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Published: 2007-07-22 16:11:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 10849; Favourites: 472; Downloads: 228
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'Arabesque' technically means decoration with either organic or geometric patterns, so that doesn't apply to this... it's so titled because I was listening to Lily Chou-Chou on loop while I drew it.I used a 2B pencil (I left my pencils somewhere in my room and have no idea where 8D).
Reference was a magazine cover, which I removed from the magazine some time ago. I should have made a note of who the designer was, but I forgot. >.>
There is a lot of detail in this, which my scanner blurred, so I sharpened the scan. It sharpened the shading as well as the detail, so the original shading looks softer. I just didn't want to fix it too much. :3
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I love this photo! I've had it saved in my "inspiration" folder forEVER--and I'd never think to draw it! Nice!
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Thank you! I loved working on this. For some reason I really enjoyed the repetitiveness of the bazillion tiny pearls and jewels. Maybe it was the kind of thing where once you draw one right, you know how to draw the rest, so you can just zone out and do the rest without having to think about it.
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Wow this is sooo amazing! I love it, it has a good contrast and the idea is so original! It's perfect to draw
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Ah, thank you 
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yeah, you pay the price but then, it's really worth it
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Yes, exactly, it's worth it no matter how hard you have to work. So it always surprises me when people say they don't have the patience to do what I do... I think if you want it badly enough, you find the patience. So I think what they mean is, they don't want it enough. XD (I mean, as you improve, your techniques expand in range and improve in quality, so it takes longer and longer to finish a drawing just because you have more to put into it. And you get used to how long it takes, so you don't mind that much. Or maybe I'm just taking my patience for granted.)
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Exactly. They don't want it enough. And no, I don't think you're taking your patience for granted, because what you said is true. Patience isn't like the burden they make it sound... patience is the natural tool provided to mould the sculpture... so the quantity of it available depends on the amount of details put into it (and if your talent is broad, you'll need to put many). The piece consumes you and takes all your attention before you even realized your need for patience!
Unfortunately, there are many lazy people out there... or maybe it's just that they're not meant for it... *shrugs*
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8D Thank you! Glad you think so.
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Welcome 
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Yeah, the whole thing is as it is in the photo reference, except she had seams where the headdress meets her face. I just missed those out because I wanted the fins to look like a part of her. The whole time I was drawing it I couldn't tell what they're made of. Aside from the jewels and metallic thread, if it's card or whatever, then it did at least have silver airbrushing. So that's pretty hard to render in a drawing, but you're absolutely right, it looks metallic in the original photo.
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Thank you! She is, although I doubt I'd recognise her out of her weird alien guise. XD
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Thank you! 8D I like this piece, too.
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Thank you~ Luckily, with this kind of (geometric, especially) thing it's easy to divide it up into sections and do one little bit at a time. xD Then it doesn't seem like too much work.
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Thank you! I'm sure you can. Even if it's not the same style or medium, everyone has the potential.
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Haha I don't know, but thanks anyway
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8D Thank you! It was a lovely challenge.
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This is very beautiful. It's also a bit haunting; I really love the wings. You're so talented; I'm jealous.
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Lily Chou Chou no Subete is an amazing moving isn't it?
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hey, Am I allowed to print this and hang it up to my wall, next to some J-rockers? O_____O
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Uh... yeah, sure. o.o (actually, as I used a copyrighted photo for reference, this doesn't legally belong to me, so you can do whatever you want with it. XD) Thanks for asking my permission, though, and I'm flattered you like it that much. :3
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X3
I just think it's fair to every artist if you ask before you do anything with his/her work! X3
yeah I'm really fascinated by it! O____O
it's awesome!
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so the cover actually looked like your picture?
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Uh, yeah, give or take a few lines. (On the cover there are seams where the headdress meets the face.) :3 I can't do anything original to save my life. It's a giant flaw. 
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lol, i was like that for QUITE some time...but then something just, i don't know, clicked? so don't give up yet! lol. 
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I think the copyright issue is the only reason I want to do original work. :3 I mean most of the time. Also the parade of expectant people asking when I'm going to start drawing my own stuff. >.>;;
Thank you very much, dear. x3
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