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An Arseload of *InkyBrain 's old artwork...with her permission of course (They're no longer viewable to the public, sorry)

Pose Reference:

An old image by *InkyBrain (from her old !LadyHellFyre account) I like to call "My God, Vistyne! Where Are Your Pants!?"

"Kneel down and tell me about your world
Show me something inside your world
You know nothing about the world around you

It's not enough (Broken in two)
It's not enough (Speaking the truth)
It's not enough (Watching me bleed)
It's not enough (Torn in between)
It's not enough!"

Gravity Kills -- "Enough"

A few months back *InkyBrain asked me for all of the old artwork I had from her old DA account (as well as shit of her's I found on the Google) since it was no longer in her possession (this is how I earned my nickname "The Polite Creeper"). So I wound up packing SEVEN RAR FILES for her and sent them right over to her e-mail.

Then we were talking over AIM a few nights later and she had actually come across some old art of her's I didn't have and gladly sent them over. Amongst the images she sent was a traditionally coloured piece of Vistyne summoning a mini black dragon, which was wrapped around her arm/hand. Vistyne also seemed to be missing bottoms in the piece. When I saw this image, I thought "Okay, I'm so drawing this" and so it was done sometime last semester...but due to classes I didn't have much time to work on well...much of anything arty until Xmass Break, at which I THOUGHT I had finally finished this damned thing. Then as I grew more comfortable colouring in Paint Tool Sai, I felt this piece needed to be touched up a bit since I seem to be gravitating towards more painterly type effects in my art...and blurred lines...and grungy shit...

But anyway, here's a new image of Vistyne (this piece being the fourth image of her I've rendered since I acquired rights to her design and six pieces I've drawn of her in total not counting rough sketches) in the process of summoning her Dracolich Malvero. Don't worry, he actually grows into a giant nasty ass undead dragon that behaves like a Honey Badger: Malvero don't care; Malvero don't give a shit. He just takes what he wants! Ain't he cute?!

And Vistyne has bottoms!

Anyway, also featured here are close-ups of some of *InkyBrain 's old art (featured with her permission of course) via filmstrips. With this piece, I wanted to show an evolution of sorts; how the torch was passed from Soda onto me in hopes that I could fix her up a bit. This piece should also be seen as a look into what I have in mind for her. Sorry, kiddies. But this is the closest you'll ever see to the old artwork EVER since I promised Soda I wouldn't re-post...hence why I'm redrawing some of the older "Classic" images.

She's not a sexy succubus anymore and despite her little outfit, she's far from a whore. Any man coming near her with ill intent (save for ONE) will most likely get a swift punch to the sour dough region. Vistyne is for the most part a cold, hardened anti-hero; a "Chosen One" of sorts who doesn't want shit to do with her destiny only then she finds herself thrown into the ongoing Post-Apocalyptic war taking place on the world that counters her own. And then on top of everything else, she finds herself attracted to the her rival...the Pretender of the Reaper's Mantle. It...kind of sucks to be her.

"Your carcass will look fantastic on my wall!" -- Vistyne's Battle Cry

I put Vistyne through the Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test and she's a nice 22 now, where I think she was a 49 before. YAY!

For further explanation about how Vistyne came into my possession, carefully read the description on this piece by *InkyBrain :



And no, contrary to not-so-popular belief, Soda and I are not the same person. She just gave me one of her old character designs.

Playlist:

Gravity Kills - "Enough"
Gravity Kills - "Goodbye"
Megadeth - "Vortex (Remastered)"
Megadeth - "Sin (Remastered)"
Megadeth - "A Secret Place (Remastered)"
Megadeth - "Trust (Remastered)"

Individual Stock Resources:

Struckdumb | Struckdumb | Asunder | ArtofDecay-Stock | Volframia20 | Miss69-stock

Vistyne and Malvero Copyright © 2012-2013 Jennifer Hopkins/Hotaru Thodt (=HotaruThodt )
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Comments: 73

HotaruThodt In reply to ??? [2019-08-06 04:37:10 +0000 UTC]

I'll take that as a compliment.

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TheExertionist [2015-01-22 01:44:37 +0000 UTC]

Awesomely badass work! XD

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HotaruThodt In reply to TheExertionist [2015-02-01 03:02:41 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. : D

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TheExertionist In reply to HotaruThodt [2015-02-01 07:17:32 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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TheExertionist [2015-01-22 01:43:31 +0000 UTC]

Awesomely badass work! XD

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HotaruThodt In reply to TheExertionist [2015-02-01 03:02:33 +0000 UTC]

Hey thanks. : )

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TheExertionist In reply to HotaruThodt [2015-02-01 07:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Welcome

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jflaxman [2014-10-25 00:14:52 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful work! I know a few guys who could use her attentions (the punch-in-the-sour-dough-region kind!)

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HotaruThodt In reply to jflaxman [2014-10-28 02:44:42 +0000 UTC]

And the bad part is she probably wound...or just eviscerate them through the navel. Thanks. : )

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Mottenfest [2013-06-24 22:15:14 +0000 UTC]

Great dynamic pose!

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HotaruThodt In reply to Mottenfest [2013-06-24 22:26:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. ^_^

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RedWingsDragon [2013-04-05 07:33:07 +0000 UTC]

She fits right in lol Awesome work here

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HotaruThodt In reply to RedWingsDragon [2013-04-05 07:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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InkyBrain [2013-03-26 23:18:18 +0000 UTC]

Very cool! I'm glad someone is getting better use out of her than i ever did. haha. You know, i actually got the pose from a scene of Leelu in The 5th Element. LOL.

There's a certain nostalgia looking at this, with all my old junk in the background. Many kudos to where you've taken her!

