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Published: 2009-11-03 04:01:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 14687; Favourites: 158; Downloads: 6712
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Been so busy with midterms that I haven't had a chance to colour or draw anything on the comptuer... not to say I haven't been drawing. My agenda and a few notes should explain all that. Just had what should be my final midterm. To relieve some stress, I set aside one particular lineart that caught my eye and fascinated me until I set my mind on colouring it. As usual, I did not draw this artwork. My art isn't really worthy of drawing plus I have no idea how to clean it so nicely. Also, there were some alterations made to the original line art. I don't like changing the original work but sometimes its necessary. The original links will be provided below. Without further adieu, here it is!This artwork should clearly explain what my latest addiction is: Darker than Black Season 2: Gemini of the Meteor. Season 1 was great and season 2 is living up to its predecessor. Bones studio is doing a great job as usual though kind of disappointing that Yoko Kanno isn't doing the soundtracks... that said, I like what I'm hearing so far. The original lineart featured the tights coloured in already in pitch black. I don't particularly like that... it doesn't leave any room for shadowing or anything. Theres nothing darker than black... no pun intended. I erased the inside and coloured it in with a dark gray so that I could shadow with an even darker gray. I actually found colouring everything to be straightforward with the exception of the PTRD-41 anti-material rifle. That proved to be incredibly hard to colour when your hand and stroke is not the most steady and your screen is only 14.1 inches. I used alternative methods of colouring it in. One nitpicky point to make, the PTRD-41 rifle is actually slightly off. There are segments that aren't suppose to be there and the scope is missing. As a result, I just coloured in mainly two metal colours and a wood colour. Outside of that, it was all straightforward. A total of roughly 3-3.5 hours spent on this. I listened to a lot of Darker than Black soundtracks while colouring. Also, all my references images are directly from episode screenshots. All I can say is, good job Bones! High quality HD ftw!! Overall, I think it turned out pretty good.
As always, please leave any comments, ideas, or suggestions for improvement.
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*I actually got it from Safebooru but it was posted from the first link. If the original artist has any problems with me posting this on, by all means tell me and I can remove it*
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Comments: 28
Sorry to disappoint... but I merely coloured it. I can't take credit for something I didn't draw...
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didn't notice! Good colors though.
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Hey, I think you did a nice job with the coloring! Suou's pretty cool, and I did enjoy her as a character even though at first I was all, "whaaat? they made a happy pink girl the main character to Darker Than Black? She'll be killed in 3 seconds." XDD She and Mao were good and lightening the mood.
I do prefer HeiYin to HeiSuou, though. Though I like JulySuou a lot. XD
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Thanks! There were quite a few things that made me confused at first. The concept of a non-contractor accompanying Hei with a huge anti-material rifle was appealing. She would have to use something like a PTRD-41 in a contractor battle without skills like the black reaper. However... she turned into a contractor... ah well, still a likable character. In the end, Hei's harem is rather vast but I think Hei and Misaki would be good together. July and Suou is a bit weird though... still trying to stomach that idea. Bones just threw that at us without any warning.
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XDD Hei's harem...vast...yeah...*laughs* Misaki is pretty awesome, but I think that the better pairing would be Li-kun and Misaki (because, well, they're freaking adorable) but since Li-kun isn't really Hei's full personality, Yin is better for him in that respect.
The second season was definitely full of weird twists and turns. I think everyone was weirded out when Hei lost his powers. XD They probably needed to do that since Hei was winning like, every battle in the first season, but it was still surprising. Though I don't think Suou really turned into a contractor, since she used her meteor shard to get her gun out--more of like Hei's contract/Pai was used by Suou for a little while.
In any event, I agree, she was still a likeable character.
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Its not like Hei and Misaki can't hit it off. It would just be a bit awkward at first... after a while, I'm sure Hei will but down his knives and Misaki will lower her MP5. The sudden loss of Hei's powers did come as a surprise but he still lived up to the name of the black reaper. The meteor fragment is still an enigma. Where does it come from? How many of them are there? How many ways can it really be used? What was its original purpose? ><
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Nice pic.
^^
Sadly makes me wonder Hei's luck in girls is bad...
All seem to be lolis in the series at some point. *Looks at Amber at last episode*
Really nice pic of Suou. I like her a lot. ^^
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They're not that bad. His sister doesn't really count and Amber is unique... I'm not including Mai since she only lasted maybe 3 episodes at most. Yin and Hei match but they're a bit too quiet... Suou is a fun addition. She helped bring the old Hei back! Finally, one of the more apparent matches is Kirihara Misaki and they seem to match quite well! Despite being on the opposing side every time. Hazuki and Hei could be a fun match too! It would be like Michael Westen and Fiona from Burn Notice! Two awesome characters with an interesting background. Only difference is that Hazuki and Hei would try to kill each other every time the meet ^^
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Finally some season 2 fan art from someone!
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suou is my favorite character in the series XD
this drawing is really cool
especially her expression
awesome job
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Darker Than Black, and an awesome gun you only seem to see in Anime or Manga like Gurann Lugann
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Or if you happened to be on the Eastern fron in World War II
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The PTRD-41 is a Pre-Soviet .50 caliber Anti-Materiel rifle designed in russia during 1941, used to combat the Heer, and the Wehrmacht when Germany invaded Russia's Western border. However, Russia is at the Eastern area of Europe, quite a bit of Russia extending into Asia (Hence Eurasian) therefore becoming the Eastern Front when the fighting began.
That is what I meant.
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The PTRD is not a .50 I'm afraid. It fires a 14.5x114mm cartridge.
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Ok so you did your homework, but I didn't really need to know that, lol
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No, I do homework involving eastern front, Comarade... ou just seemed to be un-enlightened about the subject, so I took it upon myself do do some enlightenment!
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Well, even if it was briefly, Misaka-imouto from To Aru Majutsu no Index used a Barrett anti-material rifle. Oddly enough, it was drawn wrong and featured an automatic firing mechanism or something similar.
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Okay? I have no idea who that character is or the series, but the gun still looks good in the long run
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I'd just seen a video of her using that!
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