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6WingDragon β Elements: Wheel v.2
Published: 2008-04-01 23:04:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 26230; Favourites: 312; Downloads: 347
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Yes, all the elements you've seen before, nothing new. It's just that -this- time, I've altered the aesthetics a bit. Some are easily recognizable (because I'm cool like that, and color-coded everything), and the slight change is more noticeable.In the inner circle, there's still Fire, Lightning, Air, Ice, Water, Plant, Earth, and Ore going clockwise (the primary and secondary elements). Outer ring is Light, Ether, Darkness, and Terra (the 4 balances); and of course, in the center is the Void, the ultimate balance of time and space.
The simpler elements were easy to redraw (with the exception of Lightning...it still doesn't look right), as well was the element of Darkness (I now got it to look how I wanted the original to look). Light, Ether, Void (once called "Stratus"), and Terra were a bit more challenging, in that I liked the originals just as they were. However, with my awesome creativity, I was able to refine the elements, and I have to say that Light, Ether and Void look vastly better because of it (Terra retains its awesomeness).
And this time, I saved it as a .bmp as opposed to a .jpeg, so it isn't crappified. And yes, all done in MSPaint.
Art and Element placement (c)
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I must say I am impressed with your creativity, but I must ask further on the outer elements in your diagram.
light and darkness are understandable but I must ask your views on Ether and Terra?
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Thank you so much. :3
Ether and Terra represent the dynamic and the static forces of the universe, respectively; they can also represent non-existence and existence, immaterial and material, and other such opposing but coexisting abstract ideas.Β They're more of a catch-all, I suppose. ^..^;
Anyway, I have other explanations about Ether and Terra in this comments section.Β Find 'em all!
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Dude, this is my favorite rendition of the elements. So Terra and Aether are the balances of the Earth related elements and the Air related elements respectively from what I understand. If so, wouldn't that make Light and Darkness the balances of the Fire related elements and the Water related elements respectively? Care to elaborate a little bit if so?
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Well, thank you so much. :3
As I recall from some of my previous commentary (and some of the thoughts I had when making this originally) Terra and Γther balances represent the "Static" and "Dynamic" forces of the universe, respectively, while Light and Dark represent Energy and Matter balances, respectively.Β I also like your explanation, though!Β If this just makes it convoluted, I apologize. |3
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It's all good. I was just asking if that was the case, but your explanation is better than my assumption. But I'm kind of lost at what dictates the balances and the central one. Is an in-depth explanation of all the elements and how they operate possible?
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Aye, though not cohesively.Β If you peruse my responses of the comments here and on the original, you might be able to piece it together.
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Alright then. Thanks for the info, I'll be sure to do that.
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Oh, please do, lemme know how it turns out. :3
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This is perhaps one of the more fascinating explanations of magic and the elements I've heard.
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I've heard about that set of "Elements", but recently I've considered that additional elements can represent the universal forces of electromagnetism, gravity, strong nuclear & weak nuclear, as well as the movement of static energy and dynamic energy, and of course the elusive concept of "Void".
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hey, i posted a comment here before, but i guess it is incomplete, could you please check my version of elements?
water-fire-wind-earth-earth-ice-lightning-space-time-light-darkness-wild-illusion-technology-sound and void
i am working with elements, so i will be glad if you add a opinion on my wheel > [link] its not a wheel at all... but is it
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That's a beautiful array you've got. I'm a tad envious for the designs, if I may admit. |3
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great minds must think alike. here's the magic wheel i madw for my fantasy world that my tabletop rpgs are set in: [link]
I even call the origin symbol "Void", too.
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Aye! I see the similarities right off the bat; I find the 4 outer elements curious, as they seem more a matter of individual component than cosmic.
A table-top RPG, you say?
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Well, through Earth you can reinforce the strength in objects. Through wind, you can put force behind objects to cause them to move faster. All life requires liquid to exist (even cytoplasm in cells), so from water you can create life. To explain how mood extends from fire, my justification is the following:
in my fantasy setting, peoples bodies are heated because of the fire that lives in their hearts. the greater manipulation of fire grants you access to manipulate the heart itself.
I kind of just use the wheel in my own fantasy world. I haven't finished mapping out its own independent tabletop system yet, but i have a lot of ground covered, including how i can apply math to the magic wheel to determine what elements the players can (and more importantly, CAN'T) use, as well as to what degree.
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Will the elements in your wheel be the acting ability/attribute scores? If so, I can see how this could be a system that focuses more around magical manipulation than the more traditional class system, which easily leads to "dump stats".
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yes and no. the magic system in and of itself has its own number system with its own stats, but it is entirely separate from every other facet of a character. you'd still have a strength and whatnot, but when you put points to develop your character's magic set, advancing your magic wheel functions very differently from the rest of character creation/modification.
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Ahh, I see. So there would be magic-specific classes, for example?
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I have a quick question for you. I am wanting to make a small video game for a final project for school. May I use this image and maybe part of your V. 1 as a background?
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Sure thing! Hope it works well for you.
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thank you this helps
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Glad you could make use of it. :3
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any particular name you would like used in credits?
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"6wingdragon", to lead people back to my deviantArt. 
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for now i just wrote your screen name
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What is the middle one? And if it's time, what's the far left one?
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The elements are explained in the original version, but for sake of convenience, the middle element is Time/Space/Void, and the one on the far left to Terra.
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What are Ether and Terra? They sound a lot like earth and void. Please explain.
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AEther & Terra are, after some further thought, the Dynamic & Static forces of the elements, respectively.
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I'm pretty Ether is the same thing as Void o-o
but besides that this is so epic \o/ great job
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Correct, in the traditional elemental grid of way back when, Aether & Void were synonymous as the mysterious 5th element; I did not know this until much after I remade the Wheel, though.
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please let me see this epic picture before i die
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You mean the picture I said I'd draw because this submission got more pageviews then my home page?
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Yesh... I didnt know that yet so thankeyoo
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I love the remake. You're very good at drawing them!
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I like this. The arrangement of everything so that it's easy to see what each element is and what its bases are, plus just the overall grandness in the number of elements compared to the stereotypical 4 that are commonly seen elsewhere. I kinda want to design a weapon based on each of these elements and their parents. (it's sort of what I do...) Anyways, great pic.
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Y'know, I've pondered such an arrangement, the weapons assigned to each - I've also pondered a people to each element as well, something I intend to draw at some point, to commemorate the fact that the original received more views than my page did.
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Nice, I don't think I could even come up with close to that many different types of people. Then again, I couldn't think up that many elements either. I think I'll just stick to weapons.
Also, what if somehow you balanced the colors of the elements to add up properly as well? Like how Blue water + White Air = Light Blue Ice. I think it'd be pretty challenging to pull off well, but I think it would make it even more harmonic. It might just end up weird though, cause things like lightning would be pink.
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