Thank you Luna! I love flowing hair too ^-^
I miss that painting already... I sold it this morning

Another one for my growing collection

Aww, I'm sorry that it's taken me so long to comment.

Is this one of the characters for the book series you're working on, JoJia?

Hey sorry for the late comeback about this one also Pluto XD

But no, those paintings are simply a new collection ''Expression... Sensuality... Feminity'' I've been working on lately. More to come...

Expression... Sensuality... Feminity

A woman is powerful, more than you could ever imagine.

She is beautiful and has a very special talent; the one to seduce you by her little manners that makes her unique, her laugh that shows you she is happy to have you around or just the way she will look at you.

A woman will make the difference and remain unforgettable if from that first sight you feel like you've already fallen in love with her.

Every woman can be that special person for someone out there.

Expression... Sensuality... Feminity

Is a collection of paintings representing women in all their splendor.

In the next few months you will be the witness of this growing collection which I'm glad of sharing with you!

For more informations about this collection follow the
http://sun-baby17.wix.com/expression

I don't know how this even got to happen but the more I added details on my drawing the more it reminded me of Galaxia. I must say she always was one of my favorite characters in Sailor Moon so I guess the inspiration was there somehow. I finally decided the drawing would definetely represent her... in my own style

This looks awesome! As I've never gotten far enough in Stars to see Galaxia, at the moment her canon fuku makes me think domatrix, XD, so this softer side is a nice change. ^^

Sailor Pluto wrote:

This looks awesome! As I've never gotten far enough in Stars to see Galaxia, at the moment her canon fuku makes me think domatrix, XD, so this softer side is a nice change. ^^

Domatrix or Dominatrix?
Ha! Ha! Ha!

And thanks I love Galaxia so much in both evil and healed version... I guess this is kind of an in-between

But in-between turned out so well. :3

Aww thank you so much

I am so glad how this turned out... She looks so graceful yet strong, she looks almost vulnerable but there is somethin about her that you know is powerful... I'm glad people like her

Indeed! She has a very human element to her eyes now - they're not glassy anymore. Also, what inspired all the delicate beading in this one?

I don't really know actually but since I was a kid I always pictures myself Princesses and Queens with a lot of gems here and there. I thought that'd make them look more like they were from the Royal blood line.. LOL Yeah I know this is crazy...

I also love jewels so much. I personally think jewels can be worn almost as clothes and they look gracious on every woman. Let's just take a naked picture, if you put a lot of jewels, it will attrack your eyes elsewhere than just on her body in general... Actually, almost like clothes would.

Plus, I think the more importance you give to a character ''sama'', the more details you wanna add.

What do you think?

You're drawings are simply stunning. I look at each one in awe. *)*
The Galaxia inspired one looks so beautiful and regal..

Infel wrote:

You're drawings are simply stunning. I look at each one in awe. *)*
The Galaxia inspired one looks so beautiful and regal..

Thank you so much! It's so nice of you to say

So the ones on the front page I am guessing are your OC?

Yup they are

Are the couple pictures based off of you and your boyfriend? Or is it just a made up character? Cause I know people tend to base their OC's off themselves, so I'm just curious. XD

The couple pictures are based off of a series of four novels I am almost finished writing and they cover a few years in the main character's life. So more than one couple basically.

The main character is mostly based on me if I had that ''extraordinary'' life. But writing is like that, you live through writing what you couldn't live in real life right?

Course! I totally agree. That's very cool though! I love stories that evolve over an artists life time. ^^

A new drawing I am quite proud of Hoping you guys like it too

All so beautiful! I totally stalked you on DA btw.

I really love your style Jo!
You're art is amazing!
:3

Thank you guys! I'm gad you like what I do

In the last year a lot has been going on for me; art, writing, job, family. Everything kept me quite busy and I was really surprised to see how many artworks and projects I’ve been working on during the year. It sometimes makes me believe I must be completely insane XD

2012 was also a year where I started using the digital media a little bit more. I just started coloring stuff in October or November 2011 so… The beginning of the year I have been working with Sumopaint online to color my linearts and in September I started using GIMP which I instantly adopted; much more precise and very interesting tools I have learned to use. (Still got a lot to learn XD) I still work on one simple layer; I should learn how to use multilayers… Would probably help me a little bit!

I’ve also been working with a simple mouse all year long and I would like to believe I maybe will get a tablet soon since I enjoy the digital coloring a lot. It was never my priority investing into one, you know, the family, the house, the car… But, I’d really love to own one and learn to use it.

Even though I started coloring digitally, I still kept doing some traditional stuff too! Paintings, traditional pencil coloring and all my linearts are done manually with a V7 pen. I love to do this part of an artwork traditionally. I actually keep all my linearts in a binder (I filled more than one in a year XD)

So basically, this is a good summary of what my artistic path have been looking like since the beginning of 2012. I hope you enjoy this

Now let’s follow with the summary of the artworks I have chosen to feature for months from January to December 2012!

To see each of these pictures in their original size, I've added a link for each that leads on my deviantart page. Enjoy!





January
Mysterious Senshi 9 Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/Mysterious-Senshi-9-Colored-Version-278452059
Okay, so this is one of the first drawings I colored digitally. You can see I’ve been struggling a bit to make the lines between two colors straight… Yup, the mouse… With the right hand… I usually draw with my left hand but I am not able of using a mouse with my left hand. Can you understand something to this? XD However, I still like this one, for the pose, the combination of the colors, the expression. Not my best work but I can live with it



February
Phoenix Maiden’s OC Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/Phoenix-Maiden-s-OC-Colored-Version-287954892
This girl‘s OC’s name is Sailor Sol and I got to say I absolutely love her design and I love her colors as well! We did an art trade back in February and this was my part of the trade. I was quite happy with the result as the colors turned out way better than what I had done before. You could see I was getting a little more comfortable with the digital media. Other than that, the pose is pretty epic and her hair turned out very beautiful.



