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Published: 2014-11-27 22:14:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 2933; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 0
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Description I finished drawing, with my OCs Vera and Mirza, stayed together in the forest, after first snow fallen. It is illustration for my own story, and show already written situation. yep, I want something sweet Mirza's face and clothing in blood its because just few moments ago, they was attacked by bandits and was need to fight.

Ummm.. and I'll put small part from story, translated manually . but my translation may be not so much perfect. (story is not on english lang originally and english is not my native lang. you can correct some mistakes, if you find them) A story written from Vera's POV


        His face was dirty with blood, and the way he tried to clean it with snow looked extremely weird and funny. It was rare occasion to see that serious man doing odd things, so I decided to trick him a little, and watch him in this unusual setting a while longer. I took a bowl of tea in one hand, and with my other hand I pointed not quite to where blood actually was on his face. And, as I expected, he took snow in his hand, and rubbed his cheek again, boyishly, but not where it was needed. After that he looked at me, expecting progress assessment.
       “No, the blood was not there...” I seriously answered him, and then I laughed cheekily.     The man raised an eyebrow:
        “What the heck! You were kidding me?!” he grumbled and started to wash his face with the snow again, more irritated. 
       “Hang on! This way you won’t clean anything. Hold my bowl!” I said, and gently handed a bowl of tea to Mirza. Then, I folded the fabric, which was earlier my snowy compress, and soaked it in the bowl with drink. Only after that, I reached out to wipe the nomad's face. I thought, he would scold me now, but he only looked at the fabric in my hand, and dipped his head lower.
       “You could have done it earlier,”  he slyly smiled, and his smile made some of the wrinkles on his face more visible.
       “Yes, but I never before washed someone's face with a tea. This is the first time I got this idea,” I smirked and began to gently wipe away the bloody traces from his cheekbones and cheeks. After time, the bloody spots disappeared.
        “Hmm, my concubines often wash their's faces with all sorts of herbal infusions. We may assume, it's almost the same thing,” said Mirza and strictly looked from the top down on me, sometimes corrected fur cape on my shoulders.
       “Your...Concubines?” I whispered. When I heard this word "concubines ", it was like something  suddenly stabbed me in the chest. And it was so painful! Damn it, there was always a lot of young beauties around him! For example gorgeous Zhelana, whenever I remember, she was near with him. And she was his concubine!
       “Uh-huh,” he replied and steam after his breathing melted right next to my face.
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paper sketch is old (2012 OC Vera and Mirza WIP ) I dared color it this year and finished today (2014) added missing parts to it.
Done in Inkscape (98% of work), PS (the rest) using mouse

Characters and their story belongs to me, ~ Ktoya, © 2009-2014 
drawing and colored by me. ©2014 Ktoya
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Comments: 53

ZiroTheDog [2014-12-13 22:58:02 +0000 UTC]

That's so sweet....¢°•

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Ktoya In reply to ZiroTheDog [2014-12-14 13:00:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^^

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Kay-I [2014-12-09 06:53:23 +0000 UTC]

Я  дождалась очень милой картинки   К сожалению, мои познания английского не позволяют понять всю красоту написанного, но суть ясна. Хм... он так и будет вспоминать о наложницах, когда рядом такая красавица?

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Ktoya In reply to Kay-I [2014-12-09 21:48:11 +0000 UTC]

Хе-хе))) спасибо большое за комментарий))) Это у него в последний раз упоминание о наложницах, и то мимолетом, а может из вредности. Влюбится он в нее окончательно и безвозвратно)))

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PeterStringer [2014-12-06 21:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Another nice pic.  I love how you have an ongoing story for these characters, makes it even more interest to view the pics.  Great work .

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Ktoya In reply to PeterStringer [2014-12-07 13:34:22 +0000 UTC]

wow thank you, I am glad to know it, specially you found story interesting. and this is so fascinating to create drawings for written pages

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PeterStringer In reply to Ktoya [2014-12-11 17:20:09 +0000 UTC]

Yea I like stories and illustrations together.  I am not that big on comics but having a lovely art piece and a story to go with it is pretty special.

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CMBaggs [2014-12-04 15:48:09 +0000 UTC]

The details of their clothing, and the way it lies and wraps around their bodies if very beautifully done. The background also has some very nice depth to it while not taking away from the subject of the piece. Nice work!

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Ktoya In reply to CMBaggs [2014-12-04 22:25:13 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for great and detailed comment

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CMBaggs In reply to Ktoya [2014-12-04 22:38:19 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome.

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Halowing [2014-12-01 04:11:20 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful and wonderful

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Ktoya In reply to Halowing [2014-12-01 20:50:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Halowing In reply to Ktoya [2014-12-01 21:34:00 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome~

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theterriblezodin [2014-11-30 16:19:19 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like an interesting story.

