telophase: (DW - dancing cyberman)
telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2007-05-28 11:53 am
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My new scanner?

WORTH EVERY PENNY I PAID. It picked up EVERY mistake detail.







Detail shots!



I am in love with the way the feathers turned out, and it was entirely accidental. I had no real idea how to go about it, but it seems my approach worked. :D



Emo Cloud! Looking slightly less emo and slightly more puzzled here.



ACTUAL PIXEL SIZE of the scan. (Actually, I lie. This is the actual pixel size after I resized it down to 300ppi. I scanned it at 600, to make sure it picked up detail. Produced a 200 MB file, it did. :D)



And another detail, and actual-pixel-size to compare it to:


[identity profile] asteres.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Dear GOD, that is AMAZING!

Well done, love.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

[identity profile] rachelmanija.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, wow, that is beautiful! I love the feathers, and the concept, and the luscious lips.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

Remind me when you're here and I'll show you Sephiroth's totally over-the-top entrance in Kingdom Hearts. You'll love it. XD

[identity profile] pie-is-good.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I just found this post because of [livejournal.com profile] metaquotes

But this is *gorgeous*. Seriously, I love this drawing somethin' crazy.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 05:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

[identity profile] blades-of-ice.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
That is so amazingly awesome :D

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

[identity profile] ro-anshi.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That's so gorgeous. The composition (with Cloud's face reflected in the blade, and Sephiroth's grasping hand behind it JUST SO) blows me away.

Just phenomenal, and I'm not even a FFVII fangirl (although I do own Advent Children *g* - don't hold that against me).

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:44 pm (UTC)(link)
OMG SYMBOLISM! XD

I've never even played FFVII - my only contact with the franchise is Kingdom Hearts* and Advent Children. XD


* In which, in my best game against Sephiroth, I managed to get about halfway through the fight before he stopped toying with me and KICKED MY ASS.

[identity profile] dragovianknight.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I've never even played FFVII

HERETIC!

So, what? No clones this year?

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:37 pm (UTC)(link)
WHEN DO I HAVE THE TIME TO DO MORE? (http://telophase.livejournal.com/870717.html)

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I GAVE THAT UP WEEKS AGO!

[identity profile] dragovianknight.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
YOUR BETRAYAL MAKES LOZ CRY. I HOPE YOU ARE HAPPY!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
DUDE, LOZ WOULD CRY AT MY SHOPPING LIST!!!




I feel like I'm in adventchildren_capslock or something. XD

[identity profile] dragovianknight.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
THAT DOES NOT MAKE HIS PAIN LESS REAL, OMG!

There's something about AC that requires capslock.

[identity profile] herchuckness.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Fabulous! I second the comments about the composition and the lips.

And now all day I will be singing about crunchy love and magic cheese. Hee.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D I've been singing it since last night. XD
ewein2412: (harriet writing (no text))

[personal profile] ewein2412 2007-05-28 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
W*O*W!!!!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! XD

[identity profile] cicer.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's incredible. The feathers are amazing. Beautiful shading!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] puddingcat.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
That's done it. I need to investigate FFwhatever. That is gorgeous.

Any drawing I do is (very untechnical) pencil; I'm in awe of this piece, because I can appreciate the work that goes into it far better than I can with manga / Photoshop (which I *know* takes work, but have no experience of myself, if that makes sense).

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
:D Thanks!

I've never played the FFVII game, but I read enough Wikipedia to figure out the plot of the game, and then watched Advent Children. XD That and Sephiroth's appearances in the Kingdom Hearts games are all of my exposure to the franchise. :D

[identity profile] vilgsacolin.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
What scanner did you buy? (sorry if you've already posted this information..) I need one so bad, but have no idea what's good and what's not.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 10:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I ended up buying a used Epson 836XL off of eBay for $350 + $90 shipping. I'd originally bought cheap scanners, which worked for about a year and then quit, and the last time I bought one I decided to buy an expensive one, since I wasn't happy with the quality of the scans. So I bought an Epson something-or-other for $275 and ... the scanning quality wasn't any better than the $75-100 ones I'd been buying, and it broke after about a year as well. A year or two before that, I'd asked someone on DA who had a wonderful scan of markers what their scanner was, and it was an Epson 836XL she'd got used from someone. So I started looking for one, and found it on eBay. :)

So, basically, if you're looking for something very good and have the $$ to spend, I'd suggest the 836XL (although make sure that the person selling it has tested it, and not just 'tested to turn on' - the working ones seem to sell $300-450).

If you don't have the $$ for it, then don't bother buying a really expensive one, because I think it won't be worth it. You probably won't be able to find a scanning bed larger than 8.5 x 12" or so, since they no longer make large scanning beds for the home consumer. (The 836XL has about a 12x17" bed.)

[identity profile] mrssakurapotter.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow... amazing.
I love it.
^_^

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] homasse.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 11:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Holy hell, the feathers. Just wow.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-28 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
:D Thank you!

[identity profile] azure-reverie.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
The eyes are so beautiful!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

[identity profile] cyberpilate.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
That is a fantastic picture!
And a fantastic scanner!
Kudos!

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you ! XD
chomiji: Cartoon of chomiji in the style of the Powerpuff Girls (Default)

[personal profile] chomiji 2007-05-29 03:06 am (UTC)(link)


Oh.



OH!



Oh, holy crow, that is so. Damn. Gorgeous!!!



And I am so glad that I decided to re-log in after I couldn't get it to display, and tried again!


[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
XD Thank you !

[identity profile] rurounitriv.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmyummy. A good scanner is definitely Of The Good. And so is that pic. XD

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2007-05-29 03:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! :D

[identity profile] darksumomo.livejournal.com 2007-05-30 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
Interesting. I can read this entry when I post a comment, but not when I actually try to click on the LJ-Cut or read the rest of the comments.

In any event, here is a musical tribute to His Most Evil but Hot Bishieness (and I'm straight!)--the Eminence Orchestra playing "One-Winged Angel" live!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yn71hIsm0U8

In case someone has already posted this, my apologies for the duplication.