March
Sailor Moon Forever Cover
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/Sailor-Moon-Forever-Cover-288158772
This month has been a very productive one for me and it has made it really hard for me to choose only one artwork to feature in there but I stopped my choice on this one for many reasons. When I did this, I was in a very good mood and in a very good shape and even though I try to make my works better every day, it doesn’t always work but for this drawing, everything went well. Love the poses, love Sailor Moon’s design, and love both expressions showing Sailor Moon being protected by Sailor Solarion. Months after I did this artwork, it always remained as one of my favorite pieces.



April
The Rubber Racer Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/The-Rubber-Racer-Colored-Version-293633773
Speaking of art, April has also been a very busy month for me. The artwork I chose wasn’t all that popular, probably because it has nothing to do with Sailor Moon and I’m kind of renowned for that. I like this artwork because
1- Different subject
2- The colors
3- The car behind and the wheel on which the character has her foot on
4- Her outfit
5- It is quite representative of who I am



May
StefBani’s Shine and Noctiluca Senshis Color
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/StefBani-s-Shine-and-Noctiluca-Senshis-Color-304023660
In 2012 I’ve been drawing a lot of drawings for other great deviants and this actually happened even more in May. I drew a few of my personal stuff too but the artwork I chose is one I did for an incredible and very sweet girl ''StefBani'', it remains my favorite for this month. The poses I chose for both characters and the color combination makes this an awesome work



June
The Man Behind the Mask Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/The-Man-Behind-The-Mask-Colored-Version-309452818
Again, I had a lot of works to choose from for June but I decided I would opt for this one because of how intense, mysterious yet romantic this looks. I also like how the red rose stands out in this and what to say about the way Tuxedo Kamen is looking right at us in this!



July
The Rise of Solarion Cover V1 Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d57qvpt
This has to be one of my favorites among all. I think it’s actually the only artwork in my whole gallery where we can see Sailor Solarion entirely and this with her staff and board. The pose is quite epic and makes a perfect cover page for my fanfiction.



August
Solarion and Sun Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d5d0stg
August was a month where I felt I had no inspiration to draw. I was mainly focused on my writings at that time so I didn’t submit a lot of artworks on that month but I did post a few and this was the one I preferred from all. You still can tell my head wasn’t all in my art and that mood wasn’t all there. I would love to add Sailor Sun is another deviant’s OC. She is a very nice girl who wishes to improve her art every day and I must say she is getting better every day as well. Keep up the good work!



September
The Red Satin Babe Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d5g4bsf
Okay, this was one of the first drawing I colored using GIMP. There are a lot of my coloring experiments in there but I think it turned out quite good after all and I really love that outstanding red! Got to love GIMP!



October
Touching your Soul painting
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d5irlha
Part of the special traditional painting collection ‘‘Expression… Sensuality… Feminity…’’, the pieces created in this project represent women in their entire splendor. For more information about this project follow the http:// http://sun-baby17.wix.com/expression I specially chose this painting because of her eyes, the expression on her face, and the movement of her hair. The artwork was painted using Acrylics and other mixed mediums.



November
Something Different Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d5kc2en
I wasn’t all that happy with the result because the coloring is quite different from how I usually do it and is not really a reflection of who I am. However, this artwork inspired something different yet interesting and I got to admit the coloring is still well done. I do love the bright colors in this also. At first it made me think of an esoteric illustration, I really don’t know why but I then decided I would actually turn this into a tarot card in another version of this artwork.



December
Sailor Moon Redesigned Colored Version
http://jojiamystie.deviantart.com/art/JoJiaMystie-s-2012-Summary-of-Art-341438894?ga_submit=10%3A1354772398&ga_type=edit&ga_recent=1#/d5na7jm
I’m going to confess something to you guys, I have been a fan of Sailor since the 1990s and I drew tons and tons of drawing of her never seeming to like the result. It was not much about the hair or the design but mostly about how severe and warrior she would look like in my style. I never got satisfied with my Sailor Moon drawing except for this one! Finally, I was able to represent her the way I see her… In my heart she is a symbol of purity, beauty, unconditional love and unsuspected strength. Now this piece representing her is the one I am the most proud of!



I would like to add I was inspired into doing this summary by a friend of mine here on the Galaxy Cauldron and on DeviantART

mishi_hime
http://www.thegalaxycauldronforums.com/u289

I first met her here, then on DA. She also has a magnificent gallery you should check out.
Here is her own 2012 Art summary for you to check out!
http://mishihime.deviantart.com/art/2012-Mishi-s-Summary-of-Art-339986938

This is a fantastic summary of the year, and I love that you included your November Solarion drawing for the feature of that month. It's probably one of my favorites in your entire gallery now. <3

Aww thanks Pluto I'm glad people like this picture

How could we not?

I like the shading, the colors but what reflects me the most are those black bold lines and they are missing in this drawing But it still looks good

While that is true, the effect that simply missing lines has on the flames is frankly amazing. They almost look transmutable.

Oh I love seeing your progression! Its so awesome to see how much you've improved. Also, if you want to invest in a tablet, my tablet (the Wacom Bamboo Fun) was around $80. it is a few years old now and works like a charm. It's not very big and that makes it nice and portable. I'm sure you could find one similar for even cheaper now (especially if you went with an older model or something). I hope you do invest in a tablet, I love being able to draw and color in the computer.