the company and now I am just SO upset and disappointed.

Any help, advice or signal boosting would be amazing. And thank you so much to the kind person who messaged me about this.

Antares Complex has been going for 2 whole years! To celebrate...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:15:08 -0400

Antares Complex has been going for 2 whole years! To celebrate I’m going to be coloring a pic when I’m feeling less sick. For now this is something I whipped up quickly for it.

Thanks everyone for reading and your support!

Flash/photoshop

Antares Complex © Gx3R / Mike Girardin

Valentines Day, cheesy jokes, hurt hearts, all go together am I...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:46:00 -0500

Valentines Day, cheesy jokes, hurt hearts, all go together am I right or wot?
But seriously screw Valentines day.

Flash/Photoshop

Player 1 © Gx3R / Mike Girardin

Another of the “colors” thing I started with the...

Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:02:00 -0500

Another of the “colors” thing I started with the series, Neige Flexin’ being red and excited [link] , this one being blue and relaxed.
Had fun making this, more detail showing that Neige isn’t the usual stereotype, she’s got muscle afterall.

After finishing it, sorta looks like Toji walked in on her relaxing after a workout, while she was watching TV, or whatever you call TVs in the future…Future-Vision perhaps.

If you like the pic check out the comic here: http://www.antarescomplex.com

Pencils/Pens/Photoshop/
Antares Complex © Gx3R / Mike Girardin

Ever needed a really clear message to send to someone when they...

Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:07:30 -0500

Ever needed a really clear message to send to someone when they said something silly? Derp fits, how about DERP with a dumb fox spread across the letters?

It’s aDERPable!

Art by: Mike Girardin

loish: the latest in the lois-gets-her-art-stolen chronicles: a...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:51:23 -0500

loish:

the latest in the lois-gets-her-art-stolen chronicles: a chilean publisher has decided to take this artwork, drag it through photoshop hell, and use it as a cover for this book, obviously without permission or compensation of any kind. not only is it copyright infringement but making book covers this ugly should be outlawed too.

anyways, i went through this before when i found my art printed on sweaters in south korea. i talked to a few different lawyers at the time, who told me that i needed a lawyer in the actual country that the theft was taking place. sending threatening letters from the netherlands just wasn’t the way to be taken seriously or get things solved. because i never found out who was making those korean sweaters, i decided to give up fighting after they were removed from the korean web-shops - it just wasn’t worth the money i would have to invest in pursuing it.

however, this time around i actually do know who the thief is (Puerto de Escape in Chile) and i intend to go after them. however, i need someone who is familiar with chilean law and ideally could hook me up with a lawyer in chile to help me out and give advice. i could also use advice from anyone familiar with these situations and how they can be resolved. if you guys could spread the word and e-mail me at loishh@gmail.com with any information, that would help me SO much! thanks a ton for reading!!

Well it’s that time of the year, family, hopefully snow,...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 18:24:42 -0500

Well it’s that time of the year, family, hopefully snow, awful sweaters, irritating music, annoying TV specials, rage inducing music, people being trampled at stores.

…What I meant to say was, family, hopefully snow, good eating and probably presents! And of course that sorta thing would be in the future, though if it was X-mas or not is up for debate. I haven’t truthfully decided if there’s going to be anything like that in the series BUT, till then Merry X-Mas readers!

Just a note; there will not be updates till after December is over as the holidays are busy!

If you want to see what this is based on, check out this link to read Antares Complex the webcomic

Tools: Photoshop, holiday spirit

Antares Complex / Neige & Toji © Gx3R / Mike Girardin.

This was done out of inspiration from a journal post from...

Sat, 10 Nov 2012 21:45:00 -0500

This was done out of inspiration from a journal post from JollyJack on Deviantart, who was apparently inspired by a friend/someone else, so it’s a bit of an epidemic.

So yes Halloween passed and some people got candy, ~~I got a hurricane and lost power so I nearly missed the deadline~~ Neige here got a dose of Lycanthropy and a hankering for kicking ass.

