...instead of GraysonArt, this time. 

Wanted to share a piece I just finished. The assignment was to do a very stylized portrait in Adobe Illustrator (vector art)....I've done Grayson in various incarnations and mediums for a few classes, so I thought, time to try to do Barnabas...



Just for compare/contrasting's sake, here's an example of something I did in the same program that was supposed to look more realistic, not so stylized...


I suppose I'm more of a traditional artist, but the day I finally learned how to use the pen tool (sorry, more geeky Illustrator tech talk) opened up a different world for this nut.
I've got a bunch more stuff I want to share, but it's not DS-related, so I gotta get busy one day with updating/tweaking my website...

hugs,
Heather H.

Belated Happy Birthday Sandor dahling...





Hope you had a good one...

Many thanks...

being the stubborn/busy art major that i am, I spent the entire day/week working on final projects, believe it or not. No time for a celebration unfortunately (unless you count the moment when I watched a few DS episodes and my Pepe doll offered to make chocolate martinis......j/k), but I really appreciate the birthday wishes...

::hugs::

She did know how to flirt, she did so mercilessly with Barn and a bit with Dave--but that was to keep or get control of the situation.

Absolutely....
Julia does have her witty, smart and somewhat evil side. Which is why I luv her. 
I'll always remember the scene where Julia flashes dave some leg as she attempts to get him off her trail so to speak, and he looks at her and says: "....are you sure this isn't another tactic to keep me quiet?" 
Okay, I took that partly out of context, but still...

But then again I argued controversially on the JuliaList that Julia was NOT a virgin. . . Why did I or do I believe that?  People cited as proof positive of virginity that she had some quite awkward moments with Barn. . I say "hey I didn't say she had a good lover. . just that Dr Julia Hoffman was too curious about stuff to not try it once

I have to agree. I just don't see Julia as a virgin. No freakin' way....
But as you might guess, I've read the arguments for both sides of that hot topic [cough]. I think its an interesting fodder for fanfic either way though. Hey, I'm a gemini...I have two minds about a lot of things...

I've read fanfic that cast medical-school Julia and Dave as lovers, but re-watching quite a bit of their storyline last year, I don't feel that it really adds up in how their story was played in Canon.  I think Julia may have intimidated Dave a bit just because she was so brilliant.

Omg - yes!

She was also extremely caustic and short-tempered (except for when she put on the Niceness Wig when she was trying to get something out of somebody, such as Liz).

So was this the real ticket to her staying at Collinwood? Did Liz and Julia play 'catch the wig' after hours at the big house?
[j/k....cough]

I do think that Dave's death was a horrible turning-point for Julia... in the ORIGINAL '67 storyline.  "You no longer have any friends, Julia," rang hideously true for her.  I don't think we need to presume a former romantic attachment between them to explicate the horror she feels at her implication in Dave's death.

Yup....
I can see how some might think that romantic sparks may have occurred between Dave W. And Jules way back, and everyone is entitled to their own opinion and whatnot, but after some deep soul searching [cough] I personally don't see it either. In fact, I wrote a story a couple years ago touching on this subject in a sense...basically I had this wild idea that Julia had a discrete and brief affair with an older doctor/mentor when she was a resident; and a controversial incident surrounding that cemented Dave and Julia's friendship...
The rest is on the JuliaList. 

But then, as some wag of the 18th century once wrote, "la donna e mobile" (really explains nothing but is a very pretty conceit).

I learn something new every time i read the posts over here...rock on G, and all.
Okay, back to work... xo

J-C, John, darling...we missed ya, lots. xo

Many thanks to everyone else who post captions too...twisted laughs are much appreciated

Julia and the contents of her little black medical bag...nuff said. 

Wow - Thanks MB [blushing]

If you're not getting enough feedback, it may be because if someone sees work that looks professional, he/she may categorize the artist as someone who's been a professional for years, in other words, someone who doesn't really necessarily need support or encouragement.    That's the impression I formed.

um...I was just passing along some news. 
I wasn't intending to sound desperate for feedback. If I came across that way, I am sorry...