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Description Now you probably seen Aileen holding two swords somewhere.

Altho never seen Aileen is actually a two sword user. Probable reason for this is that neither she brags about her own skills, nor that she was dueling alot.
As for swinging two swords requires excellent concentration, strength, and technique for each hand as well as coordination she was able to pull of some extremely strong and fast cuts using only one sword. This has convinced her that she does not really need her own two swords so she is mostly seen carrying that old katana or one of the two. The single blue sword she is carrying around is a rather old katana that Carrian ( her father ) gave her to protect herself when she is home alone ( Carrian is traveling alot ).

She has her own two katanas which were crafted for her specifically by her own requirements and wishes. She earned them when she passed the last exam for two sword mastery in her dojo. This surely means she is a master @ two swords.

Some appearance changes when she is in "Duelist mode":

2 black katanas with square tsuba( like, duh ).
Her black dojo gi ( to hide the blood ).
Locking bracer - The thing on her left arm. It is used to block and lock in weapons to disable opponent.
Bandage on her right hand is black ( is white in normal mode ).
Serious look on the face.
Much, much more quiet talk tone.


Now don't get confused up. I did not changed her. The path her daddy taught her is the path of Duelist, meaning if she wants to learn anymore than this, she will have to get alot of battle experience.
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Comments: 16

darksage29 [2010-06-01 13:00:47 +0000 UTC]

nicely drawn.

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Daandric In reply to darksage29 [2010-06-01 17:51:28 +0000 UTC]

thank you, how did you stumble upon this drawing

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darksage29 In reply to Daandric [2010-06-02 03:12:36 +0000 UTC]

it's on . So naturally, it would be on my deviations pile. I make it a point to comment on those that I like.

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Daandric In reply to darksage29 [2010-06-02 08:11:37 +0000 UTC]

Right, thx for info, I was just wondering coz I posted it like 3-4 months ago.

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loNg-LivE-mAngA [2010-04-02 18:11:03 +0000 UTC]

Awesome anatomy! Excellent shading as well!!

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Daandric In reply to loNg-LivE-mAngA [2010-04-02 19:31:11 +0000 UTC]

thx, glad you are catching up

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loNg-LivE-mAngA In reply to Daandric [2010-04-02 20:14:50 +0000 UTC]

DX yeah, I think I still have a bunch from you to look at but 45 total. I'm a slacker But I will pay equal attention to each and every one!!!

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Reina-Kitsune [2010-03-10 20:07:51 +0000 UTC]

Looks like a horizontally flipped twin of one of my OCs ^^

You know, seeing your art I'm quite jealous of the anathomy ♥

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Daandric In reply to Reina-Kitsune [2010-03-10 22:37:48 +0000 UTC]

Really?
Gimme link so i can compare

Thx for the anatomy, last 3 years i was focusing only on the poses and anatomy, that why most drawings have no background and every drawing older than june doesn't even have shadows on it. Point is that you don't practice more thing at once, instead you just focus on one thing and when you master it, you move on on the next one. Learning more things at once will only get you confused.

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Reina-Kitsune In reply to Daandric [2010-03-11 06:13:48 +0000 UTC]

[link] here she is She's an older sister of the archer we spoke about before

Heheh, I'm trying to learn it all at the same time xD' It cheers me a little - when the lineart is horrible, the colouring might be good enough to be proud of and reversely

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PenUser [2010-02-23 19:23:40 +0000 UTC]

I like this one, the contrast rocks, and anatomy is ok- plus there's also details! You could try cleaning the scanned pic up so that it looks like it's on a completely white background, now there's some paper texture on the background. And you could try to make the chin a bit smaller, if you'd want a more feminine look-

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Daandric In reply to PenUser [2010-02-23 19:36:27 +0000 UTC]

I did clean it, the darkest tone looked like the gray one, i was fixing it for 3o minutes but there is still left...I also fixed background alot, guess I'll have to do it again. I know but chin is a feature she inherited from her father so I can't.

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FingersOfChrist [2010-02-23 11:56:34 +0000 UTC]

aren't duelist swords called something else? because they are shorter than katana's but not as short as a tanto. There's a guy in the Rurouni Kenshin series who uses such swords...

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Daandric In reply to FingersOfChrist [2010-02-23 12:00:57 +0000 UTC]

Those are Wakizashi. But these are Katanas.

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FingersOfChrist In reply to Daandric [2010-02-23 19:38:28 +0000 UTC]

so that means she's very very good

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Daandric In reply to FingersOfChrist [2010-02-23 19:40:51 +0000 UTC]

Yes it does
At that age, to be a two sword master...

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