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Published: 2008-09-06 01:16:42 +0000 UTC; Views: 8053; Favourites: 350; Downloads: 184
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Description It was an old tale...
a promise, broken. Love turns into hatred, and the curse began...

"those who sees dandelion and ' purple soul ', shall be erased from their lover's memory, for eternity."
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They were young, but there was adolescent love.

truth was revealed, and...

Everyone left, she was alone. He came, but he was an enemy.

He loves her, but she was not who he wants.

for survival, to find her loved one, she'll stay with him, until...

The reborn of Dandelions.

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Trailer ends

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^O^ Phew! If you are interested enough to stop by, then congrats, you've just became my coming soon shojou manga - Dandelion's potential reader.

Characters
Ok, you are probably quite confused by the "he"s and "she"s from my trailer, better introduce the characters!

Left - Kie: He's brought up in orphanage, now entitles to gang leader. Quick at fist fights, does part-time to keep up with living, goes to school half a day, still gets top marks. He appears to be casual, but rather serious inside. His dark secrets are to be revealed in story.

Right - Achi (my friend didn't like the name. T_T): childhood friend with Natsuko, left for specific reason. His love for Natsuko grows as he gets older. Genius artist. Quite gentle, but only appears truly active around Natsuko.

Middle - Natsuko: Active and mischevous when little, a tragedy changed her life. Since then she acts on her own, tense all the time. She appears unapproachable, but is femine inside. She has strong will to find Achi.

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that's how much I'm going to tell, don't want to spoil it! You are free to comment on characters and even give a prediction on the storyline. (I'm wondering if I'm being too cliche. lol)


I've used watercolor PAPER to draw this. >O< I bought the papers a few months ago, and never dared to use it. (They are so expensive!!) Even though this isn't a master piece in aspect of composition, but it has great meaning to me. Geez, it still turned out so messy! Watercolor paper's harder to use than i thought. It's not as absorbant, and it's really hard to draw details. Sorry! (looks like patches of color...) And i just can't help smearing everywhere. >_< To finish off I used paint dribbles. I read somewhere to use toothbrush and scrape the paints off, you should get a sprinkled white dots effect. I got the effect all right, =_= i had it all over my face and clothes and table and floor. But hardly any dots landed on that bit of paper. XO The red dribble was hard too, i can't get it to the exact place. Had to edit a lot on Photoshop, the scanner totally ruined my color!

Aiki~
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Comments: 67

Zenkokuritsuka [2011-10-25 02:51:33 +0000 UTC]

i luv it! what does the note say? i cant really read it all that well... sadness...

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XxLapizLazulixX [2011-09-04 12:42:21 +0000 UTC]

ya,..its quite expected for scanners to destroy the colors ugh!and about that splattering of ink/paint dribbles as you call it,haha,that's funny if it hardly landed on your paper..i use a brush instead of toothbrush but toothbrush is also a good one but i was thinking,..there's also an absorbant watercolor paper,..i just forgot the brand..but anyway,i like your trailer,...

good luck with your story!

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DreamingFantasy0 [2011-07-14 22:09:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow even after reading your struggles I still think that this artwork turned out wonderful I love it!

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Yamakura-saku [2011-07-01 21:13:10 +0000 UTC]

I like the characters~~ this sounds so interesting! Now I'm exited for your future manga ^^ looking forward to it though don't rush xD

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FeatheredShadow [2011-07-01 06:59:53 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work and awesome character design and back story (what you showed of it anyway lol) this manga looks SO good i cant wait to start reading it!

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blackdragoonart [2010-12-01 00:05:05 +0000 UTC]

If it ever gets published... I'll buy! Really! So cool I love it, and the coloring is great!!

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Be-sensei [2010-08-11 22:22:13 +0000 UTC]

i hate when scanners ruien the color! awesome picture and the manga sounds really good, i'd defently read it!

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creativeXemo [2010-02-14 22:41:08 +0000 UTC]

how do you draw so good???

