Wha...!?
Where did those two weeks go all of a sudden!? 😳
Sorry, everyone. Another week should be enough for me to get this next drawing done (It's still looking good, by the way!), so until then...
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Surprise!!!
My Danganronpa drawing is progressing fairly well, but it’s still far from finished, so in lieu of that, I have something else to share!
So, does anyone remember that drawing I made a few months ago of one of my OCs, Queen Susanna? The green lady with the fancy outfit and sword? No? Yeah? No?
Well, here’s one of her cohorts, the bright, handsome, and witty Prince Isaac!
This high-energy swordsman is Susanna’s second-in-command, and is gifted with the sword, hand-to-hand combat, singing, and dancing, not to mention having a great (if childish at times) sense of humor. And whereas Susanna has power over plants, this warrior has power over light, thus the sun design of his crown, hair, and...whatever the things on his boots are called. Boot crowns? ...I’ll go with that.
His theme of light is also reflected (no pun intended) in his rainbow collar, his moon badge, the star on his sword, and the aurora borealis design on the lower half of his outfit. He’s also a big fan of smiles, laughs, and jokes, thus the (admittedly sort of creepy) grin design on his armor. Don’t let his smile fool you, though, because much like Susanna, he can get quite serious in combat. He may rank below her, but his fighting style has spelled disaster for many an opponent. So...make sure you stay on his good side. 😉
And as much as I’d like to take credit for inventing all the fine details of this drawing myself, it was mostly stolen inspired by a picture of Fire Emblem’s Prince Marth.
You’ll notice a lot of similarities between the two characters’ outfits if you compare them -- the wrinkles in their outfits, their poses, the position of their swords, and so on. One of my favorite things about drawing is the ability to take characters, locations, items, etc. from other artists and pose and arrange them however you want (an ability which should, of course, be used wisely), so I had some fun copying parts of Marth’s appearance and pose while changing other parts to suit my character. Heh...“suit.” 😏
In case you’re wondering, there are more of these characters on the way (and I’ll eventually work up a full story for them), so stay tuned!
Also, I’ll aim to have that Danganronpa picture done within another three weeks or so. It’s on the bigger side, so naturally it’ll take a while, but I think it’ll be worth the wait, so once again, stay tuned!
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One of my favorite parts about the writing of Howl's Moving Castle is how easy it is to write off all the things from our world at first as him just being a weird wizard™ (also thanks to bestie @jutenium for spotting this I wouldn't put it like that without you!!/pos). Sure, Sophie uses weird descriptions, but readers have every reason to believe them because of the way Howl is presented as a character. When Sophie says he wrote with a quill that doesn't need an ink, you wouldn't think it was actually a ballpoint pen, you would think Howl had just enchanted his quill so that it wouldn't need ink! When she adds that she can't make out a single word, you think he has matchingly terrible handwriting, but in fact Sophie has simply never seen a pen writing. When she sees the mysterious labels on his books, you think he's keeping a lot of obscure magical literature, but it's really just an encyclopedia and a guide like "Top 10 Rugby Tips." When Sophie notices the bottles in Howl's bathtub, you think they're some kind of magical jars where he keeps girl's hearts, but I'm almost certain that they're just 'Dove' and 'Head and Shoulders' that he's enhanced with his spells and put silly labels on. When you read Calicifer singing a song in a language Sophie doesn't understand, you think it's some kind of ancient cipher or code, but it's actually just a rugby song in Welsh that Howl sings when he's drunk. And finally, when you see the terrifying black door, which is completely shrouded in darkness, you imagine a passage to an eerie, mythical place, similar to what Miyazaki showed us - but it's just fucking Wales.
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