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MegaMaeve — Did you fall from heaven?

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Published: 2019-06-29 12:34:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 401; Favourites: 10; Downloads: 0
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Description Media: sakura microns, DecoTime & Winsor&Newton markers, colored pencils, background coloring in SketchBookPro

Soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga0ojr… - 'Thus Always To Tyrants' by The Oh Hellos

Reference: Sailor Meguin + Tuxedo AJ 3  by SenshiStock  


"...Was that an attempt at a lift?"

"Hey, at least I'm trying."


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At Avadir's arrival at the military camp in the North, life both gets more complex as well as easier on Caleb and Alwen both. 

By the time this happens, Caleb has already grown more at ease with himself and his role as mage in the community, effectively establishing himself as voice of reason and local authority figure within the neighboring villages. Alwen, on the other hand, got demoted from his position as military leader - and while this means he now is a direct subordinate to Va, he also is under far less pressure and stress. Or rather: he gets to be more Alwen and less Captain. 
Now that Caleb learnt he can actually speak his mind and Alwen is learning how to be less overbearing, they are able to meet one another in the middle, at long last.


If the rainbow-y background isn't obvious, this is a final Pride piece, ft. Al and Caleb having a bit of fun before Adventure beckons them again. ^^


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This was meant to be a quick doodle, but I really screwed up the sky, so I had to fix it digitally, which ended up taking far longer than expected. I now know why DecoTime markers are a cheap brand: the color numbers don't matter - although markers bearing the same color number are supposed to be the same color, they are not. Fun times. :') Long live SketchBookPro, which saved this drawing from being discarded altogether.

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Comments: 4

dragondoodle [2019-06-29 21:36:55 +0000 UTC]

These two are so adorable Love the rainbow background characters as well.

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MegaMaeve In reply to dragondoodle [2019-06-30 22:09:15 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much!

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HelevornArt [2019-06-29 13:43:38 +0000 UTC]

They are adorable - which is not to say of Alwen in general, but Caleb does seem to bring out the good in him (at least in the scenes we've seen of them together - would you say this is generally true of their relationship?). I love the pose, though I didn't expect Caleb to try that This is definitely a sign that Alwen is less of a Captain if they do this in public ^^

Oh the rainbow, yes, I notice it now! I was looking at the beautiful colours in the background and how well the protagonists stand out against it, but I hadn't really processed the rainbow colours until I read the description

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MegaMaeve In reply to HelevornArt [2019-07-12 09:29:51 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so very much for your wonderful insights! In-story, Caleb very much re-introduces a bit of humanity kindness into the lives of his fellow soldiers, including Alwen; in all truth, it both brings out the good in Al, as well as causes quite some inner conflict (leading to confused indecisiveness, and Va having to enter the scene to put him back in line). Caleb, in turn, learns how to be more thorough and more courageous in his actions (inducing trying to surprise Al, and failing, much to his amusement) - this scene shows that the both of them have come a long way since they first met.

I'm happy to hear that actually! The background is meant to be just that - a background with a subtle nod to the theme!

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