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Dancing in the Night...on the dancefloor....excuse me for eliminating the men without rhythm!! Youtube:[link]Lineart:[link]
Gakupo(c) Miura Kentarou
Outfit (c) Pan Thigh [link]
In some ways I like his WIP version better: [link]
I feel this final version is a bit too...overpowering... even scary...
Or maybe primary colors just look odd on Gakupo!
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U're very welcome!!!
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I didn't know that Gakupo was created by the author of Berserk... 
Even if I haven't tried Vocaloid I adore the character! And you did this pic marvelously 8D
Personally, I don't see this finished illustration as "scary". The blue colours remember me a lot of some cool nocturnal scenes from anime from the eighties...
Now I have more reasons to love this Gackupo!
Congrats! (ΒΊ V ΒΊ)
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Oh hey, thanks for the long review! I appreciate it! 8D
So you know Berserk as well? I have only listened to its OST but not watched/read it. XD Yep, Miura Kentarou was approached by Yamaha to create a Vocaloid modelled after Gackt, the j-pop singer. I think the producers liked his aggressive yet very fun and cute artwork. Gackt was ecstatic because he was also a Berserk fan
Thanks. I guess I wasn't used to drawing bishonen, so I felt disgusted at myself! 
Hahaha...it does, doesn't it. It looks like colors from the 80s! Even the clothes, the hair...
Oh, if you're curious about the Vocaloids, let me recommend this very cute song by the two of them. Kagamine Len & Kagamine Rin. [link] Their "anime" voices might sound a bit robotic at first, but I found it very addictive in the end. XD
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You're very welcome, and sorry if I am too late xD
About Berserk, I have only seen a few drawings from Miura and loved Susumu Hirasawa's OST track "Forces" 
And thanks for the link, as well
Keep up the great art <3
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Yay, it looks cool, the colouring is very clean and the way you use the colours gives it a nice atmosphere.
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Oh..that's great to know.
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omg! hotness! love the hair nd the eyes. colors are fab!! xD
love the sparkly diamondy chain thingies,
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LOL, glad you found it hot. xD I was worried you wouldn't like his design XDXD LOL do you know Miyavi, the J-rocker?
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Yeah, used to be into him when i was into j rock. And the gazette. Why whats up?
lol but i can see lots of j rock influence, style, in the pic. cute
I also love the blue in the picture. fabulous design! Wish i can make art like this
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Haha, no reason, just mentioned Miyavi cuz I've never known of him until recently and I'm really surprised at how beautiful he is. And moreover he seems 100 percent authentic, like that's the REAL him, not just him dressing up in a costume just to get attention. XD
Lol...thanks. I've been asking everyone whether they like this picture and everybody seems to wonder why I'm asking it. xD That's because I've known many close-minded people/ homophobes etc who'd bash such a picture on reflex. ( lol, hell, probably the same type who'd just bash Gackt on reflex )So I'm happy. ^^
"Wish i can make art like this 
8D Are you serious? Cuz I have no doubt you could paint something like this with practice. You just have to know the steps.
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<.< See, it's straightforward if you go from step to step.
The trouble with most people is that they stop at step 2 of the coloring process ( adding the flat colors and some shadows ) Whereas, there are actually another 2x or 3x more steps to go, but they give up already. xD I admit I always feel like giving up at "stage 2" because I get confused. But I just switch my mindset to "gradients" and it becomes easy. You'd see.
But one problem with digital painting -- you need a Wacom tablet. That's the pressure-sensitive board that you draw on using a pen. But in your case, I'd recommend that you practice drawing with a pen and paper first. Because you need to know how to draw before you can color properly. Because coloring is just another form of drawing.
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lool i know my cousin hasa tablet, dunn, jst seems like a waste of time for me..not really a hobby id be into. sometimes u jst like something the secon u see it..digital painting..nt rly my thing.XD
Ill try to do something, youll see something fromme before the end of this summer 
oh god, im tired, its3 am lol. changes = no progress
effin kill me
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That's all good.
LOL lucid dreaming?!
Are you really trying out those techniques mentioned on that website?! 8D Tell me if you get a breakthrough
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I saw Shei Nonoka many times..lol
Funny enough I saw you once didnt i? Yeh. I see alot of influential people. (fictin characters) in my dreams.
Ahhh, i wont put an effort..into it. I wnt be like omgomg i have to lucid dream. No ill jst wait for it to come again. coz i hav experienced it before. Ive not controlled it persay, but i have known i was ina dream and ive directed my steps and ive liek ..as if i was in real world..doing whatever i want..its just cooler..cz unlike the real world..u can meet celebrities if u want..u can fly..or u can be a famous singer.lol
Did u know we all dream atleast 1-2 dreams a night. lol. I actually realized how true that is, we forget. thats our main problems as humans.
Humans are lazy lol i am lazy haha
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wow...in that case, I don't think I ever had a lucid dream. 
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Thumbs up
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Aww, cool. Thanks so much!
