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Lines: :iconsythe01: A Rose
Colours: :iconmicrougly:

Coloured in GIMP. I think it's fair to say that I don't know how to colour hair, but I'm really satisfied with the colouring on her skin--especially since I don't know muscle well so I kinda faked it.

The lighting I've created is very much inspired by ~rust2ds photography.

See black and white version at [link]
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~kalaadrius Jan 23, 2009
Smoothness of this work is awesome. And the use of colors is inspiring. Good to read you did this in GIMP, hopefully I can achieve similar smooth coloring with that program (someday) :)
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~microUgly Jan 23, 2009
I've done very few colourings like this (4, I think). I found in the last two that the best trick for smoothness is to start shading with a very large brush then reduce it's size if you need to. If you start with a brush too small you'll find yourself scribbling the colour on and it's impossible to get a smooth result.

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~kalaadrius Jan 24, 2009
Sounds like a good advice, thanks :)
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*bolsterstone Dec 14, 2008   General Artist
The hair turned out fine enough, old bean. And, both versions of this one are excellent. ;-)

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~microUgly Dec 14, 2008
Thanks for the comments. I'm glad my issues with her hair aren't as obvious to others. I think I just had a different look in mind that I couldn't reproduce.

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~2BeanSoup Dec 13, 2008  Professional Digital Artist
great colors man! :D

-BaaBa

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~microUgly Dec 14, 2008
Thanks :)

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