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ariettoso-brio [2009-11-27 21:09:45 +0000 UTC]

luvin the water color~<3 can't wait to read your manga!!

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SECONDARY-TARGET [2009-11-21 05:59:26 +0000 UTC]

Aw...your pic is sooo lovely
ood luck with your comic ! ^^

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sore-statsu-chan [2009-11-14 20:10:56 +0000 UTC]

Ah this looks lovely~ c:

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LycreaMoon [2009-11-11 01:20:19 +0000 UTC]

Really nice job. R U still working on it? O.o

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aiki-ame In reply to LycreaMoon [2009-11-12 02:31:26 +0000 UTC]

um...i try to. but i'm gradually realising how cliche it is..=_=

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LycreaMoon In reply to aiki-ame [2009-11-12 02:40:28 +0000 UTC]

you should still continue! It would be a great accomplishment! Me- I won't even think of trying, but i think that you have a good chance of doing well! Don't give up! >.<

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aiki-ame In reply to LycreaMoon [2009-11-13 04:23:51 +0000 UTC]

thank you! >_< you are so encouraging, i'll try working on it this holiday. ^-^

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LycreaMoon In reply to aiki-ame [2009-11-13 21:19:55 +0000 UTC]

That's the spirit!! >U<

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Sachi-pon [2009-11-05 08:00:58 +0000 UTC]

Did you give up on this manga???? Maybe you should just start over with a new idea instead of keeping this one and not making any progress with it.

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aiki-ame In reply to Sachi-pon [2009-11-06 05:06:03 +0000 UTC]

no...i dont' want to give up. it's like my soul. lol. but i'm building on it. kind of. XD

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Sachi-pon In reply to aiki-ame [2009-11-07 09:32:36 +0000 UTC]

haha okay then ^^

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Kai-1ee In reply to aiki-ame [2009-11-06 06:34:44 +0000 UTC]

Or you could submit to M.I.C.C competition XD. Have you girls heard about MI.C.C competition ?

[link]

The prizes are very irresistible but the chance of meeting a manga editor would be awesome.

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Sachi-pon In reply to Kai-1ee [2009-11-07 09:35:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much for this! It seems like something I want to enter in the future. This year I don't want to enter. But next year I'll probably feel like I'm ready! I hope you do well. What is your manga idea for the contest?

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Kai-1ee In reply to Sachi-pon [2009-11-07 15:56:56 +0000 UTC]

I got a number of stories i could do , but still haven't made up a mind which one i should do lol I will decide it after the exams,check my journal at later date XD

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aiki-ame In reply to Kai-1ee [2009-11-06 20:44:12 +0000 UTC]

haha. sounds like a pretty big competition. (its international! O_o) I saw the finalists and they seem to judge more on the conveying of a story rather than style or skill. i guess i'm one more on skill than story telling. lol but thanks for the info, it's very tempting! >_<

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Kai-1ee In reply to aiki-ame [2009-11-07 06:15:22 +0000 UTC]

haha lol i will try to do it this year XD

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aiki-ame In reply to Kai-1ee [2009-11-07 19:54:34 +0000 UTC]

ooh! good luck! hehe, maybe i'll try too. *o*

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powerofthelugia224 [2009-06-04 13:42:21 +0000 UTC]

xD SOunds cool... one of my characters is called Natsuko too

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aiki-ame In reply to powerofthelugia224 [2009-06-05 08:55:14 +0000 UTC]

O_O really? Do you know the Japanese character for it?

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powerofthelugia224 In reply to aiki-ame [2009-06-05 18:41:02 +0000 UTC]

No, but I know it means summer flower xD

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aiki-ame In reply to powerofthelugia224 [2009-06-05 21:49:33 +0000 UTC]

ooh. okie! lol, my Natsuko means "summer girl". (i think...)

