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Published: 2017-03-04 18:07:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 340; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 0
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Description This guy is such an old character, but he made a come back somehow lolol He is the one who helped Cole out in this situation: Hunted

He is also the one in this super old old WIP that I never finished:   I decided to just make a new picture entirely because my style changed so much, but who knows, maybe I will go back and paint over this one later xD

Anyway Chain has a pretty long story, but he basically grew up more as a Half-light than he did a human and tended to get into a lot of criminal activity because of his lack of human social skills. He got to the point where he was kept in a maximum security prison. When one of Posyprince's characters found him, the prison had been destroyed and abandoned for an unknown reason for quite some time, but Chain was still there, because he didn't know what else to do with his life (and was likely considering suicide). Through another turn of events, he acquired a concussion which caused him to lose his memory of his criminal life, so he continues to wear the chain the prison put on him when he was in his Half-light form to try to remind himself that he has a debt to pay and a terrible past life to make up for. He doesn't remember his name either, hence the nickname "Chain." 

To give you an idea of what Half-lights look like in their beast form, here's Kamio's beast form (one of Posy's Hafis): 
I need to draw Chain's sometime though, since all Half-lights' have a pretty distinct look from each other. For example, Kamio is quite raggedy, dark and slim, whereas Pom, another one of my Hafis is golden and quite fluffy. xD But I think most of them tend to be dark colored and all of them have bright amber eyes both in human and beast form.

Cole, Kamio, Half-lights    PosyPrince

Chain, Pom, art    HareSoup  

Charcoal & PS touch up
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Comments: 14

crowscribbles [2017-03-08 20:50:32 +0000 UTC]

Aw shoot me, Hade, this is gorgeous! The light and shadow look absolutely killer.

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HareSoup In reply to crowscribbles [2017-03-09 05:25:11 +0000 UTC]

Dude coming from someone whose lighting I adore, that's like ;u; thank you TuT

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PeachyProtist [2017-03-05 02:18:00 +0000 UTC]

Yey charcoal!
I really like how you've done the lighting here, and all its gradual changes in shades.

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HareSoup In reply to PeachyProtist [2017-03-09 05:17:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ;u; Sorry for the super late reply!

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zaphyrae [2017-03-04 21:53:17 +0000 UTC]

Geh, so pretty. And I do think that pretty is the perfect word to describe this. H-how do yo even traditional art....??  (/=3= )/

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HareSoup In reply to zaphyrae [2017-03-04 22:29:08 +0000 UTC]

haha thanks Zaphy! >u< Yeah it's only with charcoal that I have more confidence though. I keep saying I want to try other things like watercolors/colored pencils and get better at oils, but I have yet to face them head on. xD

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tullowyn [2017-03-04 20:43:59 +0000 UTC]

Lovely work! Your use of charcoal is so nice here- his eyes are absolutely captivating, and he looks fascinatingly pensive His story is really interesting, too ^^

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HareSoup In reply to tullowyn [2017-03-04 22:27:39 +0000 UTC]

Oh, thank you! I think your description itself was quite beautiful haha

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tullowyn In reply to HareSoup [2017-03-04 22:28:09 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! haha, thanks? xD

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Captain-Savvy [2017-03-04 18:54:25 +0000 UTC]

He looks awesome! Beautiful work on this, I really love the lighting.

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HareSoup In reply to Captain-Savvy [2017-03-04 22:26:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! c:

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PosyPrince [2017-03-04 18:28:01 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh I always love your traditional portraits because they're always so nicely done. ;---; It shows how your figure/life drawing is merged with what you like to do. Not sure how to say it, but I really like to see everything come together that way. I really like the subtle/soft lighting here, for some reason it really goes well with Chain. Probably because he's so kind. :'D
I feel really bad for Chain though, he sounds like he's had a rough past, and he can't even remember it. That's terrible, not knowing if he'll ever find out. It makes me sad that he stayed at the prison because of how depressed and confused he was. It's so feel-bad-for. I'm glad that he made a re-appearance, because he's the one person Cole would be able to connect with. And also because he's saved Cole's life a few times now, LOL. Cole owes him his life multiple times. Good thing Cole is immortal and can pay Chain back.

I really would like to see you paint over the old drawing into your new style. I like the angle that the old drawing is at. :>

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HareSoup In reply to PosyPrince [2017-03-04 22:26:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ;u; If I could have a career in charcoal, I would totally go for it. xD Like somehow do concept art entirely in charcoal. I don't know why I like it so much. Probably because it's messy hahaha. And thank you for your comment on the lighting. ouo  

But Lac helped Chain get out of his slump. ouo And now he runs around throwing dead poachers at people to get supplies for injured polecats lolol. Chain doesn't know that Cole is immortal so he was quite worried. xD He also hates poachers, so it gave him even more of a reason to tear one's neck open.

<: tay maybe I'll try 

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PosyPrince In reply to HareSoup [2017-03-04 22:30:40 +0000 UTC]

I think that would be awesome to do concept art entirely in charcoal, and it could very well be possible. I can see concept art for something like Paperman done entirely in charcoal. I guess it just depends on the style of whatever you're making concept art for.

Chain is sooo cute. I don't know why I think it's cute that he threw a dead poacher at the soldiers. It sounds morbid that I think it's cute.
Well, he still saved his life..Cole would have just kept bleeding and not care...maybe he wouldn't have died, but he would have rotted and turned into a zombie thing.


you

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