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Description Finally done!!

Happy *belated* Lunar New Year!!! (+all those chinese new year greetings)

I started working on this before CNY began, but got behind with school and work T_T;;; So a week after the first week of new year... Still not over!!

My annual New Year art featuring original Kaze.Co's Toumi and Renko.

This piece is probably more chaotic...I have no idea what I'm trying to do with all the decoration haha... My mom actually critiqued on the type of ox nose I have to use since she grew up in the farm in Vietnam XD;;

I tried approaching this piece as a painting...but what a pain T_T;; I guess I like to work with line...so much easier to organize. Might need to fix some stuff here and there later on. Just want to get this out.

Enjoy!

Time for bed D:! 2:30 am... -_-;;

Tools: Photoshop CS
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Comments: 32

Deja-Vu-Katz [2013-02-14 01:13:45 +0000 UTC]

This has always been a favorite of mine. I always like your new years series. The composition is really perfect and the colors grab. The softness of this I like in contrast to your normal almost cell shading way of adding color.

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gem2niki In reply to Deja-Vu-Katz [2013-02-16 02:41:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~~! These take more time tho haha.

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Deja-Vu-Katz In reply to gem2niki [2013-02-16 20:13:39 +0000 UTC]

Yeah I remember you posting somewhere they are a regal pain in the ass. But ever since You crated the one for the year of the bull/cow I've used it as either a desktop on one of my computers or as wallpaper for my phone. You come along way since I started watching you back in 2003, I think. I think this is probably the first time I've bothered to post on your page. Just thought a pat on the back and a major thumbs up might mean something to you. I really love the quirkiness of some of your more recent uploads like the happy holidays and ken X Chrome cover. The colors in Ken x Chrome are playful, I love it. The garden green and soft pink background in that one was a really nice choice, I don't think most would have gone with that, but it worked out well. Honestly, I am REALLY looking forward to seeing some of the 2012 art summary posted up here. I know you were wanting to clean up some of them first. I was looking for the Penguindrum submission and couldn't it. The speed paint from mushishi im looking forward to as well as the one you have for March. Anyways, <3. I'll stop soaking up your time. Thanks for the reply.

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gem2niki In reply to Deja-Vu-Katz [2013-02-24 02:09:38 +0000 UTC]

Ahh thanks~~!!
The penguindrum is a print ;; I don't really upload print stuff on DA... if you're watching my tumblr [link] i post a lot of rough stuff there too.
Thanks for taking the time to comment It's good to know people are actually looking at my stuff haha.

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Deja-Vu-Katz In reply to gem2niki [2014-02-09 20:12:51 +0000 UTC]

Question. I've seen you up load some old speed paints lately. How long do you usually spend on them?

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gem2niki In reply to Deja-Vu-Katz [2014-02-09 22:52:58 +0000 UTC]

early speedpaints, i've limited myself to 20-30 minutes.

but lately its taking 1-3 hours depending on the complexity. i also get distracted easily so it ends up taking more time ;

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Deja-Vu-Katz In reply to gem2niki [2014-02-10 05:50:38 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the info. im glad u take the time to let people harass u. im more line art but i want to get into digital both for line and color. but i didnt know what a realistic cap was for time. im use to speed drawing on paper but right now digi feels different so it takes longer.

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gem2niki In reply to Deja-Vu-Katz [2014-02-14 09:44:16 +0000 UTC]

ohh don't worry about it at your stage! i've started digital since 2003! so i had a lot of time to get used to it to where i am now.

just keep practicing on it, and you'll get used to it :3

but don't forget your traditional foundation is just as important


i highly recommend reading up on goro fujita's lesson on speedpainting  chapter-56.blogspot.com/2006/1…

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Deja-Vu-Katz In reply to gem2niki [2014-02-16 05:09:52 +0000 UTC]

<3 =3 ty u are very kind. mmm thank u for the link. i will be looking at that tonight. ::bow bow::

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tenko-chan [2010-01-20 10:07:11 +0000 UTC]

this is beautiful. just beautiful. i love the colors in this too. =]

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Storyweaver1 [2009-05-10 05:21:56 +0000 UTC]

Is the ox safe to pet because I wanna touch his fur.

The way the red head is looking over his shoulder and the blue with the ox, give the pic this urgent sense

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darkbrokenreaper [2009-04-01 23:36:48 +0000 UTC]

It's beautiful!

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FettaChini [2009-03-13 15:07:11 +0000 UTC]

So pretty! I love how you coloured this

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yaoiLOVERkeiri [2009-02-25 15:35:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Too cool!

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Lihery [2009-02-16 19:17:31 +0000 UTC]

that's awesome!

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DizDear [2009-02-05 20:13:47 +0000 UTC]

the ox is really well done and the coloring is amazing <3

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princessaeris [2009-02-05 01:23:31 +0000 UTC]

oh, great pic!
i like it!

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shaedey [2009-02-04 16:31:29 +0000 UTC]

I love how big and pretty their eyes are

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Thorn21 [2009-02-03 12:47:17 +0000 UTC]

awsome, i love your chinese new year pics, this one's the best!

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The-Gothic-Muffin [2009-02-03 08:24:53 +0000 UTC]

Wooahh really good. Congratulations in such a good work ='D

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GoCkillaz [2009-02-03 03:37:38 +0000 UTC]

Dawww theyre soo CUTE!

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Go-Devil-Dante [2009-02-03 00:32:20 +0000 UTC]

Oooo pretty!! You have such a way with colours! I'm always afraid of like, putting warm n cool colours together, it works so well in your's!! really funky faces too, I love da no outline style!

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Gothferret [2009-02-02 22:57:36 +0000 UTC]

Reminds me a little of Fruits Basket with Haru, Kyo and Yuki, but without the fighting ^_^;

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ScarOfLife [2009-02-02 22:41:51 +0000 UTC]

Hah, I was waiting for this. Very much the awesome. Shading on tassles = <3

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Injustified [2009-02-02 22:07:16 +0000 UTC]

Amazing!

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koga-san [2009-02-02 20:46:32 +0000 UTC]

One of the best CNY pictures so far this year! I love the detail on the ox.

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omgAshley [2009-02-02 20:14:53 +0000 UTC]

Yey! I was waiting for this!

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yukine-chan [2009-02-02 17:13:31 +0000 UTC]

H C N Y ! !
I was wondering if you were going post your annual CNY pict. You put a lot of effort into the ox ! It looks great !

Have you updated kaze.co ?
I read in years ago & really enjoyed it !
You should continue with it =]

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Hikaru-Faoiltiama [2009-02-02 15:35:46 +0000 UTC]

aw...they're so cute.
I, who cannot draw any animal besides a fox for crap, really think you did an awesome job on the bull.
And their expressions are like someone took a picture of them and startled one of them. x3

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CynikSama [2009-02-02 11:23:22 +0000 UTC]

You too happy belated new year!! looks good like always

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Chinky-chan [2009-02-02 11:05:14 +0000 UTC]

so beautiful
the ox looks so real

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Neopaw [2009-02-02 10:35:35 +0000 UTC]

XD
Waah, it's really awesome!
Happy belated new year :3

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