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Published: 2006-04-29 21:44:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 7333; Favourites: 219; Downloads: 451
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Should probably be in People category but didn't seem to fit.Right, finally had time to finish this one. 100% Photoshop, no reference for the pose.
So here's the "pow girl" again. I think I've settled on the name Leilani for her, it's a nice name. Anyway, she's dancing around listening to her Walkman. Offically, she's listening to Gates of Heaven by Do As Infinity, but use your imagination for a better song. She really enjoys a wide range of music, and she thinks no-one's looking.
I'm not entirely sure this came out exactly as I wanted but I'm still pleased with it. I don't like her stomach though, it looked perfectly fine before I decided to give her a longer top. Now it looks strange and I'm not sure why. Still better than my first attempt though. I do like that I put all the seams in her top and I think most of the folds look right. The skirt jutts out to one side a little too much, my bad.
Anyway, it's done. Made it a print
Opinions plz
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I had a friend in third grade whose name was Leilani. She said it meant heavenly flowers, or flowers of heaven. =] Very nice movement she has. ^^
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Yup, it does indeed mean that. I thought it was a nice name, even moreso with the meaning behind it
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the hottest cg chick I have seen today ( yet )
amazing coloring
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This picture represents everything I would like my D-Grrl character to be. (That is after I get the tools to put her online and learn a little more about line-art and coloring. ..sigh*)
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I really ig your coloring style dude. Keep it up, we wanna see more of her
See ya
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The shading is soooo amazing, she looks almost real! i love her pose too :woot:
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DDR any game.. anywhere. 
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Thanks man, glad you like it
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The lighting is excellent. The flow of the skirt is perfect. Only critque I could think of is her legs look a tad too sculpted. With women's legs it makes them look a little too masculine. I find a softer, subtle fade to the colors makes the women's legs.
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Yeah I think you're right about that. It's a bad habit of mine I guess, I always make the muscles too defined. I'll take it into account next time.
Thanks for the advice, I'm glad you liked it
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very cool, I like it. It's a great interesting concept
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Looks good! Love the colours and the shading. 
What a pretty name!
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Thanks!
I just thought the skirt looked a little too exagerated with this being a realistic piece, but I guess it looks fine
And so you know, Leilani is a Hawaiian name meaning "heavenly flower"
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I'm impressed by the shading, first of all. The sheer energy of the pose comes immediately, and the colors, earthy, contrasts the background of her listening to "Gates of Heaven."
But the pose itself could have used a reference anyway, to be safe, because her right thigh (one on the left) seems either too big or somewhat out of place. The skirt also has a problem, one you at least recognize. The shading on the stomach muscles may be too elaborate, so that might make it off as much as adjusting her top (it went further up, so the eye could correctly piece together the proportions you used to have there--you don't have the luxury now, so it might look off).
Even so, it's not a complete failure. It certainly is worthy of a nice print.
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Thanks for the critique!
Yeah I really should have used reference, but I was testing myself to see what I could do without one. I wanted her to have thick legs, but a photo would have really helped me draw it properly. come to think of it, I edited her legs twice before this version. As for the stomach I can now see clearly everything that I did wrong. I've got too much emphasis on the muscles when I should have really painted it much flatter. That's something I'll keep in mind for next time, I think
I'm glad you like it though. Hopefully next time I can do much better!
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actually mama never gave her much,she just "grew" it ¦D
shake shake it,yeah BD
love the pose
the coloring is amazing: very smooth,no edgy.. umm.. edges xD;;
dawwwwww,who am I kiddin.. the pic's flawless 
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This pic is sooo cool! Heh, it reminds me alot of DDR too. X3 
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Good use of Colour and tone. Great job, so l33t! y()|_| d4 |\/|4|\|! ^_^
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Nice coloring. I think, she looks odd in the torso now because the problem is actually very simple (to me at least feel free to disagree. lol) Solution: Move the bellybutton up just a hair to where the shadows begin below the shirt. The shirt since it's been lengthend now puts me in mind of a belly shirt with touches the top of ones pants but readily shows one's stomach and with the skirt being extreamly lowrise it starts to look funky. But it's only a minor problem I love her face, it's hard to believe you didn't use any sort of reference pictures. But then remember I'm like a fashion major so...I'm alittle weird lol. Keep up the awesome work.
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Thanks for the advice! This is why I really should have used some sort of reference there, but it's a learning experience
Thanks again
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lol np I'm still just too impressed that you did that without a reference. You are really good.
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I think it's perfect... the background is catchy... bright yellow is very vibrant... the pose is fine... she looks good... congrats on a good job... I think you're right about the stomach... the tone in the shading may be a lil too dark... that could just be me tho...
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Awesome work man really like the pose almost looks like shes moving if ya stare to hard at it
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The skirt isn't too far out, she is just shakin' it like there is no tomorrow.
Seriously, your work always amazes me.
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That clothing looks 100% perfect! Amazing! The textures look so realistic
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omg that looks awsum!And I luv the title lol ^^ great job!
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nice work kman, but maybe next time u cud try drawing one of your characters with some clothes on.....i mean, the skirt 
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Dude, she's wearing a heck of a lot more than the last pic of her I drew! Miniskirts are still in fashion, right? lol
Good to know the top makes her look more dressed though
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kman, u dont know whats in fasion dude.....u wear tracksuit bottoms 
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Pff, please, black is ALWAYS in fashion
And my tracksuit bottoms as you like to call them are baggy, giving me awesome stylin'!
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Yup, they add +3 to my awesome stat
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Yeah, like someone said before, I think the top looks weird because it's not creasing across her stomach even though her torso is twisted.
Other than that though, this is awesome! And I -like- the way the skirt jutts out a little too much, it makes the picture more dynamic 8D
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Yeah, thinking about it that was kinda a rookie mistake on my part. Looking at it now I should have been able to see that. Ah well, I still like it 
Good to know the skirt doesn't look too bad
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Whhooooa Funk!
Timet o get those dancing shoes on. I love the vibrancy and the sheer dynamics.
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absolutely beautiful, for once a white shirt still kept all its texture. great job sweetie, love the textures in the background too..
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Maybe it's just the really tight fit of the shirt that makes it look weird, even though it's fine? It follows the contours of her body so much that maybe it just makes it look odd after seeing the original exposed stomach? I don't know...
Either way, I really like this. Great job with getting the dress to look dynamic with ti's movement, and the same with the hair. They feel like they're flowing int he right direction, which can be pretty hard to nail. Great colouring too. And yeah, SEAMS!
Can't think of any negative aspects, 'cause there arent any XD
+Fave.
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Thanks very much man
I dunno about the stomach, to me it looks like it been Photoshopped......which is odd as that's exactly what I did with it. That probably didn't make any sense though
Anyways, glad you like it and thanks for the fav
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Wen your aiming for realism, or any other particular type of style, you don't want it to LOOK photoshopped. I take it that's what you meant
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