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Published: 2009-11-12 21:53:22 +0000 UTC; Views: 2196; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 55
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I don't know whether this is a companion piece to this one [link] or what, but they sure do look a lot alike. Maybe this is a series? I don't know. I am doing one of Farael, for what it's worth, so maybe it just became a (very easy) series.Pencil and PS.
Character is Rian again, of course.
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Thanks! I'm glad you like it. 
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Yowza, what a spicy look she has in this one! though, despite her daring choice in clothing she still has this rather... sweet look to her, and i must say the curls and freckles help alot.
God i love how you draw hands. Simply AMAZING
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Yeah, it's hard to look like a really hardened femme fatale when you've still got girl-next-door freckles and a big frizzy mop. 
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My pleasure my dear~! shes quite charming <3 and its always the most unassuming looking person who is the biggest BAMF of them all ^.~
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Those freckles give her a unique girl next door feel that helps her stand out.
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Thank you! I conceived of her as being, at heart, a very normal person--she just happens to do a lot of wild stuff. A lot of my characters are like that; I prefer to let them be defined by their actions, and not just who/what they are. I play a LOT of humans for that reason.
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Loving the style and, again, the jewelry!! Wonderful!
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I love the sketchiness of your linework, they make her hair look perfect! And her face and neck look so delicate and feminine.
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Aw, thank you! 
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Beautiful character design. She looks so relaxed and casual! I also love your colors ^_^
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Oh... oh... thank you!! 
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I've been enjoying watching you thus far. Your details and lines on these characters show a degree of love and attention to them.
Great series.
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Aw, thanks so much! I've been enjoying having you watch me, since you always seem to leave really nice and thoughtful comments.
And yes, I love my characters far more than is healthy, I believe.
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These as a series in general are really great. I think with the three you have so far that they make really good character concept images because you get a good sense of the character's personality and image but you don't have all the shading and tones getting in the way. Miss Rian is such a lovely OC (Honestly probably one of favorites on DA even though I just started watching you) and her fun personality, I think, really gets across here. You always really seem too have good color choices too. Colorful but with a nostalgic feel and not too, oh, my God! in your face. Nice stuff.
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AWWW! Man, that means SO MUCH to hear you say that about Rian being one of your favorite OCs... I never thought I'd hear that from ANYONE! 
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Yeah, it's just all personal tastes of course but I'm often draw to characters that come across as rather normal but then have some unusual elements about them (probably because those are the sort of characters I like to create.) Rian's like that. She's lovely to look at but not overly so that she becomes Mary Sue-ish. Her concept's not too over-worked (see most Final Fantasy characters) but she's not boringly normal either. She's got a strong personality but has vulnerability too. She's got a quirky quality to her that I like and dude...the hair. I think that equals like 50% of my love, I don't know why.
And you might well be on to something with the flat tones. If I could come up with a way of flatting that I liked I'd probably do that instead. I'm pretty new at coloring too and it always feels, like you said, overworked and like it gets in the way of the original line work. If I were you I'd definitely do some experimenting.
Oh, and thanks for the recent fav!
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Yes, I kept meaning to fave that one because every time I saw your gallery I was like "Man that's a nice piece"... I don't know why I didn't get around to it before. 
And thanks so much for the kind words about her. 
Trean is probably the furthest away from "normal" I've ever played, and really, when it comes down to it, she's still a pretty standard elf--generally, I want a character to be interesting for WHO they are, not WHAT they are. I've known a lot of people who aren't content unless they're playing THE LAST OF SOME FORGOTTEN RACE, or that ubiquitous Drow-exile-to-the-surface-world, which have oddly become a dime a dozen for player characters in spite of repeated references to their rarity... I don't mind those types of characters sometimes (I mean, I freely admit that Farael there is a huge fantasy cliche in his OMGYOUNEEKNESS, and I did come up with him), but not to play myself, you know what I mean? I have a hard time connecting with them on a creator level, just because they're really hard to identify with, which is why I see a ton of people come up with characters like that and they come off as really two-dimensional, with very little defining personality beyond "Well, they're the last of this forgotten race!" 
The thing I love about digital color is that it's really relatively painless to experiment with a bunch of different approaches. I'm SO GLAD I have that tool at my disposal... man, a few years ago I swore I'd NEVER go digital, but it's just much more rewarding to me than traditional at this point. Can't beat that kind of speed, versatility, and cleanliness.
