~*~1st Update of the New Year! ~*~ ^___^

[Celtic_Emperor]

First off, this is my first official picture for the new year. Yay for me. ^__^

Second, this is the first picture I've colored with my brand new prismacolor markers which I got for Christmas. They're simply awesome! Yay again. ^__^

Third, this is Haruka Urashima from Love Hina. Yes, I'm drawing her again, I just love this character, and thats enough incentive for me to draw her.

Here we have Haruka taking a moment to go down memory lane. Thinking of her past, and her adventures with Noriyasu Seta (her near boyfriend, though she'll deny it and plays hard to get for most of the series leaving their mysterious relationship ambiguous to us and the rest of the Hinata residents.) And speaking of the Hinata Appartments (aka Hinata Sou), its the background. ^^

I feel the expression on Haruka's face captures the moment quite well, with her raised eyebrows, her cheeks blushing, and her eyes gazing up into the sky.

For my first use of the markers I decided to go with an almost watercolor style, one which I think turned out for the better. I'm pretty proud of the end result.

This one is called "Memories".

Enjoy! o^___^o

Artwork © Damien Jones
Haruka Urashima and Love Hina © Ken Akamatsu

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

This piece the second time I've used my new prismacolor markers, and again I've opted for a watercolor-esque style. I quite like it. I can barely wait to see what it looks like when I use different colors and with different characters as well. ^^

I call this one "For The Sake Of Art".

Here, again, we have Love Hina's Haruka Urashima allowing someone to draw her as she takes a break and lies down from working at her teashop.

I like her relucant expression and embarassement, as she's allowing this truely JUST for the sake of art and nothing more. 😛

The only question is, whose drawing her? We know Keitaro draws well, but we know Shinobu can draw as well. But for all we know it could be Seta, which would make the situation all the more embarassing for Haruka.

Who is it? You may never know. I think its better kept a mystery as it preserves the picture. ^^

Enjoy! o^___^o

Artwork © Damien Jones
Haruka Urashima & Love Hina © Ken Akamatsu

 

[MrMacphisto]

Great character choice and great pictures.... After watching a few episodes of Love Hina, I found myself wondering whether or not Haruka is ticklish. I know it sounds kind of funny to analyze a cartoon character as if they were a real person, but they seem to develop her personality well in the series (despite not giving her much screen time). She has that kind of quiet, laid back personality that reminds me of an ex-gf I once had, who thankfully, turned out to be extremely ticklish (and it was quite amusing to watch her cold composure melt into helpless laughter).

Thanks again for the pics, man, and nice deviantart site... 😀

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

Thank you kindly. ^___^

I don't think its strange to analyze a cartoon character at all. Especially anime characters, since they tend to be more detailed and have depths and layers to their personality and nuances in their appearances that people can identify with. They're made to be that way, even if they aren't technically real in this world, they are believable and would otherwise be real if they were real people since they're so realistic.

The fact you have an ex that reminds you of Haruka is proof of that. ^^

I can barely wait to draw more characters and use all these different colors. 😀

Thank you for your support. 🙂

 

[simplyN]

Just as I said...

DJ's art is something I'm started analyze...
It's always great art, but... underneath the colors and paper...
He draws something with a different meaning, not as in "perversion" as many people told me before...

An "analytic" way of seeing each character he draws, they all
have different reasons to be (maybe a state of DJ's mood for
example or maybe it's curiosity too) to see what others pass by...

Uh... I'm belive I'm not making any sense again...

 

[Celtic_Emperor]

You're making alot more sense than you think you are, my friend. 😀