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Description HOMG I FINALLY GOT OC 3.03E plus back!! I was going INSANE without it. I can finally use layers and airbrush again This cuts my artmaking time by 50% DDDDDDDD *flail*

Trade with that I promised I would do with her LONGTYMEAGO but we both didn't have the time back then or something. YES.

She gave me a few of her lesser appreciated/drawn characters to draw and I said i'd make who I chose a surprise :}~ SO HERE HE IS!

*seriousface* Fidei the Wise!

I chose Fidei for a few reasons:
He was the most asthetically pleasing to me of all the characters
His design is interesting and fairly complex though not retardedly so. (I see you favor white coloured characters ribbons! ;D me too -guiltyascharged-)
I LOVE his personality, thats mai type of guy!
Glowey pawprints gave me inspiration for the pose so I just ran with it.

I will concede a few mistakes and things I could have done better however...
As a general thing I find it very hard to make male characters with long hair of any kind LOOK masculine <.<;; please no one call him a she! I felt the closest phenotype for his creature would be a large cat look, im not sure if thats correct but I had to find a close comparison in my head to work out how to make realisim work with this character.
NOT happy at all with how the glowys (pawprints, wings, halo, tailballz) turned out but then again OC isn't always a great program for glowies. Too grainy. aaaaaaaaaaannd lastly I fucked up his marking of the good dragon <.<; the blue squiggle on his side, in the ref it was rather small and I couldn't quite make it work with the pose

I am however quite pleased with how the legfur turned out and the colouring of his blue hair 8D.

Oh and hes not in an environment setting so don't be telling me he should be more heavily in shadow kthnxbai.

Fidei the Wise © =Ribbontail . Art by Holly Hindle, Please do not use or re-distribute.
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Comments: 61

FlyPunkFly [2008-12-24 01:23:07 +0000 UTC]

THats so cool, i love his mane/blue hair stuff.

What is OC?

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DarkDelusion [2008-04-20 20:24:59 +0000 UTC]

love the pose and detail, really striking!

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shanree [2008-04-16 16:48:56 +0000 UTC]

Oh my.. you did a fabulous job with Fidei - he's my personal favorite. He looks a lot more feline than the way Ribbons does - which is pretty cool. It's like a realistic version of him.

Well, this comes to show you are definitely better at both felines and photoshop than I am. The detail in the teeth and fur, the anatomy and posture. I don't even know what my favorite part of this picture is. Awesome job and I'm glad I got to see this.

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Bear-hybrid In reply to shanree [2008-04-20 17:40:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks a bunch im glad you enjoyed seeing this! and I use Opencanvas 3.0 not photoshop x3 (im a complete nub at that)

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shanree In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-04-26 22:53:53 +0000 UTC]

Serious? Well, you don't show it. ^^ Keep up the good work.

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Bokin [2008-04-08 14:09:48 +0000 UTC]

Oh-my-gosh.
What a wonderfully beautiful character. Love the bushy legs and mane! Nice work with the wings too, the painted style works so nicely against the black background. Loved the way you illustrated the glow from the paw prints too, almost like its got its own little spirits in it, trying to foat away. Very very awesome!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Bokin [2008-04-08 15:36:03 +0000 UTC]

thanks ;} though I can't take credit for the character he was most fun to draw!

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tastelessfate [2008-04-04 06:56:48 +0000 UTC]

taww ^-^ its so fluffy
*pets*

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Bear-hybrid In reply to tastelessfate [2008-04-08 21:21:31 +0000 UTC]

thankee!

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Jadine [2008-04-03 22:08:28 +0000 UTC]

ohhhh! wow. fav fav fav fav!

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Drachena [2008-04-03 18:47:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow....Wonderful job!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Drachena [2008-04-08 23:11:47 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^^

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iggygirl [2008-04-01 20:28:54 +0000 UTC]

Love this character design, he's both beautiful and feirce at the same time

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Bear-hybrid In reply to iggygirl [2008-04-10 01:26:15 +0000 UTC]

thankyou very much ^^

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iggygirl In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-06-25 08:36:57 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome very much

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evilinnocence [2008-03-30 19:11:59 +0000 UTC]

I love the detail of the fur, and the paws.

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Bear-hybrid In reply to evilinnocence [2008-03-30 19:40:06 +0000 UTC]

thankyou so much! ^^

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Ribbontail [2008-03-30 18:27:58 +0000 UTC]

Wow you're fast! I guess that being jobless really does give you extra time for art, huh?

Oooh... so beautiful. Look at you Fidei, you're a lovely big old beast in all your glory. This is absolutely beautiful! I love how closely you followed his profile. You got the guy's details down perfectly, from the talon-like foreclaws to the glowing pawprint. You even went so far as to add the little black patch on the underside of his mane. But what I like best is how realistic you did his face... my style makes his face look very child-like and "unrealistic", so it was great to see Fidei in a different style. He's very pretty.

Very nice work on Fidei, Holly. Bless you for doing such a wonderful job on him, and thanks again for the trade: I'm more than honored.

