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Description "'Oops!?' Vat do you mean 'oops!?' Vat is this 'oops!?' Dumpfbacke! Was in der Hölle ist mit dir falsch...!?"

As a general rule, when Ritsuko tells you not to touch anything in her lab, she means it. And yes, that means you too, Misato.

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These characters are from the classic anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion, and have been transformed into centaurs for Jack Krolak's centaurization contest .

(For those who don't know the TV show, these characters are, from left to right, Rei Ayanami , Misato Katsuragi , and Asuka Langley-Soryu . Asuka and Rei are teenagers who pilot giant robots, and Misato is their commanding officer. Ritsuko is the technology genius on the show, and doesn't appear in this picture. Neither does the main character of the series, Shinji : The Eva girls are just more fun to draw than he is.)

In total, this is about 40-50 hours, I think. This is "mixed media" because although 98% of the time was spent on vector art, there are a few non-vector-ish additions, like the purple "poof" coming from the bottle, and that's enough to make it "mixed media" instead of pure vector art. Everything else is vector art, though, including all the fuzzy shiny areas on their skin, the background, and the shadows. You can see the development process of it at my personal web site: my works-in-progress gallery .

I'm actually not that big a fan of this show, but the characters are cute and fun to draw, so here they are. I think, though, that with this, I've finally gotten the Eva bug out of my system, so you probably won't see me do any more pictures of them after this.

Well, anyway, enjoy!

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Oh, and for those who are curious, yes, Asuka is half-German, and grew up in Germany, and she tends to switch to speaking German when she gets really angry. Her words above are translated: "'Oops!?' What do you mean 'oops!?' What does 'oops' mean!? Dumbass! What the hell is wrong with you...!?" Goodness only knows what she said after that; that's about the point where I stopped the tape recorder

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(I've licensed this under a Creative Commons license, which means that you're free to repost this elsewhere --- for noncommercial purposes only --- but you must include the disclaimer below if you repost it or share it.)

This artwork is copyright © 2007 by the Phantom Inker (www.phantom-inker.com). Characters are from Neon Genesis Evangelion, copyright © 1996 by Hideaki Anno and Gainax. Some rights reserved. This artwork is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 License.
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Comments: 144

GundamSamuraiAkira [2021-11-12 05:12:41 +0000 UTC]

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Janoschesque [2021-07-13 16:10:25 +0000 UTC]

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baballard2000 [2021-03-26 12:38:32 +0000 UTC]

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BookWyrm666 [2019-07-01 04:48:01 +0000 UTC]

I think a good question is why would Ritsuko have it in the first place?

also am I the only one who thinks it looks like Rei is trying not to laugh?

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macmannann22 [2018-02-22 23:02:33 +0000 UTC]

nice

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Packless1 [2017-02-20 17:11:06 +0000 UTC]

...okay, next you go to the NERV-wardrobe and tell them, that we need new plug-suits...
...and new plugs for 4-legged EVA-pilots...! 
P.S.
...and Asuka is boasting: "...have i yet told you, when i won the great derby...?"   

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ryn567 [2017-01-12 03:55:51 +0000 UTC]

Well at least they didn't transform into orange juice.

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phantom-inker In reply to ryn567 [2017-01-24 02:31:34 +0000 UTC]

Orange juice?

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ryn567 In reply to phantom-inker [2017-01-24 04:15:08 +0000 UTC]

I was referring to the movie "End of Evangelion" when the characters turn into some sort of orange substance during the third impact.

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phantom-inker In reply to ryn567 [2017-01-30 14:43:37 +0000 UTC]

I tried hard to forget pretty much all of Evangelion after seeing how it ended.  And then how they tried again to replace the ending with a movie that was pretty awful.  And again, and again.  Eva should have been brilliant, but its multiple awful ridiculous endings are so bad they make the Matrix sequels seem watchable.  So I don't remember the turn-into-orange-stuff part, but frankly, I've tried hard to blot most of what I've seen out of my memory entirely.

