Home of the Pear

Update!

Courtney — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:43:29 +0000

So if you prance around on the forums at deviantART, you’ve probably seen an ad for a new community called MangaElevator. Or maybe you haven’t, only 5 to date have been posted, but mine go as follows:

Are you looking for a cool place to promote your manga or comics to, or just view some super awesome works other artists have sent in?
Then MangaElevator is for you!

A new club/community made especially where artists can promote their works and get advice from other artists.

Join today and get free cookies.

That’s right! Free cookies. Just like the ad says. MangaElevator.

As for comic wise: I’ve got a whole list of comics to draw. I haven’t started on but one of them and one is sketched out. Wonderful. In the mean time, I’m working on a Nightmare Before Christmas collab with Rooster (AKA pinkandcavalier), and working my buns off. Ok, so not working my buns off, but you get the picture.

I also need to wash my car.

Tea and Cake or Death

Courtney — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:07:27 +0000

As requested by my good friend Ray, here is his comic.

http://phantompenguins.deviantart.com/art/Pear-A-Palooza-91586500

I don’t understand how this came up, all I can figure is that someone at his work started saying it (or… it was him, I think?) and… it reminded me of… well I don’t know what, but I had to draw it. I just imagine little blob bunny Courtney dancing around and singing it all the time now. Morbid. Woo.

I enjoyed drawing Death. But then again, I hate drawing Death for… *shifty eyes* certain reasons.

Also, I finally came up with a name: Pear-A-Palooza. Ta da! *sparkly eyes of wonderment* OoOoOoOoOo.

Can’t Touch This

Courtney — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:57:14 +0000

So after weeks of listening to my good friend whine about “Draw me a Halo comic! ;_;” I finally finished it.

http://phantompenguins.deviantart.com/art/Can-t-Touch-This-90170907

On a lighter note, I finally have a job and I draw when I can… which resulted in a hurried drawing of Harley Quinn on my dA (http://phantompenguins.deviantart.com/gallery). Eh, needless to say, I’ve gotten used to drawing blobs and had to crop it down alot. I need to practice at hands and FACES. >_< I do, however, seem to have gotten her body down. Or, I dunno? To me it looks a tad bit too long, but everything looks off when I stare at it too much. I’ve got another picture in mind next to draw, but as I said, I need to work on hands.
I found Two-Face, Joker and Riddler Pez dispensers to match my Batman one and on July 17th at 12:01am, me and a good friend of mine are going to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight. *fangirl squeal* The fair is in town today and I want to go, also on July 15th, I Want to Believe (X-phile, ftw) comes to theatres. OH, YEAH!

So that’s my life boiled down into two little paragraphs. Exciting, right?

Experiments

Courtney — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 02:41:19 +0000

So which one do you think is cuter? :3

Sorry for no advice comic this week, going from no job to full time job like THAT is tiring. But I get paid for it. :P Can’t complain.
Anywho, I have one comic (not an advice one though) planned. Only Halo people will get it. (Yanno, even though I don’t play Halo, the boyfriend does, and I just nod and smile as he’s yammering away with his ideas.)

Happy Trails

Courtney — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:44:56 +0000

Originally seen here: http://phantompenguins.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Trails-87323452
Will also be seen here: artgrind LJ community (randomnesstotal)

    There was no one source of inspiration for this one. I really didn’t know where it came from, but I can assure you, it wasn’t one of those lightbulb thoughts.
    Anyways, don’t worry, I am allowed to cross the street IRL.
    I also love the way they look better in person, ALWAYS. I had to piece this one together because I used 9×12 manga paper instead of my normal sketchbook paper that would actually FIT on the scanner, so needless to say, some bits got cut off. Like the bottom of the shoes on the 5th panel. *shrug* At least I got around to drawing it.

Expect a new one next week, and as always, suggestions are welcome!

-Courtney
(Oh yeah, and sorry for the lack of proper font…)

Intro of Doom

Courtney — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:07:49 +0000

    And 11:53pm on this glorious day of May 22nd 2008… marks the first post into Home of the Pear beginning with the one of three words you’re not supposed to start sentences with.
    But, I did anyway.
    Because I’m. . . so confused right now.

    Oh, yeah. I was going to tell you about the new comic.
    THE IDEA: (wow, I just inwardly hiccupped.) It hit me like a frying pan yesterday. “Hey… I should draw wittle blob Courtney for an advice column…” :D This thought made me happy, so I got up and got myself a glass of Pepsi. Or, I would have… if I hadn’t have run out of Pepsi’s the day before.
    THE BUNNY BLOB: Now some of you may ask, as one already has, “Why are you in a bunny costume?” I replied thusly: “Because I look cute in a bunny costume… but not in real life.” But no, srsly… I had first drawn myself in a bunny costume for the Easter Adventures comic and I thought “Awwww,” and then I squealed a little, so I decided to keep drawing myself in a bunny costume. Maybe I’ll change different animals… but who knows.

So now I bring you, the very first Dear Courtney advice column comic. *confetti*

(Originally found here: http://phantompenguins.deviantart.com/art/Dear-Courtney-86419738.)

Any fake (or real, who knows) advice-seeking letters are greatly appreciated. You can either e-mail them to me (found on Drawer of Blobs page), send them to me in a note (phantompenguins on deviantART) or comment here (does this have a comment function? If it does, disregard. If it doesn’t. . . please choose the pebbles to stone me with.).