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HopelessAce — Breaking the Threshold 11: Pull It Together
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Procrastination sucks so much, but it's finally done! I'm pretty proud of the shading on this page actually.
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You. Fire. Is. Gorgeous*U*.
It's so nice to see character development for nine during the fight, well done ;3 I'm so glad Rita didn't die ;w;
Also, Zephyr look really cool here <3
I wonder what's the thing on Pidgeotto's leg owo.
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Ahh thank you! I figured out a really easy way to draw it, so it hardly takes any time at all~
I'm never quite sure where to put character development so I throw it into all sorts of random places. XD
Despite being a doofus, Zephyr does make a good trainer.
Ah the limiter. I explained it briefly in a really obscure written deviation. I just couldn't find a place to explain it in comic without slowing down the pacing even more. Basically gym leaders have to have their pokemon fight at certain levels. Flux has to fight as though he were level 13 instead of 29 (his actual level) and the thing on his leg tracks this. If he breaks the level limit too many times, he is banned from gym battles.
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Ah, thanks for explaining this. I think this deviation got lost somewhere in my messages, but I'm going to read it now ;w;
So he's fighting as if he was lower level, but how does he take the right amount of damage from weaker Pokemon despite being so over leveled in compare?
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Yeah. I thought about explaining it in the description, but I was too lazy at the time I uploaded this. Oops >_<
I hadn't really expected people to read it. It was mostly there if people felt like getting some more background info.
That's a good question. I decided to view it as a dulling of reflexes. The limiter not only monitors battle activity, but also limits a pokemon's skill to a degree (thus the name). Just because a creature becomes more experienced in battle doesn't mean that they'll be hurt any less if they get blasted with fire. The only reason a pokemon takes less damage as it evolves is because they either get better at dodging the brunt of the attack or they get better at guarding themselves. Flux's reflexes were dulled down, so he was able to effectively able to do either when the ability Blaze came into effect.
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I can understand that, I hate writing descriptions >.>
I love extra info, so I've read it with pleasure;3
Thank you for an explanation, it makes sense now. That's very interesting way to deal with gym battles and Pokemon, I like it;3
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I never know what to put in them. :I
I spend so much time rationalizing everything, so I have an explanation for just about everything. XD
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I'm so late to comment... But, anyways.
Very nice wounds and elements (fire and wind) they look very vivid.
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Thanks Critex. I don't really know how to draw injuries so it's nice to know they turned out alright. I enjoy coloring the fire quite a bit. The wind...I'm never entirely sure what I'm doing with it to be honest.
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UPDATE!! WHHOOooooooo.....
love the fire effect! the shading is nicely done too. that pigeotto is gorgeous!
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Yeeaaahhhh!
Fire has become one of my best things to color and requires some of the least effort. It's nice~ I'm starting to love shading now. Thanks! Birds are fun to draw until you get to the wings.
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SmugZheeee~<3
Birds are still pretty~ and Nine's adorable~<3 
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You're going to love some of the future pages. Confidence is definitely not a problem with Zephyr. XD
I will forever love/hate to draw birds. It's cause he's fluffy isn't it? XD
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Ahh dis coloring is so pretty *w*
And the shading is amazing, fits really well with your style Ace~
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Thank you!
I had fun pushing my shading boundaries a bit. The fire lets you be a bit more dramatic.
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Is it just me, or did you change the way you coloured this page? it looks kinda different from usual, somehow! Maybe your style is changing a bit
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I shaded more dramatically than I usually do. I also only used two layers and stuck to photoshop instead of shifting over to SAI. I have noticed my style shifting a bit though.
Yup! Nine's usually pretty level headed, but he's also a touch overprotective. He definitely feels just as responsible for the team as Zephyr. The responsibility is a bit too much for him this early on though. Flux is stuck up, the grumpy bunch of feathers. Zephyr's such a great motivator. XD I had fun experimenting with the poses this page. the anatomy is a bit off here and there, but overall it was good practice.
Fire is one of my favorite things to color. I get to scribble like a 5 year old and then the smudge tool magically makes it pretty~
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Woah.. This remind me of the future battle that I'ìll draw in my HG comic! xD I like this page a lot, and I like how you drew Quilava so much
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Good luck with it! It was fun to try working with the poses and all the fire. Thank you! Doggy quilava is so much fun to draw for me.
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Finally giving this a good look, the way you give the lights from the fire are gorgeous ;3; Good job with that >3< Keep it up 8D
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Shading with fire is one of my new favorite things to color. o3o
Thank you!
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Haha, no doubt xD It would seem so *3*/ but at the same time it's also difficult ;3;
And no prob! >3👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Holy cow; don't know if I've mentioned it before, but the way you draw fire is SO AMAZING o3o
Great update as usual!
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Aww thank you very much! It's a pretty simple process really. I just draw kind of a fire shaped red blob fill the inside with orange than yellow and use the smudge tool to mix the colors and extend the blob into a more fiery shape. It's rather fun. ^_^
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Your shading really is fantastic in this page. I'm so proud of you~
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I'm proud of me too. ;w;
Now to never look at this page again.
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Suit yourself. I'm gonna look at it a lot~!
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Love the first panel!
By the way, what's that band on the pidgeot's leg?
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I was pretty darn proud of myself with that one.
I very briefly discussed it in that gym leader thing I posted. It's a limiter that monitors the level at which Flux fights at. Gym regulations that he must fight as though he was level 13. This is my attempt at explaining why Falkner has a level 13 pidgeotto in game.
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Oops
<-- Totally forgot to read that.
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It's okay. I didn't think people would. I'm almost always to lazy to read those kind of things >w>;
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