Kurenai Mashin

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Chapter 7 cover : Memories

bluebug

on Feb. 13, 2007

This is what I was trying to achieve with page 3 of the last chapter, though I was trying to go for a more painterly style at that time. This is a similar experiment with lineless art, much like the Chapter 6 cover.

I like this one better because I made less use of stock brushes and filters, and tried to create every texture and shadow on my own. My favorite bit is probably the skin folds right beneath the turtle's neck. And the sparhawk/bird. Unfortunately the bird looks like it could eat KM because of its size … but let's chalk that up to perspective, shall we?

Time : A gazillion hours (I think I finished the sketch before Christmas)
Layers : 150+
Brushes : 2
Patterns : 1
References : 4 (turtle, costume, bird, lily)

Oh, and no the comic's not for sale. It just amuses me to pretend it is.

By the by, Happy Valentine's Day!