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Published: 2009-04-28 18:57:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 37109; Favourites: 1159; Downloads: 528
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Description Edit: Thanks a lot for the DD, and the favs and comments
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Made for ^Mistress-Jaeden big head challenge .
30 colors, way too much time. (Yes, I saw the "cram as many colors as possible" line, but when I do that, my mouth starts twitching.)

A gigantic THANKS to the regulars and less regulars visitors of the Digital dolls chat , as well as to ~Fyin , who suffered through weeks of my constant whining and complaints, and yet endured it with an admirable restraint while keeping me motivated.

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The character: Zira of the scarlet sands, from the fantasy novel I'm writing. (Warning to my only reader: spoilers ahead)

Zira is the high priestess and ruler of a religious tribe worshipping Khalida, the goddess who created the earth and all its creatures. They are peaceful people, living in a small fertile area between a desert and dangerous mountains.
The main belief of the tribe is that Khalida died after creating the world, in a sandy cave near their village. It is said that her blood turned the sand of the cave a deep scarlet, and that she would be reborn it the same place in the form of an immortal newborn. To prove his divine origin, the child had to be able to survive in the cave for a week, without being fed or tended to.
As you can imagine, this belief led to quite an amount of abandoned babies - unwanted ones, or simply children of poor mothers thinking they could get away with hiding in the cave to take care of their newborn until the test was completed, only to discover that the priests kept the children under close watch.
Many infants starved to death until a true immortal - an Everlasting girl - was finally born.

Zira was the daughter of a teenage girl who died in childbirth, sick and weak after her pregnancy. Magic, in the story's universe, is highly toxic to humans, and causes mutations and premature ageing. Carrying a magical child usually leaves the mother severely weakened, and the damage is way worse when the baby is powerful. Conceiving an Everlasting is in most cases a death sentence.

Zira was raised as a deity born again, and obviously grew as the worst spoiled brat you can possibly imagine. Time eventually taught her patience and quietness, and she turned into a proper protector and leader for her tribe.
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Comments: 348

Sd-Sabree In reply to ??? [2009-05-02 18:56:17 +0000 UTC]

thanx I gotta try a stay consistent as well
hopefully it next couple of weeks I play around
with pixel art lol

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mostlypixels In reply to Sd-Sabree [2009-05-02 19:08:24 +0000 UTC]

If you try it, I hope you'll enjoy it ^^

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Sd-Sabree In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-02 22:47:28 +0000 UTC]

I know will! There's alot of graphing involved Im just wondering if it possible 2 do it in paint lol

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mostlypixels In reply to Sd-Sabree [2009-05-02 22:51:27 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely As long as you have the pencil and a zoom, that's enough.

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Sd-Sabree In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-02 22:57:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanx for that advice! Im off pixel a new devaint icon lol rite now!

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The-TimeTraveler In reply to ??? [2009-05-02 00:20:16 +0000 UTC]

Wow!
This is amazing!!!

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mostlypixels In reply to The-TimeTraveler [2009-05-02 07:03:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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The-TimeTraveler In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-08 22:19:11 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome ^^

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Ru-anna In reply to ??? [2009-04-30 23:40:09 +0000 UTC]

You finished it!! And I must say, it's absolutely breath taking, from your shading to your details, I by far love this piece, and it yet again puts me in awe with your pixeling skills. β™₯

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mostlypixels In reply to Ru-anna [2009-04-30 23:45:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much for your comment and the fav. I'm happy you like it.

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alexandreafr In reply to ??? [2009-04-30 20:32:29 +0000 UTC]

OMG ! Elle est splendide ! Magnifique boulot Medea !

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mostlypixels In reply to alexandreafr [2009-04-30 20:33:20 +0000 UTC]

Merci

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Gnog In reply to ??? [2009-04-30 16:52:29 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing It took me a while looking at it just to absorb all the details

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mostlypixels In reply to Gnog [2009-04-30 16:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I'm glad you like it.

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Gnog In reply to mostlypixels [2009-04-30 16:59:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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teardropdangel In reply to ??? [2009-04-30 16:40:27 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is amazing. It makes me want to read the story now.

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mostlypixels In reply to teardropdangel [2009-04-30 16:47:34 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ... Well, I won't publish the story online, so, err... But thanks anyway

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teardropdangel In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-01 01:09:19 +0000 UTC]

That's alright. When it's published, let us know, k?

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PackagedBliss In reply to ??? [2009-04-30 12:32:30 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I cringe to think how long that hair took you! Amazing work! ^^

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mostlypixels In reply to PackagedBliss [2009-04-30 12:33:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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JeSsIBuN In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 13:56:27 +0000 UTC]

O.O

...

O.O

That's really good. x.x Really really good.

