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Published: 2017-02-24 19:53:55 +0000 UTC; Views: 974; Favourites: 45; Downloads: 0
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Description Still trying to (re?)learn how to comfortably digitally paint, man it's hard...
(Guns are so hard to draw lmao sob;;; )

A traditional sketch from December I only recently got around to painting up, just Cris keeping lookout over the city... 
This bastard's still so hard for me to draw, hahah, but I'll keep trying-!  I also did this since I need to write up the 8 Facts for 'im~

Cris is from my story Angel Dust , here are some facts about him:  8 Character Facts Tag: Rouka and CrisPretty much half a year late on some of these, sob, but I hAVEN'T FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEM;;;;
Tagged by :iconuinn: for Rouka, yaaaayyy, one of my oldest OCs~
 
- Post these rules. 
- Unveil 8 random facts about your character. 
- Tag 8 other Deviants and one of their characters.
1.  Quick backstory: full-blooded centaur set to inherit his family's line, but hated the responsibility so he ran away from home on the (shitty) reservations and chose a life fully sealed to work under the human-run State government.  Since he's still a Demi and he likes to dabble on both sides, he also serves as an informant between the humans and Demis, and has a lot of connections.
2.  The streaks in his hair are actually natural, not dyed, just a fun centaur genetic trait, haha.
3.  Some centaurs are strict vegetarians, but Rouka honestly doesn't mind some meat.  He really likes spicy foods, to
(He's one of the leaders of the gang and the one who kicks Ian around a lot lmao)
    AD - Swan Song Part 1The boys are betting again on who's going to die.  That's what it's all come down to, in the end: just one big game where someone's bad luck equals a couple of stale cigarettes and a shot of 'Dust, and who has to dig the grave.  
Cris watches them lazily, out of the corner of his eye; he's no fucking peacemaker and he couldn't really care what they do as long as they aren't killing each other--not yet, at least.  Rich's voice rises above the scraps of chatter but really he's only fighting the howling wind: the kid's gotten a lot louder since he killed that gangbanger from Stone's group--nothing more than a lucky fucking shot of course, everyone knows that--but it's gotten to his head and now Rich struts around like he's something dangerous.  He's picking on Thomas again too, calling him a faggot and a worm and whatever other idiotic insults span his pathetic vocabulary.  It makes Cris want to laugh, and grind the fucker's face into the

If you have any questions about him please don't hesitate to let me know!
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Comments: 39

SineSquared [2017-02-26 09:58:37 +0000 UTC]

Love the shadows here and the intense look on his face.  Yes!!

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Laitma In reply to SineSquared [2017-03-02 08:26:03 +0000 UTC]

Ahhhhhhh thank you so much!!!  Pahahaha Cris almost always looks super-intense, maybe that's why he's so hard for me to draw???  Guy needs to relax and smile more, lmao

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spacerocketbunny [2017-02-25 14:47:43 +0000 UTC]

You're doing great, the tones and colours in this are LOVELY!

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Laitma In reply to spacerocketbunny [2017-02-26 02:58:41 +0000 UTC]

A-Ahhhhhhh, thank you so much!!!  ;o;  
I gotta keep tryin'-!!!  Teach me your wonderful flatting ways, lmao

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hnkkorgris [2017-02-25 13:06:24 +0000 UTC]

oh my goodness look at that beautiful weapon lol
I
don't recall ever seeing you draw heavy guns?? I could be wrong, maybe it's just infrequent, lol
anyway goodness that's a gorgeous set of stairs, and I love how you used red in the shading for his skin, he really pops out that way, hehehe

when are u gonna write angel dust man
I gotta know more about these fabulous characters
who is cris!! what need does he have for carrying around big-ass rifles, eh?
although I guess just kicking ian around a lot is okay with me too, eh

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Laitma In reply to hnkkorgris [2017-02-26 05:24:08 +0000 UTC]

lmao nope I am TERRIBLE at pretty much all machinery, it intimidates me and I shy away from it hahaha

(b-b-but, but, be proud of me, I changed my own car tail-light for the first time yesterday??  That is my stunning achievement lmao sorry cars scare me)

and lmao I wrote older stuff-!!  idk what to do now, it's such a weird story, I dunno if it fits comic or novel more, hrrggghhhhHHHHHHHHHHHH
but basically, Cris carries that rifle around to hunt angels lmao
kicking Ian around a lot is most of what he does though I swear roflmao

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hnkkorgris In reply to Laitma [2017-03-08 01:34:41 +0000 UTC]

THAT
IS
GREAT
I'M SO PROUD 8')

ahh gosh I really am the worst ;-;

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Laitma In reply to hnkkorgris [2017-03-09 08:02:11 +0000 UTC]

lmao wait, what are you apologizing for here

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Arineange [2017-02-25 11:26:47 +0000 UTC]

Great lighting! Looks awesome Who is he targetting?

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2017-02-26 05:24:49 +0000 UTC]

Hahahahaah, thank you, I love playing with some fun lighting situations~~~

And hahah!  He targets rival gang members who encroach on their territory... and hunts angels.  

