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I fail so much! orz
Happy New Year!
I know I'm late ^_^'
I kinda feel embarassed to dedicate something so ugly to great people but here goes anyway:
Erikamirou,Kitten,ASH-Hikari, Omone, EevaLeena, YoruAngel866, Xianghua, LilLaoRyo, Minamiyukihimenonaka, Abul, Straawbeeryy, Vitaamin, Tsuki-Akari, and some other friends who are not in MT
There's no specific order, everyone's great :3 *My LJ entry will have more details*
Want to thank all of you for the support you gave me, for listening to me and specially for being my friend. Arigatou minna-san =^^= Hope we can get along in the New Year as well.
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Oh god, my pencil lineart sucks so much >.< I was too lazy to ink it/vector it and this is the result of my lazyness....Ugly and messy lineart.
I think this is my first time to color a drawing without vectoring it first. I'm still a noob at digital coloring >.<
I want a light table!

Okay, so this is an OC of mine, from a light novel series I've been writing. Her name's Zinnia. It's a flower's name, and butterflies seem to really like this flower. So my first concept was to make her outfit butterfly-related.
However, the outfit I was making for her was full of lace and such, and it was getting too complicated, so I went for something a bit more simple and added butterflies here and there.

When I went for her pose, I noticed there was something missing in her hair, and decided to try my luck on hairpins. And since New Years was coming, my inspiration for it was time/clocks.
I searched for some references-here and here- and began adding things such as jewels, gears, and all kind of things. I really liked the outcome though I fail at making things symmetrical :sweat:

I used Photoshop and CG Illust to paint it, but mostly PS. I kept her eyes simple, there is already too much detail on the clothes.
The sky is made of brushes. I wanted to add some fireworks too but looks like I lost my brushes for those so I gave up.
Used some filters to make the wood texture on the stairs lol...why do I fail so much at painting!? Look (or not) at those horrible mountains! My first attempt at painting mountains...I knew I should have used some reference/tutorials...but I'm too stubborn >.<

Well, nothing more to say about this >_< Hope you enjoy it !
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Duration: December 30th - January 9th
Time: 7 hours (sketch + digital coloring)

Most Difficult: The stairs and mountains, painting the hair
Easiest: Sketch, lineart and painting her skin and clothes
Fun Part: Coloring the little details and adding lighting effects in the end

Original Size: 3429 x 2420
PSD Filesize: 312 MB
Layers: +/-100
Tools: Mechanical pencil 0.5 (B) mm
Programs Used: Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CG Illust 2
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Comments

  1. melymay 46wk 1d ago

    Great lighting. Lovely character design. I'm really liking her hairpiece - interesting how you were inspired by that old-fashioned clock. Although, the outline of your character could be smoother. I can really notice this when I look at her eyes.

    Overall it looks good. Good job.

  2. vitaamin Elite Member 46wk 1d ago

    o_0 i'm SO SAD you didnt vector the lines! because the coloring is so fantastic. lol i actually really like how the indoors turned out, the shading and everything is really awesome
    but yea the outside is not as great but i know you can paint amazing XD we're all lazy (lol esp me >_<)
    thank you so much for the dedication -sparkle- i havent even been around that long im so touched!
    i totally dont have a new years gift x3

  3. tsuki-akari 46wk 1d ago

    i love her pose. great job on the design! XD
    the hairpin looks so good on her ^^ love the painting and the background :D
    the lightning is great too!
    Well done! thank you so much for the dedication ^^

