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Mika

Happy New Year, everybody! ^^

This was by far the single most boring vexel I have EVER done because her face was just so perfect. I even managed to vexel Brian in the middle of working on this one. But this is also the vexel I used in my vexel tutorial {http://akirichan.net/tutorials/index.php/2005/12/vexels-basics-skin/}, so I was just trying to make it perfect and ahhh.

It's hardly my style, too... but oh well, in continuation of my J-Pop Star Series... here's Mika Nakashima and a big feather.

Full size: http://www.deviantart.com/view/27618991/
Original image: http://akirichan.net/portfolio/originals/mika.jpg

by Natalie > http://akirichan.net // January 1, 2006 // Photoshop CS2 - 282 layers, many many hours

Submitted by Natalie on 02nd January 2006.

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andyzL 17 Apr 06 - 07.42am	yupe..tiz is the one i saw at ur tutorial..love it.. amazingly it turn out as expected..yupe like i'v said...LOVE it! though i can't really find any "wrongs" in it...i wana say "KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK"
apprentice 27 Mar 06 - 09.52am	Is that a vexel?!? :P looks perfect!
SoContagious 25 Mar 06 - 05.04pm	It's so perfect <33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333
daniele 21 Feb 06 - 01.12pm	I love it! It's so beautiful and serene...
kikroxe 4 Feb 06 - 06.46pm	how did u do the eyes like that and the feather?
maja90 25 Jan 06 - 06.04am	woow!
okmissnadine 18 Jan 06 - 07.06pm	i adore it!
Manda 16 Jan 06 - 12.22am	I seriously need to stop looking at your vexels too long. Whenever i do, i hate my vexels lol. This is amazing. All of your art is! I love the lips, by the way ;)
cuckoo 13 Jan 06 - 05.59am	One can sit here and watch something so beautiful, and only assume it was made by you. Fantastic.
latinastyln 12 Jan 06 - 03.37pm	its been awhile since I have been here.. and you still are so amazing.. you are a wonderful artist.. and have taken vexel art to a new level this is very nice..
Cecilie 11 Jan 06 - 02.39pm	Wow!! :D It's amazing! Omg and there must be a ..... LOT of layers :O
Artemis 8 Jan 06 - 05.16am	The lips are amazing
yusuke 6 Jan 06 - 10.53pm	It is a surprise. It is wonderful.
trashstar 6 Jan 06 - 10.37pm	it's beautiful!! love everything about it :]
fantasyx7 6 Jan 06 - 06.56pm	MIKA! AGH. I love it, it's perfect.
karyn 6 Jan 06 - 04.56pm	Beautiful (Just Perfect)
ohsofatalx 6 Jan 06 - 12.52pm	ah im stuck in a love and hate type of deal. i hate how you make it so real. im not a fan of photo-realism. if you're going to make it look just like her why not just keep the original pic? but you're great at vexelling no doubt, because you can see the layers in each vexel and every piece is beautifully done. :D some strands of hair on the left side seem to be a bit transparent
adrianaa 6 Jan 06 - 03.21am	AMAZING! just perfect! :)
lynno 6 Jan 06 - 03.21am	the lips are so realistic! i absolutely love the feather, and how it came out so delicate and soft. you did an amazing job on this piece :)
Vanilla Angel 5 Jan 06 - 12.44pm	when i first saw it, i thought it was a photo... it´s so beautiful, i love it. the colors i love most!
Fantasized Dreamer 4 Jan 06 - 11.34pm	omg NATALIE!! You are always so amazing at this stuff! ahh!! I love this! I mean everything I'm just speechless.
Ethereal_lady 4 Jan 06 - 04.49pm	WOW! That is just amazing.The lips,the eyes the hair. I cant really do things well lol.
grace 4 Jan 06 - 05.33am	i love how all ur colors r soo realistic..its awesome =] i cant seem to do that..did u use the posterized colors? Reply from Natalie Yep, but I always adjust them after I color-pick them. :) And thank youuuuu ^^
Rick 4 Jan 06 - 04.18am	Just when I think you've reached your peak, you do this to me...shame..shame! Linda imposed a ban, if the picture is more beautiful than the photo then you have to pay Rick a $20.00 fine... Yep! it's better than the photo. I take cash only! This has to be impossible, how can you get any better than what you've been doing, something must have happened over the holidays.. what is it? tap...tap...tap...tap... ah! a male friend perhaps!. Natalie your pictures are so amazing I always love them, there hasn't been one I didn't like. You keep breaking your own limitations, there just dosen't seem to be a peak for you, your getting better than, dam there is no-word for it! Oh don't forget my $20 haha! Edit--------------------------------------------------- I beg to differ, I've clicked back and forth and I'll take the fake girl any day. 20 please... haha! Reply from Natalie You leave the most creative comments. XD I'm sorry, I don't seem to have $20 on me right now, it's a pity. :( But then again, I think the photo actually looks better this time...
