MOVED

Such a pity really, considering that my stay here barely lasted 3 months. But I find that it's very difficult to get my stuff organised here on lj. Do visit my dA!

Title: "She really should sell her sole"
Artist: applesnpies aka anappletree
Ratings/Warnings: G
Disclaimers: Shikamaru and Ino are copyright of Kishimoto Masashi.

Comments: Omg I'm frigging tired I spent the entire night colouring this (it's 8am now; I'm so glad I don't have school/work). I drew it a while back, but kept procrastinating.

I must say, this is possibly one of my best ever ShikaIno fanarts, and my current favourite too. I got tired of drawing the shoes very quickly cuz I'm not a shoe kind of girl haha. I still need to work on doing backgrounds properly, hence the lack of one here XD Uhh my brain's really fried I can't think of what else I'd like to say. Uh, yeah, I nearly went mad working with so many colours (and Ino's hair! It looked great as a lineart but trying to put some extra contour lines killed me); it's the first time I'm working with so many anyway. Btw I uploaded two versions, one shaded and the other unshaded. I thought it would be a waste of the unshaded one cuz it looked so pretty anyway.

Actually in the end I got lazy and neglected to shade certain things cuz I'm going to London tomorrow and I'd like to spend today sleeping. Ahh.

So, I hope you enjoy ^^;; I really love the end result!

[edit] I've finally discovered the little something I felt I'd forgotten! :p This fanart is dedicated to Kou Haruko :) Hope you like, and don't stress too much! [/edit]

( Shaded version )

( Unshaded version )

Done for The One I Love: 2006 Shikamaru Ino Contest,
Prompt: He's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky - Sheryl Crow – Sweet Child of Mine (Credit to Guns 'N' Roses)

Wow, this really took me a very long time to do. I did it in bits and pieces so I can't say for sure how long I took exactly, but shading and colouring etc, which I did at one sitting, took me more than 3 hours :p

Oh and this is my first time colouring something in Photoshop (this was done with the help of this tutorial, many thanks to spiritto for the link :D) so I guess that's also why I took so long ._. And uh, I have no experience with backgrounds whatsoever so please feel free to comment on how I may improve.

Okay, here goes. *deep breath*

( Carefree days )

Yay first time I'm uploading a ShikIno fanart anywhere online ^^;; At first I thought it'd fit one of the themes for The One I Love: 2006 Shikamaru Ino Contest but I realised it didn't after I finished it (kind of :p) Yeah but anyway, I enjoyed drawing this, and I hope you guys will like it too (:

( Really, I'm fine. Please don't look so sad, Ino. )

Actually I think it ought to be coloured, but I'm a Photoshop n00b (been pretty much a pencil-and-paper person, til I got my Graphire4 tablet last Sunday :p) so uh could I also ask if anyone knows any comprehensive Photoshop tutorials out there? ^^;; I'd really appreciate your help :D Thanks!

Art by anappletree

Christmas is coming, and here's my first art post in a very very long time :D

Drawn for practice: 5 minutes, Graphire4, Photoshop 7.0

Enjoy! :)

( L loves cookies :D )

Title: In his shoes
Author: anappletree
Ratings/Warnings: T for a kinda lewd joke :p
Series: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Pairing/Character(s): Dearka Elthman x Miriallia Haww
Disclaimer: I don't own Gundam SEED/Destiny or any of its characters.
Summary: Milly does some wandering around the Archangel and has an unexpected exchange with Dearka. Takes place towards the end of Gundam Seed.

( In his shoes )