  4. ASH-Hikari 46wk 1d ago

    Sugoi~ I was anticipating your New Year's project a lot and I'm so happy that it's here. Not that late, either, so don't worry about it.
    First of all, your ability to draw such detail amazes me. This is a wonderful drawing. And a lot of the time when people (like me) draw things, something turns out out of proportion or whatnot, but yours looks perfect.
    It might have looked cool vectored, but that would have taken a long time and I like it this way. It has the sketchy look which really helps in reminding that you drew it yourself from scratch.
    I <3 her hairpin. It's so detailed and wonderful. Also love her outfit and her thoughtful pose. The stairs and mountains both look great and I'm glad you didn't put fireworks; I think this matches better.
    You know your character kind of reminds me of C.C. in this picture. I think it's because of her long hair and facial expression.
    Thank you so so much for this gift Kairi-chan, I really appreciate it, as we all do, and I love it. Have a happy new year <3
    (And excuse my lack of enthusiasm in this post, I'm feeling kind of subdued.)
    P.S. Never knew what "orz" meant XD

  5. kuryuki 46wk 1d ago

    this is a pretty doujin!
    >.<but the lines are weird

  6. EevaLeena 46wk 1d ago

    OMG! You've finished it! *rushing to finished SuzaCC outlines* Sorry, I got distracted with my Kanji lessons lately, so I didn't touch my vectors ^^
    Anyways, love all those amazing details, esp her hairpin. They're very well done. Great job, Kairi! (and thanks for the dedications too!)

  7. Straawbeeryy 46wk 1d ago

    Wow, oh gosh, thanks so much kairi. <3
    I`m so sad that I don`t have a New Years project since if I ever finish that, it'll be like February or possibly March.
    *screams and whines* You didn`t outline. DD8 I would`ve love to see your wonderful outlines on this. It would make this much cleaner.
    I love the the lights coming through the window. Those type of lights rock. ^^
    The shading is definitely flawless. Gosh, I so agree with Ai-chan about how she looks like C.C. The more I look at it, the more it looks like C.C from that one scan I vectored especially with the hairpin (which is awesome), the expression, and the long hair. :3
    And ugly? I should kick you for saying that. D<

  8. 4Kio 46wk 1d ago

    oh! nice colors ))
    I like the style, looks so good! :)

  9. erikamirou 46wk 0d ago

    ohh thank you so much ^^
    I got to say, i really love that pose *__* and her eyes, omg *___*
    I love the outcome of this, looks so soft yet so "sexy"
    and i totally admire your strength to keep working, though we both know your condition...
    but do not let it bring you down! i want to see you always smiling ^.^
    I love the details! makes me want to work on that Karin drawing i showed you ^^
    not much more to say, just keep it up ^^

  10. DarthTofu Elite Member 46wk 0d ago

    her headpiece... so cute! :)

  11. x-lawss 46wk 0d ago

    Hey not bad! The colors looks good too XD
    Thanks for sharing!

  12. Sinever 46wk 0d ago

    she is gorgeous XD
    I love her pose & I wish you've vectored the outlines cause everything looks perfect except for the lines ^^' *sorry* but overall its a very beautiful wallpaper :)
    +fav

    merged: 01-12-2009 ~ 10:59am
    I mean Doujinshi

  13. YoruAngel866 46wk 0d ago

    Wow for me :) thanx so much, its so wonderfull :)
    the girl is beautiful and i adore it :)

  14. eternallegend 45wk 5d ago

    The drawing and the colouring are well done :) I like the colour combination and how they suit well :D The hair piece adds a nice touch :) lovely artwork ^^+fav

  15. RayyL 44wk 6d ago

    It is very pretty, good job! I especially like the head piece.

  16. CaMiLi 44wk 5d ago

    :) the ppose really reminds me of yuuko from xxx holic :) nice painting ^^

  17. Omone 44wk 2d ago

    The girl reminds me a bit of yuuko or c.c but she looks great.
    the head piece is awesome.
    well actually everything is just awesome =D really nice work

  18. xay09 41wk 0d ago

    love her purple hair and her hairpiece
    this is a pretty wallpaper throughout

  19. EuforiaAmuritaNatsumi 37wk 4d ago

    Yeay,Great and so lovely
    I like the Purple hair
    Very Nice,the head piece is very awesome><
    remind me about yuuko><
    anyway this is great wallie

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