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Published: 2010-02-05 03:11:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 19850; Favourites: 925; Downloads: 0
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Description Those who saw my last screenshot got a taste of the Work In Progress of this and now I've finally completed what is only my second digital painting of a real (non-Fictional) person so far, but still having made use of the things I've slowly learned from those other ones when it comes to my semi-realism style...
And that's what I love about Japanese Musicians, they are often real-life semi-realism and pure eye-candy to look at Gackt being one of the most popular and well known I thought would be a good candidate for this otherwise unplanned work

A reference photo was used, but the lighting was too uniform and the background very plain, so while the pose is the same, the lighting, colour and background was up to me to make more interesting (I changed his vest to a sexier type too ) All drawn in Photoshop with a tablet.

Edit: I added a bit more muscle definition in the arms and some texture and refining of the clothes. The hands though were the part I fixed most due to critiques on that.

Artwork made and copyrighted by me, please do not use or redistribute my work on any site or place without my permission
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Comments: 446

8legs [2013-08-24 16:49:29 +0000 UTC]

I keep coming back to this one. There is just something I don't know for sure what it is, but a certain delicacy about him, beneath all that leather beats the heart of a young man who is thinking of himself, his world, and his spirit, for me a hauntingly beautiful look at a person.

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Chromattix In reply to 8legs [2013-08-25 00:07:57 +0000 UTC]

That's how I feel about these kinds of guys. Beautiful guys are like a delicacy because they're so hard to find, especially ones with nice personalities (I'm sure Gackt has one )

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8legs In reply to Chromattix [2013-08-25 02:07:58 +0000 UTC]

Count yourself in with them. Just communicating with you I could detect a delicacy that was like WOW! I look at people here and their work and they all do a great job, but there was something about you and your work that really made it for me. You have a really nice personality you are every bit as good. Whether you chose to believe me or not I am going to tell you--You are Beautiful on the inside and out and excuse me, I don't want to sound crude here, but I think you would be one Hell of a Lover, I just hope there will be someone who you sweep off their feet and literally take them to the Stars. I know you could.

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Chromattix In reply to 8legs [2013-08-25 06:44:51 +0000 UTC]

One hell of a lover Well, maybe...after I get some practice. Though it seems not much of the gay community is interested in romantic love, just shallow random acts of sex. I suppose that's not a bad thing, if the right guy offered me that I might change my opinion of it But still, something long-term sounds a lot more satisfying

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8legs In reply to Chromattix [2013-08-25 16:15:54 +0000 UTC]

Please don't offer yourself up to someone who will just pump you and then dump you. You are a Being, you have feelings, you are Not an object for someone's gratification. Sex is mechanical, it is a thing that doesn't really express love but more of a biological thing, an instinct. I would much rather spend the night having someone holding me and listening to me and my dreams and other things and of course me listening to theirs. No one outside of my family has ever said to me--I love you-- that is a lonely feeling. I suppose I could go out and ride someone or get ridden but after its over there is nothing, just a tired body and a soul who that wonders if it will ever know more than this. I can count my experiences on two fingers and both of them were not completed, because I wanted more than just the physical act, I wanted to be valued, cared  about, and the most important, to be loved. I want it to be everyday, the good, the not so good, and the ordinary. I want to be able to sit and watch a movie, play games, talk, and all that goes with companionship. Yes I have my quirks, I will dress in girl style but that doesn't make it the whole thing. I want an honest exchange of passion and caring, take me as is. I want to know my partners' needs and yes, desires but don't base it all on the premise of sex, I can't function that way. I am not so rigid that I won't bend a little but I will not give in just to satisfy someone's physical desire--go find a pillow, ride that instead. I have spent nights in bed crying because I feel so lonely. Family is one thing but to hear from another being that they love you and value you, well, is something I have never experienced. I want it for life. Other people have it so why can't I? Its my orientation, I realize, but I can't be the Only one in the world "wired" this way. I continue to carry on, I may never get my perfect half, but I don't want to quit either.

