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ORIGINAL TITLE : Kiss My Red LipsHello guys!
Finally something brand new and finished! YAY~!
Here is my OC, Minami Yaguchi on "Kiss My Red Lips", an art-work I posted some time ago, and which was quite liked if I see the number of faves.
Check it out here -> [link] or there -> [link]
I hope the colored version will be liked too ^_^ Please tell me what you think of it!!
It is actually part of the "JEWEL BOX/Kiss My Red Lips" art-book, which is to be release very soon! Check it out, it'll contain special featurettes!
Credit : Minami Yaguchi (c) Rijio (c) m!p
Brushes : [link] & [link]
CRITIQUES, COMMENTS, FAVES ARE WELCOME AND WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED!
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Hello!
And also sorry for such delay to reply!
Haha actually I do find hard to draw hands, and prefer to avoid them, but I can't always hide them behind the back as I used to do, so I think the best way to improve is to at least try, so I do my best for that even tho I'm not always satisfied with it. But I'm really happy you think I did a good job for that ^_^
And drawing and coloring hair, it has always been what I prefered <3 So I put a lot of effort in that
I agree with the shading. Actually if you look back to my past months deviations, i've been working on the shading much more than i used to before. a lot of ppl told me to emphase the shadows, because before i didn't realized my shadows were to light. so i'm still trying to figure out how i can improve about that ^^
about the guy, well i've got a whole explaination about the meaning beyond the illustration, i hope i won't be boring you, but well i think it's important to understand the drawing :
OK so I wanted to make a eroticized art-work, the main focus being my OC Minami Yaguchi. She is the most eroticized part of the drawing, that's why I wanted her to be in the center and the man in the background.
The man has to be seen more than a notion rather than an actual person, that's why we don't see his face : he could be any man.
He is here because to me, in the purpose of drawing Minami naked and alone in a bed would have been referring to masturbation, as I consider it to be a form of sexuality found the most among teenager, it could have been an interesting motif to devellop (with the notions of self-discovery and pleasure+ sexual awakenning), but my character is now 20, so I wanted to involve her in a more adult/mature description of sexuality, that's why the guy is here.
Like I said before he could have been anyone, and the way I wanted Minami to look at the "audience" like she's looking straight to us is in the way like she's telling "you're the next to end up in my bed".
In this way it's a bit like a feminist or girl-power drawing lol, as the man is seen as his sole sexual connotation of making Minami to reach adulthood from sexuality.
(I hope this helps you understand what I wanted to show thru the drawing, and makes you see it in another way ^^
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I definitely understand what you're going for. It's very clear that Minami is the focus here. You've clearly thought about this quite a bit, which is great
You absolutely don't have to take this suggestion as gospel, but if I were you, what I would do is to involve him more inside the picture plane, but de-emphasize him with muted colors and shadow, implying that he could indeed be anyone, but still keeping the bright, vivid focus on your main character. With a shadowy background, I think he would blend right in, and hey, you might get to work on your shadows at the same time
I did indeed look at your past work (in regards to the shadows) and it really does look as though you're practicing shading much more. What helped me a lot was to start doing traditional work in black and white ink with solid block shading instead of hatching or stippling. It leaves less room for equivocating, and after enough subsequent success and failure you start to get an eye for how to shade this way without making the black overwhelming. If you work exclusively with digital media, don't be afraid of dark values. Make your shadows darker than you think they need to be, because chances are what you're seeing as the darkest dark doesn't look nearly as saturated to a viewer (I found out myself 
Geh, sorry for the text wall again
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Thanks again for you message ^_^ I appreciate a lot the fact that you have interest in my work ^^
And indeed I try to go a bit beyond only illustration in my art and try to put hidden meaning in it ^^
I'm happy you think it fits that drawing ^^
However I did not quite understand your question about the man and focusing him onto omission O_O It might be a field I did not thought of...
All the explanation I gave to you is my personal opinion on what I wanted to give as an ambiance, but I think there is not only 1 explanation for a drawing, but there are as many as people who watch it. Eveyone can feel different toward that drawing, and can not agree with my own explaination without being wrong about it or something ^^
And yeah thanks to all the advice I got through the past weeks, I realized I was not shading enough, though I still have to work more on that I'm really far far from being perfect in that ^^ But I feel like my drawings are better and more realistic with more shadowing...
