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Goodbye My Love

This vexel is about a girl that's getting married to a man she doesn't love. I tried to come up with a concept and this is the best I could find...lol. The vexel has about 380 layers and it took me days and days to be completed. I deleted and started over a thousand times...Even if the winner of this competition is already set (Shaz, you are my God), I was really inspired to do my best and experiment new techniques. By the way, I'd like to thank kakii.ti-fi.com for the amazing vector tutorial. It was very useful to figure out how to make nice hair. Phew. That's it, I hope you like it!
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I don't know what to say. A lot of people is saying this vexel looks similar to Shaz's, someone even said they look IDENTICAL. I don't know wether I should take that as a huge compliment or just get pissed off for being accused of cheating. I understand you guys for expressing your opinions, I would probably do the same if I thought someone had copied or stolen something from someone else's work, but just try to figure out how it feels for me. Just think of having to justify yourself over something you haven't done. Just think of spending days and days over something you're really proud of and the first comment you get is YOU COPIED. I can tell you it sucks.
I don't know what you guys want me to say...I can try to explain how I don't see this impressive resmblance, how the shading, the nose, the face shape are different, but you might still have the same opinion. The only thing that might be similar is the fact I shaded the right part of the face too, which isn't shaded in the original pic. But I did that just to give the image a more realistic look. If you have any questions I can try to answer, but I don't want to be processed and condamned/absolved on a site that should be for fun. So please, just try to be in my shoes for a second and try to believe I wouldn't have any purpose for cheating, considering I have been vectoring for years and stealing someone's work would be ridiculous. Thank you.

Ps: Linda was so sweet to make a pic of some of the vexel differences. If you're curious, you can take a look here http://www.vexels.net/images/temp/ilariashaz.jpg . Hope this will help to clear things out. <3

[edit]: I finally worked on the dress and changed the skintones a bit..I like it better with a creamy skin... [/edit]