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Arineange In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 07:34:43 +0000 UTC]

Is Cris an angel??
You seem to like angels quite a bit too, right ?:3

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2017-03-02 08:30:59 +0000 UTC]

LOL no Cris isn't an angel, he hunts them hahaha
In AD, angels are kind of weird, phantasmagorical creatures with the ability to perform quantum behaviors; they're hunted for... various uses.

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Arineange In reply to Laitma [2017-03-02 09:55:12 +0000 UTC]

Oh I thought he targets and gang hunting angels, haha my bad xD
Various uses? That sounds like the way humans treat animals ;-;
Although I think you probably wouldn't create characters basically good or evil, but more complex than this, is Cris more likely a good or a bad guy to you?

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2017-03-05 19:01:05 +0000 UTC]

haha, I really try not to discern between good/bad guys, Cris is just one of the main characters in my story.  He's killed people before and he'll do it again, it doesn't matter to him, he has his own morality that he follows.

And well, they treat the angels like a resource, just like anything else... it's all stuff done to them after they're dead though...?

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Arineange In reply to Laitma [2017-03-05 21:51:35 +0000 UTC]

I like the fact that you try to take a neutral point of view with your characters.

I don't understand your last sentence... You mean something like, they first kill angels and then use them as a ressource?

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2017-04-18 05:39:13 +0000 UTC]

Ah, yes!  They burn up the bodies and use the, err, ashes/dust as a drug.  xD

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Arineange In reply to Laitma [2017-04-18 16:07:13 +0000 UTC]

Oh sh** that's awful xD I wasn't expecting that !

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Laitma In reply to Arineange [2017-04-20 05:05:28 +0000 UTC]

Go figure people would find something as cool as angels, and immediately wonder: "can i burn and snort that?"  xD

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Arineange In reply to Laitma [2017-05-02 19:52:54 +0000 UTC]

your imagination goes beyond the common sense lol XD Great!  

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RedtheKitsune [2017-02-25 04:02:29 +0000 UTC]

Whose lungs is he planning to explode?

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Laitma In reply to RedtheKitsune [2017-02-26 03:04:49 +0000 UTC]

LMAO

any rival gangmember who dares step on their turf, I guess!!!  

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RedtheKitsune In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 03:08:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh my! A gang?

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Laitma In reply to RedtheKitsune [2017-02-26 03:09:09 +0000 UTC]

yup yup!!  He's in a gang, so they got a lot of territorial/turf wars going on all the time.  xD

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RedtheKitsune In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 03:12:13 +0000 UTC]

I see. I read up some on Ian.

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Laitma In reply to RedtheKitsune [2017-02-26 05:19:54 +0000 UTC]

A-Ahhhh!!  Thanks for taking the time to do that!!  

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RedtheKitsune In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 05:47:08 +0000 UTC]

No problem!
I like your comics so looking around is a pleasure!

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Laitma In reply to RedtheKitsune [2017-03-02 08:33:20 +0000 UTC]

This is so belated b-but thank you, I'm so honored to hear this!  

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RedtheKitsune In reply to Laitma [2017-03-02 11:20:10 +0000 UTC]

Hehe! ^﹏^

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47ness [2017-02-25 02:15:38 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha... just Cris doin' #justCristhings ~  

Nice stylistic use of reds to delineate the cast shadows~

the gun looks all right to me, but then I don't consider myself a self-proclaimed expert on guns (plus Angel Dust is an AU, so there) XD

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Laitma In reply to 47ness [2017-02-26 05:27:44 +0000 UTC]

Ahahaha!!  Well, I guess AD is pretty much set in a near-future kinda world, so I wanna keep the tech pretty realistic, but yeah, pahahahaha, Cris's two favorite things in the world: cigarettes and his trusty ol' sniper rifle.  xD

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Prosciutton [2017-02-24 23:40:09 +0000 UTC]

Ohh damn that looks nice! I'm really diggin' that lighting!

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Laitma In reply to Prosciutton [2017-02-26 02:57:10 +0000 UTC]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH th-thanks so much, man!!!  I'll admit, I really love lighting things, hahahah!

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Prosciutton In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 19:23:41 +0000 UTC]

Hehe no problem!!

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Floppsy1 [2017-02-24 22:17:20 +0000 UTC]

yo this still looks great yo! much better digital painting than I can ever do. I really like it because it still has a kind of traditional feel to it?

also its  a shame Cris is hard for you to draw cos I wish we could see more of what a fuckboi he is lmao.

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Laitma In reply to Floppsy1 [2017-02-26 05:25:54 +0000 UTC]

lmFAO IM FUCKIN SITTIN HERE CRYING MAN U ARE SUCH A--JESUS FUCK I WILL END YOU
IM DYINGGGGGGGGG

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Floppsy1 In reply to Laitma [2017-02-26 13:17:18 +0000 UTC]

your welcome

but seriously though, is there really any other word than fuccboi that comes to mind when looking at his face?

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Laitma In reply to Floppsy1 [2017-03-02 08:28:38 +0000 UTC]

he is a mAN, not a BOIIIII

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grandlait [2017-02-24 20:11:28 +0000 UTC]

Great

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Laitma In reply to grandlait [2017-02-25 03:10:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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