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After reading chapter 37 of Unspoiled I was utterly charmed by the idea of Kagome teaching little Sess how to swim. I don't know if Forthright is ever going to actually write said scene, but I couldn't help doodling it anyway.

One of these days I'm going to do a well-deserved finished, fully-developed piece for her, but for now just more rough work...*EDIT* ahaha, okay, I've been properly chastened. by 'rough' I meant that stylistically and complexity wise I would consider this a sketch or prep-work for a more finished piece, not that the work itself is rough. :D */EDIT*

I've done similar things to what Kagome has on with simple lengths of cloth, and Sess is supposed to be wearing fundoshi (but its sort of hard to see). Also - ankle stripes a la chapter 66 of Imperceptible :D
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Date:

02.06.2010 13:17:27

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Janey-jane

Comments

#14 Sammi-Chan Tuesday, 28 September 2010

aw kuteness

#13 Torabug Tuesday, 03 August 2010

i like

#12 Melanippos Saturday, 05 June 2010

He reminds me of some sort of water sprite. There's a lovely manga with Kappa that has a similar sort of feel and style of face like Sess here: "Tsuki to Mizu no Yoru"
It just needs some newts

#11 Fox Wednesday, 02 June 2010

Your artwork is always so fresh and beautiful.. your style is so amazing to top it off. This is another glorious piece of yours, thank you for sharing with us.

#10 Saide Wednesday, 02 June 2010

Oh this is lovely Janey and really adorable. :> I want to eat Sesshomaru up now. XD

#9 Janey-jane Wednesday, 02 June 2010

Quoting

Yanno i've always wondered with your coloring, how do you get the light color do you just lighten the opacity?

its a combination of things. I usually paint with a brush around 75% opacity and a medium-hard edge (depending on the effect I want). I tend to start with relatively pale, low-saturation colors to begin with (and if I want a darker, more vivid color I build it up slowly). Then I mess with levels, layer opacity (I use LOTS of layers so I can fudge with things individually), and color saturation. I think saturation is one of the most overlooked tools for digital art. A lot of the time just nudging the saturation down a little and/or increasing the brightness a smidge can get that soft 'watery' look to the colors or fix a color that seems too bright and jarring.