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codehimi — Free To Sing - The Canary

Published: 2011-02-21 16:02:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 184; Favourites: 5; Downloads: 0
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Description So, here she is <3 I was inspired by the fact that caged birds are very chipper and sing us beautiful songs, despite the fact they sit in a cage all day long.

I drew her for the Art Contest taking place at Comic Con Okinawa this weekend. I'm happy she's finally finished. ^_^ I'm very proud of her.

oAo She took 4 hours to sketch and to do the lineart, and I think close to 15 hours to color. Long time, yo. I'm not very fast lol. Drawn/colored in SAI and a bit of editing/text in PS.

I hope you love her <3
Miss Canary girl here is my OC so she belongs to me, codehimi (formerly pigsamurai)

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Comments: 14

Allvce [2011-02-22 04:43:09 +0000 UTC]

Whoo this is beautiful!! I love the colours and the details on her dress! Good luck with the contest!!! I've got my fingers crossed for you

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codehimi In reply to Allvce [2011-02-22 10:37:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank yooou <3

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xxxmaniacmikexxx [2011-02-22 03:17:26 +0000 UTC]

Your artwork has gotten better since the last time I seen it. This is some great color work.

If I can make a suggestion.

Would it be possible to go in and add slightly darker shadows on the skin and dress to make them pop out more.

Take for example the light to dark of the bars of the cage. There is more dramatic shadow change there and it pops just right.

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codehimi In reply to xxxmaniacmikexxx [2011-02-22 10:51:32 +0000 UTC]

I've been working very hard on improving! o3o
I WILL get somewhere someday lol

xDD I thought so too. I did run out of time and have already printed this and turned it in.
However, for my own satisfaction, I'll probably mess with the contrast a bit and re-add in the darkest shadows so that it looks better with the background.

Thanks for the critique!!

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DraconianRain [2011-02-21 20:55:29 +0000 UTC]

very pretty <3

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codehimi In reply to DraconianRain [2011-02-22 00:40:43 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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DraconianRain In reply to codehimi [2011-02-22 00:41:05 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome

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nikopiko [2011-02-21 16:54:33 +0000 UTC]

A lot like Suu/Sue from Clover.

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codehimi In reply to nikopiko [2011-02-22 00:40:32 +0000 UTC]

You think so? xD
I'm sure CLAMP's version is 80 billion times better xDD <3 I love CLAMP <3
I'm honored I made you think of it though ^^ 8D <3

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nikopiko In reply to codehimi [2011-02-22 02:18:51 +0000 UTC]

It's very beautiful, glad you shared this image with us :3 and also glad you like CLAMP too!

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codehimi In reply to nikopiko [2011-02-22 10:56:17 +0000 UTC]

I loooove CLAMP.
CLAMP and Naoko Takeuchi are the reasons I picked up drawing in the first place ^^
Oh so many years ago~~~

lol xD <3

Thank you for your comments ^^ <3

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codeTsuzuki [2011-02-21 16:04:29 +0000 UTC]

-faves here too- Absolutely stunning! All the details really make it nice <3

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codehimi In reply to codeTsuzuki [2011-02-21 16:15:46 +0000 UTC]

8DDD <3 thank you Tsuchaaaan <3

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codeTsuzuki In reply to codehimi [2011-02-25 00:34:20 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!

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