Gaara - Sabaku Kyuu

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I seriously needed some time away from studying

So yeah, I had been applying base colors and shades for the past three days or so (cept yesterday, yesterday was intense), and I decided that to de-stress, I needed to finish this today. Anyway, I learned a few new tricks while doing this: mostly regarding how to make sand (although it's still not great... thanks ~LeadTrigger for giving me crits ) I also found a new use for the Pen tool.

Ok, I don't particularly feel like elaborating on the technical aspects. Got a question? Note me!

God, now that I look at it, the background is just ugly XD I might go back and fix it when I'm in a more... awake state of mind :\ Yeah, that's right. But then again, after another look, it's not that bad. Not that bad. Ok, I'm rambling.

I'll probably make a wallpaper for this. I was trying out lighting combos and I stumbled onto this really cool one : D Anyway, more details later. I might make a very basic tutorial using this pic as well, we'll see how school treats me.

GAARA IS SO COOL OMG -FANGIRL SQUEE- End message. Reason: ikeda is shot.

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Approximate time: 10 hours
Tools: Photoshop CS2 (omg for once I didn't use anything else!)
Music: Various, including the Naruto OSTs, how predictable

Gaara ©Masashi Kishimoto
Image ©=ikeda

DO NOT USE WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

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Enjoy!