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His name means 'Wind and Waves, Port' - the pun is very much indended!

*Dies, both from relief and being ill*

Well, it’s finally here, the long-awaited ‘Namikaze Minato’. I started this in... *checks* NOVEMBER. The 20th to be precise, but only just got around to finishing it.

Okay, way back when… the birth of this picture was quite odd. I had the strangest urge to draw a lake at night- then, I decided there should be someone ON the lake- which turned out to be Minato (in my head). The initial sketch took 15 minutes, I was really pleased with the speed, but the inking took longer. Then I based colored it and did a rough background, which for pun’s sake I decided to be a port!

…and left it to cook for a few months. As I hurt my hand recently (and my basic coloring method uses the mouse) I ended up coloring him, then when my hand was better I enhanced my cell-shading with airbrushing and then did an insanely complex background!

The background I think is what took longest, all that WATER, all those BUILDING and ships- I must be nuts..! At-least I can use it for other things, though :heart:

The water was a big old experiment, that came out well. I uses a texture, varied the light, then did several layers (the water effects has its own files on my computer it took so many layers!) to get something I was (very) pleased with. I’d tried doing the rough of the water before twice, but, third time lucky- because I got it into my head to treat it like treacle, which is easier to imagine because it moves slower… *is very pleased with the water*

The background- I loved sketching the buildings!! Then, I hated adding windows. I don’t know why, windows are my enemy, and there’s so many of them! I’m really pleased with it though, especially the boats! Initially I had trouble finding reference for boats because I couldn’t remember the name of an asian boat, until today I remembered they were called ‘junks’ :heart: yes, I have shamed all boat enthusiasts with my tiny boaty doodles, but I still like ‘em!

And Minato, well, meow.

Anyway, please enjoy! I spent ages on this (if only occasionally) I’m amazed I even pulled myself together enough to finish it, but eh, I did, and I’m pleased. Comments with be used to ferment Nattou.

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:iconsherbetmayhem:
That is absolutely stunning. The water... the detail... EVERYTHING!!! Amazing work!!! :D

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"No-one's gonna take me alive. The time has come to make things right. You and I must fight for our rights. You and I must fight to survive."

Muse, "Knights of Cydonia".
:iconkaiju-z:
Oh wow! Amazing work of art!!! :clap:

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"Sorry, I got a sudden urge to hit him when I looked at his face." - Bulgaria, episode 27 of Axis Powers Hetalia
:iconpuppydog20038:
it turned out really good!

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"So many colors! All the pretty horses..."

:gallery: [link]
:iconkenshin456:
Amazing! The water looks incredible. You did a great job on this.

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I'm an honest guy......which is probably why I don't have a girlfriend.....

"But, Honey, it does make your hips look big......Honey?"
:iconthat-melez:
want moooore :D is sooo awesome :w00t:

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_-half at all-_
where is my home?
neither here nor here
but don't forget: THINK PINK :D
life is bad enough ;)
:iconstarlightdevil:
OH WOW! The background and water looks amazing!!! You must have put in a lot of effort if it took that long!
It looks fantastic!
And lol, his name means that??! Way to go Kishimoto, the family memebers have names that are almost similar i meaning! It makes me wonder if Naruto is to have another Nature manipulation type would it be water apart form wind?

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\\\" Baa weep grah na weep nini bon\\\" ~ The universal greeting
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SasuSaku's relevance to the plot is about as big as Kiba's relevance to the Uchiha massacre. Okay now, that wasn't nice. I am highly underestimating Kiba's relevance here
:iconuchihan-member:
ITS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:wow:
FULL OF 100% GOODNESS!

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Draw a circle there's WangYao'sbreastsimean the earth!

"Pain only lasts 4 and a half minutes, but winning lasts a life time..." - Rowing coach
:iconencadenado:
you have every right to be pleased! this is incredible

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You seem familiar, do you come to this gay bar often?
:iconvillo16:
amazing:D

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Im VILLO!
:batty: :noir: :liquify: :nieman: :blackice: :ost2life:

:sadangel: ...bo na świecie jestem takim smutnym
i samotnym aniołkiem... :damphyr:

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