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Nick-Ian — Dissidia Aces: Kadaj Vs Stella Vs Orphan

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Description Orphan: "May your deaths summon the Maker!"
Kadaj: "Sister! Let us meet Mother together!"
Stella: *whispers to self* "I hate dealing with orphans."

For dissidiaaces.deviantart.com/ sub tournament round 3. Stella is played by yumeih.deviantart.com/ .  Location is in Archylte Steppe, Clear Water Marsh. Weather conditions are lightning storm and earthquake. 

Almost forgot about the contest, so I made this haphazardly yesterday. Didn't poster color this - takes much time and effort. 

Done using a pencil and a bit of watercolor. 

Final Fantasy and its characters do not belong to me.
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Comments: 48

Bluediamondpikachu83 [2021-05-11 01:11:16 +0000 UTC]

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jkstrlphinaestrd1780 [2015-01-13 13:30:03 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome

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KorNaXon [2014-06-19 19:12:46 +0000 UTC]

No idea what's happening, but the details are amazing, the composition is well-arranged, very clever. I love Kadaj's outfit.
You have impressing skills and patience!

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brynhildr13 [2014-06-18 14:04:37 +0000 UTC]

I-... Oh-..... Wh-.... HHUUHH????!!!?!?!?!  

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BorderBreaker [2014-05-03 23:59:17 +0000 UTC]

I really love the depth you give to these pieces. In particular, this and the earlier one you did... fav.me/d73b09x
Fantastic as always.

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Nick-Ian In reply to BorderBreaker [2014-05-06 02:52:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Good thing I don't have to color these though. I don't wanna do the extra effort. I'm sticking with this style if I still get through to the final round. 

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Eden-West [2014-05-02 21:02:11 +0000 UTC]

AHH! I love these Vs fights! Oh my god this is such an interesting trio going on here! I'd love to see even more of this fight personally. Being that stella is still such an enigma, it's nice to see some art of her again! Love it! 

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Nick-Ian In reply to Eden-West [2014-05-06 03:00:51 +0000 UTC]

Gah. FF XV. I've been waiting for it for so long. I was even happy that I could play it when it comes out after buying my PS3 couple of years ago.

And now they changed its platform to PS4! And it's STILL not here. Haha!

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Eden-West In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-05-06 06:35:51 +0000 UTC]

I know! I did this too man! Damnit Square and their douche decisions. Then again I'm happy I did get the PS3 no matter, so they're forgiven, and i'm sure they want to make the game as great as possible. 

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1autokiller [2014-04-28 17:34:46 +0000 UTC]

This is so crazy and super kool nick

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Nick-Ian In reply to 1autokiller [2014-05-06 03:01:49 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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NycIX [2014-04-25 06:47:39 +0000 UTC]

The amount of detail in this is astounding. I can't imagine how you managed to whip this up in a day @ A @
The sword details caught my eye the most, and THAT HAIRRRR *A*
And I love how you used the white (watercolour?) to make the lightning and stuff stand out *v*

Something like this should be in the main tournament still, not the sub! D8

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Nick-Ian In reply to NycIX [2014-04-25 23:39:11 +0000 UTC]

I'm not even sure about the details on Stella's sword. I only had one screenshot for reference. So I made up some of the details there. The lightning bolts are done using white poster color. I used water color to help with the pencil shadows and shading. 

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NycIX In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-04-26 04:37:13 +0000 UTC]

That makes it even better *^*

Ohhh poster colour, I see~

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Starcanis [2014-04-25 01:27:47 +0000 UTC]

I have no freakin' clue how you can whip up a masterpiece in a day. The composition and expressions are spot on as always!

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Nick-Ian In reply to Starcanis [2014-04-25 03:50:41 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much! as long as i'm not doing anything else on that day, then it's possible. i took photos of myself doing their poses for reference.  

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TombGotti [2014-04-24 20:37:51 +0000 UTC]

Nick man you gotta calm down before people get heart attacks from the visual goodness

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Nick-Ian In reply to TombGotti [2014-04-25 00:31:33 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha!  

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Yumeih [2014-04-24 20:16:46 +0000 UTC]

@__@ AMAZING ! I'm so glad you draw my Stella ^_^

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Nick-Ian In reply to Yumeih [2014-04-25 00:31:09 +0000 UTC]

I like her character design - very simple but elegant. Usually Final Fantasy characters have so much details on their costumes making them difficult to draw. 

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Yumeih In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-04-25 14:26:59 +0000 UTC]

I totally agree with you !

