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I know this one has its faults but I am kind of proud of it. I usually draw people simply standing around, doing nothing, and this time I really pushed myself to do something that was difficult for me (not to mention, action instead of romance? I must have caught something!).

This Super Smash Brothers battle between Link (from the Legend of Zelda) and Marth (from Fire Emblem) - this particular move - is also something that I have been meaning to draw for years. The idea sprung from the strange collision of the song Send Me a Sign by Gamma Ray, the game Super Smash Brothers and the manga Ranma1/2. I love to make up scenes when I listen to music and to this song I imagine a mishmash of Super Smash Brothers matches, that in turn take inspiration from other battles that made an impact on me. Ranma1/2 is such a huge source of inspiration to me overall but the battles in particular are real eye-candy. Rumiko Takahashi's drawing style is fairly simple but there is so much movement going on that I always forget I am reading a manga and each battle is more creative than the other. This pose is something I stole from when Ryoga first appears at Ranma's school to challenge him to a battle, descending from above and trying to get a hit in with his red umbrella. The move is fairly similar to an actual attack of Link's while Marth's backflips are fairly similar to Ranma's skillful dodge. This HAD to be done and I finally did it!

By the way, I have always imagined Link and Marth to be fierce rivals and I love that an event match in Super Smash Brothers Melee has them facing off against each other and that Sakurai who is in charge of the series post pictures of them battling it out for the next Smash that is in the works.

Description
I know this one has its faults but I am kind of proud of it. I usually draw people simply standing around, doing nothing, and this time I really pushed myself to do something that was difficult for me (not to mention, action instead of romance? I must have caught something!).

This Super Smash Brothers battle between Link (from the Legend of Zelda) and Marth (from Fire Emblem) - this particular move - is also something that I have been meaning to draw for years. The idea sprung from the strange collision of the song Send Me a Sign by Gamma Ray, the game Super Smash Brothers and the manga Ranma1/2. I love to make up scenes when I listen to music and to this song I imagine a mishmash of Super Smash Brothers matches, that in turn take inspiration from other battles that made an impact on me. Ranma1/2 is such a huge source of inspiration to me overall but the battles in particular are real eye-candy. Rumiko Takahashi's drawing style is fairly simple but there is so much movement going on that I always forget I am reading a manga and each battle is more creative than the other. This pose is something I stole from when Ryoga first appears at Ranma's school to challenge him to a battle, descending from above and trying to get a hit in with his red umbrella. The move is fairly similar to an actual attack of Link's while Marth's backflips are fairly similar to Ranma's skillful dodge. This HAD to be done and I finally did it!

By the way, I have always imagined Link and Marth to be fierce rivals and I love that an event match in Super Smash Brothers Melee has them facing off against each other and that Sakurai who is in charge of the series post pictures of them battling it out for the next Smash that is in the works.