Helens' Doodles

Helens

Hello! I've been lurking for a bit now, but just got around to registering… At any rate, I've been doing an absolutely embarassing amount of OP fanart/doodles over the past few days, and I am really starting to feel sorry for the people who watch my scraps on DA, because… well... There's just too much of this stuff. :P
But hopefully some people here will enjoy it, and it justifies all the time I spend on this crap. :P

Sorry, most is in grayscale, as I've been on an OpenCanvas binge lately, and I just can't color in that program. :C Sorted more in order of subject than anything.

Tons and tons of Lucci:

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Har har I tried to draw his half-way form. :') NEVER trying that again okay.

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Also, while I'm very unlikely to change any of these since they're mostly just quick doodles (or in the case of some, quick doodles that just took way too long), more general critique and suggestions for future reference are more than welcome. :3

Helens

A bunch more since I'm limited to 10 pics per post… :P I think I need a hobby.

Kaku:

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Pauli:

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Kalifa (second one actually done in Photoshop THE DRAMA):

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Kaku x Kalifa because I think that, deep inside, I'm just a sucker for cute pairings. :C

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/\ Ew, the coloring on that one is SO GROSS. :D

Harukuro

Your doodles are awsome! They all look so realistic. I hope you do more!

I really liked your drawings especially the half-form one i don't see anything wrong with it. ^ ^

Helens

Aww, thanks guys. :) Glad I'm not the only one getting a kick out of these. :3

One more Paulie:

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He's not exactly my favorite character, but MAN is he fun to draw. :D

Conekiller

Really neat stuff there! Lucci looks downright scary in some of those pics.

His halfway form looks cool too, I think yours is a little more convincing, design-wise, than Oda's.

LOL at Kaku and Calipha.

nguyen

XD I loved the Kaku X Kalipha ones. You should do more of those.

Helens

Conekiller: thanks, but I still think he looks far more like a bish bish kawaii neko catboy~~~wai~~~~ in my version than in Oda's. D: Which is one of the things I really like about his. But still, thank you. :3 Glad you like 'em.

nguyen: XD Thank you, they were fun to do at ungodly hours of the morning. I'll certainly try; I have a more complicated piece that I want to do with them, but it's probably going to take me a while to get off my arse and color it.

In other news, Corel Painter and I have made up, kissed, and become a happy couple once again. :')

Muura pointed out that Kaku's eyelashes were cute, and being the hopeless lovesick schoolboy that I am for Muura (despite being a straight female), I… had to. Too bad you can barely see them at this resolution. :C

Helens

Paulie came out gross, so don't look at him. :P I want to knooooow.

ameru

WTH THAT"S SEXUAL HARRASMENT WITH ALL THAt AWESOME ART!!!!
are these just doodles ;_; ? they're so awesome, they can't poosibly be >O<
i loooooove all the Lucci, it's very classyyy~ x3 hope to see A LOT more!

Devilfruitgrower

Very very very nice. I like it very much. KakuXKalifa made me laugh.

Helens

Aww, you guys are far too nice. :') Thank yooou.

Ameru: Uhh… Well, most of the black and white ones are just there to, y'know, kill time, give me more Lucci to look at, so I wouldn't call them serious paintings (pen-tings? haha. no.) or anything... Though the stuff in Painter usually takes longer and is generally more polished, so I guess that stuff is more painting than doodle. :/ But these take completely RANDOM amounts of time, and it's kind of hard to make the distinction.
That wasn't coherent. At all. I'll get back to you if I start making sense, okay?

Some stuff since last post (tell me if you want more of these spoiler'd)

Mr. Pibb advertisement. OpenCanvas 1.1, just pen tool.

"Y HALO THAR, and incidentally, have you seen my cigar anywhere?" Painter IX.

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"Damn it, 'absolute justice…'" or something like that. :/ I just love Kuzaaaan. OpenCanvas 1.1, just pen tool.

Casusby

Oh wow, that Franky is awesome. But pales in the more awesomeness of that Crocodile. It looks like a portrait for some sort of live-action One Piece adaptation. Very well done.

AWB

You make Lucchi look like a vampire.

Your art is great. Never seen Kaku X Califa before.

Helens

Casusby: Awww, thank you. :) You have inspired me to go to greater lengths, reach for higher reaches, and generally, uh, inspired me.
So much, in fact, that I did an even more realistic portrait of Croc.

JUST FOR YOU.

Rootbeer: There was always this, which still makes me go "AWWWW" every freakin' time I see it. D: EVERY. FREAKIN'. TIME. And a few other pieces on DA, but eh, this one takes the gold.

