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Well, here it is at long last. DAMN THIS WAS ALOT OF @#$%n' WORK!!! AGH!!! I almost went insane!

But it was worth it in the long run, I think. I learned ALOT from this picture.

I did this picture the right way. I did a rough sketch on a piece of scrap paper, then used my lightbox and traced it onto a piece of Bristol board (which has come to be one of my most used papers as of late). At first, I was working on another piece of Bristol, which I was painting on with markers really cheesy flowers... it was ugly, it was horrible... I started again. This time I said to myself "I'm gunna actually draw flowers this time". But the thing is, I really CAN'T. Sure I've tried, but it's so hard! I pushed myself though. I got out every manga and anime book I had and found rose after rose (Sailor Moon Artbook #5, Revolutionary Girl Utena, City Hunter, Yu-Gi-Oh, the list goes on!). Of course, I favored the roses most from Sailor Moon, so I think I was influenced most by them.

Although before I was screaming at myself "What the hell are these flowers?!" , now I think they're okay... for a first try. And Kitty looks spendid in my opinion. I tried to make her skin appear very light... although I'm wondering if she looks a bit strange. This isn't my usual coloring technique. I also gave her the new bangs style, which came out kinda odd since her head is at a tilt. I colored them in the correct way for once, which also happens to be easier to do.

Oh ho ho, and the background. At first it was just a yucky light yellow that I did with watercolor pencils and water. But I hated it because it was so plain, so I took a tissue and a doile and patted orange ink to make patterns and shades all over the background. I'm so smart! *lol* I added my favorite gold spots too.

Useing white was an ordeal however... My ink has gone bad. I wanted to use a toothpick to do the white, but instead I used a spegettie stick *rotfl*. I did the dots and went to work on the eyes... but oh horror, the ink went all over the eye. I tried to fix it with blue ink, but the ink dissolved the white and the pupil was covered in a white and blue bubbly substance. I was able to suck it off with a tissue and treat it over with blue again, whiteing the spots that couldn't be fixed. Phew... dammit. How am I ever gunna make the perfer shojo eye?

Kitty looks very much like Melina though... If she had elf ears, it WOULD be Melina... eek! But her crown and dress are different. Just what is Kitty supposed to be? Well, I dressed her like a Princess, even though she isn't one, I wanted to see what she'd look like. I also want to draw the full length of this dress soon. Oh, and that symbol she's wearing on her chest? That's the symbol of yellow (in the story), just so you know.

This picture is in dedication to all my friends at DA and Sailor Orions Refuge. I thought of all of you from the very start of this picture and through the very end. I want you all to keep on trying your best at everything you do. Even when things seem impossible, when no matter what you do nothing seems to work, keep on trying. Find a way around the roadblocks, smash through the problems. For those of you who want to draw but say you can't, please keep trying. For others who think thier drawings are crap, keep trying. I can't give you a reason why, you have to find the reason for yourself. But you're not gunna find it if you don't try to.

Until then, I hope to see more from all of you. Keep it up!

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Well, here it is at long last. DAMN THIS WAS ALOT OF @#$%n' WORK!!! AGH!!! I almost went insane!

But it was worth it in the long run, I think. I learned ALOT from this picture.

I did this picture the right way. I did a rough sketch on a piece of scrap paper, then used my lightbox and traced it onto a piece of Bristol board (which has come to be one of my most used papers as of late). At first, I was working on another piece of Bristol, which I was painting on with markers really cheesy flowers... it was ugly, it was horrible... I started again. This time I said to myself "I'm gunna actually draw flowers this time". But the thing is, I really CAN'T. Sure I've tried, but it's so hard! I pushed myself though. I got out every manga and anime book I had and found rose after rose (Sailor Moon Artbook #5, Revolutionary Girl Utena, City Hunter, Yu-Gi-Oh, the list goes on!). Of course, I favored the roses most from Sailor Moon, so I think I was influenced most by them.

Although before I was screaming at myself "What the hell are these flowers?!" , now I think they're okay... for a first try. And Kitty looks spendid in my opinion. I tried to make her skin appear very light... although I'm wondering if she looks a bit strange. This isn't my usual coloring technique. I also gave her the new bangs style, which came out kinda odd since her head is at a tilt. I colored them in the correct way for once, which also happens to be easier to do.

Oh ho ho, and the background. At first it was just a yucky light yellow that I did with watercolor pencils and water. But I hated it because it was so plain, so I took a tissue and a doile and patted orange ink to make patterns and shades all over the background. I'm so smart! *lol* I added my favorite gold spots too.

Useing white was an ordeal however... My ink has gone bad. I wanted to use a toothpick to do the white, but instead I used a spegettie stick *rotfl*. I did the dots and went to work on the eyes... but oh horror, the ink went all over the eye. I tried to fix it with blue ink, but the ink dissolved the white and the pupil was covered in a white and blue bubbly substance. I was able to suck it off with a tissue and treat it over with blue again, whiteing the spots that couldn't be fixed. Phew... dammit. How am I ever gunna make the perfer shojo eye?

Kitty looks very much like Melina though... If she had elf ears, it WOULD be Melina... eek! But her crown and dress are different. Just what is Kitty supposed to be? Well, I dressed her like a Princess, even though she isn't one, I wanted to see what she'd look like. I also want to draw the full length of this dress soon. Oh, and that symbol she's wearing on her chest? That's the symbol of yellow (in the story), just so you know.

This picture is in dedication to all my friends at DA and Sailor Orions Refuge. I thought of all of you from the very start of this picture and through the very end. I want you all to keep on trying your best at everything you do. Even when things seem impossible, when no matter what you do nothing seems to work, keep on trying. Find a way around the roadblocks, smash through the problems. For those of you who want to draw but say you can't, please keep trying. For others who think thier drawings are crap, keep trying. I can't give you a reason why, you have to find the reason for yourself. But you're not gunna find it if you don't try to.

Until then, I hope to see more from all of you. Keep it up!