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XI: IZUKO by *carrie-ko:iconcarrie-ko:

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©2005-2010 *carrie-ko
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At last, another piece for the Women of Japanese Horror series! This is number eleven, believe it or not. When am I going to stop this madness?

Anyway, this is Izuko, the guardian of the gates to the afterlife and posthumous counselor to the newly murdered, who appears in the excellent manga "Skyhigh" (you can find the scanlations on Omanga.net). She's sort of like the Japanese equivalent of Death of the Endless, only less cheery and lacking the ankh. XD The fetus on the bottom right-hand corner is a clue to her past, but you'll have to read the comic to find out how. I'm mean that way.

Watercolor, pencil, gel pen.

Izuko © Takahashi Tsutomu
Art © Carrie-ko

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=aseariel Jun 27, 2005, 11:45:13 AM
beautiful image! very ethereal and otherworldly, if that's not too redundant to say ;)

--
"we can never understand why people are destructive, or abusive, until we realize how close we are to such a state ourselves." ~joseph suiaden
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~driscoll Jun 27, 2005, 11:45:45 AM
I need to finish reading skyhigh, it's great! :D
and izuko looks scary here o.o
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~lunar-rose Jun 27, 2005, 8:16:09 PM
where do I Find Skyhigh

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~the moon will watch you with a slow blinking eye... if crossed it will desend in a fury spilling blood across it's surface turing it the color of the death rose~

~sanity is over rated~

~ to have feelings is to be vunaruable there for all humans are
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~aflores Jun 27, 2005, 9:16:01 PM
This piece is beautiful and moody. You've also piqued my interest with the fetus, thanks a lot! =)
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~lissa-quon Jun 27, 2005, 10:20:47 PM
beautiful, I love the atmosphere, amazing job with water colors
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~keichoku Jun 28, 2005, 5:23:28 AM
I love this series....especially the way you draw kimonos. That, and with Izuko, the complimenting of pale skin with the dark kimono is amazing!

And by the way, you've inspired me to start working on my own series. I do a lot of drawings, particularly a lot of Japanese ones...why not work on a theme, I suppose? :D

--
"Superintendent Harry 'Snapper' Organs of Q Division now takes up the story..."

LOVVAD.SEIAO.SANCTISSIMUS.SACRAMENTO

From Russia with MiG!
:iconcarrie-ko:
*carrie-ko Jun 28, 2005, 7:56:00 AM
Theme series are good for the brain, I think. Why not try it out? :)

Thanks so much! :hug: I'm not so sure my kimono-sleeve drawing skills are good enough, though. The folds in the sleeves confuse me a lot. I'm glad to know you think it looks good, though! :D
:iconcarrie-ko:
*carrie-ko Jun 28, 2005, 8:54:45 AM
Haha, leave it to fetuses to pique interest. XD Thanks!
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