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Quilofire — I've found my answer

Published: 2011-06-14 22:06:17 +0000 UTC; Views: 710; Favourites: 16; Downloads: 6
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Description I have traveled so far and learned so many things
By following your shadow
And now I can see that it is only me who can seize my fate
--Some really awesome fandub of Sorairo days

Well I'm a day late but guess who's done caring

Sappy ramble incoming
I can hardly believe it's been two years since I finished Gurren Lagann and hopped on a plane for Israel. I feel like I've known this series for a lot longer than that. I can't imagine what I would have done that day in the desert if I hadn't had Kamina's words beating through my brain to keep me going. Gurren Lagann has had a visible influence on my art style, affected the way I see the world, boosted my self-confidence, and inspired half the original things I've done in the past two years. I can't even imagine what my life would be like without this series; that's how ridiculous of an impact it's had on me. I finished it two years ago but I still love every character, every arc, everything about it with all my heart. Even Rossiu.

Decided to do something different from last year's . I mean yeah I still think of Simon and Magu as a couple, but definitely not as often (or as openly lol). This year, therefore, I wanted to do something involving Kamina. After all, Kamina was the one who got me interested in this series (even though the first episode I saw was 4). His wisdom has stayed with me even when other things have come and gone. He may be a fictional character, but I truly owe a lot of who I am to him. That's why I drew this.

tl;dr if you haven't seen TTGL yet, WATCH IT and prepare to have your face, balls and soul rocked beyond all comprehension
/End ramble

Artwise, I know I've used that background before, but I got this idea and ran with it. Originally they were gonna face the opposite direction but Kamina's hair is a bitch from that angle so I changed my mind.
How do I anatomy? I mean I had a reference but

Just for grins:
September 13 '08 = day I got my first taste of Gurren Lagann
June 13 '09 = day I finally got off my ass and finished
So that's why I draw two of these things a year

TTGL (c) Gainax
Magu (c) me
Bonus! Magu tries her hand at geekymcgeekstein's Sorairo days fandub
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I did this in like october and wasn't trying very hard. Also, changed some of the lyrics a little
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Comments: 16

warrior31992 [2021-12-15 09:06:12 +0000 UTC]

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sabi-cookie-lover [2011-07-25 14:02:24 +0000 UTC]

Guess what I was walking around Bestbuy and found the WHOLE SERIES on DVD and pissed off my parents by buying it. Watching it atm and I'm glad I'm finally watching it XD

GOD DAMN THIS ANIME WANTS TO MAKE YOU DO SOMETHING AWESOME.

I only watched like eight episodes before going out for dinner last night and I felt like I had more air in my lungs and I felt like nothing should stand in my way lol.

I love this anime so muuuuuch

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Quilofire In reply to sabi-cookie-lover [2011-07-25 14:53:45 +0000 UTC]

fgjkhjkhfgkjhfg I need to get the whole series ;-; maybe I should sneak over to bestbuy and see if they have it I only have the second movie on DVD orz

DAMN STRAIGHT IT DOES

That is exactly how you should feel! I'm so happy you like it ;w;

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sabi-cookie-lover In reply to Quilofire [2011-07-25 15:31:41 +0000 UTC]

lol I got it for a good deal, too. Just $40 for six discs XD I'm watching it atm and I'm loving it XD

I almost had to give my sister a Kamina speech when she said Kamina was annoying >w>;;;

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Quilofire In reply to sabi-cookie-lover [2011-07-25 15:40:32 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaa that is a good deal ;-;

My bro doesn't like Kamina either it's okay

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sabi-cookie-lover In reply to Quilofire [2011-07-25 15:43:45 +0000 UTC]

I wasn't even expecting all of those discs XD

Good lord, Simon is hot both during the timeskip and post timeskip.

Kamina's always gonna be my favorite, however.

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Quilofire In reply to sabi-cookie-lover [2011-07-25 15:57:58 +0000 UTC]

UM WELCOME TO MY LIFE


That is definitely what I thought until Garlock came along teehee

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sabi-cookie-lover In reply to Quilofire [2011-07-25 16:06:18 +0000 UTC]

SWEET

.... Agreed, my friend.

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yasu-ragi [2011-06-17 22:24:58 +0000 UTC]

you have such a nice voice ;vvvvvv;

and I think it's amazing that you still have GL in your memory and still influences you to this very day~

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Quilofire In reply to yasu-ragi [2011-06-17 23:56:25 +0000 UTC]

;v; thank youuuuu

:'D uh... thanks? It changed my life, sooooo
I mean, if something's important to you, why forget about it?
(As long as it influences you in a good way l-lol (soooo glad that I'm over phantom of the opera jesus christ on a bike))

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NeonLanterns [2011-06-15 09:31:53 +0000 UTC]

TEH MAGU!
I wasn't expecting this, so it came as a surprise in my inbox.

I love your love for this series.
Also, I need to hurry up and watch it =3=
(this, and zetsuba sensei. and the rest of drrr. and and and bakemonogatari)

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Quilofire In reply to NeonLanterns [2011-06-15 16:14:11 +0000 UTC]

Yay surprises! : D

=w= thank you
Yeah you do! so gooood
(But the other series you wanna watch are also pretty solid! what dooooo)

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NeonLanterns In reply to Quilofire [2011-06-15 16:22:27 +0000 UTC]

Yay!!

Np~!
;w; herderp~ I will get to it eventually/

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Kiwi-Chan269 [2011-06-14 23:41:28 +0000 UTC]

I know how you feel from watching and finishing the anime myself x3 I havent done anything big or that exciting after finishing it, but it did change my world a bit after I managed to watch all of it on Netflix xD Compared to Simon, Kamina is still my favorite character, but no matter how confusing his inspirational rants sounded sometimes, I still got the point behind them from how listening to them made me feel x3 I'm still trying to get through quite a few hard points in my life right now, but no matter if characters from anime and the like arent 'real' or dont 'exist' like we want them to, it doesnt hurt to have them as inspirational figures to look up to, like real people <3

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Quilofire In reply to Kiwi-Chan269 [2011-06-15 00:12:13 +0000 UTC]

Agreed mang

Fictional people can be just as inspiring as real people : D
The college app people seemed to recognize this--one of the essay prompts for me was "describe a historical figure or fictional character who has made an impact on your life"

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Kiwi-Chan269 In reply to Quilofire [2011-06-15 00:16:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome x3 I wanna try doing a similar pic to this one with Kamina (Since I love the character xD ), but I do agree with you on his hair. It looks so simple yet its not when you try drawing it yourself xD; But yeah, I do prefer fictional characters over real ones for inspiration, but they can be really important to you, especially if you have a lot to relate to them with. So sometimes it can get a bit personal, despite the not being real part for them <3 And that's just as good, too x3

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