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Description
Characters: Shima Sakon and Ishida Mitsunari
Series: Samurai Warriors (VG)

Closeup size 1920 x 1080 here: [link]

I finished most of this pic in May, but I overworked it, so I put it aside and picked it up now to 'finish'. (Remember what Leonardo da Vinci said: “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”) Since I worked on this pic for so long and abandoning it hurts, I have some long winded comments about it:

Inspiration naturally came from Samurai Warriors Chronicles; the MUST game for Sakon x Mitsunari shippers. They're so wonderful together... I truly saw a tragic love story there! All dialogue from the game can be read from my LJ: SPOILERS- [link] -SPOILERS.

The scene in this pic can be dream or reality; a reunion after Sekigahara. I of course want to believe that they are alive, so Sakon has his bullet wound scar. I had to make it stand out like that with an unusual shape, because at first it looked like another nipple. Sometimes changes must be made for the bigger picture's sake! XD

Technique is my usual: most body parts and pieces of garment are painted on separate layers, I make the edges crisp and add a separate shadow layer below. This may add to the 3D effect. It's not really my intention but it happens if I can't abandon a pic before I get obsessed by it. This time I wanted sunny bright colors to give a happy reunion feel, my monitor is carefully calibrated but I can't really imagine how horrible this will look on a laptop or non-calibrated PC. ^^''

More revealing secrets... First sketch, brushes I used and ref pics here: [link]

I think... this was all? XD

Description
Characters: Shima Sakon and Ishida Mitsunari
Series: Samurai Warriors (VG)

Closeup size 1920 x 1080 here: [link]

I finished most of this pic in May, but I overworked it, so I put it aside and picked it up now to 'finish'. (Remember what Leonardo da Vinci said: “Art is never finished, only abandoned.”) Since I worked on this pic for so long and abandoning it hurts, I have some long winded comments about it:

Inspiration naturally came from Samurai Warriors Chronicles; the MUST game for Sakon x Mitsunari shippers. They're so wonderful together... I truly saw a tragic love story there! All dialogue from the game can be read from my LJ: SPOILERS- [link] -SPOILERS.

The scene in this pic can be dream or reality; a reunion after Sekigahara. I of course want to believe that they are alive, so Sakon has his bullet wound scar. I had to make it stand out like that with an unusual shape, because at first it looked like another nipple. Sometimes changes must be made for the bigger picture's sake! XD

Technique is my usual: most body parts and pieces of garment are painted on separate layers, I make the edges crisp and add a separate shadow layer below. This may add to the 3D effect. It's not really my intention but it happens if I can't abandon a pic before I get obsessed by it. This time I wanted sunny bright colors to give a happy reunion feel, my monitor is carefully calibrated but I can't really imagine how horrible this will look on a laptop or non-calibrated PC. ^^''

More revealing secrets... First sketch, brushes I used and ref pics here: [link]

I think... this was all? XD