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Laitma — Sunset Smoke

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Published: 2018-03-15 21:38:48 +0000 UTC; Views: 1502; Favourites: 142; Downloads: 0
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Description Been a while since I drew a proper thing for Angel Dust!

I, uh, I really just wanted to do a nice drawing of Cris but a moody Ian snuck in there somehow hahaha, so be it~ 

Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh yeah that's all; I fiddled with the colors a lot on this, I still don't know how best to color my dang lineart hahahahaaaaaaaa;;;;;;;; :')))))

Cris and Ian are from my story Angel Dust :
    AD - RiseIt's in the oncoming dusk that the angels begin to show.  
Ian watches them, the trails they carve through the sky, slick as quicksilver, erratic as skipping stones with ripples more felt than seen.  Nothing but light and that static song, beautiful even as casual calamities, slashing through the sky in every direction.  If only they weren't so bright.  
A thousand shooting stars, but all anyone wishes is that they'll never be struck by one.
Ian closes his eyes, lets the afterimage map itself onto the backs of his eyelids, searches the lines for some kind of pattern or route, but he's never had a sense of direction, only the vaguest inkling of up, not North.  
He rubs the battery acid on his hands, feels the skin of his fingertips peel and roll into slivers.  He feels grit and rust crumbled inbetween, from an afternoon of digging through another scrap heap.  He dusts his hands off on his jeans and shifts the backpack strap on his shoulder.
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Comments: 27

MahAmmar [2018-04-13 01:09:36 +0000 UTC]

alright, positively blown away! it's so easy to feel the wind blowing from this pic, the atmosphere is amazing! I really like Cris's pose as well!

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Laitma In reply to MahAmmar [2018-04-17 17:41:39 +0000 UTC]

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhh thank you so much, I'm so happy to hear that-!!!!!!  I really like Cris's pose too so I'm super glad to hear that waaahhhh!!!  >o<

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MahAmmar In reply to Laitma [2018-04-19 09:51:28 +0000 UTC]

you're always welcome!

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Prosciutton [2018-03-19 01:50:19 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit, what gorgeous colors and lighting!! haha I pretty much love everything about this wow

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Laitma In reply to Prosciutton [2018-03-20 07:42:48 +0000 UTC]

Aaaahhhhhhhhhhh thank you, I'm so happy to hear that!!!  Dramatic lighting makes anything look good, I swear-!!  XD

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Prosciutton In reply to Laitma [2018-03-21 03:36:53 +0000 UTC]

ayy no problem! 
Also you're not wrong, dramatic lighting is some magical stuff man

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hnkkorgris [2018-03-17 13:52:12 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL
listen you complain about coloring your lineart all the goddamn time but this just looks so fucking flawless I'm just *gestures wildly* SO IMPRESSED
and the perspective is so perfect too like how you did the foreground balcony up against the buildings in the background and oh my god the bUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND

also I like cris's shoes where did he get them

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Laitma In reply to hnkkorgris [2018-03-20 07:42:12 +0000 UTC]

LOL he's ex-military so I guess I just thought of combat boots for his shoes, but who knows, maybe he just got 'em off some rival gangmember he offed hahahaha

But waaahhhhhhhh th-thank youuu, you remind me that I should draw more backgrounds/do more completed illustrations, I kinda missed drawing cityscapes/buildings.... ;=;  

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hnkkorgris In reply to Laitma [2018-03-26 02:15:41 +0000 UTC]

or maybe he got them at RACKROOM SHOES, YOUR ONE STOP SHOP FOR SHOES AND SHOE ACCESSORIES
(I mean taking them off a dead body sounds cooler but we all know the real story)

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Laitma In reply to hnkkorgris [2018-03-26 18:46:20 +0000 UTC]

dude I had to look that up I did not know rackroom shoes was a legit website ROFLMAO

the first thing I  saw was friggin' adidas slippers too (sandals?? sliders?? what are all these shoe names????) so now im just imagining Cris with those and it   h u  r  t  s  

how dare you do this to me

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hnkkorgris In reply to Laitma [2018-03-29 21:52:18 +0000 UTC]

hahahahAHAHAHAHA

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spacerocketbunny [2018-03-16 15:05:14 +0000 UTC]

Love the colours, love the perspective, love the motion of the clouds and Ian's hair, this is sooo fantastic! The angle is great too, just lovely atmosphere here!!

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Laitma In reply to spacerocketbunny [2018-03-20 07:36:25 +0000 UTC]

Aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh oh my gosh thank youuuuuu, you're too kind-!!!!!  ;0;  

I gotta do more full illustrations like this haha, I missed it!!

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spacerocketbunny In reply to Laitma [2018-03-20 14:16:23 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! I love your full illustrations!!!!

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loner911 [2018-03-16 11:48:15 +0000 UTC]

terrific work

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Laitma In reply to loner911 [2018-03-20 07:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Aahhh thank you very much!!  <3

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Arineange [2018-03-16 08:16:48 +0000 UTC]

Love the lighting

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2018-03-20 07:36:00 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!!  Warm/sunset lighting is super fun to do, hahahah!!  XD

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Vol-chan [2018-03-16 00:48:43 +0000 UTC]

Man, I love your characters >w<

Also, how did you get so good at drawing buildings/cityscapes???? Mine look like the kinds of things you see hung on fridges by overly proud parents : /

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Laitma In reply to Vol-chan [2018-03-20 07:44:36 +0000 UTC]

Ahahahahah!!!  I mean.... it sounds dumb but.... it's really just practicing backgrounds a lot?  Understanding how horizon lines and vanishing points and slight fisheye work... it took a long time and a lot of messing things up, I also was a teacher's assistant for a perspective class for a year+, that helped a lot-!!  XD  

I've actually got some rough perspective tutorials I did before, maybe I should dig them up and post them-??  xDD;;

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Vol-chan In reply to Laitma [2018-03-20 12:46:21 +0000 UTC]

YES! Please do! I still get confused by 2 and 3 point perspective >w< I need to practice a lot more, I just have a harder time getting into it than drawing people (ouo)

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Blacku-draws [2018-03-15 23:51:41 +0000 UTC]

I love them both ;__; *hugs tightly*
I really like what you did with the light here, it created amazing atmosphere <3 

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Laitma In reply to Blacku-draws [2018-03-20 07:36:44 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh thank you so much!!!  I'm honored to hear that, this from the master of atmospheric lighting~ xDDD  <3<3<3

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47ness [2018-03-15 22:37:05 +0000 UTC]

Feels like it's been a hot minute since the last time you drew these two (separately, to be sure, but still!)

It's always good to keep giving on-hold characters/worlds some love...! The rimlighting is very dramatic and the colors for the sky gradient feel quiet real.

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Laitma In reply to 47ness [2018-03-20 07:37:29 +0000 UTC]

LOL TELL ME ABOUT IT, I FEEL SO BAD FOR DRAWING SO LITTLE SHANTIH;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

And thanks man, hahahaha I love cranking up the lighting with some bright edges, you know me~ XD  

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rae-jae [2018-03-15 22:05:24 +0000 UTC]

Such beautiful lighting <33

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Laitma In reply to rae-jae [2018-03-16 06:07:01 +0000 UTC]

Aaahhhhhhh thank you so much!!!!    

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