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Description Edit 10/16/2011: Ahhh, I should have made this more clear but this is Arcana's Mega form Arcaelamon and not his Rookie. As he digivolves his design shifts more towards Angemon than Wizardmon. There's a lot of similarities through his Digivolutions because I'm lazy I like it when the Digimons' forms are similar to each other and it's easy to tell who it is. ie, Agumon's a two-legged dinosaur throughout. I don't like it when the Digivolutions chain seems disconected like Candlemon turning into Wizardmon. WTH man.

Beeeh I dunno what happened with this one.
It started as me wanting to draw a piece like TheDigitalWar bandwagon one:
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But then I also wanted Arcana in there and I ended up getting carried away (way away) with a ton of deviations.

So yah, the lyrics are from 4 different songs with the biggest and brightest in front being the main inspiration to the pose and the other 3 being inspiration boosts and for the rest of it.
I keep the lyrics the same size for each song.
They are:
Lead, Kindly Light:
"Keep Thou my Feet; I do not ask to see."
(I haven't found a version of this song that I really like, I just loved that line. ^^ )

Iridescent by Linkin Park:
"And in a burst of light that blinded every angel
As if the sky had blown the heavens into stars
You felt the gravity of tempered grace
Falling into empty space
No one there to catch you in their arms"

Where Butterflies Never Die by Broken Iris:
". . .shattered glass in flower beds,
humanize inhumane ends."

Broken Inside by Broken Iris:
"The thinning line between
You and my sanity
Is quickly fading
Takes just a breeze to cause a storm
Takes just a breath to cause a scream
It takes me to cause a tragedy"

I couldn't decide how to color this at first. The other ones where simple color splashes but I also wanted Arcana's wings to be colored to show that they are red. So I ended up doing a limited pallet coloring, which I've never done digitally before.
Don't ask what Matthew's wearing. It started off as some clothing design based off of Seraphimon's armor but it looked too feminine/detailed and turned into this.

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Matthew, Arcana (Arcaelamon) and artwork © me,
Please don't steal alter maim use without permission in anyway etc etc. Thank you. ^^
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Comments: 16

ShadowOfSolace [2011-10-17 22:07:00 +0000 UTC]

This looks AMAZING upclose!
(finally on a puternets ^^)
I really love the shading on this one Its very strong and definitive, as well as the balance between the warm hues of red/yellow.
Maybe if you cut off the lineart from their pathway, it would look more ethereal since the lines lead away from the piece.
Amazing job on the crest, as well as Arcana's wings.
You really created a interesting play of light and dark with this one

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AealZX In reply to ShadowOfSolace [2011-10-18 00:47:30 +0000 UTC]

Haha! I love this one too. It's definitely one of my favorites even though I winged it quite a bit because I'd never done this type of coloring before.
Ohh, I didn't even think about the line art on the pathway. Thanks for pointing that out.
Lol, the crest was just a distort and trace job. eue
I tried something a little different in the shading placement on the wings and I really like the results.

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ShadowOfSolace In reply to AealZX [2011-10-18 14:28:44 +0000 UTC]

No problem!
I hope that it proves helpful!
And I do agree, the shading placement on the wings was well worth the trial!

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AealZX In reply to ShadowOfSolace [2011-10-19 03:04:05 +0000 UTC]

Okay, I got rid of the lines. You were right, they were pretty distracting. ^^

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ShadowOfSolace In reply to AealZX [2011-10-21 02:02:33 +0000 UTC]

Aww your so very welcome I am glad it helped :3

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Na-Ba [2011-10-17 16:49:17 +0000 UTC]




I love the wings!
And what text font you used there?

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AealZX In reply to Na-Ba [2011-10-17 16:57:07 +0000 UTC]

Thankies!

Oh, that's another thing I forgot to mention.
It's called The King Queen Font . I found an image of it on Google and I re-size and trace over the letters with the color I want since SAI doesn't have text capabilities.

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Unmeimiru [2011-10-17 04:28:37 +0000 UTC]

way to draw attention with a silhouette effect!
i wanna move the raining words out of the road so I can see better, like pulling aside curtains to see better out the window....or something like that.

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AealZX In reply to Unmeimiru [2011-10-17 04:35:58 +0000 UTC]

Haha, I was actually trying to bring attention to the crest and Arc's wings, but I guess the other way around works too.
The words aren't covering munch detail, so you aren't missing anything really.

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Lithiel [2011-10-17 02:15:49 +0000 UTC]

This reminds me of a painting I did a long long time ago in elementry school. I love the lighting in this and the words falling all over the place in scripted light patterns. The flow of motion is perfect, they seem like their walking so carefully along the path, and overall it feels very warm and enchanting.
Now I know how BIG your digimon is in comparison to your character now too.

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AealZX In reply to Lithiel [2011-10-17 02:38:16 +0000 UTC]

Haha! Oh boy, looks like I should have clarified that this is Arcana's Mega form: Arcaelamon. So he's actually pretty small for his form. As Arcana digivolves his design caters more towards Angemon than Wizardmon, which is why he has the wings.
Sorry if that was confusing. You're the second person who thought that was his rookie form.
Either way, Thank you much!

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Lithiel In reply to AealZX [2011-10-18 01:53:57 +0000 UTC]

XD I see.... oh well, it's an honest mistake. I remember you mentioning that- but with the other forms locked in your rooster I wasn't sure.
^_^ thanks for clarifying that <3

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AealZX In reply to Lithiel [2011-10-18 03:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, they're like that on my app because I didn't have them all designed yet. I'm still working on the Ultimate form.

You're welcome

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Az-The-Dragon [2011-10-16 08:39:59 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Just... wow! I adore how you do wings!
I'm glad you got carried away with this, because the end result is spectacular!

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AealZX In reply to Az-The-Dragon [2011-10-16 14:00:38 +0000 UTC]

Aww thanks so much!
I hadn't drawn wings for a while before this so it was a bit of a pain to remember how to do them.

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Az-The-Dragon In reply to AealZX [2011-10-16 14:44:33 +0000 UTC]

To me, you remembered well!

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