Deviation Actions
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I tried to keep my face confident, yet I felt nothing but despair inside. Was there no hope...?
"Sir Will is right! We must continue, for the people of La Veda!" Said a rather loud and confident voice. He sounded familiar too. Could it be..?
"Aem?"
A knight taller than the others pushed past the group and came up to me. His silver hair looked considerably duller and his broadsword no longer emitted light. His armour was stained and cracked, which made it clear that he may have gotten into a great battle before getting here... Of course, only he would want to follow me to the ends of the earth for any reason.
I felt tears in my eyes, though I quickly blinked them away. Lightly shaking my head, I then shot Aem a glare as I spoke, "Aem... You truly are a fool. Why do you follow me to your own doom? I cannot bring another great warrior down with me!"
Aem's eyes widened, before he managed a return to his default cool and calm composure.
"It is the hope of all the people to see Sir Will safely through battle with the gods. You have inspired all of us, brought everyone hope. It is only right that we serve and protect you until the very end," Aem replied simply. I was touched, but...
I opened my mouth to reply, but no words came out. I was out of words to say, no, there was nothing left to say.
It was no longer time for words, but time for action.
I could only return with a wide grin, before turning back and continuing towards the tower.
A flash of light and a sudden whoosh from behind me was all Aem responded with.
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- Excerpt from Brave Frontier fanfiction, Aimless Futility.
I figured that a crying Will would work better than a bloodied gold feather than looks more like a bloodstained banana. (For reference: One-layer painting attempt)
I might put this artwork in the scraps later. It's full of mistakes and frankly I don't consider this a finished work, but at the same time... It was good practice for this painting style. >_>
I did this in around 5 hours, I think. It's supposed to be a quick painting, but I made the mistake of trying too hard with smoothening it out. The overlay burn effect is intentional, by the way. As it is used for a FanFiction.net cover, it needs some high contrast so it can be seen from afar.
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Character (c) Alim/gumi
Artwork by WrathDraco
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