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A collaboration I did with :iconmerkymerx: Miguel Mercado, who is an amazing artist and an equally awesome friend. :) Posted here with his permission, of course!

I'm a huge, HUGE fan of Samurai Champloo (so expect cosplay of this sometime haha), and when I saw Miguel's drawing of Jin, Mugen and Fuu, I just knew I had to try coloring it. I definitely needed the practice, and with such a brilliant piece to work with, how could I not get motivated?

Title taken from the fifth episode of Samurai Champloo, because I found it appropriate for this piece. It's a strange collision of Miguel's drawing style, my coloring technique, and traditional Japanese art influences (ink paintings and ukiyo-e).

Disjointed comments time!

I had fun rendering Mugen's hair (Mugen is the guy on the right, for those not familiar with SC), although I feel like it'll just show up as SOLID BLACK in other monitors. I do my drawings on my MacBook, and it frustrates me when I see how much detail gets lost when I see my work on other computers, like my wonky PC.

I kind of used *snowpeachdrop as my reference for coloring Fuu (the girl in pink). They've got the same girlish features, big eyes, high cheekbones, funny facial expressions and inhuman appetite - not that you can see that in the drawing but I thought it was worth mentioning.

Lastly... Jin. Gah, he is my hero. A quiet, enigmatic, dignified prodigy. I was so shocked when I first found out I shared my name with him. One of my childhood dreams was to be a virtually unbeatable, lethally skilled, wandering swordsman. The other was to be a marine biologist. But I digress.

Programs I used were Corel Painter IX and Adobe Photoshop CS2.

Credits:
Line art by :iconmerkymerx:
Colors by me :iconbehindinfinity:
Textures from [link]
I'm afraid I've forgotten where I got the images of the ink paintings. If you know the source, please inform me so I can give proper credit. Thank you!

Samurai Champloo | Mugen, Jin, Fuu © Manglobe, Inc.
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:iconkasaikun16:
Mood: Love *kasaikun16 Jul 1, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
loved this show!!
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:iconamelia-seyruun:
I just started watching this. XD
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:iconkingmccray:
Mood: Speechless ~Kingmccray Feb 22, 2011  Student Artist
.............I LOVE DAT SHOW!!!!!!!! WHICH MAKES DIS AWSOME TIMES 20000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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:iconshitaka:
!shitaka Jan 14, 2011  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Amazing painting! You really know how to dominate the colours. Keep up the great work. ;)
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:iconmikalovesdeath:
WOW <3 Beautiful draw *-*
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:icondarredos:
Very artistic =]
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:iconkuro-shiroii:
Can I use this as my webcam?
That's awesome art .
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:iconlailita:
~Lailita Dec 6, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
So pretty O3O

Damn, this gives me some inspiration 8DD
Lovely picture ^^
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:iconazura-huskie:
Great coloring. Now that you mention it, it would be awesome if you did cosplay on Samurai Champloo (I hope it's still on your plans one day >D). I haven't seen any really good cosplay or few on SC, and it would be nice to see more fan stuff on SC since I feel it lacks the recognition it deserves.
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