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Vejitto — FMA - Was it equivalent trade?

Published: 2004-05-30 04:50:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 3260; Favourites: 109; Downloads: 379
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Description Oh, well... as I said, I present you crappy FMA fanart
Done in: Opencanvas3E and Photoshop for retouching
Days spent working: a whole week, but with lotsa breaks (I dunno, really...)
Number of times I wanted to jump out of the window: lost count
Sorry for the large res, I just didn't want to crop it down any more You know, too much details lost and something like that (like there were details to begin with )

One thing, if the colours look horribly out of place, or too dark or bright, scream
Having an LCD monitor does that lil' wonder that every colour looks different on it than it does on a regular RGB one. So, it may look okay here, and look horrible other places, and I don't want to wait 2 days to check it out in the school computers

I swear I'll think it over a hundred times before I start working from scratch next time. It was frustrating, but oh well. The anatomy is a bit off in places, I'm aware of that, but I liked the faces enough to keep me from dumping it in the e-trash

The japanese sentence means (roughly) - Was it really equivalent trade? (a hundred thanks to mufurc and eea, for helping me piece it together )
It just occurred to me, while we were creating theories about the series, that the human transmutation Ed and Al attempted was a sorry excuse for the touka koukan rule. I mean, what did they pay and what did they get?
Al lost his whole body, along with the majority of his memories (that continued slipping away slowly), and didn't get anything in return. He does not age, does not feel, cannot cry, cannot even hug his own brother, the last thing remained for him from his family. Only has his voice and his indestructible body, and a thinly painted soul-binding array inside of him. Really...
Ed lost his leg, and was granted a chance to look inside the gate. This gave him the chance to bind his brother's soul to a nearby armor. It cost him his arm. But all in all, they didn't get anything for that lost body and lost leg, only lost their remaining childhood (though we now know what become of their mother, and honestly, it'd have been better if she was left dead...).

Only thing remains for them is each other, and in my opinion, the have the strongest brothership I ever witnessed, real or just fictional. *huggles Ed & Al* Poor things

Yeah, I was dumb enough to typo the mangaka's name the first time I posted it... sorry, it's late
[Edit] It was pointed out that I typo-ed a few words in the description. Corrected
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Comments: 28

Serena6142 [2012-10-10 01:57:05 +0000 UTC]

oh god right in the feels -tear-

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SonicTailsBros4ever [2011-11-06 02:01:13 +0000 UTC]

AW! I think this was gorgeous! *U* Love it! Rock on! Gosh, I can't get enough of it! *U* The colors, the moment, FMA, the poses...! *U* LOVE IT!

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Felain2985 [2011-04-20 14:12:13 +0000 UTC]

I love it, its beautiful!

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medievallass [2009-10-24 00:25:49 +0000 UTC]

Great work! Poor Ed and Al, they've been through so much. Their expression really convey a lot of emotion.

Hayley

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chichistar [2009-05-23 01:57:29 +0000 UTC]

OMG it looks super awesome!!! Poor Ed and Al T^T it was so sad when I saw it. I love the way you did this! awesome job!

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Zyarei [2006-09-17 16:25:51 +0000 UTC]

omg this is beautiful! o.o

i love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <3

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voliverrutherfurd [2006-04-15 18:48:22 +0000 UTC]

Okay, If there is one thing I hate more then sharks, it
has to to be someone who is a WONDERFUL artist
and won't admit it! This stuff is great!

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YandereZombie [2006-01-27 22:20:58 +0000 UTC]

really good

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sk8tergurl [2005-12-14 03:05:16 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! That's awesome! I +fav!

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Kookykay [2005-10-12 00:53:12 +0000 UTC]

Hwow. This is awesome... I lurfe it! =o I like the blood and the truth's hands, very soft.

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sherrq [2004-09-19 10:00:14 +0000 UTC]

awesome O_O

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Vejitto In reply to sherrq [2004-09-30 14:59:54 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, 'glad you liked it

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DejikoMewMew [2004-09-14 16:18:05 +0000 UTC]

WOW... O_O!! I have not the proper words to describe the beauty of this picture... Wonderfully done!

