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Description Original lineart by , the lovely and talented young person who rules our hearts.
Ciel: and Sebastian:
Moisca encouraged me to "cover up" their lovely lineart, but I didn't cover it up completely. All the lines are following Moisca's drawings, and you can see bits of it shining through, even now. ) I tried to keep it close to her original lines.

Texture used: fav.me/d5ib4kt , and wanderingsoul-stox.deviantart.… , with lots of layering, filtering, and overlay with brushes. β™₯

Actually, I used some traditional mediums on this too (watercolor and copic markers), but photographed and edited them in through Photoshop.

Thoughts?

Gentle critique is admired. Which is to say, you may definitely tell me what needs work, but I'd appreciate it if you have a suggestion on how to fix it also. And every artist knows that building on strengths is important too.

Edit: made some changes due to suggestions. Yay~
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smallsmiles In reply to ??? [2015-05-03 08:22:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you again~ I liked their original ink drawing so much, I had to color it.

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intox-c-k-xon [2014-01-24 15:00:48 +0000 UTC]

I like your skin tone~

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smallsmiles In reply to intox-c-k-xon [2014-01-25 08:10:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^_^

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MSilenceART [2014-01-15 22:35:21 +0000 UTC]

So much to catch up on, love the textures

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smallsmiles In reply to MSilenceART [2014-01-20 13:34:58 +0000 UTC]

No rush! You're not obligated to comment/catch up on anything! XD Just what you like.

Yay, texture. I adore texture....

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SeasAventura [2013-10-27 21:43:12 +0000 UTC]

I'm using this as my desktop wallpaper and I saved it as "Loss for Words" which just about sums up my exact feelings for this. Easily the easiest favorite, watch and llama I have ever given to someone. I will be eagerly anticipating all of your work...this is a style I have never seen Ciel and Sebby in. I especially love Ciel, but I adore the fact that this has so many mediums used in it. I see watercolors, markers, (the linear job by Moisca) and it still has the hint of it feeling like a magazine collage. Very clever, very inovative, and I absolutely love this piece so much.Β 


Stupendous job!Β 

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smallsmiles In reply to SeasAventura [2013-10-31 10:27:41 +0000 UTC]

I'm avoiding replying to your other reply, btw, so I can keep it in my inbox and reference it easily. ^_^ Expect some edits eventually. Maybe this weekend if I"m not too lazy.

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SeasAventura In reply to smallsmiles [2013-11-01 18:14:37 +0000 UTC]

~blush~ I'm glad I helped
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smallsmiles In reply to SeasAventura [2013-10-28 11:25:34 +0000 UTC]

ohhhh, thank you~ I am quite stunned you like my work so much. ^^!! Feel free to let me know if there's an adjustment to make here-or-there. I am always trying to improve. ^_^ I'll be submitting a Harry Potter fanart in a little bit for example that I'm not too sure of...

Oh, you can actually spot the textures? that is great! I always wonder if it's very apparent or not, sooo....glad to hear that it is, but that it works well together.

A magazine collage! I've seen some of those. Also saw some very old magazine cutouts in a scrapbook once-- it was terribly interesting.

Sebastian and Ciel = two of my favorite~ characters. Drawing them is super fun. ^_^ I think I have at least three in-progress arts for them, but...ehhhh, I am sloooow.

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SeasAventura In reply to smallsmiles [2013-10-28 19:01:33 +0000 UTC]

I'm not a very well trained artist myself (I can't draw well, period ) but I do think that the piece would have a bit more contrast if Sebastian looked a bit older. In this piece he actually looks the same age as Ciel and it makes them more equals than what they are. Though I ship the two of them I have always thought that Sebastian is like an older brother or father figure to Ciel. He is what Ciel needs him to be...and maybe it's more than that. He may also be what Ciel needs to be. He's a very strong influence on Ciel and the choices he makes in his life. Ciel is very set in his ways...but Sebastian continues to make even the great Phantomhive pause and ponder every now and then. They do become more equals as they go along...but Ciel doesn't seem to be a demon here and until that happens Ciel is still incredibly fragile in many respects and needs his guardian. It would help if Sebastian wasn't as soft around the edges as Ciel in this painting because Seb is often a bit like a...I hesitate to say older version...but a reflection of a more tempered and calm Ciel. One that has finally settled his grudges and can find amusement in beholding the mockery of the world instead of indulging his vulnerabilities and skulking in his past. It's no mistake that Sebby bares a keen resemblance to Vincent Phantomhive, he is what Ciel needs him to be...and what he may someday be in his own way. So yeah...age Sebby up a bit...man that was a long rant for such a small point.Β 

