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The Gray Garden : History

Published: Jun 22, 2014

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After about 4 livestreams (and a few hours spent outside of it) and 140+ layers of bases, shades, highlights and linearts (No, I'm not kidding gais), I finally finished this. And believe me when I say I literally poured out my heart, soul, body, and mind into this, no joke.

So uh, what else do I have to say? I'm a bit speechless, really. xD I remember when I wasn't supposed to shade this; heck I wasn't even planning on either livestreaming it or finishing it at all LOL I originally planned to submit this as pure base, but in the end I felt dissatisfied and decided to shade it. And wow, I highly didn't regret that.

As I worked on this, I learned a lot of stuff in digital art: shading properly using the burn tool AND smudge tool ~~which was something new to me~~, highlighting, and so much more. (Though I'm sure I'm one of the few who didn't know those techniques xD).

I also remembered thinking about not finishing this, especially during the times that my eyes were starting to droop and my hands were starting to ache. But no, I pushed this on-- ~~no thanks to my OCD hahaha //mings~~

And let's not forget the livestreams; those streams usually lasted about 7-8 hours each no thanks to this. And what about those times that this crashed due to the extreme file size? ~~but luckily, I saved beforehand lol~~ Or those times that the mouse would suddenly malfunction, leaving me no choice but to use the laptop's touchpad? Or the times I'd complain, wishing I had a tablet? xD

So yeah. That's it. THANK YOU SO MUCH TO THE PEOPLE WHO WATCHED ME SLAVE ON THIS. REALLY.
Also, if not for this artwork, I wouldn't meet new people. ;w;

Okay, I think I became too emotional on this one. xD

~~//is now praying mogeko-sama will notice her xD~~

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