seizuresonfloors 3 Jan 06 - 10.23pm	I'm a fan of your photo-realism style and everything, but I think this vexel and the one done of Keira Knightly are probably the only ones with serious facial depth. When I look at this person, I see both a feeling of hope and longing, as well as pure serenity. Even though you have vexel many a picture, this is what I consider ART. Very well done Oh yeah, I have a question. Do you put on actual image backgrounds for your vexels? Like what is on the Ayumi vexel, even if it wasn't on the original image. Reply from Natalie Yep, for my J-Pop Star Series only so far. I have just a big face and some blurred background. :) but others, I typically vexel, even though on "Casebolt", I kept the original background, so yep. I'm a weird mix.
strawberrywoods 3 Jan 06 - 01.10pm	I'm still jealous ;) Great work.. I don't know how you do it ;D
Annette07 2 Jan 06 - 10.19pm	The LIPS. Oh my the lips. They're perfect. So-very-perfect. How do you pick such perfect models? =/ I always have a horrible time trying to find good ones lol but this is absolutely gorgeous <3
coquette 2 Jan 06 - 09.52pm	The features, skin, and hair are incredibly smooth. It's like it's a painting. Amazing!
Jannett 2 Jan 06 - 09.07pm	Holy moly. Another amazing one.
aGAVINA 2 Jan 06 - 08.45pm	Yay your making a tutorial! I love you =D
Jinju 2 Jan 06 - 08.31pm	ahhhh its so good! it looks just like a photograph.. your really good at this =]
Trinidadhunni 2 Jan 06 - 08.23pm	Wow this is amazing, the shading and everything. Wow
karolina 2 Jan 06 - 07.37pm	This is so pretty! I love your vexels <3
grotesque 2 Jan 06 - 07.35pm	Whoa! My definite favorites are the lips and hair :)
btmui 2 Jan 06 - 07.18pm	this is so beautiful! i love the skin! so perfect.
Marte 2 Jan 06 - 07.01pm	Amazing! I love it!
Kellie 2 Jan 06 - 06.37pm	You're amazing. BEAUTIFUL job. Her skin is so nice.
Zenith 2 Jan 06 - 05.58pm	It's turned out so pretty, Natalie! I love this! :D
xJOJO 2 Jan 06 - 05.39pm	Ahhhh! Another beautiful piece! Bravo! xox
Quyen 2 Jan 06 - 04.46pm	Wow.. it's so soft and pretty!
Champloo 2 Jan 06 - 04.46pm	Wow, that tut helps alot. Thanks for taking so much time to write that out for us, becvause this is simply stunning. I wow'd.
fajar 2 Jan 06 - 04.14pm	tres belle! tres magnifque!
blackbeauty 2 Jan 06 - 04.12pm	i seriously just cant believe this....its AMAZING.those lips.the hair.....the lips must be 50 layers..lol..i love it
carolinabarajas 2 Jan 06 - 03.59pm	it's very beautiful and perfect as always. Happy new Year Natalie :D
Karin 2 Jan 06 - 03.29pm	This is perfection. I can't see anything you could have done better.
crazieguy 2 Jan 06 - 03.09pm	jawdrop ...this is amazing - love it!
Liz 2 Jan 06 - 12.57pm	.... good God. It's not your most boring, it's your most amazing! Horrible grammar, but it is! :P I'm going to go have a look at your tutorial.
lisa_mg 2 Jan 06 - 12.36pm	It might have been boring to vexel, but it looks amazing :) I love the eyes!
Design_Junky 2 Jan 06 - 12.18pm	Wow, i love the eyes!
Andrea 2 Jan 06 - 11.30am	Ehrg I don't know how to critique this. I can't I suppose. It'sperfect into details. And wow I'd say this is at least 400 layers, actually. I'll just keep staring at this..
audiodelite 2 Jan 06 - 11.25am	WOW! great job natalie i really like her eyes and her lips..beautiful
Krissj 2 Jan 06 - 11.14am	Wooow :D! Winter wonderland! LIke in Norway =). It's beautiful. How you do that?
Echoia 2 Jan 06 - 11.08am	chanting Nat-a-lee... Nat-a-lee (misspelled for pronounciation's sake). I thought it was Michelle Branch ; ) hehehehe. I love the softness of her face- her pupils and lips are uh-mazeeee-ing.
