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Published: 2010-09-22 23:04:57 +0000 UTC; Views: 4492; Favourites: 91; Downloads: 200
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Oh boy! This is another piece from my neverending colouring WiP folder, and this one's been living in there for quite a while, let me tell you! I swear, I originally grabbed & flatted these *gorgeous* lines well over a year ago (possibly more like two), when I first discovered Chris Sanders' page on dA. I completely fell in love with his work (as does everyone, I'm sure) and knew I just had to try colouring something. I grabbed this and another one (might finish that one someday too - stranger things have happened!), and immediately got cracking on Pilot Girl. Since then she's gone through at least 4 complete colour-scheme changes, and probably around 8 rounds of deleting everything but the lines & flats. I just loved the lines so much, I knew I had to really up my game to do them any kind of justice.After finishing my last posting, I popped this open again, more just to be working on something than really with any notion of finishing it (I'm in a fairly productive mood these days - gotta make the most of it). Played around with all sorts of tricks & techniques (quite a lot of layers on this for me - 13 total), including a few things I don't usually do, and I think ... finally ... I'm actually happy with this. In fact, I think this is my new favourite piece of my own colouring, and I'm not known for being overly-fond of my own work.
Any comments or crits are gladly welcomed as ever, but I don't think I want to change much of this myself anyway.
beautiful lines [link] by the incredible Chris Sanders [link]
colours by me & CrimeScene4
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I loved the sutil contrast of the colors, itΒ΄s hot and cold at the sime time.
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Yeah, I hadn't really thought about it like that before, but I guess you're right. Hhmmm ... now I'm gonna have to play with trying to do that *deliberately* ... ^_^
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And thanks again, and for the watch too - very much appreciated!
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you're welcome! Your colors are perfect ^^
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And thanks again, and for the watch too - very much appreciated!
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You have a wonderful way to color! 
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Thankyou! I actually learned a lot of the way I colour now from doing this pic, so it still stands as once of my favourites.
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Anytime! C: is always good to learn form your art.
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Thanks man, and for the llama too!
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Hehe! Thanks man, and for the +fav too!
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These are really nice colours there.
The gentle glow, gentle shadows approach always eludes me.
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It usually eludes me too, but things just kinda fell together on this pic, for some reason. And this is a good example of the point I just made in my other reply to you - I can see plenty of faults in this, but I still really love what I've done.
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The thing is, you will see many more flaws than a casual viewer. It's often that I'd hate a piece of art, but people flock to it and really enjoy it. Don't you find that?
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Hehe - oh aye, absolutely! That Wild West Dark Knight pic in my gallery is a great example - the original artwork is great, but my colouring is really simple, and I'd do it very differently if I tried it again. I don't hate it, but I know I could do it so much better if I hadn't just done it as a warm-up. That doesn't stop it from getting more attention than the whole of the rest of my gallery put together! It's weird, but what can ye do! ^_^
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Yeah... the audience is strange like that.
The most faved thing in my gallery is a very old, crusty doodle of Futurama. People seem to really love it. [link]
I'm still not entirely sure if it's the unintended slash OR the obviously reused, unorigial joke. X3
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I figure it's the subject matter that makes all the difference. I've noticed that most of the folk who've +fav'd the pic I mentioned seem to be more than a little fond of other pics of the Joker (post Heath, as you could probably have guessed), so *that* is what they liked ... not the quality of the work at all. I'm planning on very cynically putting this to the test by colouring up some super-popular characters (when I have the time), and see what happens then. Like, maybe see how popular Thor is when it comes out, and then do a Thor pic. I totally bet I'd be right, too! ^_^
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No, I don't think that's the Pilot he meant, I'm afraid! ^_^
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Thanks, man. It's probably my own favourite out of all the stuff I've coloured, so I'm always delighted when someone else appreciates it. Oh, and thanks for the +fav too!
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no worries, its well deserved!
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Slim body and big boobs!I love this combo!
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Yeah!Keep doing babes like her!
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Well, I just did the colours, but hopefully I'll be working on some more of that artist's lines in the near future.
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You did a good work! 
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I'm thinking also how neat this would be as a poster!
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Wow, thanks man! I'd actually really love a poster of this myself (I'm *that* pleased with myself on this one - I guess I had to actually like some of my coloring at some point), but it's not my art to print. Mind you, it's low-res anyway, so it'd have to be a pretty small poster. ^_^
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Even an A4 print would be grand - I am sure you and the artist could work something out regarding prints?
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As it happens, we might now be working out something else - I'll keep ya posted!
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Totally great work, dude! Cute lines (including massive rocket boosters), and enhanced by your amazing colours...
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But I assumed the rocket boosters were just those little nacelle things on the side, no? Whatever do you mean!?!
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Ah! Yes, of course...The "nacelles"...(I'll keep that word in mind for future)
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Damn... you weren't kidding 
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Heehee ... aye, that number does kinda impress itself on the mind for some reason, doesn't it! ;D
Thanks chief. I'm uber-chuffed with this one, so for a change I'm not gonna play it down. Heap on the praise!
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