Remember that time I told you
Qalamari was the greatest person ever? Don't worry, he still is (<3ulongtime Qala :3) but now Ashley Davis is as well.
As if she wasn't amazing already, Ashley took the time out of her busy schedule as an editor, to not only fulfill a trite request of mine, to draw a certain phallicly haired guitarist who once served as my very face on Destructoid
in the form of my old animated avatar. Knowing Ms. Davis' past work, I was sure it would be amazing, but nothing could prepare me for the fabulous adorableality of Daryan's portrait:
Seeing Mr. Crescend rendered in such an unbearably cute manner is really rather hilarious (as well as incredibly awesome,) since in game, he's almost as big a dick as his hair is. I've long been a fan of the sharky frontman of the Gavinners so receiving this frankly magnificent drawing was already a huge honor, and enough to keep me happy for a long, long while, but Ms. Davis didn't just stop there; she tossed in a picture of another of favorite charecters, Mother 3's Princess Kumatora:
You probably don't know this, but I kinda like Mother 3 (I could take it or leave it though) and the whole cast has an irreplaceable spot in my heart, which is doubly true for mainstrays like Kuma, Duster, Lucas and Boney.
After making a mildly amusing gif of her I swapped the princess out for the equally beloved Daryan (may he stroke in piece) as my new face on the interwebs. Since she's almost as fiery as Mr. Crescend himself, seeing her drawn in such a cute manner is unbearably adorable (not to mention the amazing inclusion of PK Freeze behind her!) I wish I could come up with words worthy enough to describe the two pieces and the joy they fill me with, but I'm hardly a wordsmith so I'll leave it at the bold but true statement, that these are the greatest things ever made :D
Receiving one of these incredible masterpieces would have rocked my world, but both?! (And bare in mind this was 100% pro bonno on Ms. Davis' part!) This may very well have made my year, and has defiantly spiced up my account. While I currently have Kumatora for cblog and Daryan for forums, I'm trying to work out a random image script so I can have both at once, as choosing between the two is a Sophie's choice of the worst kind ;) Both are so, so, so amazing, just like the artist behind them, who just so happens to be the greatest person ever :3
I still say his hair is made of ice cream.
When I saw your new Avatar, I immidiately knew that it was the work of Ashley Davis. She is an amazing artist, with a style all her own. looking good swpm
Thanks a lot, Ashley. Now SWPM's sidebar is even longer! D:
Kidding, kidding. Cute work. =P
Quite the honor! "Congrats" to you, and "great job" to Ms. Davis!
Man now I want one of conan also that looks awesome! Great job ashley
Lovely artwork! Nice! :)
I want to know what program she uses to make these pictures, so I can draw cool-but-not-as-cool-as-Ash's-work things.
@Jack Maverick: I use OpenCanvas! I've tried Corel Painter and all of the other higher-end illustration programs, but I have found that nothing beats OC. It's a great/easy to use program for illustrating!
@Monodi: I almost drew his hair as a blimp carrying him away. Maybe I should do another drawing of him..
And no no, thank you Pig Mask! I am so happy that I've made you so happy! :3 You're awesome!
I'm officialy jealous of you.
Ashley Davis's artwork never disapoints, always cute and always awesome!
Ashley should draw everyone an avatar. :D
I was wondering where the art for your avatar came from (guess I don't know Ashley's art style well enough yet).
This is incredibly awesome.
I love her artwork. my favorite is her "how metal gear changed my life" story header.
Wow, great work. I love Ashley's work because she perfectly captures the feeling of the characters she's drawing. Although I think you should re-size the pictures on your sidebar (The new ones), it's cut off on my screen and it's just not fair to her amazing artwork.
I'm sure if I had a higher resolution it wouldn't be a problem, but I'm running on 1024 x 768 right now and I can only see maybe 40% of them.
Ashley's drawings make me want to spontaneously hug her if I ever meet her, which would be worth the awkwardness and possible jail time.
So awesome! Your artwork always pleases Ashley!
D'aww , my favorite piece from Ashley is the Big Boss Ashley one from the "How Metal Gear Chaned My Life " story ...
@Ashley
No u!
@Caffeine
Yeah, I tried that but it just ends up making them either tiny or like they've been vised so I leave them as is and hope that someone will take the time to enlarge 'em and marvel in there amazingness :3 (also Lol at forte XD)
That is the most delicious looking hair I've ever seen. It looks like a sweet cookie. Nice.
Wow, I'm really in love with this art style. How would I go about getting in contact with this Ashley Davis to give her all of my money?
@Entropic Amaranth: stripedbird@gmail.com. But giving me all of your money isn't necessary... :)
Great job Ashley. Looks cute.
I still want a batman shirt.
nice. i want to something mean so i'll just say.......um......anthonys a bitch for taking down the suma podcast.
This is grand information, Ash. Maybe now, I'll actually have an incentive to draw things now that I have a great program to use.
I am honored to be in such company. Ms. Davis is indeed extra-awesome.
Beautiful.
She does such cute work <3 I wonder if I could ask her for an avatar. I love her works.
Too awesome.. <3