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Published: 2013-09-05 03:59:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 763; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 2
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I need to start out say I love Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne. It was my first manga, my first anime, and it made me fall in love with a drawing style. I have a very special place in my heart for Maron/Jeanne, and I am sure this will always be one of my favorite mangas.When I was drawing this, Jeanne was looking fantastic, but then I thought that the picture was missing something, so I added Sinbad in as well, and it still looked pretty cool. Then I traced it, and thought "YEAH! This is gonna be awesome!" and that's when I realized... My coloring skills still aren't that great.
The picture didn't come out how I wanted, and that makes me sad, because it had so much potential. The colors just didn't mix very well. :C
But I guess I still like it, because of Jeanne!
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Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne was also my first manga. I didn't even know what a manga is before I read it. ^^U I watched the anime first and I liked it and I noticed it also has a 'manga' so I was wondering what that is, lol. TTwTT I was 13 years old back then, I think 
I see you have some problems with coloring. In the first place I'd like to ask you, what do you use to color? 
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I read the manga first, and then found the anime C:Β I think I was around 12 years old.
I use different brands, Reeves water colors and Niji.
I think the biggest problem I have with coloring is I want deep vibrant colors, but water colors just get washed out so easily.
And my second problem is, I'm not that good :/
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Oh, I use Reeves too sometimes and I know their pigment is not that strong ~and some colors look ugly like brown -.-~ I want vibrant colors as well, it's just that is a little hard to get some ~especially in my country, where there aren't any~ because they're kinda expensive. For now, it's ok to paint with what you have at the moment and focus on improving with that ^^ and later you can buy new media.
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Yeah, the browns, and yellows bother me. The yellows wouldn't be to bad if they weren't so yellow. Like if they had a paint color that looked like really light blonde, instead of just light yellow, I think they would be so much better
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I think you should also experiment and combine some colors ^^ I combine yellow with yellow ochre, try that~
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Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne was my first, too! I absolutely loved it, watched every episode devotedly as a child in front of the tv (with the rationed out one hour of tv watching time I was permitted).
The only downside of having KKJ as that object of adoration is that... well... Arina Tanemura is amazing, and basically a psycho for detail and style (as a side note also doesn't mind sacrificing story line and coherency for pretty pictures, which I am totally cool with), therefore it is severely difficult to copy her style. This is the closest I've ever gotten: watermelody.deviantart.com/art⦠and this is only very recent, and as a child, it was devastating that all my pictures came out completely differently when I had such perfect intentions.
I really like what you've done, though. Chiaki holding the cross is just perfect imagery. Anatomy-wise for future Arina-style art: longer and thinner arms, less curved lines, and be bolder with shading.
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Shading is the hardest thing for me to do >///<
It's always scary to add, because if I mess up it looks awful!
Thanks for the tips
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Yeah, I always feel that way, especially with things like markers where there is absolutely no chance of rubbing out mistakes. But the more shading I add, the more depth it gives. It's such a double-edged sword.
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What I found works for me is to slowly experiment on each piece of work, it's still super scary though
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Yeah. I've found it good to photocopy the black and white outline just in case.
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Sometimes I do that, but usually I am to lazy, or I forget
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I know, sometimes I finish sketching and inking, and I think, "Oh, I'll copy it tomorrow before I colour." And then the next day I'm halfway through it before I realize. :/
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Yeah, it kinda sucks, but oh well :\
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This is a wonderful picture, don't put yourself down on your colouring skills, in my opinion, the colouring looks really nice, but I'm sure that you'll improve over time
I love how you've done the background, it's very romantic! Great work!
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Awww thank you very much ^^
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YES OMG THIS IS GENIUS I LOVE THIS SERIES CAN I HAVE IT?
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I'm glad you like it so much ^^
I LOVE THE SERIES TOO!!! (If you couldn't tell)
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