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Published: 2006-02-10 00:40:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 836; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 51
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Description Done in Feb 08 06....

PLEASE FULLVIEW!!! You'll miss alot of details if you just look at the preview piccy! It doesn't to it justice, dammit!

I'm finally done! YAY!

The reason for this particular deviation is to push my limits as far as my still sucky CG skillz!1! goes. I think I did okay, I still need some improvements. I mean it's MUCH BETTER than Summer Fading Light [link] , that's for sure.

It's Ran, the Voice of Hope from Groovy Fighter Nizer again. And if this picture looks similar, it is. I used the rainbow deviantion to full CG it. It took me like about 20 Hours because: 1) I had to redo the CG because it frankly look crappy, 2) and I stared at it again...

I tried to use a lot of warm colors in this one (must know how to do cool colors on the next one... but I don't know how to make them....). Lots of browns, oranges and yellows.

I took a lot of time on the hair to make it more realistic, but but not looking real. I'm trying to find that perfect balance of realism and anime. It's close but not there yet (want a little bit more realism)...

Since I used so much yellow-based color, I decided that a purple background would be best since yellow and purple are complientary colors with each other. I was orginally gonna put a sky background but it would've been too bright and the light source would've been different and I had pretty much finished most of the picture. Also the purple background would downplay her purple eyes, which I'm kinda not sure if that's a good move or not. I appreciated comments about how I draw eyes, but I didn't want to be the main focus of this picture.

And I went detail crazy on the eyes.

I'll put up a close-up screencap of the picture in my scraps later on this week. Enjoy!

Also, the song that inspired the lineart was, "Ignited" by T.M.Revolution, not "Reason" by Nami Tamaki like I said before. But I did listen to both songs alot during CGing.

Drawn in medium Papermate black pen and (bad) computer paper. Edited and CGed in Photoshop 6 and Elements 2. Done in around 20 hours.
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Comments: 24

Adinaa [2007-04-19 08:51:25 +0000 UTC]

Nice pic, very nice details
Her eye is so beautiful

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xxLacexx [2007-02-19 02:23:59 +0000 UTC]

thats very beautiful and the detail is just wonderful! You do a very nice and smooth color job i must admit

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G-Wolf [2006-09-06 05:19:02 +0000 UTC]

Very nice! love the skin color too!

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Kakumei-Tifa [2006-07-11 04:34:41 +0000 UTC]

This is very nice!!!!

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Gwenwhyfar [2006-06-07 18:42:23 +0000 UTC]

i can see why this is your featured deviantion...it's very lovely. the yellow skin is a bit weird but the background makes it work. well done
i'm afraid i wasn't able to full view: that would take ages, i still use a dail-up modem.

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SheWasAParadox [2006-03-20 02:39:30 +0000 UTC]

I LOVE this!

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cinicool [2006-03-09 19:31:48 +0000 UTC]

The hair and 'eye' are very well done...I also like the soft shading

The yellow and pink/purple background makes a cool contrast. Now, I don't know what Ran looks like originally, but this version could do with a bit of colour in her cheeks...a spot of red perhaps and a little dodge?

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mark-cabrera [2006-03-09 06:50:14 +0000 UTC]

oOOoo. wow, great detail on the eye. Coloring is very nice, and i like the background. nice work.

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dnmn89 [2006-03-09 01:40:58 +0000 UTC]

You're right about the fullview, you miss a lot of details if you dont. The Eye is extremely well done great job

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ppgrainbow [2006-02-13 01:44:11 +0000 UTC]

Great job on the drawing! The colouring, shading and lineart all look really good. Nice job on the pose and hairstyle also.

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ParabolicPhoton [2006-02-12 02:43:35 +0000 UTC]

Great job.

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skitzofrenicfox [2006-02-11 20:48:01 +0000 UTC]

Pretty, I love the detail in the eye. And the hair looks so neat too!

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lainchan [2006-02-11 19:04:28 +0000 UTC]

OMG that eye!!!! *stares*

This is really really beautiful!
Well done on being so amazing! XD

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krista07pa [2006-02-11 02:46:40 +0000 UTC]

awesome hair and i like the background and the eye is really well constructed

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sugarpixie10988 [2006-02-11 01:03:49 +0000 UTC]

i love the detail in the eyes! great job!

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JadedIceStorm [2006-02-11 00:42:48 +0000 UTC]

I do have to say that full view does bring out the detailing of the stars in this. It looks awesome.

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alex098 [2006-02-10 16:06:38 +0000 UTC]

wow the detail in the eye is fantastic, well done

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koruldia [2006-02-10 04:35:29 +0000 UTC]

yeah !

the shading is very well done, and this girl is just so lovely

1 detail, though : her ears dont seem to be equal...but anyway its great ^^

keep up the good work!!

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4pplemoon In reply to koruldia [2006-02-17 02:26:34 +0000 UTC]

>__< I noticed after I cleaned the lineart... and I made it look like totally different ears. Thankies for the comment!

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weirdklown [2006-02-10 04:02:04 +0000 UTC]

i love her...eye, lol.
nice detail in her hair too.
and the background is nice as well.

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Bookai [2006-02-10 03:57:46 +0000 UTC]

wow, the hair is done marvelously and the eyes are just awesome! I really like this one! good work!

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Mishu-san [2006-02-10 01:18:47 +0000 UTC]

This is incredibly beautiful! i love the eyes and the color scheme! Fantastic job!

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Shinsei-chan [2006-02-10 01:06:46 +0000 UTC]

Wow. THe coloring on this is amazing! It's so detailed, and I love the way you did the hair. It looks great. The colors are wonderful, and the lineart is very well done!

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Son-Neko [2006-02-10 00:56:46 +0000 UTC]

nice job!

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