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Chromattix In reply to 8legs [2013-08-25 23:47:57 +0000 UTC]

I'm in the same boat. Never been told I'm loved by anyone outside my family. I suppose I should be grateful just for that, but everyone needs to hear it from someone else too I think. It's a different love to family love. I also am not so rigid that I wouldn't give in a little or skew my perceptions of what I actually wanted as long as it's still "close enough" and the person I'm doing it for seems worth the effort and sacrifice, though for the sake of fairness I might ask them for some leniency on my behalf too. After all what's a relationship without sacrifice.

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8legs In reply to Chromattix [2013-08-26 02:07:02 +0000 UTC]

Family love is different, so true. I wonder if I will ever hear the words though, I know I should proceed with life and with all the advice that I have given you, I should take some of my own medicine. Sometimes listening to yourself is the hardest thing to do. I think to myself why am I like this but then I think it is the way all the elements are combined--Kind of like Jupiter and Saturn--same elements but different conditions prevail on them. I don't know.

We all have to give a little but not so much that it ruins things. Not being in a relationship I don't know how much I would give in to. I once did have a real Girlfriend--for a week--she went back to her old boyfriend--I was relieved in the fact we never had sex or became intimate. She was a nice girl but I realized that I can't handle a girl relationship, it was just too alien for me, plus how do you tell your friends that your new boyfriend like skirts--to wear--and be pretty? I learned a lot from that relationship and I still call back on it when I am thinking and being lonely. I need to get my act together on this but it is not easy. I want to love and say those words to another but I also want to hear them as well. It won't happen here for sure, this is a what we call a Redneck town, Rednecks are ones who like loud cars, big trucks, motorcycles, all toughed out guys and likes to beat up (I know this) guys who are soft, feminine, and/or delicate in mannerisms. In the future providing I have the finances I hope to move back to California otherwise I will live here but not by choice. Jokingly, I think I should by a Male Doll! Longish hair a must! I'll ride it. I need to really busy myself and not let it get me so down so. I should go on the internet--your pictures help, they have given me something to think about and I should start reading more and otherwise try to preoccupy my mind. Still those 3 words--I Love You--have such power over us. Well I don't know if have confused you, confounded you, or just plain startled you, I didn't mean to do any of them but as I say this is me, warts and all.    

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Kanji-The-Wanderer [2013-06-02 15:13:27 +0000 UTC]

so.damn.awesome!

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MissYandere [2012-11-05 03:39:06 +0000 UTC]

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StephaniaArts [2012-09-17 18:12:45 +0000 UTC]

wow amazing work, to me, it almost looks like a game render so very 3D and that awesome lightning! Do you have any tips per say if one would like to achieve a style similiar to this? Regarding skin tones for example?

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Chromattix In reply to StephaniaArts [2012-09-18 07:25:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! The skin tones was done by using other colours to create the shadows and highlights (particularly red) rather than just a darker version of the skin tone itself (Though that also was used for some of it )

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StephaniaArts In reply to Chromattix [2012-09-18 07:34:40 +0000 UTC]

thanks! so you had a predominatly red color scheme for the skin mixed with low saturated other colors?

thanks for the tip

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Chromattix In reply to StephaniaArts [2012-09-18 07:54:18 +0000 UTC]

Not really, I started with a normal skin tone as the base, and shaded it with some reds around the highlighted areas along the left side. The shadowed areas I used a more blue/grey colour for some contrast.

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Graphix-Goddess [2012-09-14 01:55:06 +0000 UTC]

Oh... this is beautiful! Very wonderful lighting.... wow.

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LadyArtsy [2012-08-09 03:03:15 +0000 UTC]

Hello I'm a co-founder in a Gackt group and I'm sure we would absolutely love to see this in our gallery.


Thanks a bunch!

Artsy

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Chromattix In reply to LadyArtsy [2012-08-09 04:51:55 +0000 UTC]

OK, But you gotta send a submission request (I've never done that myself so I don't know how )

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LadyArtsy In reply to Chromattix [2012-08-09 23:21:31 +0000 UTC]

, see ugh I dont know either, I will just message my group leader. XD

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DonaUchiha [2012-07-29 16:53:15 +0000 UTC]

So cool..!

