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Published: 2007-02-08 10:10:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 3548; Favourites: 93; Downloads: 49
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There were these sheets of blue watercolor paper lying around for ages and I was just dying to use them...!
Medium: Watercolors and gouache on blue bockingford 300g/m
Time: 6 days?
Since I'm blind and can't see any tiny details for a while, I took the opportunity to splash color around with meh new number 5 brush *dies at the series 7 brushes*! It was a pain to scan though... (four times larger than my normal paintings' size!
) So where is the person after whom the whole painting is named? See those two ignorable (incredibly ugly and fat) legs perched upon the demon's shoulder? XD That be Lady Kelari! (Kweh... I've given her legs fatter than Fenrir's... >.< )
Random info on Kelari (skip ahead if bored!):
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Lady Kelari was/is one of the 32 sages of Seul Noftra, otherwise known as the Goddess of Destruction. And true to the title given to her, she loved all sorts of chaos and death that sprouted up from her schemes. So one day, when Kaos approached her, complaining about the boredom of their very peaceful life, she made him a sword that would keep him and his warring armies entertained. But within that sword she hid a curse that whomever use it would only end up bringing greater chaos (and greater entertainment to her).
As expected her plans played out accordingly, and years later with that very sword a silly hero slew the God of wind (whom she very much wanted dead). But there Kelari's intents backfired upon her, and rather than her recieving greater power of the slain, she was trapped forever in her own city, by that very sword.
She wasn't to be thwarted though. She continued to be a pain and tried to find a way out for centuries to come! XD
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Originally I had just wanted to make Kaos' sword and Kalor's shield looking cool but kweh... with the random splashes and meh silly drawing, stupid Fenrir and his very unimportant sword have ended up the main focus! >.<
Ah... and no, these aren't the silly heros who slew the God of wind.
[ - The scanner made the right side scans too bright and the left side ones too dull! Does it show in the piecing together?
- Meep... Aimon is so very not pretty... (probably the most boring looking heroine ever >.< )]
Since it's just a blah paint sketch, I left it as it is, but I'd love to know which areas need more work? (if I ever get round to touching up on some stuff...)
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Comments: 49
I forget meh mad skillz each time I'm about to start painting... >.>' (So I think its more like random watercolor flukes...)
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....I'm envious of your random flukes, then!!!1 o.o
Have you ever tried colouring somebody else's lineart? Can I one day commission you to water-colour one of my drawings?
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Nope. I've actually never colored anyone else's work, though I would have loved to. (Do architecture masterplans and elevations count? 
[Actually, I've been dying to make fanart of your charries after hearing your story, but I wouldn't dare... since you've never shown them here ever!]
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<3<3<3<3 omg!! I'm so happy reading that you would actually do it, even though I have no idea what drawing would be worth your colouring... but it feels like a fantastic new perspective was added to my brain! <33333
hmmmmmm.....
actually, I might have one idea that would go perfectly with your watercolours. omg. I'm supposed to be doing stuff for university, so I'll email you about this later.
And it makes me very happy that you thought about making fanart for my characters, too!! ;o;
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(Ehem... and that reminds me I ought to concentrate on my own work too... X'D Ah.... lovely attention spans...)
Whenever you decide on anything just send me a note and I'll give you my email. And there's no need to rush! I'm quite, quite excited at the chance of being able to color one of your linearts! ^_^
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Beautiful details and colors. The poses are excellent as well, wonderful job!
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O_________O;;
... ... .. *instantly sticks 5 stars to this and a 6th one for being all blue-ish!*
Love love LOVE how you draw magic so easily with..well no any digital touches!! I mean..lookie its all action..moving..epic! No matter how few people you drew.. could be even two but when you draw action scenes they look like action scenes! You can see the movements, the magic and how it all happens and the pic is like a photo of the scene as it froze the time for a moment to capture it all!! THAT I love in your work! People normally throw a hell lot of brushes,sparkles whatever to create that..you don`t. You just use your hands and your tools and you still create the magic much better than others ^__^ 
And... just for your information.. Aimon is among my fave characters of yours T_T along with Fenrir 
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Thank you!! ^____^ 
Ah, I'm glad you like Aimon. Sometimes I find her a very boring charrie compared to the others - in character and in looks. (I still like her though - unpretty stern priestess! XD) Heh heh... Fenrir...
