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Raks Oriental: Silken Riot

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ALRIGHT, so, I was all sketching in class and did [link] that. And I didn't have my commission info to work on, so I decided to try and CG it at work! Low and behold I did! I think it came out pretty well for the fact it was on notebook paper!

The coloration based on a skirt I want for my own belly dance costume, the rest is from my head. And the fact I just found out about this technique of using two veils like so...

I really wanted to create a feeling of movement, so I had the ghost veil in the background. Please forgive the odd blending, I wanted to achieve a look of silk tie dye.

Not bad for one of the RARE times I hand draw something and CG it. Raks Oriental literally means, oriental dance, which is the proper name for Bellydancing. A hobby I have recently gone nutso for.

Her outfit is a mixture of several bellydance school styles. The skirt and shirt (Choli) are mainly used in American Tribal style, though the jewelery is very much in the Cabaret style, as well as the use of veils. If it were tribal, she'd have a turben, and no pretty long hair. :\ Correct me if I'm wrong, but that seems to be a FatChance Belly dance sort of cardinal style rule.

Pencil! (el numoro TWO)
Notebook paper!
Photoshop CS
Mouse
A dash of le boredom *insert frenchlaugh*
Some of the, how you say, caffeine.

We'll say three hours.
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LOVE the colors