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2BeAnnounced — Enzo Matrix (ReBoot) (Realism)

Published: 2014-05-25 01:52:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 2628; Favourites: 67; Downloads: 7
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Description Oh, ReBoot. How fond I am of you, dated as your animation may be. This old cartoon mops the floor with many of the cartoons made for kids nowadays. Seriously. If you've never watched it, look it up, watch it, love it. Repeat.
  When I was little, Bob was my favorite character. I still love him, but rewatching the episodes on the DVD set a couple of years ago reminded me of just how adorable Enzo is (was . . .)  .  His story arch throughout Seasons 1-2 and, most famously, season three, make him one of the best characters (animated or not) to ever tell a story. 
 Putting it all together and watching how his story plays out makes me realize how underrated he was in my initial viewings as a dopey child.
 I mean, just, wow. His story. His life. So much spunk and spirit and so much tragic irony and cruel twists of fate.
So much awesomeness awaiting in maturity ( yah, Matrix fangirl here). I couldn't have written it better myself.
 I should point out I drew this as the original Enzo, not the "backup" version. Fans know what I'm talking about.
 Sorry, but I consider that notion to be the only misstep in the genius storytelling of Season 3. Just. Meh. It took away from the dramatic impact of his story, kinda like a "Oh, but don't worry, you can try again and you're entire life story is instantly not important" -sort of way.
 Don't even get me started on the season four movies. Bad fanfiction is the best way I feel about it.  Blehhh. 
 So if you're hoping for a Daemon fanart, please continue onward. It's not happening.


BUT!

I digress excessively. It's a chronic problem.

Paper: Strathmore Smooth Bristol
Medium: Prismacolor Colored Pencil

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Comments: 20

suyuku-san [2016-01-12 06:01:44 +0000 UTC]

by dated do you mean the first season? because after that the animation is very much solid even by today's standards, though that's my thoughts on it really, still awesome drawing

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AlwaysNeedsInspir8on [2015-06-12 03:48:41 +0000 UTC]

Cool concept, I could see this happening in real life or live action

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2BeAnnounced In reply to AlwaysNeedsInspir8on [2015-06-13 01:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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AlwaysNeedsInspir8on In reply to 2BeAnnounced [2015-06-13 03:02:32 +0000 UTC]

No problem, keep up the good artwork

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freeza-frost [2014-08-13 04:20:28 +0000 UTC]

niiice1 

chinese enzo?

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Contraltissimo [2014-05-27 06:10:36 +0000 UTC]

Meeeep!    Omgosh!    This is so much wonderfulness all in one place....!  Just wow!  What an awesome portrait!    Haha, he and Frisket look pretty good in realism done right! 

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2BeAnnounced In reply to Contraltissimo [2014-05-27 12:37:31 +0000 UTC]

Aw thanks! I'm glad you like it!

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IXAYAXI [2014-05-27 03:58:28 +0000 UTC]

This is awsome! The concept and colouring are very good. When I was little Enzo was my favourite character, he was cool. But when Matrix appeared my head exploded with awesomeness XD

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2BeAnnounced In reply to IXAYAXI [2014-05-27 12:41:23 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I always thought Enzo was cute and funny, and oddly enough I didn't like Matrix at all when I first saw him. But somewhere around the Web arc he started to grow on me until finally I too was trapped in his spell of awesome lol. Now I treasure every episode he's in, haha, and subsequently love his little self even more.  

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anabelalima98 [2014-05-25 16:48:16 +0000 UTC]

Come and visit our art group, with the chance of getting your work featured! 
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2BeAnnounced In reply to anabelalima98 [2014-05-25 19:46:48 +0000 UTC]

Coolness! Thank you. I will do that.

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anabelalima98 In reply to 2BeAnnounced [2014-05-25 20:00:34 +0000 UTC]

Thankyou!

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raydragonmaster [2014-05-25 16:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Really like the work you did on These two, By the sounds of it though we had the complete opposite opinions on Enzo and Matrix because i actually loved Enzo in the show but started to dislike him as Matrix and had been glad they created the copy of him.

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2BeAnnounced In reply to raydragonmaster [2014-05-25 19:37:06 +0000 UTC]

Well, I loved Enzo too, but I didn't realize how much until I went back and watched the program again.
Then I just loved him from start to burly, brooding finish.  
 I guess having him be "rebooted" was a way to appease folks like yourself who didn't care for how the original turned out. A neat trick to keep the peace, I suppose.  

 Thanks for the comment!

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Reixma [2014-05-25 15:11:35 +0000 UTC]

A realistic impression of him and Frisket. Strange, but really good! I do agree with you about him and his story. He is more resilient than he realises. He wasn't my favourite character though. Mouse and Andrea were my faves (Mouse being the first).

Fantastic job you have done. Amazing!

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2BeAnnounced In reply to Reixma [2014-05-25 19:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I guess I neglected to mention I am going for a realistic approach here, in case anyone is left going "Hey! That looks nothing like Frisket!" etc. Mebbe I ought to have to put that in the description... >__> hmmm.

Mouse is/was awesome, and I think she probably is my fave too, although I really have a soft spot for Dot too.

Thanks for the nice words!

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Reixma In reply to 2BeAnnounced [2014-05-25 22:26:51 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome! I like Red Heads / Gingers so she wins! (I myself am not either of those. Dark blonde...)

I forgot to ask when I commented first, but is the Enzo picture the only realism version of ReBoot you are doing? It would be nice to see the other main characters. This is only a question and I am sure you get asked it a lot. (I didn't look through the comments to check...)

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2BeAnnounced In reply to Reixma [2014-05-26 02:47:16 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Yes, I am hoping to at least draw up the remaining two of the main trio (Bob and Dot) in this style. Enzo was very fun albeit challenging, but if I feel confident I will hopefully make a nice little series out of it and do the rest of the characters. The world needs more ReBoot art!

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Reixma In reply to 2BeAnnounced [2014-05-26 16:58:57 +0000 UTC]

I look forward to it! The world does need more ReBoot. Not enough love...

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2BeAnnounced In reply to 2BeAnnounced [2014-05-25 19:45:11 +0000 UTC]

..er, favorite character among thegirls, that is, else I'm a liar who only pretends to be a Bob S1-S2/ Matrix fangirl.

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