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Soot The Mechanicby *PaulSizer

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A character drawing for one of the moderators on the "Floating City" online game. The character's name has changed to "The Soot Sparrow" for the game.

Pencils/Inks: MangaStudio EX 3.0
Color: PhotoShop CS2

Soot the Mechanic is ©Paul Sizer/Cafe Digital Studios

~kyrtuck Nov 6, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Haha, the goggles almost looked like cat ears, positioned on like that.

~lilfirebender Feb 12, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Love all the detail on this and great job with a difficult perspective.

*PaulSizer Feb 12, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thanks much!

~rainbowblight Feb 8, 2011

she's a cutie! wish real life clothes looked as cool as comic book clothes!

*PaulSizer Feb 8, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

I know, totally! : )

~hrwilliams Feb 5, 2011

The "ironic" concept of a cute girl mechanic feels a bit stale... but I do love this character design, the color in this piece, and the angle. All the little details are nice, and the border and title are cute.

*PaulSizer Feb 6, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

I would agree: the "spunky girl who gets her hands dirty" trope is well mined; enough so that my first comic series LITTLE WHITE MOUSE's lead character Loo was just that! I still think that the girl mechanic kind of character can still be a good character, but like any trope, if it's over-used, it gets predictable and boring. My pet peeve is when the girl mechanic is used to say "Whoa, what's a GIRL doing working on machines? That's CRAZY?" Who cares, really? Writers who use them in that way are just being lazy and (gasp) a little bit sexist, yeah?

Thanks for the good words and crits. Appreciated.

~hrwilliams Feb 6, 2011

Haha, agreed! And you're welcome.

~Exsanguination8 Feb 3, 2011

I fucking love Steam punk and cyber punk shit. This is awesome. Your work is always amazing.

*PaulSizer Feb 3, 2011 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you kindly!

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