Ooh, this one really called out my attention~ O.O
So pretty, I loved the way you vectored it~ strong outlines and soft filling~ so dream-like! XD
Say, is this Chihaya a guy or a girl? Cause you never especified, I'm confused~ XD XD
Either way, really great, good job! ^_~
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(that's what the kanji says)
FULL VIEW PLEASE!
*falls to the floor passed out, mouse hand numb and twitching*
Oh my god this is the most complicated vector I've ever done. I'm going to post a link to the original pic so you can see it, it's small and grainy and blotchy... Crappy Chihaya Scan
I was working with the idea of a project I did in high school where we did sketchy line drawings in multiple colors of ink and then went back and did a light wash to fill in the colors. At the time I was annoyed that the colors bled, but the more I looked at it the more I liked it. So I vectored everything in the color it was (as opposed to the color of the outline of said object) and then washed with a quick brush stroke on low opacity with a watercolor brush. I DELIBERATELY didn't stay inside the lines so that it would look like the ink bled. I used mostly the same colors that Kouga-sensei used, but where flowers were shaded with grey I used blue and purple. I remember looking at ink colors in that long-ago art class and wondering what white ink was for and, obviously, it's for working on colored paper, so there are high lights brushed white very lightly. I used a regular old Photoshop pattern overlay for the paper texture, but made the layer very transparent over the white bg.
It was a little empty (although I did want to keep a lot of negative space to draw the eye to Chihaya) and I decided I wanted to add kanji and thought "hmm...what's in the picture I could get kanji for?" and was like "duh, an angel and flowers." I vectored over the kanji (and hirigana) so that it would all match. That was a small challenge. The kanji was from the same site so was the same size and quality but "to" was from a different site and was pixellated and skinny. Hence, vectoring.
I put the most care into painting Chihaya's eyes, since although sloppy ink is cool, blobby green eyes are not cool, so I was careful with that. In some places, Kouga-sensei made the flower stems the same color as the flower, and in others they're different colors so I stuck with that pattern. I think that some of the colored swatches are actually ribbons, there are lots of pics of Chihaya with ribbons in his hair. I wonder why Kagetsuya never wore ribbons in his hair? Hmm...
Okay, the details:
Time: approx 20 hours
Layers: 897 total
Soundtrack: "Ultimate Favs" JPop playlist in iTunes
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i love it, kohaku-chan!
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WOW
its rare to see a work like this :)
I mean the colors are soft & the lines are neat & clean :D
it gives me a peaceful feeling XD
well done its a fav :)
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OMG! this is just so ADORABLE! I really like the soft colors for this wall. the flowers adds such a great touch to this wall. It's simply beautiful. great work!
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Wow ~ It's very nice =D ~ But How can you do that ^^
I just wanna do like exactly same thing with you for the next vector ^^"
But bah, I dunno how Y_Y ... It's really nice vector tho, very peaceful XD
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Whoah..I didn't even think that this was vector when I saw the thumbnail...I love the soft colors and it gives it a very nice feeling. :)
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Interesting vector. Really love how it looks like a drawing. The outlines may be quite wobbly, but really the flowers are just beautiful and so are the the light colours. Seriously looks better than the original scan. I mean your give a painted look while the oter one looks's grainy ruining the smoothness in it. A definate fave. :D
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Minus the wobbly vector lines in some areas,
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you really kill me with your fantastic painting, and i can't find anything to criticize at ^_^' . the soft colours are the main attraction. plus, this is something not everywhere can do :D
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Wow, twenty hours was spent on this? XD You're so dedicated! It's so beautiful done too! :) Your time was well spent! ^.^
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