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Published: 2006-07-30 17:26:44 +0000 UTC; Views: 427; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 28
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Description Ugh, I'm in no shape to be coloring right now. Originally, I was going to lineart-ify the entire background and actually put a lot of time and effort into it, but, frankly I got tired of working on the piece. I've been feeling a bit stressed out and under the weather for no apparent reason, so I couldn't bring myself to focus on small details (thus, you'll notice this is both exceptionally simple and exceptionaly unrefined. Sorry -_-)

Moving on to the piece itself, here's what's-a goin' on: Clint (the main character in this picture) was challenged to break into Doverly Manor to steal a stamp of the family emblem. While otherwise a good kid, he was dared by someone he, perhaps blindly, admires, so he wants to impress his challenger. Thus, with his mother's lantern and lock pick in hand (why does his mom have a lock pick? O_o), he heads off to the gate. Unfortunately, he's a complete amateur at any kind of wrong doing, so he's paralyzingly nervous and on edge. While attempting to figure out exactly how to actually pick a lock with a lock pick, a small rabbit jumps from the surrounding bushes causing him to jump out of his skin, breaking the lock pick in the process To make matters worse, the gate security guard, Masa, awoke from his slacking at the sound of Clint's gasp, so as soon as he recovers from the bunny, he'll have even more trouble on his hands :3

That's the simple little story I made up as I drew it. I actually like the idea of the picture, but my execution could have been much better ^_^; This was maybe 3 1/2 hours in photoshop CS2, essentially serving as practice with lighting more than anything else. Technically, it was a scan and trace, but I ended up redrawing most of the details and proportions, so it was nearly entirely done in photoshop after all's said and done.

Nyeh, he's so girly looking
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Comments: 11

TIMISDEATH2ALL [2006-08-03 17:28:08 +0000 UTC]

Really really great work

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Manafairy In reply to TIMISDEATH2ALL [2006-08-04 12:57:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^_^

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TIMISDEATH2ALL In reply to Manafairy [2006-08-04 16:37:52 +0000 UTC]

No prob pimp

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aflux [2006-07-30 20:02:47 +0000 UTC]

great picture great discription i enjoyed reading about clint and the evil rabbit who foiled his plans. the lighting is very well done i'm glad you weren't afraid to keep it all blue except for were the light has fallen as it should be like the hair. hmm i thought i had some crit to give but after a second look everything seems to be perfect. ahh shucks!

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Manafairy In reply to aflux [2006-07-31 13:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^_^ Good kids always have that "how hard could it be?" thing going, so it's only right that everything that can go wrong does go wrong at the worst possible time I was actually quite terrified of leaving it blue, but I couldn't think of any other way to make it look right, so it just ended up sticking that way. I was all for the best it seems

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aflux In reply to Manafairy [2006-08-02 12:33:44 +0000 UTC]

sure was.

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Silver-Solace [2006-07-30 18:38:55 +0000 UTC]

Aw, cute! I love the story and concept ! Poor guy lol.

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Manafairy In reply to Silver-Solace [2006-07-31 13:32:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^_^ Poor guy indeed If he hadn't alerted the guard, he probably could have still picked the lock with his finger (Keyhole...so... huge O_O), but now he'll have to try and explain himself and probably lead to even more trouble. Aww, the awkwardness XD

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Silver-Solace In reply to Manafairy [2006-07-31 18:16:34 +0000 UTC]

lol, cool ^^. I wish I could come up with stories for my pics....I have no imagination .

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Niki-Te [2006-07-30 17:53:25 +0000 UTC]

very cool. nice coloring.

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Manafairy In reply to Niki-Te [2006-07-30 18:01:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ^_^ It was colored pretty differently from what I'm used to, so I'm glad you like it

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