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Published: 2014-05-29 22:42:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 1549; Favourites: 41; Downloads: 11
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It's been a while since I've tried coloring seriously. I'm a little out of practice. I was hanging from those brushes, man...*EDIT* I was tinkering and made some changes. Hence why her dress is slightly different, as it now reflects her appearance in the Epilogue more closely.
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I recall the line art of this piece, and am glad you tried to finish it. Looks good. the snowflakes are a bit light tho, so hard to appreciate.
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Thank ya for the comments. I figure if I'm going to practice, I should practice everything, even coloring. As for the snowflakes, I intentionally went that way since her cape is supposed be this magical, flowing thing and seeing the design in it against a white background should be hard. It also makes the piece over her dress stick out more, which I like.
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Ah, so it was intentional. You are right about the contrast.
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Whew, clean lines are unforgiving. It's not bad, but not great. Still something in the face that doesn't sit right with me. It's still my biggest challenge...anatomy, anatomy, anatomy.
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Yeah, it often feels like the lineart is losing something when cleaned up from a sketch. Not sure what you don't like about the face, looks fine to me, within your style. Maybe I'd position the whole head a bit more to the left, but he face looks fine 
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I wrestled with the head placement forever...and came to the conclusion that her braid creates a sort of illusion that her neck is thinner and offset from her head. In the end, I was satisfied with the placement relative to her body.
I tinkered a bit more with her face and like it better this way, though I'm not sure if anyone but me would notice the changes. Ah well...
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I agree there's something to the idea of the braid making the neck seem thinner, though I'm not sure it's enough.. the way her head is tilted reminded me of the Kodama from Princess Mononoke , like her head is joined to the neck in the middle, not the lower part of the skull (this is an exaggeration of course, it's just to illustrate what I mean). On the other hand, moving the head might look like she's hunched forward, which you probably don't want.
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You may be right. I'll just keep it mind for the next piece. If I let myself get stuck on things like that, I tend to have an endless science project and I end up making it worse.
So enjoy the Kodama Elsa! (That just gave me a funny idea for a GIF using this picture...)
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Very true, some feedback is necessary, but it's best not to overdo it. When the pic is done, it's done 
Yeah, such a GIF would be hilarious 
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Okay, so I couldn't leave it alone after all. So I made some changes and banished the wicked Kodama Elsa. I hope it looks better now.
And now I REALLY won't mess with it anymore. Really...
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It does look better, much better than in the sketch actually
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I wouldn't go that far, but thanks!
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