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Description I finally finished

Please comment.

Art + Regal (c): blackfrz
My Neko gallery: [link]
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DuskNinjaKenji [2011-01-05 05:29:29 +0000 UTC]

You know what's weird, I have a manga series of the exact same name as your picture. XD

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the-merriest In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2011-01-05 13:44:39 +0000 UTC]

Aww, thats a coicidence having the same name as your manga.
Hows your manga series going?
I had started 2 pages of a manga but never got to get any further than that haha
And happy new years

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DuskNinjaKenji In reply to the-merriest [2011-01-05 14:17:51 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I've only done five pages, made a club out of it, and I'm thinking about redoing it. XD

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the-merriest In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2011-01-08 17:37:45 +0000 UTC]

Aww, redoing a comic sounds like hard work hehe
I've decided to do a short a comic based on lyrics:

"You can break anything but I can take anything"
Its basicaly about being very hurt inside, feeling depressed but then gathering strength back together and facing it with determination.
I think it sounds quite sweet
Does it sound any good?

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the-merriest In reply to DuskNinjaKenji [2011-01-08 17:36:55 +0000 UTC]

Aww, redoing a comic sounds like hard work hehe
I've decided to do a short a comic based on lyrics:

"You can break anything but I can take anything"
Its basicaly about being very hurt inside, feeling depressed but then gathering strength back together and facing it with determination.
I think it sounds quite sweet
Does it sound any good?

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ToxikElement [2008-11-21 21:20:08 +0000 UTC]

total fav-I love the color choices-not many use browns and such as the main color in their pics but you did and made it look really nice.

Hope it doesn't kill you if I call it cute >_>;

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the-merriest In reply to ToxikElement [2008-11-24 21:13:38 +0000 UTC]

Cheers.

*dies* he is NOT cute. Nah, jk. I don't mind. I would of made him a LOT older if I didn't want him to be a kiddy retard. lol

Thanks for ur comment

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SamSamaDeath [2008-11-16 22:16:11 +0000 UTC]

The way his left arm is drawn makes it a lot longer than the right arm, like if you unbent the elbow it would go down much further than the right arm is. Nice thought behind it though

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the-merriest In reply to SamSamaDeath [2008-11-19 21:17:45 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the critique. You are very right, it is off.

I need to work on proportions, lolz -epic failz-

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SamSamaDeath In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-22 09:53:20 +0000 UTC]

lol I noticed it before but on the next two you uploaded you did a lot lot better I'm glad to see that You have a ton of potential you know.

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the-merriest In reply to SamSamaDeath [2008-11-22 15:09:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for that. I have been practicing a new cg style. I use a tutorial to make my own 'spicy curry brush' and its going very well. I'l submit it like in a 1000 years when I finished. lol

Been using like 4 shades to color things and I need to blend em -epic fail-

Its gonna take me a while *sigh* but I bet its gonna look awesome sauce x10

lol

You been working on anything recently?

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Aithi [2008-11-15 08:43:29 +0000 UTC]

The colors look great, the warm colors in the bg almost seem to light everything else up c:
He's rather skinny, but the eyes look lovely

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the-merriest In reply to Aithi [2008-11-15 14:51:58 +0000 UTC]

Thank u

I liek the eyes too, I chose to do something different from my usual eyes

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Akina-SA [2008-11-15 03:01:53 +0000 UTC]

that is awesome though i can't tell whether the arms are a bit big or the body is small

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the-merriest In reply to Akina-SA [2008-11-15 14:49:59 +0000 UTC]

Lol I dunno, he is a kid character. Prbs like 11 or something along the lines of that.

I had another person who said he looks skinny.

Sounds like I might need to practice some proportions

Thanks for teh comment

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Akina-SA In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-17 02:41:53 +0000 UTC]

no worries

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Luna-Minura [2008-11-15 01:54:11 +0000 UTC]

soo cool ! XD

Rly like the colors ! :B

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the-merriest In reply to Luna-Minura [2008-11-15 14:50:21 +0000 UTC]

thank you. I wanted to get a warm feeling to this pic

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Luna-Minura In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-16 04:52:52 +0000 UTC]

well, u got it !

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Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-14 23:38:19 +0000 UTC]

Nice ^^ I like the warm feeling color scheme. The CG is good one this one x3

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the-merriest In reply to Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-15 14:51:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

I'm doing another regal pic now. LOL. This time I think I'l go for a cell shading style. Its fun experimenting

I've been practicing how to speak; gwah, I don't speak very socially

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Arii-Suzuki In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-16 02:16:11 +0000 UTC]

Np, sounds cool, I never really tired CG or cell shading at all yet... Well thats good to know, I dont either myself...