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2017-02-06 08:20:29 +0000 UTC]

He is referring to the fan euphemism of being Tanged (killed) as when the monster died (or people) died they exploded into an orange fluid.

I have to agree, the End of Evangelion, was a depressing "everyone dies" type anime that I was never fond of. I learned later of the directors own bouts with depression that seemed to happen a lot in those early anime shows.

The characters on the other hand were, very interesting and well designed. Rumor is they were also running out of money for that final story arc, contributing to it's storytelling decline.

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InfernoDawg In reply to jkrolak [2017-03-27 08:10:56 +0000 UTC]

They don't really die when they become LCL. Their body turns into orange juice but their souls are collected. At the end they can choose whether to come back or not. So even the people who died can come back to life if their body was turned into LCL. Like Asuka.

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phantom-inker In reply to jkrolak [2017-02-08 12:56:56 +0000 UTC]

Depressing stories can be good, if done right.  But stories set inside the mind of a depressed person?  With all due respect to those fighting depression, being in a world where "everything is awful and everybody dies" is just not something I enjoy.  I have my own emotional challenges, but I'm just not that downbeat.

I've also heard the rumors about their money situation.  They could have just stopped the story, rather than ending it badly.

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2017-02-08 17:32:52 +0000 UTC]

The money rumors were correct. And that was their way of "stopping" the story bringing it to a rushed ending as opposed to an abrupt cliffhanger. Both ways have their drawbacks as seen but the chopped ending at Young Justice.

At least it did give us some great characters.

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vanfross [2017-01-07 05:04:35 +0000 UTC]

this is aids

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hellboy5 [2016-09-12 16:35:00 +0000 UTC]

Great pic😁
If i'm allowed to correct you :
Was zur Hölle ist falsch mit dir
Is correct german sentence

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synted In reply to hellboy5 [2022-03-16 19:18:52 +0000 UTC]

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dod424 [2016-04-09 00:45:31 +0000 UTC]

This makes me think of NGE nobody dies, i can only wonder what the characters reaction would be in that canon defiling, but really awesome fanfic.

Rei: Yay! (Grins with very sharp teeth, and takes more bottles of the formula.) Thanks misato! (Somehow Gallops into the vents above at lightening fast speeds.)

Asuka: how is this possible... Nevermind, i wonder if we might need to service the cockpit for this...

Misato: How has my life got to the point where this is a normal thing.

No really you should really read NGE nobody dies.

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phantom-inker In reply to dod424 [2016-04-11 02:25:17 +0000 UTC]

Eh.  I'm not big on fanfiction, no matter the genre:  The vast majority of fanfiction is pretty severely awful, and the absolute best tends to be just barely tolerable.  No offense to whoever the author of that might be, but I'll pass.

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Kevinlolpop [2015-06-04 05:49:34 +0000 UTC]

Hey it's my birthday tomorrow

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phantom-inker In reply to Kevinlolpop [2015-06-05 12:44:33 +0000 UTC]

Uh...  congrats?

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Kevinlolpop In reply to phantom-inker [2015-06-17 21:19:47 +0000 UTC]

oh thanks sorry I haven't been on a lot lately

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jkrolak [2015-05-25 22:10:32 +0000 UTC]

Funny, it doesn't seem like that long ago....

Just goes to show that a good illustration can become timeless, as this is still one of my top favorites even after all this time.

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phantom-inker In reply to jkrolak [2015-05-27 02:15:35 +0000 UTC]

Eight years ago, apparently.  Geez, time flies.

And I figured when I drew it that it would hit all your buttons; I was anglin' to win that contest at the time.  Turned out the runner-up prize was more useful to me, but I was in it to win it, and I wasn't above targeting the judge's personal tastes

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2015-05-27 02:30:51 +0000 UTC]

There was that, although I actually used a panel of judges to offset my personal biases.

And it did win, even if the graphire didn't work out.

Wonder if I can find something worthwhile as I clean out old stuff to make a new contest. But somehow I don't think old 128GB external drives are going to cut it.

