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Published: 2009-09-07 22:45:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 2944; Favourites: 131; Downloads: 72
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Description Kiriban for

This *is* Mistress of Air, as she would have it. Her feathers are great fun to color.

Kiriban for her capture of the 70,000th pageview.

Watercolor and Prismacolor pencils.
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Comments: 56

rachaelm5 In reply to ??? [2014-04-23 23:53:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

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Brian-OConnell In reply to rachaelm5 [2014-04-23 23:56:46 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

BRIAN

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Brendan-Wango-OC [2014-04-22 20:50:15 +0000 UTC]

No words are needed to describe how awesome this drawing is. Oh, wait. I just described it as awesome.

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Brian-OConnell In reply to Brendan-Wango-OC [2014-04-23 19:30:43 +0000 UTC]

Agreed!

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rachaelm5 In reply to Brendan-Wango-OC [2014-04-23 00:37:25 +0000 UTC]

LOL!  Thanks very much.

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Chicky-the-Dragon [2010-03-20 18:59:33 +0000 UTC]

This is cool!

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rachaelm5 In reply to Chicky-the-Dragon [2010-03-22 03:22:49 +0000 UTC]

It was a fun character to draw and color, that's for sure! Thanks!

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Chicky-the-Dragon In reply to rachaelm5 [2010-03-22 19:07:58 +0000 UTC]

It shows that you had fun.

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Strativarious [2010-03-09 02:29:18 +0000 UTC]

The color is simply amazing! So eye-catching and well done. The posing is nice, and the wings look spectacular!

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rachaelm5 In reply to Strativarious [2010-03-15 01:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

This was a fun character to work with - I stuck very close to the colors that her creator showed me in the reference sheet.

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triadenforcer [2009-12-31 04:19:03 +0000 UTC]

since my AA Guns don't work.....I have a cunning plan to avoid the monster......

Run Away!.....Run Away!!............Run Away!!!

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rachaelm5 In reply to triadenforcer [2009-12-31 13:20:36 +0000 UTC]

LMAO

Perhaps if we built a large, wooden badger...

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triadenforcer In reply to rachaelm5 [2010-01-01 04:23:40 +0000 UTC]

triadenforcer:
Run Away!......

triads and mercs under triadenforcer's payroll:
Run Away!......

(later......)

triad member:
shh....careful....

random merc:
yeah.....I think we lost him

*Loud Roar*

All:
GAH!!.....Run Away!!.....

(As the monster swooped down......escape for triadenforcer and his men seemed hopeless......when suddenly.....the artist Rachael Mayo suffered a fatal heart attack!)

(the artistic peril was no more.....the quest for the relic could continue.......)

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GJTProductions [2009-10-31 04:23:44 +0000 UTC]

It looks like she had too much or !

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rachaelm5 In reply to GJTProductions [2009-10-31 18:58:13 +0000 UTC]

You know... I can see that happening.

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JadeThePredator [2009-10-20 17:12:10 +0000 UTC]

I love how you color black and use blue or purple or other such colors as highlights. I tried doing that before and it was an epic fail. D8

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rachaelm5 In reply to JadeThePredator [2009-10-26 02:08:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

It takes some planning to pull off the hightlights-on-black. I have to leave space in the coloring - I don't color the highlight area with the black colored pencil. I also use another warm or cool color on top of the black to blend into the highlight area - in this case, I blended with purple and mullberry on top of the black, then hit the highlight itself with one of the pinky-reds.

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JadeThePredator In reply to rachaelm5 [2009-10-27 17:09:53 +0000 UTC]

And it looks fantastic. One day I will have the skill and patience to do that.

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AVA4Zinkovsky [2009-10-09 05:29:24 +0000 UTC]

Very good work.

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QuestingRaven [2009-10-07 14:56:38 +0000 UTC]

The wings turned out absolutely gorgeous

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rachaelm5 In reply to QuestingRaven [2009-10-07 20:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

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little-angel-girl80 [2009-09-16 19:20:54 +0000 UTC]

Woow,beautiful work and colouring!!!! oO

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rachaelm5 In reply to little-angel-girl80 [2009-09-17 14:04:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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little-angel-girl80 In reply to rachaelm5 [2009-09-27 21:54:19 +0000 UTC]

Np!^^

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Tenebrian [2009-09-15 02:29:21 +0000 UTC]

Love the background, the detail/shapes are amazing.

