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Argilla and her avatar, Prithivi from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Avatar Tuner.

Part 3/12 of my SMT tribute project.

Hooray for long-ass titles, heh, and this one isn't exactly the longest in the SMT series |D
This months SMT art is not from Persona, instead, this one's from one of the more interesting titles. DDS was pretty unique in many ways, for one, it didn't include any demon summoning, nor including them in your party in any way, instead, every party member morphed into their "avatar" form (hence Argilla and Prithivi technically can't be at the same place at the same time like I drew it, but I just wanted to show off them both |3). Two, it sported some unusually disturbing designs for most avatars, I mean, just look at Prithivi's "hungry" boobs, it's not really the weirdest thing in there |D And three, since there aren't demons to summon/control, you'd think there wouldn't be a fusion option as well... well, not exactly... you see, while usually you or your demons/personas gained stat boosts from the fusion option, here, you gain these by devouring your enemies, and I mean it literally, it's not like you absorb them Prototype-style or gain their life energy or something, you literally devour the bodies of your defeated foes. Well, as far as I know, not many games which include cannibalism made it past the ban hammer, so I think you should get a clear picture of why do the SMT series keep a low profile and avoid going mainstream like some other RPGs ;3 and I think it's a good thing, since despite controlling a party of technically cannibals, it's a friggin' great game.

Enough about the game itself (feel free to try it out, or at least look at some playthroughs or somethin'), lets talk about the character.
Well, as much as I liked most of the DDS charas, Argilla was my fav from the start |3 hehe, I just have a thing for tomboy chicks (and she's one hell of a badass tomboy chick) who still act truly feminine (and dress this feminine... dem legs |3). Yet despite my personal taste, Argilla has more to her than that. Despite being a badass and a powerful warrior, she doesn't really like fighting and tries to find the most peaceful way to solve every problem (unless someone goes too far and she sees 'em as too "inhuman", she doesn't have a problem with killing such "monsters" but it does take a lot for her think that), and even when she does have to fight, she doesn't go directly into battle, instead, she's the sniper in your team, if you couldn't already tell from the big-ass sniper rifle she's holding (thank whatever deity responsible that it was a simple designed one... dunno how long it would take if I had to draw a detailed rifle |D), she's also the only one who has issues about the corpse eating and refuses to do so, yet, as time passes and things keep getting nastier, she somehow accepts it as a necessary evil.

And finally about the art itself... I just hope it's clear enough
Seriously, despite the SMT charas being pretty hard to draw as is, all the details coupled with Prithivi's awkward design sure were a pain in the ass to sketch so the art would be too messed up in the final version. I even left some details "whole", as in not made out of tribal markings, so that the art would be that much clearer |D
Well, at least the fact she's a sniper was a good excuse to drop a more elaborate, action-like pose, and draw her just standing there with her weapon, ready to aim and fire
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy, it was an especially hard one to pull off, so I would be really thankful for some feedback |3

Other parts of the project - Persona 1 , Persona 3 , Digital Devil Saga , Devil Survivor , Devil Children , Persona 4 , Maken X
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne , Devil Summoner , Catherine , Shin Megami Tensei , Persona 2

Argilla & Prithivi (c) Atlus

Description
Argilla and her avatar, Prithivi from Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - Avatar Tuner.

Part 3/12 of my SMT tribute project.

Hooray for long-ass titles, heh, and this one isn't exactly the longest in the SMT series |D
This months SMT art is not from Persona, instead, this one's from one of the more interesting titles. DDS was pretty unique in many ways, for one, it didn't include any demon summoning, nor including them in your party in any way, instead, every party member morphed into their "avatar" form (hence Argilla and Prithivi technically can't be at the same place at the same time like I drew it, but I just wanted to show off them both |3). Two, it sported some unusually disturbing designs for most avatars, I mean, just look at Prithivi's "hungry" boobs, it's not really the weirdest thing in there |D And three, since there aren't demons to summon/control, you'd think there wouldn't be a fusion option as well... well, not exactly... you see, while usually you or your demons/personas gained stat boosts from the fusion option, here, you gain these by devouring your enemies, and I mean it literally, it's not like you absorb them Prototype-style or gain their life energy or something, you literally devour the bodies of your defeated foes. Well, as far as I know, not many games which include cannibalism made it past the ban hammer, so I think you should get a clear picture of why do the SMT series keep a low profile and avoid going mainstream like some other RPGs ;3 and I think it's a good thing, since despite controlling a party of technically cannibals, it's a friggin' great game.

Enough about the game itself (feel free to try it out, or at least look at some playthroughs or somethin'), lets talk about the character.
Well, as much as I liked most of the DDS charas, Argilla was my fav from the start |3 hehe, I just have a thing for tomboy chicks (and she's one hell of a badass tomboy chick) who still act truly feminine (and dress this feminine... dem legs |3). Yet despite my personal taste, Argilla has more to her than that. Despite being a badass and a powerful warrior, she doesn't really like fighting and tries to find the most peaceful way to solve every problem (unless someone goes too far and she sees 'em as too "inhuman", she doesn't have a problem with killing such "monsters" but it does take a lot for her think that), and even when she does have to fight, she doesn't go directly into battle, instead, she's the sniper in your team, if you couldn't already tell from the big-ass sniper rifle she's holding (thank whatever deity responsible that it was a simple designed one... dunno how long it would take if I had to draw a detailed rifle |D), she's also the only one who has issues about the corpse eating and refuses to do so, yet, as time passes and things keep getting nastier, she somehow accepts it as a necessary evil.

And finally about the art itself... I just hope it's clear enough
Seriously, despite the SMT charas being pretty hard to draw as is, all the details coupled with Prithivi's awkward design sure were a pain in the ass to sketch so the art would be too messed up in the final version. I even left some details "whole", as in not made out of tribal markings, so that the art would be that much clearer |D
Well, at least the fact she's a sniper was a good excuse to drop a more elaborate, action-like pose, and draw her just standing there with her weapon, ready to aim and fire
Anyways, hope you guys enjoy, it was an especially hard one to pull off, so I would be really thankful for some feedback |3

Other parts of the project - Persona 1 , Persona 3 , Digital Devil Saga , Devil Survivor , Devil Children , Persona 4 , Maken X
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne , Devil Summoner , Catherine , Shin Megami Tensei , Persona 2

Argilla & Prithivi (c) Atlus