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EDIT: Boy am I an idiot.An edit because I forgot to thank Steve Firchow for the amazing advice on this piece. It was his idea to use the green within the pic, and his suggestions for the lighting change and border too.
I can't take the credit for that at all. 
I colored it, but it's his genius that helped me. 
so as always, thanks Steve xD
Redux [link] of which was a redux of [link] Why? Because the lines are some of my favorite, and also I want to improve, that's all.
lines by and character design by . Colors by me ^_^ I wanted to get more of a gothic-y feeling, and correct the lighting as well.
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amazing choice of colors, i'd like to know where you get the inspiration, how you made choices!
explain me all please!
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Wow! she looks so pretty! I love the way you use your highlights to make it look glossy. It looks great!
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That's indeed some stunning improvement, love this version the most, the colors just work so beautifully together
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Woah...this is AWESOME! I love the way you color! XD Okay, I have to ask, for the hair, how did you do it? like, was it done with the pen tool? O.o I'm sorry for asking, I just am never able to do shading unless I make a selection with the pen tool first. *is an epic failure at life*
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lol..i just used a brush. 
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Really? Oh okay, I will go look at it! Again, I'm sorry for the really weird question. I have just always wondered how other people do things...it always seems to take me too long to do the hair.
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Fantastic lighting! Gosh you have a great knowledge of form and tone!
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I like the way the colouring fits on it, looks natural
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I checked out your other 2 versions of this and you've improved so much since those ones 
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Definitely better, great color composition!
Purple&Green rock.
Was it hard for you to edit / redo
a piece because "it would look better if you..." ?
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...? I don't understand the question.. o_o; can you rephrase please?
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Rephrase? NEVER!
Okay.
To "evaluate" your progress you took old linearts
you already had a go on and tried to color them
with your current skill.
And work advice from others into the piece.
How hard is that and how much do you
learn from reworking a lineart?
Or is it just to see how you improved?
+cool that you ask. wierd questioning ಠ_ಠ
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Ah I see now
Well, this is one of the first times someone has given me a critique to apply to a lineart that I wanted to redo so it's pretty new for me, but at the same time fun that I can rise to the challenge and try to apply all their advice and make a good piece.
to redo it? It isn't hard at all, the point of re-evaluating myself is not to spend days and kill my brain on it, but to be myself and color it normally like I would do any other lineart. That is the true test of comparison for me, and it's really enjoyable, especially when I love the lineart. Seeing the difference and the clear improvement keeps me inspired to keep trying. It's always a good sign when you see parts of your own work you'd do differently later on.
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ah, I see now too
sounds cool, I have to try that sometime, too
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Great work, I especially like the hair details and also the parts of the skin that pull in on her hips, where you have the straps, too many people don't add things like this, they usually just leave it almost as though it's painted on.
Hope that made sense....
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thank you! Yeah I know EXACTLY what you mean and it always pisses me off when people treat skin like cardboard. The lack of these details subconsciously defeats any kind of realism in the piece. It is worth the extra effort, I really believe that.
I have a lot to learn myself but if I'd say it's anything, people should learn that as one of the fundamental things: skin-is-soft!
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Keep up the great work!
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Mission improvement succeeded. Every time you do it it's getting more gorgeous, although I always fail at seeing what could be done better. I for once never thought it could look better than the previous version but you surprise me pleasantly as usual, the colors and lightning (although not all your idea, the execution is still perfect) just mesmerize me. You leave me wondering what would come next, I love it!
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this is good
i like the green you used
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ah I see : D thank you
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Still experimenting and trying new things... Bravo! 
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thank you very much! And yes, your Romanya is awesome. xD I feel like doing a fanart of it.
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You're very welcome!
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I suppose you get told this a lot, and I know it's mightily unoriginal, but... you are simply awesome. I love the shading -- reminds me a lot of Artgerm's work
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haha that's alright, thank you ^^ I'll do my best to actually reach his level one day 
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It was the first thing I thought 
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