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It's probably not necessary that I put in who they all are, but, ya know, just in case people don't know who they are.

I've been working on commissions and my Painter project, and I had start work on my Photoshop project, but it was one of the things that I lost when Painter wigged out. LAME.

Anyway, since Painter freaks out with my original concept, if I do it, I'm going to have to find away around the MASSIVE lag, but we'll see.

I basically have ADD here. I keep switching what I might want to do, simply because I have so many concepts that I can do. We basically have to choose a theme and run wild. My instructor said I have enough skill that I'm basically free to do whatever the hell I want.

... but I don't know what to do. So, I'm asking you guys to please, please, please help me out here, and let me know what you think I should do - which one works best for the theme, which one is better drawn, more interesting, and all that.

I apologize for the rather giant file, and this will be scrapped when I choose something (sorry for ze spam!).

1. Theme: Character Montages - Gokudera, Tsuna, Mukuro - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

I think this was the first time I drew Gokudera. He's hard for me (which sucks, because he's one of my favorites). I don't have a problem with this piece so much, especially since Mukuro's the one in the foreground, but it's boring. I don't want to do some overly complicated background with it, so I'm kinda stuck and completely out of ideas (aside from adding the rest of the Vongola gang.
2. Theme: Hana Yori Dango - Mukuro, Hibari - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

I'm actually pretty happy with this (other than having to paint flowers and grass and crap). Why, yes, I stole the whole pun on the hana yori dango thing... but it works with the sakura tree, as well as Mukuro and Hibari. In order to make this work... I'll probably have to add some more flowers, or maybe things reminiscent of hanami. I think this one is a bit more interesting since it's in a different perspective. I'd also change the text to fit, too.
3. Theme: Character Montages - Ishida, Ichigo, Rukia - Bleach

This piece has to be... I don't even know how old. I actually took this lineart, printed it, and colored it with colored pencil, so that version is very nearly done (as if I'll ever finish the damn thing...). It needs some editing, as I'd like to touch up the faces and that. This is assuming that I still have the original PSD. It might have been lost when my computer crashed in 2007, but I don't think it's that old. ANYWAY. It's as canon as my Bleach work will ever get. Boring BG, though?
4. Theme: Rivalry (or perhaps opposites) - Sasuke, Naruto

Okay, other than the fact that Naruto looks terrible, which I can fix... I'm not sure what other elements to add to get this theme to hit home. The color scheme itself would do it (blue and orange)... and I think that'd probably satisfy the requirement, but I'm not sure. It's a little fanservice-ish, but still appropriate enough for class. The BG would end up killing me... I'm sure I'd do something stereotypical like kyuubi and a snake for Sasuke... I'm so lame.
5. Theme: Character Montages (and specifically "Those Who Fight") - Gokudera, Yamamoto, Tsuna, Mukuro, Hibari - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

This is my original idea for the project. I spent an entire day just doing this gods forsaken sketch! This is the one that kills my computer. Painter lags like a son of a bitch, even without all that many layers. I was thinking of doing something simpler. I'm not sure if this is the best of these concepts or not, but I was happy to get so many characters into a piece with full bodies (since my favorite thing is portraiture these days). I just don't know if I should take the time to lay in flat color in PS and then blend in Painter, or just do a simpler piece. Color also gives me some fits, here...
6. Theme: Weird Science - Szayel like OC - Bleach (basically)

I threw this in here simply because the lineart is totally done. It was a past project, actually, at the Academy, but it works for this project. I'd have to do some editing to the lineart, but it'd ready for paint... though I don't think it's inferior to the others.
7. Theme: Character Montages ("Those Who Fight" could also apply here) - Gokudera, Tsuna, Yamamoto, Hibari, Mukuro, Lambo, Ryohei - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

This is obviously in it's really, really early stages (I play dress up when I draw - body, then clothes after). I was going to add some hands in here, like Hibari and his baton, Tsuna and his gloves, etc. Also, sort of like a watermark, above each of their heads (which would overlap), I was going to do their rings. Ultimately, the guys on the bottom would be on the top and this would be in a landscape format. They'd almost be like bookmarks, but those big black bars would be different and much smaller in the final version. I actually think this one would be simpler, and use less resources on my computer.

I was also thinking about doing a row of the Varia guys... but... yeah. That's a whole crapload of people!

So, that's the deal. I hope someone will actually read through this whole mess, because I really need some feedback. I don't know! I don't want to get halfway through one and change my god damn mind... AGAIN!!

Sure, I could paint them all (OMFG I'D DIE), and choose the best one for the project, but... yeah, I just don't have that kind of time. I do need to sleep occasionally.

