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Description I highly recommend Kurenai to any of you who haven't seen it yet. 12 episode series, beautiful animation, great characters.

Anyhow, I drew some Benika/Lin fanart. Since Benika (If you haven't seen the series--basically, she's a lady mob boss FOR JUSTICE. This is as awesome as you would think.) is my favorite character, and this fandom needs more yuri (or any, really.)
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purenonsens [2010-12-04 13:44:57 +0000 UTC]

I love how you do colours in all of your works, along with compistion, ahh... it works so well together!
Nnn<3

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aliferlia [2010-06-23 07:38:47 +0000 UTC]

WHEE BENIKA FANART~!!

Amazing artwork for an amazing series. Love the angle and the pose - there's such a sense of struggle to it, like they've just come to a stalemate after an intense battle. The colouring and the stylised wallpaper reminds me a little of the ending sequence, too, which is supercool.

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Alexsp-Flash [2010-03-12 02:37:45 +0000 UTC]

nice draw... but hey... does she have three hands

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quaedam In reply to Alexsp-Flash [2010-03-12 23:47:58 +0000 UTC]

Well, the hand under her chin is meant to belong to the other woman--that is, the arm of the other woman (Benika, the one in the pink tights ) is meant to be folded up between the two figures - so - her right hand is holding Lin's wrist, the left is under Lin's chin...and as for Lin's hands, her left hand is pinned against the bookcase, and her right is in Benika's hair.

Of course, the perspective in this whole drawing absolutely doesn't stand up to scrutiny--parallel lines don't all converge at one point and so on, and there's accordingly some confusion as to whether there's really enough space between their two bodies to allow Benika's arm to fit in there, so you're not wrong to think it looks off.

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Alexsp-Flash In reply to quaedam [2010-03-14 07:07:06 +0000 UTC]

OHHHHHHHHHH I GOT IT... THE THING IS THAT IN MY SCREEN IN DARK... SO IS HAR TO SEE DARK COLORS... YES I GOT ONE GIRL IN HOLDING THE OTHER GIRLS HANDS HEHEHE... SO I THING THE DRAWING IS NICER NOW HAHAHAHA

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moonlitinuyasha1985 [2009-12-21 12:27:33 +0000 UTC]

This is so hot!

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Cacodaemonia [2008-12-10 05:32:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh, sexy ladies this time! I love how you handled the odd angle and foreshortening. It looks good without seeming forced or exaggerated. Love those purple shadows.

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quaedam In reply to Cacodaemonia [2008-12-12 03:03:20 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad the perspective looks good to you--to be perfectly honest, when I was trying to neaten up the sketch and, perhaps, even find the vanishing points at which the three sets of orthogonal lines in the drawing should all converge, before I started drawing any final straight lines anywhere, *none* of them actually seemed to work--I'm not sure if any three of these lines converge at a single point, but at a glance it still looks vaguely right to me. I don't know why.

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Cacodaemonia In reply to quaedam [2008-12-12 22:40:43 +0000 UTC]

It seems to me like really exact perspective lines never look quite right. Maybe adding that human element helps to make things look better?

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Heatheru [2008-12-10 05:26:48 +0000 UTC]

Love the crazy pose they're in...just because it really makes me stare at this again and again. The curls do the same effect, as do the rest of the dim lighting sort of environmental bits. Sounds like a curious series..

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quaedam In reply to Heatheru [2008-12-12 03:04:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I was trying to do some viewing angle other than I usually do. And it is sort of a different series, I guess--it's like...slice of life meets the Mafia.

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Hyuga-Skyjade [2008-12-09 22:54:55 +0000 UTC]

Such beautiful detail!:hear:

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quaedam In reply to Hyuga-Skyjade [2008-12-12 03:09:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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Hyuga-Skyjade In reply to quaedam [2008-12-12 03:12:59 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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bakamamushi [2008-12-09 22:46:40 +0000 UTC]

Faved to oblivionnnnnn

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quaedam In reply to bakamamushi [2008-12-12 03:05:09 +0000 UTC]

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GalopaWXY [2008-12-09 17:42:27 +0000 UTC]

Same. I'll go watch that.

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quaedam In reply to GalopaWXY [2008-12-12 03:09:10 +0000 UTC]

Excellent! I'm glad to introduce other people to good series, if I can. Particularly those with little to no existing fandom and thus not much fanart.

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Chopsoy [2008-12-09 17:42:21 +0000 UTC]

waaa i love kurenai!! ure right, such a beautifull animation *^* and the story too :3
love how u did this piece *^*!!!

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quaedam In reply to Chopsoy [2008-12-12 03:05:29 +0000 UTC]

Glad to see someone else who knows this series!

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Chopsoy In reply to quaedam [2008-12-13 19:02:53 +0000 UTC]

its realy amazing... im amazed that not that many people know about it oO!

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toerning [2008-12-09 14:36:22 +0000 UTC]

your exquisite illustration has convinced me (quite willingly) to look it up. The way you simplify light stuns me every time.

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quaedam In reply to toerning [2008-12-12 03:06:26 +0000 UTC]

I love your art and your style, so I'm very flattered if you like mine. And do look this series up--it's great! And, like I say, not that long.

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karaii [2008-12-09 13:09:08 +0000 UTC]

Gah, your art is lovely! *3* I love your choice of colour and how you shading goes along with it :'D
I'm gonna go watch this series and give a more coherent comment after that So true! We need more yuri love O:

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quaedam In reply to karaii [2008-12-12 03:08:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And that we do! And I'm glad you're going to try the series: it isn't -really- heavy on the subtext, but it's still a mainly female cast with great characters whom I'd love to see more of a fandom for.

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NuX [2008-12-09 08:00:14 +0000 UTC]

*_____*

Wonderful art again!!!

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quaedam In reply to NuX [2008-12-12 03:08:26 +0000 UTC]

Hi! Thank you!

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