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Description Woot! Art-art, drawn-art, whatever you want to call it you, know, as opposed to the photos that I'd been uploading of late.
Anyway, done in photoshop of a sketch from my sketchbook. Either it took less time then I thought it would, or I stopped noticing time while I was working on it
I should say that I have no intention of making a zodiac series just did this one because it's my birthsign and I was looking for something to draw. Inspired by the Amazing works of one of my favorite artists, Alphonse Mucha. [link] [link]

If you would like more information about the Aquarius sign...well that's what Lord Google is for. I will say that Aquarius is the water barer, dates January 20- February 18, and is generally associated with the colors purple and blue. And though people usually think of Aquarius as water, it is in fact associated with the element Air. (Which I associate with yellow...for lack of a better color, hence the color scheme)

Sorry if the full view is blurry (fullview is not really recommended), I didn't realize the resolution was that small till I got pretty far into the pic. What I get for not checking the size when I opened up the sketch at least I know for next time.

Edit: Process work of this found here [link] for those that are interested.
Comments and the like are much appreciated
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Comments: 48

Cheekydesignz [2010-01-26 17:34:37 +0000 UTC]

You've been featured! [link] hope you don't mind!

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Loriele In reply to Cheekydesignz [2010-01-26 17:42:39 +0000 UTC]

not at all- thank you!

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Cheekydesignz In reply to Loriele [2010-01-26 17:58:28 +0000 UTC]

good you're welcome!

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Wildphoenix22 [2010-01-11 05:44:46 +0000 UTC]

Great piece! It's too bad you don't have interest in doing a Zodiak series. I'd love to see how the others would come out!

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Loriele In reply to Wildphoenix22 [2010-01-11 06:13:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks
yeah...I'm not sure I could keep up interest long enough to finish it- not if I was to keep the style consistent anyway

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Wildphoenix22 In reply to Loriele [2010-01-11 06:27:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that's understandable.

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Loriele In reply to Wildphoenix22 [2010-01-11 06:30:59 +0000 UTC]

maybe someday once I've gotten better at art

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Wildphoenix22 In reply to Loriele [2010-01-11 07:04:46 +0000 UTC]

You're better than you think!

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NorthWing [2009-12-07 17:52:37 +0000 UTC]

All the details you've put into this makes it really good Good work I say !

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Loriele In reply to NorthWing [2009-12-07 18:07:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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samplane123 [2009-12-05 20:10:35 +0000 UTC]

Lovely pose, and I love the way it has been presented!

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Loriele In reply to samplane123 [2009-12-05 20:19:12 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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ashkamoo [2009-12-01 22:21:34 +0000 UTC]

I love the color choices in this. They all work together so well. I like the border alot, seems like it took awhile to do. The shading could use a tad bit of work, seems to be a bit too dark or excessive in areas. Seems to be a pleasing drawing to look at overall, nice work.

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Loriele In reply to ashkamoo [2009-12-02 03:37:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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kaikaku [2009-12-01 19:57:32 +0000 UTC]

I love the color scheme, it really is beautiful! The stylized water, lilies and plants are my favorite parts of this.

I also like that your digital coloring has a nice almost-watercolor quality to it.

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Loriele In reply to kaikaku [2009-12-01 20:49:03 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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June85 [2009-11-30 20:06:52 +0000 UTC]

Go Aquarius!!! This is my sing too!!! I love Mucha too, and I think you captured very well his style.

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Loriele In reply to June85 [2009-11-30 20:20:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Nymonyrya [2009-11-30 11:27:28 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, I like the colouring

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Loriele In reply to Nymonyrya [2009-11-30 17:55:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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yokie44 [2009-11-30 03:30:37 +0000 UTC]

This is a nice piece. I like the palette you chose, particularly the yellow in the background. It really brightens up all the cooler colors in this piece and brings a lighter feel to it. I like how you rendered her hair, and the water in this.

Over all I think this is a pretty simple piece with a simple composition, and it works well. The border you chose is nice, it's a little intricate, but good.

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Loriele In reply to yokie44 [2009-11-30 03:47:49 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much
Yes, the border was done in the style of the artist alphonse mucha, as shown. His borders are quite intricate...Mine's pretty simple in comparison, I think.