As for my half, I'm still working on it, sorry. I think I've hit an art block, as I'm having a devil of a time finding a pose for the InnerBeast. Oh dear! ;_;

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Ribbontail [2008-03-30 19:50:48 +0000 UTC]

I am fast .__. its kinda pathetic really. All I do is sit here watching all the episodes of family guy, looking at references and drawing... I want 3 monitors >.>

The thing is right after moving up here to Canada I can't legally work unless I get a visa and we're waiting on finances to stabilize a little more before we can go for applying. That and we have to wait on a damned kit thingy to be mailed to us. Brendan's Nan owns her own business so shes been helping me out a bit and keeping me busy but that usually only ends up being once a week cause her work is technically commission based. >.< im not content if im not working either hence the prolific art making. I drew and coloured my whole ref sheet in 2 days! ref sheets usually take me a week /sad.

Your welcome and im very glad you like it ^^ Iv gotten to a point in my art where my style usually shines through no matter what I draw so I have to throw in a fair bit of detail. Its harder to attempt to draw in another person's style these days. But im sure its much more interesting for you to see him in a different style than an emulation of your own heheh. Thannks ^^

Oh and no worries on your half, just try to work through that art block ;}

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Ribbontail In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 06:01:46 +0000 UTC]

That's really funny, because in the other room Family Guy just ended. Haha! xD

Oooh great for you! At least while you're waiting for that visa you can finish backed up art and whatnot, eh? I've been on a 6-month leave from college, so until August I've got so much free time. A luxery!

...Anywho, it's great that you stick to your style. One thing I never got was when people try to impersonate others' styles. This one artist I know always tries my style when drawing my characters, for the fear that "her style would mess up the character". It's great to see our characters in other peoples' styles, huh? n_n

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Paw-BR [2008-03-30 18:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow, amazing!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Paw-BR [2008-03-30 19:51:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Paw-BR In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 01:10:32 +0000 UTC]

No problem

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CairnCoyote [2008-03-30 17:13:45 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely amazing. You should be so very, VERY proud of yourself!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to CairnCoyote [2008-03-30 19:52:24 +0000 UTC]

awwr thankyou very much <3

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lionrunestudios [2008-03-30 13:44:04 +0000 UTC]

damn thats insainly awesome O_o
and what a nice looking character too ! you drew her very well, keep it up mate

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Bear-hybrid In reply to lionrunestudios [2008-03-30 13:58:04 +0000 UTC]

HIM x____x!!! /cry don't you read the desc?

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lionrunestudios In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-30 14:05:54 +0000 UTC]

sorry my bad, i read it wrongly

so sorry about that CF

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Bear-hybrid In reply to lionrunestudios [2008-03-30 14:17:32 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the lovely comment though <3 heheh

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lionrunestudios In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-30 14:37:12 +0000 UTC]

thanks ok, blahh i feel bad about that

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Bandarai [2008-03-30 12:09:09 +0000 UTC]

Actually, I like the glowyness. ;D Particularly how those paw prints came out.

The character has a wonderfully drawn face/snout. I totally love the expression. :3

Great work! Love it!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Bandarai [2008-03-30 19:53:25 +0000 UTC]

thanks xD I guess im just thinking about how awesome it looks in my head and when Pro people do it >.< im my own worst critic.

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Bandarai In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-30 19:56:17 +0000 UTC]

No problem~

Haha XD An artist's worst critic is always themself. ;D

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Kins-Wolf [2008-03-30 11:28:49 +0000 UTC]

15 out of 10 awesomeness ! Rally great work .

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Bear-hybrid In reply to Kins-Wolf [2008-03-30 19:53:35 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Kins-Wolf In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 04:21:51 +0000 UTC]

Your welk

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SnowPain [2008-03-30 07:40:15 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job! O.O''

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Bear-hybrid In reply to SnowPain [2008-03-30 19:53:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks ^^

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WolvenYoukai [2008-03-30 04:28:53 +0000 UTC]

I like how you drew him
Looks greeeat

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Bear-hybrid In reply to WolvenYoukai [2008-03-30 19:54:09 +0000 UTC]

thankyou! ^^ he was very interesting to convert to my style lol

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nikydog142007 [2008-03-30 03:22:39 +0000 UTC]

woa!! very creative!!!
i like his big fangs!

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Bear-hybrid In reply to nikydog142007 [2008-03-31 01:47:14 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ^^

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nikydog142007 In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 04:14:39 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome ;D

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Kara-Wildsong [2008-03-30 02:17:54 +0000 UTC]

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MasterofWolves99 [2008-03-30 00:30:07 +0000 UTC]

wow that looks cool.
hey his looking at like im his...lunch.
omg RUN AWAY

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Bear-hybrid In reply to MasterofWolves99 [2008-03-31 01:48:22 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ^^ Fidei is a god though so I don't think he'd hurt you!

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MasterofWolves99 In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 01:58:53 +0000 UTC]

your welcome^^
*sigh* thats good, i thought i was lunch to him

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KitaeKat [2008-03-29 23:53:25 +0000 UTC]

owo Yay you got OC 3.03E Plus back, that's good to hear.

Ohh he looks mighty awesome, especially the facial/expression and the pose he's displayed in. He seems like a very interesting character judging on why you chose to draw him. Also I still think the glow on the pawprints and that still look good no matter what.

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Bear-hybrid In reply to KitaeKat [2008-03-31 01:54:27 +0000 UTC]

so hard to make them look male yes xD im sure you know that pain!

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KitaeKat In reply to Bear-hybrid [2008-03-31 02:08:53 +0000 UTC]

xD yes yes so hard indeed! ohh I do know the pain. -remembers way back doing commissions for those whose OC had long hair and friends assumed that the guy was a girl x.x-

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