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Published: 2007-04-29 00:26:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 12125; Favourites: 466; Downloads: 0
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an alternative geisha... with water-themed tattoo and background pattern.
technical: the lines for the geisha were sketched in a coffee shop whilst talking with ~Von-Chan then inked in photoshop and vectorised in freehand mx. the colours and textures were all applied in photoshop. the pattern was made in freehand mx.
edit: refreshed the colours and made available as a print
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dman . shes almost as easy on the eyes as urself ma'am!
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wow, i love everything about this! the simplicity, originality, the tight style. she's beautiful.
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cheers, i sometimes think things work out better for me when i keep them simple
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omg i f-ing love this girl! this is stunning. absolutely perfect.
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I love her sleeve tatt. I wish I could get one, but I'm afraid of looking too strange (being a mom and all).
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Love your work, as alwaysalwaysalways. This is GREAT! Will it be on clothing? I hope so. 
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Oh I love it! Fabulous textures and shapes and colours! The tattoo is the best <3 love love! Her hair and eyes and lips all have such great style and shape! I love it! ps sorry I have been so lazy to comment... I still love you
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for some reason, geishas work so well in your style! i think they are too unique to look so elegant in pure anime style
love her lips- so smackable! the tattoo colouring matches the picture and compliments it- as usual it looks gorgeous!
nice to think outside the box
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I LOVE this! It is so interesting and beautiful! I love the textures and the hair looks great (:
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The watermark donΒ΄t made the draw bad.
I really loved it.
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lovin the koi fish pattern in the back, the whole feel of the image is very warm and inspiring!
+fav!
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i love the various line thickness n the color choice awesome job!
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She is adorable. I love your style girl, but I know Ive said it before 
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Love it!
the simplicity and the flow of the air is amazing
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Love it!
the simplicity and the flow of the air is amazing
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She looks gorgeous. I love how you continue the blossoms from her tattoo in her hair
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Good idea making stock images that people can use. Good luck for them Guava, and top job on the picture itself, it looks fantastic
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gah, I hate sleeve tattoos on women, it just never looks right. but this makes them look great. XD
great colors and strong line work ^^
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The tattoo is beautiful. I have to ask though... would a real geisha get one? (unless she's a yakuza geisha, mebbe... just wondering.)
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yeah that's why i called her an 'alternative' geisha...
her hair isn't in a 'proper' geisha style, either. and she's probably too young to even be a geisha, more like a maiko... but i just wanted to draw a sexy asian girl with tattoos and geisha-like hair.
i used artistic licence.
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About vectorisation guava. Does vectorisation using a vector programme like freehand removes the pixels and make your lines visibly smooth. Also, are you able to convert the vector image back to .png or .jpeg and still retain the smoothness?
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haha, good questions... i am not all that knowledgeable on vectors... but i have found better results by by bringing the vector into photoshop, but that's only because my tablet is a bit jerky and makes my lines wobbly.
once i've saved a vector as a .jpg in photoshop it still looks smooth, but if you try to enlarge it it will pixelate again, unlike if it was still a vector... i do know that photoshop CS2 allows you to bring vector images in and save them as 'smart objects' so you CAN resize them... but you can't edit the lines or anything unless you convert it... i'm not sure if i've answered your question or not
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Thanks a google, will give it a shot next time
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i really enjoy her hair 
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aww you are just the sweetest!
OH! and thank you for your note about SG! (i read it at work and didn't get time to reply 
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no problem sweetie pie! i just dont want you putting your hard work money to those poopie faces... there are so many other awesome sites with loverly girls out there.. fo sho
big smootchies for joooo
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Looks sexy! The b/g is really nice and the tattoo looks quite impresive.
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