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Fear the shinyness for it shall devour you!

Oh how nice

Anyyyway more to the point, after two and half weeks 25-30 hours work, I finally finished it ;-;
This is a colaboration between me and TiffaLei She posted her work in the lineart jam thread thing on gaiaonline and I just fell in love with it and had to try my hand a colouring ^^ I asked her in the thread if she didn't mind if I changed a few things on her linart and luckily she agreed. I actuly have changed quite a few things on this girl; originaly she had a cat tail and ears.. but I wasnt to fond of those so I snipped them off and made her into an angel with wings and a halo, I also edited her face to fit more with my style of colouring, I completly re-did the nose and mouth. Also the hair, god I had so much trouble colouring in TiffaLei's bunches, I must have tryed 5 times (each hours of work) So eventually I went back to the lineart and re-did the bunches and made them curly wirly which I love ^^

Also all the background and concept of that spell things shes casting on the ground are my own. The background killed my hand, I think I overcompensated for not drawing the lines by adding anything I could think of to the BG XD heh, I like how it turned out though and the symmetry works well in my oppinion ^^ The window was one of the most fun things to do, though when I made the lines bolder it made the anime window girls face a bit strange hehe. Oh the spell the spell Can you actuly tell shes casting a spell? Im not sure, theres so much going on. but that was something i've wanted to do for a while, someone casting one of those round spells and what better place to put it than on the floor hehe I love how it glows *stares* ohh shinnnneyyy.....

Arg light sources! I have: the spell, the window and all those candels, all making light which makes doing the highlights and shadows on this picture a headache, lots of fun, but a pain in the ass. I really wanted the spell to be one of the focal points in the picture, so I gave the main glow from there, it was great working with an unusually places light source, after all it's not often light comes from underneath

What else can I say? All the work I did was in OpenCanvas and took way way to long XD
and thakyou so much to TiffaLei for letting me abuse your work, kudos to her! She has a DA addess, please go check her out shes awsome: [link] yayed

Image © TiffaLei and Myself Please do not copy, edit, redistribute this image; but please please please enjoy it!
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Comments: 119

DestinyBlue In reply to ??? [2005-05-29 20:48:00 +0000 UTC]

Hay amoo! thankyee, glad you like it
hope your feeling better today...

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AcheronHades In reply to DestinyBlue [2005-05-29 21:45:29 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^ Didya' see my latest journal entry?

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DestinyBlue In reply to AcheronHades [2005-05-29 21:48:19 +0000 UTC]

yep I did

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scarab-231 [2005-05-29 20:45:22 +0000 UTC]

Wow, awesome stuff! This is definately one of the best pieces in your gallery! Well worth the effort!

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Goth-Demonv2 [2005-05-29 20:39:29 +0000 UTC]

This is soooo beautiful the colors the pose the... brilliance

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MysticSlayer14 [2005-05-29 20:29:37 +0000 UTC]

wow that is awesome! the colors are terrific!

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XobuSend [2005-05-29 20:00:00 +0000 UTC]

Lmao, I was just talking to my sister about it, seeing it on the Line-Art Jam, and then i come to DA to look through my messages and BAM, there it is xD

Nice work, but I'm none-too-keen on the whole Angelic Wings/Halo follorwed by witchcraft... kinda messes up the concept for me. But it is lovely ^^

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DestinyBlue In reply to XobuSend [2005-05-29 20:04:13 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks!

Ah well its not really supposed to be witchcraft, actuly whilst I was drawing it didnt even cross my mnd XD Its more like a spell from games like 'final fantasy' thats what really inspired me, shes not an angel-witch or anything XD yeah that would be weird I just thought it would look good

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XobuSend In reply to DestinyBlue [2005-05-29 21:30:56 +0000 UTC]

The candles and symbol kind of suggested witchcraft but hey xD

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mayshing [2005-05-29 19:53:57 +0000 UTC]

Lovely~
I really like your colors on this piece, rather strong, bold, and not without the needed details for me to believe in it.
In this case... I think the line art in the background actually is "hurting" the whole image rather than helping... (especially the figure in the stain glass)
Reason:
1. The stylization is not sucessful, the character is out of porprotion
2. It's placed at near center of the image just right above the character, the mistakes is not easily overlooked
3. The line art is too thick, and it is not covered up when the colors and texture goes in, that makes it's weakness even more appearant, anywhere that's not smooth enough, anywhere that's out of proportion is seen immediately when I see the image.

Also the magic circle she is doing... it can not escape my eye (or the audience's eye) that is not a good oval. So you need to work on that in the future too. @_@b Use a oval ruler, or use programs to make them will help you.

the lighting quality.... eeeeh.... I don't quite see how the candles and the magic circle is working here.... you probably need more value contrast on the light and shadows of your designed light sources, to make it more dramatic rather than just "looking good and pretty" you know what I mean?

I see you are going for the elegant quality for the illustration, then your line art quality and manchanical drawing skill need to improve, you have great coloring skill, and nice value contrast for medium range, I also love the little angel's skirt by the way~ but your line art work needs to strengthen, and also your figure drawing skill can be better. You are at a good standard, but you can certainly push for more to become better. ^_^ Keep up the good and wonderful work. You are a delicated artist.

I know no one has perfect image, neither do I~ I am picking out all these hopefully it will become a concern for you in the future pieces. Keep doing better.

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Risisca [2005-05-29 19:35:00 +0000 UTC]

oh wow!!! that is amazing!!! instant fave!

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CaptainQuirk [2005-05-29 19:19:03 +0000 UTC]

It IS very shiny.

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kanbo [2005-05-29 19:16:37 +0000 UTC]

O___O Beautiful!

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Yumehayla [2005-05-29 19:07:01 +0000 UTC]

omigosh, that's so pretty *-*...I love angels <3

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Blue-Kristal [2005-05-29 19:05:24 +0000 UTC]

Really not the same thing when it's not full view!!!! ^^ I really love how you play with the textures of the fabric! Awesome job here!!!!

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MissMoofie [2005-05-29 19:04:35 +0000 UTC]

This is so gorgeous!! I love the colouring and the shinyness is very very sexy... Amazing work!!! Definate

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unseen-soul [2005-05-29 19:00:51 +0000 UTC]

its pretty neat i like it

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x0xpokeyx0x In reply to ??? [2005-05-29 18:57:49 +0000 UTC]

WOW!
this is beautiful!
and im in love with the transparent-ness
XDDDDD

FAV!

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