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Edolie! One of the oldest characters, she first popped up in the story five years ago and looked.. pretty stupid. The only thing that I kept from that is her face - it still speaks to her character, so it's good to go.

From her last incarnation though she hasn't changed much, (see older deviation: ur doing it wrong) except her colors, a few tweaks on her outfit, and actually coming up with how I think the wings need to look. I referenced the angel wings of Stephanie Pui-Mun Law for a start, she's got such a mastery of flow in her sketches and I was really tired of drawing wings that looked immovable and flat.

Yes, wings. Im aware of the cliche'. Painfully so. But, I like them. There's nothing more fun in the entire universe to draw, and if I want to draw five hundred feathers over and over again, that's just my prerogative. That, and they're not totally redundant, they stand for something. If nothing else, I seriously needed something easy to spot that identified her class of character.

Antique bronze is the new black! It didn't make any sense to keep painting her red and black. Coppery sunset orange is also a better fit for her anyway.. and look, no shoes! I guess that means she's got really dirty socks.

Hooray! Off to work on other stuff now. Thanks everybody for tagging along, the idea for this project is to have it ready to be worked on by the summer. So hopefully come june I'll have some information on a place for this thing to live! Finally! First i'm still working on a format to actually tell the story in, since comics have a way of eating my brain to death.

Actually, for anyone and everyone who makes it this far into the comment, if you've got an example of neat/imaginative storytelling, please send me a note with a link! I'm studying a lot of different ways of getting this thing unstuck to the roof of my skull and out there, but I'm trying to be more outside of the box than I usually am about it. Help!

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:iconxiori:
This is totally gorgeous~ I love the colours, and the wings are so great and full of movement, they go alone great with her pose :)

As for storytelling mediums, uh, I'm not too creative when it comes to that XD Comics are difficult, for sure. If you like writing, maybe do an illustrated story? I'm looking forward to seeing it either way :)

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:icondemonlordonigawa:
Buuuh--Shiro, have I mentioned how much I love your character designs yet? D: Her color scheme is gorgeous--an her outfit is deliciously simplistic.

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:iconrocahh:
I love love love the warm colors on this, great choice there. Her pose is simply adorable too, and she almost looks a tad mischievous :3 You are a wonderful inspiration, keep up the amazing work!

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:iconaquilachrysaetos:
I agree, wings are awesome. What striked me first about this are those beautiful saturated colours! I always love how smooth your illustrations are as well. It's great to see more from you! :hug:

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:iconorange-dino:
Wow I seriously LOVE the shape of the wings and how they frame her

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:iconorpheelin:
this is simply great.I love how you make softness and details! *3*
:iconedarel256:
Hey there!
First of all, i just love the way you gave her volume usig light/shadow.
The only thing that i don't feel entirely comfortable with is the pose on her left wing... It's like a not verry "natural" position...
The Feather work is aweosome too...
Congrats and thanks for sharing ^_^
:icondimytriart:
That's a beaty.

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:iconvandalk:
This one is awesome too! I loved the character, and like it was said, her pose is really good! I liked her collors, it fits here and they are wonderfully done, really shine in the eyes, also altough brigther they are inside your proposition of metal - earthy collor you mentioned in your last submission. I really loved her anatomy and proportions and since I'm studing that right now I'll ceartainly take this one as a good example! The wings are really good and not flat at all so congrats! Now her design is really good, simple and super cool at the same time making for a nice silhouette but with the right amount of details! Anyway, great work again Congrats!!

Oh, about storytelling, I would suggest a light novel but since you want something out of the box why don't you try taking a look at this one: [link]
it is still a litlle bit kinda comic-like but it's in an interely different and inovative way.

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:iconchinomiko:
i love the position/structure of her wings.

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