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I'm not entering ATR.All right! Now that we have that cleared up. XD While thrashing about in the throes of art rut over the past few weeks, I decided on a lark to create some reference material for the characters I would have used if I were entering the Artists at the Ready tournament. (Seen here: )
This quickly got out of hand, and you see the result here. (And in the previous faux teaser I uploaded a bit before this.) But hey, art is art so why let it go to waste, eh?
It's a bit of a challenge creating ref sheets for characters who already have them, without sounding like you're telling simply the same information over and over again. And if you are, making it at least entertaining. Though one of these days I think I should make some sort of proper introduction for Oliver since he's never really been fully explained.
Some last minute details that didn't make it in:
Ree is from a story of the same name, no, it has not been released/published. Her song is "Ohne Zuschlag" by Din Stalker. She is a young girl possessed by hell itself and, in the ATR universe, would more than likely be mortified knowing that there are so many other characters in the 'young girl + demons' vein that she'd likely be begging me not to write a story about her.
Oliver is from no story, to clear that up once and for all. He was created for an OCT that never ended up happening. Now he is an orphaned character looking for a home with what is possibly the most frightening puppy dog expression a human being could make. (Yes, he's human.) His song is.. hell I dunno. Vindaloo? Look it up on youtube. XD
Rigg is from an old, old old storyline of mine entitled Jaoh or City of Jaoh. It never got too far along the lines, seeing as how futuristic stories aren't entirely my cup of tea, but he was a good character I enjoyed very much, and would definitely like to show more of him, his companion the Bug, and their buxom overseer, the Psycher Victoria. His song is the Hell's Laboratory theme from FF6. Haha.
Anyway. Back to work.
Ree W, Oliver A, Rigg ยฉ `Endling
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Comments: 526
LiLMissBossy [2009-06-16 20:23:25 +0000 UTC]
i love ur characters my fav is ree tho lol ur style is unique and when r u gunna start the everafter comic again?
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KiraKira-Aoi In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 20:23:23 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for being an inspiration Endling! Love your characters
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BladeSummers [2009-06-16 20:20:05 +0000 UTC]
Someone introduce this man to an animation company stat!!
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PsychoWolf14 In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 20:17:49 +0000 UTC]
Ree is still adorable. and Oliver is still fascinating.
Gotta admit I still wonder if oliver would eat Children thou'. His happy faces always remind me of that for some reason.
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TeknicolorTiger [2009-06-16 20:15:35 +0000 UTC]
Love, love, LOVE your characters and overall design skills. I really wish you had an animated movie or t.v. show! I'd so watch it!
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Kami-Kyubi [2009-06-16 20:14:28 +0000 UTC]
Well, if you DID enter AatR, you'd probably smear the competition.
And, if all else fails, you can have Oliver just be a crossover character that pops in here and there in every story of yours [well, besides Ever After, that wouldn't make any sense].
These character sheets are awesome.
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OokamiCat [2009-06-16 20:12:36 +0000 UTC]
YES! I knew it! xD
This is going to be awsome!
Good luck!
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noxfoxArts [2009-06-16 20:09:00 +0000 UTC]
this is soooo professional and cool! your characters are awesome yet, we all know, but the layout of those sheets is so great! the three have difference with fonts for the names and logos, background and all but the whole share a perfectly homogenous structure and colors, everything fit perfectly!
who can challange you with such a team!? just seeing those sheets will struck down you ennemies!
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MierRav In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 20:04:35 +0000 UTC]
Oliver's smile = +1 dead puppies
Haha, these are the coolest reference sheets for AATR I've seen yet!
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Eggabeg In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:58:35 +0000 UTC]
And just when i thought you reached a peak of professional perfection you leap over it gawd i gotta learn to do this shizz
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OracularDream [2009-06-16 19:57:34 +0000 UTC]
Woa! That is an exceptionally good Oliver the line art and coloring is superb! It defiantly has me wanting to draw him again!
Excellent character sheets, I wish mine were as interesting.
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ushi-cow [2009-06-16 19:56:27 +0000 UTC]
Amazing work as usual! The layout is wonderfully done, and of course the art is stunning. I especially like the little detail of adding a line running vertically down the right side of Ree's and Oliver's parts. Even if I find your teasing of your poor, hopeful little watchers slightly cruel, I'm glad you put this up. Haha
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einiv [2009-06-16 19:55:18 +0000 UTC]
Wow, Oliver is pretty light for a guy his height. Why not display Oliver and Rigg's age? Can't decide or just want to keep it a mystery?
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InfinumGod [2009-06-16 19:55:04 +0000 UTC]
Thanks for showing us over to vindaloo. I just fell in love with that song.
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moonkittyproductions In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:54:59 +0000 UTC]
i like how you used the blue print overlay on Riggs chara sheet
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Melcadrien In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:54:32 +0000 UTC]
A girl possessed by legions of demons(First time I actually see one having a legion on her side), a Psychotic Brain-Twister, and a machine. Good team you got there.
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Dragon-Dragoon [2009-06-16 19:53:20 +0000 UTC]
It's a relief and a pity you're not entering. Relief for the fact that I don't have such phenominal competition before getting in, and pity because I won't see an interesting story.
