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Published: 2007-12-29 14:25:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 3936; Favourites: 145; Downloads: 70
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For my Cokey-chan <3I didn't plan it, so I started only using graphite, then I started to add random colour, and I thought it'd be crap, but when it was finished it actually looked pretty good.
I'm trying to broaden my range.
photo reference: Rinko Kikuchi
graphite and prismacolour pencils
cartridge paper
photoshop for curves (the same curves as in Kickin' it. I just like the pretty colours it gives.)
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don't know who that person is - but I love it! you're still one of my favourite artists on dA!
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I love ze colours and composition and the texture on his jacket *o*
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That's really cool. I love the way the eyes came out especially. Beautiful work!
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wow
seriously you ARE my drawing idol i just dont know how you do it! even though you have told us ^_^ and ive tried to follow but you're just too good!!!!
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I LOVE this. Beautiful, really. The textures of the paper and pencil strokes, along with the hints of colour are wonderful. It's resolved, but almost unfinished, and I love that feeling in this image. Congrats! <3
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I completely envy your ability to do the lighting on the hair so realistically. Very nice.
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-weird, i was thinking this is a chic with some gothy make-up, and i was right. >.>a
-the thing i like the most about this picture, which you didn't finish/render-out, is the leather texture of the jacket. its lookin' pretty cool.
-this thought may be out-of-line, but ... i was wondering why you mostly copy what you see to almost photo-realistic detail? i sometimes wonder where the artist's soul is hiding. O.0;;;
-i also like the make-up around the eyes. it has that heavy make-up feel, like a stage actor.
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Hm, you're right. Well, in the original her makeup is very natural. I just decided to do some shading in red, and miss the rest out completely. I love the look of really dramatic makeup, on the right face.
Ah, the jacket... xD I wasn't sure how to approach it, but it looks cool. And I didn't know when to stop, you know? But that's pretty much always the case. You can keep working on a picture forever, until you just decide it's finished. It's easier with photorealism, 'cause you stop when it's as close to the original as you can get it.
I don't think it's out of line at all. I have great respect for people who can do original work, and who put their own spin on something they drew from life or from a photo. But I really get satisfaction from reproducing things as closely as I can. I don't even know if you can really call it art, if it's just copying. But I enjoy it, whatever it is.
Thank you. This was a really thoughtful comment.
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i totally know what you mean about the photo-copy-drawing style; i think it may relate to an obsessive compulsive habit. sometimes its just easier to zone-out and draw what you see, than to brainstorm and plan something before working it out, y'know? ~_^
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NO. THIS DOES NOT LOOK LIKE CRAP.
Cokey-chan is so lucky to get this~
He looks pissed. And it scares me.
But his make-up is pretty. XD
My baby is so talented~ <33 ILU. <3
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m(_ _)m Sankyuu, mon petit chou.
AHAHAHAH YOU DUMBASS. It's a girl! For once. But I thought she looked like Miyavi (I hate when people say that. Right. Of course. All asians look like Miyavi. 
She's in drag, so I don't blame you for mistaking her for a guy. XD
I love you more. *slapped*
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LOL. WELL DON'T PUT ME INTO THE HABIT OF SEEING ALL THESE GAY J-COCK TRANSVESTITES, AND GET ON ME ABOUT THE ONE GIRL YOU DRAW. XDDDD
I'm sorry, baby. Lol. I had no idea. XD Oh well.
Shows how much I pay attention to the music scene. XD <333
NO. ILU more~ <3
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XD You're right. My bad.
omg I also have not been paying attention to the music scene. I haven't looked on my regular download places in like... a year. People keep talking about bands I've never heard of. But I guess that's fine. It means I'm not getting bored of the music I'm listening to.
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Thank you! I assume you do mean the drawing, and not just the model. xD;
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lol yes the drawing. I actually don't know the model. ^ ^;
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very well done! i love the color accents...fantastic
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Thank you! I always think it looks great when other people use colour accents... but I always figured I'd screw it up. >.>; So I'm glad it came out well.
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it did indeed, indded
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I have no idea. I guess she's some model? I found the reference photo in a fashion magazine. I'd never heard of her before that. XD
Anyway, thank you!
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Oh I see XD
No problem my dear
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Beautifull!~
Those eyes pierce my soul. 8D So deeeppppp..
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Thank you, my dear~ I found the reference photo by accident, in a magazine, and then I looked online for more pictures of her, but the magazine had the best photos. :B So I was lucky to find it, I think.
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Those colours look great together 
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Oh, thank you. On paper, it's just the black x white x red, but I like the tan and blue on the photoshopped version even more.
I really like the cartridge paper for its texture, but only on certain things. If I'm trying to make something really photo realistic, cartridge paper is no good. -_-;
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