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Published: 2006-10-09 21:05:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 2529; Favourites: 38; Downloads: 14
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Description Durga, AKA Melissa, AKA the AI from I Love Bees. Never got involved when the game was going on, but got into the story later on instead. I'm just waiting for something to happen for Halo 3.
...I can't believe how long it took me to realise Melissa was named after the computer virus. Sheesh, call myself a fan. ...Unless the name was picked because it actually comes from the Greek for honeybee. These things are just plain complicated...

Slightly different technique here than usual, different glowy effect. Went a bit wild with the airbrush and layers.
Tricky to make her look like a relative of Cortana without going somewhere down the YAY RIPOFF avenue. Went for the yellow with the dark stripes because of the whole 'bee' thing. I've seen one picture of her in the past; however, I have no clue if it's any kind of of official artwork or whether it's fanart.
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Comments: 15

Rythye [2016-03-01 05:51:53 +0000 UTC]

Any artwork of Melissa is good artwork to me... Still fantastic! Even 10 years later!

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SusanBourne042 [2011-01-07 13:49:32 +0000 UTC]

cool

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Rothor [2008-07-31 23:21:51 +0000 UTC]

This is Velthiriun, I'm re-faving pictures.

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Velthiriun [2007-10-18 22:51:37 +0000 UTC]

This is Sindrap, I'm just re-favoriting pictures and stuff. (This is a comment I shall say to every favorite I have, lol.)

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sindrap [2007-04-24 21:26:51 +0000 UTC]

It's a nice picture, and if you think you're not such a good fan of ILB, I had to find out that Melissa was named after the virus (Which I don't know what you're talking about) from here, lol.

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PhoenixTrooper In reply to sindrap [2007-04-25 06:47:58 +0000 UTC]

There was a virus called Melissa doing the rounds a few years back, forget what it did, though. I still don't know if she was named after it for sure, but the way these things work, I wouldn't be surprised.

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sindrap In reply to PhoenixTrooper [2007-04-25 10:53:35 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, good point.

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NicotineDragon [2006-10-10 05:51:29 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, she's shiny. I like the depth from the golds.

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PhoenixTrooper In reply to NicotineDragon [2006-10-10 08:12:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, I'm really happy with how the colouring came out myself. I was originally just going to colour the outlines but decided 'nah, can't leave it there' and attacked everything with a paintbrush and a few different layer types.

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kamakazi32 [2006-10-10 05:12:16 +0000 UTC]

nice job ^_^

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PhoenixTrooper In reply to kamakazi32 [2006-10-10 08:10:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I was really experimenting as I went along...

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kamakazi32 In reply to PhoenixTrooper [2006-10-11 01:35:25 +0000 UTC]

^_^ keep it up.

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skkyracer667 [2006-10-09 23:07:08 +0000 UTC]

dats shiny!
and kewl

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PhoenixTrooper In reply to skkyracer667 [2006-10-10 08:09:52 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I'm all about the shiny and cool. Thanks!

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Fearlancer In reply to PhoenixTrooper [2011-06-22 20:20:59 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE DURGA!!!!! SHE IS AWESOME well not as good as Cortana but better than Auntie Dot XD. Her and Cortana are the only 2 with actual stories behind their creation

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