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Description Runaways fanart, HO. If you're not reading this series, you should be very, very ashamed of yourself. You're missing out on some top class writing and art.

I've had this picture in my head since Karolina first went off-world, ohhh...a year ago? It just strikes me that she was dropped headfirst into not one, but TWO cultures she was completely ignorant of. On top of that, the Majesdanian mode of dress (which I think is BRILLIANT. I love that it's so stark, since the people themselves provide the colorful ornamentation) must call up painful and unpleasant memories of her parents. If I were in her situation, I know I'd be less than thrilled about dressing like them, for lack of any other options. More and more, the Pride's legacy is becoming an issue for the Runaways; poor K just had her face shoved in it earlier than Chase or Victor.

I also imagine that it must have been a BITCH to get the Majesdanian faction to accept her as any sort of leader, what with her parents being the ones who SOLD THEM OUT, and all...I would do all kinds of fanart if anyone ever wrote that fic (not that I've ever read Runaways fanfic, because I fear fandoms, but I would if someone pointed me towards a story along these lines).

On a technical note, I'd like to declare this attempt at coloring her trippy lights a RESOUNDING SUCCESS! It's still not quite what Christina Strain is doing...it's closer to her coloring during the Victor arc than what she's doing now. I wish she'd stop changing up her style, so that I can find one method and stick to it! She was working predominately in pastels at the beginning of Season Two, and has moved on to jazzier, brighter jewel tones in the current arc. I need to push my color choices further. I will nail you one day, Strain!

Regardless of that, the actual lights turned out better than I'd hoped; I honestly think that Christina Strain just abuses the fuck out of her dodge tool. That's all I really did. Time consuming, but rather pretty in the end. Of course, if there's a shortcut, I'd love to hear it...

Reflecting the light on her clothes was a stone bitch. Do you have any idea how hard it is to figure out shadows when the light source is coming from EVERY CONCEIVEABLE DIRECTION? Stone bitch.

But I am so pleased with myself.
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Comments: 56

Crescentflight1 [2011-10-22 15:34:06 +0000 UTC]

I thought this is for Ben 10

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Snicks In reply to Crescentflight1 [2011-11-03 22:56:29 +0000 UTC]

I've not seen that show, actually!

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Crescentflight1 In reply to Snicks [2011-11-04 00:50:45 +0000 UTC]

I have.
There are Three Series
1.Ben 10
2.Ben 10 alien force
3.Ben 10 ultimate alien

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CelestialTeez [2011-08-11 02:31:16 +0000 UTC]

oh my god you have NO IDEA how much i love you right now for reading the Runaways- i thought i was the only one!! I recognized Karoline right away!! haha! and when i saw the title to "Burning Painting" i remembered Chase being all "You're an angel" lol

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Snicks In reply to CelestialTeez [2011-08-11 03:06:24 +0000 UTC]

Hah! I ADORED Runaways back in the BKV days! Even Whedon's run wasn't awful (he managed to make it through without killing anybody, which must have been hard on him), but then it sorta...well, you probably know. I can't wait for Marvel to put a good team back on the title!

Karolina was always my favorite, in that I felt she had the most realistic reaction to her parents being supervillains from another planet.

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CelestialTeez In reply to Snicks [2011-08-11 03:16:47 +0000 UTC]

yeah, i was surprised how easily everyone accepted that their parents were evil. Karolina was always hesitant and defending them, well, until later.

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MeganDistortion [2010-09-26 07:57:55 +0000 UTC]

Lucy In The Sky is totally rad and my favorite comic personality of all time.

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haveyoumetme [2010-07-26 06:42:44 +0000 UTC]

God, this looks so heartbreaking. And the colors are amazing.

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silverlily202 [2009-12-24 12:42:02 +0000 UTC]

Runaways is the best marvel team EVER!!!

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Snicks In reply to silverlily202 [2010-02-16 23:53:47 +0000 UTC]

If only they'd get back to work! This hiatus is killing me!

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silverlily202 In reply to Snicks [2010-02-17 11:06:11 +0000 UTC]

amen to that.

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mctruenpryde [2009-07-13 17:06:26 +0000 UTC]

"Do you have any idea how hard it is to figure out shadows when the light source is coming from EVERY CONCEIVEABLE DIRECTION?"
This is going to make me laugh for days. I love it. At least you finished her. I tried to draw her in pencil, but failed. An amazingly epic fail actually. You did a really great job with her though.

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animegoddes [2008-11-01 23:40:35 +0000 UTC]

thats such a great deviation!

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Snicks In reply to animegoddes [2008-11-13 01:12:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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animegoddes In reply to Snicks [2008-11-15 04:49:58 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!

