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Description I am writing a novel and illustrating it. The characters below are Miakai-cat, Kiala-girl in the center, Ryu-boy with the ribbon, and Koji-long haired bishi on the right. To see more of these characters, please follow the links below.

Miakai: <--previous<-- -->next-->

Kiala: <--previous<-- -->next-->


Ryu: <--previous<-- -->next-->


Koji: <--previous<-- -->next-->


I started this as an experiment in drawing this angle and in drawing clothes that loosly fit... with Just Kiala, but when I finished her, the picture seemed to need more, so I drew Koji... but then I thought that wasn't right, we needed something to balance out the picture, and besides, Ryu would be jealous of Koji getting to lounge around with Kiala, so I drew Ryu as well, and then while I was at it, I added Miakai. I had to attach an extra piece of paper to fit everything right. IT was fun, and I did it while doing other things, sort of a way to pass the time, and now it is finished. I rather like it, though there isn't really anything to it. Hope you all like it too. ^__^

is holding a Fragile Dreams contest and this is being entered. link to the contest--> [link]

How this image fits the theme of Fragile Dreams
This is mostly for the benefit of the judges because those who watch me already know the story at least a little. The theme is fragile dreams.

My novel is a romance, action, comedy, fantasy adventure. The basic gist of the story pertaining to this contest is that Kiala and Ryu are childhood friends and sort of sweet hearts when a war starts. Miakai is their companion btw. When the war starts, Ryu is called into action, and Kiala follows. She disguises herself so no one knows she is a girl, and fights along side him. Being that it is a war a lot of things happen to them and their sense of peace and happiness get shattered pretty completely as they both suffer from their own dissalusionment.

Koji is actually only part human, he was around long before, and his background story is that he lost the love of his life long ago, and later, his family (which were royalty) ended up fighting amongst themselves (brother killing brother) over the possession of a treasure known as the fate stone. The fate stone offers the user a chance to reshape the world into the user's dreams, but this of course is vary dangerous because it not only reads the good in a person's heart, but the darkness as well. Koji, knowing this, stole the fate stone and disappeared.

Back to Kiala and Ryu. Ryu learns about the fate stone and seeks it out. He wants to make the world a better place, so that the war will never have happened. He meets Koji and they fight, but before the battle is finished, they get interrupted. Ryu, seriously injured, leaves, planning to try again. Kiala pretty much finds out what is happening and goes to confront Koji... but the two of them connect in a way that neither expected. Kiala's fire reminds Koji of his first love.

At first, Koji is the main antagonist, but over time, that changes. In the battles, Ryu receives a head injury that causes him to loose much of his memory, and as a testament to how much the relationship changed, Koji decides to help him find himself again, while Kiala falls into sadness at having lost him.

A lot more happens of course, but as you can sort of get from this much, the opportunity to just lay together, not worrying about anything is a rare and fleeting thing, but during that time, they all have a change to dream about how the world could have and should have been. This scene is like a fragile dream, that can all too easily be broken by the ways of the world.

if you need more clarification, just ask. ^__^
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Comments: 41

nanaya-chan [2008-12-26 15:26:04 +0000 UTC]

Looks cool! ^^ Outfits are very good!

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manic-goose In reply to nanaya-chan [2008-12-26 17:12:25 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^__^

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nanaya-chan In reply to manic-goose [2008-12-26 17:54:52 +0000 UTC]

no problem

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Azmyst [2008-12-17 04:50:27 +0000 UTC]

How the hell did you do that with a pen?!?! It's amazing! Are you gonna colour it?

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manic-goose In reply to Azmyst [2008-12-17 05:27:07 +0000 UTC]

It took a very long time... that is how. Thank you very much. I wasn't going to color it because I like this look... do you think it would look good with color?

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Azmyst In reply to manic-goose [2008-12-17 06:06:00 +0000 UTC]

It might but it looks pretty damn good as it is. Shows off the penwork, no doubt.

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manic-goose In reply to Azmyst [2008-12-17 06:07:49 +0000 UTC]

That is how I felt too. Thank you

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InTheFrame [2008-12-06 10:39:37 +0000 UTC]

FUCK! |:
Is that pen?

