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Published: 2004-04-02 12:21:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 1753; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 266
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This is one of my submissions for the anime art competition being held at the anime club at uni. Not sure how good the other artists are, but I'm hoping that I'm not gonna be pure crap next to them... *nervous*There are a few things that displease me about this pic though; I might try to fix them later, but for now, I'm glad I'm over and done with it. It took way too long because I could only work on it on Fridays for an hour or two. Other than that, I was swamped with too much work...so i started getting annoyed with it. I do like it though, I just hope it's good enough.
Technical notes: Drawn and shaded on normal paper with mechanical pencil. Scanned in and CGed with mouse in Corel Photo-Paint 7. Do you have any idea how slow going it is doing swirls with a mouse?
The entire piccie is original; I created the background star by star, swirl by swirl. But I'm pleased with the result. And I love how the highlights and the fabric turned out, though I thought overall, a deeper contrast would have worked better. Altogether, 54 layers were used to complete this pic. Gah. Concept: Scifi-fantasy melange. My favourite. Why should the future be all metallic and stuff? No matter where we humans go, we always have this fascination with going back to the basics.. In fact, natural fabrics, soft form and organic shapes would probably be sought after in a hi-tech society. Hence, the concept of the pic. Blend of eras?
Etc: I'm reluctant to reduce the size. It's good to be able to see the pic in whole, but all the details are lost in teensy pics. Ah, well. That's what thumbnails are for...
I hope y'all enjoy this! I've been getting lots of lovely comments recently, so thank you to all of you for being supportive and commenting on my art.
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Comments: 53
I really like this...the flow is great...I love her dress and hair. You chose well on the colors..very deep and warm. This is a fun pic. I like how you did the ball of light as well...very nice. *smiles...
Oh..and I think your icon is very cute...the pale colors..are very nice indeed. *smiles..
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Ooooo pretty. I like. You did a great job on the lighting.
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I took a tour over your art and this one is my fav.
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wow... gorgeous *_*
shading, fabric flow, orbs and lineart~ *nods*
must of been hell digitally inking this piece. hehe I tried swirls with a mouse... it was a killer... *sigh sigh*
Nice idea~ ^^
Her hair reminds me of the "oh my goddess" types~ pretty ^^
Metallic platings (are they?) on her arms.. nice touch.. ooo and the barcode~ hehe
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Thank you soo much for commenting! And for noticing all the little details! It really makes everything worth it! Thanks!
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this wouldn't be crap next to anything! I love the shading, its very well done, and all the traily ribbons and things, very cool 
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Thank yoU!! 
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*In trace athe the beauty of this peice*
Clara muse of cuteness: Wow
Runesman: That doth be maroules
RuUnEsMaAn: i do not see what you are... Oh
KICK AS PEICE ON SO MANY LEVELS! YOU ARE AN ART GODDESS!
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Is that one of those codes that put on cans of food and stuff that's on her arm?
That gives me idea's! *starts drawing on herself with a sharpie*
Dat's totally awesome!
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Oy! O_o!! That would hurt! And...uh, yes...it is a barcode! I'm glad it's inspiring you!! 
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You mean the sharpie would hurt? Heh, I meant the marker's called 'sharpie' My family has tons of 'em! I always draw on myself! It's fun!
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Thank you soo much! Both for the comment and the Fav! I'm so glad you like it!
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most welcome on both avents you are a truely great artist i learned one thing since i caim here to d/a i am no were near to the best as what i thought i once was, infact i feel i am very under them , like your peice i couldn't do it, and have no idea what you use to make it or how you used it.
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I cant believe how many details are missed out on in the thumbnail
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^_^ Yeah, I guess. The horrors of thumbnails. Hopefully the shiny glow will pull viewers in!
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Yeah, it looks pretty cool already, but those details really add on
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Your colouring and shading in this piece are amasing. I love her serene expression too and thise orbs are amasing. I love sparkley and shiney things. =^-^=
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Waii!! I adore shiny stuff! My friend calls me a jackdaw cause I get distracted easily by shiny things...*shifty-eyed*
Yay!! Thanks for your comments!!
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nice pose but the background could be doing something
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Thanks for the comment!
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check my site PLEASE!!! Leave comments!!! I'm beggining to think I'm beggining to think I'm living in a dust town online!!!!
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Lines and colors are great. Love those colors so much...
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Thats so great! *drools* O_O *jealous of her CG skills*
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Thanks!
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wow that's the best one you did yet! it's so well drawn and colored I'm amazed I hope you do well!
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wow, awesome image!
wonderful job with the colors =]
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I like the fact the pencil lines are still there. Most people try to get rid of them. The coloring is just excellent. It is off center. The only way i can see of fixing that would be either cutting off part of the picture on the left, or pushing out the picture to the right. Both of those would be difficult to do at this point though, but the picture stands good right now anyways so I wouldn't be too worried.
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Err, getting a little confused here. Cutting off a bit on the left? Or pushing to the right? Do you mean pushing to the left? It wouldn't be hard to change it. But I'm not sure if I should, considering the wire/cables are what I used to estimate the distance the border should be, it might look a little imbalanced to shift the pic. Anyway, thanks for your comments as usual! They're really very helpful!
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What I mean is that the reason its off center is because there is too much empty space on the left. You could either get rid of this empty space by cutting it out(would require moving the border and such, and you would probably loose a bit of the wires) or by adding more space to the right to match up with the space on the left(you would have to make your background bigger and adjust the borders also). The first way would be easiest, but you might not want to crop out parts of the wires. The second would be harder because you'd have to go back and add to the background. If you still can't make sense of what I'm saying(I am pretty confusing) it doesn't matter all that much as it being off center isn't all that distracting.
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excellent artwork
beautiful colors and pose
well done
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"....hold me closer tiny dancer...." I get so teary-eyed when I listen to that song... Woah, way off topic. Uhm... I love the coloring and the shading and everything else about it.
Celeste Windsor
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It's beautiful, so I don't think you're total crap. The picture does seem a bit off center, as if the upper left corner needs something tho.
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Thanks! It's hard to notice things like that after staring at the blasted pic for hours at 500x magnification...Thank you soo much for commenting and telling me, I'll try to do something about that!
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Thanks for commenting!
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