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Published: 2010-02-12 08:55:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 1351; Favourites: 34; Downloads: 47
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Drew this up late last night, and I'm pretty darn proud of the colouring for this. I really, really don't work with traditional stuff for a reason, but I've been practicing lately out of needance to improve myself..
What's lame is that there is no fancy layer settings like Luminosity to do my highlights and stuff in.
And *Zimadonna wanted me to redraw Zima as an Irken. I suppose she's the only Irken I'll ever draw in more humanly stuff like this and like it. She's wearing purple, which is different from what I'd normally imagine her in (black/pink), but the purple pencil I found was really smooth to work with
By the way. Impossible gravity going on here, my bad.
(Get better soon, Zimadonna!)
Irkens Β© Jhonen Vasquez
Zima by *Zimadonna
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I have so many deviations of yours to comment! D:
A very feminin and human-like Irken...well, long story short, I dislike the motive, but I have to say itΒ΄s skillfully drawn and the COLOURS! Gee, the way you coloured the dress looks just wonderful!
The skin also looks great...how many colours did you use for both?
The only thing which does not look very good are the eyes in my opinion. There are no real reflections on them...
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You don't have to comment on them all (: It was Turbo-Upload day meaning I just wanted to get rid of lots of deviations P:
It's alright to dislike something. Zima is a different Irken to a lot of others, but she wasn't just randomly developed to the way she is now, she grew over time.
I used a light green and light blue, and shaded with a dark blue pencil and and a black one to darken it a bit.
Yeah, highlighting is very hard for me in pencil, so I'm afraid I did quite poorly on that 
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ItΒ΄s an inner urge! I just canΒ΄t stop! D:
XD
I know, I know. Still...my IZ universe bases on logic and the will to differentiate them from humans in some points, strictly. ThatΒ΄s just my world. I needed years to build all this up...all the logic behind it...the whole system feels like a world in my head...
No problem! ItΒ΄s really the only thing I dislike...^^
You could really do more traditional art, your colourations are cool!
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I have some logic behind the boobs thing but I'm not much of a canon person to really make anything that creative. =o
I guess the logic is that she's a civilian and a natural born so they have the puberty stuff but that's all I got. To you guys it's probably rediculous cause the empire probably killed off most of them or they died off themselves long ago. (regarding sexually reproducing irkens which is ancient irkens, so it did exist at one point)
But yeah it's okay if you don't like it. XD;
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There is where our universes split. I am sorry if I sounded like thinking other people have no logic in their view on the empire!
I only meant that I stick to the basic information concerning Irkens you get - one of it that Irkens arenΒ΄t born naturally, that the only difference between the different sexes the eyelashes and antennae are and that they are a very military race. So...the origin of the Irkens, the time in which they reproduced themselfes naturally...is interpretation. The big question is whether there was such a phase and whether they did it...like humans.
I once wrote a long story...no...I rather began it, about this topic, or my interpretation based on nearly everthing I got to know about IZ (yes...I was a freak XD). I think I will rewrite and translate it once, when I find the time...
I hope you did not feel offended. ItΒ΄s really just about my view on Irkens and you have every right to draw them like that - itΒ΄s just not my world^^
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I am very interested in hearing your story and theories. If you have the time please send it my way through notes. I love hearing of these things.
I agree, it's really subjective and it's unknown weather their ancestries produced sexually so it's really all theory.
I'm not offended at all! ^^ I just didn't go completely without logic, but I usually draw boobs on irkens cause I think it looks nice to me as well as my own logic. People have also come up with interesting ideas like giving the females shape without the breasts, like and draw. (A feminine figure) Everyone can have their own views and I think each and every view is interesting.
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I think itΒ΄s about time to write about it anyway. There is so much I had thought about, so many new facts...I will try to write and draw it all, offering people to understand my world and to discuss about my views! This will be interesting!
Okay, then I am relieved!^^
Oh DefectiveFal drew a female Irken without breasts, too...and it looks so feminine itΒ΄s amazing me! [link]
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Woah! 
nice work with the traditional style. I never knew b4 i read ur artist comment that it was hand colored and stuff. Thats really gewd! especially since ur drawinf zimadonna's character Irken like this.
