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Published: 2009-07-29 19:01:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 2342; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 60
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A fanart I made of Karura-ou from the RG Veda manga by CLAMP. I made this for the CLAMP fanbook project on LJ, and I wish I'd had more time to work with it (I started far too late), but still, I'm happy that I was able to participate. Karura is one of my favorite RG Veda characters, and there is far too little fanart of her out there. :]Related content
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asdfgh mina ögon gör ont när du skriver på det där viset ;_;
... men tack.
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Aww, I was eager to see it here on DA too!
You did a great work, the colors are so bright and her hair so wonderfully done!
I don't personally like her character too much - I mean, it's a beautiful character, but it's not the nicest one for me - but I agree, there's too little fan arts of her and of RG Veda female characters in general..
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Thank you! I was a bit hesitant to using such light colors at first, but in the end it was good practice.
I like all the RG Veda female characters (well, except for a few, perhaps), but Karura is the one I felt most strongly for while reading the story. I think it's because of what happened to her and her sister, I'm always moved so easily by sibling love, haha.
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Oh, so wonderful! It looks great; I love the hair, and the shading, her eyes… its very powerful and the calm cold colours fits her very well. She is a wonderful character, and I agree that there should be more fan art of her. CLAMP must be glad to see this, and I think its good that you picked a not so popular character. I also like the sparkling effects!
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Tack så mycket! Jag väntade alldeles för länge med att börja på den här, så i slutändan fick jag färglägga den ganska snabbt. Linearten blev alldeles förfärlig, jag gjorde den med en röd bläckpenna och det blev fullt av plumpar och sneda streck överallt, så jag gjorde mitt bästa för att fixa till den i datorn. Det dumma med ljusa färger är att det blir svårare att gömma sådant som blivit fel... så jag gjorde glitter/ljusprickar över de värsta delarna istället.
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Hmm...Fin, bra!
Inte för att jag har en susning om vem det är, vilken serie osv...XP
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Tack! Den är från RG Veda, en av CLAMPs serier (överraskad?).
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Um, neej, inte direkt...XP
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Verkligen vacker, och vilket hår! Otroligt fina färger också!
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Tack så mycket! Glad att du gillar färgerna, jag var lite orolig för hur den skulle bli först eftersom jag tycker att ljusa färger är ganska svåra att jobba med...
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Åh, den är väldigt vacker! *.* Tycker mycket om hennes något mystiska, men ändå vänliga min. Hennes fågel är söt också. Jag tycker det är bra att inte alla ritar samma karaktärer till boken, utan att andra karaktärer som Karura också får synas 
Jag tycker om att det blänker/glittrar om henne - fin detalj.
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Tack så mycket. Jo, någon nämnde att det antagligen inte skulle vara så många som gjorde RG Veda fanart till fanboken, och det tyckte jag var lite synd, så... Plus att Karura är en av mina favoritkaraktärer.
Haha, ja, det där glittret är väl egentligen mest där för att dölja de fulaste delarna av linearten. XD Jag tecknade den med en röd bläckpenna, det var en dålig idé. :S
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Det var bra tycker jag
Jaha, var det så det var 
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You did it! I'm gonna love you forever
She's so beautiful, her eyes are so deep and her hair is so smooth and touchable...
Really, kudos to you for spreading the Karura love. Needless to say, I worship her, she's one of my favourite Clamp characters, so proud and strong, I find her amazing beyond all words. Thank you.
And I really do love how you portrait the RG Veda girls - first Kendappa, now Karura...please do some more of them if you feel like it. They all need more love from the fandom, don't they.
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Haha, I'm very glad you like it! Thanks a lot for commenting, I'm glad to find more Karura fans out there. <3
Perhaps I should do that. I used to find the RG Veda characters difficult to draw (CLAMP's art style has changed quite a lot since they made the series) but I think I'm getting more used to it now. And it would be fun to draw characters like Ashura and Souma someday.
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You're welcome 
Well yes, I guess they must be difficult like hell - when RG Veda was created, Clamp were at the peak of their "baroque" style, meaning huge expressive eyes, tones of hair, etc. It must be very hard to imitate. But I'm sure you will make it really fine. 
I'm really disappointed I never really got to see my beloved Kujaku drawn by Clamp in TRC style, and Karura appeared only in a few background snapshots in Piffle - I almost wouldn't have recognized her 
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Yes, some RG Veda characters had rather important roles in TRC, but I wish we could have seen more of Karura and Kujaku too. I wonder what Kujaku would have looked like in TRC style, hm...
Haha, I've kind of given up on trying to imitate CLAMP's RG Veda style, so I'm just trying to draw them in my own style instead. I'm really happy that you like it!
