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THANK YOU FOR 1,000 VIEWS!! 10.31.05

When ~WannabeSpiderMan asked if I wanted to have a go at coloring in his gorgeous realistic drawing of Vash the Stampede , I nearly fainted with joy. So thank you, Dale, for letting me have this opportunity to flex my Photoshop muscles. I'm a newbie at certain things with Photoshop; I thought this would be a great learning experience as I've never colored in pencil art before.

Dale's own colored version [link] of his art really helped me a lot in my attempt at coloring this as I didn't have color references to things like the undersuit and metal arm.

I purposely made his hair and eyes that bright; I wanted him to have a hint of "anime/comic" feel. Just a hint. I chose to change the lips a bit; I had difficulty painting them and had to go a different route; I appreciate Dale allowing me artistic license in this regard. The duster simply refused to look aged and dusty for me like it did for Dale; it insisted on looking bright and shiny, so I'm presuming Vash has just had it dry cleaned. *sigh* I didn't intentionally make his face look older, but it ended up that way; I'm going with the thought that hey, he's over 100 years old, it's acceptable that his face shows a little bit of age, ne..? But I do hope I didn't mar his youthful attractiveness too much.

Since this was for practice and learning, all critiques and opinions are welcome and appreciated.

Moar Fanart

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THANK YOU FOR 1,000 VIEWS!! 10.31.05

When ~WannabeSpiderMan asked if I wanted to have a go at coloring in his gorgeous realistic drawing of Vash the Stampede , I nearly fainted with joy. So thank you, Dale, for letting me have this opportunity to flex my Photoshop muscles. I'm a newbie at certain things with Photoshop; I thought this would be a great learning experience as I've never colored in pencil art before.

Dale's own colored version [link] of his art really helped me a lot in my attempt at coloring this as I didn't have color references to things like the undersuit and metal arm.

I purposely made his hair and eyes that bright; I wanted him to have a hint of "anime/comic" feel. Just a hint. I chose to change the lips a bit; I had difficulty painting them and had to go a different route; I appreciate Dale allowing me artistic license in this regard. The duster simply refused to look aged and dusty for me like it did for Dale; it insisted on looking bright and shiny, so I'm presuming Vash has just had it dry cleaned. *sigh* I didn't intentionally make his face look older, but it ended up that way; I'm going with the thought that hey, he's over 100 years old, it's acceptable that his face shows a little bit of age, ne..? But I do hope I didn't mar his youthful attractiveness too much.

Since this was for practice and learning, all critiques and opinions are welcome and appreciated.

Moar Fanart