The SSSS Art Museum

[Piney]

A sweatered Lalli.

[kahli]

A sweatered Lalli.

 SQUEEEEE!!! I love it Piney! He's adorable! 

[Piney]

SQUEEEEE!!! I love it Piney! He's adorable! 

That's exactly what I was aiming for

[Solovei]

A sweatered Lalli.

EEEEeeeeee

It's so cuuuute! His little handsssssss *loses ability to form coherent thoughts*

[starfallz]

EEEEeeeeee

It's so cuuuute! His little handsssssss *loses ability to form coherent thoughts*

Right there with Solo.

[Piney]

EEEEeeeeee

It's so cuuuute! His little handsssssss *loses ability to form coherent thoughts*

Right there with Solo.

Hehe, gladja like it *fans you both down*

[Sunflower]

A sweatered Lalli.

So perfect!  Let's hope Sigrun packed a lot of cozy sweaters for him to snuggle into! 

You have such a wonderfully distinct style.  With the bold outlines and (mostly) flat colors, does it count as "ligne claire"?  I'm already at the point where, when I see people IRL with large round eyes, I think, "Wow, there's a Piney face."  (I'm more a Gary Trudeau/"Doonesbury" face, what with the circles under my eyes.)

EDIT: Terallodactus has a Piney face here.  (I mean that as a compliment.)

[Piney]

So perfect!  Let's hope Sigrun packed a lot of cozy sweaters for him to snuggle into! 

You have such a wonderfully distinct style.  With the bold outlines and (mostly) flat colors, does it count as "ligne claire"?  I'm already at the point where, when I see people IRL with large round eyes, I think, "Wow, there's a Piney face."  (I'm more a Gary Trudeau/"Doonesbury" face, what with the circles under my eyes.)

Funny thing, I never thought the way I drew eyes was anywhere out of the ordinary I've always wanted my style to be recognizable, now I'm happy

[Fimbulvarg]

A sweatered Lalli.

I'm not sure if it's the pose or the lack of other facial features but you really brought the intensity of the stare up to 11 *leans back*.

[Piney]

I'm not sure if it's the pose or the lack of other facial features but you really brought the intensity of the stare up to 11 *leans back*.

Ha, I may have made the eyes slightly larger than normal and the nose slightly smaller

[Fimbulvarg]

Ha, I may have made the eyes slightly larger than normal and the nose slightly smaller

Actually, looking at it from a different "angle so to speak" it looks as if he's putting up his fists for fisticuffs. Like "if you hit me on the shoulder one more time I'll knock your ¤%&?!@ teeth out"!

[FrogEater]

Sunflower, above, wondered whether this is "ligne claire". Not exactly, I think (saying this with all the authority that utter ignorance can yield).
As the name says, "ligne claire" is about lines (Tintin being the archetypal example). The line is "claire" ("clear", yes Sunflower! ) in that it has a uniform thickness (not the case here), and that no 'auxiliary' lines are used (hatchings and the like) to render shadows and/or depth. Details are either completely drawn (with a constant thickness, remember!) or omitted.
Piney's style and "ligne claire" share the flatness impression (no shadows, flat colors) but Piney has a nice distinctive suppleness and suggests details. For instance, looking at Lalli, two very short lines stress the shoulders. I think they suggest seams, am I right? In canonical "ligne claire" we would see a full line of seams - or nothing at all.

Short: this is not "ligne claire", this is Piney - and it's very good!
Please, do not take this rambling as the criticism it is not! *kneels and joins hands* Please, tell me you don't!

[Fimbulvarg]

Sunflower, above, wondered whether this is "ligne claire".
Short: this is not "ligne claire", this is Piney - and it's very good!

But FrogEater, of course it is Ligne Claire*!

*Piney's name is Claire

[Sunflower]

Actually, looking at it from a different "angle so to speak" it looks as if he's putting up his fists for fisticuffs. Like "if you hit me on the shoulder one more time I'll knock your ¤%&?!@ teeth out"!

Yeah, but then he'd have Angry Brows (and we know he can *do* Angry Brows).  These seem to be his usual Bewildered Brows.

[Piney]

Actually, looking at it from a different "angle so to speak" it looks as if he's putting up his fists for fisticuffs. Like "if you hit me on the shoulder one more time I'll knock your ¤%&?!@ teeth out"!

Heh, I see that Maybe not quite mean enough though. And not that he would be able to do that...

For instance, looking at Lalli, two very short lines stress the shoulders. I think they suggest seams, am I right? In canonical "ligne claire" we would see a full line of seams - or nothing at all.

Short: this is not "ligne claire", this is Piney - and it's very good!

Yup, those are supposed to be seams. And thank you!

But FrogEater, of course it is Ligne Claire*!

*Piney's name is Claire

It's not ligne claire, but it is ligne Claire Maybe I could trademark ligne Piney.