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Description Epiphany
A Poet. A Mother. A Romantic fool.
Epiphany is the mother of epitaph. And she is famous for her romantic poetries. She was first established her career as a geisha, and managed a group of beautiful women serving the finest food and wine for those seeking company of heavenly female presences. Though, it changed everything when she fell in love with an anonymous ninja who had great smile, and became a mother of a child.
Epiphany becomes only intangible memories among ninja of old school, who ever touched and moved by her charisma. She became a legend among the Romanists.


Story of "KEEN," A Ninja Talkshow concept.
Concept and Lineart By HOON
color palette and Painted by JUJI

NINJA TALKSHOW (part of Project KEEN) (C)MESS STUDIO
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this particular character design concept was the first of its collection. which now have grown into more than what you can count with two hands.
Me and talented Juji have evolved its style so drastically on each piece, one of the most recent pieces are quite advanced now, and constituted our own formula.
We are also in early process of develping sequentials using these characters, we are hopful that we can bring the comic book by early next year, in association with Dark horse comics. (im a firm believer that DH is the best comic publisher in the US)
here this is one of a few sneak peek i can offer you, and Im Happy to show you little bit of what we are working on right now. i hope you like it. please look out for whats to come in the future!

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LINEART: [link]
Closeup Montage: [link]
MESS homepage: [link]
JUJI's gallery: [link]
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Comments: 397

catieboo [2004-12-08 19:12:47 +0000 UTC]

wwow!! this is ur best painting !!!

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HOON In reply to catieboo [2004-12-08 19:14:44 +0000 UTC]

hahahahahahahaha. yes, i will be sure to let JUJI know.
im only responisble for lineart. and constantly telling juji "good! NO! not good!! good! yes good!!!! gooooooooooood!!"

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catieboo In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 19:27:28 +0000 UTC]

well, i love the concept ahahahahahah

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beveon [2004-12-08 19:10:48 +0000 UTC]

ah man.. this is amazing!! clearly best ive seen in a while.. great image!! truelly great!

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fabianfucci [2004-12-08 19:06:58 +0000 UTC]

It is beautiful!

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vladdamien [2004-12-08 19:06:20 +0000 UTC]

I have to agree, Juji's work on this one is quite splendid! I love her colouring.
Killer background design, btw.

And it's funny, that description of the character flashed an image in my head... of Epiphany.

Kudos on the work! Can't wait to see the story

-Vlad D.

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HOON In reply to vladdamien [2004-12-08 19:08:44 +0000 UTC]

trying to appeal to thinkers as yourself more than just visually, my friend.
glad you think so, and i will make sure Juji sees your appreciation!
cheers bro.

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vladdamien In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 20:35:42 +0000 UTC]

I have no doubt in that... and you succeed in appealing to thinkers...

Yes, I should drop by the mess board dammit... been too long

-Vlad D.

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HOON In reply to vladdamien [2004-12-08 20:38:38 +0000 UTC]

do so before i kill your cheesy-gothic-named ass. haha.

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vladdamien In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 20:40:15 +0000 UTC]

heh, will do boss!

*flies off to the mess board*

-Vlad D.

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nekokawai [2004-12-08 19:03:28 +0000 UTC]

the crazy originality O__O

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HOON In reply to nekokawai [2004-12-08 19:05:06 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude. i assure you! this is just the tip of the iceburg!
style is being more unique and solid as we develop more characters.

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mind-crash [2004-12-08 19:02:55 +0000 UTC]

wow, beautiful character design

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DanHowardArt [2004-12-08 19:00:12 +0000 UTC]

not much i can say other than the designs are just exquisite. this is one helluva collaboration!

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HOON In reply to DanHowardArt [2004-12-08 19:06:23 +0000 UTC]

i really like the term "exquisite" i use that alot even when i have crappy breakfest. thanks alot!

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DanHowardArt In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 22:25:37 +0000 UTC]

HA. well i mean it in the homecooked breakfast served on fine china kinda way it was the only word that came to mind ; from the euro-orient mixture of designs on her kimono to the dragon emblem in the back, it's a fitting word for such effort put in by both parties.

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ForbiddenDreams [2004-12-08 18:59:05 +0000 UTC]

Cool as always

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vild [2004-12-08 18:54:28 +0000 UTC]

*sits staring at the amazing work listening to bad religion - epiphany*
you are..... your art makes me speachless

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keight [2004-12-08 18:51:10 +0000 UTC]

I must have responded to this over on "that other site" You and JUJI work well together, but I think the colabs work better when you've done the lineart. If I hadn't been so busy with other parts of my life, I'd have commented on "The Kiss". Nice "tweaking" on that one, guy.

