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Published: 2007-02-24 05:32:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 2555; Favourites: 35; Downloads: 213
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I offered to color a piece for *Takumy , because she really had a solid grasp of getting the clean streamlined contours of the female form. So to really showcase how great she is...I decided to do the ONE male character out of the whole gallery .

But seriously. Seriously now.

I really liked the energy in this one, and even though she doesn't specialize in males...neither do I. So here's to a change of pace.

Comments appreciated. Criticism honored.
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Comments: 23

MoiIsMe [2007-03-03 09:29:11 +0000 UTC]

wow thats really good xD if I had to find one bit that didn't look right though it would be the face, maybe its just me? Theres something about it not quite right.. Anyways, I like it alot, I like the hands and the swirlyness in the backround. : D

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MaryElvisMercury [2007-02-24 23:23:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesome. The bg is great.

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ThorsAssassin [2007-02-24 22:36:59 +0000 UTC]

Well for not specializing in em he came out great!

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Takumy [2007-02-24 20:52:15 +0000 UTC]

OMG!! you actually did Kaizer... the wind effect and teh wings looks awesome.... U are a great artist ... Your coloring is so cool!! .. thanks for the picture ^_____________^... sorry for the sketchiness.... i never do clean lines....

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vest In reply to Takumy [2007-02-24 21:58:33 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. I'm glad that you approve of it, but there's no need to apologize for sketchiness. I just need the basic layout, and that's more than enough to work with.

It's definitely a relief that you like it so much.

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Takumy In reply to vest [2007-02-25 00:51:37 +0000 UTC]

^____~

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crazzy4cradily [2007-02-24 18:58:58 +0000 UTC]

Tcha. That colouring is the shit, dude.

Congratulations to the original artist and you!

Kudos^^

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zinterz [2007-02-24 18:17:19 +0000 UTC]

Those colours are AWESOME. Absolutely fantastic. Love it, well done!

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ThuyLTran [2007-02-24 17:54:57 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, you did a nice job on the wind effects. The bg and the character blends really well together, I like the purple hue

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vest In reply to ThuyLTran [2007-02-24 18:22:28 +0000 UTC]

Oh man, tell ya what, I was having the most ridiculous amount of difficulty finding just the right color for the background. That BG probably has upwards of twenty adjustment layers on it, because I couldn't find a single hue, tone, or saturation that matched. So I can't honestly say the current BG color was my original idea, it's in fact an exhibtion of spontaneous trial and error.

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ThuyLTran In reply to vest [2007-02-24 18:31:03 +0000 UTC]

wow lol art is just cruel like that, at least it looks awesome now rite?

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t3nshi [2007-02-24 17:42:34 +0000 UTC]

wowww... this is so FANTASTIC!!! I luv the color.. the shading... perfect!

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vest In reply to t3nshi [2007-02-24 18:20:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. Glad you like it.

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AvSkyggene [2007-02-24 14:10:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome how the wings are transparent, made of wind clouds.

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vest In reply to AvSkyggene [2007-02-24 18:19:45 +0000 UTC]

Yep. Funny story, actually.

It was getting late, and I was starting to get this dreadful feeling of "I've done this much, but haven't even touched the wings." I was thinking the usual angelic thing with the big poofy feathers and such, but those are hard. Very hard. Ridiculously hard. But then I decided, hey, I can cheat this one. I had just finished the wisps of clouds around the arms, and while I still had all the brushes ready and at my liking, I just did the outlines of wings in the same style, then did some cloudy fill to give them volume.

And what originally began as a shortcut to pander to my own laziness has become my favorite feature on the character.

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windfox [2007-02-24 07:26:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I remember I used to Role play on Gaia and I always imaged my character using wind just like that. Perfect. this is truly a legendary picture to me.
Well done.

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vest In reply to windfox [2007-02-24 18:17:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I find it especially rewarding when an image evokes such a reaction.

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junoknight [2007-02-24 05:43:35 +0000 UTC]

FIRST COMMENT FTW
sorry the forums came out of me
nice coloring the linarts are weird

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vest In reply to junoknight [2007-02-24 18:16:59 +0000 UTC]

FIRST REPLY! *Napoleon Dynamite: "Yesssss-s-ss..."

The lines were pretty sketchy to work with, and I was having some difficulties with the order of certain elements (what goes in front, what in back), but I think I've gotten everything relatively ironed out from that.

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junoknight In reply to vest [2007-02-25 00:33:04 +0000 UTC]

well it does look good it's just the face... it's all screwed up

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Takumy In reply to vest [2007-02-24 20:48:29 +0000 UTC]

That's because it was a sketch not an outline.. ^__^

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vest In reply to Takumy [2007-02-24 22:50:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh, don't worry about it. In fact, it was a lot of fun to challenge myself with a more sketchy image, and it's important to note that it was my choice after all. I chose the image on my own accord, so I have absolutely no right to complain about the line quality. In fact, it made it even more enjoyable to work with, because without the cleaning up, I could more easily discern the construction and flow of the character.

So thanks again for providing those lines, they definitely were a ton of fun to work on!

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Takumy In reply to vest [2007-02-25 00:49:08 +0000 UTC]

^__^ im glad you liked it.. and im very thankfull for the gift.. ^___^ your coloring skills are awesome!!

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