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illustration for a new fashion boutique opening soon called Latinova. check out www.latinova.com in a few days (it's not up just yet).sorry for the huge watermarks, but this was an important commissioned piece ^^
technical specs since i get asked this a lot...
- i use adobe photoshop CS2 + a wacom intuos3 8x6 tablet.
- i draw the lineart in pencil, scan it in, clean it up a bit, then colour it entirely on the computer.
- the texture technique is made by manipulating photographs of rust/corkboard/etc, usually from my own stock collection.
- i won't be making a tutorial, because i'd rather people didn't blatantly copy me. if people are inspired by my work i'd appreciate it much more if they incorporated their own styles and put their own spin on it, rather than just copied what i do ^^
- also, i used a reference from a pose i found on a DA stock site, but i can't remember the link - if the pose looks like a photo of yours, drop me a note and i'll be glad to link you.
critique discouraged because i am finished~
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thank you! yes, the whole 'digital-yet-traditional' look is kind of a reaction on my part against slick vector art styles 
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so cute! i love her bathing suit the pattern and the colors!
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Wow, that's extremely lovely!! I adore all the extra little details that you've put into everything! Very *tasteful* sexy! It almost looks like watercolour... fabulous job!
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thank you so much! i try to make my diginal work look a little 'less' computer made and a little more 'handmade'... however... i also like the option of being able to 'undo' things with the click of a button. haha. im such a cheater X3
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I am totally into your beachy motif's! I really love her pose! That flower is a fantastic touch and I totally love the stringy flow of her hair! The pattern on her bikini and the little kinks in the bracelets are such awesome touches! I really love the texture of the palm tree. Even if the background is fairly simple, I think it adds so much atmosphere!
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thanks! i had to keep the bg REAL simple because it was originally going to be a flier, and i had to put text everywhere... then after i'd drawn it the brief was changed to a postcard... and by then it was too late to change it 
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the colours and textures are awesome guava 
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awww thank you. yeah, i was struggling with her lips for ages X3
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yea but u r hot so it dont matter
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aww thanks Boon, you always put everything into persepective for me
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I LOVE the hair ;; its so flowy and pretty. and my god you do wonderful landscape BGs. You use noise/filters so well too. I just love how they look on your drawings. Shes so pretty too! I really love the shading on her arm ;; <3
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awww thanks ZamsZams~
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ohh are they textures? thats what I was meaning to say but uhh if not then omg how do you make it look like that? its so neato *o*
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hahah i don't even know myself 
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This is great! I love the classic 50's-girl touch it has to it. It's really gorgeous. I could go on and on, but verbose and repetitious "omgomgomg!!!!11one" sorta thing would just get old.
Chie like. Guava good. Do more!
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i'm glad you saw a glimmer of the 50's in it - the client wanted one of those "wish you were here!" kind of postcards, but i didn't know until after i had finished it! haha.
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her hair is beautiful and i love the little folds in her cosie!
i love your textures, they're so original and it's like your own signature on your work ^________^
(also, the way you draw women 
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awww.. i'm glad you picked up on the little details, like the folds in her swimsuit ( i haven't heard the word cosie in AGES X3 do you use the word 'togs' there too?).
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hehe i think some people say 'swimming togs' for little boys cosies, but 'cosie' is the most used ^_______________^ what do you guys say?
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we dont use 'cosie' here much... mostly 'togs' for any gender, i think
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cuuuttteee i love the bikini pattern and the colors are cute~!
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thank you ^____^ the bikini pattern is made out of the logo, all repeated and stuff
i forgot to put the logo on the actual postcard though @_@
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I love the patterns you use on the clothing in your work - I'm not sure if you draw them by hand, but either way, they're all stylish and stuff. I also like the texture of the image itself, that kind of grainy look - it's always kind of a fun contrast with the crispness I associate with a blue sky, so it leaves kind of a neat atmosphere. :3 Oh, and the anatomy of the character and the detail of her hair are lovely. Oh, and the texture on the tree, too.
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thanks 
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It reminds me of your Christmas card. 
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aww thank you
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wahaha I feel like I can see into the mind of the artist! *_* XD;
You're welcome.
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Beautiful work! The textures really make all the difference. But I love the tone of the colors too.
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thanks, yeah, it's not very impressive without the textures, haha!
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Don't say that. It's excelent! You're a humble artist, that's all.
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the texture kinda looks like parchment paper actually. My gf thinks it's like watercolors.
Either or, I love the texture. I've noticed that in a good portion of your recent works. Now that I think about it, it kinda gives it a sort of "rustic" feel...which is rather, nostolgic, I guess. (if I spelled the word right...heh)
how's your new job by the way?
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yes, there seems to be a running debate as to what it looks like exactly, haha. i think watercolours would 'bleed' more, and i'd say it looks more like parchment or tissue paper, hehe. some people didn't like it at first, but i didn't care coz i wasn't drawing for them
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*laugh* that sounds like it. Either or, I like it. Like I said, it kinda gives it a sort of "rustic" or something feel or another...rather nostalgic, really
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I love the way everyone ignores the discouraged critique sign (including me)
but this is very cool ,pretty face
Good job Ma'am
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i know you like to break all the rules.
cheers though
{PIECE}
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I'm impressed with your persistance on the peice thing by the way
(PEICE)
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'Commitment' is my middle name.
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your style suits window display designs...actually they're flexible.
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thank you, yes, i'd like to see it in catalogues or something ^^
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You do such an awesome job at capturing an authentic feel. Much love for your work.
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thank you very much, that was a sweet thing to say ^^
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The web link you put up for Latinova dosnt work.
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