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"Small Prayer." I dunno. Couldn't think of a title. First of all, some music from Malice Mizer, Schwarz Stein, and Gackt kept me SANE throughout this painful process. :crazy: Holy Crap. But I'm so proud of this. I tried a new lineart technique on Open Canvas because I love solid, crisp lineart. Heh. I worked on this throughout most of my classes... Damn Senioritis. Not like we're doing much work now anyway. Sadly, since this Laptop was loaned to us, I'll have to return it before I graduate. I'm gonna miss the built-in tablet monitor! ;____;

I am going to make a nice print-out of this so I can give it to Laura Bailey when I go to AnimeNEXT. Actually, that was the reason why I drew this. Laura Bailey is the English voice of Tohru, of course. As well as Lust from Full Metal Alchemist, Keiko from Yu Yu Hakusho, and young ChiChi and young Trunks from the Dragonball series. In my opinion, she didn't mess up Tohru's voice; it seemed to suit the character. I still prefer Horie Yui's voice though. ^^;

The background and such seems too cluttered and distracting. D: But... there is significance to the white lilies, yellow ribbon, and beads. Any good Fruits Basket fan should know. :shakefist: Plus, I wanted to be clever. >3;

I definately spent more than 15 hours on this... on and off. Lineart done on Open Canvas. Colored on PhotoShop CS.

Honda Tohru © Takaya Natsuki
White Lily Picture © [link]
Art © Me

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wow! just caught this..I really love the border ;) it's not cluttering the piece...it adds a lot since you don't want an overwhelming amount of negative space in the piece. I like to colors you used, lots of cool tones to balance the warm skin. Great job with the anatomy and the shadows on the clothing, especially the pleated skirt....haha....Gackt keeps me sane too when I draw....XDDDD Great job!

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I have been told that I am a surrealist. Which simply isn't true. I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

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Thank you so much for that insightful comment. It really made me happy. ^^

Ah yes. It's the power of Gackt. O___O

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he he..your so welcome, it was great work!!

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I have been told that I am a surrealist. Which simply isn't true. I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

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Oh my God ;____; Why must you blow me away all the time Crim :shakefist:!

hahaaaaa I totally dont remember the lillies 8D its been well over a year since I've watched or read any Fruits Basket X3;; Shame on me D:
But the beads and yellow ribbon <3
I really like how you incorporated them into the pic...seeing as what they repersent and such :3;;;
The colouring on both look good to!
I dont think she did a bad job on Tohru either, I didnt mind the dub :o

Nice job on the line art :D Are you gonna try out that style again sometime?

I love the hair ribbons and skirt ommmg *__*; the folds and shading jhajdfkasocm <3.
The ribbons look sliky too :D! Which I like~
The shirt looks nice to. That one part looks like its poping up a bit, with such awesome shading 8D
Those hands! *____* I love them! You did such a good job on them! Drawing hands like that can be trcky, but you've pulled it off nicley *__*;

Her eyes are gorgeous ;.; I could probly stare at them for a while haha 8D;
I also like her hair, how you drew all the strands and such.

As for the BG I like it :3
It makes me think of summer, you know how the tree's filter out the sun so its blurry green and pretty looking? X3
Laura Bailey is going to love this *__*~

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Waaai~! :glomp: Thank you so much. I tried a bunch of new techniques with this one. Even though the lineart takes longer, I wanna try it again. Sadly, it may be harder until I get my own tablet. :tears: This was fun to do. ^^

The lilies were from the episode when they all went to visit Tohru's mom's grave. =3 Plus, I really like those flowers even before watching the series. I'm happy that you like and I'm excited about giving this to her.

Bah... I just realized my watermark isn't clear. @@; Gotta fix that. Sorry that it's gonna show up in your Message Box again. ^^;

Thanks for the :+fav:! :hug:

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MIYAJI :rose: ROSES
:iconnakedhotdog:
No problem! :3 <3

Ooooo yeah! I remember now X3
omg me too *___*; lillies are one of my fav flowers, they're pretty and they smell so good ;.;~

nah dont worry about it XD

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very sweet pic, i like her clasped hand. very nice colors, i like the floral border. :3

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wah tis adorable! I love the new style~ aw Laura Bailey was going to come to Anime North this weekend... but she canceled ^^; owell~ always the next con 8)

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DOOOOOD

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