As for the vampire thing…

…You know, one day, I think I'm actually going to get off my ass and like, start summer homework or something and stop drawing weird fanart and reading AP Forums. ONE DAY.

Oh and of course, since the last post actually had some things I spent time on, MS Paint dump! :D Most of these were done without zooming in for... practice. Yes. Not masochism.

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Look! A main character (not that you can tell, anyway. It's ZOWLOW)! Has hell frozen over?

She sure does like Lucci's neck! :D

Helens

Wheeeee more crap.

Trying to learn how to ink. And I bought one (1) prismacolor marker because I figured there's no way I'll learn to do shading in ink properly. EVER. And midtones are always good. All of these are on little 3"x5" notecards. :3

HALLO 200 KB

The second one should have probably just been left in ink uuggh.
So much wrong with Kalifa and Iceburg, and Iceburg started bleeding all over the place, and… I know.

Helens

You know you missed it: OpenCanvas Lucci. This one kind of creeps me out, now that I look at it again… o___O

…Late night doodling session in MS Paint.

Helens

Hey more Lucci. I think this is the first full color one, though… Painter IX.

Usopp with a Pushpop

Can I trade you my soul for possession of your drawing skills?

jadiesama

that is one DAMN sexy Lucci. jealousjealousjealous

Helens

Usopp: Hmm… How much would your soul fetch on Ebay? :3
Jadie: Thank you! :) I'd blame Oda, though. XD

Thanks a ton, guys. :) Glad you like it.

And a piece I would like to call "You bought me LEGOs?!".

I wish someone would buy ME LEGOs. D:

Dread Pirate Bananna

You've got mad skills. I'm in awe, here. And Kaku looks so sweet I need to check for cavities.

captain sogeking

Your art is great I love how you make the characters look more human except for kaku nothing could make it look like he could be real with that nose of his

Mr. All Sunday

KalifaxKaku? Odd pairing, and your drawings are great. Your coloring is absolutely phenomenal.

LobStar

All of your art is absolutely AMAZING! Looking forward to more! ;D

Helens

Wow, I should draw ridiculously cute stuff more often, it seems. :P
Really, thanks a ton guys. :) There'll be tons more art once I get more used to the whole concept of going to school every day… :P

Dread Pirate Bananna: I'd offer to pay your dentist bill, but, uh, I'm dead broke. :C
Mr. All Sunday: Heeey, there's 3 of us now! I thought there were only two. XD Man. It's such an awesome pairing, too... Shame. :C

This took about 10-15 minutes, TOPS… But I still have to admit that I love it, in a weird way. o_O

From a few weeks back, on ONE PIECE OEKAKI GO SIGN UP, Shi Painter Pro.

There's some watercolor crap (and I do mean crap) that I'm too lazy to scan at the moment. :P

Yoska

Those are awesome. Like awesome awesome. I so need to try out openCanvas too, it seems like a great platform. Actually I haven't ever drawn a real fanart… I think I will try out now, thanks to your's awesomeness.

Aldrich

That's fucking amazing. It looks like Oda's characters existed in real life and someone made a portrait of them, especially the first Lucci pic and Kuzan. Brilliant.

You wouldn't want to draw the Buster Call Vice Admirals by any chance?

Helens

Aldrich: Leaving for the weekend right now and probably going to be kinda busy when I get back, but as soon as I get the chance (Wednesday-ish?), I'll certainly try. :)

Aldrich

Cool. Looking forward to it.

Helens

Pretty quick, just to see how the character would look with less Oda, more Helens. Good practice, I think (though most of it is rushed and the skintones are godawful); I rarely use less idealized facial structures, etc. :3

I think it'd be kind of hard to do the other ones, though, until they get more coverage in the manga (or if they already did, if someone points me to a chapter…); the one face-shot isn't too revealing. :/

Yoska: Thank you so much. :) I can't believe I was able to inspire you; especially not to OpenCanvas. XD Definitely looking forward to seeing your arts. :)
(Though, frankly, I've come to seeing fanart as more of a disease, for me; I've effectively stopped drawing original things in lieu of... the CP9.)

Edit: Goddamn it, Kaku.

Helens

Someone shoot me now. :C

Aldrich

@Helens:

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Pretty quick, just to see how the character would look with less Oda, more Helens. Good practice, I think (though most of it is rushed and the skintones are godawful); I rarely use less idealized facial structures, etc. :3

I think it'd be kind of hard to do the other ones, though, until they get more coverage in the manga (or if they already did, if someone points me to a chapter…); the one face-shot isn't too revealing. :/

That's awesome, saved. Thanks for the effort.

Wow all your artwork is great i can't see anything wrong with it. speechless

Helens

Thank you!

