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At long last, this is done. I took a lot longer on this one because there wasn't any good refs for the pose, lighting, colour etc so it was all quite against me from the start. Plus, I had to extensively tweak the background to get the mood I wanted.

I was inspired by the mood of these series of amazing cosplay pictures: [link]

It was fun adding the snow. I used this tutorial to help me: [link]

I cropped the picture again after painting in the character because the statue was too distracting. The original photo is here: [link]

Painting the scarf took forever to make it look right. I tried to equalize the colours at the end but it didn't look nice at all. Thanks for the tip though, :icontravesty-of-life:. :)

And just a quick note, that building is NOT the Kremlin, but a famous Russian Orthodox cathedral called St. Basil's. Most people, like me think that it's the Kremlin! The real one is just further along the Red Square.

[EDIT] Changed some of the snow after consulting :iconaiori:. I think it looks better now and more calm, which is what I wanted it to be.
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~nordlige-tale Aug 23, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
It's an amazing job \*o*/

(This is Church of Our Lady, which is the moat. St. Basil's Cathedral - is an addition to it)
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Mood: Love !itachifangirl00 Jul 7, 2012  Student Digital Artist
HOLY SHIT!! WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS IT LOOKED LIKE A COSPLAY XDD i had to take a double look at it ^^ its amazing!
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*Kyogurt-Star459 Mar 18, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
This is very beautiful!^^ I love how the cathedral blends in with Ivan's clothing and such. The snow looks so real.
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*Ms-Mina Jan 1, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
So beautiful! Breathtaking even!
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~BrixHichi Dec 3, 2011  Hobbyist
;J; How beautiful!
This warms my Russian heart~ <3
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~BearTrack Oct 29, 2011  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I really, really, really, really, really love this! :love: :love: :love:
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*pockyboxes Sep 16, 2011  Student General Artist
Hnnnngh--
This is beautiful ;v; it looks sooo real, it's almost unbelievable. When I clicked it I thought it was cosplay it was so well done asdf :heart:
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~Firnheledien Sep 19, 2011
Aw thank you very much. My dream would be for ethnically-appropriate characters cosplaying at these locations. :3
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~Karisean Jul 22, 2011
The hat and scarf look especially good. How you gave them a texture. It's like I could grab it and feel it almost.

Nice touch with the red colour choice, haha.
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