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For school, the topic was book cover. I chose Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden.I was halfway through the first painting when the file got corrupted and everything was lost, somehow from that frustration I went turbo and redid this new one in about a day.
Anyway the format sorta works as a wallpaper too, so enjoy!
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Beautiful. I probably stared at this piece for five minutes and still found something to grab my attention. At first I thought you painted it traditionally the brush strokes were so moving. This really reminds me of some chinese painting I saw previously. If this was for school I hope you passed with flying colors!
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You know, right as I hit submit something else caught my attention. Why did you choose to drip the background red in the lower right? Red is a powerful color and it really draws attention to the white and gold florals. Using such a saturated red to echo the kimono pattern over the piece draws the eye to the attention to detail. I love the almost translucent portion of the cranes' wings that really give depth to the piece. It feels as though they are weightless and flying off the page. The other question I had was why did you do the hills in the upper center (I am assuming they are mountains/hills.) I understood the sun image in the left corner (Japan is the land of the rising sun.) I do enjoy the hills (they are well painted) and they help balance the upper left corner, but then I see the dripping background in the lower right again...
Overall, this is beautiful, and I can honestly say I have been looking at this for over 10 minutes and still enraptured by it. Excellent work.
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Wow! @___@
Did you use brushes for this one? Please tell me you used a little!
If I ever write a book I definitely have to get you to do it
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XD Brushes? I used digital and traditional brushes, yes.
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oh, I meant digital 
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very beautiful. still havent seen the movie though.
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hi there,
just want to comment on such great work you have here, i currently just made this my background, i have an apple 30" display and running at 2500x1600 resolution, it just looks incredible
i personally loved the movie and thought the controversy (chinese actress Zhang Ziyi playing lead in a movie based on Japanese characters) was interesting (musn't forget Gong Li either, lol )
again, great work.........
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Thanks 
I love the movie too, and despite all the controversy, I think it's still pretty cool
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beautiful work, ^^ i dont know how else to describe it ^^
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ooo, good choice! i'm really sorry about the corrupted file, but it turned out so beautifully, and such a good pictorial interpretation of the book!
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I would have picked up the book just for the cover on this one.
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Gorgeous Colours!
her neck looks a bit thick though...
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I really love this, i've never seen something so elegant come out through frustration. I don't have any critique as it has worked so well, well done
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this is beautiful, it truly caught my attention. Great work.
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I watched that movie when I was coming home from Afghanistan! I'm glad I stayed in the Rec Center and watched it, it was pretty good.
I'm glad you went turbo! It's a very nice piece, and it brings back good memories for me as well.
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I would definitely buy it with this cover! Absolutely stunning! The placement is good and the depth of colour is wonderful! Those cranes in the middle - would they be twining around the spine? I maybe would've put just one on the back cover so you could see it in full although I can't really judge without seeing this in it's 3D form. Still - absolutely gorgeous!
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Thank you ^^ yes this is the 3D cover, and the cranes in the middle would be on the really thick spine. So it is really kind of like 3 pictures blended into one.. I'm glad you could see through that DX Many people judged this as a single painting which is wrong because that way, the composition is all screwed up. It's really meant to be a jacket that goes around a book.
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ahhh, very thick spine hey? That would definitely work then
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D: It was due the next day! I was sooo frustrated.. but it's really surprising how fast one can work if you just concentrate!
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lol yeah i know, especially when there's a deadline!
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Ooooh that's so pretty.
That's really good for how quickly it was made.
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wow this is so good! you really captured the actress, even though it's just a portion of her face
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This is beautiful, it would have made a much better cover for the book.
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I found it to be very beautiful however it seems to more capture the essence of Hatsumomo.
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very beautiful! I think the birds added more feelings to this work.
p.s. tried to collect this one for my fav gallery and ended up removing it from there
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wow! 
thats so beautiful! the whole composition is really balanced and the detail is amazing!!! Seriously, how long did it take you to get it so perfect!?
*faves*
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YOU you oyuu ouyuoiiu
...OAO you've certainly grown artwise.. (not just this piece..not sure why i choose to leave this comment here but..). TOA threw you in a box so your real talents doesn't show, ar? I love all the progress in your work, your strokes and figures are more solid now.
You're in Ringling, right? *paws you
You remind me to colour more!
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XDDD Thank youuu 
And yeahh I'm in Ringling now *^* Heard you're in TOA being a tutor?
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I must ganbarree X(
Ringling! How is it like there compared to TOA? :3
And no lol...i'm at AAU now, just about over a month now XD;
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XD Ringling is cool, just like TOA actually, but.. different. I'm sure you know what I mean XD How's AAU?
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Hi
I still have this up as my desktop background ^.^
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