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Published: 2004-10-26 23:11:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 4912; Favourites: 86; Downloads: 219
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Description Whoa, this has needed more than the usual evening to be finished!

Well, to start with: This is Basilisk Boy, one of Retro's characters... Some weeks ago, Seel (yep, who else?) drew him with her usual awesome style, and she let me grab the lineart to add my cheap & crappy colors on it... But, this time, I wanted to try something different than the usual "cel shading + gradient" mix... just to keep experimenting, and, well, you know, when you want to do something different than your usual stuff, you need more time (to experiment, to get used to new tools, and all that jazz) That's the reason this piccie has so much delay... I have left cel-shading aside this time, and I have fully colored it with airbrush and hand-chosen colors (no darken, no dodge, no burn...), just to see what happens...

So, well, here is the final result. I know, nor my best work, but neither the worst... You'll be the judges there: I want your sincere opinion, let me know what you really think, because if I find that this new way of coloring is better than the last one, who knows, maybe I could addopt it more often.... I'm in your hands....

PS: Hehehe, some day I need to thank Seel as warmly as she deserves, for allowing me to practise and improve my coloring abilities with her almighty pictures..... *BEARhugs her until she turns blue*
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Comments: 64

Podopteryx [2004-10-26 23:20:38 +0000 UTC]

If this is your FIRST colour make this way its perfect.
But this boy is as thin as a rake

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skifi In reply to Podopteryx [2004-10-26 23:27:32 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I have made so many tries coloring this, I should have saved all the rejected versions just to let you all know how many different ways of coloring I have tried with this.... XD

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Podopteryx In reply to skifi [2004-10-26 23:35:53 +0000 UTC]

I know this kind of experiment you make it thousand time, and make it in wrong way. But the thousand one try don't change anything. It still looks wrongly. But this pic look good

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Zen--Dragon [2004-10-26 23:18:12 +0000 UTC]

Too Cool!!! Must fav^^ I really like this one:3 I want to learn how to shade like you

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skifi In reply to Zen--Dragon [2004-10-26 23:20:13 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha, as you can read, it's a matter of try and success, I'm my own teacher, just experimenting from time to time and comparing the previous and the new type....

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Zen--Dragon In reply to skifi [2004-10-26 23:24:19 +0000 UTC]

Yea:3 I only know how to shade with the Light and dark toolXDD What I hate is when you use the paintbrush, to outline where the shadow is, and then go to the flood-fill tool, and its a different color..>< and the eye dropper doesn't help...Maybe you could help me how to keep the same color?

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skifi In reply to Zen--Dragon [2004-10-26 23:32:48 +0000 UTC]

Hey, light and dark tooks are useful tools, at least to start with (I have used them for so many months....) But you should avoid to use the flood-fill tool when using them both, it's better to fill spaces by hand, or, if not, what you said will happen.... XP ...And I don't know how to avoid it, I had the same problem so I just decided to avoid the flooding.... ^^

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Zen--Dragon In reply to skifi [2004-10-26 23:36:37 +0000 UTC]

Ohhh....Okay:3 Your pictures look so neat and tidey though:3

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UnstableIceDragon [2004-10-26 23:16:01 +0000 UTC]

Bwahhahah, king of color you are indeed. I belive you have the most awsome style of color, hehehe yours is my topfavorite. I really really like how you did this speaciily the water/

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skifi In reply to UnstableIceDragon [2004-10-26 23:21:36 +0000 UTC]

Lol, but what style are you talking about? The latest one (cel shading + gradient shading), this one, or just all the ones I use together? *wants to know* Yikes, I don't know if I should choose or just keep them all and use them randomly!

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UnstableIceDragon In reply to skifi [2004-10-26 23:23:41 +0000 UTC]

hm, I really like how you did this one, but hell they're all awsome! just use the randomly I suppose lol.

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enigma-dragan In reply to ??? [2004-10-26 23:12:57 +0000 UTC]

hahaha he looks at us in a funny way XD
Cool piccie! Keep it up Skifi! (btw i saw you online, just i was too late to say hi XD)

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skifi In reply to enigma-dragan [2004-10-26 23:18:44 +0000 UTC]

Poor guy, he's blushing with so many viewers staring at his butt.....

Hahaha, it's never late for a friendly hi! XD

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