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Ktoya In reply to theterriblezodin [2014-11-30 16:23:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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Cashda [2014-11-29 16:51:42 +0000 UTC]

I really like the style of this picture. I resembles old asian paintings that I've seen somewhere, really pretty and colors are also really nice! I like this very mmuch <3

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Ktoya In reply to Cashda [2014-11-30 12:35:01 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much

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HannahAlmare [2014-11-29 14:35:43 +0000 UTC]

Hi! Nice picture and interesting story. I'd like to read more of it someday.  

I corrected some of the mistakes:

His face was dirty with blood, and the way he tried to clean it with snow looked extremely weird and funny. It was rare occasion to see that serious man doing odd things, so I decided to trick him a little, and watch him in this usual setting a while longer. I took a bowl of tea in one hand, and with my other hand I pointed not quite to where blood actually was on his face. And, as I expected, he took snow in his hand, and rubbed his cheek again, boyishly, but not where it was needed. After that he looked at me, expecting progress assessment.
       “No, the blood was not there...” I seriously answered him, and then I laughed cheekily.     The man raised an eyebrow:
        “What the heck! You were kidding me?!” he grumbled and started to wash his face with the snow again, more irritated. 
       “Hang on! This way you won’t clean anything. Hold my bowl!” I said, and gently handed a bowl of tea to Mirza. Then, I folded the fabric, which was earlier my snowy compress, and soaked it in the bowl with drink. Only after that, I reached out to wipe the nomad's face. I thought, he would scold me now, but he only looked at the fabric in my hand, and dipped his head lower.
       “You could have done it earlier,”  he slyly smiled, and his smile made some of the wrinkles on his face more visible.
       “Yes, but I never before washed someone's face with a tea. This is the first time I got this idea,” I smirked and began to gently wipe away the bloody traces from his cheekbones and cheeks. After time, the bloody spots disappeared.
        “Hmm, my concubines often wash their's faces with all sorts of herbal infusions. We may assume, it's almost the same thing,” said Mirza and strictly looked from the top down on me, sometimes corrected fur cape on my shoulders.
       “Your...Concubines?” I whispered. When I heard this word "concubines ", it was like something  suddenly stabbed me in the chest. And it was so painful! Damn it, there was always a lot of young beauties around him! For example gorgeous Zhelana, whenever I remember, she was near with him. And she was his concubine!
       “Uh-huh,” he replied and steam after his breathing melted right next to my face.

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Ktoya In reply to HannahAlmare [2014-11-29 15:13:28 +0000 UTC]

oh wow, thank you sooooo much for nice comment about my drawing and story and specially big thank you for correcting my mistakes here Interesting thing which I discovered is  " dialogue design ". It's differs in western books from our's books standarts. Here in Ukraine we mostly have dialogues builded like I am written in description before (example:
Vera said:
- Hello, - and smiled after. )

But in books from abroad, I often see dialogues and phrases written in quotes. It is interesting and cause little bit confusion, because here in quotes we often write character's thoughts, hehe.

thanks again for your help

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HannahAlmare In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-29 15:29:34 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I know, the dialogue format is different in the west. I'm from Poland, and we have the same format as Ukraine. It took me some time to figure it out. Honestly. xD 
I think in the western publications, thoughts are usually in italics.

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Ktoya In reply to HannahAlmare [2014-11-30 13:07:35 +0000 UTC]

it is difficult to get used to this format at the beginning

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HannahAlmare In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-30 15:03:57 +0000 UTC]

I know, but it get's better after time - I used to write a lot in Polish, but some year ago I stopped Polish at all, and now, when I tried to write a story in Polish, I kept switching to the western dialogue format.  

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PirraAiren [2014-11-28 20:54:27 +0000 UTC]

Интересно... Вообще всегда замечательны авторские иллюстрации, они дают о произведении больше, чем иногда, хочет сам автор)))))
Очень и очень хорошо!! 

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Ktoya In reply to PirraAiren [2014-11-28 22:26:10 +0000 UTC]

спасибо огромное за отличный коммент))) я рада что понравилось))) интересно, что в моем случае иллюстрация "выдала"))))))))))

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PirraAiren In reply to Ktoya [2014-12-01 13:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Так тут с текстом смотреть надо... и желательно со всем текстом)) Действительно, хорошая работа))

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Ktoya In reply to PirraAiren [2014-12-01 21:12:16 +0000 UTC]

хехе)) спасиб!

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Curvy-tribal [2014-11-28 11:49:29 +0000 UTC]

thank you for submitting this to great job on the character design, i like how you work on your shading to give out the material creases of the clothes with the details of the fur and the little blood splash pattern on the sleeve of the warrior. really well done.

