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Petal shower
First submission in more than a month, since I haven't been doing too much CGing lately.
Originally intended to be a fanart of Aoi Umenoukouji from Virtua Fighter, I realised it didn't realy looked like her (not that too many people would know since no one play VF anyway) so I basicaly ended up adding all the usual things: Petals: check. Moon: Check. Fancy overdone kimono pattern that has totally no meaning: check. Yep, my usual formula.
Anyway, I'm an idiot for ignoring Virtua Fighter 4:Evolution all this time. I've only finally picked it up from the bargain bin last month (And to think I almost bought Street Fighter Alpha Collection instead, not that it's bad or anything), and I'm converted. It's the best 3D fighting game in terms of depth and balance, but unfortunately this is one game that is not for buton bashers so you'll be hard press finding someone to play against. Furthermore, another unfortunate thing about this series is that VF5 is already out in arcades but in Asia only and this series'll never go online because unlike other games such as DOA or even Tekken, VF can not be played with any kind of lag (official word: because it will feel like a completely different game).