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First, I want to say that the lineart on this is not mine. It was drawn by the uber-awesome and you should be able to find it here. She's a sweetheart (and talented, to boot!) and let me color it. I just hope I did it justice.

Not sure if I got the color scheme quite right, but I think it looks okay. Hardest thing on this to do was the border. I really like the way it turned out, but it was a total pain in the butt. First time I've ever tried to do a border like that. Tried something new on the eyes again. Not sure I quite like the way they turned out. Too shiny, maybe. :shrug: Dodge and burn were only used on the eyes, hair and belt, all other highlights and shadows were painted directly by me. Which again, is a bit of a pain, but I like the effect better. Did one of those 'fake-background-no-jutsu' things that I do so often because Jessa's lazy and didn't have the time or inclination to hunt for a reference picture of what she was wanting.

Okay, I feel like I'm rambling. Sorry if the above is incomprehensible. My mind is not quite working today, although it seems to like big words... ^^;

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Lineart © *jbramx2
Color © *Aiookami (me:D)
Misao © Nobuhiro Watsuki

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:iconjbramx2:
Waaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiii!!! :glomp: *decided to look at her deviations list and discovers this* IT's soo cool! I love the coloring job you did! *likes the fingerless gloves too* :clap: So lovely! :clap: And I like that background! It's so pretty and fitting! ;o; (how do you make backgrounds like that?) O.o Waii! Thank you so much! It's very cool! :D

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Agent of Fruit Patch Manga Circle
:iconaiookami:
Eeeee! :glomp: I was gonna send you a note about it, but I kinda spaced out and then had to go to work and all that jazz... I was all worried when I posted it-- like 'OMG, it's not good enough! She's gonna hate it! *pull out hair*' It's so much of a relief to hear that you love the coloring.

And, wow. You're like the first person ever to tell me that you like one of my simple backgrounds. All I did was take a cherry blossom brush I had and go over the solid background with the dodge and burn tools, then on another layer, selected a rectangle then inverted the selection and filled it with the paint bucket. Turn down the opacity a bit, add a fancy border on top of that layer and voila! Fake background no jutsu! *dissolves into giggles* Sorry if that was totally incomprehensible... I do better in person when I can actually do what I'm talking about.

Anyway, I'm like on cloud nine now (I've noticed that it's really easy to put me there...^^;) and I'm very tempted to dance around my bedroom.:D And... man this is a long response. I'm rambling, so I'm gonna say thank you so much for letting me color your pic. I had a lot of fun with it, even though I got kinda frustrated when I couldn't think of a proper background. And thank you for liking my color version. Much love to ya! :love: Gotta go now... must sleep. :D

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"In ancient times, cats were treated as gods. They have not forgotten this..."
--Terry Pratchett
~*~
"They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. My mind is simply a terrible thing."
--Me
:iconkidoairaku:
i think it's lovelycoloring~
and the background and border is amaazing. i love it
hmm, particularly the shading on the pants is really nice o_O

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to give, to love, to be happy... that is life...
follow your dreams and make them come true...

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:iconro-chan:
That looks lovely hon! :D I like the background and the way you colored JB's line art! :D That was my favorite picture as well! Hee hee! That border that you put on is so wonderful! Looks like something straight from the Art Neuvo era! The coloring on her hair and sash are so wonderful but that delicate background is gorgeous! It really lets the image stand on it's own without taking away too much attention to it, but also it's so nice that your eyes are drawn to it. Very nice. I adore it. :)

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I was going to take over the world... but something shiny distracted me.
:iconaiookami:
Eeee! Thank you! I'm pretty happy with it, especially the border. Glad you like it! :hug:

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"In ancient times, cats were treated as gods. They have not forgotten this..."
--Terry Pratchett
~*~
"They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. My mind is simply a terrible thing."
--Me
:iconsummoner-lenne:
It's really REALLY nice. Gives the original alot of justice.

*Favs*

And I LOVE the background.

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I was just wondering if you'd come along....
Hold up my head when my head won't hold on
I'll do the same if the same's what you want
But if not I'll go
I will go, alone.
:iconaiookami:
OMG, I'm sorry it took me so long to respond. I couldn't figure out what to say beyond a stunned 'thank you!' ^^; I think my first reaction when I read your comment was a really excited *squee!!* noise... I'm happy it turned out so well, and everyone seems to like the border/background, so I'm overjoyed. :D The border was major fun to do, yet at the same time it was a pain in the butt. Ah well. I'm so glad you like it! :hug: :heart:

--
"In ancient times, cats were treated as gods. They have not forgotten this..."
--Terry Pratchett
~*~
"They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. My mind is simply a terrible thing."
--Me
:iconaiookami:
Thank you so much for the wonderful comment and fave! I'm glad you like it. :D

--
"In ancient times, cats were treated as gods. They have not forgotten this..."
--Terry Pratchett
~*~
"They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. My mind is simply a terrible thing."
--Me
:iconsummoner-lenne:
No problem ^_^, heh.

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I was just wondering if you'd come along....
Hold up my head when my head won't hold on
I'll do the same if the same's what you want
But if not I'll go
I will go, alone.

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