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Inspired by one of the old choir songs, 'Cloths of Heaven'. My favorite part is 'Tread softly.. softly.. you tread on my dreams'. I love the delicate, wistfulness of it, and hope to do something like that here.

Gift art for Jasmine's (choir friend) birthday on 16 October. The finished version with the background was quite hard to scan because of the light tones, so I used the WIP version instead. I love the subtle highlights though. :(

I only had a week to complete this, so it might look .. less polished. I like the brighter colors but my perfectionist self screams for 20 layer work. Although most people don't notice it but for my older illustrations I rely heavily on many thin layers of color before coming up with the final colors. Nowadays I'm a bit lazy so I use a more solid coloring style. Especially with markers.

Acrylics, Copic markers, ballpoint and pencil.

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:iconfeimi:
I still have a deep love for your lines. They're always so surreal and whispy and full of movement.

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"If Zombies existed, this would be a giant buffet of ignorance. D=" - *Cyrin

"My precious one, I saved that gum that you threw in the garbage. You're the one I dream about, but the only question with me now is 'Do I creep you out?'"
:iconarlejerlutos:
Haha, thanks. :) Nature always inspires me - I love staring at the contours, colors and textures..

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"A pessimist will miss the sunrise on the beach because he's looking at his palms the whole time. You won't find happiness looking into your palms all day." ~GuiltyVictim
:iconhavockid:
ur work is too abstact for me....>< nvm... i like the prewty colors..

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read my journal? pls?..im juz bored
:iconuniison:
ooo i know this one! *thinks for a moment* a bunny, a horse and a bird!

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the adorable nekoneko ///_^=
:iconarlejerlutos:
Haha.. look carefully and you'll probably see the naked back (white part) of a woman. The pink stuff is her hair.

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"A pessimist will miss the sunrise on the beach because he's looking at his palms the whole time. You won't find happiness looking into your palms all day." ~GuiltyVictim
:iconarlejerlutos:
You're the third person to say there's a horse in the picture. :O_o:

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"A pessimist will miss the sunrise on the beach because he's looking at his palms the whole time. You won't find happiness looking into your palms all day." ~GuiltyVictim
:iconhavockid:
ahh yes.. I SEE IT! its like those eye illusion games aint it? and u used copic in it? wow... since u live in singapore... i was wondering if u know where to buy cheap copic markers? or are they all standard? and wad colors do u recomend i should have? do u need alot of colors to make great work?

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read my journal? pls?..im juz bored
:iconuniison:
the pink blob does resemble a horse, but im more suprised no one else saw the bunny...

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the adorable nekoneko ///_^=
:iconarlejerlutos:
Haha, no lah. >.< It's very weird sometimes, because I can see it very clearly right from the beginning. And when I can't see anything people tell me about all the things they could see (but I can't).

Cheap copic markers? Go to the art shop called Straits at North Bridge Shopping Centre (the black building opposite Bras Basah Complex, nearest MRT stations are City Hall or Bugis). They sell copic markers there for $5.50 each without student discount.

Hmm as for marker colors, it depends on how you color. I tend to mix watercolor pencils with markers, so I would recommend base colors like cool gray no.2 (C2) , lilac (V04S), warm gray no.4 (W4) , pale blue (b32), carmine (R37S), canary yellow or acid yellow..Just buy the normal marker ones (kinda squarish at the ends).

You don't need a lot of colors because if you understand color theory you can mix your own colors with only about 3-10 colors. Sometimes it's also about using the right colors to create a certain mood.. my work used to be very colorful but they felt about the same after a while because too many colors can be quite distracting. Even black and white work can be beautiful in it's own way, or a painting made up mainly of blues. Try doing different pieces with a different main color - maybe red, blue,green, purple, yellow, orange, etc . It's not so much about how many colors a work needs in order to be good, but how the colors are used to convey what the artist wants.

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"A pessimist will miss the sunrise on the beach because he's looking at his palms the whole time. You won't find happiness looking into your palms all day." ~GuiltyVictim

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