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Thanks (: I still think I need working with the linearting (I always stuff up the legs ^^) But I'll get the hang of it. Zimadonna's character is fun to draw, she's got a figure that none of my other character's have so it's refreshing and fun! XD
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i see, yea, it like for me drawing kenzi was fun to draw! she has a really cool look to her! XD
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She looks so pretty! I love the curled back antennas.
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Thank you! Me too, it's a more feminine design then the shorter one
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WTF D:
IT'S MESSED UP IN LIKE, 3 PLACES.
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NO IT'S NOT D8
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wooooooow O_O.
u no color? damn, all that digital practice gave u some NICE color understanding. really nice.
i'm blinded by pure awesomeness!
really, goood job 
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Someone told me to be a good digitalist you have to work with traditional art first, but it seemed much the opposite for me now, because originally my colouring in pencils was not too great. I am happy with this but I favour your way of colouring with this media much more
Hehe, I noticed that! I like to see what categories people put my art in, because it can tell me somewhat of how people think of my work. Like I have a folder called "Amazing" which I reserve for images that make me go 
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haha
and eh ^^. mostly people that i encounter don't have their art in categories. when i see an activity report "added to favs" i go like *roll eyes*
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Sweetness!
And it's not IMPOSSIBLE GRAVITY! We're looking at her from an angle! (at least that's how I see it. If I twist the screen a little, to where the floor is almost level, it looks good!)
And this is pretty much amazing. I actually thought the coloring WAS photoshop for a moment, until I looked again and read the description XD
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Oh haha, well the gravity I say is impossible, not because of the slant, but because her purse is on an angle to the floor, when it should be going directly down like her antennae-accessories 
On Photoshop? XD Haha, yeah, I think the pure whiteness of the background did it for ya, but that was what I used to edit it to make it that way to look crisp like that.
Thank you for the comment
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Aww, you're welcome
I just like to elaborate on comments so people feel I actually looked at their stuff instead of just kind of typing a quick 2 word response to what I glanced at...
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Haha, it's exactly what I do! I'm not satisfied until I've put a good input into them.
Unless they're the sort of people I can tell are people with short attention spans, I might just keep it short for them P:
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Wow! 
I think you made her look really well regarding her body, it's very natural and quite flattering. I do think the gravity is a little wonky since she should have the right foot forward so she doesn't trip in her shoes as well as her body more upright than leaned back.
I do enjoy this, I really think you did a better job on her this time. I can't get over how nice she looks in traditional art! It's so pastel like and very flattering! I'd like to see more of this.
I honestly do like the purple on her, she usually wears color coordinated clothes with her eyes, like you said black and pink but I think purple really is flattering as well. It goes well with pink.
Beautiful work as always! I seriously love how you drew her. ^^
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Gah I'm such a loser xD I can't reply to you half the time because I think you send the most nicest comments, and I know you're always genuine with them so I just sit there blushing not know what to say. God damn! XD
Yeah, agreeing on the gravity 
Aww (: Hehe. I think I did better with this too. I look now and I see where I f'd up the colouring on this though, especially going over it with dark grey.
Ah, the purple is very wrong though for her personality, I know D: It was a REALLY nice pencil though. I don't have a packet of the same pencils, I have a pencil case of random brands and types collected over the years. The purple pencil is my favourite
Thank you
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Naw it's cool, don't worry about it!
That again is super flattering to hear, thank you so much! Aww well I'm so glad you enjoy my comments, as I enjoy yours. I too keep your comments in my inbox for almost an eternity. XD
Don't worry about it, you'll get better, it's not too much of a big deal!
Ahh you think purple is too mundane for her personality or something?? But it is a nice color nonetheless!
No problem. ^^
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Alright, bad as each other XD I got round to it now because you haven't been online. By the way, I've meaning to ask how you're going (: Are you any better yet? I've almost gotten over my cold, and I redid my voice meme. I sounded really mumbly the first time so I really wanted to fix that. It's hard to tell I've got a cold anyway, but I think now everyone thinks I talk nasal most of the time.
