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Alright, so this marks the hardest picture I've ever attempted, and the only one I've ever completed.

This image saw me using a lot of new techniques that I've never tried before, so please be gentle.

First off, the lines were drawn on three seperate pages, compiled in Photoshop and each coloured seperately. LOOK! A full, finished background! that never happens!

Secondly, this marks the most layers i've ever used in one image: 48. pretty evenly split between the three layers, actually.

Thirdly, this marks the most time I've ever spent on one picture, from the twelve hours spent drawing and inking the lines to the ballpark 35-40 hours spent colouring.

Fourthly, this image saw me use about four or five different techniques for shading and colouring, many of which i found frustrating beyond reason, especially using different layer styles and texture combinations. Many of the techniques would not have been possible without the use of my love's Tablet, which I'm still learning how to use, so thanks for your patience, pet.

There were a lot of things about this picture that i normally skimp about, that i made sure to take time on. I would have liked to have been finished this picture over two hours ago, but i wasn't happy with the background layer, and i really am still not too happy with it.

There are aspects of this that i like, and that i feel i succeeded on: the richness of his cloak, the varyance in texture on his clothes, the [i]suberta[/i] leaves on the right there, the trunk of the tree.
There are also many many things i loathe, but cannot figure out how to do better: the lichen, the water in general, the lighting in the background layer. I also could not for the life of me figure out how to do beams of light, hence their layer was utterly axed.

As for the setting, this is a sitting rock off the side of the path behind Ahd'ar'ohk's house on his little island. *pops wrist back into joint*

Well, this is my birthday present to me. I wanted a new featured deviation picture, and this is it, for better or for worse. So if you don't like it, oh well. Just keep in mind it was a mountain to tackle, and however much of me the mountain took away, I'm still standing.
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*RoseCarballeira May 4, 2011  Professional General Artist
All your work really paid off! The contrast in this makes it so eye-catching and all the textures are really well done.

Thanks so much for the :+fav:!

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And in the spring I shed my skin and it goes away with the changing winds.
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*tarorae May 4, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you very much! Thanks for having a look at my page in return~

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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*GasparNolasco Apr 30, 2011   Digital Artist
Love it, wonderful tone and composition.
I specially like the cape. It took work to get done, by what I can see. Very good job!

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I may have attention deficit disorder, but at least I don't have attention deficit disorder!
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*tarorae Apr 30, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you very much! The cape is my favourite part of the image as well~

And thank you very much for visiting my page - I admire your art very much!

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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~SilverWolfDimitrix Jan 16, 2011
The coloring here is wonderful! :faint: You definitely worked hard on it from your description, and it paid off, definitely! :)
I especially love the fall of that red cape/cloak. And the rocks look fabulous also! I can definitely see all the techniques you've put into creating it, and it all works well together.
:clap: Wonderful, lovely work!

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Sanguine life-force stains her lips, where she last placed her heated kiss--to the throat of the fucker who called her a bitch, it's such a shame he's now dead in a ditch....


~Dimitrix Lykaios
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*tarorae Jan 17, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Thank you so much! I really love how the cape turned out; that's probably my favourite part. This artwork is getting old, but I still haven't really done anything this complex since...so I should get back on the horse and try to top it!

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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~SilverWolfDimitrix Jan 17, 2011
Yes you should! If you have art this awesome, why not try to make art that is even more so! ;3
I'd love to see it! <3

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Sanguine life-force stains her lips, where she last placed her heated kiss--to the throat of the fucker who called her a bitch, it's such a shame he's now dead in a ditch....


~Dimitrix Lykaios
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*tarorae Jan 17, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Well, I certainly have ambitions to, but huge projects never seem to happen for me! I'm still working on one called Festival of Light that I've been poking at for 5 years now.

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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~SilverWolfDimitrix Jan 18, 2011
Wow, five years is a while, but I'm sure you've learned new things that you could apply to it throughout that time. I have a painting I started while pregnant three years ago that is STILL ufinished, but I've added more to it since then too, after learning some things; made some parts better because I learned a new technique or medium. :)
But I know what you mean about the big projects not happening. I've been trying to do a group picture of my characters from a story I've been writing for years, and still can't seem to get it down on paper from my brain.

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Sanguine life-force stains her lips, where she last placed her heated kiss--to the throat of the fucker who called her a bitch, it's such a shame he's now dead in a ditch....


~Dimitrix Lykaios
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*tarorae Jan 18, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
I've had that too! A lot of the time, some part of a picture i loved when i did it...i come back and it's so crap I don't finish the entire picture.
And yes! I have been trying to draw the characters from my novels too, but I had to develop a whole new style to be able to get even close to rendering them!

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"A happy person is not someone in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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