I would like to ask- is there's anything you think I could improve on here?

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RedforPassion [2009-11-30 03:08:06 +0000 UTC]

WOW thats really cool!!

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Loriele In reply to RedforPassion [2009-11-30 03:23:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Emazon [2009-11-30 02:57:57 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool! lo,, i was going to ask if you were doing another one too. til i saw you message

You're the sign after me!

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Loriele In reply to Emazon [2009-11-30 03:06:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you
Yeah...I feel like if I do another I'll be committed to doing all 12. And that's not a project I want to commit myself to just now.

I actually did draw all 12 a while back- in a different, similar style- which I'd like to post, but I'm having trouble getting it to scan in.

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Emazon In reply to Loriele [2009-12-15 02:02:51 +0000 UTC]

well i can't help you there since you're al the way over there

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Loriele In reply to Emazon [2009-12-15 02:19:05 +0000 UTC]

yeah...I don't mess with the scanner very often, we don't get along- so it's been dumped in the 'later' category for now

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Emazon In reply to Loriele [2009-12-15 02:22:16 +0000 UTC]

the safest way is usually the best way.

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Blackfirm [2009-11-29 09:21:40 +0000 UTC]

This is such a lovely piece.
I love the style of yours and the soft colors you used for the coloring. I think it fits her really well (:
Simply great ^-^

Just a quick question... Why do you associate yelow with air? o:

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Loriele In reply to Blackfirm [2009-11-29 18:04:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

Well, I figure fire is red, blue is water, green is earth, (though that's debatable given if one considers earth to be plant or rock biased. I lean towards plant biased myself.) And by the time I get to air there aren't any other colors left in the cheap restaurant crayon box. Plus, clear and/or white do not tend to work all that well
...I came up with these associations at a young age.

I'm curious now, is there another color you associate with air? and/or the other elements?

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Blackfirm In reply to Loriele [2009-11-29 18:11:17 +0000 UTC]

No problem (:

Well... It's more like light blue or white is what I associate with air, while dark blue is water ^^ Earth is brown tones together with green tones and fire is almost everything red and yellow and orange or so o:

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Loriele In reply to Blackfirm [2009-11-29 18:15:27 +0000 UTC]

Ahh- see I always felt weird using blue twice

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Blackfirm In reply to Loriele [2009-11-29 18:18:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah a little ^^

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Cautionary-threads [2009-11-28 23:30:17 +0000 UTC]

Oo! I like the line art in this peice, really detailed and the colours really set it off nicely.

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Loriele In reply to Cautionary-threads [2009-11-28 23:34:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Cautionary-threads In reply to Loriele [2009-11-28 23:35:19 +0000 UTC]

No problem :3

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furawatchi23 [2009-11-28 21:55:55 +0000 UTC]

I love the pale colours used in this. The style is very nice. I like the use of swirly lines and the border adds a nice touch! Overall, this is very pretty!

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Loriele In reply to furawatchi23 [2009-11-28 22:03:34 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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furawatchi23 In reply to Loriele [2009-11-28 22:04:14 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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M-Bae [2009-11-28 07:33:52 +0000 UTC]

im not an aquarius but.... very nice art-drawn drawn-art LOL love ur style and ur colors! gj

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Loriele In reply to M-Bae [2009-11-28 07:53:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you tried something a bit new here

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PrizzLuna [2009-11-28 07:25:06 +0000 UTC]

Im aquarius too..!
I love the way you color this, looks really soft, and yes, I'd like to know the process

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Loriele In reply to PrizzLuna [2009-11-28 07:55:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you glad you liked it
If I post the process it shall be later...

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PrizzLuna In reply to Loriele [2009-11-28 08:10:21 +0000 UTC]

no prob, I'll be waiting

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Loriele In reply to PrizzLuna [2009-11-29 21:08:17 +0000 UTC]

[link] put it up

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PrizzLuna In reply to Loriele [2009-11-30 04:49:00 +0000 UTC]


thank you so much...!!

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Loriele In reply to PrizzLuna [2009-11-30 05:24:52 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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