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Published: 2010-07-06 08:23:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 815; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 11
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Description Why hello there, Cae, haven't seen you in a while. You have horrible posture here; what would your dear Professor Acheron say?

Caeruleus is one of my OCs in a good friend's story. He's sort of the pissy Everyman character who gets hurled into all kinds of situations and circumstances through the years. Along the way he becomes a gun-wielding strategist and agent of the Rebellion, an organised group trying to overthrow the monarchy in order to allow the people to govern themselves. Cae actually doesn't care about the people much; he just hates the monarchy for his own reasons, wants them gone, and realises that this rebellion is the most efficient way to accomplish it. Cae's all for efficiency and meritocracy. And also chocolate. He also occasionally gets forced to masquerade as a woman, despite being 6'2''. The things you do in the name of gaining independence for your planet. Maybe if you cut your hair people would stop calling you a princess, Cae.

Really random sketch, done in Paint Tool SAI. If i was less easily distracted and lazy, i'd do a proper version of this. But i'm not. 8D;

The title is a really lame pun on the meaning of Cae's name. "Caeruleus" is a Latin word for blue, and is often used to describe the sky or sea. Cae has a lot of water symbolism built into his character, so that's why his name is what it is.
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Comments: 16

Skiptrix [2011-04-17 17:22:15 +0000 UTC]

love this

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Lori-Ayona [2010-07-12 18:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Ah, what would we do without pissy Everyman characters, haha.

You have such beautiful structure, hrngh...<3~~~~

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visbranndrage [2010-07-10 07:45:45 +0000 UTC]

I remember him. <3 Looks good.

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Cacodaemonia [2010-07-08 18:37:53 +0000 UTC]

You draw such lovely faces! And the lines of his hair are gorgeous.

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tehbananaluffer [2010-07-06 14:07:23 +0000 UTC]

This is so pretty and his expression is great. I'm all intrigued now :C Want mooore.

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Digi-Writes-Fanfics [2010-07-06 12:43:06 +0000 UTC]

Very pretty, I love the shading combined with the sketchiness. Also I actually love the posture, it seems to fit the character very well.

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jello-bomb [2010-07-06 12:19:42 +0000 UTC]

You upload art so often and it's always so good o3o

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silverhelme [2010-07-06 12:10:51 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, so pretty. Whoops, he doesn't sound like he'd be the type to appreciate the fact that I just called him pretty. Maybe handsome will be better suited.

I like Cae a lot... and the blues work wonderfully, very soothing. Although at first I mistook him for Lee, but then I saw the ponytail, heh.
Very awesome!

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Iiyama-Katetori [2010-07-06 11:35:57 +0000 UTC]

You do lovely noses, did you know that? Also, do you say his name like... 'kay'? I find him intriguing.

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beingevil [2010-07-06 08:48:39 +0000 UTC]

MY GOD IT'S BEAUTIFUL. HE'S BEAUTIFUL.

.... ROLLS ON THE GROUND, because when I first saw the thumbnail in my notifications I was, 'A REALLY GOOD-LOOKING VERSION OF RENAISSANCE!LEE? ... SURELY IT CAN'T BE' Plus the colours, you know? (Sorry, HINABN on the brain.)

I love it lots and lots and lots: I really like it when you draw pretty!characters, because I am all about the pretty. While Cae's posture / expression (it's the shape of his mouth) and the books scattered around him seem to subtly hint at frustration (... or I am projecting, perhaps), the mood I get from the piece (because of the colours and the lines) is generally peaceful.

Haha if you hadn't said so, I would have thought this was proper, done intentionally in artsy-sketch style.

THE PRETT BLUE *___*

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ilmenhin [2010-07-06 08:44:18 +0000 UTC]

Glad to be seeing Cae again. What is he doing? At first I thought he was turning his head around with his hand as a pivot... I think he needs a more scrunched up face for being thoughtful imo? Still, wah on composition and sketch. <3

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aingeal In reply to ilmenhin [2010-07-09 01:58:18 +0000 UTC]

He's been horribly neglected since i got into Hanna! He's just being tired after/while doing burning the midnight oil on some work. Or maybe it should be day, because otherwise the main light source would be candles and that's clearly not the case (mostly because using a window was much easier and i was lazy to figure out the mulitple lightsource thing which candles would result in) >>;; But my mental image was of a candlelit room at night, with exhausted!Cae closing his eyes and scratching his head while researching/writing up reports/plans.

Thankies! <3

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beingevil In reply to ilmenhin [2010-07-06 08:49:28 +0000 UTC]

Haha I love your thoughts on his expression, and I love that you were "What's he doing?" and I was "How's he feeling?"

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VCR-WOLFE [2010-07-06 08:26:41 +0000 UTC]

It looks so gorgeous. :3

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aingeal In reply to VCR-WOLFE [2010-07-06 08:44:46 +0000 UTC]

Aw, thank you, Emerilla!

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VCR-WOLFE In reply to aingeal [2010-07-06 08:45:44 +0000 UTC]

Of course of course!

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