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Calamoo [2008-06-05 20:46:49 +0000 UTC]

really brilliant

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Snicks In reply to Calamoo [2008-06-06 03:23:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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T-babe [2008-01-02 05:23:27 +0000 UTC]

This is a really cleaver piece!
You definitely have great taste!
I agree that you can't help but feel sorry for Karolina having to deal with being lied to that strongly. I also feel that something to definitely admire about her is how strong she managed to become when she got herself to accept who and what she is.
Great job here.

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Snicks In reply to T-babe [2008-01-17 04:29:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! Karolina definitely has some identity issues left to resolve, but I love the way BKV had her character grow. I'm not real sure how I feel about recent writers, but I can wait and see ^^

Sorry about the late response; the holidays, and all...

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T-babe In reply to Snicks [2008-01-18 23:58:25 +0000 UTC]

Hey it's all cool! Thank you!

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Eairy [2007-10-22 07:12:17 +0000 UTC]

OMG I love you. I can't stop revisiting this picture. It soooo moving. You are awesome.

Lmao, just thought you should know.

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Snicks In reply to Eairy [2007-10-23 04:15:36 +0000 UTC]

*laughs* Well I'm certainly not going to DISCOURAGE you from checking it out again! I'm just glad you like it that much ^_^

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sleepindarkness [2007-07-11 02:12:18 +0000 UTC]

I read it, I have all the collections of the Runaways so far, and MY GOD YOU ROCK. :0 So beyond faved, you have no idea. Awesome job on the coloring, and I agree; the dress what like WHOAH for me, too. XD

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Snicks In reply to sleepindarkness [2007-07-17 02:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I definitely need to draw her more, and continue to work on the coloring. It's not QUITE there yet, but I get closer every time I try!

The Runaways colorist is actually on DA! I believe her user name is CeeCeeLuvins, if you want to check her gallery.

Thanks for the kind comment, as well as the fave!

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rogue2312 [2007-06-09 04:42:42 +0000 UTC]

I love how you did the lines for her hair. How I do love the pretty Runaway art.

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Snicks In reply to rogue2312 [2007-06-09 22:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much ^^ This fanart's gotten a fair number of faves, but not many people bothered to say what they liked about it. I really appreciate that you took the time!

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kaileighblue [2007-04-25 06:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Really Lovin her face. Don't know why it didn't turn up when I was searching for Runaways, but I found it anyway.

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Snicks In reply to kaileighblue [2007-04-27 15:01:44 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I've seen and really admired your Runaways fanart before ^^ You do K's colors so beautifully.

I may need to edit the keywords...

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Eairy [2007-04-19 18:28:28 +0000 UTC]

You did her really well! Yeah, I find it amazing how she can keep so optimistic about things when she gets screwed over a lot.

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Snicks In reply to Eairy [2007-05-14 02:16:53 +0000 UTC]

We'll just see what Joss Whedon has to say about that...*wary*

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CeeCeeLuvins [2007-03-27 16:54:25 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I never use a dodge tool. ^___^ So I never get to abuse the fuck outta it. At most I use screen layers, most most of Karolina is a channel trick and just me pickin colors.

No dodging, I don't believe in it, I think it looks like poo.

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CeeCeeLuvins In reply to CeeCeeLuvins [2007-03-27 16:55:50 +0000 UTC]

I mean, that dodging results look like poo... not your piece. O_o Damn, that came off bad... -_- Sorry, I am a bad person.

I just hate it when people dodge skin and stuff... uh... yeah... I'll shut up now.

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CeeCeeLuvins In reply to CeeCeeLuvins [2007-03-27 16:57:40 +0000 UTC]

god... I'm sorry. I feel horrible now...

-_- Feel free to smack me.

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Snicks In reply to CeeCeeLuvins [2007-03-28 02:01:45 +0000 UTC]

...I'm not going to smack you, I'm going to gawk, and then run and hide, because you've found this image and now I'm embarassed! You and the old Runaways team are much more in touch with your fanbase than most other creators out there. I've never had to deal with that before!

I absolutely agree with you on the dodge tool, though. I don't think there's any excuse for using dodge or burn for shading, and it's usually blatantly obvious when someone does. It seemed to work okay for the lights, for the most part, but I knew there was something I was missing. I'll definitely remember to try screening layers, though. Should I ask what this channel trick is, or is that a super-secret-ingredient?

Aaaack. I'm going to go hide before I start babbling and garbling things too! But not before I devwatch you, as I didn't know you had a DA account!

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CeeCeeLuvins In reply to Snicks [2007-03-28 02:54:48 +0000 UTC]

oooh no no, not a secret anymore. Do you know how to use channels? for flats and stuff? If not, I'll find the explination I wrote up and paste it in here for you.

I just got the dev account. It's a lot of upkeep! But there is some cool art on here.

