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©2009 ~sypri
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Did this painting a few weeks ago of Amateratsu and forgot to put it up. It's a watercolor piece I did for the Otakon Art Show this year. Silly me I thought I'd be more authentic to the game by using Chinese calligraphy ink I had lying around, but I forgot that it was water soluble. So when I went to do the color washes, the ink started to bleed! Arg what a headache it was trying to do washes while avoiding the linework....

The piece measures about 1 foot x 2 feet or so...I never bothered to measure exactly, it's one of the larger pieces I've done recently and was both fun and hard to paint. It was also difficult to scan it in 3 pieces and realign them in photoshop...

watercolor and ink on watercolor paper with a bit of PS adjustment

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~Afro-Beast Jul 10, 2009, 4:27:07 PM
<3 Okami. If I'm wrong with the name, you can virtually slap me. xD
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~songofamazon Jul 10, 2009, 8:14:30 PM
Wow! Lovely composition.

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~Kaiazes Jul 10, 2009, 8:49:59 PM
This was a good game, and I think this is one of the best tributes I've seen to it yet! And I actually think the ink turned out well. Very cool.

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"I wouldn't worry about it. I've paid more than $5.50 to make a mistake for two hours." -me
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*I-B Jul 10, 2009, 10:46:25 PM
Amazing!:iconiloveitplz:
Nice work with watercolor =3
Your result really expressed Okami's identity!
I really like your link between Amaterasu's tail and the inking brush =o

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~KeziahRose Jul 12, 2009, 6:33:51 PM
This is INCREDIBLE! I thought it was digital work, but to see that it's traditional blew me away. I love the vivid colors and strokes!

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"Become Who You Are" --Nietzsche
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*TonomuraBix Jul 16, 2009, 6:45:39 PM
ahh this is so beautiful!! the colors are so vivid and you totally captured the feel of the game. i love the composition too!

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Mood: Love ~AarekMG Jul 21, 2009, 6:19:29 PM
I saw this piece at Otakon. It was gorgeous and I wish I had the scratch to get in on that auction!! All the same, bidding on it was the highlight of the convention for me this year.
Thanks again!!
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~sypri Jul 21, 2009, 6:45:14 PM
Ahh well you can still see it here :D Glad to hear you enjoyed the piece! It means a lot to me. Thank you~
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