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Hmm, you know I didn't really even think about the whole roleplaying aspect. That does make it a little more interesting because you do sort of have to find something to connect with the character you're playing. So I could understand why some people would want to go completely over the top with it in some ways because people want to get as far away from their normal, everyday selves as possible but it doesn't always make for the most interesting characters to outside viewers.
It's funny, I only just started digitally coloring about three years ago, but before then I'd never really played with color before. Occasionally I'd color some of my own work with colored pencils or the like but mostly I just did line art and heavy pencil shading. So coming into digital coloring was a pretty eye opening experience in terms of choices. I still feel a little overwhelmed at points but, man, nowadays my art just doesn't feel complete with out it.
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That's exactly the thing about digital art! Using it as a tool has actually helped me a lot when I use traditional color now, because I always used to be EXTREMELY conservative about my color use--either that, or it had no unity at all. In comparison to the way I used to work, I'm FAR more adventurous about my color choices now (and really, that's not saying much... -_-), thanks to our good friend Photoshop and not being afraid to mess something up beyond repair.
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Wooow, she looks great! O_O You did an amazing job on this one. It's so powerful yet simple. I... I think I love everything about it
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Wow, thanks so much! 
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Somehow, the pastel coloring really works with that outfit. Gives the picture a pulp-adventure feel...
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Cool, thanks! That's kind of what I was going for. It's a little bit of a Mucha color scheme, but I did want it to be sort of pulpy too.
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she is pure love >w<
great expression and pose! and I really like the color scheme
You and Rian are just GREAT!
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Ah your style never fails to amaze me
All the little details in this picture are utterly amazing and I just love her joyful expression
Great job!
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Aw, thank you! I'm really kind of surprised by all the love this one's getting. Maybe I should draw scantily-clad ladies by themselves more often...
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And I think it's cool to make a series of pictures like that. They look awesome this way
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I'm actually working on one of Farael RIGHT THIS SECOND. He looks... very coy. It's making my happy in my pants.
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Oh I'm REALLY curious now 
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I don't even know. I steal it while I'm at work, mostly.
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*envies you* Maybe I should get up earlier so I have more time during the day... and maybe I shouldn't waste that much time doing nothing wile thinking about what I could do next XDDD
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Don't feel too bad about it. The last two days I've been at home. There's a pretty serious bug going around my office and I REALLY didn't want to catch that.
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Ooo. I really like the face, she looks really happy. The stomach area looks really tiny though, it seems kind of awkward. It reminds me of that woman who was on TV showing her tiny waist from wearing tighter and tighter corsets. But.. the more I look at it the more I think it might just be her pose.
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You know, you're the first one to point this out, but that's actually what I was thinking as I drew it. I decided to cut my losses and go with it because abdomens always look at least a little weird in an extreme contrapposto stance like this, but I'm glad I wasn't alone in thinking "hey... what's up with that waist?"
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Wow all your art is really amazing but this one really stood out to me at first! all the details on the jewls and the curls in the hair along with the expression the sexy pose and the sexy outfit just all work together to make this one really awsome picture!
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Thank you (and also for the fave and watch)!!
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ha yea I know what you mean there is just something about this one that really makes it greatz! and ha your quite welcome your an amazing artist!
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Oh I love her face here! Full of emotion, and genuinely happy! Like her eyes are smiling! lol I really love her hair and how it's flowing, and the movement in her pose. She's so full of life all around. 8) Great drawing~ I also love the colors you used. So warm and inviting!
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Aw, thanks so much!
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Hmmm... the two look like they could be the start of an intersting series of playing cards.
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Man, that'd actually be a pretty cool project! Provided I had the patience, of course...
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Jeez, this is great. It's funny I don't feel the lack of shade or tone at all in this. It just works as is.
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Thank you! 
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Sometimes less is more. It's knowing when to hold back is what make great art.
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Couldn't agree more! The trick is figuring out exactly when that is.
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Well I reckon you're getting pretty close.
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*____*
Molly, this is SO beautiful!!
The mood, the colours, her expression
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AW!!!!! 
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Indeed! I'm almost sorry I'm straight and taken already U_____U (oh, the lol..)
nah, now the time doesn't matter anymore... it's finished, it's awesome... that's it!
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