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Published: 2009-03-08 00:34:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 433; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 0
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Description Oh, I love it when I do art in one sitting. It's so fun, relaxing, and in my opinion, those pics turn out the best. (Other one-sittingers are "Milky White" and "Hey, Girl!" for example XP).

Considering this is my first time to draw both Al's and Ed's arms, this turned out amazingly well. I mean, I had drawn the sketch for this perfectly in under 30 minutes. I was so amazed at how easy it was o_o I must be improving....

Also, excuse the lack of a background. I really didn't know what to put for one, and in the end I felt like no background was the best. More emphasis on Ed and Al, I suppose.

Well, now that I've talked about all the technical stuff, time to REALLY talk about this project >D.

There have been a few times in the anime and manga where Ed and Al knuckle-bump, high-five, thumbs-up, or anything else of the like with their inhuman hands. I have always felt that such moments are full of so much more significance than appears. I drew this wanting to symbolize the fact that, even with these monstrous bodies they own, Ed and Al's love and devotion for each other still persist, unfaltering and unhindered by anything that may happen to or around them. Even though they may not appear or even be so, they are still human internally and experience entirely human love for each other.

And that, I feel, is definitely worth portraying.

Made with graphite, toilet paper (for blending) and colored pencils.

Fullmetal Alchemist belongs to Hiromu Arakawa
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Comments: 20

ArtsyVana [2011-11-07 02:33:28 +0000 UTC]

This is very nice and SWEET! I luv it!

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Dragon-Face In reply to ArtsyVana [2011-11-12 00:37:45 +0000 UTC]

Awww, thank you!

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ArtsyVana In reply to Dragon-Face [2011-11-12 19:28:12 +0000 UTC]

Ur welcome!

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HolyCowWorshipper [2010-10-19 17:52:24 +0000 UTC]

:'D I really love it!! I LOVE the manga, and its brotherly love~~

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Dragon-Face In reply to HolyCowWorshipper [2010-11-07 03:34:38 +0000 UTC]

The manga = love
Brotherly love = a little too much love to be healthy

XD Thank you so much!

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HolyCowWorshipper In reply to Dragon-Face [2010-11-07 10:57:03 +0000 UTC]

You are very welcome!

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kaedehazuki [2009-08-10 20:40:53 +0000 UTC]

Man, I thought this was symbolic when I saw it! But then you went and described it so very nicely and in-depth and I feel so touched by it. ;;A;; ((
Amazing art Al! The way you captured this was amazing! And you're completely right about the background! If anything it signifies how pure the brother's love for one another is that helps them pull through in their journey to reclaim their original bodies! *nods*

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Dragon-Face In reply to kaedehazuki [2009-08-11 19:34:11 +0000 UTC]

ROFL I love scouring the manga for brotherly things. It's so sweet when they show their love <3.

Thank you so much! ='D

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kaedehazuki In reply to Dragon-Face [2009-08-18 05:31:25 +0000 UTC]

I know!!!!!! X3

You're welcome!!

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kagami-kun [2009-03-10 20:57:05 +0000 UTC]

this is lovely!
You can feel the intense feelings behind it.
8D
Terrific job! ^_^
...You can so totally color...

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Dragon-Face In reply to kagami-kun [2009-03-10 22:17:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm glad to hear you say that...emotion is what I was aiming for, and now I know that I've reached it. Ahah, and yeah, I've been practicing a lot with color. Glad to know it's paying off.

Thanks again ^^.

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kagami-kun In reply to Dragon-Face [2009-03-10 22:27:38 +0000 UTC]

Welcome! ^_^ Yesh, mission accomplished!
Haha, practice, practice...totally paying off.
<--despises coloring
._.;

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Dragon-Face In reply to kagami-kun [2009-03-10 22:31:33 +0000 UTC]

...And that's why you should color XDDD.

To be honest though, I love working with pencil much more. (It's kind of obvious in Ed's arm, isn't it?) I just feel like color brings out stuff more than black-and-white value, so that's why I color more =/.

XD You'll get better if you keep trying. I'll check back in twenty years to see how you're doing *jabs with finger and glares.*

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kagami-kun In reply to Dragon-Face [2009-03-10 23:26:26 +0000 UTC]

.....But then I'll break and smash those pretty color pencils...and computer mouse...and soon to be tablet. D:

Haha, yes it is obvious you enjoy pencils more. :3 And with the way you do it, it brings the feeling. Can't really explain it , but yeah. xD

o__o; YES MA'AM!

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Dragon-Face In reply to kagami-kun [2009-03-11 03:25:29 +0000 UTC]

...Just try really hard, okay? XD (o_o)

Thanks again ^^.

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kagami-kun In reply to Dragon-Face [2009-03-11 22:50:14 +0000 UTC]

xD
Okay. Just for you I shall attempt.
^_^

None at all! :3

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Honey-sempai [2009-03-08 06:48:26 +0000 UTC]

My GODS AL do you ever draw BAD?! LOL i love this

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Dragon-Face In reply to Honey-sempai [2009-03-08 06:57:53 +0000 UTC]

...Yes...XD

Thanks so much! <3

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xAshleyxElricx [2009-03-08 01:34:38 +0000 UTC]

I still can't get over how amazingly awesome this is. It stands for so much... says so much.. in this case, a picture really is worth a thousand words.

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Dragon-Face In reply to xAshleyxElricx [2009-03-08 03:05:14 +0000 UTC]

Yes...there is so much to be said in the simplest of gestures. If people would take the time to stop and think, they would be amazed at what such a scene, as well as the show overall, holds within itself.

Thank you sooo much for the love and commentary ^^.

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