colourings :)

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Title: Taiwan-kun & Hong Kong-san in colour? xD
Author/Artist: Original by Himaruya, colouring by kagamimi ~
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Male Taiwan + Hong Kong
Rating: E for everyone? orz
Warnings: None. owob
Summary:

Uhm, again my Asian bias shows. |D Instead of homework, I ended up colouring the chibi Taiwan-kun from a while back, and then also the Hong Kong from recent. owob

Both are somewhat resized because I was just comparing the eyebrows at first (OTL), but then just decided to colour it. :'D Also my first time attempting to imitate Himaruya's colouring style, so I apologize for mistakes or inaccuracies. OTL




Full version~


I was really stuck on how to colour Taiwan-kun's clothes, so I'm sorry if they look bad. ;u; I just kind of picked the colours on his flag |D

I don't know what that thing beside Hong Kong is, so I just coloured it. If anyone knows, please tell me and I can fix it.

Thank you dotted_tofu for telling me it was a mooncake. XD All I did was adjust hue though OTL

xD Also I cannot colour dragons lions (ty jamminbison :'D) right orz I apologize. Hong may look somewhat different, because I coloured Taiwan first and kind of forgot exactly what I did. |D Fail memory is fail.

Feel free to use for any graphics and stuff \owo/

Comments

[nasty-show.livejournal.com]

I love your colouring! I may use Hong Kong for a graphic, i'll give full credit to you if i do~^^

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! -^^-
And of course, go ahead owob

[disco-lemonz.livejournal.com]

The colors on these look really nice! Great coloring job!
Um, would you mind if I used male!Taiwan in an icon one day? :|

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much ;w; ♥
I would not mind at all, go ahead :D!

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Hooray! :D
And thank you ^^b

[chi-bunny.livejournal.com]

GASP-

MEI YOU'RE SO AMAZING. <333

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

NICE ICON LOL

& thank you teehee >w< ♥

[solar-bittersun.livejournal.com]

Icon love! <3

And your coloring is pretty, nice job! :D

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Sweet! -highfives- I really like the pink tones in yours lol c:

And thank you! ^^b

[nupinoop296.livejournal.com]

Well done! :D

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thankyou! ^^b

[beonewithrussia.livejournal.com]

Mei-Meiiii~! SO CUTEEE!

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

SLKDJFS Hi mama :D ♥
I FINALLY GOT UNLAZY AND COLOURED wooo
& Thank you, hehe. -^^-

[dotted-tofu.livejournal.com]

I think the thing beside Hong Kong is a mooncake? :o

Cute colourings, btw! >3< ~

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Oh, it does look like one! Thanks for telling me, I'll go change it now owob

And thank you! >w< ♥

[gohstar.livejournal.com]

Male!Taiwan, why are you so cute?

Wonderful coloring. <3 Snagging. Will credit if I ever use them in graphics.

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much~! ;w;

[unasuvas.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, wonderful coloring!
I love how you did the highlights in the clothes & hair and the general shading style reminds me of Himaruya's in a way.

Keep up the good work! 8Db

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! >w<

I shall try my best to do so~ c:

[jamminbison.livejournal.com]

Also I cannot colour dragons right orz I apologize.

It's not a dragon, it's a fut san style lion...for lion dancing. :]

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

OH LOL my whole life I thought things like that were dragons. Whoops XD

Thanks for clarification \owo/

[jamminbison.livejournal.com]

A lot of people get it confused! The 'lions' are based off this mythological creature, Nian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nian) and is about 2,000 years old, flourishing more so in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and other Chinese enclaves than it's actual home. XD

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

OAO WHUT THOSE STATUES ARE LIONS TOO? -also thought they were some sort of dragon- |D

Yessss I learned something new :Db

[jamminbison.livejournal.com]

Yes, they are guardian lions, commonly known as fu/foo lions, but have many different catergories of lions or are sometimes an early form/misinterpretation of the Qilin. The lions for lion dance have a different origin, but also have Buddhist connections. There's also a theory that the Asiatic lion did exist in China when it was originally thought not to.

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh. So lions have a big significance in China too?

You seem to know a lot. xD I thank you for taking the time to tell me all this, it is quite interesting to find out that it's a lion, then where it came from and what it's actually called. owob

[jamminbison.livejournal.com]

Lions have a rather large signifigance in the three continents of Asia, Europe, and Africa - as you can probably tell by how often they appear in signs of hierarchy and power. There's even a lion dance and references to lions in Japanese/Tibet/Korean culture.

I'm happy to share the info! It's also good to note that the Chinese dragon is not a dragon, but a lung, just as the Chinese phoenix is not a phoenix, but fenghuang - which bring up both a conceptual and language difference in the two figures.

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I notice lions appear a lot, especially on some countries' coat of arms. XD

Ah, conceptual difference? Are the myths and meanings and such different in China? I probably expect they are, but I'm curious to know how they differ. owo

[jamminbison.livejournal.com]

Yep! Dragons in the west as symbols of greed (Scandanavia, etc.) and evil, mostly stemming from the use of it as a symbol of the Devil in the Holy Bible. They are also associated with fire. However, in most of Asia, they are symbols of a healing nature, associated with water and are benevolent opposed to the evil figures that knights chased after in Europe. Phoenix in the west is seen as an eagle type figure, while in the east it is a combo of a rooster and other creatures. Fenghuang also is associated with yang, as you may have seen the dragon/phoenix combo likely (it's modern yin yang comparison and used traditionally to show union between a man and a woman in marriage).

[attashi.livejournal.com]

So nice! Did you use sai?

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :3 And yes I did, I've forgotten how to colour correctly in Photoshop hehe. |D

[attashi.livejournal.com]

That's so good! May I ask what brushes you used? I have been trying to colour like that for a while but it is so hard, especially with skin and hair DX

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

Hmm, lemme think...

For base colours I'm pretty normal with the pen and eraser tool, but when it gets to shading I usually use various brushes. Pen or marker for celshading-like shadows, then airbrush + blur tool for softer shadows. Occasionally the water tool when I need to smudge ^^b

Lol, my favorite is skin and hair |D It's the clothes I can never seem to do correctly OTL

[attashi.livejournal.com]

URrggh I will have to try to remember that DX I started digital in summer so I am not that good.

I see you like taiwan as your fav character? I like her too! She is so cute

[xdayglo.livejournal.com]

GUHH, EAGG, ssoo cutteeee awecat

You colored it so nicely<3 and is it me or does the ahoge keep changing, I thought it was two loopy things. /8||

[kagamimi.livejournal.com]

LOL WHAT KIND OF SOUNDS ARE YOU MAKING -pokes-

Thank you~ >w< ♥
It's not just you, it does change. Gotta keep it in style y'know. /8||
I always draw it like a 3 though :U

But pff, Himaruya's allowed to mess around with his own characters' styles. XD

[siriuscanid.livejournal.com]

Why that is HK does not have the eyebrows like UK?

[oversoul4.livejournal.com]

So cute! Nice colouring!

[sweetwintersong.livejournal.com]

Oh, they're so buhyooooooo~~~~~~~~~~

<3

[ab-jaded.livejournal.com]

Dear, I so love HK. SO CUTE. They're so cute! I may use them to make my layout's banners, with the right credits in my profile.