Guest Strip by Barb Jacobs!
By Irma on August 3rd, 2009Posted In: comics
A while back I did a guest art for Barb Jacobs (my TTF sister!) of the mind-bogglingly beautiful Xylia so that she could sit back and relax and enjoy her birthday. Now, this was supposed to be so that she could CHILL for a while. But instead she turned around and worked on this beautiful piece for me as a thank you!! A simple “THANK YOU!” would have sufficed, Barb 
But I’m not complaining. It was just supposed to be guest art but I deemed it far too glorious to not be displayed as a guest strip instead.
Now, of course, the only downside to this is that I’ll probably never be able to post another strip without feeling incredibly unworthy of calling myself any sort of artist. But I guess I’ll take that risk
Go visit Xylia and give Barb the love she deserves. Also, make sure your jaw is secured firmly in place before seeing her work for the first time. Otherwise it’ll hurt when it hits the floor.
Oh hey did you see the terribly cute fan art of Zoe that I posted in Friday? I think you missed it, so here it is.
I spent the weekend down in Gothenburg (Göteborg, if we’re going to get picky), seeing U2 in concert twice! I have been trying to see them in concert for YEARS, but have never been able to secure tickets. Somehow, we got tix to BOTH shows down there this year (even thought it was, according to Bono, the fastest selling shows on the tour). The first night we spent HOURS waiting so that we could get into the pit underneath the “claw.” (Pictures to come eventually… google it to understand what kind of a monstrosity this was). While it was cool to see the guys up close, the stage was SO tall that you couldn’t see anything from the pit, besides the one band member you were near. Also, there were bridges that led from the stage to the catwalk, OVER the pit, that blocked the view a lot of the time. And, the pit was inside the speaker radius, so the sound was weird. So, the second night we stood outside of the pit so we could see the whole stage. MUCH better. The shows were really great though, and my hubby will be writing a post with pics and videos very soon on his blog, Rock Revival.
Positively stunning! But I can say that because I absolutely love your style of drawing and this is so very different that it’s apples & oranges
…burst his thought bubble… *giggle*
or speech bubble… lol, this is what I get for posting a comment at 11:00 at night after 4 hours of sleep & a 3 hour birthday party at Chuck E Cheese’s for my 3 year old niece… I’ going to bed now LOL
“The hell? She’s gotten much better,” he said, his eyes flying of his head as I absent-mindedly loaded the page, but our hero was quick to catch on. “Something’s fishy,” he said with a sudden scowl. With a hint of skepticism, he scrolled further and saw the truth.
“Ah-HA!” he exclaimed in his discovery, “A guest strip! How unexpected!”
(Don’t ask why I commented this way. I love the artwork of Xylia, but for some reason, I don’t read it. Perchance I’m jealous?)
Luna – Awww thanks! And get some sleep woman!
Absolutely beautiful vision of Imy and Jay..Luv it..And I’m going to echo Luna’s comments, I luv your drawing Irma, that’s why I come here daily to see what’s new..
and that Zoe fan art was cute..I enjoyed seeing that as well..
The lighting-effects from the leaves are very nice!
And the almost meta-like reference to bubbles reminds me of this one (albeit content-wise totally unrelated): http://cocknbull.net/2009/07/31/nightmares/
Also: Did Imy get a boob job?
-D.
That is an AMAZING peice of artwork! I’m jealous of all the cool stuff you and the other artists create!
That’s gorgeous. Nice work, Barb. Thanks for making us all look like crap. HAHA
Great job Barb!
AMAZING job Barb! Imy and Jay look SO realistic!
Hot damn, that’s great!
what an amazing piece! I’d be floored if I were you ;0)
HUBA HUBA!
never knew the word “rock’ could look so inviting.
fantastic job Barb.
This is easily the best guest strip ever (and not just in imy’s comics).
I read both of your comics and love both styles. Maybe you could collaborate on a project sometime in the future?
Wow- you all are WAAYY too generous! Thank you so much for the nice comments- and Irma, thank you for letting me be a guest in your ‘house’! Very cool characters, and really fun to draw!
Thank you again for your guest spot on Xylia!
Hugs!
~B
I ADORE THIS COMIC!!! IT REMINDS ME OF WHAT ME AND MY BEST FRIEND ARE GOING TO BE LIKE WHEN WE’RE OLD. and Imy is an amazing character!