So this is part of the She-Wolves of Deviantart thing I suppose, hope you like it and happy ~~late~~ Halloween!!

If you don’t know who Neige is, she’s an original character starring in the webcomic series: Antares Complex.

If you like the pic check out the comic here: Antares Complex

Pencils/Pens/Photoshop

Antares Complex © Gx3R / Mike Girardin

Hurricane Sandy, snow storm, need a weather break.

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 22:52:00 -0500

Hurricane Sandy: So Hurricane Sandy has passed as well as another storm but we’ll get ot that...

Cartoon self portrait of me, stoopid.Flash/PhotoshopArt © Gx3R /...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 14:58:07 -0400

Cartoon self portrait of me, stoopid.

Flash/Photoshop

Art © Gx3R / Mike Girardin

deidiva: > > > STOP ART-EDITORS WEEK < <...

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:26:05 -0400

deidiva:

> > > STOP ART-EDITORS WEEK < < <

[september 30th - october 6th]

The beginning week of October will be dedicated to raising awareness about art editing and the results it has on artists and the artist community.

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WHY ART EDITING IS BAD:

To give a brief definition, editing art is taking another person’s hard work and tweaking it to please the editor, to make it ‘more interesting’. Artists spend SO much time on their work, making it exactly fit their artistic vision, and when they’re ready to share their work with the world, people think it’s okay to take their hard work, spend two minutes ‘fixing’ it up in photoshop and get credit for it. Because that’s what art editing is— editing another person’s artwork and recieving credit and praise for it. Think about the real artist’s feelings before you even think about editing.

Most editors get their work from pivix, a japanese art website. So with the obvious language difference, editors are unable to ask permission to edit work in the first place. So if you don’t have permission, nor are you able to ask for it, why would you think it’s okay to edit and post another persons art?

Another point is that pixiv artists aren’t dumb. A lot of them know what tumblr is. Hell, even some of them have tumblr blogs. They don’t miss what you’re doing to their work, and that is why a lot of them take down their work and some of them never post their art again, which is a shame to lose great artists over something so stupid.

Think of it like this— say I went downtown to New Orleans, down to the French Quarter where many artists line up on the street to display their art. Now an art editor comes around and takes a painting from one of the vendors and pulls it aside, whipping out their paintbrush and adding their own little details. The vendor watches in horror as the editor places it back, shrugging off the vendor. “It looks better doesn’t it?”

Don’t say it’s not the same thing because it is.

Art you find on the internet does not belong to you. Unless you are the original poster, you have no right to take and edit another person’s work. It does NOT and will NEVER belong to you. Just because it is easier to access on the computer does not mean it is not as valuable as tangible art. What this all boils down to is respect.

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SOME COMMON EXCUSES:

‘I can’t draw, this is my way of expressing myself artistically!’

Learn how to draw! Drawing takes time, hard work and practice. And if you’re still not finding that drawing is your thing, and hey, maybe you enjoy editing images! If you really want to edit, try editing official work. This art is made to be mass produced, and the artists are aware of this. Another alternative is stock photos— deviantART, for example, has plenty of stock photos for you to use! That’s what they’re there for!

‘We’re celebrating the artist by making tributes to their work!’

No. You’re butchering their hard work and effort by cropping, adding saturation and uneccesary textures. Ask permission, and if they say yes ( which is very rare ), then you have the green light to do so! Permission is key here.

’But we provide sources!’

That’s not the point. The point is that editing art without permission is wrong and dumb, and it goes against most artist wishes. Crediting them does not suddenly make it a-ok for you to edit their work.

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SOURCING ART:

ZEROCHAN IS NEVER A SOURCE.

NEITHER IS WEHEARTIT.

NEITHER IS PHOTOBUCKET. Stop linking art there.

The internet is really handy for these kinds of things, and thats what reverse google image search and websites like SAUCENAO are for! When in doubt, keep it out.

