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This is one of two Hitomi pics I've made, largely originating from a spur of the moment idea, and I thought I'd combine the two into one pic, kind of a two in one deal. I found it hard to see how they could be placed alongside each other though, and as I began to colour them, they were developing styles that were too different from each other, so in the end they became two seperate pics. The second will be coming up shortly after this one. Hitomi is from the Dead or Alive series of course, and in this case, DOA4 specifically.

Spurred on by Kez's demands for stuff that she can at least look at comfortably, I decided to leave the sexy or ecchi pics aside for a moment and concentrate on a somewhat more respectful representation of my dream girl. Not that I consider nudity disrespectful, but yanno, you can still be beautiful with your clothes on. Especially if you're 'Tomi. I also drew this during the long month just after I moved house in which I didn't have internet access, so that's why she's not been insipred by the flurry of DOAX2 screenshots and movies that have surfaced recently (have you SEEN the CG trailer?.. man, you know I've got ideas for a pic based on that ice cream scene, don't you? ). Anyway, here she is doing what she does best, and that's kicking ass. The "Fist of Innocence" name is something she was given for her DOA4 profile, and when thinking of a title, it just struck me as being very appropriate. Kinda sums up both sides of her in three words.

Anyway, on to the pic itself. As you can see, it's alot rougher around the edges than my usual, fully refined works, and I'm always banging on about wanting to try something that breaks those boundaries a bit. I like this rough colouring style, using hard brushes and contrasts, and the thicker, less smooth outlines complement this. Not something I'm thinking about fully changing to, but it's nice to have options. The key point with this pic is that it's the first to be coloured using my new laptop, which as I've mentioned in my most recent journal, has a monitor that tends to display things much lighter and clearer than the monitor for my home PC, which I've always used up until now. It's not TFT, so it is hard to get colours just right, as they look different depending on the tilt of the screen. I couldn't help but notice that the colours of my previous pics all look different on this, and some of them just look way too dull, even my favourite, "Breakfast Time" from back in March. Therefore, this one should be a good deal more colourful than anything we've previously seen from me before. When I brought it partly finished to my old desktop though, it looked a tad too bright and colourful, so I hope it looks ok on your monitor. This situation has thrown me into a bit of uncertainty with it, but hopefully feedback will settle my concerns about it.

Well, too colourful or not, I'm rather happy with the face and the pose itself is very similar to a couple of Hitomi screenshots in my collection, so it wasn't too much of a challenge to draw. She's back in her ponytail, yet despite that, it still really really looks like her, I think. The phoenix top is a dead giveaway at least. Maybe she'll get to have different hairstyles (and I'm not talking about that dyed blonde travesty from DOA4) in DOAX2, at last. Regarding the phoenix, for this one I actually traced around it from a screenshot and used that, whereas before I would always draw from scratch. Getting it to twist around so that it rests nicely against her boobs was a challenge, but it also works well for the background too. Speaking of which, I had no idea what I wanted for that, so it was very rushed at the last minute, I'm afraid. Only thing I'm not that happy with is the creases on her tanktop - very hard to do, for some reason. Oh and the motion blurred fist I think works quite well to add a bit of dynamics to the pose, but I wonder if anything else should be blurred too.

That's about all from me I think. Thought this would be quite short, but I guess I underestimated my waffle-ability. Sorry. Please let me know if the colours look ok for you, particularly. Thanks!

Description
This is one of two Hitomi pics I've made, largely originating from a spur of the moment idea, and I thought I'd combine the two into one pic, kind of a two in one deal. I found it hard to see how they could be placed alongside each other though, and as I began to colour them, they were developing styles that were too different from each other, so in the end they became two seperate pics. The second will be coming up shortly after this one. Hitomi is from the Dead or Alive series of course, and in this case, DOA4 specifically.

Spurred on by Kez's demands for stuff that she can at least look at comfortably, I decided to leave the sexy or ecchi pics aside for a moment and concentrate on a somewhat more respectful representation of my dream girl. Not that I consider nudity disrespectful, but yanno, you can still be beautiful with your clothes on. Especially if you're 'Tomi. I also drew this during the long month just after I moved house in which I didn't have internet access, so that's why she's not been insipred by the flurry of DOAX2 screenshots and movies that have surfaced recently (have you SEEN the CG trailer?.. man, you know I've got ideas for a pic based on that ice cream scene, don't you? ). Anyway, here she is doing what she does best, and that's kicking ass. The "Fist of Innocence" name is something she was given for her DOA4 profile, and when thinking of a title, it just struck me as being very appropriate. Kinda sums up both sides of her in three words.

Anyway, on to the pic itself. As you can see, it's alot rougher around the edges than my usual, fully refined works, and I'm always banging on about wanting to try something that breaks those boundaries a bit. I like this rough colouring style, using hard brushes and contrasts, and the thicker, less smooth outlines complement this. Not something I'm thinking about fully changing to, but it's nice to have options. The key point with this pic is that it's the first to be coloured using my new laptop, which as I've mentioned in my most recent journal, has a monitor that tends to display things much lighter and clearer than the monitor for my home PC, which I've always used up until now. It's not TFT, so it is hard to get colours just right, as they look different depending on the tilt of the screen. I couldn't help but notice that the colours of my previous pics all look different on this, and some of them just look way too dull, even my favourite, "Breakfast Time" from back in March. Therefore, this one should be a good deal more colourful than anything we've previously seen from me before. When I brought it partly finished to my old desktop though, it looked a tad too bright and colourful, so I hope it looks ok on your monitor. This situation has thrown me into a bit of uncertainty with it, but hopefully feedback will settle my concerns about it.

Well, too colourful or not, I'm rather happy with the face and the pose itself is very similar to a couple of Hitomi screenshots in my collection, so it wasn't too much of a challenge to draw. She's back in her ponytail, yet despite that, it still really really looks like her, I think. The phoenix top is a dead giveaway at least. Maybe she'll get to have different hairstyles (and I'm not talking about that dyed blonde travesty from DOA4) in DOAX2, at last. Regarding the phoenix, for this one I actually traced around it from a screenshot and used that, whereas before I would always draw from scratch. Getting it to twist around so that it rests nicely against her boobs was a challenge, but it also works well for the background too. Speaking of which, I had no idea what I wanted for that, so it was very rushed at the last minute, I'm afraid. Only thing I'm not that happy with is the creases on her tanktop - very hard to do, for some reason. Oh and the motion blurred fist I think works quite well to add a bit of dynamics to the pose, but I wonder if anything else should be blurred too.

That's about all from me I think. Thought this would be quite short, but I guess I underestimated my waffle-ability. Sorry. Please let me know if the colours look ok for you, particularly. Thanks!