I should try this technique of black and white to see how it can turn out too ^^
Your works are really high-class, and I think I definitely learn from you so again I feel very thankful to you for providing advice to me
And don't worry for the text, I appreciate it very much, and it's always appreciated to have constructive criticism
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I'm glad you feel like you can learn from my advice! That's always nice to hear 
Thanks so much for the faves, too! Keep up the good work
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haha yeah, I think we all have to improve in some way or another so I'm really eager for advice XD
And I'm happy you didn't find my explainations boring or something, cause I feel like it's a part of myself I explained thru my art, so I'm happy you took it well 
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Oh, certainly, explanations are great
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Your Linework is beautifully done and distintive.
When you start the coloring process, something of the character (Not so much on this piece) of the drawing gets lost that is there with the lineart. (still happens to me at times) Maybe it's also the perceived depth that flattens with your coloring.
Anime type Art is simplified, effective but done quickly. I think you are working to be more painterly here or a mixture of both. Some of your other pieces that are more graphic have better success.
Try and do life studies (colour or tonal) maybe with traditional media; keeping aware of how lighting affects your subjects background and foreground as well as how light plays on surfaces.
Hope this helps!
(Not sure what each 'rating' on right implies so please disregard)
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Thanks a lot for your critique! I really appreciate that! It's very kind of you to take some of your time to watch my stuff and to give your point of you about it!
yeah indeed, the coloring process takes me a real long time, I think yeah it'smore like painting, working on shading and lighting the objects by numerous strokes and layer to blend the colors one into another...
Thanks a lot for your kind words as well as your advice!
I really appreciate that!
I really wanna improve and be a better artist!
oh and by the way I propose you to download the full art-book containing this drawing! It's free and HQ, you can see all the details I worked on for hours.
Here's the link : [link]
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hey, no prob.
(uhm, too many hugs - I'm a dude)
Yeah, I took a hiatus from painting and am restarting again.
Very slow going from what i use to do and a little frustrating as my style has a lot to do with the media surface and even Strathmore Bristol plate changes a bit from time to time.
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The title is pretty cute and i think the text in the corner adds to the picture, and the lips are a cute touch. The pose is cute and suggestive which is nice to leave some things to the imagination. I think her hair is shaded beautifully it is alwasy one of your stronger points. The shading and make up on her face are beautifully done as well they really stand out.
Sadly i think they are the only things that stand out. I think the body needs a little more work on the shading, it is not bad but i have seen you do much better on other works.
I think the shading on the guy she is lay on could be better too, although if she is the focus you could get away with not doing this if she stood out more (i.e. shading on the skin)
Also the bedding needs more creases and shading too.
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Thank you so much for your critique! <3
I appreciate it tons as I spent days to do this one
So...I'm happy you like the text, I like it to because of the swirls and stuff, tho a friend told me it's to flashy compared to the relatively dark ambiance of the drawing what do you think?
Haha yeah! The hair! I still love that part <3
Another friend told me it's too much of a yellowish blond, what do you think? My intention was to make the head of Minami the first striking point of the drawing.
Oh really? Well I thought I did better with the shading this time as I get more used to the tablet and photoshop XD
I think I lack knowledge of body muscles thus how it should be more or lesh shading...
+ it was my first attempt of naked while I always "hide" the body XD But thanks a lot for pointing that out! I'll try my best to make it better next time
Yeah I realize there is no shadow on some particular spots, like Minami should be projecting some shadow on the guy as well as on the pillow and the guy's shoes should also project some more shadow on the sheets...
I really tried my best on that and hopefully next time I can overcome today's weakness thanks to your critique! Thanks a lot my good friend
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This has not to be with the drawing itself but I have some question about the building of Minami.
As you may know she is half-japanese and half-english. I want to had more "historical background to the character in order to make her deeper in terms of reserches and plausible and stuff.
