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Published: 2012-10-29 13:19:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 16403; Favourites: 1433; Downloads: 0
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for the love of light and shadows:#12 of the haiga girls series.
西日よりまぶしく燃える恋心
魂を食う炎の瞳
nishibi yori mabushiku moeru koi kokoro
tamashii wo kuu honoo no hitomi
burning more brilliantly than the westerly sun-
my infatuation.
eating up my soul, your flaming eyes.
it is a commissioned work by ~the-warrior-of-ruin (a.k.a. Stephen Whittingstall). akako is a character in his webcomic
The Warrior of Ruin (www.thewarriorofruin.com)
this is the inspiration for the akako in my mind that finally oozed out onto the monitor:
basically akako's element is fire and so the tanka written is full of heat. even a blue dress couldn't drown the fire.
pencil sketch on A4 drawing, scanned and colored in photoshop 7.0.
by #dALinkSystem
Starry blue nekogirl by *SheIsBlueAi
and Menma-Chan by *efMoe
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Comments: 70
for comment/critique contest, december 2012
On anyone's eyes, their first impression of this piece, they would think that it has been done traditionally. That's just how you actually fooled them, it fooled me too. It looked so much like an oil painting the first time I laid eyes on this. You showed us that even a digital work can be painted like a traditional method.
Here are the strong part of this drawing, of how you pointed out the focal point at the upper part of her body, making people focus more on her face, followed by her clothes then last part of the legs, making it more less-detailed when it reaches down below, just like the background, it's not necessary to make a background for this piece..
..however, it's more advisable to fill up the white space. There are such thing, and it gives your persona more spotlight, especially when you've put the lighting on her right side (our left side). When positioned the lighting, there could have been more highlights on her skins, just like how you did on her clothes, and you could play more with the volumes of the gradient, less white on the skirt when it goes near her arms.
I thought this piece could use some blending, but at some art it doesn't have to be necessary because you play so well with the colouring technique that it gives the specialty and warmth to anyone viewing it e.deviantart.net/emoticons/s/s… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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i really love this! she's so adorable and looks like a cute doll
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OMG! I thought this was a photo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Love the lighting in this 
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Very pretty. Very feminine. Nice pastel colors and good use of light and shade. Great job.
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She's amazing! She looks so adorable sitting there!!!!
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and her left leg (the one on the right) should be less visible.. that's my opinion
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i think she should've squeezed her hand to show the "heat"
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Beautiful work as always, I have to say I love most all your pieces in some way but this one blew me away, just... woah.
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It's beautiful but very simple at the same time :3
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This is very beautiful. I love the lighting so much!
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UGHHHH WHY ARE YOU SO GOOD
This is so beautiful!
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Very beautiful painting. This character is so cute, just proves that you can still be
a bit sexy WITH cloths on. I love the hand placement and the shadow effects.
simply amazing
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This is REALLY REALLY REEEEAAALLY NICE! 
Keep up the good work!
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I was so happy you took on this project, you brought my Akako to life in a way I would have never known. You have such wonderful talent, and all your work is beautiful. I love the tanka the goes along with the work as well.
You really captured her spirit in this piece and I am very grateful. Thanks again!
-Stephen Whittingstall
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so many of your works look like photos instead of paintings it's amazing!!
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