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bat12 [2014-04-24 15:42:14 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Can't wait for XV according to Square they hope for it to be the one to finally beat out the original FFVII 

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Nick-Ian In reply to bat12 [2014-04-25 00:29:32 +0000 UTC]

From the looks of the trailers, the game seems awesome.

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bogidream [2014-04-24 15:16:55 +0000 UTC]

OMG It's awesome

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Nick-Ian In reply to bogidream [2014-04-25 00:28:40 +0000 UTC]

thank you!  

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oOFlorianeOo [2014-04-24 15:05:00 +0000 UTC]

As always, you did a fantastic job! I like it so much! So many details, The expressions on their face are just perfect Continue like that

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Nick-Ian In reply to oOFlorianeOo [2014-04-25 00:28:31 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. And I find making this easier since I'm not using any colors. Haha! Good thing there aren't any rules about colors. 

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oOFlorianeOo In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-04-25 18:53:26 +0000 UTC]

They is a rule for sketch drawing (you have to sumbmit something finished I think), but as your drawing are finished, even without colors, it's ok And your pencil work is really amazing! I'm in love with them

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Nick-Ian In reply to oOFlorianeOo [2014-05-06 02:50:17 +0000 UTC]

Oh! Heheh! So as long as I tell everyone that it's a finished work, then I can get away with not coloring it. Gehehehe.  

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oOFlorianeOo In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-05-06 11:49:09 +0000 UTC]

A finished drawing can be in black and white As long as you make the shadows, light and details So your drawing is finished

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stevemacqwark [2014-04-24 09:46:28 +0000 UTC]

Orphan? He's forgettable.

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Nick-Ian In reply to stevemacqwark [2014-04-24 11:59:31 +0000 UTC]

yeah, orphan wasn't as awesome as the older final fantasy bosses. i chose him here because he's the only one i'm familiar with from the list given.

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TheHardstyler [2014-04-24 09:05:38 +0000 UTC]

WOW! Outstanding!

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Nick-Ian In reply to TheHardstyler [2014-04-24 11:58:50 +0000 UTC]

thanks so much!

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Elfenliedlovrr22 [2014-04-24 06:35:47 +0000 UTC]

Omfg DAT detail tho ♥_♥

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Nick-Ian In reply to Elfenliedlovrr22 [2014-04-24 11:58:42 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!  

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SoldierBoyXIII [2014-04-24 03:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Who's Stella?

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Nick-Ian In reply to SoldierBoyXIII [2014-04-24 11:58:33 +0000 UTC]

She's from the long overdue Final Fantasy 15 Versus.

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SoldierBoyXIII In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-04-24 12:04:43 +0000 UTC]

XV? Interesting

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utenafangirl [2014-04-24 02:01:57 +0000 UTC]

at least you can produce art so fast lol u-u still working on mine

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Nick-Ian In reply to utenafangirl [2014-04-24 11:58:02 +0000 UTC]

as long as it's just pencil art, i can finish it quicker. back-up plan mode. 

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RedAngel19 [2014-04-24 01:20:27 +0000 UTC]

Amazing~!

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Nick-Ian In reply to RedAngel19 [2014-04-24 11:57:14 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

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RedAngel19 In reply to Nick-Ian [2014-04-24 20:40:57 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome~!

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Chexednut [2014-04-24 01:12:10 +0000 UTC]

Fantastic pencil work!

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Nick-Ian In reply to Chexednut [2014-04-24 11:57:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you.

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Mephistofelesword [2014-04-24 00:51:00 +0000 UTC]

holy mother of everything
kadaj looks crazy and awesome as always
dat SOUBA and Stella sword is beatifull
hey you can do very nice faces
the background is soo well made as Orphan there

PD: I detect no love for Vincent and Caius in dissidia, maybe because they use the final bos of the game (CAOS) as a secondary weapon..... oh wait that would be amazing for the story!!. Square enix, stop scratchin yoar balls ond put them both in a dissidia
NAOW!!

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Nick-Ian In reply to Mephistofelesword [2014-04-24 11:56:53 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the comment. haha!

so that's what Kadaj's sword is called. drawing stella's face is a bit challenging. there are many pics of her on the net, but most are of the same screenshot and closeup. 

when making backgrounds, i always choose the nature scenes - with all the organic shapes. can't stand city views and places like that which are full of geometric shapes, straight lines and shit. my weakness. 

and yeah, vincent would have been an awesome dissidia character. so is caius.

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