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smallsmiles In reply to SeasAventura [2014-01-06 21:58:35 +0000 UTC]

That was very reflective and interesting! Your take on Sebastian and Ciel made me pause and consider. You also gave some good advice (make the age difference more apparent), but I'm afraid I'm going to have to keep it in mind for later pieces, as the motivation for this one has flown.Β  Thank you again for your insightful comment! I kept rereading it for the past few...months...eh, sorry about that.

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SeasAventura In reply to smallsmiles [2014-01-07 00:43:57 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha was never expecting you to even consider making changes to your work. It's lovely as is and my words were simply a passing thought...well a passing rant...I'm full of those. It does awe me a considerate bit though that you've been reading my comment for "months" because...just...wow.Β 

Thank you for making something so beautiful that I just HAD to open my big mouth. (Ah, hand? Oh innuendo...ohhh )Β 


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smallsmiles In reply to SeasAventura [2014-01-25 08:33:59 +0000 UTC]

nah, your conversation was a good one. It inspired a new drawing:
, where I tried to make a more masculine Sebastian and more broad shoulders. I kind of focused on a child Ciel (just turned 10 years old), and struggled through a LOT of proportion stuff, but I'm fairly happy with it. ^^ So yeah, feel free to inspire with suggestions. ^_^

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Child-of-Sleep [2013-09-13 22:46:17 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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smallsmiles In reply to Child-of-Sleep [2013-09-13 23:57:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! The credit goes to lovely , for the beautiful lines. Her character interpretations are lovely, and instantly recognizable. I just played with the color. XD

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AnnGeea [2013-08-21 14:14:20 +0000 UTC]

Amazing! Love the colorsΒ 

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smallsmiles In reply to AnnGeea [2013-08-22 23:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It is a bit different from the usual colors I choose.

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tomboyprincess [2013-08-14 22:18:36 +0000 UTC]

I really love this your colouring is fantastic!

there's something I really love about your style it's unique and there is this slight i donno gothic? kinda feel to it but it really suits black butler

Just out of curiosity.. do you colour some parts in copics and others with water colours?

or do you do a combination of both in the same area?

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smallsmiles In reply to tomboyprincess [2013-08-22 23:12:42 +0000 UTC]

I do a combination in things like clothes and hair, but the faces are usually just marker, and edited in Ps. Also, I use Gouache, not water color. ; )Β 
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I'm happy you like this drawing. Yeah, the gothic look is all Mei's texture and the BG, haha. But I'm glad it pulled together so well!

Thank you for your comment! It's encouraging.Β 

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tomboyprincess In reply to smallsmiles [2013-09-03 14:12:01 +0000 UTC]

ahhh i see that's very interesting

I'm thinking of doing some of my drawings in a diffrent media sometime just for a change

It's cool to try diffrent things out!


it's a pleasure!!

thanks for that by the way!

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smallsmiles In reply to tomboyprincess [2013-09-06 22:50:10 +0000 UTC]

Oh, if you try out Gouache paint or watercolor or something, lemme know~~

It is cool to try different things. *nod, nod*

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tomboyprincess In reply to smallsmiles [2013-09-07 22:28:31 +0000 UTC]

okay i'll probably most likely do water colours and if it turns out wellΒ 

i'll post on DA Β 

(i'll also try to remember XD)


yesuuu indeed

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pinkpainted-devil [2013-07-16 19:22:47 +0000 UTC]

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(hhaha you gotta love mah grammar)

OMG this is one of the most amazing things Ive seen lately you and Moisca are a super great team *u* Β both are so classy and awesome artists

this master piece seems like took ages Β just the colors, the textures, the background, the way you colored Sebastian and Ciel wahh seriously this looks like a cover from a fairytale book just too precious , every pic you do we can see more and more in your coloring improving *u* Ciel looks like a little pretty doll and Sebastian mysterious and sexyΒ 

also those blends of colors like ink splattered is so elegant and you added much details , you should make the print available many people would like to buyΒ 

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smallsmiles In reply to pinkpainted-devil [2013-07-30 02:23:11 +0000 UTC]

You're probably wondering why I didn't reply yet. It's because I was keeping the shining pink letters in my "inbox" for as long as I thought possible. Inspiration! In shiny pink!


