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Published: 2017-10-31 04:37:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1079; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 1
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Description wheezesΒ I almost bit off more than I could chew with this one, but it's done! I usually don't do backgrounds at all if I can avoid them, but I wanted to challenge myself to do one as detailed as I'm capable of doing. This thing clocked in somewhere between 20 and 30 hours, but I'm really proud of how it turned out.

The shadows ended up obscuring a lot of the detail that I put into the background, so check out the uncolored versionΒ here , along with a few detail shots.

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Thanks to Veskasa for letting me use their perfaunt, Lucian, for this! He just made too perfect a match to this little ghosty guy, with the same eyes and complimentary glow color. I know it's not canon, but I sort of like the idea that those inverted eye colors make it easier to see in near dark than in bright daylight, so the ghost pearl tends to keep to a nocturnal schedule... but they're still just a kid, so they get sad and lonely when everyone they try to play with runs away from them thinking they're a monster.

I've been wanting to join in the ARPG for about a year now (preferably with a perfaunt, since they've been my favorites since they were introduced), and the lore of orphaned pearls living in the Parfumez ruins with Fauntina really tickled me, so fingers crossed!

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Edit 11/7/17:
Oh shit I actually won! Wow :'D I was holding myself back from thinking more about a character for this little guy since I didn't think I'd end up with them, but I'm so excited to go do that now.
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Comments: 20

MoonbowDragon [2018-01-02 19:44:41 +0000 UTC]

Congratulations on winning the perfaunt.
I like the details put into the ruins from the brickwork of the pathway to the castle obscured by the plantlife.Β  I also like the glow of the perfaunts as it helps them stick out in the entire picture, along with the moon.Β Β 

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ClutterCluster [2017-11-09 03:56:31 +0000 UTC]

This piece is amazing! The details of the background are nothing short of stunning. ^^ Congrats!!

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illucca In reply to ClutterCluster [2017-11-09 04:19:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! I worked really hard on the background, so the compliment means a lot ^^ I'm so glad it all paid off!

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arteest76 [2017-11-09 03:32:56 +0000 UTC]

AH CONGRATS FOR WINNING!

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illucca In reply to arteest76 [2017-11-09 04:11:02 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I'm so excited!! :'D

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arteest76 In reply to illucca [2017-11-09 04:26:30 +0000 UTC]

Cant wait to see more

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quartz-witch [2017-11-01 15:32:25 +0000 UTC]

Your background for this piece is beautiful!!

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illucca In reply to quartz-witch [2017-11-01 16:02:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I spent a loooot of evenings chipping away at all the details bit by bit, but I'm really proud of how it turned out.

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KPrincess527 [2017-10-31 17:13:24 +0000 UTC]

I love your entry!! Good luck~

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illucca In reply to KPrincess527 [2017-10-31 17:51:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much! ^^

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Veskasa [2017-10-31 14:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Oh goodness, thank you so much for using Lucian for this! It’s a great piece, and I do share that same headcanon about inverted eyes seeing better at night if you can believe it!

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illucca In reply to Veskasa [2017-10-31 15:02:47 +0000 UTC]

No problem! Like I said, thanks for letting me draw him, since he was perfect for my idea Extra perfect apparently, if you had the same idea about the eyes that I had. Maybe if I end up with the ghost perfaunt, we can just sneakily pretend it's a canon featureΒ Β 

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Veskasa In reply to illucca [2017-10-31 15:07:52 +0000 UTC]

Griffian species by themselves are left fairly open to our own interpretation either way it usually seems! Even though the inverted eyes might not offer any in game bonuses, there’s nothing that says for our own stories we can’t include better night vision as something our own characters happen to have <3 so no need to be sneaky at all!

Lucian and his lady, my eclipse bagbean, both operate in darkness more than the light in my stories at least!

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illucca In reply to Veskasa [2017-10-31 15:18:15 +0000 UTC]

Ah, cool! I do think it's a neat idea, especially knowing that someone else is already using it too. It fits well for these particular designs and the orphan pearl lore.

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Pointou [2017-10-31 14:38:23 +0000 UTC]

omg this looks amazing *__*

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illucca In reply to Pointou [2017-10-31 15:02:54 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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lZUMl [2017-10-31 04:48:48 +0000 UTC]

Hoooly smokes this is gorgeous ; A;

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illucca In reply to lZUMl [2017-10-31 04:55:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ;u;

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Caldercloud [2017-10-31 04:46:58 +0000 UTC]

AHHHH THIS IS AMAZING!!!!

You've done such an amazing job! I hope you win!!

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illucca In reply to Caldercloud [2017-10-31 04:55:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much! It was a great character design to work with and there are some other really gorgeous entries, so I'm gonna be on the edge of my seat waiting to see the results.

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