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amie689 β RK fan arts 2007- 2012
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My long time watchers would know that Rurouni Kenshin is my starting point in deviantArt, and one would be able to see my progress in digital art just by following my Kenshin fan arts..so this is a summery of what I had done from 2007 (my first submitted deviation was in 2008) until the end of 2012. Some pieces are no longer in the gallery, though.
I had hoped to do another one as a closure before 2012 ended, but I guess its not meant to be.....
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I really admire how devoted you are to Rurouni Kenshin and how you keep coming back to it through the years. Your progress is clear, but your works were always great
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I don't watch much cartoons/anime or read manga/comics as a rule.. when the first time Samurai X anime was showed on tv I basically ignored it.. but one day, I happened to be sitting with my brothers when they were watching tsuiokuhen (trust and betrayal) .. despite the medium of presentation.. the story came alive... and I read the entire manga series in two weeks..Β
In a lot of ways for me, Kenshin's struggles to do good, his choices, are very much what we face everyday.. his methods and his resolve are lessons and motivation for me.. Watsuki-san was wise enough not to include too many frills in his story telling so what was left was stark and unforgiving agony.. and I keep on coming back to de-stress myself mostly.. most timesΒ I don't have a lot of time to paint so my emotional release was the familiarity of the RK world... Β
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I was quite the fan of anime and manga but some years back I kind of cooled down and read/watched anything new nor old, but because of my brother, I thought it might be nice to show him some shows I enjoyed as a child and Samurai X was one of my choices, so it got me back to those old memories and I got very happy to see how everything had happened in the story, since I never finished it at the time. I've even been able to actually buy Trust and Betrayal, it's such a beautiful and sad work.
The theme of the story and characters of Samurai X, but especially Kenshin himself, are quite interesting indeed, complex and rather deep. Like I said, I watched the show like 15 years ago when it aired in TV here, and despite never getting to the end or remembering most characters (I didn't remember most names except for Kenshin's for exemple) it was a story that always stayed on my mind as 'that japanese cartoon I really liked as a kid'. Coming back to it all this time later, it's really good to discover all these things I didn't get to know before, but also to rediscover how meaningful it actually is.
Even if it was a mean for you to de-stress yourself and for emotional release, I think it's good you had the world of RK to serve that purpose for you, I think it's important to have that sort of 'support'
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Not just support and emotional release actually.... the complexity the characters, the believability of their struggles etc are precisely the reasons Rurouni Kenshin has been a part of my life for so long.. when other stories have been momentary entertaining distractions.. Β and I have been a Japanese buff for even longer... Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune etc.. (just not much manga, previously..)
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Wow, the progress is really impressive.
I vaguely remember some of the oldest pictures (were they on Hakubaikou's site, too?) and that I was impressed by them. And yet you still improved so much more in those years. I'm curious what the next years will bring and will keep watching you.
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Thank you for saying that
I'm not sure how much further I go though.. without some changes in my software and my outlook..
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Well, there's always things to refine even if it's just nuances. I've been watching some great artists and while they didn't change their style radically there was still interesting shifts and growth.
Anyway, I also really enjoy what you are doing now and I'll just wait and see where it goes. Even if the technique doesn't change much, your favorite subject just makes me want for more.
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ah, yess... my favourite subject...
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I have watched you since your very first days on DA and I can say that you have improved a lot! Can't wait to see what you will show us in the future!
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Yesss.. you are one of my very first watchers and friends.
Grateful to have you around all this while.. 
Here's to wishing for more years together
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Thank you 4 saying that.... 
I remember when I first started, feeling awed looking at all the great works....
Didn't think I'd get where I am now, & I've got a long ways to go still, but I enjoyed the journey..
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The journey is what ultimately makes it worthwhile
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Wow some I never seen before. I like the one of Kenji by the water. I also love the one of Kenshin holding baby Kenji. β₯
The 3rd row, 2nd pic is that from the fanfic called Only the Beginning by Lolo Popoki?
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I'd forgotten some of them too
No.. Kenshin was sketched out way in 1997 for that pic.. 'the missing month' after the fight with shishio bothered me but I couldn't decide from who's POV is the most appropriate. In the end I did Hiko after a discussion with Siriusfan13.. wrote something too to get into his head..[link] , which is probably going to be edited soon too...
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That's a good mini-fic, the one you gave me a link to.
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