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prettymonkey26 — Ms. Shanghai

Published: 2006-12-26 16:07:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1653; Favourites: 21; Downloads: 34
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Description i love the retro look of the kitschy chinese art deco pinups so here's my humble homage to one. i used an actual shanghai poster for reference. the pattern on the dress and the flowers in the background were a bitch to trace. overall the most time consuming illustration i ever worked on. (two weeks on and off).

i used a grungy texture on the background so it looks a little...dirty.

the black outline of the girl seems a little distracting to me...i might repost an edited version of this...just waiting for reactions
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Comments: 7

cyberdarkness [2008-04-27 17:38:00 +0000 UTC]

this is great keep up the good work

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AllenHwong [2007-06-26 05:54:48 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha ~~Shanghai!I come from Southwest China.Your pics is verl nice.i like it!

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DOMEDOME [2007-06-14 12:26:57 +0000 UTC]

So intersting!

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rihl [2006-12-27 18:38:14 +0000 UTC]

wow. wicked work there. high props to tha fact that thats all hand done. the dress looks wicked. love the background, looks very antique. and i personally dig the black outline. gives a kind-of rendered feel.
i like it.

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prettymonkey26 In reply to rihl [2006-12-28 00:11:13 +0000 UTC]

maraming salamat po. (means thanks btw), yeah, i wanted it to look retro indeed.

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abomos3ab [2006-12-27 05:40:14 +0000 UTC]

pretty coool

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prettymonkey26 In reply to abomos3ab [2006-12-27 05:45:09 +0000 UTC]

why thank you. i almost gave up on anyone liking Ms. Shanghai

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