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Don’t let editors think that what they are doing is acceptable. Here’s what you can do to help stop this:

1) DON’T REBLOG EDITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LITERALLY CANNOT STRESS THIS ENOUGH. If you like the picture, repost it as original with source to actual ARTIST. We need to stop supporting editors.

2) If you know someone who edits, kindly inform them or link them to this post. Speaking up about this is essential. If you don’t let them know what they are doing is terrible, they will NOT stop.

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THANK YOU FOR READING and reblog to spread the word!

Here’s some Team Fortress 2 fanart that I randomly decided...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:02:59 -0400

Here’s some Team Fortress 2 fanart that I randomly decided to make. Everyone knows not to touch the Heavy Weapons Guy’s Sandvich unless he tosses it out onto the floor for you.

Otherwise he may arm himself with a number of things on his fists to beat your ass with. Or just rev up Sasha and unload $400,000 worth of ammo on you.

Flash, Photoshop

Team Fortress 2 © Valve
Art by Mike Girardin

Just a heads up, if you’re not into this sorta thing, I...

Mon, 06 Aug 2012 13:52:52 -0400

Just a heads up, if you’re not into this sorta thing, I don’t care find something else to view.

Here’s everyone’s favorite protagonist undergone a bit of a change, maybe with with some special morph materia? Who knows it was done randomly for fun.

Segway, if you like my art, have a look at my comic;

[Click here to check out my comic series]

Tools used: Flash

Cloud/Final Fantasy VII © Square-Enix

Commission for a company who needed a cute mascot, after a...

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 18:26:17 -0400

Commission for a company who needed a cute mascot, after a confusing product description here’s Goo! …Goober, Goo-ey whatever you’d like to call it! He’s cute and dumb lookin’. Hope you like it.

Here’s the product page if you’re interested in what its about:
http://www.greengizmo.com/greengizmo_goo.html

FPS of ye olde times.

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:41:01 -0400

I’ve been enjoying some good ol’ games I grabbed off steam and gog, Doom, Duke Nukem 3D,...

discoverynews: Mars Rover Opportunity’s Beautiful Winter...

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 22:58:49 -0400

discoverynews:

Mars Rover Opportunity’s Beautiful Winter Hangout

Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has just celebrated its 3,000th sol* on Mars. This may sound like an important milestone, and it is. This tenacious six-wheeled robot has survived five Martian winters since it landed on the Red Planet in on Jan. 24th, 2004 — considering its warranty was only 90 days, we’re certainly getting our money’s worth!

In this spectacular 360 degree panorama, Opportunity photographed the vista surrounding her most recent winter hangout: “Greeley Haven.”

keep reading

I’ve shown this to some people and they don’t seem to impressed, at least to me. It’s amazing this is another WORLD, somewhere you can’t go to. It’s a view we may never experience with our own eyes in our lifetime. Maybe it’s the science/sci-fi geek in me but this is just beautiful and inspiring.

As webcomic artist I think we should all try and help or show...

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 21:20:13 -0400

As webcomic artist I think we should all try and help or show our appreciation for others hard work when we can. So I figure I’d show a little love for that crazy green and pink haired succubus Amethyst Lashiec of Heart Core sitting with Neige of Antares Complex

I hope she doesn’t mind I didn’t quite make her bust as large as it’s rendered in the comic, but overall the picture came out decently. However I don’t know where you can find a pedistal with a plate on it reading ‘Girls rock’ but who said this cross over had to make sense?

Amethyst has ‘heart cores’ floating over her, basically they are human life force crystalized for demon consumption while Neige has her swords at her ready for …well anyone who’d depute Girls Rocking or anyone who’d challenge them or anyone who said Phantasy Star IV was a lame game.

I hope you like it, you included Tara! To everyone else check out the comics!

You can find out more about her art and such at her Deviant art account or if you’re interested in reading her webcomic here’s a direct link to it here: Heart Core check it out!

If you’d like to check out more of my comic Antares Complex have a gander here: Antares Complex

Pencils/Pens/Photoshop

Antares Complex © Gx3R / Mike Girardin
Heartcore © Tara Welker-Stewart