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Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
Progress on vector tracing this has been way slower than usual. Between my previously non-present full time job, my computer getting infected with extremely annoying spyware I have been unable to get rid of and the Minnesota Twins toying with my emotions it's taken almost a week to do what I would usually do in a day and a half. Then again, this is my first time vectoring two girls at the same time, and I've revised what I've done about seven times already to make sure it's as accurate as possible.
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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Here's what I have so far.

Thumbnail may look fucked up because it's a transparent png.

The lineart is the hardest part. Once I have that down the coloring will be relatively fast.

PS: I want to stab the guy who set dark colored shoes on a dark background. Feet are hard enough to do already.

I'm sure I'll be quite pissed when they put out the DVDs and completely redraw this.
>> Anonymous
Pretty awesome so far.
>> Anonymous
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here > someone wanted this b4
>> Anonymous
I cannot believe that you managed to do a tracing like the one in>>680073from the image in>>680072. If that's your original, I'm not surprised that it took nearly a week :)

Anyway: Damn great job! Löökin' forward to see the whole thing - hope I don't miss it!
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>> Anonymous
micro-nipples, lulz
>> Anonymous
>>680131
Micro nipples are gross.

I know Tiffania's are pretty small even in official art but to someone who does a PROPER nude shop make them proportionate. Big tits = Big nipples

Also make a seperate version where they have pussy hair as well as one where they're shaven.
>> Anonymous
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>>680131
removed Tifa's clothes
>> Anonymous
>>680399
>Big tits = Big nipples
Not how it works, gigantic nipples are sort of a turnoff to me. There's a bit of a size limit on nipples if you ask me.
Definitely agreed that the ones on that pic are way too small, though.
>> Anonymous
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i love being able to color shit, thanks OP
>> Anonymous
>Not how it works, gigantic nipples are sort of a turnoff to me.

big nipples =/= dinner plates
>> Anonymous
>>680779
Same. People should do vector tracing more often.

Thanks OP.
>> Anonymous
Whats the name of the anime?
>> Anonymous
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/facepalm
>> Anonymous
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>>680573
nipples dont match the size of the breast look at some real womens
>> Anonymous
>>680840
Um, Iv seen tiny aerola on huge breasts and huge aereola on tiny breasts. Maybe you should be the one leaving /e/ and looking at real breasts.
>> Anonymous
>>680573
>>680131
this guy never saw real tits before
>> Anonymous
we are comparing anime girls with real women now? lol, breasts come in all sizes and flavors when it comes to drawing
>> Anonymous
>>680882
Indeed, but the artists should try to aim for at least a small amount of realism. If it gets too close to being cartoony or fake it would just be run-of-the-mill cheap art. You know, like the Simpsons or something.

It's harder to admire art as art if it strays too wildly from reality. We're looking at pictures of women afterall, not mythical or alien creatures. But of course I realize that anime itself is very stylized, what with huge eyes and all.
>> Anonymous
>>680920
You make me almost rage. Anime is not going to be realistic. The closest it's going to ever be is pseudo-realisitc, if that's even a word. If not, now it is.

Drawing is all up on the artist himself. If you want realistic large boobs, then they're all going to have a good amount of sag and flop to them. If that's what you want, go to /s/. You'll find some there. Hell, you'll find alot of large nipples, aureoles, and some larger breasts. And half of them won't be as appealing. Know why? Because real isn't perfect. Perfect is impossible. And what people draw is what they find perfect or pleasing, and whatever their ability to draw is.

And this isn't just with anime. It's in all artwork. Weeaboo or not.
>> Anonymous
itty bitty teeny tiny nipples on HUEG breasts still looks weird.
>> Anonymous
>>680960
You didn't even counter what>>680920said since you obviously didn't know what he meant.
>> Anonymous
>>680979
i gotta agree, they should be bigger but not too big
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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Progress update. Lineart is about 75% done; once again after I finish it the colors will be much faster.
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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Also since I was able to find a picture of Louise that's almost full-body I'll probably vector it after I finish this. Again, if anybody has FULL-BODY shots of Kirche and/or Montmorency in their harem girl outfits, I will vector them, but I cannot find them anywhere--Danbooru, moe.imouto, Japanese boards, anywhere. The best I could find cut off at their waists and had shoujo sparklies and lens flares all over the place.
>> Anonymous
>>681642

look nice. what program r u using? illustrator?
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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>>681765

Photoshop. I know you're SUPPOSED to use Illustrator, but I don't know how to and don't to bother learning just so I can do vectors there when I'm comfortable with using PS.

BTW: Lineart 90% done. If I didn't have to get up at 6:00 AM tomorrow I'm sure I'd get started on coloring tonight.

I fucking hate these leg straps.
>> Anonymous
OP, just be glad you're not a Vikings fan.
>> Anubis !D.Jip6r9wQ
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>>680790
Zero no Tsukaima
>> Anonymous
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>>680779
So do I, but I can't shade for shit.
>> Anonymous
>>681967
Minnesotan Packers fan, fuck year
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
>>681967

I *am* a Vikings fan.

Don't get me started. Please.

