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Yes I know I said I'd start "More Than Innocence" now...I have. I was stuck in the car yesterday and decided to finish a sketch I had started way back in May but never finished.

It occurred to me that as strong and wonderful a bond that Shadow and Arandor share as friends and brother's in love, I've never drawn a picture of them together. I thought that was pretty sorry you know? Hence, this picture.

And boy do I love it! Look at Shadow's arms! The details are kinda lost in the sea of black fur but that's the first time I've drawn crossed arms and been happy with them. Shadow in general looks awesome here.

Arandor, I think I made his head a bit too flat, and I didn't give his hair the usual details that I give it. Tried a new method of coloring his eyes and I love them. I think I need a new yellow marker because it's staining worse and worse as it dries out.

Anyway I love the picture ^^

There's a story behind it. After Arandor dies, and while Kalak is restoring his soul, he starts painting a picture of Arandor so he doesn't lose that image of his son in his heart, one where he is happy, carefree, and alive.

As time passes he begins to miss Shadow as well, who is toiling away on Eries, living in isolation, in order to protect and keep watch over Arandor's descendants.

So Kalak adds Shadow to the portrait, putting such care into each detail, trying to capture both of his sons at their best moment, filled with joy, and not fear; bearing the glow of health and youth, and not bogged down by age and decay.

This is what he comes up with.

Long after it is finished, Shadow is called back to Radiant Castle; Kalak gets word on Mukot's next move, so he calls for Shadow to explain it to him. At this point in history Rouge is now an adult, and is practically following Shadow, trying to figure out why he acts the way he does, like a stubborn old man, when he looks and appears to be a young guy about her age, who should be full of vitality, instead of snapping at people and talking of doom.

She is with him when he gets called by Kalak, and because leaving her alone where they are now is not an option, he brings her with him. As she's wandering the castle, she sees this portrait hanging on the wall in one of the rooms.

She doesn't recognize the yellow hedgehog, but does recognize the one with black and red fur beside him. She asks Twinkle, who's been flying along with her, "Is this Shadow?"

Twinkle nods, although her face is somewhat sad. "Master Kalak wanted to capture them at their happiest moment, a time when they had defeated any worries or fears, and were ready to face the future. He did Arandor to keep from forgetting Arandor's face, and he did Shadow, so nobody would forget Shadow's true self, one that's now buried under centuries of pain and isolation. I doubt...we'll ever see this Shadow again."

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Anyway it adds to the building relationship Shadow and Rouge have going in WoLaD. Small story for now XP

Anyway hope you like!

~ Halo

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Yes I know I said I'd start "More Than Innocence" now...I have. I was stuck in the car yesterday and decided to finish a sketch I had started way back in May but never finished.

It occurred to me that as strong and wonderful a bond that Shadow and Arandor share as friends and brother's in love, I've never drawn a picture of them together. I thought that was pretty sorry you know? Hence, this picture.

And boy do I love it! Look at Shadow's arms! The details are kinda lost in the sea of black fur but that's the first time I've drawn crossed arms and been happy with them. Shadow in general looks awesome here.

Arandor, I think I made his head a bit too flat, and I didn't give his hair the usual details that I give it. Tried a new method of coloring his eyes and I love them. I think I need a new yellow marker because it's staining worse and worse as it dries out.

Anyway I love the picture ^^

There's a story behind it. After Arandor dies, and while Kalak is restoring his soul, he starts painting a picture of Arandor so he doesn't lose that image of his son in his heart, one where he is happy, carefree, and alive.

As time passes he begins to miss Shadow as well, who is toiling away on Eries, living in isolation, in order to protect and keep watch over Arandor's descendants.

So Kalak adds Shadow to the portrait, putting such care into each detail, trying to capture both of his sons at their best moment, filled with joy, and not fear; bearing the glow of health and youth, and not bogged down by age and decay.

This is what he comes up with.

Long after it is finished, Shadow is called back to Radiant Castle; Kalak gets word on Mukot's next move, so he calls for Shadow to explain it to him. At this point in history Rouge is now an adult, and is practically following Shadow, trying to figure out why he acts the way he does, like a stubborn old man, when he looks and appears to be a young guy about her age, who should be full of vitality, instead of snapping at people and talking of doom.

She is with him when he gets called by Kalak, and because leaving her alone where they are now is not an option, he brings her with him. As she's wandering the castle, she sees this portrait hanging on the wall in one of the rooms.

She doesn't recognize the yellow hedgehog, but does recognize the one with black and red fur beside him. She asks Twinkle, who's been flying along with her, "Is this Shadow?"

Twinkle nods, although her face is somewhat sad. "Master Kalak wanted to capture them at their happiest moment, a time when they had defeated any worries or fears, and were ready to face the future. He did Arandor to keep from forgetting Arandor's face, and he did Shadow, so nobody would forget Shadow's true self, one that's now buried under centuries of pain and isolation. I doubt...we'll ever see this Shadow again."

---

Anyway it adds to the building relationship Shadow and Rouge have going in WoLaD. Small story for now XP

Anyway hope you like!

~ Halo