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elflling — Tarrot Card Empress
Published: 2005-04-30 21:30:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 3717; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 296
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Again, part of the same class project as the last one, Tarrot Card Strength. For the big skirt I have refered to Blackeri's awesome drawing "Vanity" since the time for the project is tight and I really do not have any time to design one (Thanks a lot Blackeri! If you do not like me posting this drawing, please send me a note and I will delete it immediately). I personally like this picture a lot since it is my first tempetation to drawing something that is not comic/anime style. It do not turn out to be too bad, although I should say I am just a beginner of digital painting...Related content
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I love the detail you've gone into shading her skin. <3 I like the pose, but I think it would've looked alot more powerful if you'd drawn her with her staff actually touching the ground instead of her just holding it like a mere item.
Great job on the background too! 
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This is great. You did a beautiful job on the skirts fabric. All the folds must have taken forever!
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You've done an amazing job with piece, especially for a style you're not used to yet!
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Thanks.... Your work are really amazing to me and I just love their dream-like mood and style!
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woah... cool coloring on the clothes! Nice texture^^
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Thanks.... Really happy you like it. I was going to ask whether you'd mind if I color some of your drawings.... I like the way you depict the youth and softness on girls' face...
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Ooh, this is great. Wonderful job with the folds in the dress.
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Well glad to have made your day then~
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^_^ Really happy to hear this... You just made my day~~~
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Nice one ... the draps of the skirt are marvellous
but shoulders and arms are a bit unnatural
good draw too
what tecnich do u use
hand draw and ps coloring??
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No... This card is just drawn and colored in ps7. Most of it drawn in the plain round brush, just vary the opacity, flow and thickness. At that time I was new to photoshop actually (I still am) so I do not know many techniques. Basically I just drew it like a conventional drawing: Sampling different colors and repaint over. The right arm and shoulder are completely stiff and I have to fix them sometime. The whole drawing is for a class project so time is my major concern and it is not quite finished when I submit...
I'm so happy you like it~~~
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The term "Reference" means inspiration, which I do not mind at all but even encourage. The lower part of the dress though is obviously copied pixel to pixel.
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ok. right off the bat i can see a bit of an art nouveau influence,...a la mucha? i love mucha!
and i love the cool design work you've integrated into this layout!
and you say you're a 'beginner'??? wow. doesn't look like 'beginner' work to me!
nice going!
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delightful to look at - very graciuos pose and skillful work with the details of the dress - although i must say it is still very plain for a tarot card (even so i like it a lot) :claps:
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wowwww VERY Great !!!!
VERY hadly trying on her dress !!! so cool !!!!
one thing I think..hmm Should be more sharp it will make more cool !!
and the color on her two arms hmm I think it's a little weird
ANYWAY !!!! THIS IS COOL !!! ELFLLING !!!!
you've done a great JOB !
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Wonderful you are ! ahhh I wanna do that so !! 
Wanna see more of yah work !!!
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There are so many people doing good cloth work today and I am just learning from them~~~ I drew this dress according to Blackrei's design, and her drawing is muchmuchmuch prettier than mine... (
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yehhh you've learn it very great !!!
To see and looking at is more easily than Trying to do some !!
Welldone !! 
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wow this is really great! The background and skin are really good, as well as the hair,.
great job ^^
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Thanks~~ I am really glad you like the work... I spent a lot of time on the hair trying to get the current look, and I'm so happy it turns out to be OK... (I have never drawn non-anime style hair before...)
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First off, you have a very good start on Digital Media. I, myself, am just starting to get used to a NEW program, so I kind of know what you're doing... Kind of... >___<;;;
You're first time trying to draw something NOT in anime style??? *shakes head* A lot better looking than MY first attempt, I'll give ya that! Now, let's get to the critiques... First the good, then the bad.
The skintones are very well done; I think proper tones in the skin can be pretty hard to do, so good job. The dress has so many tones and folds, I like the way that came out. THE DETAIL IN THE HANDS IS REALLY GREAT. They really look like close to real hands. And, finally, the hair was done pretty well. I like the way you made it so you can see the individual strands in the hair.
Now the negative... Oh, boy. The strands in her face seem darker than the rest of her hair. *nods* Her right hand *to our left...* doesn't seem to fit into the dress... I don't know if I'm wording that very well, but if you look at it, it looks like the hand isn't on her hips. It looks... eh, I hope you know what I'm talking about... >.<;;; Her face looks a bit masculine to me... o.o;;; Maybe thin out the neck a bit and *maybe* level the shoulders a bit. For the most part, the lips are okay. I think maybe make the upper lip a bit fuller. The eyes could be a little bigger... I, personally, like bigger eyes. Not too much bigger! I think that if the eyes are a bit bigger, she won't look quite as masculine. The nose is a little bit out of proportion. It's mostly just the nostrils, it's not too big of a deal... The tones on the ears look a bit darker than the rest of her skin. She has no left wrist!!! O__o;;; Her right arm is a little out of proportion in the lower arm. It's not too big of a deal, but straightening out the arm a little better could fix most of the problem. Her upper right arm is also a bit fuzzy looking. Making that a bit more solid can simply take that problem away. FINALLY, her tiara is a bit too bright from the rest of the picture... Just darken it up a bit...
One tiny other thing. the gate design in the background seems a bit plain from the rest of the picture... Maybe some tones can make it fit in a bit more with the rest of the picture. ^_____^
Don't worry too much about my critiques. It might seem to be a lot, but most are very minor and easy to fix. ^______^
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I am so really moved...... And currently reading through the critique. It is so very true! The hand position was changed three times and still could not get it quite right, and the hair strands were added at the last minute (before the project due) with a different color (
I think I will modify this picture after a while in the summer holidays and resub it. It is far from really finished... And thank you so much for spending time pointing out all the shortcomings! I really need critiques since I'm still just learning to draw not only digitally, but in fact, with colors as a whole. I have only done black and white pictures before...
Thanks again for the long and detailed comment... (
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You're welcome! I'm sure once you get the time to change things it'll look better. ^_____^ I didn't quite know that you were finishing it all up at the last minute! O.o;;; I know that can make a picture sloppy in itself, so... Some of the little mishaps on this picture I can understand when being done at the last minute.
I really do hope you get to fix it up, because it can be a very, very nice picture! ^________^
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wow ! I'm also working on a tarot set, it's really fun to design cards ^_^ but yours is definitly better than mine o_O
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A BEGINNER? At digital painting????? You make me cry! 
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^_^ It is true... I have never used a tablet to paint before this semester, before I took the photoshop class. I spent a lot of time on this picture and I had reference images to look at when painting. I was not drawing out of my head. So it is nothing fancy truely. And there are so many people good at digital painting here. So I feel there is nothing I can boast about... But I am very glad that you like it ^_^ I will keep on practice and try to make things go better...
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I was going to tell that her dress was like Blackeri's... I like your idea of Strength, she's wearing gold, and I love her face expression, very real like. I just thing some contrast on the skin would be great
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Yes, I referred to Blackrei's "Vanity" to draw the dress, since the time for the project is tight... (
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wow the details of this is so good~ OMG the dresss~!!! so luvly~
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Thanks~~I'm really happy that you like it. Cannot take credits for the dress though... (Sweating, haha) I had a reference image for that...
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