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ParadoxBox In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:52:05 +0000 UTC]
I want to combine "Endling" and "entering" into one horrific pun--"so you're not really ENDtering the contest?"--but then I'd have to shoot myself, and either way, these are beautiful ref sheets. The character team is dynamic, and their varying personalities would have been quite interesting to see at work together in the tournament.
But we understand.
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TobiLovesZetsu In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:51:11 +0000 UTC]
Oliver's cool xD I wana give him a hug
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eel-feel-ill In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:50:12 +0000 UTC]
yay endling is orgy-posting agaiiiiinnn -kekekeke- more olivers eng eng eng....i didnt know an oliver had organs, thus require blood...i imagined if you cut him open (fat chance) you'd find, maybe, popcorn and..er...fetus juice.
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Yokoboo In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:48:40 +0000 UTC]
Bah! Oh man, now you've got me thinking about my own character sheets... Can anyone say revision time? DX
Eh, but they're good revisions. Anyway. I hope to be done by this weekend in time for your contest, so yay! Thanks for posting this and getting me thinking!
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thealmightystjimmy [2009-06-16 19:47:54 +0000 UTC]
Love them.
Ree's adorable and I want to hug her.
Oliver seems wicked awesome but his smile creeps me out a little
and Rigg's someone I wanna be around if I want to feel safe. And I wanna hug him too.
Awesome characters, awesome art.
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Bijutsu-san [2009-06-16 19:44:24 +0000 UTC]
Thank you for the disclaimer. You scared the shit out of me for a minute there!
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AshiaRyoku [2009-06-16 19:44:06 +0000 UTC]
Their answers to the questions were really hilarious.
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RedMoonDragon [2009-06-16 19:40:16 +0000 UTC]
doesn't oliver have 3 arms?
your art is great as always ^^
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Endling In reply to RedMoonDragon [2009-06-16 19:46:23 +0000 UTC]
Oliver has as many arms as he wants, when he wants to. |D
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RedMoonDragon In reply to Endling [2009-06-16 20:04:03 +0000 UTC]
really? wow thats pretty cool. thank you for answering ^^
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Hikaru-Jiyuuki [2009-06-16 19:39:13 +0000 UTC]
OMG This at totally rock and is kick us awsome!!! I love Ree...so cute and just super cool!!!
Love it ! ^^
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MuffinManofMystery [2009-06-16 19:39:11 +0000 UTC]
I've always loved the dynamic poses of your characters. Oliver has always been one of my favorites; that face! Ha ha, he really always gets me laughing.
I really needed to see some amazing art, and some terrific, well-thought-out characters. Thank you so much.
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Milantela In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:38:11 +0000 UTC]
Jeez, man, you're just too amazing O_O
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CCM In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:34:51 +0000 UTC]
Rigg is my favorite! I love the humany-legs hidden by the cloak that is falling over the larger half of his body. The fullbody-colored sketches are reaally nice, the way you've done hand placement and such. enjoyed reading it all!
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Tohomito In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:34:24 +0000 UTC]
Very cool! Just as an aside though Oliver's name is a bit hard to read because of the color choice/glow
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KillaSamuraiBabe In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:33:20 +0000 UTC]
I OLIVER SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much
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Del-Borovic In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:30:22 +0000 UTC]
You're such a tease, End xD but these are beautiful. Love the color schemes, and the questionaiire that each of the chars got xD hehehe
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ArsonDadko In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:30:06 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful characters, as usual^^
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draconess02 In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:24:49 +0000 UTC]
Whew! I think my heart stopped for a few seconds when I saw the words ATR lol but thankfully I read your AC's before I went too worried. But wow these are great. I love how you're always able to put so much information about the characters without writing huge paragraphs. As you can guess that's what I do.
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Zachariah-of-Mars In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:22:32 +0000 UTC]
Nice. Oliver Alptraum...yep looks like a nightmarish character alright
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AriadneArca In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:21:06 +0000 UTC]
I'll admit it, I've always liked your characters but never been completely won over by them... but Rigg, and what little hints you've shown of his story, look so awesome. (And Oliver's pose in the full-body colour shot is pretty awesome too.
)
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Tatong [2009-06-16 19:21:04 +0000 UTC]
now.. this here is the measuring stick of ref sheets
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CrackPairings [2009-06-16 19:20:08 +0000 UTC]
Maan, Oliver is possibly one of my favourite characters I've ever seen!
Great work on the drawings!
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Xta-C [2009-06-16 19:18:29 +0000 UTC]
They make me happy XD Too bad you ain't entering AATR, why not tho??
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KaijuDuke In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:15:35 +0000 UTC]
Incredible cast of characters! I look forward to seeing them in action in the tournament (but feel bad that all three of them come from storylines that didn't work out, poor guys...)
Where's Rex though? Is he not accompanying Ree this time around?
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narutoxgeek In reply to ??? [2009-06-16 19:15:19 +0000 UTC]
So. Ree's last name is Wicker. I had no idea. But why does she dislike coconut? I dislike it as well, but that's not the point. And how does Olly get O- for a blood type?
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