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©2007-2009 ~DormantFairytales
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:iconhikaru-ryuuen: kindly gave me her permission to colour in her line-art of a drawing called 'The Butterfly Empress'. The original is here :

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So you can see the original work of absolute beauty in it's entirety. And also how much work I've set up for myself with all those patterns >.< I was going to leave it as a surprise, but then I thought 'this is gonna take me forever', so I'll take you all along for the ride =D

Please go see the original, and if you fave this, fave that one too! It's a team effort, more so on her part because I'm just colouring it ^^;

But, my friend, you have cured my artist block! :boogie: So thank ye for that :lol:

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:iconshinigumi:
This is absolutely lovely so far! The hair is especially eye-catching. I have to admit, I'm curious about your technique on that. :D Gonna check the rest of your gallery now. Can't wait to see the finished version of this!

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:iconkitsunemagic1:
Woooooow, I can't wait to see the finished product! :D

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:icondormantfairytales:
:hug: thank you!!

Well, I shall share my technique. After all, if you love doing something, you love sharing it :aww:

What I do, I have a base colour which is a mid-tone for the hair. Then, I do a lighter tone on top, with a 1px brush in photoshop, with shape dynamics on. I feather in the way of hair, so you have to have a basic understanding of how hair falls to pull it off. Next, I use a darker tone to fill in where dark shades would be, and then I choose a highlight colour and put that in the centre shine bit, which is where focus will be. Then, I use a large dodge tool (about same width as characters eye, adds subliminal character) and lighten it over with about 50% effect. After that, I make the brushes smaller twice, and finally put some 1px zig-zags in the centre to give a lively, electrical feel =D

Wow. That was an essay and a half...

Thank you for your comment!

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"We have just witnessed what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is 'being an ass.' "

~ Shigure
:icondormantfairytales:
lol, it'll be a while! But I hope it's worth it. I'm half-dreading the kimono >.<

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"We have just witnessed what I like to call 'misdirected rage'. I believe the technical term is 'being an ass.' "

~ Shigure
:iconshinigumi:
It's similar to the way I'd adopted after following some tutorials a few years ago, but now I see how yours looks so much more detailed. Thank you SO much! You have no idea how insane I was going trying to find a way to modify my current process! I'll try it out! :heart: Thanks again!

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:iconscheherazadenerai:
Love the shine on the hair!

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:iconkitsunemagic1:
Aww, why?

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:icontegaria:
Wow, this looks beautiful, and it's not even done yet.

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:iconvencheesa:
wow kool

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