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I think Kujaku would look pretty much like a black-haired version of Fai. They're so much alike in many ways, after all, in terms of appearance, but even more as far as personality, or even their story, is concerned...Myst-san suggested that perhaps it's because Kujaku and Fai are so alike that Clamp decided not to include the former in TRC...though I hope it's not the case and there's still a chance we'll get to see him at least in the background flashes, just like the MKR girls a few chapters ago. We got to see each and every one out of the Six Stars in TRC, but not Kujaku, who was the key to the whole story - that's just not fair! Maybe it turns out in the end that Kujaku is a joker here in TRC, just like he was in RG Veda - like, say, that he is Fai's reincarnated father. 
Your own style is great, too - the way you draw hair and eyes is lovely! I hope to see more from you soon, not necessarily RG Veda, although it would be pure love.
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Oh yes, a dark-haired version of Fai, I like that thought. XD Yes, I find it a bit unfair that we haven't seen Kujaku so far in TRC too, but maybe there's still hope, like you say. I'm also hoping that we'll see characters like Suu, Kotori and Hokuto before the story ends, but I don't think the chances for that are very large.
Thank you so much again. <3
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Well, I am not really fond of Kotori, to put it mildly, so I don't exactly cry over her absence in TRC, but have always been a fan of Hokuto and was sort of frustrated when I found out Clamp got rid of her in TRC like that, making Kamui Subaru's sibling instead. Well, I admit I do have a weakness for Clamp twins, be it Fai/Yuui, Subaru/Hokuto, Ashura/Tenou, Freya/Elda, or any other pair, really...
What pains me the most is the utter lack of Wish characters in TRC, given that Wish is one of my top favourites created by Clamp. Well, they say Kobato will cross over with Wish at least in the anime series, which is of some consolation...but only of some, frankly.
Aww, no problem.
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Well, I have many characters that I like more than Kotori too, but I think she would have been really pretty in TRC style. XD Haha, and yes, CLAMP seems to have a weakness for twins too (and clones...).
Yes, the Wish characters have been mentioned in Kobato manga, and it looks like they'll appear in the anime as well. It would have been fun to see them in TRC too, though.
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That's the point, I thought so too, but then I remembered what Kotori looked like in the flashbacks of the last few volumes of X, which are quite close to the TRC style, and she was actually just as bland and as full of cavity-digging sweetnes as ever, so let's hope we didn't miss anything.
Lately I've seen the covers of the new edition of Wish, drawn in the modern Clamp style - and Lord, they do look fabulous. I hope Clamp will satiate the inner fangirl in me sooner or later.
And there's another thing with Clover - I haven't read the manga yet ( shame on me ), but the characters are beautiful, and I wish we had got to see more of them in TRC than just Oruha. ( I find Lan especially attractive.
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Haha, Subaru with an evil smirk... for some reason I find that hard to imagine. XD
I agree, CLAMP's new Wish illustrations are very pretty. They make me want to reread the manga, there's a lot I have forgotten from it, I think.
Clover is an amazing series. I wish we would have seen more characters from it in TRC too - I almost expected Suu or perhaps Ran to appear in Infinity (because of those birds being there, I mean) but nope... I'm very glad that we at least got to see Oruha though.
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Me too, that's one of the reasons why I wanted so bad to see it
I've read Wish numerous times, partly because it's one of the few Clamp titles that were actually published here in Poland, so I was able to purchase it and reach for it whenever I wanted. It's totally worth re-reading, anyway, there are various aspects of the story and the details that you only get to notice when you read very carefully instead of just ruffling through the pages just to find out what happened next.
But Clover isn't finished, is it? It's a wicked Clamp habit not to finish their best works - they did it to X and Gouhou Drug, and after reading the latest chapter of Tsubasa I began to have doubts if they're really going to ever finish it, too. 
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Yes, exactly, I tend to read through manga series very quickly (and without paying very much attention to details) when I read them for the first time, just because I'm so impatient to see what will happen next. I have lots of series that I would like to reread for that reason.
Yes, Clover is officially unfinished, but I think CLAMP said that there wouldn't be any continuation to it (at least i think so... I might be wrong about that though). Haha, and yes, it feels like TRC has been stuck at the same spot for ages now, but hopefully it won't be put on hiatus, at least. There would be an army of raging fangirls invading Japan if that happened, I think.
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I must say that truly only after I had re-read Wish did I discover much of its value. I didn't have to focus that much on the main storyline anymore, so I could appreciate the subplots and the details, and those were exquisite!
Well, it's Clamp we're talking about, they could as well put all their current works on hiatus and continue Clover within a 20-volume clone-themed series 
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I agree, Karura needs much more love, as she's so awesome. Beautiful pic. Her hair is expecially well done, and I love her necklace.
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Thanks a lot! I was a bit worried about making her hair at first, since I find white hair difficult to color. I'm glad you like it!
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