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manic-goose In reply to InTheFrame [2008-12-06 17:35:04 +0000 UTC]

Yes it is. ^^

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InTheFrame In reply to manic-goose [2008-12-07 13:36:09 +0000 UTC]

Amazing dude.
wow

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manic-goose In reply to InTheFrame [2008-12-07 17:40:48 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much

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Muttered-innocence [2008-11-27 17:33:46 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty.

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manic-goose In reply to Muttered-innocence [2008-11-27 17:55:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

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Muttered-innocence In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-27 22:02:15 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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Yvee-chan [2008-11-25 21:20:25 +0000 UTC]

Amazing work! XD

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manic-goose In reply to Yvee-chan [2008-11-25 21:34:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^^

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MarikLover666 [2008-11-24 14:23:04 +0000 UTC]

OMG the rumples and folds! 8D Amazing!

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manic-goose In reply to MarikLover666 [2008-11-24 14:45:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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The-Vampire-Danchan [2008-11-24 08:00:45 +0000 UTC]

Wooo looks good. I like the clothes

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manic-goose In reply to The-Vampire-Danchan [2008-11-24 14:46:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. ^__^

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LeahCK [2008-11-23 19:27:07 +0000 UTC]

Kiala's kimono is so pretty and Miakai is really cute, showing her belly. Your pen sketches are always really nice. Hopefully Ryu is not being a perv and looking down Kiala's kimono, since it is kinda lose.

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manic-goose In reply to LeahCK [2008-11-23 19:35:07 +0000 UTC]

he just might be. It is rather loose. I was experimenting with looseness for practice, that is why it is that way... but heck, it's all good.

Thank you

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LeahCK In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-23 20:02:40 +0000 UTC]

I like it though, it does look loose, not stiff and box-y like sometimes when I draw clothing, I really need to practice on that. Folds are so complicated. =_=

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manic-goose In reply to LeahCK [2008-11-23 20:51:30 +0000 UTC]

They can be but with practice one gets better at it.

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LeahCK In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-23 21:07:23 +0000 UTC]

Yup!!

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JEIDO-WOLF [2008-11-23 17:33:01 +0000 UTC]

Wow this looks awesome love the angle and how you drew the clothes

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manic-goose In reply to JEIDO-WOLF [2008-11-23 17:34:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much. It was fun.

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gwilly-crochet [2008-11-23 16:36:22 +0000 UTC]

this is really cute.....i mean, they should have times where they're just lying around and not really doing anything nicely shaded too. ^-^

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manic-goose In reply to gwilly-crochet [2008-11-23 17:22:31 +0000 UTC]

Awe, thank you. That is sort of how I felt, this would be one of their down time moments. Glad you like. The shading was fun, but it took some time.

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gwilly-crochet In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-24 02:20:59 +0000 UTC]

you're welcome ^-^ it does look like it did take some time.....but it's worth it

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manic-goose In reply to gwilly-crochet [2008-11-24 02:36:47 +0000 UTC]

I agree. ^__^

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BlackDelphin [2008-11-23 16:15:26 +0000 UTC]

i really like the way you shaded this!! good job

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manic-goose In reply to BlackDelphin [2008-11-23 17:23:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I think it really is all about the shading. Go bic pens. They are still my fav for shading purposes.

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BlackDelphin In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-23 17:26:27 +0000 UTC]

not necessarily, but the shading makes the mood
and it did magnificently!

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manic-goose In reply to BlackDelphin [2008-11-23 17:34:39 +0000 UTC]

^__^ Thank you.

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ZEROMaximusAurelius [2008-11-23 06:41:57 +0000 UTC]

I love it! tis so dynamic. Great job!

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manic-goose In reply to ZEROMaximusAurelius [2008-11-23 17:23:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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ZEROMaximusAurelius In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-24 02:16:06 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome.

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Momo-PixiFrog [2008-11-23 05:09:43 +0000 UTC]

I it! Very interesting composition. Keep up your awesomeness!

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manic-goose In reply to Momo-PixiFrog [2008-11-23 17:23:26 +0000 UTC]

I shall try.

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Momo-PixiFrog In reply to manic-goose [2008-11-23 17:25:33 +0000 UTC]

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