purplerebecca: Dogwood Blossoms: Ch2, p1-7

Rebecca JJ (

purplerebecca) wrote,
@ 2007-03-10 16:30:00

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Dogwood Blossoms: Ch2, p1-7
This update took MUCH longer than I wanted, mostly because I couldn't resist the pretty and so colored the entire thing. All kimono patterns where created by me in Illustrator. Mwah.

Dogwood Blossoms, Chapter 2, p.1-7
Sesshoumaru, circa approximately 1663 AD.
Minor gore and dismemberment warning. I think y'all can handle it.

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~~Ch2 cover coming, I figured it could wait.~~

Yamaboushi is the Kousa Dogwood, a Japanese dogwood variant with pointy petals.

Stats: Inked by hand and photoshop; balloons, boxes, text, and kimono patterns done in Illustrator; aging textures a mixture of mayang stock, googled images, and lots of tweaking; all other colors and textures done by me in photoshop over too many hours. Many thanks to the beta group for help and suggestions. :)

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Acknowledgments and Disclaimer: Inuyasha-tachi belong to Takahashi Rumiko and everyone she has sold them to. This is a nonprofit fan work that I’m doing mostly for fun.

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	paynesgrey 2007-03-10 11:32 pm UTC (link)
	Beautiful chapter. I love seeing the color. What a nice flashback. I can't wait to see more. You can really tell the hard work and effor you put into this. Wonderful job! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 10:50 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	lucathia_rykatu 2007-03-10 11:38 pm UTC (link)
	Oh wow, the colors are beautiful. Very nice feel. The intricate patterns on the kimono...everything is just so detailed and pretty! ♥ The suspense!! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 10:52 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! ^^ Glad you like it. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	alterfano 2007-03-10 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	i love the color. beautifully muted. and you've got sess dead on in characerization. well done! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you! ^^ He can be so hard. o.o; (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	alterfano 2007-03-11 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	no kidding. i'm (trying) to write him as i type. i think it would be easier to get a block of wood to emote. @_@ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	valkyrieblades 2007-03-11 01:39 am UTC (link)
	Wow. The colours are absolutely gorgeous, and I love Sesshoumaru's face in the third panel. I was really looking forward to your next update, and you didn't disappoint. Well done! ^_^ (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 10:55 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! Yay! ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	valkyrieblades 2007-03-11 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	I just realized that you simply tweaked Sesshoumaru's clothes, since the pattern is very similar. Again, well done. Everything is so pretty (the oni, the style, Sesshoumaru's personality being spot-on...). There is so much that I love about this update, I have to stop now before I start gushing... ^_^' (Reply to this)(Parent)

	rumdiculous 2007-03-11 01:50 am UTC (link)
	OOOOMG. It's gorgeous! And in full color too. Your Sesshoumaru design is just awesome! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 11:03 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! ^^ (He's hard, dangit. I have to get better at drawing him easily.) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	rumdiculous 2007-03-13 02:10 am UTC (link)
	He IS hard to draw. Lots of details and what not. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	wicked_oni 2007-03-11 01:54 am UTC (link)
	Gasp. Choke. Sputter. Sob. Is speechless. Has fallen off computer chair. It's gorgeous! Love the muted color scheme! The detail, patterns, the layout, the expressions! At this moment, you own my soul. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Aw, thanks! ^___^ I'm so glad you like it. XD (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	wicked_oni 2007-03-12 05:13 am UTC (link)
	You're very welcome! From one Sess/Rin-shipper to another...thanks for giving me my moment of SQUEE yesterday! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	yedijoda 2007-03-11 02:57 am UTC (link)
	Very nice. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-11 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks! ^^ (Your icon is total love.) (Reply to this)(Parent)

	valkyrieblades 2007-03-11 11:27 pm UTC (link)
	Hehe, I love your icon. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	merimask 2007-03-11 04:34 am UTC (link)
	Just WOW. It was totally worth the wait...just spectacular. The colors are simply awesome and you KNOW how I feel about your depiction of Sesshoumaru. You managed to make him beautiful and masculine at the same time. Bravo! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 04:41 am UTC (link)
	XD Thanks! ^^ Now I can finally get working on your pic! I was getting mighty tired of working on those pages. Too much tweaking. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	shvetufae 2007-03-11 07:06 am UTC (link)
	Gorgeous! (Reply to this)(Thread)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 04:41 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! ^^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

nokomarie
2007-03-11 09:11 am UTC (link)

Very good. You know how to listen.

You need to do some modeling pics of Sessh and where his cheek stripes are going to wind up. No, stray bits of blowing hair will not cover this technical flaw.

