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Published: 2012-03-08 15:55:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 4201; Favourites: 216; Downloads: 25
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My entry for the Hearts of Love Fanart Contest at .
~ Artwork ~ Characters
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Truly an original and astonishing entry for the HEART OF LOVE contest.
I'd like to start on the vibrant colors. Not only it was a good choice, but they fit very well with the Princess-and-knight theme. Traditional colors never loose their touch. They are very lively and sparkling with life.
The background is pretty basic, but works well with the characters, but the add of roses petals was really clever and great to add.
I love how the lightning effects along with the softening down on the lower part of the drawings.
Though I don't dislike the change of hairstyle from Sahn's character, I still wish he had his usual one for the sake of the other viewers already fond of this character. That'd would be the only thing negative I'd have to say about this.
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Thanks for the critique!
I'm glad you like the colors that I used for this piece! I have a habit of using striking and flashy colors, but I figured that softer colors and bright lighting would suit the image's atmosphere better.
I decided to use a simple background so that the main focus of the image would remain on Sahn and Mariciel. Also, a friend once advised me about not having too much unnecessary detail in my artworks, so I followed his advice on this piece and kept it relatively simple. Although very basic, I intended for the background to serve as a frame for Sahn and Mariciel's faces, so I'm glad you think that it complements the characters well. It means that I accomplished this goal more or less.
The softening of the image toward the bottom and the blurring of the background was actually an attempt to imitate depth of field and focus, as in photography. 
I actually agree with your comment about Sahn's hair as well. Anime characters tend to look similar (the male characters I draw tend to look alike too) and their most distinguishing features would be their eyes and eye color, and their hair style and hair color. One may still recognize a character even if you take away some of their trade mark accessories, or even if their body structure is changed a bit, but I may have taken away Sahn's "identity" or distinguishing feature by making his hair look too flat (but he still keeps his ponytail, though). I'll try to edit this if I can and make his hair closer to the original design while keeping the artwork in shoujo manga style.
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Due to a recent craze, although this is beautiful, I am unable to see it as anything other than Nike and Livius (from "The World Is Still Beautiful". It's probably because of the hair. And the clothes). Curses.
But still, this is absolutely lovely. =] The lighting and the colors are relatively soft, which only adds to the airiness of the whole picture. It reminds me of chilly autumn mornings, with mist and fresh dew everywhere.
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I'm generally not a fan of anime style but but I found this very pretty! The choice of color is soft, lovely, and fits the mood. Fantastic job on the fabric movement and placement of the petals and light shines. It really does come off like expert work and something you would find in a manga or anime show. It's beautiful work! I like the "about to kiss" moment you managed to catch.
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Thank you very much for the encouraging words!
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gosh!this is beautiful!Love the blurs in the right places!And those expressions!!
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Outstanding work! I love how you changed Sahn's hairstyle. I wasn't too certain of it when I saw the icon of the picture, but after I clicked it, it's not that bad, it's beatiful! The atmosphere, the surrounding and the air give emphasize a lot on the lovely emotion around them!
Great work! 
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Thank you!
And about Sahn's hairstyle, I hope you're not too bothered with the modification. I tried to change it a bit since my style shoujo manga and I thought that it would look a bit weird or out of place if I followed his hairstyle exactly since it's in shounen manga style.
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No problem about it 
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Ooooh... I just love how You draw them!
AND THOSE SPLENDOUR COSTUMES So detailed (T-t-those laces! *A* and Sahn cloak ornament with flame! ^w^) and they're just moved by wind on Your art
I like this entry very much, I wish You good luck in contest~~! 
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Thanks!
And a good tip about drawing hands for guys is that their hands tend to be a bit bigger and have more defined knuckles and joints
...and there's no need to call me master
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