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Description ALRIGHT. I am alive again.
for those who missed my journal: zephyriee.deviantart.com/journ…
still working on catching up with my inbox and wading through all the awesome artwork and stories you guys filled it with <3

THIS. is super old. and the main reason why I wrecked my wrist pretty bad in summer xD
I was working on my last-minute university application portfolio last summer WHILST at the same time having final exams (which means lots and lots of handwriting and studying AND drawing 10 full projects for that required portfolio - THIS is only ONE of them xD)
in my defence, I didn't have much of a choice because the last-minute decision to change my choice of university only happened because I was so blown away by the course description - only to find out I set the bar WAY too high and it had raised my expectations vastly beyond reality... xD welp.

anyway, have here my first character design for which I did tons of historical research and ideation processes (if some of you perhaps still remember the poll from months back - this is the result xD)
I still like it even though it's a bit overloaded but hey, some huns did like their fancy things. xD over time they were very influenced by the europeans anyway
also big thanks to CSStables for explaining sturdy pony anatomy to me

also, since I can't do polls anymore: QUESTION. 
are you guys also interested in seeing the ideation process? if so, do you want me to submit those to my scraps?
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Comments: 35

Shotechi [2018-08-20 12:59:37 +0000 UTC]

LUVLUVLUVLUVLUVVVV Deine designs und die dazugehörigen Gedankengänge sind soooo fein und AWESOME <3 

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zephuko In reply to Shotechi [2018-09-15 14:15:19 +0000 UTC]

AAHhh dankeee T.T freut mich voll D:

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TwiggyStone [2018-02-12 21:33:38 +0000 UTC]

Aw that looks so cool Love the tack.

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zephuko In reply to TwiggyStone [2018-02-28 22:28:39 +0000 UTC]

ahh thankyou! glad you do x3

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CSStables [2017-12-17 16:15:10 +0000 UTC]

Aaah I remember this awesomeness! The amount of detail in this really just blows my mind each time I see it <333

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zephuko In reply to CSStables [2017-12-28 20:50:59 +0000 UTC]

eheheheh aw thaanks! also really happy you gave the poor unused pony a new home x33

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CSStables In reply to zephuko [2017-12-29 09:11:18 +0000 UTC]

My pleasure! <333 How could I say no to a gorgeous Mongolian? ;D 

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sealle [2017-12-16 00:26:16 +0000 UTC]

HOLY GUACAMOLE

this is just so wonderfully detailed and i ADORE the syle used on both the man and the pony. 
Its a really lovely character design sheet and all the little patterns and notes are wonderful to see.

You totally need to do something more with him  

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zephuko In reply to sealle [2017-12-28 20:45:38 +0000 UTC]

asdkjfds thank you so endlessly much, sealle really happy to hear such positive feedback x3

lmao I'm afraid if I used him for something, his outfit would be most likely to kill me xDD

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sealle In reply to zephuko [2018-01-02 01:29:53 +0000 UTC]

<3 i am so happy to see all this lovely work from you recently, so it is my pleasure! 

XD I totally get that! but if you do, hes actually kinda perfect for an APRG starting up soon  

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zephuko In reply to sealle [2018-01-03 18:15:23 +0000 UTC]

aww aksdjfösdf all the nice words <3

I thiiink I know which one you're talking about I did consider, but then again... I have far too many projects going on as it is XD

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sealle In reply to zephuko [2018-01-11 07:42:53 +0000 UTC]

LOl i get that feeling! either way i just adore all your recent stuff and cant wait to see more!

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zephuko In reply to sealle [2018-01-17 14:50:29 +0000 UTC]

ahh thankyousomuch T.T

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PoisonSoldat [2017-12-14 18:29:36 +0000 UTC]

Woooow this is impressive! All the different textures and detailing, dang! I hope they let you in, wow

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zephuko In reply to PoisonSoldat [2017-12-28 20:41:53 +0000 UTC]

they did, although part of me still wishes they hadn't heh
it was a great exercise though! thank you <3

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PoisonSoldat In reply to zephuko [2017-12-28 20:53:14 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha :') I get the pain
But hey congrats!

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zephuko In reply to PoisonSoldat [2017-12-28 21:35:42 +0000 UTC]

aw :C
thankyou though

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PoisonSoldat In reply to zephuko [2017-12-28 22:07:56 +0000 UTC]

Psh, but it's worth it, right? I mean, I hope you like it xD
No problem

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zephuko In reply to PoisonSoldat [2017-12-28 23:21:52 +0000 UTC]

eh yeah it's alright xD

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PoisonSoldat In reply to zephuko [2017-12-29 08:03:39 +0000 UTC]

Well that's something at least enjoy the journey ;D

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zephuko In reply to PoisonSoldat [2017-12-29 11:57:20 +0000 UTC]

I'm trying my best heh ~ 

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Bloodwine-tales [2017-12-13 16:25:38 +0000 UTC]

So many details and so much research O.O woooooow~
I had to think about you and your poll when we were at the "Hunnenfest" this year. You would've loved it there ;_;

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zephuko In reply to Bloodwine-tales [2017-12-13 16:40:07 +0000 UTC]

I think I took the 'do your research' part almost a bit too literally haha, it was so much fun learning more about them past the school-education-level xD
aahh yess I've seen the posters before I left! D: I was so sad :C hope you had fun though!!

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Bloodwine-tales In reply to zephuko [2017-12-13 17:37:28 +0000 UTC]

I can imagine. research is sooo~ much fun
If you're around (or better said: in the country XD ) we'll gladly take you with us!!

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zephuko In reply to Bloodwine-tales [2017-12-13 23:28:12 +0000 UTC]

indeed!! ~ 
aww youguuys <3 would love to, sadly not in the country as much as originally planned T.T

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Boooberry [2017-12-13 12:42:47 +0000 UTC]

LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS ....

Amazing job with all those darn details! Gosh! Wherever I look, I find something new to stare at!

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zephuko In reply to Boooberry [2017-12-13 16:38:38 +0000 UTC]

baw thank you so much, Evy!! glad it's so interesting to look at x3

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do-draw [2017-12-13 10:28:30 +0000 UTC]

it looks great. So man details. I would definitely love to see more *o*
I love the horse tack and the eagle wing on the man's shoulder looks badass
when I was little and people asked me were my asian influence came from they often didn't know about mongolia and my explanation usually was 'you know the huns from Mulan? Well, those were related'. :,D

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zephuko In reply to do-draw [2017-12-13 16:36:59 +0000 UTC]

aw great : D I might really do a scraps upload and then link it in the description or something
thankyou x3
ohh that's really cool! actually people still aren't sure wheeere they really came from but if I remember correctly the most popular theory among historians is that they are one of the ancestors of mongols ~ it's been a while since I read the articles though xD

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do-draw In reply to zephuko [2017-12-14 22:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Yayy
well, I guess these things are always hard to tell with old nomad tribes :'D kudos to you doing so much research. it does show in your pictures

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zephuko In reply to do-draw [2017-12-28 20:14:22 +0000 UTC]

true true xD they didn't exactly obsess over writing things down as much as the romans did lmao
aw I'm glad!

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Zoubstance [2017-12-13 10:12:54 +0000 UTC]

Awwyisss, I love everything about this  

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zephuko In reply to Zoubstance [2017-12-13 16:34:22 +0000 UTC]

dawthankyouu x3

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ArcticNomad [2017-12-13 08:45:43 +0000 UTC]

I love the clothing and tack details, really cool designs! 

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zephuko In reply to ArcticNomad [2017-12-13 16:34:15 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much! really tried to put a lot of thought into it heh

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