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Hana-Keijou — Mana's SDL pagent entry
Published: 2009-05-12 17:54:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 1130; Favourites: 39; Downloads: 47
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Mana makes her second debute to the SDL pagent! In this piece she shows off her flare for European style clothing and her love of dark colors! Here's hoping you make it to the finals Mana! (or atleast the second round this time...)Tools: openCanvas4 (lineart)
PS Elements6 (color)
Time: 3 days (uhhgg... I just get slower...)
Back to work!
SDL pagent (C) - `RoninsUltramix
Mana (C) - =Hana-Keijou
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Comments: 31
wow thats so beautiful *-*
a bit too much glitter for my taste but still... wow O_o
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Hahahah! Thank you, I did kinda over do it with the sparkles, huh?
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I really like the European flare for this outfit and your character's expression. The movement really brings her to life and I like that with this piece.
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Thanks! I really love european clothing. I tried mixing a whole bunch of different styles to see what I could come up with.
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You did great. I feel you have a really good design sense for clothing.
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I love the background. Theirs just .... something about the girl though.
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Yeah, I know. The her stance is a bit off kilter. I just hate to lose! Last year she didn't even make it past the first round!
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Maybe you should just relax more when you draw.
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Yeah, I guess. Oh, here's the PS animation tutorial --> [link]
It helped me out a lot.
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Wow, this is really pretty - as usual, coming from you. I especially like all the little details in this one. I might say that the colours are a bit strong (saturated) but that could just be my monitor? ^_^;;
As a side note though, it is fun to experiment with new colouring styles if you get the time!
Good job, keep it up!
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Hahahah Thank you!
The color? I actually think it's kinda dull really. Perhaps It is the difference in monitors, I'm working on a Vista Labtop, so maybe my color settings are different from yours. Or it could be that my eyes have gone bad from staring at a screen 18 hours a day.
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No problem!
Yeah, it usually is a monitor problem. The colours aren't bad at all though, so don't worry too much about it!
And yeah, doing that many hours could have that effect! You better be taking breaks! XD
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Yeah, I take breaks. They're called "ART-BLOCKS!"
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Haha, is that why my breaks tend to last a month or more? XD
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Sometimes my breaks last 5 months! Drives me crazy!
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Same...actually, I'm just on a permanent vacation, haha. XD
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Permanent? You're not gonna color anymore? How come?
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Oh! No, I'll still colour, it's just I never seem to have any creative juices flowing so I end up getting a piece out like once in a blue moon. XD
And as for drawing my own lineart, well...XD
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Ah, well that's good. Your coloring skills are top notch. I'm actually a little jealous!
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Oh! Thank you! ^_^;;
But I still have such a lot of room to improve...XD
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Yeah, but still you understand color highlights, I can't even learn something as basic as that.
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I tend to get things like that through a lot of trial and error...Accidental, like.^_^;;
You have a lovely colouring style, though. =3
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Hmm... Haven't felt that way lately. But i'm usually my own worse critic.
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Yeah...I know how you feel, haha. Aren't we all our worst critics? XD
But really, it's that that drives artists to self improvement, isn't it?
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Yes, the eternal strive for perfection. It can never be reached, but it's fun to try, right? XD
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Haha, yeah, I guess it is. XD
And it's better to try and fail, than not to try at all, right?
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