So her english side's family name is Plunkett, but I just found out it was originally an Irish name XD I didn't know that when I named her (I was like 13 or something at the time), so anyway, I'm wondering about what kind of religion she could have been raised in, and I don't understand anything about what's up with religion in UK/Ireland. There's the anglican church in England where she was born, but is it like catholic or protestant? I was also thinking that Irish people were protestant (and thus english are catholic, but I saw on the web that Irish I roman catholic, but I'm sure there's something with protestants up there, cuz I know there have been like fights and civil war stuff.
I also heard about methodist, presbyterian, so finally I don't understand anything
I don't know if you're a religious person, but I thought you might know as you're english
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Well the shading on the body i think would be better if you added lighter bits. I think her hair is lighter then normal but i didn't think it stood out as a bad thing. As for the writing i think it suits it is the same red as her lips and i think because she has make up on it looks good.
As for her religion, since her original name is Irish i would make her catholic because i know they have both in Ireland but they don't tend to have church of England over there which is very common in England, it is a little more common then being catholic but both are pretty common.
Church of England is protestant btw.
Ireland have both Catholic and protestant because they fight over it a lot over there, they had a war for many years over it and they hate each other. In England though people aren't fussed at all, the only rule is the Queen has to be Church of England because she is the head of the Church of England.
I am not religious in the sense of believing in God but i do have my own beliefs, but my family tried to raise me as Church of England and i do have Catholic relatives. She probably would have been christened because most babies are. Both forms of the Christian religion say you should and even people who aren't that bothered tend to get them christened any way.
So i am very happy yo answer any questions you might have.
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Yeah indeed her hair color is different from "normal", but it was because I had to match her hair color with the fact that the piece was in a drak andbiance with a golden source of light from the back. So it's hard to try to keep the same hair color and both have to change it because of the lighting and stuff...
Thanks also for the information about the religion part, it's really helpful *_*
I though Church of England was catholic O_o
I just have another question, it's if irish migrants tend to keep their religion, or if they prefer to change it in orederto blend into the british population?
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That makes sense actually.
They tend to keep it because we have both over here and the families see it as pretty important to them selves. And you're very welcome i am very happy to help. And no the Church of English was formed by Henry VIII because he has some disagreements with the church over wanting to divorce one of his wives.
I am happy to answer any you have
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haha I never though of that XD but thanks a lot for commenting; I appreciate it very much
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Thanks a bunch! This is quite old so if ever you're interested feel free to have a look at my newer stuff aswell feel free
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This is really good
Just try using hard brushes more
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Thank you very much! I'll try using more hard brushes, I'm not very ude to it yet ^^
If you have any tips or anything you feel like I could improve I'm open to suggestions
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Thanks a lot! That's very kind of you to say
If you want you can get the full art-book containing this piece in HQ (and w/o watermark), you can download it there => [link]
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Haha XD Thank you so much my dear friend! I'm very happy you like it that much
If you want you can get the full art-book containing this piece in HQ (and w/o watermark), you can download it there => [link]
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I agree, very sexy. There is something about her eyes though that just don't sit right with me. Her skin looks softer and I love the details on the man's shirt. All in all a good update
<3<3 @->-- <3<3
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Thank you very much my dear friend for such a nice comment! I'm very pleased you like it
Btw, if you want you can get the full art-book containing this piece in HQ (and w/o watermark), you can download it there => [link]
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Thanks that is so awesome of you
p.s. HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!
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Haha I'm the one to be thankful here for taking some time to watch & download it ^^ Don't hesitate to give me your opinion on the art book
Haha thanks but St Valentine's Day is in 4 days right? ^^
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Lol..yeah but sometimes I don't get back on the computer for over a week and just wanted to make sure I told ya "HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY" just in case I didn't make it back before then.
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Haha thank you so much anyways
I just wish I had a Valentine this year
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Mine is in Mexico right now
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wow that's far, but better than not having anyone at all
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Yeah your right. Just found out he won't be back till March...sigh
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that's sad news, hopefully you can call him or chat on MSN
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Yeah he calls me everyday. He tells me how much he misses my cooking.
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Too awesome! Love the pose and the mood of the picture, and as temiel said, that poseis hard to do! I also agree with temiel about the way you draw hair... You've mastered hair quite handily! Awesome job throughout!
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Thanks a lot! <3
I like doing flowing hair so much <3
I'm glad you like it!
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You're welcome! You draw flowing hair so well!
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