Why are you embarassed? There's nothing to be embarrassed about! We LOVE fan art. Means someone out there actually likes our book. ^_______^V And THAT cannot be a bad thing! Besides, it's a cute piece, and one of the better attempts to color Karolina that I've seen.

Along with screening layers, you should look into making brushes, it'll save you a ton of time on texturing and stuff. I noticed that some of her sparkles looked like you repeatedly made small airbrushy splotches. A brush would save you muchos time.

Thank you for loving K by the way! *bow bow*

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Snicks In reply to CeeCeeLuvins [2007-03-28 06:30:27 +0000 UTC]

I've never actually messed around with channels that much. Layer effects and brushes, yes, but I never saw use in isolating the reds or greens or blues. Clearly I'm missing something!

Yeah, I did all those little sparkles one at a time with the dodge tool (the only thing I used it for, not the shading on K herself! Ick!). Why oh why didn't I think of creating a custom brush for that? I could have saved my photoshoppin' hand a lot of pain... I did use a sort of hard-bristle brush to help blend the colors. I found the transition from color to color to be the most challenging part! It was either too abrupt or too pastel, so I smudged it with the bristley thing.

It's just kind of embarassing to receive attention from the creators! Kind of like George Romero calling you up and saying "Hey, that's a pretty cool little zombie flick you've got there." You're sort of proud, but you also kind of want to kick it under a rug and wail about your unworthiness. But thank you so much for your kind words and advice! I'm a base novice with photoshop. Finally traded in my pirated version of PS6 for CS2 ^__^

K is absolutely my favorite! I always felt that she responded the most realistically to everything that happened. If my loving parents turned out to be evil masterminds, I know I'd be in some serious denial rather than being gung-ho about runaway vigilantism!

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Goddess-Of-Sugar [2007-03-23 22:12:14 +0000 UTC]

Wow.. the colors are amazing! Awesome job

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Snicks In reply to Goddess-Of-Sugar [2007-03-28 02:02:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! And thanks for the fave as well!

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Goddess-Of-Sugar In reply to Snicks [2007-03-28 03:31:05 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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miarrow [2007-03-01 21:23:57 +0000 UTC]

Yes! I found this on deviant so I can favorite it.

Once again, amazing job, I love the connection of her watching her mask and the coloring. Karolina for the win!

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Snicks In reply to miarrow [2007-03-02 03:02:36 +0000 UTC]

I'm flattered that you went to the trouble! Thanks so much for the fave ^^ Pick up the latest issue if you haven't yet! Karolina gets some serious awesome (not that everyone else is neglected, I just tend to notice when she gets spotlight time!)

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Ellocobruja [2007-02-26 16:00:19 +0000 UTC]

VERY NICE, LOVE RUNAWAYS!

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SerasOwleth [2007-02-09 23:29:59 +0000 UTC]

This has got to be one of the best representations of Karolina I have ever seen. I can't put its awesomeness adequately into words.

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Snicks In reply to SerasOwleth [2007-02-10 02:30:05 +0000 UTC]

^___^ The words you have said are much too kind! Thank you, for that as well as the favorite!

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EmpressFunk [2007-02-06 04:56:01 +0000 UTC]

Ohmigosh, Runaways fanart! She looks lovely, and you pulled off the glowing effect really, really well!

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Snicks In reply to EmpressFunk [2007-02-07 07:23:27 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I certainly spent enough time going to town with the dodge tool, that's for sure. Thank goodness Christina Strain is staying onboard. No one else should ever color K!

And thank you for the fave ^_^

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LordDante715 [2007-02-04 04:10:03 +0000 UTC]

I think she uses a mix of real paint/ink and photoshop for K

Yeah she had the wrost of all the pride kids, finding out with the fact that your parents are sick, sick aliens who sold out their homeworld which also whiped out probly the only Skrull world that wasn't attack by the A-wave (and truned into shakes for the bugs) the only reason they had you was to get some PR points, and also like to kill humans for fun, at the same timr dealing with your sexualty plus arange marrgie too

yeah

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Snicks In reply to LordDante715 [2007-02-04 06:55:59 +0000 UTC]

At the same time, I think K remains one of the least angsty Runaways! It says a lot about her capacity to be the stable second-in-command.

At least Xavin honestly seems to love her. I hope hope hope that Joss Whedon can get over his "NO HAPPY COUPLES! EVER!" thing and just let them work things out and be together.

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LordDante715 In reply to Snicks [2007-02-04 22:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Which is amazing then you look at Nico or Vic

And I hope so too plus Xavin looks 10 times better female than male/skrull anyway and if then do she would trun emo faster than an emo's eyeliner running

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Snicks In reply to LordDante715 [2007-02-05 05:59:28 +0000 UTC]

Oi, no kidding. I loved the most recent issue for what it's done with the various pairings.

Don't leave us, BKV!!

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