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Musette by *fuchsiart:iconfuchsiart:

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©2008-2009 *fuchsiart
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Another fanart for the L.K. Hamilton's Anita Blake vampire hunter series :D

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~annisahmad Jan 10, 2008, 2:04:05 PM
nice. did you cast the shadow by taking the final image, duplicating it, putting in a gradiation, and distorting in perspective using photoshop's 'transform' options? or did you somewhat accurately map it out freehand? if that's the case, then that's really good.
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~Rob-Cavanna Jan 10, 2008, 2:55:17 PM
There's no major point to freehanding shadows like this (nuthin' but time burglery). Once you've got colors masked, then your silhouette is done already. I say you guessed right on the transform, but a better technique is to use a large feathered eraser. More control. Also a nice gaussian blur. And if you're really anal, like me, then you might also want to blur the shadow even more in the far light areas (since shadows loose crispness as they are farther away).

Sorry, for butting in, Alessia. Shadows I know.
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~Rob-Cavanna Jan 10, 2008, 2:57:10 PM
Sorry, I meant use a feathered eraser instead of a gradient. I'm a :nerd:
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~Gwenefhar Jan 11, 2008, 2:51:46 AM
Nice to see this shaded/colored. I hope you finish Asher soon... and I'm holding my breath for Richard. *grin* ~Gwen

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~Fobeea Jan 11, 2008, 10:56:25 AM
aww. I love it!

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*fuchsiart Jan 11, 2008, 11:50:23 AM
You guessed rightly i yoused the selection from the colors mask and give it some feather to start :D
then some free transform and.....
a BIG feathered eraser with low opacity :D
not very original i know, but it works and it really is fast ...
and sometimes it's what metter most :)

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~Rob-Cavanna Jan 12, 2008, 8:22:24 AM
:D thought so.
But as qiuck and easy as the technique is, sometimes I still see it done wrong: too much opacity on shadow, shadow too hard edged, or not blurred properly, etc...
Even simple things can get messed up without a basic understanding of how light behaves.
In this case, obviously, you've done it just right.

So its a perfect learning example for our friend :iconannisahmad:
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*DarkSojin Jan 19, 2008, 12:31:04 AM
This is done so accurately, all the way down to the smug look on her face. Made me hate her even more in Cerulean Sins. I love the fur effect on the boots though, and that corset does NOT look the slightest bit comfortable.

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*onixa May 1, 2008, 3:11:40 PM
beautiful i love this!

although i know you want any critiques ^^; but it seems that her face is a little small.. i dont know maybe its just me, but still none the less beautiful work!! :heart:
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