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Description [EDIT] - I did'nt like the white border, replaced old logo with new, plus colour changes.


I came accross this image a while ago, and today while i was bored I had a look through my images decided to vectorise this.
From what i can gather her name is : chihiro onitsuka, and the image is from her single - infection.

Before anyone starts whigeing, I know the clothes are simplier than the hair, it was intended. Although i may change my mind and add more detail.

Full view would be apreciated, as I drew every single strand of hair by hand!!!

Time: 8+ hours
Software: Illustrator for image, PS for framing and text only.
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Comments: 265

sunny1221 [2005-05-03 01:38:23 +0000 UTC]

that an amazing job! it's so perfect!

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bickbong [2005-05-03 00:31:15 +0000 UTC]

very nice.....

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flipsideshooze [2005-05-03 00:00:04 +0000 UTC]

beautiful stuff

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WinkyPWNs [2005-05-02 23:34:42 +0000 UTC]

amazing work here, very tonal with green and black, simply amzing work on the hair that goes great with the very simple yet brilliantly coloured clothing, thank you for making this

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lee25 In reply to WinkyPWNs [2005-05-02 23:43:02 +0000 UTC]

cheers for the comment

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Amakudari [2005-05-02 23:33:22 +0000 UTC]

yowza. that's hot. nice job--her hair and skin tones are fantastic. and you did that in ILLUSTRATOR?!?!?!? *dies from imagining effort required*

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lee25 In reply to Amakudari [2005-05-02 23:45:37 +0000 UTC]

yup, all done in illustrator. its not so hard once you have all that experience under yer belt and a nice tablet pen.

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Amakudari In reply to lee25 [2005-05-04 17:24:27 +0000 UTC]

hehe true dat.

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ocirtet [2005-05-02 23:19:21 +0000 UTC]

amazing as your avatar

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Ciuin [2005-05-02 22:13:12 +0000 UTC]

spectacular. i really like the simple colours. works well with her hair.

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s1M [2005-05-02 22:07:57 +0000 UTC]

i love it.

the hair looks that great ... amazing ...

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vvalhallaa In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 21:59:10 +0000 UTC]

beautiful the hair is awesome

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LumaClark In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 21:31:35 +0000 UTC]

quiiiittee nice.

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tigran85 [2005-05-02 21:26:24 +0000 UTC]

beautiful result!
i really like the hair and negative space.
[link]

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dreamchaser016 [2005-05-02 20:47:24 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful--looks like it was painstaking work, and the work was, quite obviously, well worth it.

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csj143 [2005-05-02 20:31:39 +0000 UTC]

You are amazingly talented! 8+ hours well spent if this is the result.

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lee25 In reply to csj143 [2005-05-02 23:47:34 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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mgdmlg In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 19:53:02 +0000 UTC]

Dude, just fantastic... so lovely, grat vectorization !

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peachblossom [2005-05-02 18:34:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow so fantastic. Your the man. Very dramatic. This is amazing. I love the subject to detail. The hair looks like it is flowing. Like she could almost step out, and greet me.

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flyjone [2005-05-02 18:26:04 +0000 UTC]

I saw the thumbnail and I knew who it was! I love Onitsuka Chihiro! And I had the original image as my wallpaper for months.

I love your rendition of it. Beautiful work on the hair.

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lee25 In reply to flyjone [2005-05-02 23:58:01 +0000 UTC]

yeah its a wicked image, i realised that more and more as i zoomed in to do the details. god knows how they got such an amzing shot of her hair.

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angel1573 [2005-05-02 18:05:54 +0000 UTC]

I really like this deviation of yours...especially the colours and simplicity of it. Nicely done

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Crystallinne [2005-05-02 18:04:41 +0000 UTC]

perfect

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paul-corel [2005-05-02 17:49:42 +0000 UTC]

completly randomly stumbled over this image on the internet ..

[link]

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lee25 In reply to paul-corel [2005-05-03 00:01:37 +0000 UTC]

yup thats the exact inamge i used, i was gonna call it 'infection' too, but it thought id call it 'addiction' instead as i wanted to reffernce my addiction to vectoring.

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uhre [2005-05-02 17:49:18 +0000 UTC]

this is really great I love this vector style the hair and even your logo is nice

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lee25 In reply to uhre [2005-05-03 00:01:30 +0000 UTC]

thansk, glad you like it.

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uhre In reply to lee25 [2005-05-03 04:39:41 +0000 UTC]

you are welcome!

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urnightmare [2005-05-02 17:41:29 +0000 UTC]

Most excellent image!

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lee25 In reply to urnightmare [2005-05-03 00:01:44 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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urnightmare [2005-05-02 17:41:28 +0000 UTC]

Most excellent image!

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ebba [2005-05-02 17:27:42 +0000 UTC]

ooh, gorgeous work, and adores the hair

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walkerb [2005-05-02 17:20:00 +0000 UTC]

I adore the painting, the colours work to convey fantastical feel. IT's a beautiful frozen moment. The only thing that bugs me is the white on the bottom. It ditracts from the painting and overpowers the green. Sorry if the critique is unwelcome.

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lee25 In reply to walkerb [2005-05-03 00:05:10 +0000 UTC]

critique is never unwelcome, but i must say that i can't listen to everything people sayptherwise id be making either several versions or changing it multiple times.

In the case im sticking to my decison with the white, because a) for it to conform to one of the specified print submission ratios, and b) balance out the darkness of the image.

cheers for commenting anyways

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Bisqui [2005-05-02 17:17:52 +0000 UTC]

just lovely

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affekt [2005-05-02 17:13:59 +0000 UTC]

Colour choice, layout and style is fantastic. I love the hair.

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i-04 In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 17:13:03 +0000 UTC]

beautiful

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fiercebloodlove In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 16:48:09 +0000 UTC]

beautiful,I love the hair tiss sexy and so gracful

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WishRM In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 16:43:27 +0000 UTC]

OMFG, love the colours amazing work.

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godziu [2005-05-02 16:36:23 +0000 UTC]

gooood

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paul-corel In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 16:23:08 +0000 UTC]

this is sick LOVE IT

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lee25 In reply to paul-corel [2005-05-03 00:08:10 +0000 UTC]

thanks

appreciate the fav too

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beezard [2005-05-02 15:56:25 +0000 UTC]

beautifull

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TheDigitalGeisha In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 15:54:03 +0000 UTC]

This piece is AMAZING! I am loving the hair so soft and whispy. The shading gives it great depth. I have to this

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lee25 In reply to TheDigitalGeisha [2005-05-03 00:16:02 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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Seven-7 [2005-05-02 15:01:31 +0000 UTC]

it's AWESOME

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forkiu [2005-05-02 13:41:23 +0000 UTC]

The hair is awesome!
i dont think you need more detail, that way it should de too photorealistic, and that is no always good.

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lee25 In reply to forkiu [2005-05-03 00:17:45 +0000 UTC]

yeah, im was never keen on photorealistic vectors, but recently my work has approached that simply as my experience has increased. I can't help it sometimes lol.

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reggae In reply to ??? [2005-05-02 12:08:46 +0000 UTC]

I think that you're one of the most amazing vector artists up to date. (Either that, or I really need to get out more often). Keep it up!
And just a question? What is your working canvas size? The detail for the hair is jaw-dropping.

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lee25 In reply to reggae [2005-05-02 12:43:55 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the compliment

I work at A3 i illustrator so the size is irrelevant when your working in Illustrator since its vector and not raster based. But when i export the image from illo to ps, normally 300dpi at least. (i normally use PNG). so the image when rasterised is about 5000x 3000 normally.

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