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HOON In reply to keight [2004-12-08 18:57:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks mom!

your previous comments are well taken and registered, and you know first things first. you gotta take care of things in your hands first, but you already know that.

yes. i have passion for painting, but i began my career with pencil and paper, instead of brush and canvas. not to mention JUJI is incredibly talented with color. its simply choice i was forced to make for efficiency, cuz comic art is labor intense, and in order to have all the details i wanted, work processes need to be sliced into a few parts.
im lucky that me and JUJI is turning into a great team. its rather difficult to ask anything more at this point.

Thanks once again!

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keight In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 20:19:05 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

I think all of our parents got us started with pencils and paper; that's how they kept us from using crayons or markers on the walls and bedding.

Happy holidays to all of you people, and your families too.

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websketcher In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:50:37 +0000 UTC]

beautiful - LOVE the dragon!

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edwardgan [2004-12-08 18:47:03 +0000 UTC]

i love the colours of her clothings, and her hat~
love everything of it~ >_<

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darks In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:45:59 +0000 UTC]

wow, brilliant coloring XD The kid reminds me on Gaara from Naruto O.o

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tenseone In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:45:47 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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AnotherFinch In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:43:27 +0000 UTC]

Again, amazing piece of work, keep it up.

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shumworld In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:43:24 +0000 UTC]

man this peice hits me in so many levels.



it's on favs now.

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HOON In reply to shumworld [2004-12-08 18:47:16 +0000 UTC]

with giant hammer!!!!! ^^

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GrimAngel In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:41:57 +0000 UTC]

wow... another impressive work HOON.... absolutely amazing

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Mr-KaMiKaZe In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:41:17 +0000 UTC]

WoW So CoOL!

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WandringThunderStorm In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:41:15 +0000 UTC]

It's absolutely beautiful, but you knew that already...sort of reminds me of Final Fantasy X-2, but it's different...I think the faces are what makes it unique.

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HOON In reply to WandringThunderStorm [2004-12-08 19:03:38 +0000 UTC]

If i colored it myself, maybe it will look more resemble what you are talking about. though im not familiar with FFX2 much. Juji forces more into realistic tone, especially on facial features. on the other hand, i tend to draw, and render faces in stylized ways. so combination of me and her effort works great. definately suits the style the US comic market prefers to see.
thanks!

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WandringThunderStorm In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 20:49:19 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. Actually, now that I think about it, it's the clothing that reminds me of FFX-2...but it's beautiful anyway. Did I fave this? If not,

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Ebyss In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 19:30:44 +0000 UTC]

That is a wonderful piece...as close to perfection as you would wish to get. May I ask about the "realistic tone" you are talking about. I was wondering how you achieved that, is it by thorough blending using different opacities of a standard round brush in photoshop? Or is there a different technique altogether?
Anyway, beautiful work... I must watch you, if that's ok.

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mihamiha In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Ga--.. I -- ... You--...

Speechless

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HOON In reply to mihamiha [2004-12-08 18:51:48 +0000 UTC]

if you are true ninja, you wont make sounds stabing even a balloon! and indeed... speechless. i mean silent.

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mihamiha In reply to HOON [2004-12-08 18:59:37 +0000 UTC]

I try to jawdrop more ninja-like next time

*silent ninja-worship*

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HOON In reply to mihamiha [2004-12-08 19:10:11 +0000 UTC]

catch your chin before it hits the floor! HAHAHA im kiddin. thanks

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pacman23 [2004-12-08 18:38:27 +0000 UTC]

hot damn.. that is sweet

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shaggyoz In reply to ??? [2004-12-08 18:37:42 +0000 UTC]

HooN!! I love this chick with the baby you don't see alot of picture of a beautiful woman with a baby any were!! I love your work!!!!

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soloira [2004-12-08 18:34:46 +0000 UTC]

Great hyung tae kim style like

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abcdefghijef In reply to soloira [2008-06-25 16:21:15 +0000 UTC]

hyung tae kim?

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look [2004-12-08 18:34:15 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful. i like the shading of her hat, shows the transparency in texture. She looks so sexy, and sweet and kind.
I just love it more when i realized she's holding a huge hammer! SWEEEET!

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HOON In reply to look [2004-12-08 18:59:26 +0000 UTC]

sexy, sweet and kind indeed. thats exactly the persona im hoping to give her. thanks.

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EliseWolfwood [2004-12-08 18:33:21 +0000 UTC]

wow very cool. The detail and color is amazing!

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AySquid [2004-12-08 18:33:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh, that's beautiful.

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