[Fenrir: 'what can I say... I'm so irresistible..!' XD *preen*]
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That's very, very pretty!! 8D And I love how in your description you said "she continued to be a pain". XD
Wonderful. ^^
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Aren't all evil final bosses/dark lords/ladies a pain to finish off?! Like cockroaches! XD
And thank you! ^_^
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Hahaha, yes, I agree. XD XD Well, except for the last boss battle in Kingdom Hearts II. But it's a pain time-wise, for sure. xD;;
Of course! ^.^ I really enjoy viewing your art. >w<
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AWesome pic! I really like the way you made the background monotoned and the way you have the paint dripping from the right side of the paper. It adds a cool effect.
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Oh... the drip is from the initial 'Wa! I don't know what I'm doing but I refuse to paint in a proper manner anymore!' XD Glad you like it! XD (My woonkiness is appriciated! 
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........ "blah paint sketch"? T__T Are you crazy? T_____T I saw this and was like "Whoa! this is like totally some boss fight out of rpg >_
and read artist note and aye seems like that indeed!!
Its stunning! My jaw dropped and my spine shivered! (and it wasn't from a loud bird chirp into my ear) You exaggerate about the legs >_>
They are fine! I'm probably abd at legs D:
Besides.. as some comedian said, in older days the bigger women were more desirable and authoritive.. just look at statues and paintings and such XD
And that demon is just...sweet! Caught mye ye first(since it dominant on page being so big XD)
and dang.. just makes ya dive straight into the action XD
The heroes looks so mighty.. T_T and love all the action.. >_< Its really so cool how you can make the scene unfold like that!
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Heh heh... bigger women being more desirable and authoritive? XD I guess that might actually work for Kelari. *consoles herself by that fact*
(Actually... this popped up while I was thinking of an actual rpg boss fight! Have you played Vagrant Story?)
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I love the level of motion here. This is a nice action scene.
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Thank you! ^_^ (Ah kweh... I'm horrid in figuring out action scenes so I'm just glad it kind of looks... somewhat together?
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ahh so beautiful... i love how u make things transparent and mix it with solids and gah its just awesome all around.
So i was looking at all ur wonderful paintings and thinking i'd like to try some gouache. Problem is, i have no idea how to get all the awesome effects u manage to...just wondering, if u have time, for a couple tips for a beginner? :3
oh and maybe a good brand of gouache so i know what to buy
Again, i really love all ur paintings...they're so unique and expressive. They're all so dynamic and vibrant and just amazing...really
And i know u like critiques, but i honestly don't think there's much i can say about this one...i keep looking, cuz i do want to help ^^, but i can't find anything....i think its because i'm learning what ur style is like (O_o if that makes sense?
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^_^ Thank you! Ah.... I'm just surprised you liked it that much...?
Em... gouache tips - well, I actually use meh gouache in two ways. One is this, 'normal' paintings. For my other works in which I specify 'gouache on wasli', its not exactly the bottled gouache one gets.
For the gouache on wasli, I first process the gouache till it becomes the base white pigment (safaida!). That becomes the very base of all my colors, which I make individually? Em... that paint is gouache but not really at the same time? I just don't know what else to call it?
In my normal paintings though, I usually work in the watercolor areas first and then for the highlights, wooshes and overall effects I use the bottled gouache. I like the extra texture you can give by just piling up the gouache! 
Ah... and you only get Pelikan here (Pelikan designer gouache, methinks its called). I actually got in the habit of sticking it in meh paintings because of the minature paintings.
I hope that helped?
