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RAN - :P-Chan:

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This here's just a little experiment I was trying in order to get myself away from my art table for a bit (my neck was SEVERELY strained from working days and nights on projects). I was inspired by the way my friend Joel colours his comics, StrippedComics, and he told me he does them completely in Illustrator, even taking a bit of time out of our... "busy" work day to show me Illustrator's brush tools and LiveTrace features. AWESOME! I've been on a Ranma 1/2 kick for the past couple months, and I did a little doodle on a dull Friday afternoon at work of P-Chan (one half of my favourite Ranma 1/2 character, Ryoga) that I thought would transition well to digital. It's nothing overly detailed. Just wanted to try a simple digital doodle. I love Illustrator's Live Trace tool :D Heh. Got washed out when I brought it into Photoshop to convert it, though. Feh.

See, it's weird, I get into these moods where I feel like doing something totally digital... and rarely do I ever finish it.

I'm actually very pleased with how this turned out. The only thing I'm not fond of is the pink on his cheeks... The brush I chose for it didn't wok the way I wanted to. I suppose I could have just airbrushed it in Photoshop, but I wanted this to be completely vectored, so I stuck with a "watercolour" brush. It seems to have worked out nicely :)

Oh squee, I love P-Chan so much. I just want to yum him up :XD: I want a P-Chan plushie.

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MEDIA: Adobe Illustrator CS3
P-Chan © to Rumiko Takahashi. Art © to Stephanie G.M. Ratté.
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Merani's avatar
Illustrator ... I'd love to try that out one day myself.
Your rendition of P-Chan turned out soooo~ cute, far better than mine. I love the pink on his cheeks, so don't you complain. :lol: And aww, that tuft of ... hair? Fur? – on his forehead ... it makes him even more adorable. :heart: