Holic Illusion

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…of smokes and waves, fishes and crane

Anyways I was saving this upload for you-know-who, but I got rejected from another job today and felt depressed, and apparently when I feel depressed I upload walls. They were nice enough to offer me a (part-time) web position at the office though, so I’ll probably pick that up while I start again from from square one looking for a full-time job.

Not much to say about this wall except I wanted Yuuko to look like she was partially submerged/emerging. I fell in love with the scan at first sight… the ruffles on her dress killed me though, I thought it looked like a hideous maid outfit. So I killed most of them when I vectored the outlines. Joys of selective vectoring Post-Illustrator work in PS with polygonal lasso, gradient tool and soft brush for the soft shading.

Yuuko and fish-circles vectored from this scan; the circle with the crane from this manga page; light bg texture from mayang. Thanks to gid, crap, and nageni-kun for checks and suggests, and to the two boys again for final checks.

Enjoy