Wow, first time I've picked up a pencil to do something except scrawl equations since… the last time I posted. :C

The usual suspect. :P

Helens

Contrary to popular opinion, not, in fact, dead!

Thrior

WHEEE! A lot of CP9 art! I just got my first Lucci fanart done… have a look if your interested.
Anyways... Your style is interesting. I mean... You draw the characters in realistic style but it actually works. I have seen a lot of realistic portraits of One Piece characters before and they have almost always looked strange to me because characters kind of lost something which was an essential part of their character. You actually managed to keep those parts pretty well.
Good job.

Mr. All Sunday

@Helens:

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I love this piece, the use of sepia and your blending are excellent, and it seems very mysterious, almost hauntingish.

I love your arts Helens, keep up with the great work.

KamenRiderNeko

@Helens:

Conekiller: thanks, but I still think he looks far more like a bish bish kawaii neko catboy~~~wai~~~~ in my version than in Oda's. D: Which is one of the things I really like about his. But still, thank you. :3 Glad you like 'em.

nguyen: XD Thank you, they were fun to do at ungodly hours of the morning. I'll certainly try; I have a more complicated piece that I want to do with them, but it's probably going to take me a while to get off my arse and color it.

In other news, Corel Painter and I have made up, kissed, and become a happy couple once again. :')

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Muura pointed out that Kaku's eyelashes were cute, and being the hopeless lovesick schoolboy that I am for Muura (despite being a straight female), I… had to. Too bad you can barely see them at this resolution. :C

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OMG…omg...! Your work is freaking amazing!!! But this has to be my favorite... along with all the Lucci love in your first posts... but damn you have some mad skills! And all the Kaku love is making me sooo happy!!! He looks so adorable without the hat (I'm so unoriginal giving him 'marimo' hair XD) And yes, he does have cute eyelashes, and I've often wondered how he'd look in real life...
Now after looking at your real life Kakus.... I think I've fallen in love~<3

Brilliant work! Please, keep em coming!

Pesola

Ummmm… I've seen some wierd bummed photoshop stuff............. I envy you. -.-;

EDIT: But really, awsome poopy!

AWB

I completely forgot about this.

You seem to have developed quite a few fans, Helens. A lot of people have nominated you for the AP Award's best artist, and I can see why.

e1n

@Pass:

You seem to have developed quite a few fans, Helens. A lot of people have nominated you for the AP Award's best artist, and I can see why.

deservedly so. i voted for helen too last year, but people don't listen to me =(

changsho

<3 thread and art

@e1n:

deservedly so. i voted for helen too last year, but people don't listen to me =(

O_o I thought you voted for Rhandi? You even spelled her name right out of respect..

e1n

did i? i thought i voted for helen last year? >_>;

i voted for helen for something…... i knew i did.

dazze01

love your Kaku works! btw, can u draw Robin by any chance?

Kaya-chan

All of this is beautiful, and I, too, am a fan of Kaku/Kalifa love. :3 Awesome art!

CosmicDebris

Wow…amazingly, I have never visited this thread until today. Awesome work here!

AWB

@ e1n. Last year? Was she even a member last year?

Helens, draw something with Usopp and I'll buy it from you. No, really.

Helens

Oh snap you guys, I thought this thread was pretty much forgotten by all. And then I log on today and see that I've been nominated (SEVERAL TIMES) for an award I didn't, uh, actually know existed! I swear, I spent 15 minutes staring at my monitor and wondering what happened. Still haven't figured that one out.
To put it in brief, wow, guys, I'm extremely flattered and glad someone enjoys my work. :') Thank you so much.

dazze01: I'll try to get a drawing of her finished; she's one of my favorite characters, just a bit hard to draw. :/

Pass the Rootbeer: Sure thing, I'll try to get it done soon. :D Although my stuff is mostly digital and I'm too lazy to figure out how to make prints, so the buying bit is probably not very likely to happen. In the meantime, I have an older (and crappy!) picture of Usopp on DA. :)

e1n: You have no idea how shocked I was when I saw that YOU, of all people, voted for me. @_@ Seriously, I adore your work and you've been one of my favorite artists and art idols for quite some time now. You have no idea how much that means to me.
But, um, in all truth, as Rootbeer pointed out, I only joined in August of this year, so voting for me would have been pretty unlikely. Might have been something else?

Oh.
And. Drawn in lieu of writing scholarship essays. :D

dazze01

@Helens:

dazze01: I'll try to get a drawing of her finished; she's one of my favorite characters, just a bit hard to draw. :/

gets excited wohoo! thank you! she's my fav too! cant wait to see ur work!