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the-merriest In reply to Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-18 20:06:38 +0000 UTC]

I read a hell of alot of tutorials. I find some really good ones sometimes. & i share them with people who is stuck on it or something. lol

At the mo, I'm trying to invent a new charcter. Its gonna be this evil dame person (hopefully a adult like person; I draw allot of kiddies). Like a sassy women in black, with lipstick. Her weopon is going to be a fan with a chain attactched to it, also the fan has retractable blades inserted inbetween the gaps. I'm trying to be inmaginative, rofl. Sounds silly don't it. rofl

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Arii-Suzuki In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-19 03:12:35 +0000 UTC]

Yea, I need to just concentrate on drawing and line art first mostly before I get off track again and start playing around with another aspect of drawing I guess.... The new character sounds interesting ^^

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the-merriest In reply to Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-19 18:07:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm gonna submit my character design when I can be bothered to scan it in. rofl

Shes looking pretty sassy. lol. Shes got 'fishnets'.

When I started to draw, I always wanted to make my own chracters. I spent too long doing that. When you first start I think its alot easier in drawing other peoples characters because it will help me learn how to draw different charcters and designing one is so much harder. rofl

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Arii-Suzuki In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-20 03:39:40 +0000 UTC]

Fishnets are always cool ^^ I tried drawing others characters or doing fan art but I never liked how it turned out, so far its been easier making my own characters to start with.

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the-merriest In reply to Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-21 19:09:07 +0000 UTC]

Fair enough. I guess everyone is different.

HHey, I found this useful manga tutorial website, and it teaches you how to draw from heads to custumes. lol (also how to draw the body/anatomy)

lol. I've been using it for learning how to do backgrounds, I found it useful so i thought you might like to see:

[link]

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Arii-Suzuki In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-22 04:05:19 +0000 UTC]

WOW, this site does look to be very useful and helpful. I just looked over quickly for about 15 mins and found a lot of useful information! Thanks so much for telling me about it ^^

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the-merriest In reply to Arii-Suzuki [2008-11-22 12:05:57 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome. I hope to use it more often when I have time to reseach. Glad it helped.

I told my other DA friends about it, I think they would find it useful

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Arii-Suzuki In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-23 02:06:28 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, that was my idea, look through it as I can and hope to get a lot of useful information from ti ^^

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FlusteredArtist [2008-11-14 22:04:34 +0000 UTC]

Love it! I like the colors you went with for his hair and eyes - they compliment each other nicely.

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the-merriest In reply to FlusteredArtist [2008-11-14 22:44:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I like the colors too. I'll prbs work on my cell shading skillz next. I'm experimenting.

I like your avie, its pretty cool- I've seen that character many times somewhere before on DA; who is it?

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FlusteredArtist In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-14 22:49:21 +0000 UTC]

Neku from The World Ends with You. A Nintendo DS game.

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the-merriest In reply to FlusteredArtist [2008-11-14 22:55:31 +0000 UTC]

Oh right. He looks pretty awesome. I love his character designs.

I tend to like doing fanart occasionally, but most of the time its annoying because I need to research on the characters outfit and stuff, and usually i can't be asked. rofl.

lol

Wow you replied quick

You been working on anything recently? I have been linearting another Regal picture. Hes got a sword and is about to kung fu someones @ss

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FlusteredArtist In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-15 01:42:45 +0000 UTC]

Same here. I think Sho's design tops Neku, though. Sho Minamimoto is <3.

Hah, yeah I know how you feel. I usually just do a Google image search and plaster the first pic that comes up on my screen and just work with it. XD

I just submitted some new stuff over the last few days. Haven't done anything else since my last submission. Can't wait to see your Regal pic.

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jHYtse [2008-11-14 21:40:14 +0000 UTC]

you pretty much master the CG part However, the lineart could be fixed up a bit.

That just my critique, please don't find it offensive.

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the-merriest In reply to jHYtse [2008-11-14 22:40:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your critique. I am not at all offended. I'm happy you critiqued

Tanks

I might fix up the lineart if I can be bothered *slouches*

How do you do it that lineart preparation. Is it the background needs to be on multiply below the lineart layer or something like that?

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jHYtse In reply to the-merriest [2008-11-15 01:54:25 +0000 UTC]

ok that's good. It would be pointless if someone was asking for critique and then got offended when they actually receive some.

i read about lineart prep, and try to do it before. But it didn't work for me.
i think you might have to create high contrast so that your sketch stands out, then you magic select and stroke it. Something like that ^^:

you should play around with the pen tool. It gives that different thickness in a single line.

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