simply beautiful

Thank you so much!! ^.^

ahh they are gorgeousssss! i love their dynamic as well uGH U AND JOYLN HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING MEANINGS FOR YOUR CHARACTERS ;~;

Omigosh Mei!!! HHHHHH THANK YOU!! ;___; But wtf your characters and their storylines and personalities and just GOD EVERYTHING about them is so awesome too!!! I do not even begin to compare ok. I have been thinking of ways to introduce some of my characters to some of yours because I REALLY want to draw a scenario and make some kind of side story in which they'd meet because I'm a big dumb and I love you and your characters so much I die all the time. ;0; I need your halp!! You should text me so we can rap about that sometime, gurl I stg. Thank you again, my lovely doge!! <3333

Super love your style ! This is awesome :3

OMG You are too sweet!! I can't tell you how much is appreciate that. You're pretty much one of my favorite artists ever, so yeah, that really means the world coming from you. Thank you so much!! =3

Bullies <3 I love all the details. c:

Possums. <3 ;p
And omigosh, thank you so much!! n.n

I love that they seem so similar and are so drastically different (I guess you can often say that about siblings though)

Awww Thank you so much, Ian!! n.n I'm so glad you noticed that! I really tried to convey that duality between them through their markings, body language, style of dress, and facial expression. So it makes me happy that their stark contrast, but simultaneous parallelism, is evident. Thank you so much for your comment, my dear. nwn Miss you!! <3

HOLY SHIT LAURA! I haven't been checking FA regularly so I didn't even see this until just now. I sat here staring at this for a long time, just oogling over the details. I am so amazed at the final results of this picture! I remember seeing you working on this when I was there visiting you, and you were debating on certain finalized aspects of Lou's design, and I love what you ended up with. I love that you went with the idea of the opposite markings (I can't think of the right word) like on their hands, where Monk's fingers are grey Lou's are white - introverted markings that's what I'm looking for! I think it strongly emphasizes the relationship between them and the way they compliment each other. The faces are just phenomenal, you can read so much of their personality in their eyes and mouth expressions. Lou is so timid, Monk is so strong, but you can tell they lean on each other. Yet at the same time you can tell Monk is the dominant personality in this image, she just has that air to her in her demeanor, whereas Lou is hunched over and that much more timid. I love the variance in their styles, like you had said Lou is more fancy and stylish whereas Monk is just like hey I'm a badass punk rocker. I like that you went with a purple shirt for Lou :* And goodness, so much more. The shading is just beautifully done, if this is only a phone photo I can only imagine how much more detail there is to the actual image! I saw some of it but you hadn't really started the shading when i was there I don't think. I absolutely adore the idea of them being your id, ego and super-ego. I hadn't really thought of my babies that way but mine are much the same. Devon would be my id, SW my ego, and Anima my superego. I love exploring characters on that level. I had to sit here and think is it Devon or Delu that suits the id more, I love that the concept you mentioned made me sit here and think about the role my characters play in my life. So yeah I love that kinda stuff you know that. Just omg Laura you can see how much time and effort you put into this picture. I have to say how much like their species they look! It's so phenomenal how you draw them bully heads! I love Monk and it's interesting how you said the concept of the superego cause I've always thought Ani and her would get along and they both play the same role to us. And I want to draw Monk, but I have this huge urge to draw Lou I just have to! I just want to grab her up and hug her! Her and my Lu (haha the Lus! Delu and Andalou :3) would get along so well, but I also now see her and Devon would too. They have lots of similar traits. I JUST MUST HAVE ALL MY CHARACTERS INTERTWINED WITH YOURS FOREVER OK. Good lord I'm writing you the most giant novel. But you deserve it because I know how much time and effort you put into your art, and it shows brilliantly here. I think this is one of the best pieces of work you have ever drawn. You should be super proud of yourself! I love you my Lauras!

aaaaaand love how you did the bruises on Monk, and the blood spattering… and the detail to the bandages like that one on her lower arm that's not a bandaid but that kinda bandage that sticks onto you. And Lou's scars are really realistic looking for the reason she has them. Shit man I could just go on about every detail! Look how many favs this has for serious you deserve it this is so amazing!!!!!