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Vejitto In reply to DejikoMewMew [2004-09-30 11:36:21 +0000 UTC]

You don't know how happy you made me with this comment
...I think I remember your name from LJ o,o More than that, I probably saw some of your drawings :3 Will check out you when I get home, I feel a little... "distracted" with all the people behind me getting a free view at the screen XD

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LoluKomiya [2004-08-08 20:10:15 +0000 UTC]

It's not crappy! *,* It's so cool!! *,*

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Vejitto In reply to LoluKomiya [2004-08-16 22:44:11 +0000 UTC]

And gives you nightmares. Nightmares x_X
But I'm glad you liked it :3

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Kalika-Maxwell [2004-06-25 22:32:33 +0000 UTC]

O_O

Eeeeeee! That's awesome. Can I save it? Please? All the pretty purple swirls and the blood looks great and the hands are freaky and arg, Al!

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Vejitto In reply to Kalika-Maxwell [2004-06-25 23:09:50 +0000 UTC]

Of course you can, I'm so flattered that you think it's worth saving *_* It makes me want to do more piccys
Al... why must I torture him so *hugs poor kids*

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Nano-chan [2004-06-02 08:10:29 +0000 UTC]

Ok. OKami mesélt róla, de attól még nem tudok róla többet.
A kép viszont tetszik!

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Vejitto In reply to Nano-chan [2004-06-02 09:06:48 +0000 UTC]

Õ is még csak most nézi, ma kapta meg a 6-os részig
De már most all-over az egész sorozaton
És örülök, hogy tetszik

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Nano-chan In reply to Vejitto [2004-06-02 15:27:02 +0000 UTC]

Észrevetted, mennyire túlnyomóan használod ezt a jelet:
Néha örülnék, ha valami önbizalommutató is lenne, nem csak a fenti.
Pl.: , , , , , ...
Tényleg jó, amit csinálsz!

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Vejitto In reply to Nano-chan [2004-06-02 21:15:40 +0000 UTC]

Nemtehetek róla, bírom ezt a smiley-t
Meg ezt is ->
Az önbizalmam amúgy nyaral, a múzsámmal együtt, valahol Hawaiin... csak engem felejtettek elvinni magukkal (ez a smiley is jó )
És mégeccer köszönöm

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Nano-chan In reply to Vejitto [2004-06-03 11:35:41 +0000 UTC]

Ó, az én önbizalmam is szokott nyaralni. Kb. január 1-tõl december 31-ig. Úgyhogy abszolút megértem! hehe...
Szerencsére a múzsám nem. Azt nyakon csíptem! Az a gond, hogy munka közben is szokott flörtölni velem...
Na ez a szerencsém...

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Vejitto In reply to Nano-chan [2004-06-03 18:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Néha hozzám is visszalátogatnak...
Egyik ilyen látogatás alkalmával szántam egyáltalán rá magam a deviantartra Mert amúgy a mappám illetéktelen kezek (=nem az enyémek) általi forgatásáért ölni szoktam
Az ötletekkel most nincs baj, de pont így suli végére ütnek be, amikor a vizsgáktól látni se tudok, nemhogy rajzolni
(emiatt a kép miatt pl. kétszer vagy háromszor nem aludtam éjjel, mert vagy ezen dolgoztam, vagy vmi munkámon ami másnapra kellett, csak elment erre az idõ )

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ibrab [2004-06-01 00:32:26 +0000 UTC]

I don't know why you call this crappy. I think it's quite good. ^^ The coloring is a little blotchy, but you got the shadow/lighting pretty good, so it's not so bad. Really good work.

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Vejitto In reply to ibrab [2004-06-01 03:35:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, it means really much to me!

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Dbzbabe [2004-05-31 14:04:25 +0000 UTC]

WOOOOOOOW!! This is something eles! Its done so well!! Everything is just too cool! Grest work!^^

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Vejitto In reply to Dbzbabe [2004-05-31 16:44:00 +0000 UTC]

Glad you liked it
I got the strange impression that I botched the colours... but then again, I might not for a change (I'll check it from school tomorrow).
And for the fav

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