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Published: 2009-01-20 00:34:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 8291; Favourites: 92; Downloads: 117
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EDIT: Increased size. (download for even bigger)Character working: 2000x3000
Scene working: 3000x1080
Photoshop CS3
6 Hours (2 weeks)
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Done.
First post of the New Year!
And with this, I have officially broken my new years' resolution.
Unless you're counting the Chinese new year, in which case I'm perfectly fine! While I was drawing the character I kept thinking to myself "Oh God, this looks terrible, the folding looks unnatural there, her leg is off too! Oh god, why did I choose this color? GAH!", but as soon as I started drawing the background, I started saying "oh wow, It doesn't look so bad anymore". I've come a full 180 in that respect, from my backgrounds taking away from a character's detail, and me resenting to do them, to actually wanting to get to the background and stick my character in a scene.
Expect an edit in the new future as I step away from the computer and flip the thing horizontally to work out any kinks. I'm already starting to see my lack of detail in the clouds to be quite annoying...
As usual, critique the heck out of it.
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Thanks!
I'm actually thinking about re-doing this piece, haha.
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Really? Would you keep that and make similar picture that you liked?
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Oh, I meant re-doing it as a new deviation, for the sake of re-drawing something and seeing if I got any better.
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Lol that's cool. I'll be looking forward to it I think I put you on my watch. If I didn't I will right now. ^_^
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I love this one it makes a great desktop background ...
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I have a request for you regarding the "large" downloadable version of the image.
You've made it 1600 pixels wide, and that's big, but... The shorter edge is just 700 pixels which... isn't much. When I try to set it as a wallpaper on my laptop it gets stretched and there's quite a lot of quality loss. So, I would like to request some sort of the crop for a 1440x900 resolution, or even better - 1920x1080, if only possible. I absolutely love the image. Cheers!
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Try setting the background mode to "center", and background color to white.
I don't have the original .psd on hand right now (I'm on my lappy), so I can't make any adjustments to that yet. I'll get back to you when I'm back home and if I can find the original in my unorganized pile of stuff.
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Already did that.
Thanks in advance!
And good luck searching for it.
Gotta say I can stare at this picture for hours while listening to music...
Once again, great job.
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Nice, reminds me of a dream I had a while back, love the composition
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Wow, so gorgeous. The detail, layout, proportion. That's so wonderful.
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Its good to see a proper anime artist. I was getting pretty sick of all the newbie spamm. Do you animate?
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This is a cute piece. There are only a few things that I wish to point out.
1. The image seems really zoomed out, so its hard to focus on the character, my eyes are going all over the place.
2. I wish there would be more details
3. Her leg looks off, twisted at an odd angle
4. I like and hate the fact that her wings look like wisps
5. Lovely work on the background, I love how soft the image looks.
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the wings are so sick here 
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Absolutely awesome!! I like the colours you have used work very well
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Overall, the concept is great. the background is very nice, but i feel like this lacks in emotion a bit. perhaps more work on the background could have made it better. also i think you need to work on your anatomy a bit more, save your ideas but just work on drawing some more people and poses. hope this helps.
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Your art is getting stronger.
The amount of details you're adding makes a
more dimensional character.
I feel that you need to loosen up a bit
in the preliminary stages of your art.
This pose in particular comes off a bit stiff,
as if you didn't push far enough.
The scene appears dramatic, yet the character
looks bored as she lazily lifts her arm.
You're getting so much better with coloring and
layout, but go back to basics and push
those poses as much as possible!
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you want critique? god i think you're too hard on yourself! i wish i could draw the way you do. i wish i could do the clouds the way you do. you're your own worst critic but 'I' love it!
But that probably doesn't mean to much in the way of critique does it
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waaa that beautiful! >//w//
beautiful details you wings were very nice *w*!
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It's alright, but there are a couple of issues. For one, the image is very zoomed out, so it's hard to actually make out many details.
But the main issue I see here is that it's very typical of most of your work. Young women, long hair, billowy clothes, some theme which reflects mystical magicalness or whatever. For what it is, it's not bad, but you need to diversify a bit, because if you keep drawing stuff like this, you're going to stagnate.
There's a website called Posemaniacs which may be of use to you. Check it out sometime. I'd also recommend you study up on perspective, or, if you're already experienced and knowledgeable on it, start applying it heavily in your drawings. Draw older women instead of young ones. Draw men. Shorter hair. More gritty environments. Whatever you do, try and break some of your habits. It'll do you some good, even if it's tricky at first.
Best of luck.
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I remember you saying before that "stagnation is death", and, now that you mention it, I have been keeping the same general theme across all of my deviations posted here. I tend to use this theme or setting because I always want to make a scene that is somehow "grand", in that I want to draw something somehow above normal life, fantastic in it's own right. Thinking about it, though, I do abuse a few personal cleches, and I thank you for pointing that out.
Posemaniacs is something that I've been directed to before, and used a bit, but never quite got into it. I see it almost as if I'm using reference, and I like to draw things entirely from my own mind, without reference. Perhaps this is also a habit that I should break?
In any case, I think I'll try to draw a scene in my next deviation that breaks some of my cleches while still retaining that "above normal life" feeling that I like to send.
Thanks for your continuing critique.
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Drawing from your own mind is indeed a good skill, but the problem is when you try and draw something from your own mind, but you don't know how. For this, you need references, not even necessarily to copy directly from, but rather to give you a better mental understanding. Learning tools and such. Don't be afraid of using references; The best artists I know use them.
More than the overarching theme, try varying your subjects. If you don't, you might find yourself in three years only knowing how to draw young girls. I was in a similar situation myself.. ugh. But that's a story for another day.
A nice young woman recently made me realize that, even when desiring to learn and improve, one should always remember to enjoy the artistic process, even if it means learning slightly slower than you would normally. Don't rush things.
Have fun!
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I love your coloring, as always. In fact I probably worship it.
One thing you might want to improve on is the detail in your characters' faces and expressions. I think it would really bring your work to life. <3
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I forgot about the Chinese New Year.
The CG is wonderful, as always, but the anatomy is off. Do you ever just do regular sketches in your free time to practice?
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I'm usually doodling in my sketchbook; I only cg the concepts I like.
Though, I'd admit, I haven't been doing it as often as I used to/ should. The lack of Ctrl+z annoys me.
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I like it. You could even say I love it. You can even say I'm about to +fav it.
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Amazing! I love the background. >D
The colors and shading is beautiful too.
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Looks great! I like how you rendered the clouds here!
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