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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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:iconloverofpiggies:
Awsome! ^^ Very pretty.

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:iconloverofpiggies:
Awsome! ^^ Very pretty.

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:iconsugar-high-otaku:
*A* ~floor'd by awesome coloring job~

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:iconlittlesailboat:
This is just compLetely BADASSS! Rendering is flawless, I am loving the tone and omg!!! I AM WATCHING THIS SHOW SO I GETS IT LOL. Ang cute nilaaaaaaaaaaaa! Miguel's lineart was gorgeous and telling on its own but your coloring just adds a whole other dimension to it; the little inky splattery details are a great touch. Moar collabs you guyses!!! :heart::heart::heart:

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:iconmerkymerx:
O_O...I am just speechless...:drool:

I think I've already said everything when I chatted with you...this is just too awesome. Wahhh I'm so glad you liked my lineart...and it made me glad when I noticed that you even followed all the small folds I did! ^^ And I got really excited when I found out you wanted to color it haha. Awesome as always Jin. :)
:icon13idiotbox:
NICE. I loved the line art taht Merky did, and I love how you colored it and added the extra deatils for the background! Great great great. :D

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:iconilicarriedoll:
OMG! You're so G0_0D in dIgital colOurIng! :heart:

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:iconreiji-kun:
fuu really looks cute :) does it have sumthing to do with the reference? :XD:

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:iconostarta:
I Really want to see you cosplay Samura Champloo Oo!
And this pic is awesome!

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