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phantom-inker In reply to jkrolak [2015-05-28 12:42:21 +0000 UTC]

Yep.  And actually, the runner-up prize of having a dA subscription turned out to be really useful, and it led me to even keep the subscription after it expired, so it worked out better than the Graphire in the long run, I think.  I still don't draw with a tablet, and for better or for worse, that's one of the signature facts about my drawings >_>

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jkrolak In reply to phantom-inker [2015-05-28 22:06:48 +0000 UTC]

I still can't believe all that you accomplish with a mouse.

But I suppose I should talk being addicted to a tracball for photo editing.

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Vyctorian [2015-03-29 10:45:44 +0000 UTC]

Love the expressions!~

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Jackharney1 [2015-03-25 01:29:21 +0000 UTC]

"let's try that again, this time without the oops"

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Centaur71 [2014-12-25 01:54:21 +0000 UTC]

Good luck piloting all that robo-mecha with those 'taur bodies...

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Valkeus-and-Varya [2014-10-22 15:14:40 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Their new horse bodies suit them really well color-wise! Excellent vector art you have there... I didn't know it was possible

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Crimson-Dragon-King [2014-09-02 02:29:11 +0000 UTC]

Nice Job, are you going to make a story to go with it?
Well they are as healthy as horses now!

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Carnut09 [2014-03-08 15:50:03 +0000 UTC]

Simply the best anime centaur i have seen in forever!! Nice! 

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Centaur1998 [2013-05-29 01:11:46 +0000 UTC]

I mean this is just really original and creative and overall a awesome submission

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Scorpio-Gustavo [2013-05-21 00:56:37 +0000 UTC]

i call it an improvement. tails ftw x3

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Lady-Whirlpool [2012-11-11 00:26:22 +0000 UTC]

Love this

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Lady-Whirlpool [2012-11-11 00:25:59 +0000 UTC]

Hilarious

How did you colour this?

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phantom-inker In reply to Lady-Whirlpool [2012-11-12 01:12:01 +0000 UTC]

It was entirely drawn and colored in CorelDRAW, using pure vector art, mainly lots and lots of shape-blends and PowerClips. I believe I was using CorelDRAW 8 at the time.

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DolphinSilverwolf [2012-11-03 18:43:21 +0000 UTC]

"What happened? I can't fit in the entry plug!"

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A3Kitsune [2012-10-29 07:26:00 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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SharazDestler [2012-03-25 00:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Can you say, "Derpy Hooves"?

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ranwolf1976 [2012-02-22 19:00:08 +0000 UTC]

Rei looks like she's trying to fight back laugh.

Rei: *thinking* So worth it.

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Centaur71 [2011-12-06 04:55:18 +0000 UTC]

What interesting lil' fillies; and the Manga format riffs too!

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sarani-chan [2011-11-01 17:46:21 +0000 UTC]

a very unique twist on these characters

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AnimalFanatic [2011-09-24 18:06:02 +0000 UTC]

Oh, this cracked me up... I love how the horse part matches their hair so well! The positioning of the girl in the yellow dress made me think she was human... nice job!

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Tonylaf [2011-09-12 19:14:59 +0000 UTC]

A mouse? Are you serious, you can draw like that with a mouse??

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capricornamy [2011-09-03 16:01:08 +0000 UTC]

I wish you could do another, but from a different angle to show the Girl with the yellow dress

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negima151 [2011-09-01 23:56:33 +0000 UTC]

I love this pic, I got to know are you writting up a fanfic based on it and if so will Shinji see them like this and also get turned into a centure like them or what? If I was in Shinji's place and saw them like that I would drag them off to a love hotel and bang them until they all passed out from pleasure overload.

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DS45 [2011-08-13 21:24:58 +0000 UTC]

haha now thar gonne hafe sum troubel getin in thos suits and in thos gaint robots at lys day r cute as centaur

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junglistic1 [2011-06-25 18:43:03 +0000 UTC]

Great composure! Well done!

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