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At Day's End
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Published: 2008-01-09 18:18:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 31383; Favourites: 1264; Downloads: 433
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After a hard day's work, Yoi goes home to tuck into a nice meal. With such an enormous basket of fish, there might be a ladyfriend or company coming over. Who knows, maybe Yoi is just ravenously hungry. Maintaining the gloss on his claws and sweeping wings must require extra nutrition.Note: The dragon-thing on the roof is supposed to be a little stone silouette of Yoi's noodly dragonform. The little lumps next to it are supposed to be animals. I got the idea from a custom for some places in China (eg. Forbidden City) to place them on the edges of a roof. Number and type of animals can denote the status of the building and its occupants, and some had superstitious purposes as well (eg. an animal to ward off the very wooden kitchens from being incinerated).
Kiriban for =Shinerai , thanks for answering all my pestering questions and even providing really sweet references! I've never used so much pink for a character and background before, and I had fun with it. I'm sorry about the character and anomatical issues too! D:
WIP:
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Textures from CGTextures.com
PS7 (background, base colors), OC4.0+ (inking, details).
EDIT1: Thank you for the DD!
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Thank you! Mm, I seem to like overdecorating clothes. xD
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this made choke on a pretzel. HUGE improvement since your recent images. the background could kill with its sheer greatness
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Noo! *abdominal thrusts and a glass of water* Don't do a George Bush! Don't choke on the pretzel!
Argh, background made me mad- I didn't use guidelines like a smart child, and the perspective is off everywhere. So I covered it up with trees and textures. xD
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the wonderful coloring distracts everyone from slight disperspectives
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just wow. you make Shin-pants char look so sexy!(sexy before, but you style brings it alive)
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The copious pink makes it look alive! xD Thank you. <3 This guy was fun to draw.
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c8 OMFG this is the first time I've seen someone draw Yoi besides Shin. He looks SO amazing, I love how... everything's really colorful, yet still muted. Gawd i love your coloring style. x'
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Aw, thanks! xD Muted yet colorful- that's the effect I hope I can one day get. I like candy colors, but too much of a good thing.. xD
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LOL XD You make candy colors hawt so it's all good
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The colors just seem to blend so well; same thing with the details
Simply amazing
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Thank you! Good job's the background pink too, or else the blending would have been much harder. xD
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Background = EPIC WIN!
I love it. ;.;
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Dear god, I am simply blown away here, those colors, that shading, the composition, everything is absolutely stunning D;
I'm definatly drawn to those subtle yet vinbrant colors, and the way you shade hair is fabulous <3 *favs* amazing work o.ob
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Aw, thank you! Thank goodness for Open Canvas, it's the only way I can shade smooth hair. xD
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If you don't mine me asking, do you happen to have another kiriban coming up any time soon?
Just curious XD
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Hahaha! Yes, I think so. When I finish Blazer's kiriban (two people caught the 22,222), I'll announce the next number. It's probably going to be 33,333, how unpredictable.
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Then i'll be sure to look out for it XD totally worth waiting for
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....m-m-m-my god you draw beautifully ;A; you even seem to have improved over your last picture. I love the shine and gentle shading and the rich colors, oh man ;ooooo;~!
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Thank you so much! Part of getting really fun colours was setting my brush to 'overlay' in photoshop while painting over bland colours, because it ended up putting down some rather nice tones without me thinking about it too much. xD
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Arg. So bloody gorgeous. @_@ Amazing; you ROCK!
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He's so happy with his basket of.. fishes 8D
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Aw man, this is so awesome. D: The background is fantastic (sort of reminds me of my own headworld, which I've been meaning to paint), and the coloring/detailing is stunning, as usual. I love the composition, his relaxed pose, and of course the fish. XD Shin will adore this, I'm sure!
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Yes, you should paint your headworld! *pesterpesterpester* I still remember you mentioned bridges and the lack of necessity for nobles to wear shoes. It sounds like such an interesting place! :3
I have to be careful, my subconscious is finding excuses to slip fish into more and more things. xD
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It's on my to-do list, I promise! Right after... school, sketch commissions, etc. 8C
The fiiiiish, they compel you! c8
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If I had a magic shovel, I'd dig you out of that pile of work. D: I can't be the only one who selfishly wants to see your headworld painted in your beautiful style! >:
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Your art is always so pretty and glowy and detailed and beautiful. ;~; I love it.
And I love his claws. >w< They remind me of a velociraptor.
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Thank you! I've been meaning to say this, but your art's been improving a lot lately. <3 Faces and subtle colors and everything. :3
I really liked Yoi's claw design too! I had to do a fullbody, just so I could get his feet in. xD
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Thanks! : D <33
xDD He looks about like he could keep his balance anywhere with them.
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Shin will shit bricks. Count on it. Solid work regardless and awesome use of white and shading.
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Thank you! Agh, the white was a problem- it kept coming out to bright. xD Finally just resorted to painting greyish yellow, and adjusted the contrast a bit later.
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That's what's up! It did ya well in this piece.
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oh boy, the details! The details!!
looking at this makes me weep X3
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That was like.. three days of solid details. I'm slow. D: Thank you! I'm glad I made it to the end. xD
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Agian I'm just completely envious of your coloring technique @_@ You should become some professional artist or something its just that amazing!
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Aw, haha, I'm not cool enough to be pro. I have all kinds of problems you won't believe as soon as I take a baby step out of my comfort zone. xD Thanks for the comment, it was sweet of you to say that. <3
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I think your to cool not to be pro^^ and your welcome ^^
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that's like the most beautiful thing ever ;-; i looooove the smoothness of the colors
the way you do hair is just... well, i don't know, but it's certainly awesome xD; i hope one day i can shade like you! i've always liked this character too xDDD
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Yoi is pretty grand. <3 I was happy when Shin asked for him, and gave an awesome reference sheet to boot.
With shading- I kind of combined *shirotsuki 's style with a whole load of other tutorials and painted backgrounds- if you're interested, Shirotsuki made a colouring tutorial which was like my bible. ;___; It's in her gallery.
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o:! omg, thank you so much! <3 that means a lot to me ^.^ gosh, i forbade myself from ever buying another commission, but i'd break my rule to get one from you ;-; (cause i know i'll never catch your kiribans xD)
i'll follow those tutorials as well ;-;
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You never know, refreshing alot right before the darn number might actually work. xD I don't take commissions at all, unfortunately. :/ One day I might, but I want to stablize my style and do some more exploring first. I hear a lot of awesome artists have trouble justifying doing personal art because they have too many comissions. 8C It makes me sad!
I didn't realize you were the one that created Daenonin until I looked at your journal! That critter is one of the most awesomesauce things ever. <333
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