Seven -- Lady Norémon

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( ♪'Well-organized...Well-organized...You're orderly, but not an orderly...That ain't no bull.~'♪ )

This was drawn for The ZE Fans Collab Project! ahnjehleehn really thoughtfully asked me to join, so thank-you, Angie! I had a lot of anxieties, especially like fear about them changing their minds about me being in it (and not telling me they had), unlimited rice pudding, et cetera, et cetera. But I managed to finish my piece, and I wasn't even on of the last ones to get it in (I submited on the 27TH, though I could have finished on the 23RD)! I'm actually rather proud of how it turned-out, especially how I coloured Seven's overalls. There are a few things that I see that I wish I had fixed (like some blue on his right hand), but it is good enough ^^ I already resubmitted once because I didn't like how bushy I drew his eyebrows (I didn't notice all that time, but after playing through the Confinement Room in 999, it really stood-out for me). I left his eyes un-highlighted/shaded because in some arts they look blue, others white, and others black, so I figured the same blue as the Mii I made was suitable enough. I chose Seven because he is my second favourite character, and not because I figured no-one else would choose him (my list was Seven, Quark, Tenmyouji, Snake, & 999!Clover).

The person responsible for Tenmyouji backed-out 5 hours ago, so I was tempted to request letting me rush to draw him too, but I decided I was fine with my Seven.

K -- Rin & Lady Norémon

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So 4 people in The ZE Fans Collab Project backed-out in pretty much the last 5 hours. As I mentioned earlier I was debating asking to draw Tenmyouji, but had at the time decided I was happy with just my Seven. Then I felt transferencely bad that Rin had to draw 4 all by herself, so I volunteered to help if I could for the remainders--especially with colouring (as that's what I prefer). I got asked if I would colour her K lineart. So I made a palette, then waited around over an hour drifting-off & watching "Coronation Street", and decided I should nap for a bit. I checked my e-mail with my Nintendo 3DS one last time though, and it was there so I got back up and got to work.

It took me about 3 hours (well more 2 1/2 since I tried just paint bucket filling with GIMP first), and several mugs of tea, but I managed to finish it! While I listened to The Red Elvises while drawing & colouring Seven, I listened to Abney Park while colouring K.

( The original lineart by Rin! )

( The flat colouring! )

( And when I decided I was finished! )

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I didn't mine too much staying-up so damn long, as my adoptive brother is head of Bridgetown's public works department, so someone had to be up at 5:00AM anyway to make sure he got-up to go get the snowplows sorted (we got that East Coast storm :/ ). I just hope my Visual Arts Major came in handy with highlighting/shading the draping fabric! It was one of the things I 'couldn't see/translate' well, so hopefully on K here it looks logical.