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Description Behold, everyone, the FIRST pic I finished in my winter break-after the entire end-of-semester hecticness hiatus. Two guys doing something totally random and pointless, ahh how good does it feel to satisfy my guilty pleasure again.

I realized I shouldn't be doing something heavy yet after all the slavery I went tru to finish all the school projects, so I just did this doodle.


I experimented on this new coloring technique of doing the entire colors in one single layer and then do the entire shadings in another and highlights in yet another, finishing the entire things in just 3 layers. Granted, this method is very fast and convenient and creates a much more unified look, but it still lacks some quality I can only get from my usual one-layer-for-every-each-colors method. But it's starting to grow on me so I'll just polish it further.



But- sheesh, who'd ever care about all those technical blabber? Okay, these two guys are Apollo and Amata Sora from the Aquarion series.

The Sora guy has antigravitational powers that allow him to float freely, hence why he wears that super chunky-heavy boots to keep him on the ground (and give me an eyegasm, consequently). And, yeah, that's why Apollo can play him around like a volleyball.

Which doesn't make sense because Sora's supposed to live 1,000 years ahead of Apollo.

But who cares? The world of fantasy awesomeness transcends space and time.

Time can just shoo and suck itself.

Apollo and Amata Sora is from the Aquarion series.
Illustration, by, me.
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Comments: 69

RadenWA In reply to ??? [2012-07-22 07:43:37 +0000 UTC]

I knew Sora earlier than Apollo. Anyways perhaps I should try watching it, but I'm not that much into mechas.

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IHeartZakSaturday [2012-06-22 15:52:12 +0000 UTC]

APOLLO!!!
As soon as I saw him, I kinda freaked out. I haven't seen any fanart of Aquarion in QUITE some time.

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RadenWA In reply to IHeartZakSaturday [2012-06-22 16:24:48 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I can't believe the lack of fanarts they got. They just gotta get fanarts!

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DR4WNOUT [2012-06-15 23:39:11 +0000 UTC]

Looks great dude! XD Funny idea too

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RadenWA In reply to DR4WNOUT [2012-06-16 05:44:18 +0000 UTC]

I want to float too so I can feel to be a volleyball

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NinRac [2012-06-15 00:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Have fun spiking the setup ;D

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RadenWA In reply to NinRac [2012-06-15 07:37:44 +0000 UTC]

What spikes? He FLOATS. And his boots is crazy thick.

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NinRac In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-15 09:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Volleyball spike

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RadenWA In reply to NinRac [2012-06-15 10:32:33 +0000 UTC]

oh.....OKAY! *does it*

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NinRac In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-15 11:55:43 +0000 UTC]

SCORE!!!!

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MeghansDreamDesigns [2012-06-14 18:36:47 +0000 UTC]

That looks need-Very nice, I like it

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RadenWA In reply to MeghansDreamDesigns [2012-06-15 07:37:50 +0000 UTC]

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MeghansDreamDesigns In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-15 12:33:09 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome

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pseudohippie877 [2012-06-14 13:13:48 +0000 UTC]

I saw that series, and knew you'd love it lol.
Havn't really watced it, but damn the main character looks so awesome. I hate anime for its awesome outfits, yet love hem at the same time.

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RadenWA In reply to pseudohippie877 [2012-06-14 13:41:05 +0000 UTC]

I hate awesome outfits for one reason only-the fact that I can't get them.

Lol what's the anime about? The characters sure will keep me hooked, but I don't see myself attached to mecha-focused shows.

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pseudohippie877 In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-16 12:01:33 +0000 UTC]

I have no idea. I saw the first episode simply because of his outfit and the story was just weird to me (tho I want boots you can put weights into...awesome workout!

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RadenWA In reply to pseudohippie877 [2012-06-16 15:46:22 +0000 UTC]

Haha, sounds like what I will do too. But I just can't seem to get into mecha-based stories.

And yeppp....finally a boots where the story is the main focus.....wait what? It's the other way around. lol XD

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DeadCobra [2012-06-14 12:11:27 +0000 UTC]

Funny

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RadenWA In reply to DeadCobra [2012-06-14 12:34:10 +0000 UTC]

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LorGistamanRakk [2012-06-14 09:06:18 +0000 UTC]

good idia for apollo!

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RadenWA In reply to LorGistamanRakk [2012-06-14 09:48:04 +0000 UTC]

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ElenaMegan [2012-06-14 07:54:12 +0000 UTC]

This is a nice picture! The only thing missing is the action lines.

