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©2006-2009 ~gaizoku
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What else was I going to call it? ^^
Her name is Ellery, and I colored her, holy crap! Haha. I love this whole color scheme, it's so sweet and cute, and she's about to kill you with her dagger thing! Credits first:
Fuzzy lineart and cellshading technique thanks to *messa
Dynamic character drawing inspired by *elsevilla

and most of all....

Jellyfish dress inspired by *beepie !! Go see the real thing here [link] ! And check out her gallery, sooo cool!

I thought pearls would be an easy copout instead of a chain, but I was wrong >_< I'm glad I decided to take the lineart for the pearls out though, and it got easier to make them once I had a method. My favorite part is the dagger thing!! I love the shading on it and the ribbon hehe (I'm commenting on my own piece, lol). I originally wanted the pink to be kind of chiffon like the original dress, but I didn't end up doing that..for..some reason. *ahem* I probably shouldn't have colored this all in the already-small size, but I didn't want to deal with my comp getting slow. I'm not happy with her eyes, but, meh. Left hand is still totally wonky, I didn't even try to fix it =P I was going to try and get away from the same color scheme as the original dress, but.. I couldn't help it! It's too perfect, and went too well with those pearls ^^; I'd like to do this character again sometime when I'm a better artist and spend more time on it, I think it's a neat concept =) I still can't believe I colored the whole thing, haha!

Drawn with a .7 mecha pencil on a wal-mart sketch diary, scanned, adjusted, resized and colored in Paint Shop Pro 8.

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:iconpowermoloch:
Not bad, not bad at all. Great pose btw and the concept. It needs a fav +
:icongaizoku:
Thanks =D I hardly ever stick with coloring something long enough to finish it, so I appreciate it! Foreshortening is scary >_< haha and I never know what to do with legs when I get to them, so I'm always just like..um..you guys bend over here and hide behind something, just stay out of the way. Thanks for the comment and fav!

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:iconpowermoloch:
hehe, Yeah, there will be those times for me that I'll be so frustrated and I'll just end up trying to figure out a clever scheme to hide the mistake (like hiding arms, legs by bending, clothing , etc). Foreshortening is another hard thing to over come, even I have no idea how to get it right all the time (trying....:P)
:iconexandarkwaters:
Lol, i should have held my last comment for when i saw this one, i love the look on her face.

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:icongaizoku:
haha thanks for all the comments ^^ yeah, i like to shade stuff =) although sometimes it gets too messy and complicated with lots of detail.. and I guess I planned on coloring this pretty early on? I love drawing evil eyes..

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:iconexandarkwaters:
I know what you mean, i used to use nothing but lines when i was young, then my brother made the mistake of teaching me how to shade, now, almost ten years later, here i am taking what he taught me and going completely off the wall with using almost nothing BUT shading, and every now and then throwing in some lines to define basic shapes. My brother sas my work almost looks abstract now, but so far no one else complains so I guess It's just the bias opinion of someone used to using hard lines and shapes with solid coloring techniques. Either way, beautiful pic, you've done an amazing job on her expression, and i empathize with you on the "evil eye", they're fun and look cute n.n .

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:iconz33k:
Once upon a time you commented on my page. I just came by to see how you're doing. And it looks like you're doing very good! The perspective in this picture blows me away!! ^___^ +fav for you!
:iconniveousant:
I love the pose and how the arm looks like it's coming out at you.

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