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The title image of Section 2.1 of Directions of Destiny featuring Azalea Alatus. The original concept was borrowed from a panel in the first version of Directions of Destiny, as seen here. Additionally, I made another version with King Zephaniah.

This was the first time I used a nib pen to do one of my comic-related works; the original drawing on paper has several smudges from when I made mistakes, but needless to say they've since been cleaned up. The background was inspired by art nouveau architecture, and was drawn roughly on the computer before being printed out in blue ink to be "inked" over (in pencil) and scanned back in. Truth be told, I got lazy so some parts of the image I only drew the left side for and then copied and pasted mirrored on the right side after I scanned it back in. Aheheh. :>

Coloring this one was a major pain because, for one, it'd been so long since I'd done this, so most of the time was spent staring at it wondering what I should do next. The rest of the time was just trying to come up with an appropriate palette for not just the background but also Azalea's dress. Particularly difficult towards the end was making the cel-shaded Azalea in the foreground -work- with the fully-rendered background.

I originally started this in Corel Painter X, but after the program crashed five too many times on me for my liking, I switched to Photoshop. It doesn't have the same blending power as Painter, but it's a small price to pay for the added stability and superior processing algorithms. I used to hate Photoshop because it didn't let you dock the little windows to the side as Paint Shop Pro let you, and while it now KIND of has a little method of snapping the windows against the side of the screen, I still wish it were better. Oh well, Paint Shop Pro is on version 12 and it still has yet to do ANYTHING about its horrible memory processing algorithms (I'd been using it since version 4) so I'm abandoning it officially here and now.

Medium: Painter X, Crow Quill Nib Pen, .5mm 2H Mechanical Pencil, Photoshop CS2

EDIT: Thanks for the Daily Deviation!! @w@

Daily Deviation

Given 2008-07-11

Azalea, Her Majesty, The Queen by *slimu (Suggested by *Nyiana-Sama and Featured by `azarath)

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:iconshinkonokokoro:
Looks fantastic. The details are quite impressive, and I'm very happy to see art from you again! ^_^ :heart:

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:iconpsychoe:
*dies a little* ARGH, everytime I think I almost reach your level, dude. You go and level up like a million times higher. XD XD XD

What can I say? The level of detail in this background is just astounding. From the shadows behind those swirls to the cracked floor to the texture of those feathery things...Just incredible.

My only complaint and, this is a minor note, is the shading on her legs. They look really jarring amidst the well-rendered background. I know cel-shade is your preference for the figure but perhaps the shading can be toned down just a bit on that area.

But overall, :worship: gorgeous.

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:iconflamestaff:
WOOHOO!

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:iconanaloren:
absolutely gorgeous! Glad to see that you've still got it!

~analoren

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:iconmistytang:
Absolutely gorgeous! And you did a really good job coloring it, for not having done it for so long.
It's so great that your back ^__^ I missed reading D/D :nod:
This is probably one of my favorite covers you've done thus far. :+fav:

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:iconladysphinx:
Augh, incredible as always~ I love the detail. >w<

I knew I shouldn't give up on you. You've survived two major clearing-outs of my watchlist, y'see. :> It was worth it~

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:iconmel-mel:
Nothing's wrong with copying and fliping on computer, this peice came out beautifully~
Deffinately worth the effort. :3
:iconshilin:
This is my favourite piece of yours by far, lazy or not xD YOU SHOULD PAINT MOAR. It's so extravagant and detailed **

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:iconlindzart:
I'm so happy to see some new pieces from you and this is nothing if not breathtaking. Glad to see you making art publicly again :D

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