[430] Naruto Sage Mode by *Mel*

[*Mel*]

=P My PS is acting weird lately so I had to use another program to colour this, it's not a good program to do cell-shade unfortunatelly xP
Anyway this is going to be my first piece for this year and I don't know if I'm going to stay colouring manga pages much longer =/ I'm lacking inspiration now, manly because lots of great artist had left the business and now it's full of generic artists (not that I'm not one of them)... I miss 2007 with DD, Amaretti, Ak, Vhea, Willit and KS' coloured pages ;(
I hope some great new artist or that old ones will appear with amazing colourings to inspire me again, untill then, I don't know if I'm going to stay colouring the manga...
I hope this isn't a farewell but a 'cya soon' and I will show up from time to time, but not so often x]
Prob I'm going to colour something more from this chapter though ^^"
Enough of my boring speech... what matters is down here:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v373/Mel1305/Coloured Pages/430narutosagemodelow-1.jpg

 

[Giilshark]

chorey
bom, é dificil mesmo ver grandes artistas e tal, é esperar pra ver né ..

gostei das cores que vc usou no panel, as nuvens, ou fumaça, tbm deram um aspecto mto bom

 

[Jaime F.]

Hi Mel, good coloring, but it's unfortunate that you couldn't use the best program to color it. Well, I'm very sad to hear that your inspiration is low, because it's such a frustrating, and sad thing for an artist to go through. I sometimes feel the same way about the current music scene. When I started playing guitar, good music was abundant, and the sound was new. Similar to what you said, and it's nothing against the new bands out there now, but there just isn't as much original, or soulful music as there used to be. If there is, it's not being promoted enough by the people who are in control of the music scene.

Well anyways, I've been here since 2007 as well, and I miss all those very talented manga colorists from back then to. In fact, I'd love to see something new from anyone of those artists you mentioned, but perhaps it's time for artists like you to become the inspiration for the new ones. Having a lack of inspiration, or writers block, can last a while, but it isn't permanent. For while there I was scared that I couldn't compose any new vocal lines, or come up with any new lyrics, but tonight I successfully wrote something I am proud of. My inspiration came from the new Cure album. I'm sure you know who they are, but there first album came out in 1979, and they still compose awesome music. Well, you said you might color something else from the latest Naruto chapter, so I'm looking forward to seeing that. Hopefully your PS will start to behave itself. Well I'll definitely miss you, and your colorings Mel. Make sure to come visit us once in a while, and say hi. I'm sure that everybody who knows you here, won't forget you, so you're always welcome here.

 

[Dhazard]

Wow Mel, Cinco estrelas !
Muito bom mesmo! Adorei os olhos ^^
Tb sinto falta dos artistas que mencionou ;_;
Feliz 2009 atrasado! =D

 

[thewar]

good panel

 

[Googlez_kun]

great panel!eventhough you didnt have ps to do it its still great
but its sad that you wont color that often now
anyway i'm still looking forward to your colorings^^

 

[Orochimaru]

fico mto fóda mel

 

[VASSiLi]

You're right Mel. I miss all old artist. However what can we do? Nothing..

 

[y A M A T O]

thanks for the work mel, you're an artist that i appreciate.
what can i say, nice panel as usual! i hope that my linearts could inspire you to keep making great art.

 

[- aMt -]

belo cell..

 

[*Mel*]

Thanks alot guys ^-^

@jaime: Yeah, that's exacly like that =/ I'm pretty thankful to all of your support ^-^
I'll make sure to get doing fanarts though, I really need to draw more often x]
I'll never forget any of u guys, that's for sure