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J. L. Gittens's avatar

Ahhhh so fun! Mago reminds me of Luffy with his coloration, my most favorite One Piece character of all time!

Question: How do you think Mago and Luffy would interact on an adventure where they accidently meet each other!

I think Luffy would think Mago's tail is super cool, and Mago would probably (from my brief observation of reading through) wpuld probably try experimenting or playing with him!

All in all, as a fellow illustrator and artist among other things, that wants to bring worlds to life, thank you for your hardwork and dedication to the process! I love it here 😉💖

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

That is such a fun question!

I think Luffy's chaos would actually fit in very well in the Magic Lantern, they would for sure be very competitive about something very silly too.

This whole message made my day, thank you for this!

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J. L. Gittens's avatar

You are very welcome, you made my midnight 😭

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Jezz Lundkvist's avatar

Your art are so cozy 😊

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

Oh, never had it described as cozy but I will take it!

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Annexes's avatar

They look amazing!

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

I really can't wait to finish and share the full set!

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Thérèse Judeana's avatar

I love the end result!

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

Thank you for being a part if it too!

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Steve Overby's avatar

All of them are wonderful, each in there own way. Favorite, hard for me to say. I would be curious to learn more about your scanning process. It seems I can never get the colors right, and how do I know I'm looking at the correct color on my computer screen.

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

You are not alone, it is actually a really complex process because our screens emit light and paper does not. Usually you want the paints you use to be vibrant and with lots of contrast to get good results

I am honestly still trying to refine that process myself, I haven't tried any scanners yet and am not totally happy with the photographing method

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Meaghan McIsaac's avatar

I love painting with inks so much! The colour is so vibranrt. These look amazing!

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

I know right? and even the gradients are so organic and unpredictable it's really satisfying.

I think I now picked up a few things on why it didn't work when I tried to digitize it so hopefully I'll try again in future projects

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Shaun Forward's avatar

I vote option #B also

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

I'll add your vote to the poll! 😁

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Sarah Lovell's avatar

Such great paintings 🥰

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

You're too kind!

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The Crazy Cat Lady Writes's avatar

I just love the little blue flame. Such a cutie!

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

I wasn't going to include him on this article but I did think you would appreciate it ahah

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camden noir's avatar

Love them all!

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

Then I have done my job _O_

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Eric Falden's avatar

Looks great, Marco. Thanks for sharing, and it was fun to see your process too

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Marco.D.Blanco's avatar

I tried to keep it short enough, but I really take a lot of satisfaction in solving all of these problems with creating stuff.

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