yatta! I finished! banzai! *waves hands in air bluntly*

wow...this ***beep*** pissed me off ^_^;; cuz i finished the dice and momo-san plus the calligraphy of samurai champloo in katakana (cuz i dun have jap font nor did I find anything I could directly copy and paste >_>; ), which those probably took the longest...and then I try to save and for some reason photoshop just closes...- - and I lost all of that...- -; so being that im lacking sleep and determined to finish it...i did...- -;;;; yaay... I stayed up all night doing this and I JUST realized it was morning...

so...this is like...the first time in like...months since I've colored an inked pic...but this time, I got to do it with tracing paper! it makes inking, LESS HELL. ^_^ why not not hell? cuz the ink doesnt dry fast enough, sticks to ur skin, and rubs ink everywhere...which is why I inked this pic twice...messed up anyway and edited it on the computer...gahh...I messed up jin's face >< that was the main reason why i re-traced it...gahh..stupid...gee...I took like...2 days finishing this...so slow...taking my time...destroying my eyes with a burning passion by staring intensely at the screen (which is quite bright...)

I'm just gonna go ahead and say that...Ima perfectionist (subcontiously..) so...I was like..looking at reference pics, searching the net for reference pics, watching episodes again as reference pics...et cetera...et cetera..just so I could get every little detail of their outfits correct...and oh man....dont get me started on momo-san...>< but mainly..the problems were mugen's back and sword/sheath, jin's sash and swords, momo-san, flowers designs on fuu's kimono, katakana, and dice..took me forever to think of a bg...(looked thru mags for help..) I tried a chaotic/popart look (cuz I love popart)..tried my best...no good brushes...- -;; mou!

and as for the dice, I just thought they were cool in the opening so I copied how they drew it XD so pimp!

hmm...this seems to be the first time I truly did cell-shading-ish style..wait..would you call this cell-shading? O_o <--for some reason is artist-illiterate...>< and wow..I think this is the first time I cged more than 2 diff. ppl O_o;;

lol, I quoted the opening...dont like the lyrics and the rapping much, but the music is nice XD

Critique is very much welcome!! ...but please go easy on me...this pic was a ***beep*** to complete ^_^; dont bother commenting on the hands, I know they're weird..I wasnt in a hand mood...>_>;; so i got lazy on them...hehe...>_>;;;

tho..the way I drew mugen bothers me...O_o; and I love how the creators draw jin's eyes so thin XD wahh!! KAKKOII!! and I really dont know where fuu's draggin them...the idea just popped..>_> I'd say food..but I dont think you need to force them over for food...O_o;; maybe....some...girly stuff....O_o;;;;;

I LOVE THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!! XDXDXD wow...havent rant like this in the deviation description in a while...sorry >_>;;

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-Tools of the Trade-
Pilot precise V5 pen for inking
Abobe Photoshop 7.0 for lineart editing, color, momo, dice, &

katakana <--basically everything...- -'''
WACOM graphire 4x5 tablet and pen