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powerofthelugia224 In reply to aiki-ame [2009-06-06 07:31:04 +0000 UTC]

Summer child xD I was talking to my friend

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windgoddess427 [2008-11-25 21:02:07 +0000 UTC]

the colors are so perfect!!!! it gives off a calm feeling.

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Death-by-KIRA [2008-11-18 06:23:46 +0000 UTC]

i think i like kie so far (even though theres nothing else on himXD) i realy should start writing up ideas for my manga which is just to dang complicated... if you have any ideas on how to start can you tell me? Because yours looks really good. Good luck!

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aiki-ame In reply to Death-by-KIRA [2008-11-19 02:54:24 +0000 UTC]

XP really? Kie? Hm... i planned for Achi to be the main guy...>_< but somehow my attention focused more on Kie, even though Achi is inspired by my dream guy...!! anyway, i'm not that much better than you, i've been thinking about this dang thing for almost 2 years, and i haven't even drawn one single page. I'm like you, the more i think about it, the more complicated it got. lol. Now i have the basic plot, but have no idea how to write the details. i think the best way is at least come up with a basic plot line, evolve it around a theme and don't go all over the place. (*read it in a book* XP )

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Death-by-KIRA In reply to aiki-ame [2008-11-19 02:59:19 +0000 UTC]

ive been considering writting a book for a year or to but i have troble with that to. oh and thanks for the advise! and another question should i start drawing the charicters just to see because i have a pretty clear veiw of them in my head?

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aiki-ame In reply to Death-by-KIRA [2008-11-20 20:09:19 +0000 UTC]

ooh! a book! wow, gonna be a writer too? ^O^ that's amazing! hm...yeah, a character profile is often a good idea, i've done loads of them. get used to drawing them first. I had an initial manga when i just started drawing straight away without character profile, the characters end up changing every page. lol

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Death-by-KIRA In reply to aiki-ame [2008-11-21 00:18:10 +0000 UTC]

ya its just so hard to start ... and my writing skills lack but that was the orignal plan the charicter changing thing happened to me two ... but i was in grade three. ya

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noyamano-san [2008-10-26 09:23:33 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!! XD

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Asielchan [2008-10-01 16:30:21 +0000 UTC]

I gotta learn how t colour like u na. ^^ really wish o read the manga. Btw, this is my (most) favourite one of your works. Good job.

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laffytaffy5 [2008-09-12 20:06:05 +0000 UTC]

OOOOO very nice. nice coloring.

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Cyber-Twon [2008-09-10 08:07:57 +0000 UTC]

cool

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ChelseaKF [2008-09-08 04:57:13 +0000 UTC]

I WANT TO READ IT!!!!

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moesuke [2008-09-07 14:01:01 +0000 UTC]

teh story sounds a bit complicated for me but looks interesting. nice pic btw. love the color.. *_*

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aiki-ame In reply to moesuke [2008-09-09 04:14:36 +0000 UTC]

complicated??! ne, sorry. maybe my writing is confusing...

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moesuke In reply to aiki-ame [2008-09-22 04:23:40 +0000 UTC]

nah, maybe my brain can't comprehend XD

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depinz [2008-09-07 07:23:42 +0000 UTC]

wow, the colours so pretty

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xxxfallenskyxxx [2008-09-07 03:40:54 +0000 UTC]

I can't wait to read it when it comes out!

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Kipporah [2008-09-07 02:43:45 +0000 UTC]

LOL, I totally remember stuggling with white dot too! Um, I think my trick is that you have to hold the toothbrush straight up and down? Let me do it again and then I give you a tip okay? It's been a while myself.

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ruihanasawa [2008-09-06 22:23:29 +0000 UTC]

what an interesting plot..im gonna w8 for that!!!

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querulousArtisan [2008-09-06 17:22:59 +0000 UTC]

Lovely job on this. I really like all the soft colors that this has.

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x-silverwings-x [2008-09-06 12:40:26 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I'm really interested in the story!!! I can't wait to see more!!! The artwork is really nice too!!! Good luck with your manga!

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