Gift for
^{Because I didn't do anything for her birthday yet besides giving her some Mangas orz}

_{Time taken in total: about 45 hours
Layers in total: 113
Programme(s) used: Adobe Photoshop CS2
Original Size: 2590x2082
Brushes used: Cloud Brushes | Cranes Brush}

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Hurr.... I've been quite inactive lately again and this is the first picture after ee weeks :/ Sorry for that, but now where the exams are as good as over and just Math, Latin and Philosophy are going on my nerves with homework and tests I guess I'll have some more time to draw again *smile*

Yes, another gift, you could also call it a very very VERY belated Birthday Gift for a good friend but well o o I've asked her what she wanted me to draw, she listed up four characters and I picked out her main character Andrea. I must say her character changed a lot in the time I knew her, but I personally like her the way she looks like now. But I guess I made her look too much like Amy o o; Anyways, yes there is also the Genesis Doodle colored as I promised C: But now let's get over to a more or less serious description ^^'

At first... let's take the character in the foreground again, Andrea ovo I personally like how she turned out and finally something more agile than usual, eh? But to be honest I took the pose out of an Art Book I got for free when I ordered a DVD Box at eBay o.o When I looked trough this artbook I directly loved that pose and wanted to try it out as well. The most difficult parts where the shoes, believe me x_x And since the one foot was cut out I did not really knew how to make it look good as well orz the other one is rather weird as well, don't you think? *sigh* and also the lineart turned out different to the sketch. She was supposed to look happy, now she looks more surprised (in a negative way) :/ But well, overall I am quite happy how Andrea turned out. I also slightly changed her clothes a bit by the way ovo;;

Next up is Genesis. You already know the Sketch from my sketch and therefore you already know that I spent a whole day in it and was proud of that sketch like hell. Now where it's finished I'm still very satisfied with it, but I also spotted some parts that I could've done better. For example the clasps of the laces and the laces itself as well. Furthermore... I erased her hair bangs and replaced them with those two long, Silver like ( that Cockahog, yes o_o; ) hair bangs. At first I thought I should leave out those hair decoration I gave her from the very beginning, now I somehow want it back *drop* But - as usual - I'm too lazy to change it again in the end. Furthermore.... Silver-like hair that resist gravity in any way 8D;

Then, third, the background o o First of all... No, I didn't draw the Clouds by myself, I used a brush called Xephyrer Brush for it, but I couldn't found it anywhere at the net. I just found a quite similar one and referenced to it in the very beginning of this description. The crane was done with a brush as well. Just in case that someone wants to ask that lol
Those buildings you see... I searched for skyline photos in the net and found an interesting looking one of Moscow. Somehow I liked those rounded buildings and tried drawing them on my own. After I was as good as done I added the windows and I personally think that making windows on buildings looking good is damn hard to do o O; Anyway, I'm quite satisfied with the result.

In the end I wanna say that this picture overall... makes no sense *drop* A very agile character, a 'just' standing character and a sunny background... I sketched Andrea almost one week after Genesis and then already noticed that they don't fit together that well at all. On the one hand I wanted to redraw Genesis, on the other one I did not want to scrap this sketch forever. In the end I decided to color it and yeah, that's the result. Senseless, but I still love it. The picture turned out so bright and warm... giving myself a feeling of summer somehow =w= I like the summer as long as it is not being too warm~ Well... by the way.... imagine it to be some kind of photo, maybe that makes some more sense lol However, I am off now - watching Rozen Maiden DVDs :3 See ya

Andrea the Hedgehog © ~NeroBlade
Genesis the Cat and artwork © =Chibi-Metal

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I do not feel like reading incredible long messages at the moment, that's why I'm not requesting Critiques at the moment. Sorry