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I started this a long time ago, but managed to finished it only after getting active again. It is dedicated to my beloved friends at Vectory (the whole staff). This is clean vectoring, done in illustrator, no rasters here. Hope you like it, since it took much effort from me (the stupid beads on the dress). I must admit that at first I wanted to change the colour of the dress (not really liking the purple...) but after some consideration I decided to leave it like to scan showed. Scan from Animepaper, many thanks to Kajime for submitting it.

Some facts:
1-10 scale of liking the scan: 8.5
Easiest part: dress
Hardest part: lemme see... the beads, the beads and.... yes! the beads. And did I mention those HORRIBLE BEADS?! (Yes I have developed a 'beads complex')
Layers: all the base colours + shades+lighting+bg
Problems: The roses, yeah I know they don't quite fit the image, but this is made accordingly to the scan... I tried to repair them, but didn't manage.
Fun fact: The scan at first looked like a vector (the lineart was stroked, no difference in thickness), but it wasn't marked, and the quality made me think this is a scan... Well, nvmd, I hope this is to your liking.
PS. I will NEVER< NEVER EVER vector ANYTHING with so many beads again, (unless I like the scan on a 15 out of 10 pts basis...)
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Comments

  1. ASH-Hikari Nov 23, 2007

    When I saw the thumbnail for this I said "no flippin' way". All the details on this vector make it truly amazing. Must've driven you crazy! I think it would look a bit nicer if her eyes were more detailed but I'm not complaining. Truly amazing work, nicely done!
    Oh, I like the lettering style of the sig too.

  2. gaara-no-shukaku Elite Member Nov 23, 2007

    Yay for your work! And it's for us! ^.^

    Her pose looks so nouveau-like especially in those Mucha's works. Very neat and those beads are really a serious matter, and you managed to do it. Great work! (Somehow I'm liking this type of purple... but not those dark purple >_<)

  3. EevaLeena Nov 23, 2007

    So pretty and very detailed! I love it! The only thing I hate is.. why is Bell-chan wearing that "thing"? Hauuuu... Bell-chan is not Urd-neesama! She wasn't suitable wearing someting like that.. but oh well! She look pretty.. So I forgave her ^^

  4. abul Mute Member Nov 23, 2007

    this is an amazing vector!
    i love the details
    though i must say that the colours are almost grey [esp the skin] so it doesnt look as good as it could
    anyway, its an awesome piece of vector art and im faving it ;)

  5. SakuraShirayuki Nov 23, 2007

    OMG it's great! and thx for it!
    i'm sure it was one heck of a pain in the butt but it's wonderful!

  6. flashphil Nov 23, 2007

    A mind boggling piece of work [probably played hell on your eyes and hands, too]. Well, congratulations on an exquisite vector.

  7. Chloe-chan Moderator Nov 23, 2007

    LOL @ the beads XD
    Everything is so neat and I love the colors! Your hard work was well worth it! Great job!

  8. Devilet Nov 23, 2007

    I feel a headache for you just looking at this.
    But I congrat you on successfully completing this work, it's really nice!
    Though I found the skin colour is kinda dull ... Nice work! :D

  9. entity1660 Nov 23, 2007

    I hate you. I was going to do this one! >< But I love it anyways. <3

  10. irix Nov 24, 2007

    Amazing! there's a lot of work in this vector! :nya: *i like to have your patience*

  11. Idril Nov 24, 2007

    Awesome vector! ^^

  12. Kairi-Hearts Nov 25, 2007

    *_* It sure looks hard! >_<
    Congrats on finishing it! Everything's so neat. Wonderful. t's truly an amazing work.
    lol, stay away from beads! XD

  13. x-lawss Nov 25, 2007

    Our Goddess is here XD
    Haha, this is nice, thanks for sharing :)

  14. drastikhate Nov 28, 2007

    The beads were well worth it then b'coz this vector rocks! >:D

  15. Peorthmegami Nov 30, 2007

    One would think Bell's hair would be hard to vector, looks great though! :) *fav'd*

  16. jaymac Dec 01, 2007

    The mauve/purple background of the vector enhaces this picture more rather than the original white background which came when this image was first circulated. It makes Belldandy standout a lot more. Great idea.

  17. kaitouThea Dec 12, 2007

    Woooah!
    PLEASE tell me how you vectored this piece! It looks fabolous! *hearts* *Fav* ^_^

  18. krisjunaeien Jun 09, 2008

    Great work *_*

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