Well, it only turns out well because Moisca is a genius. She is classy and awesome, I agree, and I am flattered you think I am too~~

The textures on the background were actually done by my amazing and talented sister-- who is a textile artist and therfefore VERY good at matching color and texture to compliment a picture. I just sit back and look amazed. But...she likes me to keep my artist comments shorter than a BOOK, so I just tell ppl interested in the comments. :icongloatingplz:

Wheeeeeee. Ilove fairytale books.

Heheh! I am improving! Yaaaaaaay. I'll try not to let you down with upcoming drawings. *scribbles hurridly*

I agree. Sebastian is mysterious. And sexy. Β  .... *watches*

Yeah, but I don't feel like putting the energy into selling stuff. I also don't think prints are allowed on deviantART if it's fanart, and not original charas, but I never looked it up. Β  *lazy*

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pinkpainted-devil In reply to smallsmiles [2013-08-14 15:37:40 +0000 UTC]

I havent replied this message >.< ughh Im such a proscrination queen even with the simplest stuffΒ 


:3 meows hihih you are both so classy all your pics are (btw Ill check you have uploaded many many pretty stuff hihi I have to check it up *^* fadfkasdjfkas)

Β  wahh its so cool that your sister is a textil artist *u* sounds so interesting hihi you gotta tell me about that later please


hehe its fine ;D the last time a friend just sold a superman print so I guess you can do same with your fanart they give you points and that kind of stuff you should try :3 I bet someone would like to buy it hihi dont be lazy girl its a good oportunity to get points on DA ;3Β 

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RehabsVemod [2013-07-12 14:26:46 +0000 UTC]

This is a master-piece *-* !!! A great tribute to Moisca and her wonderful pieces of art. You really put a lot of efforts into this I can tell (5 months... BRAVO ! you're like a heroine XD !! ah ah... I would have killed myself if I were to wait that long ) !!

All those pretty details and what I love the most in your works : your colors. You mix them in such a way it adds lots of depth and makes your drawings look very realistic. I totally love that !!! The linearts drawn by Moisca already looked great but now this is just like an entirely else drawing. I LOVE how you added your own personnal touch to the composition; their faces drawn in that pretty semi-realistic style of yours like that... and Ciel in particualr... come on look at that look on his sweet face... he's just so pretty and adorable !!! Makes me fangirl behind my screen Q___Q !!!). The way you colored their hair is breath-taking. I can't even express how much I love it. Ciel's hair looks a little bit grassy and dirty, as if he was coming back from a fight and I totally like that.
Also, I like how you filled the whole piece with pretty details. The rendering looks really great.
The only thing that seems to me a little bit wrong is Ciel's hand, his fingers seems longer than they should.

Anyway, this is an amazing piece and I just love it *U* !!!!

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smallsmiles In reply to RehabsVemod [2013-07-14 01:57:37 +0000 UTC]

Kya, darling~! That is a long, wonderful comment. I read it like, half a dozen times.

Moisca's drawings just beg for color. She is such a talented lady!!
As for me? A heroine?? Nah! Hahaha, I am a pro at procrastinating is what that means. If it were anyone with a good sense of time, they could probably finish in two weeks. Or at least ONE month.

Hehe, I love colors-- I mix them on palettes, on paper, and layer, layer, layer. Color makes up art to me.

I am so pleased you noticed the little details (changes), too. You read a story into the art, and that makes me happy. I love stories, as you know.

Ahhh, silly fingers. I am a bit shot on this one, though, so I will have to edit those later. But thank you for telling me; I'll keep it in mind for the next one!!

Thank you again for this amazing comment.

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DemonLadyBecky [2013-07-08 20:26:47 +0000 UTC]

Ciel's face x3

This is gorgeous, by the way.

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smallsmiles In reply to DemonLadyBecky [2013-07-14 01:52:58 +0000 UTC]

yep, Moisca did a wonderful job making Ciel's expression. Coloring that was SOOO fun.

Thank you~~~ I'm glad you like.

