IGFalcon - Major Motoko Kusanagi (Patreon)

 Like many of the fine works that are produced by IGfalcon, this  one was no exception; Major Motoko Kusanagi of “Ghost in the Shell” and  the various spin-offs and films following it.

Here’s the original:  Motoko Kusanagi Lineart

When  it was posted, an open invitation to color it was made and it was an  opportunity I couldn’t pass up.  Coloring the major in the skin suit  from the newest film was easy.  As for the colors I used, I wanted to  make a nod to one of my favorite versions of the major and that is from  the series: Stand Alone Complex.  Thus the reason for the color of the  hair and the eyes.  However, the bigger challenge came in the background  and I wanted that to look like the cyberspace that is featured in the  show.

Gathering as many reference images as I could I tried to  make my own background as part of it.  If you’re wondering what that  text in the background is, that’s part of a very clever technique I  picked up on where I would essentially move an image file from where it  sits and into “notepad” and what happens is the computer spits out this  long, long, looooong string of code.  And ironically enough, the code I  used was from the original image that IGFalcon had made here.

As  for the “Dive circles” that are in the background, those I picked up  from here:  http://aeroni.com/gits/renders/motif/index.htm

I hope that I’ve given the art piece its proper justice in coloring it.

My thanks to IGFalcon for the line art.

© Motoko Kusinagi - Ghost in the Shell - Masamune Shirow  

Note:  All characters depicted here are 18 years of age or older.  

Sarcasm: Thank you, patreon, for not allowing me to post any actual artwork here.