A strongly jagged diagonal would do better for the attack sequence rather than the jumpy one.

And, this is a weirdie; I do read both jump comics and Japanese. I also, that having been said, read English comics. the reading direction is a little confusing and you have to determine where you are going. Are you using straight English or a version of Japanese? I don't care but pick a direction and stick with it. That way you can give subtle cues in the placement of your pictures that will tip your readers off and make looking at the whole thing a better experience.

As ever, you do well enough to make me look. Isn't that the thing after all?

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purplerebecca
2007-03-12 11:51 pm UTC (link)

I try. :]

Where his cheek stripes end up, as in where they end and his ears begin? That's ALways a problem. Takahashi just puts an unmoving piece of hair there at all times. Sesshy-markings are my most popular design when I do face painting at cons, and then I just have to fudge and end them as a solid line in front of con-goers' ears. I can try to do a more set way for them, but it's likely to continue to be a struggle.

I'm trying to flow left-to-right. The problem is I read mostly manga, so the compositions in my head are very right-to-left oriented. I'm trying to fix that. I'd hoped I'd done better on this page set. :( I'll keep working on it. I need to read some more English comics! (or manwa, that'd work ;)

Thanks for looking, Noko! I appreciate it. :)

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litele_one
2007-03-11 05:25 pm UTC (link)

O.O Beautiful is NOT the word.

*applaudes uproariously* Wow, wow, and WOW. This is absolutely fantabulous! I have to say, my favorite part has got to be the style . . . It looks just like a japanese woodcut-print! Inspired! It reads just like an old fable, too! I am soooo taken with this . . .

The coloring was worth the wait to see. Sesshomaru looks awesome! I love him done "Realist"! Little Mari is sooo sweet . . . I cannot praise this enough - and the last frame is point-blank gorgeous.

Will we be following more of this flashback? I'm really intrigued . . .

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	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Yay, thanks! ^^ Yup, we'll get the whole story of how Sess got with Rin2. It should take just two more updates. It's a self-contained little story. (Reply to this)(Parent)

kogarashi
2007-03-12 01:19 am UTC (link)

Beautiful job. ^_^

The only suggestion I have here is to double-check on kimono patterns in Japan. If I recall from some ages-old research I did (i.e. reading it by chance online), only young, unmarried girls have a kimono pattern that covers the whole robe, rather than just parts of it. But I can't recall if that information mentioned if this applies to men's kimono/etc. or not. And I don't know if it applies to ancient Japan, either.

Love the coloring!

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smillaraaq
2007-03-12 11:12 am UTC (link)

Kimonos for little girls or young, unmarried women definitely have the brightest colors and some of the most elaborate patterns, but I'm not entirely sure about them being the only ones with all-over patterns. Modern-day formal kimono for older/married women will have shorter sleeves and less of an allover pattern, and modern formal men's kimono are usually plain, dark colors and may have little decoration beyond a few family crests -- but even nowadays you may see allover patterning on men's stuff in the way of uncolored designs woven directly into the fabric, and informal summer yukata for men or women often have printed designs over the whole thing. These modern conventions for plain colors/patterns mostly go back to the 19th century, though; styles would be different and quite possibly more elaborate in the Warring States period. http://www.wodefordhall.com/kosode.htm has a lot of links that might be helpful, particularly the Kyoto Costume Museum.

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	kogarashi 2007-03-12 03:04 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for the info. Like I said, I couldn't remember, hence the suggestion to look it up. ^_^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 07:19 pm UTC (link)
	Ooh, great link, thanks! I'd lost that one. (I love SCA people.) The Costume Museum is the most fabulous site EVR. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	purplerebecca 2007-03-12 07:16 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, just looking through my ref photos, they definitely have hakama with allover designs, and plenty of kosode with large, steadily repeating designs. I tried to do that, but couldn't make it look right, so I went with this one. I think it works alright. Thanks! ^^ I'll be mixing it up later too. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	kogarashi 2007-03-13 04:51 pm UTC (link)
	Not a problem, and good on you to have that research done already! ^_^ ::files info away for future reference:: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Wonderful work! j_luc_pitard 2007-03-20 06:01 pm UTC (link)
	I'm a recent convert to the Inuyasha fandom (relatively longtime Spirited Away fan) and I'm friending you to see when the next update is. Very nice work. (Reply to this)(Thread)

	Re: Wonderful work! purplerebecca 2007-03-21 04:33 am UTC (link)
	Thanks! and Welcome. ^^ (Reply to this)(Parent)

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