Submitted by Ilaria

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Photojunkie86	gorgeous, i love it!
Photojunkie86	Duh it looks like Shaz's picture! It's the same ref! And you both vexeled her face pretty exact! So props to you, llaria! Looks great!
Manda	wow. This is just.. beautiful.. the shading and.. its just beautiful!!
mz_kriz	aww.. i love it, especially the flower!!! it's sooo pretty. btw, some peepz don't knoe how to compare. haha.. the vexels are just both blonde, but the hair, nose, neck, EVERYTHING are different!! well except for the image that they vexeled! lol well done & good luck!! kris
Mattness	I think Im gonna vote for this one. First of all, the idea is amazing. Then the flower, is so the best! I also really really like the hair, and the skin. The clothing isnt really my favourite part. But the emotion is just so clear, so well done! I dont think it looks really much like Shaz's, and TOTALLY not identical. There are these sorts of people who always want to bring drama, and well, you just met them maybe. Also, I agree with Christabel, youre vexeling the same image, and just because you two's vexels kind of have the same things here and there when you look at the thumbnail (because if you look close up you can see its not the same) doesnt mean you copied it. There are so many other entries looking alike each other. I REALLY LOVE THIS, and those who say you copied should shut up and LOOK. Very very very well done. =] ---- YOU EDITED THE DRESS. omfg. now its perfect. Reply from Ilaria Thank you :) . The clothing is not my favourite part as well, but that was not my main focus. I'm glad you like this!
sunsetstrip	You are a truly astonishing vexel artist :) Why would you copy? They just look a tad simalar to the naked eye. When you do a close up NOTHING alike what so ever! Which means you and shaz are both talented! Personally this one takes my vote :) You wouldn't copy anyway! Keep it up! Ps. Add alittle more shading on the dress, and it would be perfect :D --------------------- PERFECT! This is my absoulute fav peice i'm so voting for this :) Reply from Ilaria Well thank you so much...even if I believe Shaz is way more talented than I am. I usually don't edit my finished vexels, but I think I'll have to stop being lazy and fix the damned dress since everybody's complaining! ^__^ <br>----- <br>EDIT: yay! Then I'm glad I edited the dress :D
Christabel	a) I think you had a brilliant idea b) I reckon it was wise to leave out the hand... many people's entries were ruined by the hand imo c) It does look similar to Shaz's, but hey, you're vexlling the SAME image, I think that many of the entries look the same if you ask me! d) The flower is really gorgeous, in fact I'd like to just see those flowers in a piece itself! Well done :) Reply from Ilaria a) thank you :) <br>b) I left the hand out because I didn't think it would fit with the concept. I wanted her to look like she was waving goodbye, but I couldn't find any pic to use as a guide, so I just decided to make it look like her hand is out of the pic and it's waving...dunno if that makes sense lol... <br>c) I totally agree and that's what I was trying to explain to most people.. <br>d) The flower is my favorite part of the vexel as well!
Sarah	Sweetheart, Ignore the people commenting about the likeness of yours to Shaz's. Personally, I think yours doesn't look at thing like hers (and shh... I like yours more :)) Good luck in the competition. I love the flower!! :D Reply from Ilaria :D Thank you! Good luck to you as well, I really love your entry too!
mimi	aww that is gorgeous! Good luck :D
Linda	Ooh I really like the new shading on the dress :) This is one of my favourites.. especially the flower, I love those LindsayL pics with the similar one in her hair. Reply from Ilaria Aw thank you so much, it means a lot to me...you are a big inspiration to me <3 And yeah, those Lindsay Lohan pics with the flower are really cute, I wanted to vexel one of them just to have a chance to work on that flower...so I thought I would just add it as a hair decoration on my entry :)
chels	I think this looks great and don't think it looks like you cheated. Similar techniques were used, thats all.
Lisette	It's amazing!! Don't listen to people who say you copied it. It looks totally different from Shaz's (which is also very pretty btw), and I can see you put a lot of work in it. Keep it up!!
iloveyou	I think the dress could use more detial basiclly agree with Echoia but i love the idea, and I don't think you stole it, it looks great :D
Echoia	Ahhg I LOVE it except for the dress : ( ----------------------------------------------- This is too much and very annoying for me. They're based on the same image... true-to-image vexellers are going to end up with similarities. And as for the comment about the noses- I think your vexel has a prettier nose than shaz's if only for the fact that you went darker with the nostrils. It gives more impact.
Trinidadhunni	Damn. I love it. nicely done. Oh man this competition is going to be SO hard to vote for :(
b0o	wow i love this i thought it was a vexel of lindsay lohan with her head peice the same and i was thinking 'ive never seen that photoshoot with linds like that' then i realised it was for the comp LOVE it its so good i love the whole concept Reply from Ilaria I actually got that flower from a pic of Lindsay Lohan. It was really beautiful and I couldn't resist vexelling it. About the overlapping thing: of course they perfectly match, they are both vexelled on the same pic! What you need to check is wether the shading is identical, which is not.
angelica86	her face looks so beautiful even though she is sad... loved the theme, its so moving.. great job
devy	wow .. this is so lovely!
VÃ¢n	Oh, it's so beautiful!
kakii	thanks for the plug sweetie; even tho I've already commented on this vector at BC I just wanted to tell you it's beautiful, once again ;) xxx
karolina	I <3 the thing in her hair. So pretty.
lessthan3	The face looks similar to Shaz's.. especially the lips, eye makeup.. shading but it's nice! I like her hair and headpiece. Nice idea too :P
Rosie	Really love this one, the hair is fantastic, but i think the dress could do with a little more shading. Reply from Ilaria You're so right about that...I know the dress sucks, but I got really lazy at some point :P . I tried to look for pics of a bridal dress to vexel over them, but everything I came up with really sucked...So I just decided to go for a very bright dress and hope people wouldn't notice my laziness...unfortunately you did :D!
Shannon	If you were to shade the shirt, it would be perfect.
prilstar	It is absolutely gorgeous overall. It looks like she might need another ear though??? Dress is a bit simple but ok. I am being pretty critical aren't I!!! Sorry - my stuff is nowhere near as good as urs anyways! Reply from Ilaria I didn't make another ear cause the original pic doesn't have it...it is basically supposed to be covered by the hair. You're right, though, maybe it would look less weird with another ear!
Vicki	I love it<3 Its so beautiful.
starla	I love everything in this except her dress/outfit. I wish you did more to it. But I really love the head piece.
Karin	I love the head <3 Greaat job!
marta	I love it, that's almost perfect exept of clothes, I think it needs more shading.
Chaos	It's pretty nice =) I like it.
unique	awesome <3
eldvakt	i love this one, it's really good. the skin looks great and the flower-thing in her hair is nice :) the only thing that looks a bit "not right" is the clothes cause they hardly have any shading and the rest has a lot of it. but you did a great job on this :D
MindlessLeftie	Seems alot like my idea, but still good =) Reply from Ilaria Ugh...why should it look like your idea? I don't understand what they have in common... [edit]oh wait, yours is a bride as well? I hadn't even noticed...sorry.. Anyway, yours is about a woman who isn't getting married, I guess..Mine is about a woman that's getting married to the wrong man. So well, they're kinda the opposite![/edit]
aldo	Despite the face look-a-like, I still really love this piece. I agree with Solitaire about the hair piece, I think that's the most stunning part. A really wonderful piece<3
Andrea	That looks awesome! Oooh I really like it. It looks like she's waving or something, saying goodbye. You did an amazing job.
Solitaire	the first thing i noticed was the cleavage. i really like how you did it, it looks better than the original :P i really like the soft pastelly colours. my favourite part is her little hairpiece, the detail is amazing! i really like the technique you used for the hair, but in my opinion it doesn't look stringy enough. it looks a little bit more like a solid object than strands of hair. i agree with annette :/ the face does look a little too much like shaz's. you did the nose like her's and no one else has done that in this competition i still love it though! i can't get over her boobies :P Reply from Ilaria Yay for boobies!
angel421355	I love this vexel soooo much!! WOW!!! Omg, it's soooo amazing!!!!
Annette07	Your's looks incredibly similar to Shaz's.. =/ the eye shadow.. the nose... =/ ... So yeah. But it looks nice.