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HotaruThodt In reply to InkyBrain [2013-03-26 23:26:08 +0000 UTC]

Oh, dude, I remember you telling me about Leelu now when you first sent me the pic.
I think I'm finally getting the hang of drawing her horns too...even if they're still a little uneven at times.

Awww, but I still like your old junk, even if the new stuff is so much better. I'm looing forward to more Jo, and more Frank, and Emmelia and all their friends and enemies.
I just hope I can keep taking her in the right direction...even though she's probably hating me for it right now.

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InkyBrain In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-26 23:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Haha! To progress!

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HotaruThodt In reply to InkyBrain [2013-03-26 23:37:08 +0000 UTC]

*toasts* To progress!

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elila [2013-03-26 20:18:42 +0000 UTC]

I'm loving the pose, very strong!

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HotaruThodt In reply to elila [2013-03-26 21:03:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, although I can't take full credit for the pose. The oriinal was *InkyBrain 's.

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elila In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-26 21:08:44 +0000 UTC]

Sure, but you executed it really well!

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SailorDarkness [2013-03-24 11:41:37 +0000 UTC]

I like her!! (side note Jo is also an interesting character ^_^)

I love the way you captured her, such a great action shot. The whole feel is great especially with the film strips. I like the painterly grunge style, especially here. Vistyne does seem happy with you, she looks great every time you draw her.

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HotaruThodt In reply to SailorDarkness [2013-03-24 12:18:53 +0000 UTC]

Well, Jo and Vistyne are two separate entities now in two different worlds. Jo is in a bit Post-Apocalyptic Horror setting while Vistyne is more in a Post-Apocalyptic Dark Fantasy setting.

Anyway, I'm glad you like it. When Soda sent me the pic, I KNEW I had to do something with it...and then she gave me permission to use her old art on the film strips and it came out awesome!
I hope Vistyne's happy with me...but I wouldn't trust that smile. I really wouldn't. ^.^;

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SailorDarkness In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-24 12:54:12 +0000 UTC]

Yea, I read a bit about Jo. I do like the different directions each character took.

It definitely all came together.

*hides from smile* o_O

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HotaruThodt In reply to SailorDarkness [2013-03-24 13:00:55 +0000 UTC]

Deep down they probably have similar personalities (both being pretty battle worn and not giving a shit), although Jo's for the most part asexual while Vistyne's attracted to Anarchy (the character, not the concept).

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SailorDarkness In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-24 13:16:05 +0000 UTC]

lol... ok for some reason the idea of being attracted to the concept of anarchy sounded very interesting suddenly. XP

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HotaruThodt In reply to SailorDarkness [2013-03-24 13:25:04 +0000 UTC]

Well, Anarchy is Anarchy.

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VoltronZ1 [2013-03-17 17:28:16 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm... Stunning. Can't go wrong with Vistyne mixed with dragon demons, film reels, a badass battle cry and a sexy pose.

Great job once again, Hotaru. You sure know how to make pictures like these.

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HotaruThodt In reply to VoltronZ1 [2013-03-18 00:36:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. The pics on the film strips aren't mind though. Those are *InkyBrain 's images.

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immortalmina [2013-03-17 15:45:46 +0000 UTC]

I think this is a fun piece. Nice way to show her progression.

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HotaruThodt In reply to immortalmina [2013-03-18 01:04:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks.

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immortalmina In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-19 15:27:30 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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PoisonRemedy [2013-03-16 18:22:22 +0000 UTC]

This is absolutely astounding. As always from you I love this, but this is a total level-up Nice work!

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HotaruThodt In reply to PoisonRemedy [2013-03-17 03:33:19 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I actually updated this just before I posted it.

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SarahForde [2013-03-16 18:17:54 +0000 UTC]

This is super powerful

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HotaruThodt In reply to SarahForde [2013-03-17 01:51:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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LadyMadCat [2013-03-16 17:40:54 +0000 UTC]

Great work on the provocative pose and her beautiful figure! Overall, a very powerful image, I don't mean emotionally but visually The film strips with the various mugshots are badass

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HotaruThodt In reply to LadyMadCat [2013-03-17 03:40:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. *InkyBrain drew the original reference. I just copied the pose with her permission. Also the images on the film strips of her old artwork portraying the character.

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LadyMadCat In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-17 20:20:23 +0000 UTC]

I thought so I noticed the style was different from yours.

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HotaruThodt In reply to LadyMadCat [2013-03-18 01:30:30 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, those film strip pics are about five years old and drawn by *InkyBrain

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deaddoll00 [2013-03-15 15:55:17 +0000 UTC]

This is a fucking fantastic piece. The composition, detail, shading, everything about it is just awesome!

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HotaruThodt In reply to deaddoll00 [2013-03-16 06:13:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Mystique-Maiden [2013-03-15 14:58:19 +0000 UTC]

She looks like an awesome character!

Also love that song too - it's one of my favourites. ^^

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HotaruThodt In reply to Mystique-Maiden [2013-03-16 06:09:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I think her design is awesome and I was so happy when her originally creator (*InkyBrain ) said I could have her.

That song...a lovely piece from my teen years.

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Mystique-Maiden In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-19 14:28:37 +0000 UTC]

Indeed. ^^

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hajdukeszter [2013-03-14 20:51:34 +0000 UTC]

Wow, This work is also amazing! I love it.

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HotaruThodt In reply to hajdukeszter [2013-03-14 21:09:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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House-of-Kadamon [2013-03-14 16:42:54 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful.

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HotaruThodt In reply to House-of-Kadamon [2013-03-14 20:27:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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House-of-Kadamon In reply to HotaruThodt [2013-03-15 10:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Anytime sweets.

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aoifasd [2013-03-14 11:01:49 +0000 UTC]

Great work!

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