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I had the opportunity to draw a tarot card illustration of Ziggy for a Xeno Tarot Project as the Three of Swords!

Details about the symbolism in this artwork below the cut (/!\ Xenosaga spoilers /!\)

The Three of Swords tarot card is associated with hurt, betrayal and overcoming grief, which is very fitting for Ziggy. The card usually depicts a heart pierced by 3 swords, so I reused that imagery by having Ziggy's heart pierced by them. I wanted the swords to be more than objects, so I associated them to 3 characters who are cause of grief for Ziggy: to the left, Sharon, his wife, murdered with her son in front of him ; to the right, Canaan, who believed his existence had hurt Ziggy and chose to sacrifice his life to repent. The third sword is connected to the black silhouette in the back, the Black Testament, Voyager, the traitor.

The background is the stained glass from the Archon Cathedral, a place that haunts Ziggy, filled with death and despair. The red at the bottom represents the blood spilt there, and Voyager’s silhouette cutting the light from the window illustrates the heavy shadow he brought on Ziggy. The halo reinforces the cathedral aesthetic, and cuts Voyager’s shadow as a symbol of eventually overcoming that darkness he left behind. 

The flowers over Ziggy’s chest, covering the swords wound, serve a similar purpose: they’re a rose of Sharon and momo peach blossoms, for the family he lost (Sharon & Joaquin) and the family he found (MOMO).

I hope you like this artwork as much as I enjoyed creating it!

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a tribute to xenogears for its 25th anniversary!✨

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A life, overflowing

prints - {noah ; mio}

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Memory space

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It would be imprudent to downplay one of the most important tools in our quest. It possesses two Landior engines of a full six-crystal ether resonance capable of four hundred kilometres per hour, a rank VI inertial dampening and gravitronic stability matrix, holographic stealth parking, enough seating capacity for us and any equipment and materials we may need to ferry between destinations, automatic repair systems, intelligent autopilot alongside the ability to be summoned from anywhere, and weaponry and defensive systems supplemented by a battle art amplification network.

It is the Illustrious Alighting, and without it, we would have no way to skip weeks or even months of travel across the Bionis.

[headcanon commentary and further images/spoilers below the readmore]

Afficher davantage

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The Divine Seer, The Green Star, The End

content warning: xenoblade chronicles spoilers (the first game yes).

been a while. guess who

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Happy 11th anniversary to the original release of Xenoblade chronicles!

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xenoblade 1 doodle dump because i love this game so much and miss it dearly

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Of course they’re both actually looking at some out of frame scrap metal

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Fun Fact: Makna Falls is probably based on Iguazú Falls. So much so that I randomly saw a picture of Iguazu Falls in a Spanish textbook in highschool and was like “Makna???” Even has a giant ass body of water on top of it.

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I was still in a post-completion-of-Xenoblade1 depression so I started sketching a bunch. Built my first pc and knew I had to name it Alvis, so I painted up some wallpapers for myself. 

Oh yeah, and G&K is there, too.

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even in miitopia he fucks up shit by buying things he’s not supposed to (like mp candy)

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starfox uniform galea lmao

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divine roost

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ouroboros