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illustration commissioned by :devshadowraine of her characters Skye and Wielder.
this is probably the first coloured traditional illustration I've done, with a full background and everything - definitely a learning experience. Thanks again, Wielder!done with prismacolor pencils.
Wielder and Skye ©
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This is so gorgeous! I love the colouring and the composition. The posing looks very natural too. Awesome job!
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WOW!! *stares* Man I knew at first glance that this was done with Prismacolors as I've used them myself for years, and I really think if anything it makes me even more impressed with this picture because I understand the amount of work that must've gone into it! 
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Aw, thank you so very much, it makes me happy to hear that. 
before colouring, I inked the characters with Faber-Castell PITT pens, my personal favourites.
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Yeah I absolutely will check out more of their stuff one of these days... I've been SO busy with looking for work and all sorts of other personal things lately that I feel I hardly have time for anything anymore, oi. 
And ahh okay, I see thanks for explaining! ^^ Well even though I'm not familiar with that particular brand of pen, in my experience it's usually extremely tough to ink over Prismacolors and have it come out looking good because the pencils are so waxy in nature they usually repel the ink. Of course I tend to color really hard too so maybe that has something to do with it, who knows. 
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awe ~^_^~ dun rly know how to describe how nicely done this is
wait here it is.... I feel fluffy
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aw, thanks hun! 
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Might I ask what kind of paper you used for this? I love how rich and smooth the color is, especially in the buildings.
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Sure thing! It's brown recycled paper - you can get recycled-paper sketchbooks at pretty much any art store. I personally love the way it looks with colour pencil - I've got several other colour pencil pieces in my gallery that were also done on this kind of paper, had to try it after seeing other people do it. works a treat!
thanks so much!
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Oh, thank you!
Indeed, it's enriching the color unlike normal paper does. I'll definitely have to try that.
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thanks so much Tashi. 
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Awww, that background is beautiful. I love all of the blues! Oh, and I adore the way you draw fur.
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*___*
i am jealous of your skills.
what size was the paper?
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heh, thankya!
hrm, regular sketchbook sized, nothing too fancy.
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*__* that sounds like it took forever
you inspire me
but i must figure out what i am going to draw before i whip out my colored pencils..
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surprisingly, it didn't take too long once I got into the groove! that's very sweet of you to say, thanks
no harm just playing around with maybe some of your own characters as guinea pigs! you can figure a lot out on your own.
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8D i knowww
i used to use my pencils, even though they wernt watercolor, i would use an oil pen to smudge them on the paper. 83
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well prismacolors aren't watercolour either, but they lay down some really nice thick vibrant colours.
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thats coolness.
I have faber castel which are a little more pastelly then prismacolors. they go on smoootthh like crayons almost but not as icky.
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Wow! This is amazingly done! love how you do doggie expressions! c:
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aw thanks so much! I'd love to play more with expressions actually.
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