I guess I feel proud of the colouring but also feel wierd about his design. Like, do you feel his costume is a bit disturbing or do you find it entertaining?
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....Ah, ok.
Costume design or costume colouring?
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Em...Both? XD
Like the overall feeling. I don't know. Do you like J-pop? Because when I first saw J-rock performers I thought they were disturbing,not cool, although later I started to get it. I think maybe I feel ambigous about this piece for this reason. xD Lol, anyway it's no big deal. It probably just means that I have to develop my male's fashion sense a lot more.
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Wait...this guy is based off a real J-Pop artist? Well, then I can't judge based on design for I'm guy with no fashion sense. At all. I'm not really into music that much -let alone music videos- but I do listen to Japanese music from time to time. Still, I am basing my judgement on concept, how clean the art is, lighting, colouring choice and how well designed the concept is rather than the concept, fashion sense of the drawn figure. Based on the criteria I mentioned, this is a reall good piece of work. But if you're asking about the colouring of his clothes, his choice of clothes and the like then...well, I have no clue
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Yes, he is supposed to look like Gackt, who provided the voice for his character. But I don't know what Gackt wears on stage
Thanks for giving me the feedback on this guy. I think you're rather objective and open-minded when judging a piece of art!Which is cool!
"What I do know is that I will never wear anything like that. Ever.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
I think 100 percent of males would never wear anything like that or they might get arrested for being too Bishie. XD Or at most they'll wear something like this: lol, just joking
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...I got to look up this Gackt, because I have no idea who you're talking about
Well...thanks I guess? I guess judging art is basically based on having a open mind and looking at every detail though, so I go through with it.
No, I don't want to look like Takasugi...Heck, even Hijikata is better
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Hahahaha
Yes, me too. I appreciate art from all different genres but I do know people who are close-minded who would bash art that they don't like so I sometimes worry about being bashed. xD
Oh, so you know Takasugi from Gintama? Are you a Gintama fan or just a Hijikata fan or Shinsengumi fan? 8D
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Ignore bashers. You have nothing to fear if you've done nothing wrong.
I won't say I'm a Gintama fan but I do watch it from time to time for a good laugh. It's hilarious at times.
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Thanks...I will.
Yeap, Gintama can be super-funny at times. And I'm a fan of the Shinsengumi too, thanks to Gintama.
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Indeed. You watch it a lot?
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No...xD In fact I haven't watched it in two years.
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Ah yes, an interesting period. The show was rather good too despite the actual Last Samurai not being an American.
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Yeah, I loved it a lot, even though it wasn't historically accurate. But I heard that Tom Cruise was based on an actual person although from a slightly earlier time period. When the Shinsengumi was making their last stand against the reformists, there was a French officer who decided to join them and fight a losing battle with them, even though his commander ordered him to leave. And he didn't die either, though the majority of the Shinsengumi perished.
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Yeah, pretty much.
...I just realised we've been talking a lot about unrelated stuff on your artwork page
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Haha, this is what my friends and I do all the time!
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...Ah, ok. We'll carry this on your next piece, so that we don't place too many here
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lol, np. And please don't feel obliged to reply! You can stop the conversation anytime, it's normal, I don't consider it rude or anything.
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It was cool already, now it's even better!
Your lighting/shading skills are great!
P.S. With some twists, this would be Maeda Keiji. lol
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Yeap, Maeda Keiji! I was reminded of him too.
Aww thanks! But to be honest, I didn't plan for this lighting scheme at all, I kind of arrived at it by accident, after messing about with gradients.
By the way...what's your opinion on this final result...do you find it somehow...scary?? Cuz I felt somewhat grossed out by him, although I don't know why.
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I suppose sometimes the end justifies the mean, because this looks really cool. 8)
Scary, you say? I don't think so. Maybe his head/body size proportion looks a little bit odd, but I don't find any other problem in this.
It just looks cool!
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Ah, thank you for giving me the feedback, I appreciate it! I guess I'll just keep practicing with the anatomy and maybe visit John Galliano's website once in a while to develop my male's fashion sense!
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Yeah...anatomy is one hard thing to master.
Check this out. [link]
A pretty good tutorial for anatomy. 8)
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Yes, it is. That's a really helpful tutorial on drawing human anatomy! Thanks for the link, I passed it on to another friend too.
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Glad I could be of help. 8)
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Thats very nice sexy love the outfit, love the shinig effect good job, and keep up the good work
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Oh and hey, since we were talking about Ai no Kusabi, take a look at this guy's gallery. xDXD Warning: Bondage stuff. But you know what? It really reminds me of the kind of stuff you find at fanfiction.net!! haha! [link]
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Alright Ill be glad to...
In the normal view the legs look little bit small compared to the body , but I find the hair, face and abs PERFECT!
I liked the colouring in the pants but not the jacket but i cant seem to know why, maybe coz of the sketch lines/shading!
And the thumb in the right hand looks odd! Im sorry to have said such mean things X< but these are minor mistakes and overall its a great painting.