-JeSs

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mostlypixels In reply to JeSsIBuN [2009-04-29 14:07:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks I'm glad you like it.

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Mya-Ow In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 07:37:55 +0000 UTC]

Epouse moi !

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mostlypixels In reply to Mya-Ow [2009-04-29 13:45:13 +0000 UTC]

XD navrΓ©e, j'ai vouΓ© mon coeur Γ  photoshop.

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Mya-Ow In reply to mostlypixels [2009-04-29 21:10:10 +0000 UTC]

Je t'attendrai, s'il le faut !
Photoshop peut Γͺtre traitre, et si ton coeur un jour se brise, je saurai recoller les morceaux !

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mostlypixels In reply to Mya-Ow [2009-04-29 21:37:41 +0000 UTC]

Qui vivra verra, mais n'aie pas trop d'espoir: gimp me tente aussi!

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adiga-rodin In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 06:08:27 +0000 UTC]

very impressive

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mostlypixels In reply to adiga-rodin [2009-04-29 13:46:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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Juanalene In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 05:41:10 +0000 UTC]

Yay Meri!
- You finally finished it and it looks amazingly beautiful hun! (^-^)
Her hair looks so soft!

*wants to touch it* (o__o)

- I hope you didn't go stopping random people on the street with braids in their hair like you said you might do. XD
Anyways, congrats to you hun and I'm sure your happy it's finally done with.

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mostlypixels In reply to Juanalene [2009-04-29 13:47:17 +0000 UTC]

Thanks
And no, I didn't attack people in the street, but... I saw no braids either. Who knows what might have happened?

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Chocotini In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 04:10:47 +0000 UTC]

I can't believe you finished it, you're my hero Meririm! Haha, but seriously, I can only imagine the relief you must've felt once you finished. Those braids must've taken forever to shade in! It was fun watching your progress on this, but seeing it finished is even better. You definitely deserve a pat on the back for pulling this beautiful piece off. *pats your back*

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mostlypixels In reply to Chocotini [2009-04-29 14:12:11 +0000 UTC]

*appreciates the pat* Thank you
The braids took forever indeed, I'm pretty sure the reference I used was a girl with hair implants. XD

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DJ-Uni-Mekaju In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 03:49:41 +0000 UTC]

No words I could say would be good enough to compliment you on this. u.u All I can say though is that I'm flabbergasted how you got pixel art to look like this.

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mostlypixels In reply to DJ-Uni-Mekaju [2009-04-29 14:14:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much. It's just dithering and some more dithering.

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DJ-Uni-Mekaju In reply to mostlypixels [2009-04-29 17:34:16 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! What's dithering?

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mostlypixels In reply to DJ-Uni-Mekaju [2009-04-29 17:38:06 +0000 UTC]

It's a way of creating some noise or grid between two colors, at pixel level, to create the illusion that a new color is there.

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DJ-Uni-Mekaju In reply to mostlypixels [2009-04-29 18:32:49 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, that sounds cool!

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Lollipop-of-doom In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 03:23:23 +0000 UTC]

You are absolutely amazing!
I mean
All that detail
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Dithering
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Huge size
I am blown away

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mostlypixels In reply to Lollipop-of-doom [2009-04-29 14:08:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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The-Big-BB In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 00:11:52 +0000 UTC]

incerdible!

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mostlypixels In reply to The-Big-BB [2009-04-29 14:10:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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The-Big-BB In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-04 20:05:09 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome hun

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TreLeCoco In reply to ??? [2009-04-29 00:07:51 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is just amazing So much detail for a huge piece!

Hope you win the contest, I dont' see how anyone could beat that xD

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mostlypixels In reply to TreLeCoco [2009-04-29 14:10:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks
And it's only a challenge, nothing to win, but Mistress-Jaeden and *lithriel did way better than me.

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TreLeCoco In reply to mostlypixels [2009-05-11 01:28:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh lol xD I must of completly read that wrong
And you both did equally awesome tries at the challenge

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Zeldalina In reply to ??? [2009-04-28 22:25:27 +0000 UTC]

I really should take a look at this story you're writing.

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mostlypixels In reply to Zeldalina [2009-04-28 22:29:02 +0000 UTC]

It's in French, unfortunately, and so far not on the internet. ^^ sorry

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Zeldalina In reply to mostlypixels [2009-04-28 22:45:55 +0000 UTC]

That's fine. Maybe I'll learn French one day.

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warpiggg In reply to ??? [2009-04-28 21:37:28 +0000 UTC]

Absolutely stunning. Makes me want to get back into pixelling SO badly. Good luck with the contest <3

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mostlypixels In reply to warpiggg [2009-04-28 21:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for your comment (And I'm glad it made you want that )

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