>>681990

How about them Falcons?
>> Anubis !D.Jip6r9wQ
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Princess Leia, my attempt
>> Anubis !D.Jip6r9wQ
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Princess Leia, my attempt
>> Anubis !D.Jip6r9wQ
OP, you still around/finish that vector?
>> Light
go phillies.
>> Anonymous
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A little quick coloring.
>> Anonymous
>>682083
What's up with her eyes?
>> Anonymous
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>>682084
Quickie fix
>> Anonymous
Redo the shadows on that coloring job, it looks like she has grey smeared on her, not like a shadow. Don't paint it grey / black, paint it a slightly darker color than her skin tone.
>> Testament
>>682083
>>682096
green dress makes my interests sag
>> Mii
>>680779
>>681989
>>682003
>>682083
>>682096
lol at crappiest colorings ever
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
>>682067

I've been at work since 6:30 AM. Be cool, the MSPaint colorings are getting to me just as much as you but I do have offline obligations. Lineart is 95% done, I will start coloring tonight. Problem is, Vikings are on at 6:30, and I work again at 9:45 AM tomorrow.
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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Lineart complete.

I'm not 100% happy with the feet, but who the hell cares? Oh wait, 4chan is full of foot fetishests. Well, the hell with them.

Proper coloring to follow.
>> Anonymous
>>682344
Man you better get rid of the Microscopic nipples.
>> Anonymous
sauce?
>> Anonymous
>>682239
You have no imagination.
>> Tiffania coloring 50% done Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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SKOL VIKINGS, LET'S WIN THIS GAME
SKOL VIKINGS, HONOR YOUR NAME
GO GET THAT FIRST DOWN
THEN GET A TOUCHDOWN
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! FIGHT!
GO VIKINGS, RUN OUT THE SCORE
YOU'LL HEAR US YELL FOR MORE!
V-I-K-I-N-G-S
SKOL VIKINGS, GO!!!

>>682426

I don't do nipple shops. I can correct breast shapes for when clothing is removed, but I cannot draw nipples accurately.
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The shading is somewhat rough but it was fun to play with anyway.
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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First part of coloring finished. I spent most of the last five hours on this.

The skin and hair colors will look a little darker than the source image because the original was a little washed out, so I took as many colors as I could from some official artwork.
>> Anonymous
>>683182

That's freaking gorgeous.
>> Anonymous
>>683182
This is truly wonderful. Good job, OP.
>> Anonymous
I want to see the other girl colored *__*

Moar!

*Gives OP recognition*
>> Anonymous
I've done a few VT's myself so I can appreciate how much work has gone into this. Well done, it's looking really good.
you did a good job on the outlines.
I wasn't aware photoshop could do vectors.
Do you do the same as me... take a couple of lines and fill the part between, then kill the lines?
>> Mii
>>680779
>>681989
>>682003
>>682083
>>682096
You guys, learn to color before you show your stuff to others. And see>>683523you fags
>> Anonymous
>>683524
Well instead of saying "lol you suck" and inflating your ego by linking to your own work, try telling people how to improve.
>> Anonymous
>>683477
>>*__*

Why does seeing that piss me off?
>> Mii
>>683569
But they dont even seem to try. Look at them, the white part of the eyes are skin colored and the white part is inside the part that should be blue (or whatever color they choose for the eyes) And in the first one the forehead above the eyebrows is purple and most of them have skin colored mouths.
Also, the 3 first ones dont seem to know what layers are, because the lines look really horrible in them, looks like everything was done on the same layer with paintbucket.
The shading is well... not there or really crappy. The first one at least tried to make it look good, but only on the skin.

So the only things I can say for them to improve is:

1. learn to use photoshop/painter/whatever and the layers on it.

2. try out different brushes, styles, etc.

3. put some effort in the shadings, and if you dont know where they should be, use refs.

4.Learn yourself. Using tutorials is good, but the best way to learn drawing/coloring is to learn it mostly by yourself.

5. choose the shades carefully. Even if you color really well, it can look horrible if the shadings are wrong. A good example is>>682096The base skin color is ok, but the shading is waaaay too gray and light. It almost looks like its as dark as the base color, just grayer. Actually, in that one the nipple color would be a good color for the skin shading and the nipples could be a Little bit more into red.
Also, if you are unsure about the shades, get Corel Painter or SAI and use the color mixing thing there. Thats a good way to get nice colors.
And last, if you want the color to really have some depth, use more shades. Like>>683523has base color, 2 darker colors for shadows, 1 highlight color and the aah, so super shiny highlight color


Yeah!
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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>>683662

They were obviously MSPaint bucket fills. Look at the lines, they're not anti-aliased. I saved all the files I've posted as 24-bit PNGS to preserve the anti-aliasing, but all those colorings have rough black edges around the lines. That screams MSPaint 8-bit PNG.

>>683486

There are a couple of ways to vector in Photoshop, although people wouldn't consider it a "true" vector like Illustrator or Flash because it's a raster image made from vectors. You can either use shape layers or paths; I use paths because they're easier to work with (shape layers cover up what's beneath them so you have to set them to transparent in order to see where to edit them). I trace the outsides of the lines with the pen tool and tweak the anchor points to make them accurate, then fill the paths to make the lines. For the coloring I do much the same thing; different colors will go on different layers. For maximum flexibility I put highlights and shadows on separate layers from the base tones, and put the layers into sets to make them more managable (too bad you can't do the same for paths as I have over 20 different ones going in the image already). The .psd size is ridiculously huge (around 50 MB) but the great thing is that if I upscale the image the paths upscale with it so I just have to fill them again and I have a bigger vector. I usually apply a few blurs to the color layers to smooth out the edges and make it look a bit softer; you can see the smoothing between>>682510and>>683182. Not everyone does that and many vector traces will have harder edges to the colors.
>> Anonymous
ITT we shitstorm over MSpaint edits of people who dont even have photoshop installed and call them out as talentless.
>> Kebinu !GhiZeo/aQQ
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>>684208

Have you heard the saying, don't bring a knife to a gunfight?

One last update before this thing goes 404 (sooner than I anticipated). I should be completely done by this time tomorrow night.