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Published: 2010-10-02 22:11:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 25085; Favourites: 384; Downloads: 5
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Description This is commissioned by Phil Velasquez, who was kind enough to let me use his commission to make a sample for a different style that I've been thinking of offering for my commissions.

I don't really know if there will be much interest for this style of mine, since this isn't the art style that people watch me for, and that it costs more. But I thought it wouldn't hurt to put it up as an option anyway

Anyway! This piece uses Phil's friend Jenny as the model for the genie, and the backstory he supplied for the image is the following:

"Two lovers went exploring inside a cave.  Their village was very poor and the villagers were starving for food and water.  The two lovers had heard of the lost treasures of the gods but no one had been able to find it, if these two lovers could find such a treasure their village problems would be solved. 
The odds that they could find such a treasure was against them, since so many had tried  and come out with nothing or lost their lives.
As they explored the cave on the third day, they had just about given up when an earthquake ocurred shaking the insides of the cave.   That shakeup caused a wall of the cave to tumble!   Curious they explored this now open part of the cave and discovered the treasure of the gods!   Treasure was everywhere, even on the walls!   At that moment another earthquake ocurred causing a cave in and injuring the boyfriend.   The girlfriend was uninjured, but her boyfriend became unconscious.   The girlfriend soon realized that they would die if she couldn't find a way out, for hours she tried to move the rocks but they proved to heavy, she even explored further into the cave to find a way out but couldn't find one.
She came back to her boyfriend and prepared to die with him, until she heard a voice coming from a lamp.   She asked the lamp what it wanted from her, the lamp replied that it needed a host genie!  In return it would let her use her new genie power only once to transport her boyfriend and treasure back to the village, but in return she would become the genie of the lamp, enslaved to the god that created the lamp in the first place for thousand years, and once that thousand years was up she would be released from the lamp. With tears in her eyes she accepts this offer only to rescue her boyfriend and the village, and knowing she will never see him again."
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Comments: 34

scottsdaleboy [2023-04-18 10:53:46 +0000 UTC]

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hachimitsu-ink [2013-06-18 05:28:48 +0000 UTC]

wow i have to admit you did a very well amazing job T_T!!!!

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yapi In reply to hachimitsu-ink [2013-06-19 19:01:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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btrain7933 [2013-06-01 21:13:42 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely LOVE this pic one of the best genie pics I've ever seen! The back story use very well thought out and I love how the defeated expression on her face reflects her heartache and sadness of not only losing her love but also losing her freedom. I agree with centaur the barely there costume just covering little bits of her body along with her wrist and arm bands make her far more sexy than if she was completely naked. Well done I am intrigued with this pic! Any chance of u doing a commissioned pic of a frontal view of this beautiful genie??

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yapi In reply to btrain7933 [2013-06-22 19:05:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it As for another picture, it's not very likely that the person who commissioned this will ask me to draw another follow up

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btrain793318 In reply to yapi [2014-03-20 19:34:22 +0000 UTC]

We'll I actually meant that I would love to commission a follow up with a frontal view that's how much I love this pic!! 

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yapi In reply to btrain793318 [2014-04-13 20:29:49 +0000 UTC]

Ah! Well that's very kind of you to say

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BleuHunter1 [2012-06-14 00:05:38 +0000 UTC]

very pretty ^_^

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yapi In reply to BleuHunter1 [2012-06-16 19:40:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^

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centaur1729 [2011-08-16 12:38:18 +0000 UTC]

Sexy, beautiful and yet also distinctly heartbroken. You capture the girl from the story magnificently.

You couldn't have made her figure more lovely. I'd say she has the sexiest genie butt I've ever seen. On that note, I love your stylish absence of clothing in this piece. IMHO, the few small pieces of covering she has in those key places actually make for a sexier image than if she were completely nude.

Her hair is very well drawn and full of energy. It's unusual to see one of those high "genie" ponytails with hair so long. It works very well. I also like the effect you create by splitting her tail into 2, then rejoining it. I can''t help but notice that it kind of forms the shape of a horizontal heart... Perhaps a subconcious sign that comes from thoughts of her long lost love? A nice little bit of subtle symbolism.

One more thing I like about this is the illusion of the lamp. The background is all dusky sky, yet the lamp's shadow makes it seem like it is on solid ground. An almost escher-esque effect that you pull off very well.

All-in-all, this is a wonderful piece. The quality of every aspect is exquisite. Thank you very much for sharing it!

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yapi In reply to centaur1729 [2011-08-26 09:03:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for all your comments! I appreciate you taking in the different details of the pic Haha, I didn't even notice that her smoke formed a heart!

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JennMermaid [2011-01-19 19:07:35 +0000 UTC]

Man, I wonder if that costume would fit me!

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yapi In reply to JennMermaid [2011-01-23 02:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Haha who cares, as long as it does in the picture XD

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Saranagor [2010-11-19 21:59:11 +0000 UTC]

Awesome story! Did the voice warn her about the costume beforehand?

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yapi In reply to Saranagor [2010-11-20 02:34:17 +0000 UTC]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Oh, that deserved a knee-slap, it did!

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antie [2010-10-11 11:17:20 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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yapi In reply to antie [2010-10-11 11:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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antie In reply to yapi [2010-10-11 12:57:41 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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Pimpypants [2010-10-04 16:31:10 +0000 UTC]

This style is awesome

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Arcel-Windwing [2010-10-03 17:23:07 +0000 UTC]

Its a great pic, and I absolutly love the story with it, as depressing as it is...

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JennMermaid [2010-10-03 05:18:30 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Love the approach to how you did the genie.

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yapi In reply to JennMermaid [2010-10-04 04:35:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I've never drawn a genie before, so this was a fun change for me ^^

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ArgentFang [2010-10-03 01:59:41 +0000 UTC]

I like the realism approach to this piece since I feel that anime, while good, is over-done on this site. Keep up the good work.

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KaijuDuke [2010-10-03 01:22:31 +0000 UTC]

awww...so sad, but good work on this pic and mini story

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EmperorNortonII [2010-10-02 23:04:58 +0000 UTC]

very nicely done.

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yapi In reply to EmperorNortonII [2010-10-03 00:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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LMercier [2010-10-02 22:53:26 +0000 UTC]

That is pretty neat. I like the textured feel of it, and the use of the color palette. It does lend a nice effect to it.

I especially like how you did the hairs, though I wishes I was able to specifically nail why I do like it.

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DNLnamek01 [2010-10-02 22:19:18 +0000 UTC]

Wow what an amazing pic. Did you use a different technique for coloring?

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yapi In reply to DNLnamek01 [2010-10-02 22:25:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^_^

It's the same coloring technique I use, except since this leans more towards realism, I used a wider variety of tones and put in more detail. I also worked with a photo reference. But it's still my technique of using the fading brush on Photoshop at 60% opacity and just stroking around

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unconventionalsenshi [2010-10-02 22:15:45 +0000 UTC]

I love her face It looks very realistic! *_*

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yapi In reply to unconventionalsenshi [2010-10-04 05:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I used a reference for her face so it was easy to do ^^

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unconventionalsenshi In reply to yapi [2010-10-04 15:48:02 +0000 UTC]

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WatcherCCG [2010-10-02 22:15:31 +0000 UTC]

Odd, I saw another pic with that name.

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yapi In reply to WatcherCCG [2010-10-03 01:17:23 +0000 UTC]

Heh, well it isn't the most creative of titles so it's not surprising there are duplicates

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