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This was my entry for the AM fanart contest and it brought me 2nd place (only 4 points away from the "The Art of Angel Sanctuary" artbook which was the prize for first place... I'll just have to try harder next time)

Yes, it's a bit abstract and it has to do with continuity and rebirth. I got some pretty funny comments on it too. A lot of people said they didn't understand the idea and one said he took away points because the girl had no butt <.< I laughed my ass off at that comment XD

Other comments regarded the lineart. It came out a bit shaky because all of it was done with a gel pen and it's pretty difficult to make a long, straight or curved continuous line with one of those >.< Also, ALL that black was painstakingly colored with a gel pen in tiny bits and it pretty much drove me crazy.

A lot of time was spent with references. References for the wings (I ended up using aigrette wings since they were the most graceful I could find), how they look spread, how they fold, shape of feathers, etc, for the ripples (how to make 3D ripples using black and white... kinda gave up on that) and for butterflies (I'm not that big of a fan of butterflies so I had to look some up ... I loved some swallow tail ones though and I used their wing shape)...

Another part which kinda gave me trouble were her breast... Yeah... At first, I forgot her position and I drew them as though her position would have been a vertical one and when I looked at her... well.. it just looked wrong. And the wings... oh, the damn wings... I think I had to redo the sketch 5 or so times until I got the wings right...

Nobody noticed the fact that the spiral is not a spiral from the beginning though. It forms ripples at first, that, as they expand, start forming a spiral ^^ Weee!

Anyway, as painful an experience as this was, it was also fun! A lot of the other drawings were really nice as well and all in all, I think it was one of the best contests I entered ^^

Hope you like this one and fell free to color it if you, sometime, have nothing better to do =P

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:icondawn-alexis:
T'was a rly nice drawing, i loved the concept and the fact that this is one of those drawings a viewer can explore at free will, trying to descover a new meaning to it. And i also know the horror of long lines and gel pens ~,~ It's a clean drawing, good contrast, nice anatomy[tho it rly should've had a butt >_<].
Overall a great drawing, congrats[oh, and i rly think a bg would've spoiled it]

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:iconlucifielle:
But even if it did have a butt, it would have been covered by the wings <.<

And yes, it was meant as a no background drawing. Simple and clean (as Utada Hikaru put it).

Thank you very much for the comments ^^

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I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position...
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:iconpotteritza:
First time I saw it I remember I stared at the PC for a looong time *laugh* It`s reallly something, you did a great job, I don`t think I would have that tipe of patience >.<

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:iconlucifielle:
Thank you! I'm sort of impressed myself at the patience I had that time... And I think I'll require even more for the next contest >.<

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I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position...
~atelier-manga
:iconciu83:
this is a really philosophical drawing, it makes you go round and round and invites you to contemplate nature
you should have won because fish don't have butts ;)

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life - a dream, death - the awakening
:iconlucifielle:
Ahahaha XD Never thought of that!

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I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position...
~atelier-manga
:iconlookn-4-beautiful:
Very beautiful! Hope you like how I've colored it. Let me know. [link]
:iconlucifielle:
I like it a lot! Thank you very much!

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I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position...
~atelier-manga
:icondaaniera:
Wow, cred ca te-ai chinuit mult la ea :o Dar e...amazing! :)
Nu sunt critic de arta, dar imi place mult conceptul ^^ E asa...smooth :)
See you in the camp! Eu sunt Yoru ^^

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