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KuroCross — Work in Progress II

Published: 2011-05-02 05:38:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 176; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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Description Progress snapshot #2 of the current piece i'm working on.

THE KIMONO LOOKS SO WEIRD *sob sob*

if you guys can compare it with this version [link]
and tell me which one looks better that'd be great.


From now on i'll be updating snapshots of the progress on this piece frequently, so feedback is constantly welcome~

For the first Progress snapshot click here: [link]
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Comments: 8

promised-freedom [2011-05-02 21:11:50 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh this is so pretty. I love the kimono. As for suggestions... The warm colors up top look a little murky and out of place. Maybe try some different shades, or make it all cool-colored? I absolutely love how the purples, blues and pinks go together at the bottom, so yeah. If you think she's "popping" too much from the background, add some purple-y tones to the skin, hair, fur, etc. to make the lighting on her more ambient. I also think you should keep the line art on the character like you did with the skin, or at least define the edges some more with a dark shade.

Oh, the shading on the hair seems a little too grey and warm. Maybe try some more silver-y and/or cool tones?

Hopefully some of that helps. I'm not actually working on this so my suggestions may end up being awkward and falling flat... But it's worth a shot. xD

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KuroCross In reply to promised-freedom [2011-05-02 21:33:46 +0000 UTC]

hey, thanks so much ^^ haha i actually think the problem is that the kimono is too busy and its becoming a distraction almost :s i wanted to keep the red parasol (i had this weird sort of red parasol=sun in the night sky concept) so right now i'm trying a orangy kimono on her without the patterns. i dunno, it gives a different feeling...but i sort of like the cool-tone oriented look too.

ahhh decisions decisions == maybe i'll upload the orange kimono one on here too...

anyways, thanks so much for all the feedback!! i'll definitely take them into consideration

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promised-freedom In reply to KuroCross [2011-05-02 21:56:06 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I like the red parasol too, I actually like how it stands out. A simpler kimono could work well, I'd say try a few different colors and see if that works better. If you post it I'd love to see, I'm curious how it looks!

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KuroCross In reply to KuroCross [2011-05-02 21:48:49 +0000 UTC]

so i ended up uploading the orange version too :[link]

if you have time to take a look and tell me which one you think is better, that would be awesome ^^ thanks so much

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KatGodeu [2011-05-02 20:20:31 +0000 UTC]

I think with the kimono you may want to try more warm colors and maybe bring down the red. As it is, the parasol "pops" too much.

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KuroCross In reply to KatGodeu [2011-05-02 20:38:08 +0000 UTC]

hmm, good suggestion, in fact i was considering a redish orange colour. will give it a try, thanks so much!

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KatGodeu In reply to KuroCross [2011-05-05 18:19:15 +0000 UTC]

I love the reddish orange version!

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KuroCross In reply to KatGodeu [2011-05-05 18:33:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks!! i'm probably going to be using that version ^^

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