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Published: 2010-09-10 01:33:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 3191; Favourites: 42; Downloads: 465
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Description Here's more fanart. Self-explanatory.

This is Reika Kirishima from the Shikigami no Shiro series (which is called the Castle of Shikigami series outside of Japan) of (quite awesome) bullet-hell shooters, who was also the main protagonist of the 1985 laserdisc arcade game Time Gal, which was released many, many years before Shikigami no Shiro even set foot into the world.

This is another re-draw to adapt the character into my new, severely updated style with improved coloring, lineart, anatomy, and perspectives. Yes. I drew this character before around early 2009 during my kick-start to drawing artwork. But that was in my old, outdated style when the anatomy and perspectives were messed up big time. This new version improves on the anatomy and perspectives, but I still do not consider it perfect. About the pose. Yea, I already tried a similar pose with one of my own characters, but hopefully that shouldn't be a major problem.

Although I do like the final outcome, I have one problem: The skirt. I felt like I added in too much folds, and even worse: I accidently left out the black skirt she wears underneath the white one. I feel like such a *%$# for forgetting such a simple part about the character.

Otherwise, like all my works, I'm accepting critiques for this artwork. I know how bad the skirt looks, so... you get the idea.

Character belongs to Taito and Arc System Works
Artwork by *Superjustinbros
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Comments: 19

Gothica68 [2012-04-21 01:37:26 +0000 UTC]

Nice pose and outfit. She looks like a sweet school girl with a dirty side.

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mrbig2009 [2012-03-01 22:08:14 +0000 UTC]

great art work

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Superjustinbros In reply to mrbig2009 [2012-03-04 01:37:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you.

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mrbig2009 In reply to Superjustinbros [2012-03-04 05:42:09 +0000 UTC]

your weclome

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klickboy [2011-02-26 14:48:47 +0000 UTC]

Love the wink. Cute girl.

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Superjustinbros In reply to klickboy [2011-02-26 16:55:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^__^

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tandy10 [2010-12-01 13:34:52 +0000 UTC]

She is great. I love the pose and the cute outfit. HARD Work, but worth it.

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Wakandagi [2010-11-09 01:17:04 +0000 UTC]

Very cool, I like it

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Chicken-Priestess [2010-09-23 19:45:34 +0000 UTC]

nice details on the clothes! I always struggle with clothes xD

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billion [2010-09-11 15:02:42 +0000 UTC]

God, another danmaku game? I've already got a Touhou problem...

As for the art, I noticed first the right shoulder looks odd. It's higher than the left, but the left arm is the one raised. This could come about by bending over to the side a bit, but that isn't the impression her mid body gives. As it is, it looks like she's raising over shoulder while putting her hand on her hip. Try that- feels weird, don't it?

Also, the right foot is viewed in profile whereas the hips and left foot are both obliquely oriented.

Anything else I could say it just my opinion- I prefer more slender necks, I prefer shorter torsos with longer legs, I can't stand people who want to swear but censor themselves. Nothing you necessarily need to change.

Don't worry too much about that extra skirt, though. When you've got enough details, the character is recognizable- that is sufficient. You could've taken this exact art, and said, "I prefer the way she looks with only one skirt- when you think about it, wearing two is just silly," and hardly anyone would complain.

For example, I've got a fanart of Touhou's Nagae Iku on the way- I forgot everything except her hairstyle and one article of clothing, when I started it. Seeing a pic while composing it, I worked in two more articles of clothing.

I'm flat out making the rest up. This includes everything below her shoulders. It's not what her outfit is "supposed" to be, but I'm not about to feel like a dick for that. I'm a dick, sure, but for entirely different reasons.

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Megadan5 [2010-09-10 03:12:41 +0000 UTC]

I love playing as Reika in Castle of Shikigami 3.

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Randommode [2010-09-10 02:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Very good but the green is a bit harsh on the eyes in the bg XD

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Icecreammouth [2010-09-10 01:54:36 +0000 UTC]

Apart from anatomy, you should start studying how clothes (and hair) would look like in motion.

I also noticed that you've been using Posemaniacs as a reference for some of your drawings, I'd like to remind you that you should still manually resize your character's head and shoulder length according to their age and body type.

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Superjustinbros In reply to Icecreammouth [2010-09-10 01:58:16 +0000 UTC]

Wrong. It's Poser.

Well, yea. I think I should try some of those. Next artwork I'll see what I can do.

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SimirrorofShadows [2010-09-10 01:40:49 +0000 UTC]

TIME GAL? The one that had a crappy Sega CD port? THAT Time Gal?

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Superjustinbros In reply to SimirrorofShadows [2010-09-10 01:44:35 +0000 UTC]

Well, what else could it possibly be?

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SimirrorofShadows In reply to Superjustinbros [2010-09-10 12:53:39 +0000 UTC]

Wow, what a random reference.

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josephstaleknight [2010-09-10 01:37:32 +0000 UTC]

Looks very good. The colors are very interesting, too.

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CDefender-RoboKid [2010-09-10 01:33:52 +0000 UTC]

I like it.

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