If you have time we would like you to have a look at our very first contest

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Ktoya In reply to Curvy-tribal [2014-11-28 17:45:32 +0000 UTC]

thank you so much for your awesome and detailed comment!

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Hantari [2014-11-28 01:06:25 +0000 UTC]

Хорошая картина)
Ты очень здорово рисуешь людей. И главное есть свой стиль)

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Ktoya In reply to Hantari [2014-11-28 01:42:05 +0000 UTC]

о, спасибище огромное))) я люблю рисовать людишек)))

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Hantari In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-28 01:48:14 +0000 UTC]

Мне их просто нравится рисовать. Но это от того что не особо я сейчас их рисую.

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Ktoya In reply to Hantari [2014-11-28 01:49:28 +0000 UTC]

как я животных -  редко рисую, сложно они мне даются)) но тут наверное все дело в опыте, чем чаще рисуешь тем лучше получается.

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Hantari In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-28 02:24:24 +0000 UTC]

Точно) Я с детства рисую животных. А вот людей начал рисовать только с 7 класса. И то их толком не рисовал.

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Ktoya In reply to Hantari [2014-11-28 16:35:29 +0000 UTC]

ну значит еще все впереди))

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Hantari In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-28 17:24:13 +0000 UTC]

О да.

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charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 01:01:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh my, I love this piece so much and the little story fragment that goes along with it!

First off, I love the way you did the trees at the back and how the greyish colours there really make the scene...foreboding. Yes, it's a cute scene between them, but it's also kind of intimidating and scary, and that ties in nicely with Vera's little "discovery" at the end about the concubines (as well as the fact they've just fought a bunch of bandits). At this point, is Vera skilled with the sword, or did she mostly hide while Mirza did the fighting, since the blood was on Mirza?

I think you did a really good job with the blood stains on Mirza's face. The colours you've chosen fit well and don't distract from his face (or the rest of the picture) and it's clear from the colour that they're being cleared by Vera's efforts.

Some suggestions:
-Vera's head is the right size compared to Mirza's and his body, but I think her head is too big compared to her body, especially her hands. I think her hands and her body can be made larger to suit her head and Mirza. 
-The fallen tree behind them can have some more texturing on it (more wood grain texture) and more shadows where the log meets the snow.

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 01:41:38 +0000 UTC]

yay thank you so much for AWESOMESTIC comment
When Vera met Mirza at village, he offered her a little horse walk, and they tricked her friends and his bodyguards, namely, run away from everyone. They takes a walk into autumn forest at evening but there first snow happend and they stayed for whole night in the forest, only together. so its why its looking intimidating, Vera felt herself scared, because she is alone with man in the forest whom she is not know well (!!!!) and what the hell she decided to go with him alone, and Mirza told there is forest full of bandits, and few bandits attacked them. Vera was shocked, and Mirza doesnot allow her to fight he, "trowned" her behind his back when attack begun. Even Vera was skilled already, she yet was coward, and she killed only one bandit (by accident), and another bandit attacked her. while yes more of them killed Mirza, and that one which attacked Vera was also killed by him. it is why he is full of blood. About concubins. For Vera it was surprise he told her about them. Even she always had a "knowing" he has alot of women arond him, it was somekind painful to her. (she had a crush on him since very first times she saw him). but she yet doesnot know he married and have 2 adult children.

Thank you for suggestions! yep that head, is typical problem specially for my 2012 year sketches, I saw it when colored. But I thought noone mentioned it lol I was wrong haha. Next time I will try to use tips when draw something similar

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charcoalfeather In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-28 01:50:53 +0000 UTC]

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 17:40:58 +0000 UTC]

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charcoalfeather In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-28 21:57:50 +0000 UTC]

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 22:22:38 +0000 UTC]

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 22:42:55 +0000 UTC]

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-28 23:58:09 +0000 UTC]

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charcoalfeather In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-29 00:03:56 +0000 UTC]

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charcoalfeather In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-29 00:13:51 +0000 UTC]

Well, at least he doesn't leave her over it, and the baby has a father figure to take care of him/her.

Awwww! That's why I'm so eager to learn more about them!

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Ktoya In reply to charcoalfeather [2014-11-29 00:18:52 +0000 UTC]

hehe okay you will learn soon, and I hope I will draw more art with them. It is looking like they fall in love together from even first sight. huh. p.s. whoa and I gonna just now to hide all that spoilerish comments from people's eyes. Our discussion is amazing, but its really very spoilerish and I dont want people read it before I not made pages for story

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charcoalfeather In reply to Ktoya [2014-11-29 00:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Lol, makes sense Thanks for telling me all of that!

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