Well, yeah! She's saucy, and lilac doesn't scream it. It's not the right combination of loud and sensual - maybe sensual, but not funky enough for Zima. It seems more of an attire she'd wear if she was out on a quiet evening, like not to draw much attention to herself.
.. I think I might have got her personality wrong there, I don't know.
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S'really good ._. Traditional art really requires patience...there's not "edit undo."
The lines look very smooth, and the shading is magnificent. I can see you really worked with colors on this one, and it's a good blend <3
Also.
Love the antennae >D
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Dah.. yes .-.
I even had my left hand tap at an imaginary keyboard. I'm that reliant on it.
Thanks though
The antennae yah, lovely design. She was the first to have this kind of long antennae, I've become to be aware
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Gaa your amazing skills |D I want them XDD LOL great job 
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Hehe, I'm willing to share the secrets
Thank you!
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8D lol yayy!! and welcomez!
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You've never coloured like that in pencil before! Or at least I don't remember.
When you asked me to take it out of the scanner I looked at it and I was like, 'WOW!'
You are good at traditional art! Do more!
Yeah, I noticed the gravity thing. I first thought, 'How is she standing in that position on a slope?'
Well you could say that the planet has weaker gravity.
Your signature looks nice. It matches the picture.
It's really cool how you could do the shading and highlighting in pencil. You made certain things look shiny!
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See, told ya it was my best
No you didn't, you were annoyed because I made you take it out for me when I honestly could have picked it up myself
Thanks. But I know many more who ace this better than me. You just think I'm great because you haven't seen others do greater, or at least I people in RL.
Ah, it's not a slope intentionally, I drew this picture so it was on a tilt by accident. Like how people write stuff on a slant
Weaker gravity? If that was so, she'd be floating around, dummy. No, I mean't more that it's impossible because her antennae-accessories are going one way and her handbag is going the other way
Like a celebrity signature? I wish! Thanks mate!
The person I drew this for does all that better than me, but thank you
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Yep.
I MEAN WHEN I WAS PUTTING IT IN YOUR ROOM!
Show me some then.
Yeah, I do that.
Maybe she has heavy shoes?
Oh yeah. I get ya.
Yep!
Zimadonna? How about you show me some of her traditional art?
It would have taken some planning to do though.
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WHOA CAPS LOCK LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SHOUTING.
Maybe later.
Magnets. Thanks for that, now I have an excuse.
Yes. You can look at them yourself P: You have time.
Planning to do the drawing you mean?
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IT WAS SUPPOSED TO.
Ok!
Wow! She's good at Traditional Art!
Planning for the colouring. So you ca have highlights.
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Oh yeah, I sorta planned, once I got to do the shoe part, I had to lightly outline the shape of the highlight so I won't accidentally colour it in.
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Hey-hey-heeeey
You have a gorgeous coloring style with pencils, yo! How you make it go from dark to light looks pretty damn good. Always loved that technique, personally.
Zima once again looks absolutely brilliant in your style! As always, the slenderness has me going gaga @w@ The curves look absolutely awesome, and you did her eyelashes a lot of justice
Anyway, awesome job on this! I do hope you try to go traditional more often. It looks fab c:
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Dang yeah!
Hehe, it's a bit unusual if you ask me - I've been cel-shading for so long this technique here.. it's just kinda weird of me to be frank
I tried my best to do it the way Zimadonna draws them, without reference. I adore the way she draws eyes! Thank you, and with the figure, in this style I don't have much of an excuse because by the general nature of Irkens, they don't seem to favour boobs too much, especially not ones like Zima's xD Same with the curves. I didn't know I had it in me to draw them, because a lot of the characters I draw tend to be skinny, figure-less, little things
Thank you very much for the comment C: I am appalled though that by the number of times you've given me such comments, I haven't given you one yet!
..stay tuned
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For a technique that feels weird to you, you still made it work pretty damn well ^^
Well, either you've secretly loved boobs without knowing it yourself, or you're just a natural at drawing natural curves
Actually, I've only commented a couple of times on yer stuff xD; Yer quite welcome though, either way c:
*Watches the screen* @_@
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very cute,i love the drawing and pose itself
^-^
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Aww hehe, thank you for saying so ^_^
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