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aragorn1014 — Smiling Angel- Gaia Commission
Published: 2010-09-11 21:52:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1094; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 24
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High resolution if you please!<3Haha I did promise you guys 2 more pics before my hiatus art starts, yes? Here's one of two...which I actually wasn't intending on posting but I changed my mind about the other one, so you're getting this commission xD
My FINAL GAIA COMMISH FOR A REALLYYYY LONG TIME. This one was for a friend of mine that won our joint auction(remember [URL="[link] "]Itou[/URL]?). This pic is of one of his OCs, the brother of a fallen angel.
I had LOTS of fun with this one believe it or not! And I secretly livestreamed this (*GASP* SAYURA LIVESTREAMS?!!) for Truly-chan and Unknown-chan while I did it! (well at least for the coloring on the skin, eyes, and hair anyway xD) And they really gave me some great tips and ideas for techniques to experiment with to help me try out new things! I even tried out a new coloring technique for the clothes and wings(which I didn't stream for them)~ and I think those came out well as well!
Oh and I don't know if you guys noticed...but yes...TEXTURES?! Sayura-chan used a texture! xD From deviantart...but I can't remember the link(it has been sitting in my folder for a while now lol).
I don't have a whole lot to say about this except that I hope you guys like it xDD It was ENTIRELY experimental(I actually thought about coloring his skin purple LOL), so I think it's pretty good considering that! One more pic for you guys and the rest is in secret!
I'm thinking of maybe livestreaming the next one~ let me know if you guys think I should!Take care everyone! I really hope you guys enjoy!<333
Done with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 with Wacom Intuos3 Tablet
Character(c) OneUglyFool on Gaiaonline
Pic(c)Me(Aragorn1014 or Riiya22 on Gaiaonline)
Texture(c) respective owner on DA
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Comments: 35
I can look at this for hours. It's so beautiful and in some way touching. The skinshading is really wonderful and the hand turned out great. I haven't seen such great anatomy for a long time. The hair is how it must be~ I like it with his much streaks and how it falls.
Maybe it doesn't suits to the picture but I thought about more structure of the fur... But in this way how you draw it it's also very beautiful <3
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Aww thanks for the wonderful comment Yoru! >.< *super hugs* I'm really happy about the hand too haha~
and yeah the gaia item, Tsura the Demon Cat I think it's called? doesn't even have any fur so well yeah xDDD I thought it'd be nice to add a little bit haha~
Thank you so so much again! *hugs* You're so kind!
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I like how you colored the clothing. Personally, I like guys with wings as well.
Just wanna ask how'd you achieve the painting effect on the folds and cloth. It looks elegant. I also love how you choose colors which is cool to the eyes.. ~__~
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Thank you so much! >.< And yay for guys with wings xD <3
Hm..let's see I'm not too sure how to explain it. Basically I line out all of the shadows where the creases are, and start first by CGing darkly with that same color over the fabric. Where it's brighter, I paint lightly, and use an airbrush here and there to make the painted effect ^^
It's a little hard to explain as is OTL sorry! But you've got a great handle on color, so I'm sure you'll be able to figure it out in your own style too ^^
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Oh you did this for my Gaia papa,
He's been looking foward to this for a long time, thank you for taking such a longtime to make it perfect,
it's excellent!
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Aww yeah he told me he was excited but even though I sent him the link twice(once just yesterday), he hasn't told me whether he liked it or not >.< So I'm still a bit worried that since he didn't say anything that he just didn't like it OTL.
But thank you though, I really did take a lot of time on this. *hugs* Thanks so much for the comment! ^^ Maybe I'll see you around on gaia haha!
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Lol no he told me he loved it.
His computer hasn't been working lately so he's
been on-off with gaia.
Hehe I can tell how much work you put into it, it really shows.
It looks great, btw how did you apply texture?
I've been failing trying to add in new textures.
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Ohh yeah he told me that his computer was having problems. Thank you for letting me know! I feel a lot more reassured now haha.
Oh and for the textures, you find your texture, and you paste it on top of your layers/illustration in whatever program you're using. Then you change the colors, the opacity, and the blending mode of the layer to how you want it. And yep, that's how you do it in a nut shell. I'm no expert though, mind you xD
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Oh, okay, thanks for letting me know I was just like...wtf.
HOW THE HELL DO I GET THESE TEXTURES TO WORK?!!?
Thanks!
And he emailed me the other day he said he LOVED your art.
XDD
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Hahaha no problem~ it took me a little while to understand them too since I've never seen any tutorials on them or anything like that..lol. I hope to see some works by you with textures ^^
I'm super glad! Thank you SO much for letting me know! Definitely provides some closure xD
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Lol yeah I think I got them now.
Thanks so much!
Hehe I just bought paint tool SAI
so I'm using that right now. hehe.