Lisette 2 Jan 06 - 10.27am	In one word? WOW! My god, you must be the most patient person in the world! I was wonderinger the same thing as YellowSchwester, how long does it take you to get this done? And how do you get the colors you use? Just posterize colors, or do you use the color picker, or maybe some other way? I'm just so curious! //Edit: I just saw the tutorial you wrote, didn't notice the url before (silly me). Amazing, I'm defenitly gonna try out those tips you gave. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the tutorial, it's very helpful. Good luck! Reply from Natalie Thank youuuu... :) I'm actually not all that patient, that's why I couldn't sit through this in one day. =( A typical vexel takes me anywhere between 30-50 hours, but I've learned to work a little faster now. This one bored me to death and I've been working on it little by little every once in a while, but I guess it does add up to around 30 hours in total. I use the color picker, right from the image which I do posterize. I adjust the colors after I color-pick them, though, because the posterization makes the hues all weird. +_+ If you have any more questions or are just bored to the death, I rambled about everything in the tutorial on my site. =)
marta 2 Jan 06 - 09.41am	I don't know what to write about your vexels because every singe one is just too perfect :P
prettybaby 2 Jan 06 - 09.34am	omg you even vexelled the feather? lol im actually speechless!!! i guess i'll just shut up and fave it then
Fliene 2 Jan 06 - 08.51am	It's beautiful! I love it, specially the eyes ;)
yellowschwester 2 Jan 06 - 08.11am	Those lips! Amazing. I got a question I wanted to ask you a couple of times: How long does it take you to get such a masterpiece done?? The hair is amazing, too. I especially like the "blue" strands on the left side. Don't know whether they look icy or just a little invisible, tho. Awesome! Reply from Natalie The lips are the only thing that didn't bore me about this vexel, I think. x_x I'm glad you like them. :D A typical vexel takes me about 30-50 hours, but the 50 is a bit extreme, yep.
iPinoy 2 Jan 06 - 08.10am	OMFG thats my GF.. lol jokes.. thats HOT! looks soo beautiful
Rosie 2 Jan 06 - 08.10am	it's beautifully smooth and glossy!
Mattness 2 Jan 06 - 08.08am	Oh my god :O Fav, of course.
Photojunkie86 2 Jan 06 - 07.22am	I love the skin, it looks so smooth and realistic. I love her nose and lips, too. They look great!
starla 2 Jan 06 - 07.20am	Dear God.. I actually thought this was a real photo at first glance, but if you look closer, you can see the layers. The skin is so smooth. And I especially love the lips. And I can't stop staring at her nose.. It's so.. real.. xP lacks a better vocabulary
Ilaria 2 Jan 06 - 07.12am	oh Lord...that's so beautiful!
angel421355 2 Jan 06 - 07.03am	That is so gorgeous! I really like the eyes, especially the left one, this is really pretty Natalie =)
dimepiece 2 Jan 06 - 06.37am	smh..stop making beautiful vexels please lol
iloveyou 2 Jan 06 - 06.28am	i love how the layers arent all completely visible, its blended in so nicely. helpful tutorial too :P i just finished reading it. Reply from Natalie aww I'm so glad. Thank you ^^;;
IAmTheWalrus 2 Jan 06 - 06.21am	I love the way you do noses. They're so straight, and the shadows are just so pretty lol. The eyes are amazing, as always. I find the blue glint on her hair on the left a little strange, but I guess it kind of adds to the angelic thing. Anyway, another great addition to your gallery =D <br><br> [EDIT] Oh no I like it! It's perfect the way it is, it does look icy! [/EDIT] Reply from Natalie Oh, you know, I should change that. T_T I was really trying to make it oddly icy, so I guess I overshot it. :) Thanksss!
Carina 2 Jan 06 - 06.12am	The hair and eyes are absolutely flawless! The feathers are great, too! The skin is perfect... while you can still see the layers you can see that it's so smooth and detailed! The hair is my favorite part!
phunkstarr 2 Jan 06 - 05.57am	wow the skin is soo smooth and perfect. love the lips too
Raelynn 2 Jan 06 - 05.56am	I know what you mean. Im working on this super realisitic vector and it is sooooo dull, but Im almost done. This is beautiful, the lips are my favorite part. You are definately one of my favorite vexelers :)
Linda 2 Jan 06 - 05.56am	Ooh La La!! You are so amazing Natalie! Her skin is, like you said, so perfect.. it's so smooth and clean and the vexelling looks amazing. The feathers are incredible too.. I have attempted feathers a couple of times and it was impossible so I ditched them. Anyway, such exquisite work :)
scorpio 2 Jan 06 - 05.53am	Wow!!! It is amazing!!! Holf Kcuf! !! My favorite in your gallery, which is saying alot because I adore your work! Awesome!