OMFGGGGG!!!! 3 TIMES NOW I HAVE TRIED TO REPLY TO THIS COMMENT AND EACH TIME SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED AND IT ALL GETS DELETED WTFFFFFFFFF I give up.

Thank you so much, my loves. I love you so so so very much and there is a lot I wanted to say and talk about with you, but I just can't type it all out again, I just can't. SO please call me whenever you get a chance because I miss you a fuck ton and I want to catch up with you and hear your voice. ;n; I love you, my Jolyyyynnnnssss!!!! <333333 xoxoxoxoxoxo!!!

I am so happy to see this, I have been curious about Andelou ever since you posted that headshot with her hair color/style. I love the whole guardian role of Monk and really relate to the thought of one character for each side of yourself. The similar colors and markings really show their family ties but the differences in their clothing and wonderfully drawn facial expressions perfectly spells out the way that even sisters grow up in their own ways and in their own time; arriving at their own destination while still maintaining that love for one another. I adore the way you do detail, down to bruises and bandages and dots for whiskers, your style and art are always so refined and gorgeous! I love Lou so much, definitely a new favorite among you and Jolyn's casts. Awesome work Laura, I am always so happy when you upload new works whether it be drawings or jewelry and other things, your identity is embodied so well by your artwork, it's wonderful.

Gosh, Kizzy...That was such a sweet and thoughtful comment. I can't even say how much that meant to me to read. You always say the most beautiful things and it lights my heart up to know that someone like you, whose work I admire so much, enjoys the things I do. ;3; It really means the world to me, honey. I don't know how to thank you for all of the support you give me. <3

And you write so eloquently and articulately and it blows my mind how accurately you were able to transcribe the feelings I put into this piece into the written word. And seriously I can't tell you how thrilled it makes me that you like my Louie so much!! ;0; I have been developing her character for years and I'm still working out the links for her final design, but it is so encouraging for me to hear that you like her so far.

Again, I can't thank you enough for your kind words, sweetie. I am so humbled and flattered and honored that you feel that I am doing something right with my art. Because I am not always convinced, myself, that I am. So it really gives me a boost to hear that someone gets something out of it, even when I sometimes don't. You're too wonderful and I love yew!! :3 Have a wonderful new year, my dear!! <333

May I ask what rendr paper is and why you choose it for your work? I'm always looking for new stuff to try and occasionally I do still use my markers. I adore my moleskines but it shows through, when I quickly googled it I saw something that indicated that it won't bleed through.

Oh yah! Rendr paper is pretty fantastic for when you want to draw on both sides of one piece of paper using multiple mediums that tend to bleed. I will have to take a pic of the back of the drawing for you to show you because you will see that there is absolutely NO bleed through on the back or transfers to any of the pages behind it in the sketch book. The only thing about it though is that my copic colors come out looking a little fuzzy and weird on this type of paper. It doesn't look horrible, but it's just kind of annoying to me, so I have to stick to mostly Prisma when working with this kind of paper. The other downside is that it is REALLY REALLY EXPENSIVE. x__x I don't know if I'll go out if my way again to get another book of Rendr paper unless I need a 100% no bleed through paper for some particular kind of project. But there is an extremely efficient (and WAY cheaper) alternative to Rendr paper. I can't remember what it's called. I'll take a picture of the sketch book for you and text it to you. But it's suuuuuuuper smooth, thick paper and all types of media come out looking fantastic on it. It isn't 100% no bleed through, but it's pretty damn close. So I just slip a piece of cardboard behind it in the sketchbook when I'm coloring something and it works just as well as Rendr for half the money. Definitely worth the investment IMO! Just remind me and I'll take pics for you to compare and you can see what you think! :3

This is AMAZINNGGGGG I love all the detail you put into this, my god. I just love Monk and all her punkiness with all the patches and bruises and general crustiness <3 <3 so wonderful ;__; and then Andalou looking quite the opposite. I love how you draw bull terriers, you're so freaking amazing at it! AHHH. shit I love the expressions too and damn those fishnets are so god damn tiny and fishnetty. You have a crazy amount of patience. anyway I LOVE THIS AND I LOVE YOU!! <3 <3 <3

You fucking rawk. And I love thier designs. You can see hints to their personalities in the way they look and their expressions. They also look like they have overcome a lot together ♡ Awesome work lady :3