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RadenWA In reply to ElenaMegan [2012-06-14 09:50:45 +0000 UTC]

I considered having action lines but I kinda prefer to keep a more static sky background

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ElenaMegan In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 10:39:51 +0000 UTC]

LOL, okay.

Unimportant side note: I'm officially got a "Vanguard" virus.

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RadenWA In reply to ElenaMegan [2012-06-14 11:29:46 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I read your journal.

They have it here on Animax too, but it seems I never really get how trading/battling card games work >.<

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ElenaMegan In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 14:28:25 +0000 UTC]

Hahahaha... yeah, me too.

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RadenWA In reply to ElenaMegan [2012-06-15 07:43:34 +0000 UTC]

But you seem to get into it!

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UnknownSoulCollector [2012-06-14 06:54:07 +0000 UTC]

OKAY then you are a BASEBALL


*hit him with a bat*

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RadenWA In reply to UnknownSoulCollector [2012-06-14 09:50:57 +0000 UTC]

Does not work!

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UnknownSoulCollector In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 14:40:29 +0000 UTC]

Awwww :<

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siyeh75 [2012-06-14 06:03:50 +0000 UTC]

This is wonderful, Raden! I love your drawings - they always convey so much energy.

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RadenWA In reply to siyeh75 [2012-06-14 09:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Yay!

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kuroshinki [2012-06-14 05:08:58 +0000 UTC]

wwaah! their cute!

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RadenWA In reply to kuroshinki [2012-06-14 10:00:02 +0000 UTC]

Of course they are

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kuroshinki In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 10:13:48 +0000 UTC]

dadada!!

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kefron [2012-06-14 03:16:17 +0000 UTC]

Nice work *0*b

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RadenWA In reply to kefron [2012-06-14 10:00:07 +0000 UTC]

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Aetherya [2012-06-13 20:25:22 +0000 UTC]

Hey, I like the perspective in color

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RadenWA In reply to Aetherya [2012-06-14 10:01:51 +0000 UTC]

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lucas449 [2012-06-13 19:30:32 +0000 UTC]

very cool

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RadenWA In reply to lucas449 [2012-06-14 10:02:16 +0000 UTC]

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lucas449 In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 13:50:11 +0000 UTC]

^_^

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Tesunie [2012-06-13 19:25:16 +0000 UTC]

Suggestion: The arm that fades away, try to do a feathering on the fading so it's not the whole arm from the shoulder to the hand, but be more gradual from the should (being darkest and closest) to the hand (being brightest and farthest). If you use Photoshop (which I think you do?), feathering selections is fairly simple. If you want more of an explanation on what I mean, just ask.

Otherwise, great job. The new coloring style doesn't look too much different from the old one, and if it's faster than go for it.

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RadenWA In reply to Tesunie [2012-06-14 10:05:47 +0000 UTC]

I considered feathering, but I realized that the entire arm IS further from the body, like it really is behind the body instead of reaching to the back, so it's more appropriate to do the fading evenly.

Really? The previous one have more diverse hue of shade/highlights and higher level of detail, but if it really look similar then it doesn't hurt to go for the faster one.

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Tesunie In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 14:40:55 +0000 UTC]

It's your picture, and you are braver than me when it comes to shading effects. I could never get them to look quite right to me... but the way your doing it looks fine. (Basically, seeing it done by someone else it looks great, when I try to do the same thing,even if it looks exactly the same, I hate it. Makes sense?)

The faster one worked on long enough with enough practice should be able to get close enough to the detail level of the other method. I just don't noticed much of a difference at the moment, but I don't have them side by side.

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replicator13 [2012-06-13 19:03:22 +0000 UTC]

"Iam not Volley ball!"
Me: "Yes y are..." (throws another time)

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RadenWA In reply to replicator13 [2012-06-14 10:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Oh don't we love floating cute guys.

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replicator13 In reply to RadenWA [2012-06-14 12:21:05 +0000 UTC]

lol ok

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Wolfenpilot687 [2012-06-13 18:35:01 +0000 UTC]

OH.
MY.
GOSH.
Those freaking boots. Where are they? Where do they sell them?
It's settled. My next pair will be like that.
WHERE? TELL ME!

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RadenWA In reply to Wolfenpilot687 [2012-06-14 10:11:01 +0000 UTC]

The closest one I can find is this [link] . I will keep you informed on my hunts.

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