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Shavera — Bijin Kocho
Published: 2008-03-08 07:18:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1767; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 43
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Ah, finally something that isn't half baked.No, there's no shading. Shading wasn't the point. I really wanted to go for a more, well, woodblock style. Like Bijinga. I love Bijinga art, it's my favorite type of woodblock style. I did make use of copying the patterns for a master I drew up, just to save the last tidbits of my insanity. This has been sitting about since late January, so, this is a pretty quick piece. The lineart took forever, and this thing is massive, like, poster sized.
I wanted to do something that was purely Geisha without any fantasy tossed in. With Miyako Odori coming up, I thought it would be fitting that I'd use silvery butterflies and falling Cherry Blossoms. I'm a little early, as Miyako Odori is in April, and those two motifs are most popular for Kimono in that month.
About a week ago, I had a huge giggle about a photo I seen of a girl claiming to have dressed up as a Geisha. It was hilarious. I always find people who dress as Geisha, often are complete idiots and have, obviously, never seen a photo of a real Geisha. Note to people, if you're going to dress up as something or cosplay, research makes you look oh-so sharp rather then oh-so-dumb.
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It looks more traditional and simple, but I really like it!
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Gorgeous tones, you really have captured the style. I love the background.
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I love this it looks like it could be a print on fabric. Its so clean and pretty, and great colors. I like how you did the background too. Its very simple but looks like it has a point to be there.
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I like the simplicity of it , not so much the colors but overall it's pretty cool.
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Wow! Thank you! I appreciate the feature very much! <3
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Very poetic, I like this japanese style... great work!!
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I like the washed colors, it gives an antique feel to the piece. The lines are also nice. Her neck seems a little long and thin, though.
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The neck is probably too long as well as thin. 
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heh heh, I have little to no idea how Japanese culture works.
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That's alright! Not everyone can!
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I really like this style. This si my favourite so far
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i love the style of this drawing! And the idea of the silver butterflies is wonderful!
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She's got beautiful hands. I can't tell if her head's too small, or if there's so much kimono that it makes it only APPEAR that way. I love the butterfly effects, too.
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I love the classic look that you gave this image.
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Beautiful work! Someone critiqued the background earlier - I can't agree that, I think it is important part of this picture, creates depth and feeling. I also find amusing all those little details in her belt.
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Thank you! I'm glad someone sees my reasoning for the backround! It just seemed so empty not to have that there. 
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Very pretty. I like the way you drew this, looks very slender and elegant. The colors are great, too, all fit together very well. Beautiful!
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The butterflies add to the beauty of it all. Nice work!
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Beautiful! I love how the butterflies are both part of her kimono and surrounding her.
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Nice picture. The use of calming colors makes it look soothing. I like the lineart on the clothes, but her face looks too flat in contrast with the rest of her body...
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My apologies.. Sometimes I feel like I can't critique a piece because it's already so great and well, perfect in my mind. Also, I always feel like I'm repeating and rewording what's usually said above^^^.
Therefore, let me define what I should have said in my above comment..
The hands are excellently done along with the facial expression. At first, I thought to myself, "She has quite a large nose..." but now that I look at it more, I like it that way. It makes her different and gives the character that personality.
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The larger nose was my intent. Bijin in art often have a larger nose, I suspect a somewhat larger nose is prettier in the ideals of old Japan. I have several gofun ( sort of porcelain ) dolls from Japan and most of them have a larger nose then what most westerns come to call beautiful. Me, I think just about any feature can be large and or smaller then the norm and can still be beautiful.
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I'm not really familliar with the style you're going for, so if my comments are irrelevant to you, just ignore them!
The colors and patterns on her kimono looks great, and your lineart is very good. I especially like her delicate hands and the creases and folds in the fabric. Overall color scheme is nice and soothing, good work!
She looks like she's dancing slowly, so it's a nice pose too.
As for the background, I don't really like how you made that halo effect around her, I think it would have looked better if you just put her on top of the red. Or let it wrap around her like mist...
Individual butterflies would also have been nice, but I can see why you wouldn't wanna bother with that!
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I think the only thing that keeps it from looking like an old woodcut is the shape of her face - it's more anime-ish. Very pretty!
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I really like the style of the figure and the butterflys its a really strong composition. Only thing not doing you favours is the background you could do without the burgandy and blue blurryness for me it should be a lot more crisp and clean like the figure
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I really like this. The features of the face and the hand that's in back are great, and the butterflies are gorgeous. The only thing I can say is that the hand in front looks a little less graceful than the other.
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wonderful Japanese style.. i think the only way to improve on this would be to take down the saturation of the color and maybe make the black lines a bit thicker... its so refreshing to see something so simple and beautiful... great work
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Oh wow, that's awesome, especially considering you don't do lineart a lot. I love the soft colours, it gives it a very whimsical look. I especially love the tied obi in the back, (Is that the right word? I might have forgotten...it's been awhile.)
Anyway, glad to see you submitted something.
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Ohh beautiful work, very neat as well... i dunno what else to say, it looks awesome
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Good job re-creating the feel of a woodblock print, mabe adding some texture would add to the general feel of it tho?
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