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FULL VIEW PLEASE OR I'LL EAT YOU BETWEEN TWO SLICES OF PASTRAMI AND WHITE BREAD :chainsaw:

----------> SMALL EDIT: corrected the arm problem, added a few bells and corrected some strands of hair that were not totally right. Sorry to all my watchers!! <---------

Ahem, sorry, but I already reduced this picture a lot, there are some details that you can't see properly >.> I'll probably submit some close ups in my scraps later on, maybe even the full version ^^

:butterflytwo: My life's story :butterflytwo:

Actually this picture was not supposed to exist. At the beginning, I drew a sketch on paper, and as usual I wanted to take a photo with my digital camera and then trace my lineart digitally so that I can cg it. BUT somehow my camera died in the process and all my pictures were ruined, including those I had taken during my birthday party :cries: Ssssoooo during a few days I turned emo and finished crashing my camera.

But there was a contest I really wanted to enter and I knew I had to begin cging because the contest dead line was on August 1st but I'm leaving on July 24th and can't have access to a computer till August 16th. :paranoid:

So I started this picture totally from scratch. And I can tell you it's really hard to begin when you're in front of a blank computer screen :XD: It's very diferent from a blank paper anyway ^^ This picture was made entirely from scratch with only a mouse and Phtoshop 7, no tablet, no scanner, no digital camera (:chainsaw:), no refs (except me in my bathroom mirror ^^;)

I don't want to show off, it's just to tell you that I really put a lot of effort in this picture :) I started with the eyes, it's how I always do ^^ but I had to redo the lineart countless times -_-

My idea was pretty simple: personification of the sea (pretty lame idea, I know, it's a personification contest and I saw some ideas and entries that just blew my mind :dead:

Anyhow, I still hung on my personification of the sea, and I tried to represent in this picture all the ideas that I thought were related to the sea. Fishes, seashells, seaweed, sand, sun, waves... Her blond hair refers to the sun and the sand, and her hairstyle to the sea life ^^ *If you read this comment till the end, write donald duck somewhere in your comment xD* I drew a lot of jewelry because the sea also reminded me of the sailors, and especially pirates (lol that must be because of the POC -Dead man's chest- movie ^^). So lots of gold, pearls of course, and blue gems to keep a balance in the color scheme. In the end there was not enough place on her head, lol. I suppose she's really strong to carry all that stuff on her head :D

I'm really proud of the skin of the face, I tried some new techniques and I think I improved somehow while drawing this :)

By the way, these are the artists who inspired me: :worship: :worship: and so many more awesome artists from dA :worship:

I can't decide if this drawing is ridiculous, totally awesome or simply crappy. Especially the background. Please don't be too harsh in your comments, but be honest about the clouds o_O How do they look? :?

End of my life's story

Tools: Photoshop 7 and mouse ONLY
Time: no idea. I stopped counting when I reached 20 hours :XD: 3 weeks on and off.

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:iconjenuary:
This is really nice, good luck in the contest

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:iconniki-te:
the cloud looks fine to me. :D
i personally like the eyes and hair.
great work! :)
:iconericajo:
wow cool shes so pretty :D

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:iconblackjakx:
Wow. the first thing i'm drawn to are the eyes in this pic. Gorgeous. *__* The eyes alone seem to personify the sea. You're a very skilled cg artist! This is amazing....the soft coloring, the detail...amazing, especially in the hair & eyes. ^^

If you don't mind a little critique, though, all the amulets & jewels on her head seem a bit distracting because there's so much, imo... ^^; I love them all though, so creative. <3 And it might just be me, but the angle she's turned at seems a little off.... ;;

But other than that, it's an awesome pic. Kickass cg job!!! You've convinced me to go look at the rest of your gallery. :D *skips off*


THe clouds are beautiful, btw. ^^

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"Why so serious?"
:iconblackjakx:
donald duck. :P

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"P.S.: This is what part of the alphabet looks like when Q & R are eliminated."

"Why so serious?"
:iconsozokureed:
Awwww I dont inspire you? ;_; Hehe but seriosuly Im in envy of that hair, thats awsome!!! And I lovea ll the jewels

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:iconwendychan:
I love her eyes and the design of the jewelry.

Her hair is shineeeee! :B

Speaking of pastrami... if you go to Carnegie Deli in NYC, they'll give you HUGE sandwiches. *end tangent*

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And distance holding you,
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:iconsweetcloud:
Lol I'm so dumb I should have thought about you cause I was looking for some inspiration for the jewel and all I could find interesting enough was one of Aurore's pics and one picture in my Clamp mangas :XD: Seriously, I should have looked up some of Poldara's pictures ;) Thanks for the comment :glomps:

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<Blissfulbutterfly>vipster: it's alright, sweetcloud is a sweetheart!
<Blissfulbutterfly>vipster: she is, were i gay id totally love her
:iconsweetcloud:
Lol her pose is technically impossible to hold for more than 1/4 second but I must say I was too lazy to do it all again :XD: I drew a lot of jewels on purpose, I just wanted something... I dunno... maybe a little more bling bling than my usual stuff ;) but it kind of ruins the hair because gold and blond hair colors are too much alike :XD:

Thanks for the comment and the donald I must :glomps: you :D you made really made my day (well it's 11:59 pm but anyway :D) because the hair and eyes are my favourite parts to color :D

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<Blissfulbutterfly>vipster: it's alright, sweetcloud is a sweetheart!
<Blissfulbutterfly>vipster: she is, were i gay id totally love her
:iconsozokureed:
Awww =3 thats ok, glad I could be helpful sorta XD XD

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