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missfskhan [2012-07-24 16:48:26 +0000 UTC]

This is an amazing piece of work. Gackt looks abosolutely gorgeous in this!

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Chromattix In reply to missfskhan [2012-07-25 01:15:55 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I think the clothes he's wearing helps too

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Reyvinhill71 [2012-06-30 06:47:02 +0000 UTC]

I just very recently discovered this amazing artist. What a great tribute to him. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Chromattix In reply to Reyvinhill71 [2012-06-30 13:47:01 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou!

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anjaleck [2012-05-12 19:19:44 +0000 UTC]

Howdy!

You've been featured! I've included this in my journal. [link]
Hugs,
Anj

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Chromattix In reply to anjaleck [2012-05-13 04:35:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot

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anjaleck In reply to Chromattix [2012-05-13 06:37:22 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!
Hugs,
Anj

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okashii-sasori [2012-04-15 17:33:49 +0000 UTC]

I... Am going to die from loss of blood. Because I have just had a nosebleed. O.O

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Chromattix In reply to okashii-sasori [2012-04-16 02:29:37 +0000 UTC]

Better see a doctor about that

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UlurNaga [2012-03-29 01:02:08 +0000 UTC]

I thought this was a photograph of Gackt, because he is so gosh darn PRETTY that he always looks animated.
I SWEAR TO GOD HE WAS BORN IN CGI!! Hahahaha.
This looks brilliant, I love the colours, and the softness of the lighting and the languidness of the pose. Amazing work!

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Chromattix In reply to UlurNaga [2012-03-29 04:20:01 +0000 UTC]

Lol, it's easy to think that, they even made Genesis from Final Fantasy after him, and his CG character looks a lot like the real him

Thanks for commenting and faving

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Aeonora [2011-12-29 04:13:58 +0000 UTC]

OH. MY. GACKT.

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shadowhunterchan [2011-12-16 01:28:50 +0000 UTC]

Omg I luv gackt! Ur art is amazing!

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OnixAnt [2011-11-12 05:55:58 +0000 UTC]

wow!! luv it

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cute-kyo [2011-10-27 09:14:31 +0000 UTC]

wow this is very impressive i really like this

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Chromattix In reply to cute-kyo [2011-10-27 13:29:20 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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cute-kyo In reply to Chromattix [2011-12-28 14:10:25 +0000 UTC]

sorry its late and your welcome

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buddett [2011-09-18 01:20:35 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Sweet-Sakura-Hime [2011-09-12 11:27:05 +0000 UTC]

ÖÖ woooohaaaaa so a beautiful Ga-sa what i see here

he is sooooo beautiful, i love your Ga-san pic

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Chromattix In reply to Sweet-Sakura-Hime [2011-09-12 12:04:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, yes he's quite a pretty boy

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Sweet-Sakura-Hime In reply to Chromattix [2011-09-12 12:24:20 +0000 UTC]

yes, he is really pretty, but your picture of him even more

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nurikoavi [2011-09-04 19:16:14 +0000 UTC]

Creo que mori de amor!!! >/////<
Goooood Pic, Love it!!!

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Chromattix In reply to nurikoavi [2011-09-05 03:28:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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toninks [2011-08-21 02:21:38 +0000 UTC]

im stil hotter! ¬_¬

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Sara569FFVII [2011-08-12 10:07:23 +0000 UTC]

is this real

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Zazou14 [2011-07-29 22:44:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow, Gackt looks so cool, as always!

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lovekoyukichan [2011-07-24 03:31:37 +0000 UTC]

O.O wow!!! amazing much!!

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NightBlade3 [2011-05-24 06:11:41 +0000 UTC]

wow, just wow, love it!

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Alluring-Angel [2011-03-10 20:00:15 +0000 UTC]

Looks awesome

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The-Fantasy-Goddess [2011-01-31 02:10:31 +0000 UTC]

Ummm, I think I'm gonna... GACKT!!!!

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ririsama666 [2011-01-13 12:33:29 +0000 UTC]

wow perty.....

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molimosu [2010-12-22 10:47:54 +0000 UTC]

<3

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