Ohh thats just mean (and very hot *nods*), omg thats so hot [link] lol
Oh yes yes yes omg alright i just wanted to tell u something ever since last night I finally, after alot of struggling and trying I manged to draw u something but its a SECRET i wont tell u what it is XP, for me this is the first time to draw more than 2 sketches for a drawing, but (I dont know why i guess bad luck struck me) Photoshop is not working on the laptop i tried it yesterday and it says i have to re-install photoshop, i told my friend (who installed it to me) what happened and told me shell re-install it for me... and >.< i hope u like it (im saying this too early) But I do have the program paint tool sai but its very complicated i cant seem to save my work as sai so what happens is it gets merged on its own and saves as an jpg image wth! lol Im sorry its taking too long plz forgive me. Ur the priority so as soon as i fix everything ur drawing and the collab will be the first things ill work on...
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Oh no, that's not mean, I get your points 
You have good eyes for the shading, because I did run into trouble with the jacket shading ( and also the hair shading ) At that point, PS wouldn't let me shade anymore because I put too many wierd lighting filters on top. The dark colors just wouldn't show up. Ofc I could fix it but I was too lazy and wanted to end my session already 
Kukuku
By the way, do you notice something odd about Sei-ten's painting style? I keep thinking he didn't paint the whole thing but actually painted on top of a photograph? 
Oh wow...so you had to redraw it twice already? I feel bad for making you go through the trouble :S Plus I haven't finished drawing Lamey either. 
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Im at ur service XD
But the hands look good almost professionally done, i was actually surprised when i saw how good they were done lol. And if u drew alot of different poses ull get better in the anatomy, my friend told me that even if u had to draw the same drawing u used as refference, that way ull get better b4 u know it... its just like what happened to me XD.
Oh yes i just noticed the shading in the hair, but i think i didnt notice it coz i just loved how lovely the hair is drawn 
Omg yes i thought something was wrong with her/his paintings!
Lol yes XP but thats alright lol, dont feel bad im just glad i could do u something XP
Take ur time in ur part im not in a hurry, oh and about the collab i couldnt think of a tattoo so im thinking he could have hickeys all over his body this means he is loved, wellllllll thats if its okay with u
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Oh wow, thanks for all the advice! 
Noticing your mistakes means you're getting better? Okaii...that makes me feel better then.
Aww...you're having trouble drawing long hair? I can give you a tip! 8D There's this little rule of thumb called "the rule of three". That means if you group things in 3, they will automatically form a fun, pleasant arrangement. I realized that mangakas use this rule to draw hair. For example, they will divide a section of the head into 3. Each section of hair then is split into 3 bangs. The bangs themselves also start to get split into 3. In long hair, every time you draw a thick "rope", you draw some thin strands alongside. If you want to make the hair "wavy", you paint a couple of dark bands and put the highlights right on top of it. ^^
Hey maybe you might find these images useful. These are the images that taught me how to draw hair! If you study it for a while, you'll see the "rule of three" at work.
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Yeah, about Sei-ten's paintings. I have the strong suspicion he drew on top of a photo. ( Not that there's anything wrong with that! His work is very unique and stunning! ) Because I never see this anyone paint like this in the anime fandom. xD
Okay!! I can't wait to see it.
I like the idea of the Hickies! *w* But you have to chose their spots for me. I'm not sure how to paint them artistically. XD
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Lol im glad i could be of help XD
Yes trust me it might sound stupid but it will make u watch out of these areas when u draw again.
Ohh hey, thanks thats very useful ill try to apply it, thanks for the help XP, and those drawings are very useful, thanks again.
I've never seen anything like that b4 too, he is quiet unique.
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Okay ill make a black spot on his body, and when u come to paint just paint over them and then rub the black spot, to make a hickey the hickey itself need to be a colour close to the skin colour with s slight red added to it, it can be either a hickey of last night or this morning if it was last night's then there are only spots, if it was of this morning there will be teeth marks just like this ~ [link] ~ and it up to u to chose the one convenient to u, and im almost done do i upload it in photobucket and send u the link?
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I think just talking about it helps me already. X) Otherwise it's quite boring to learn drawing by trial and error, with no one to discuss with.
You're welcome! I hope it helps. ^^
Yeah, he is isn't he. Now I even wonder how I stumbled across his gallery since I hardly browse beyond the fanart category. xP I don't even know what's out there...
you finished it?!?! I can't wait to color it. XD I saw that picture of the hickey. LOLOL, so cute. Haha. I'll add those "teeth marks" then. But I don't think they are teeth marks though.
Sure, photobucket is fine, so long as you save the lineart at 300dpi. Or you could post it to your gallery and I'll dl it from there. Then when I'm finished coloring, I'll send you a link so you can post it in your gallery too. Since it's a collab, it should be posted at both places.
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Lol yep XD
Lol Its coincidence i guess XD
Hahaha then ill post it in photobucket and send u the link in a note...
Okay well both post it in our galleries XD, thats a good idea
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