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Yeah, I've been looking at Amano lately, and bought some "poster color paints" which are apparently gouache. I had no idea. They say "Acrylic color" on them but that's a huge lie. It took me a while to get used to this so it's a little non-cohesive. I was a bit disappointed to find my 'acrylics' were just matte watercolors after all. Nevertheless, they're rather bold and I can get some opaqueness going on. Not bad. They feel chalky though.

The model/source is a photo of Kyo, so maybe this is Dir en grey fanart?
Yes, it's overall very blue, but weirdly not as blue as the scan made it out to be. Some of the pink got lost somehow. It's disappointing but pretend there're more orange tones in the orange and browns. Looks like a blue filter doesn't it? I need to fix that somehow.

I noticed Kyo of Dir en grey has a new tattoo on his hand that says "The Emperor Is Dead". That was pretty amusing. I was thinking of that while I worked on this piece.

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:iconmidori21:
oh my god those colours are fantastic! i love this piece :D

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:iconthe-keziahs:
Hello.

Good work !
Amano's paintings are also a great source of inspiration to me.
He's using acrylic colors but with a lot of water, it's why it appears to be watercolors.
There's a lot of details, good job again.

take care.

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:iconkoshii:
Ah, he uses acrylics too? I have seen a few of his prints in person and could see he was using acrylics, but considering his paintings for "Sandman", they looked like very deep watercolors. Most acrylics I've used have a glossy finish, even when watered down. So I thought he must be using gouache or watercolors. In fact, maybe it's the sort of paints I found? Thanks for the compliment and thanks very much for coming to see it!

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:iconkoshii:
Thanks so much! I'm gonna keep doing more paintings now that I have a little studio set up.. please come back some time and see my other things!

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"Am? you? what are we is a Dethklok employeeeee??"
:iconmidori21:
of course :D i like your works

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:iconluciferlive:
nice! its been awhile since i last saw some work from you.

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"i am not a number! i am a free man!..." the prisoner
:iconkoshii:
Thanks! Yeah, work has been beating me into the ground...

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"Am? you? what are we is a Dethklok employeeeee??"
:iconthe-keziahs:
Well I have some not glossy acrylics, so I gess you could find it too.

You're very welcome !

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:iconjwwebb:
Too blue, not enough orange or pink, it still looks really nice.
:iconwaltlindsay:
Even if they're not acrylics, the color/technique is really nice here. Very cool idea here.

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