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It's probably not necessary that I put in who they all are, but, ya know, just in case people don't know who they are.

I've been working on commissions and my Painter project, and I had start work on my Photoshop project, but it was one of the things that I lost when Painter wigged out. LAME.

Anyway, since Painter freaks out with my original concept, if I do it, I'm going to have to find away around the MASSIVE lag, but we'll see.

I basically have ADD here. I keep switching what I might want to do, simply because I have so many concepts that I can do. We basically have to choose a theme and run wild. My instructor said I have enough skill that I'm basically free to do whatever the hell I want.

... but I don't know what to do. So, I'm asking you guys to please, please, please help me out here, and let me know what you think I should do - which one works best for the theme, which one is better drawn, more interesting, and all that.

I apologize for the rather giant file, and this will be scrapped when I choose something (sorry for ze spam!).

1. Theme: Character Montages - Gokudera, Tsuna, Mukuro - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

I think this was the first time I drew Gokudera. He's hard for me (which sucks, because he's one of my favorites). I don't have a problem with this piece so much, especially since Mukuro's the one in the foreground, but it's boring. I don't want to do some overly complicated background with it, so I'm kinda stuck and completely out of ideas (aside from adding the rest of the Vongola gang.
2. Theme: Hana Yori Dango - Mukuro, Hibari - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

I'm actually pretty happy with this (other than having to paint flowers and grass and crap). Why, yes, I stole the whole pun on the hana yori dango thing... but it works with the sakura tree, as well as Mukuro and Hibari. In order to make this work... I'll probably have to add some more flowers, or maybe things reminiscent of hanami. I think this one is a bit more interesting since it's in a different perspective. I'd also change the text to fit, too.
3. Theme: Character Montages - Ishida, Ichigo, Rukia - Bleach

This piece has to be... I don't even know how old. I actually took this lineart, printed it, and colored it with colored pencil, so that version is very nearly done (as if I'll ever finish the damn thing...). It needs some editing, as I'd like to touch up the faces and that. This is assuming that I still have the original PSD. It might have been lost when my computer crashed in 2007, but I don't think it's that old. ANYWAY. It's as canon as my Bleach work will ever get. Boring BG, though?
4. Theme: Rivalry (or perhaps opposites) - Sasuke, Naruto

Okay, other than the fact that Naruto looks terrible, which I can fix... I'm not sure what other elements to add to get this theme to hit home. The color scheme itself would do it (blue and orange)... and I think that'd probably satisfy the requirement, but I'm not sure. It's a little fanservice-ish, but still appropriate enough for class. The BG would end up killing me... I'm sure I'd do something stereotypical like kyuubi and a snake for Sasuke... I'm so lame.
5. Theme: Character Montages (and specifically "Those Who Fight") - Gokudera, Yamamoto, Tsuna, Mukuro, Hibari - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

This is my original idea for the project. I spent an entire day just doing this gods forsaken sketch! This is the one that kills my computer. Painter lags like a son of a bitch, even without all that many layers. I was thinking of doing something simpler. I'm not sure if this is the best of these concepts or not, but I was happy to get so many characters into a piece with full bodies (since my favorite thing is portraiture these days). I just don't know if I should take the time to lay in flat color in PS and then blend in Painter, or just do a simpler piece. Color also gives me some fits, here...
6. Theme: Weird Science - Szayel like OC - Bleach (basically)

I threw this in here simply because the lineart is totally done. It was a past project, actually, at the Academy, but it works for this project. I'd have to do some editing to the lineart, but it'd ready for paint... though I don't think it's inferior to the others.
7. Theme: Character Montages ("Those Who Fight" could also apply here) - Gokudera, Tsuna, Yamamoto, Hibari, Mukuro, Lambo, Ryohei - Katekyou Hitman Reborn!

This is obviously in it's really, really early stages (I play dress up when I draw - body, then clothes after). I was going to add some hands in here, like Hibari and his baton, Tsuna and his gloves, etc. Also, sort of like a watermark, above each of their heads (which would overlap), I was going to do their rings. Ultimately, the guys on the bottom would be on the top and this would be in a landscape format. They'd almost be like bookmarks, but those big black bars would be different and much smaller in the final version. I actually think this one would be simpler, and use less resources on my computer.

I was also thinking about doing a row of the Varia guys... but... yeah. That's a whole crapload of people!

So, that's the deal. I hope someone will actually read through this whole mess, because I really need some feedback. I don't know! I don't want to get halfway through one and change my god damn mind... AGAIN!!

Sure, I could paint them all (OMFG I'D DIE), and choose the best one for the project, but... yeah, I just don't have that kind of time. I do need to sleep occasionally.