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Published: 2004-03-28 19:10:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 2246; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 920
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My quest to learn Illustrator continues, with varying levels of success. I deleted and redid that background about seven times.. he's gone through standing in the middle of a city, in the middle of a bramble patch, in the middle of a swamp, on a cliff, and finally several different versions of standing in.. whatever it is that he's standing in now. A swamp? A jungle? I don't know, but he sure is standing in it.
Um, anyway, it's Dawn, one of the main characters from my story. And yer, he's one of the folks from the hermaphroditic race, so "he" isn't really a "he", but a "s/he", but it makes life so much simpler to just call him he. (PS: He's not supposed to have nipples. Don't ask about them. : D)
Uh, I'm tired, so I'll go away now.
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This is quite nice, and having tried Illustrator, I really think you work well with the medium. The strongest points of the picture to me are the folds in the fabric hanging from it's arms (very nicely rendered) and it's lower torso area (the hand scratching, hipbones- all look really sharp.) My only suggestions are to make the pinky on the right hand longer, because, since it is a bit short, it looks almost as though the tree is kind of hiding it (probably just me being nuts, I know.) The tree behind him to the left isn't as interesting to me as the right one, I think becaue there are three highlighted bumps all in a row, visually... if they were a bit off from each other, I think it might add interest. Really, this is hard to find anything to critisize- it's very well done. The only other suggestion I can offer is to make it's eyes slightly brighter then it's skin tone, to sort of animate it's face. Very impressive for someone still learning the program, congrats!
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I like the background. 
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Very nice use of shading and curves.
I think the backround reminds me of a swamp, With vines stretching down to touch the bog. How long did this take you? Must have been long for it to look that good, I thought this was a painting until you said " Ilustrator ".
It's just that good, and so ends my comment :d
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Overall the picture is good. Compared to some of your other work though, the use of color in the background is just sort of disappointing. It's indecisive. Of course in your introduction to the picture you explained that, but I read that after I already looked at the picture. So I suppose you should probably decide WHERE exactly you want the character to be. Is he in a swamp? or a jungle? or going into an underground cavern? Unless YOU like the indecissive look, I mean hey some people might think it's cool. You know it gives a sense of mystery and all. I just personally like some of your other pictures with the more vibrant backgrounds. For instance Dreamer of Fire, where you can tell the back ground is probably sky all lit up by some sort of fire.
But I do like the almost water color like effect on his skin and clothing. Good luck with Illustrator in the future.
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I always failed with my illustrator work lol. This is a nice use of color I love the cell shading, and of course the blood, heheh I have a thing for blood.
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I like 'im. The backround turned out well, so the time was well spent. He seems more at home in a woody place. ^^ Though... scratching himself kinda makes me cringe. x.x; Nice job!
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wow! i really like the style of colouring you did on this! its so beautiful! lovely choice of colours too!
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s/he is very beautiful... the vines and flower look very pretty too, and I like how the colours just sort of... work.
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The colors really work well here, nicely done. The figure sorta has a feminine face and and male body so the working of the hermaphroditic traits are working.
Nice work on this you're really learnging Illustrator well.
-m.
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i like the 'unline-ness' of the pic, unlike my artwork, i always need to have lines....
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Veeeeeery cool, especially considering you did that freehand (I'm assuming you didn't have a picture to copy). I really love the background and the face
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Keep up the good work! HAve you ever tried drawing in Flash? Its a great vector program.
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I really like this piece, Kitty! I was never a fan of working with Illustrator... It's kinda tricky to use.
But you did a great job with it! I love the way you shaded him. It's body is also very interesting. Strange that he/she's looking at something so pleasant and simple as a flower while digging his claws into his skin. Ouch. > _O Very nice contrasting elements.
And you did a great job on the swamp/jungle background... it's very intriguing!
*fave*
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some neat skillls from u , i love where hes standing now, its part of a dense jungle with tonnes of canopy,.
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whoo it's awesome i like it a damn lot no complaints from me. favortied
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oooh bloody! but beautifully done! keep at that Illustrator, your illustrations are coming out really good.. love how clean everything is, and the graphic feeling to it
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*worships the cell shading* Its soo.... I don't know. The lack of border ontop the background really makes it stand out. What an amazing piece!
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you are doing a very good job with this program.
the colors in this peice are fabulous!
can't wait to see more!
-amirania
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This is gorgeous! 
And you mentioned your story? Short story? Novel? (I'm curious!)
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Thats great. I love it. The colouring is exelent. Great stuff ^_^
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Go away as you strip, eh? My I love this. The gradient in the background pulls it together in my opinion, and the little sparkly bubbles around the flower are lovely. The look he has makes you think he's all nice and serene before you look down at the nails. 
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nice work, perhaps the light could be more acurate and the red on the nails but in general the result is very beautiful, really good work
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oooh....so beautiful!!!! yep...love the flower!
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the flower is a very emotional link between the lady and the background
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Ohhh, wheee, another Illustrator person! I think you did a fantastic job with this. Very pretty, I really like the composition, those vines are way cool. If you'd like any Illustrator pointers, please let me know! I do ALL of my base are using Adobe Illustrator, so it's my baby
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I don't know very much about vector art. So I can't really give a critique of any sort. The vines in the background are really nice though, I think they are the best feature of the BG. As for the character itself I really like what you did with the chest.
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poo...
well, figured id ask
can i atleast gock at its sexyness?
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Hmm.. I suppose I can let you do that.
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Awesome coloring, it looks different from your usual stuff. ^^
The composition is also very interesting.
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Hmmm.... glad you redid it. I;m sure it looks much better now, although I'm not sure it could get much better!
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wicked ! i love the background
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nyaa!! 
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You are TOO GOOD at Illustrator. 
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I tried illustrator, and crap it doesnt like me, I tell ya! i couldnt draw anything on there< and imgetting better at drawing on the computer>>ill stick with opencanvas
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