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Lol ^^ thanks very much!!!~
i'm not sure why i liked this one so much... i guess it was the action, which is a nice difference from all my pictures, which are all so undynamically stiiiifffff ;n;
There was something bugging me tho, something about their faces that seemed off- not so much to take away from the picture too much at all, but just enough for someone looking to critique something to notice ^^
i noticed that u made their head shapes a bit too flat and the placement of their facial features are all...not sure how to describe it...somewhat crunched in the left corner of the face. If u shift the right eyes down and to the left and the same to the one girl's nose that'll probably fix it. I know u said this was a kinda sketch- but do u usually use guidelines when making faces? if not, they really do help- especially as a pre-spacial planning sorta thing. Hope that made sense and helps
Thanks so much for the info on painting^^ So basically, a layer of white for the base, then watercolor for the transparent stuff? mixed with gouache for the more solid stuff and thicker gouache for the thicker looking stuff? makes sense ^^ sounds kinda complicated tho....i'll have to practice it up then
Again~ thanks so so so much
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Ah yes... the faces...
And no no! Not a layer of gouache for the base! Not unless if you wish to paint in style 1 (that is 'gouache on wasli')! Aaaahhh... I explain things horridly confusingly, don't I?
It's easy! And covers up mistakes too! XD
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lol;; i'm sorry for pointing it out so much....i guess i must sound like a broken record...but its because there's nothing else wrong with any of ur pictures! ^^
oh ok, well that makes better sense ^^ but why does painting on wasli make a difference? isn't it just a type of canvas? *i really don't know these things...and i probably should...
nonono- not confusingly at all! In fact, ur explanation really made me want to try it!!
thanks again for all the help
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No you aren't a broken record at all! I just feel very silly for always repeating the same mistake. >.< (I'm blind...)
Wasli is a special handmade paper made for miniature painting (or illuminated manuscripts?) - created by layering papers with bookbinder's paste. It's actually the technique of painting which is more different than the paper. Otherwise its just a normal, extra, extra absorbent paper on which one could do anything.
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oh i c....well can't get that stuff around here anywho
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Omg.... This is absolutely beautiful!!! I love it to death. You did a wonderful job on this. And to do it in water color is even more amazing. Excellent job!
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But watercolors be easy!
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^__^ You're very welcome.
XXD I could try splashing watercolor, but all I'll do is make a mess!
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Wow, this is gorgeous. XD
The compostion is very cinematic, and the blue gives it a calm, cold feel, which should be really bad, but makes it look awsome, instead.
Wow, cool
*ee*
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I freaked out after putting blue shades on the first charrie's face... (*Meep! Attack of the zombie heros!
Ehem... I'm glad you like it! Thank you. ^_^
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Uuuuh, I'll comment later...
*starts collecting pieces of her brain that were blown to bits by the above painting*
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The "Ugly demon Giant" is pretty awesome! Reminds me of Gandharan art. Excellent lighting, colors and details, throughout the rest of the pic too!
*Release the rambles!*
It's sooo dynamic, with all the gestural expressive brush strokes. The poses, foreshortening and overall composition looks pretty good too.
It's not a "blah paint sketch" It's a painting. anymore work on this would have minimized the impact *Encourager of leaving things incomplete* I love how everything fades to white towards the... right (unintentional rhyming 
I think Kelari's leg's are fine, not as thin as you usually draw them, but they don't look odd. Not showing her face leaves a lot of mystery, which is pretty cool. As for Aimon, You say boring, I say her face has character! It's good to see a non-pretty heroine.
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Ugly demon giant be based off poor goddess Durga! XD (and so the warped gandharan art influence
Ehem.... originally I had always thought of Kelari as small and petite like Io (Squeh... Io? Petite? More like anorexic....) but me thinks she's going to be huuuuge and big from now on! XD But yes! I shall take your great advice on leaving this as is *is ready to become a believer in leaving things incomplete! ('it'll ruin the impact... I wasn't lazy AT ALL!!' *excuse* XD)*
Yay for non-pretty heroines! (and she's got a boring looking hero with her to match too! XD)
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Oh okay, in that case, those are some mighty(excuse the pun 
Sometimes I think this "incomplete" business is going to make a minimal artist of me eventually
Naa, they're not a boring looking pair, pretty faces can get boring too y'know
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I'm always looking for something new to say...and I don't know what! It's a very dynamic work, with a color scheme I really like ^_^
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That happens to me too! I always want to say something more than 'ooh nice! pretty! blah!' but somehow I can never figure out what! XD
Sooo.... thank you! ^_^ I know how you feel!
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