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Published: 2015-03-14 16:28:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 6963; Favourites: 76; Downloads: 65
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Even Viva can't resist the "selfie" meme when she's in an awesome place. Getting stretched into a nicely curly shape for the pic takes some extra effort, but it's a good bit of self-promotion. And she IS showing her best features in addition to the handsome view.
The lineart for this was created by the wonderful in a recent "blind" commission deal. I've added the colors and a photo background. Go visit his DA page for massive amounts of amazingly good drawings. Be sure to leave some comments here first, though. Even a few words of encouragement are very much appreciated. Suggestions are even better!
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Thanks! I looked around a fair amount for a picture with the right angle and scale.
As suggested by others, I may revisit this pic and see if I can improve a few things.
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I really like how well the colors in your line art turned out. 
Couple of thoughts/suggestions.
I think Viva's midsection is missing, and her top's side strap. (I imagine coloring stretchy characters like this can be troublesome that way.)
I think the lips could have used a slightly different color. Because I think lips are usually not the same color as the skin (like a different shade of it)
Lastly, since you do a good job on the flat colors. Maybe try working on shading? Stretch those coloring muscles! >=3
All in all, good job on the coloring.
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OK, I took at least part of your advice and added some lip color, and fixed the part of her body that I (may have) colored wrong.
Still no shading, sorry.
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The lip color looks good on her.
No worries, you should take coloring and or shading at your own pace.
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Thank you very much for the compliment and suggestions.
I agree with you about her lips, and the troublesomeness of some body parts in the middle. I tried several takes on how she was bending and stretching, and none were quite convincing.
I usually color by using the 'magic wand' to select an area of the lineart, then expand that by a pixel or two before filling it with color, on its own layer. I set the original lineart layer to "multiply" and put it above the color layer. Immortaltom's lineart is almost always nearly perfect, which makes it easy. Other artists' originals may need some 'corrections' to complete some areas and keep the color contained, which I put on a different layer so they don't show in the final. I've almost never used a blur tool successfully, though sometimes I soften the edges of some hand-filled areas.
Shading is something I've never learned, alas. I should look up some tutorials I guess. It certainly would improve a pic like this.
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Yeah, it does make it hard too when you are not the original creator of the line art, at least in this case. Because then you don't know how they are stretching and what was this line for etc.
Maybe not the tool, but a blur filter over the whole picture. So its more uniform.
Well I was thinking more of your skills in coloring. Give it that 110% each time, run a little bit further each time. (not that I should talk because I am in the same boat.)
Just wanted to give some helpful advice.
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Ah, I see what you mean about the blur filter. What I've done to help smooth things out, depending on the original art size and quality, is to double or triple the size of the image. Then I save it, and resize it back down to something smaller (but not 2x or 3x), so that the resizing algorithm does the smoothing. This works with my old copy of PaintShop Pro. YMMV. An overall slight blur would probably be faster and better.
Thanks for the advice -- I really do appreciate it.
I wish I could get my old Wacom tablet (bought used on Craigslist for $35) to work properly with Windows 8. It'd make coloring and even (gasp) shading much easier.
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That's an interesting way to go about it. =O
Anytime! ^o^/
I am hoping to maybe get a Wacom Bamboo and Manga Studio 5 to start practicing with sometime next month.
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Gorgeous 
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Viva does usually have a good time -- she has a good attitude, except maybe when bad guys are trying to squish, stretch or inflate her into oblivion.
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