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TiBun [2013-07-07 02:18:44 +0000 UTC]

I love how you colored these two linearts! Your colors are soft and pretty

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smallsmiles In reply to TiBun [2013-07-14 01:53:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you~ I like coloring. I'm a LOT slower than everyone else is, but...

Thank you again. Your opinion means a lot to me!

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TiBun In reply to smallsmiles [2013-07-14 02:52:07 +0000 UTC]

Coloring is my fav part of art. once i start i have a hard time stopping X3

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katina0tenou [2013-07-06 08:55:16 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!! I can't take my eyes off it! The coloring and all the details... ...Amazing!!

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smallsmiles In reply to katina0tenou [2013-07-06 14:12:46 +0000 UTC]

awww, thank you~ it definitely took long enough. *dies* glad you like the finished effect though.

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Dark-Master-Alice [2013-07-04 02:03:21 +0000 UTC]

So coolπŸ˜„

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smallsmiles In reply to Dark-Master-Alice [2013-07-05 10:19:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you! I had fun with this one.

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Cielyasti [2013-07-04 01:50:13 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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smallsmiles In reply to Cielyasti [2013-07-05 10:19:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh, why thank you.

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Poad02 [2013-07-04 00:18:23 +0000 UTC]

Its...perfect!

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smallsmiles In reply to Poad02 [2013-07-05 10:20:10 +0000 UTC]

Wah, you're too kind.

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glitterkyo [2013-07-03 23:44:17 +0000 UTC]

You so impressive!!

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smallsmiles In reply to glitterkyo [2013-07-05 10:20:33 +0000 UTC]

nah, that's you!

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glitterkyo In reply to smallsmiles [2013-07-08 12:15:51 +0000 UTC]

But look at this wonderful deviation you made!

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Gxpopstar [2013-07-03 23:30:08 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that is absolutely marvelous! The colour choice and blending is almost perfect! Just one thing, (probably just personal preference), Ciel and Sebby look a bit too feminine, but it's just a matter of art style and preference .
9.5/10!
Strengths: Color, shading, lighting, texture,
Weakness: The only one I would recommend working on is Ciel's shirt, is seems a bit too musky and not as detailed as you did with Sebastian, but still very well done!

I look forward to viewing more of your work

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smallsmiles In reply to Gxpopstar [2013-07-05 10:31:29 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you for this lovely comment. Really, though, I do think deserves a lot of credit for the picture though-- she inspires so much wonderfulness.

Squee, you like my lighting. that makes me so happy. I've been experimenting...

I dunno how many times I've reread your lovely comment. Thank you for your wonderful words.

Oh-hoh-hoh, I guess I can't skimp on Ciel's shirt then, huh? I really just got tired of staring at this big ol' thing. I've been working on it for 5 months... I will have to go back to it and make up the difference. Since, er, it seems that you wonderful viewers noticed. *Slinks off*

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Gxpopstar In reply to smallsmiles [2013-07-05 17:47:50 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Oh my, reread something that I wrote xD? You make me blush
And five months? Wow...it would probably take me about 5 decades to draw something like this...and it still won't even come out as good as this T_T.
And as for your friend who inspired you...I just looked at her profile..and I'm already crying from it's wonderfullness

I REALLY look forward to more amazing work such as this form the both of you, and that's AN ORDER >;D
Jk, you don't have to if you don't want to ._.

Once again, terrific job :3!

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smallsmiles In reply to Gxpopstar [2013-07-06 14:18:44 +0000 UTC]

Yep, I do reread thoughtful comments-- and your comment is definitely thoughtful.

I went through and added some more texture to Ciel's shirt...but I may come back to it again later if it's not up to shape yet. Did I mention I'm a slow artist?

does indeed inspire awe-inspired crying. Her art is drop-dead WOW.

Hehehe, I will try and think of something else to color with Moisca-chan. inspiration strikes randomly...

Thank you again for the lovely conversation.

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Gxpopstar In reply to smallsmiles [2013-07-07 00:59:48 +0000 UTC]

Any time :3!

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smallsmiles In reply to Gxpopstar [2013-07-07 01:50:47 +0000 UTC]

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Gxpopstar In reply to smallsmiles [2013-07-07 14:53:36 +0000 UTC]

I don't know what I love more...you, or the fact that you used an inu x boku ss icon

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