april-may -07 coloring contest

[Kuro-Mizu]

sorry everyone...

I have been uber busy...

again...

sorry T_T

But here it is... The april-may contest!

This will go through may too so I will make the deadline may 30th

the rules are the same as always!

Color the provided lineart using whatever mediums you like... as long as you can tell what the original picture was anything goes!

this months featured artist is rii namuras! (thank you so much T_T)

Get to it! ^_^

[rii namuras]

(Yay! It's up! I look forward to seeing what everyone does with her. ^_^)

[AsianBlossom]

Does it have to be colored in by hand or can it also be done on computer?

EDIT: *goes back and reads top again* oh, okay, nvm.

[Kuro-Mizu]

Does it have to be colored in by hand or can it also be done on computer?

EDIT: *goes back and reads top again* oh, okay, nvm.

Yeah be free.. go crazy! do whatever you like! (as long as it coincides with the caa rules of course ^_^)

[rii namuras]

(I'm going to have to enter this month, since I haven't colored this lineart yet anyways. ^_^)

[soul alive]

Awesome. Now I'll actually have time to participate. Nice lineart, rii. Is she an OC?

[rii namuras]

(Yeah. She was originally created to be a cosplay character (an ANBU Black Ops Agent from Naruto), and migrated to a Naruto RPG.)

[soul alive]

Ah - cool. I thought I recognized the ANBU tattoo. ^_^

[AsianBlossom]

So where do I send the final picture for judging? *is a total newb at the coloring contest*

[rii namuras]

(You just post it as an attachment here.)

[Kuro-Mizu]

So where do I send the final picture for judging? *is a total newb at the coloring contest*

yes just attach it!
and of course welcome!

[Souba]

wow, she looks awesome! Can wait to see what everyone comes up with. *goes back to studying for final exam*
God Bless,
Souba

[ShadowCat]

Here's my horrible entry of the month! 83

[Sonicbomb77]

hehe, ill have to try my cg skills again, the ones i havent used in months >:D

but not right now, right now comes the durn college tests :\

[Kuro-Mizu]

Here's my horrible entry of the month! 83

WHAT are you talking about!

its lovley! I like it alot

and It will be great having you join us sonicbomb!

[Sonicbomb77]

im working on it now, so far 30 minutes of work done.

btw: rii namuras, your gonna have to save them a lil higher res, coloring in between all these rly pixelated lines hurts my eyes @.o and my tablet broke a week ago and im using a mini mouse now so now my eyes and hand hurts =(

EDIT: also, whats behind her left hand? O.o

EDIT: yeh i think i lost some of my CG touch for not making any cg in so long, but i think some photoshop skills made up from it


and im posting it on deviantart if u dont mind rii namura, mainly because i need to post something up there besides my photoshop effects work, Ill give credit to you for the lineart.

also sorry that it doesn't follow the naruto ninja color theme, im not real familiar with it.

EDIT: replaced with one that had the sword shaded btr

[soul alive]

I had some free time, and got my entry done.

I decided to go with the anime version Konoha ANBU color scheme, and had fun with the background, complete with rickety wooden fence (no I'm not a Narutard... *looks away quickly*) :


and rii namuras, would it be alright for me to put this up in my deviantArt account, crediting you, for a collab? If so, do you have a dA account so I can credit you?
Thanks.

:edit: I did the whole thing with a mouse, something I haven't ever done, but my tablet is out of order for a while until I get a new pen. It was tough, since I'm not used to using a mouse anymore...

[rii namuras]

(Wow, everyone's entries look great! I'm loving how the boots always seem to turn out a lot like the actual ones they were based off of.)

(And sorry about the late replies, I just got back from a debate tournament and am suffering from a cold. So yeah. >_>)

(As for the devart requests, sure, I don't mind! I don't have one myself, but I'd like a link so I can see it.)

(And I'm terribly sorry, Sonicbomb, but my scanner doesn't entirely work properly, so that was beyond my control. x_x It looks nicer on paper, honest.)

[soul alive]

Thanks, rii. Here's the link to mine on dA: http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/55003254/

Sorry to bother, but do you happen to have another art gallery or site you'd like linked to for credit?

:edit:
And comments since I forgot last night:

ShadowCat - I like the highly contrasted lighting you used, and nice job on the smooth shading, and giving the lineart depth by blurring out the farther back part.

Sonicbomb: I like the subtle coloring you used, and the autumn color scheme works well too. I especially like the effect you achieved with her glasses, and the stylized background.

[ShadowCat]

Oooh, here's mine with the background/scene. :3

It's supposed to look like she's about to leave, ad her picture gets taken. The Kanji means "Luck." The camera, however, captured more than just the nice trees. o.O



(File size too big~)

[Sonicbomb77]

oooh, rly big indeed, looks good tho

and soul alive, yours is rly good too, i like the anime shading, its btr than mine where i just blurred it to blend it in, I'm not real good at anime shading

annnd a link to my DA entry
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/54695157/
on my oh so unactive acocunt

[rii namuras]

(I'm working on the art site. I'll let you know when it's done.)

(Anyways, my coloring! ~ I like the background, to be honest, though it took all of one minute to do.)

[Sonicbomb77]

It looks good rii, the background is indeed clean, but its too contrasting and kinda the attention grabber.

The shadows in the hair doesn't rly follow the source that the other shadows follow.
I like it alot tho, it looks very good. ^^

[Kuro-Mizu]

Well its the end of the month... So Now I need to judge...

Due to a low amount of entries I will just judge in the "best technical entry" area!


The winner for this month is-

SOUL ALIVE


thanks all for entries they were all stupendous! I will get the next contest up now with Chibiphonebooth's lineart

btw here is the new contest


http://www.christiananime.net/showthread.php?p=1126886#post1126886

[soul alive]

Lovely coloring, Rii. I like the color scheme you used. And how the background plays a visual trick with the checks you're not looking directly at appearing to be red rather than black. ^^

Thanks, Vernal! ^_^

*runs off to check out new contest*