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Absalom and Aris.


Oooooookay. So, colouring this took all day, mainly because I'm easily distracted...by youtube, forums, tv and the bird. Nonetheless, this SOB is finished. Dunno if I like it coloured....I'm sorta fond of the lineart...

Anyhoo. As y'all may or may not know, Absalom (Mr. Evil britches seen en left) is my villain for 'the story'. Lol, ~tamesr, now I know why you said it reminded you of ElfQuest...Absalom looks like a male Leetah that dresses like Jafar! Dangit...

Aris is Ab's servanty person. The kingdom that is Ab's base used to be ran by Aris's famileh. Ab killed them, took over the place and raised Aris to use him as a double. Sure, you can see lots of differences side by side, but to people who've never seen Absalom, or have only heard rumours of fiery hair and emerald eyes, it'd be surprisingly hard to tell the two "apart" when Aris is in costume.

Besides being a life insurance policy and a personal servant, Absalom has also "entrusted" (and I use the term lightly...more like superglued, lol) his phylactery to Aris, which pretty much renders him immortal. And powerful, thanks to his heritage....with a heaping helping of mind-blowing crazy, thanks to...being a whack-job >_>.

I suppose you could read that Ab's the dominant one from the slanted middle line....but that's just my inability to draw straight. The only conscious 'symbolic' choices were the colours (red, black and gold vs red, white and gold) and the mask behind Aris's head, done in Ab's colours. I guess to signify he's always watchin, lawl.

Uhhhhhm, dunno what else to say. It's 3am....I'm outta here :faint:

Absalom n Aris are mine.


Why the flowers? IDK, I like pretty stuff.

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:iconferalgrinn:
This is so cool. I love all the detail and the contrast between the two halves.

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SarahPetrulis.com
:iconserebronaga:
Thanks! :D

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I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger and then it hit me.
:icontamesr:
Oh it turned out SO WELL! I think this is one of your best!

See I told you I could help! Congrats!

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Deja vu with a Fever
:iconserebronaga:
:glomp::hug:

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I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger and then it hit me.
:iconaicus:
This is lovely! I like how they contrast and the composition still feels balanced. Nice job!
:iconserebronaga:
Danke danke :D

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I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger and then it hit me.
:iconodile-rosae:
Really really nice! I love all the pretty stuff you put, details and such...there's feathers, and flowers, and bejewelled costumes, what more could I ask for! :D
:iconserebronaga:
:D I dunno!

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I was wondering why the frisbee was getting bigger and then it hit me.
:iconarcanenigma:
Oooo..

Insta-fave. I can't even begin to go on and on about the exquisite color composition, the illustration approaches, the characters themselves, their overall personalities, the outfits, the hair, the eyes, the barebone genius behind the split contradictory point of the piece.. Amazing! I've always been a big fan of the half-and-half artwork. Don't make me choose a side, because both are entrancing.

Great work, great work.

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Trying to make a comeback.. One day at a time..

Don't rush me for in-depth critiques, because if all you can do is gripe about how badly you need one, then allow me to gripe about how long it takes to do one. - Me

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