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Haha not a problem! Ooh and Paint Tool SAI? Lucky! I can't afford it but I'm not sure I'd really want to haha...I'm so used to Photoshop, I think it'd be weird going with SAI all of a sudden xD
I wish you much luck with it! I've heard it's a WONDERFUL program
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this reminds me toooo... work on my auction piece TAT i haven't found the time or inspiration to work on any of my gaia commissions OTL
anywayssss, this is such a lovely piece >u< just your coloring style is breath-taking <3 i love your color choice for this piece too! it goes so well with the avi ref.
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Haha it's alright Sora-chan<3 Just do them whenever you feel ready!
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okayyy, Sayura-chann <3 yeahh, you're right =u=b
you're welcomeee!! i know you are and you are getting better! most definitelyyy >u
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Awaaaaahh! Sis! This is soooooo beautiful!!!!<33333 You're noticeably improving in your artwork! And in drawing males!^o^
Waaah!!!<333333
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Wow, this is amazing! I really do love the colors you choose, especially in this pic!
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Wow this is so awesome! I love the colors! They match the softness of the whole picture. And I love the way you shaded his hair! The background is lovely too! Amazing job!
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Aww thanks so much! >.< My word we haven't talked in a while though!! How have you been?
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Your'e welcome!
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Hahaha I haven't been so active on DA either! But then again, I don't think I really am ever LOL. In any case though I'm glad to hear you're doing well! ^^ Things are going pretty well over here! School has me SWAMPED though since senior year is absolutely nuts T__T How's school going over on your end?
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haha, same here! XD Thank you! That's good to hear that things are fine with you too! hehe, wow senior year sounds exciting! I actually finished my last year at school, and so i'm heading off to college! But not anytime soon and so I have a verryy long holiday right now! woot!
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Oh woww! Get lots of drawing done then since it's your big holiday! haha<3 I'm sure you'll have lots and lots of fun working on your art in that time huh? When do you start college?
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hahaha, i'm so lazy though! And i procrastinate too much! 
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Wow wow waaaauw! I get to see new Riiya art!! 8DDD I can't wait to see the next one as well~
He looks very hot heheh >w<
And I love the colors you used along with your choice of texture~ <33
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I love how we both decide to make a comment on each other's art at the same time LOL. *huggles*
Awww thank you sooo much! I did quite a bit of experimenting on this one so I hope it came out okay >.<
LOL Not sure about "hot" per se, but thank you! xDDD I must say though..I've got LOTS to do before I'm as good with textures as you are!
Love you bunches Kunana! I'm gonna note you! Because we need to talk more and I have been Kunana-deprived xD
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Tis fate 8D But I'm late to reply back as usual o_O
And it is more than okay, it is fantabulous! And looks like you had fun with it too
<33
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Sayuraaaaa
IT'S PRETTY!
I love everything about this TT^TT
You're improving right before my eyesssssss
I'm ashamed to be in your presence! *bows in respect*
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Awww Frost-chan!! *hugs*
Thank you sooo much!!<333 I'm so so happy to hear that! >.<
But I'm NOT happy to hear about you feeling ashamed in my presence LOL because you are a WONDERFUL artist, I don't know what I'd do if I DIDN'T have your presence in my life 
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I'm so touched, Sayura ;w; It seems that if you get on Gaia and do commissions then you improve awesomely.
But once again, thank YOU. You've made my day >//w//<
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So beautiful i really love the lighting, shading basically the whole picture in general^^
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>.< Thank youuu so much!!~ I worked really hard on this one and to hear you say that makes me super happy ^^
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yay :3 and its a very beautiful peice ur hard work has definitely paid of^^
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*A* Waaaaaaaaaaaah~! THIS TURNED OUT AMAZING! <3 <3 <3 <3
;3; You already know that i LOVE the shading on his shirt and jacket!
And the skyyyyyyyyyyyy everyone knows i'm a sucker for pretty skies. *A* The clouds and the colorsssssss i love how it turns purple in some places. ;A; <3
The wings are a little hard to make out(not sure if you meant for them to be or not) but i think it adds to the overall picture and gives a fantasy feel to it. :'>
And i love the texture you used! >u< Waaaah i wanna which one it is...i'll have to go searching for it i guess. XD;
;3; BUT YES
I LOVE THE WAY THIS TURNED OUTTTTTTTT ;A; <3 <3 <3
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YOUUUUUUU ARE THE REASON THIS CAME OUT SO WELL >.< If it weren't for you and Truly-chan, there's probably no way on earth I would have been able to create this! *super hugs*
Hahaha so you noticed the wing! Good! xD I didn't want it to be noticeable, but Akioh-chan did suggest adding a lineart or gray outline of some sorts for definition, so when I'm actually drawing a wing in solid color, I'll keep that in mind! I'm a big fan of the fantasy effect and I didn't want to draw away from the character...so yeah...you know me too well xD
I'll go and find it for you! *hugs* You're FANTASTIC with textures, so I'm sure you'll love this one to add to your collection!
Thank you sooo much Unknown-chan! This pic was created in part by you!<3 I couldn't have done it without your tips and feedback(and ideas for making things certain colors etc xD)! Love you so much!(and sorry about this late fail..but my mom told me to go back to sleep and well...yeah..I did and now she wants me back to sleep AGAIN LOL) Talk to you again soon!
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