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rachaelm5 In reply to Tenebrian [2009-09-15 03:55:57 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

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Nightpark [2009-09-09 13:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Wow, beautiful! The background and her colors are stunning.

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rachaelm5 In reply to Nightpark [2009-09-12 04:11:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

Mistress of Air has very good color sense.

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fluffah-pickles [2009-09-08 21:33:19 +0000 UTC]

very beautiful.

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rachaelm5 In reply to fluffah-pickles [2009-09-12 04:11:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I had a good subject to work from.

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Sysirauta [2009-09-08 15:39:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh. My.

I just got about the same feeling as this little yellow woohoo-emoticon. |D I can't say "simply amazing" for this amount of details, how about "fully spectacular"? MoA looks so...so...I can't say anything except I have same kind of behaving sometimes. |D And background colours, just pure love - blue-turquoise-purple = epic victory. All combined with your style. ... MoA is happy now. <3 Thank you SO much!
...
By the way, could I have any change to get the original art piece, or do you have some special art policy? ^_^ This is just so......how's about "not enough words to describe" -good?
*eats all the feathers from the picture*

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rachaelm5 In reply to Sysirauta [2009-09-10 03:33:57 +0000 UTC]

I'm very happy that you like what I drew for you. I'll be in contact with you about the rest with a Note.

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WhitePhoenix7 [2009-09-08 05:38:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow, MoA looks great on your style! I love how you did all those feathers, and that pose looks awesome! *_*

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rachaelm5 In reply to WhitePhoenix7 [2009-09-12 04:11:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much!

I softened up the edges quite a bit - MoA tends to have very crisp lines on her designs.

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triadenforcer [2009-09-08 04:44:31 +0000 UTC]

does not look very friendly......*starts loading his AA Guns*

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rachaelm5 In reply to triadenforcer [2009-09-12 04:10:35 +0000 UTC]

+20 garlic breath of doom...

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Sysirauta In reply to triadenforcer [2009-09-08 15:39:49 +0000 UTC]

Sorry, machine immunity. |p

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triadenforcer In reply to Sysirauta [2009-09-09 06:29:35 +0000 UTC]

you have a better way of fending of the thing?.....

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Sysirauta In reply to triadenforcer [2009-09-09 17:09:11 +0000 UTC]

Eat much garlic. Nothing special effect except she can't stand if somebody's breath stinks...

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EdenHall [2009-09-08 02:01:14 +0000 UTC]

pretty! I really like it's wings

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rachaelm5 In reply to EdenHall [2009-09-12 04:09:59 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

Wings are always my favorite part.

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EdenHall In reply to rachaelm5 [2009-09-13 00:29:19 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

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Tearup [2009-09-08 00:49:22 +0000 UTC]

Congrats on 70.000. I find coloring black rather difficult, great job here.

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rachaelm5 In reply to Tearup [2009-09-12 04:09:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

Black is very tricky - I think it's a matter of figuring out where NOT to use it - how to work in the highlights properly - that finally got it to work.

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LarkSprite [2009-09-07 23:53:46 +0000 UTC]

I've been so silent..Forever. XD
Well, this one really got my attention, I love the vibrant colours you chose, exuberant and very eye catching. ^^
I've always loved your backgrounds, almost simple..but so complicated at the same time..
Not the most original line I could say, but oh well.

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rachaelm5 In reply to LarkSprite [2009-09-12 04:08:46 +0000 UTC]

Hey, it's all good! I'm pleased that I was able to get such a nice compliment from you. Thanks very much.

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LarkSprite In reply to rachaelm5 [2009-09-12 17:28:13 +0000 UTC]

Haha, no problem.

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pearwood [2009-09-07 23:13:07 +0000 UTC]

Ooh. Rather a different color scheme from your usual, but a very good match with the subject.

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rachaelm5 In reply to pearwood [2009-09-12 04:08:10 +0000 UTC]

Thanks very much.

That's something I like about mangling other people's characters - it gives me an excuse to work with different color and design perspectives.

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pearwood In reply to rachaelm5 [2009-09-12 14:00:27 +0000 UTC]

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