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ShadowTheDragonWolf — Not your pawn anymore

Published: 2017-04-28 03:17:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 3051; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 3
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Description "Throbb, you have about half a second to get out of my way or I'll personally make sure you won't take flight again."

"You cannot command me anymore, Goth. And I won't let you harm Melody!"

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It's 5am, fuck.
Anyway, this is my entry for lilgrimmapple 's contest. The theme was what we want to see happen in her fanfic "Gone Batty II". So ok, last time I re-watched the Silverwing cartoon I noticed that Throbb is an easily overlooked character, of course Goth owns the stage, but if you pay attention you notice that Throbb has no issues fighting owls either. He might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, and most of his thinking is done by his stomach, but he's certainly no weakling and I believe there is potential in him as a character.
In short, what I'd most like to see is character development or simply seeing sides of the characters we didn't know about. I was even gonna suggest hearing about how Throbb and Itzel became a couple, but funny enough that was answered a bit ago.

 So in this scene Melody and Throbb have been traveling together before they ran into Goth again, of course it's not exactly a happy reunion, but this time Throbb stands up for himself and chooses to defend Melody as they had become friends during the past months.

Admittedly I am not happy with the background, I didn't really have an idea for it to begin with and then I threw together something quick (that still took way too long). Hope at least the characters look fancy enough to make up for it. And hey, my first try at drawing all three of them. XD


Melody (c)
Goth and Throbb/Silverwing (c) Kenneth Oppel
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Comments: 29

lapis-lazuri [2017-08-03 11:02:32 +0000 UTC]

The background made me think it's at some kind of a garden party, with that being hedges and the garlands being.... garlands. It works well with the mostly purplish tones, but it's perhaps a bit too saturate.

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to lapis-lazuri [2017-08-03 11:06:51 +0000 UTC]

You know most of my drawings are generally stupidly bright and saturated. XD
Was good enough for third place though. :3

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lapis-lazuri In reply to ShadowTheDragonWolf [2017-08-03 11:24:26 +0000 UTC]

You mean those which aren't so dark that it's difficult to make anything out in them? XD
Aww, I'm glad :3 I thought your idea was also nice. And I say that without knowing anything about the story and characters. Just the idea of developing an overlooked character - that's often nice.

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to lapis-lazuri [2017-08-03 11:51:27 +0000 UTC]

You know I'm a being of extremes. XD
Yep, got a fun little story as my prize. :3
I think so too, adding more dimension and well character to a character really helps the quality of stories.

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lapis-lazuri In reply to ShadowTheDragonWolf [2017-08-03 11:55:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh, and then occasionally a RaiRai is born, so I agree++

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to lapis-lazuri [2017-08-03 12:01:41 +0000 UTC]

XD

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lapis-lazuri In reply to ShadowTheDragonWolf [2017-08-03 11:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Obviously
I agree.

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SciFiLover2 [2017-05-03 23:04:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow!
LOVE the details on the characters' fur-manes, and the excellent blend of colours on them to create real lighting! It looks very artistic, especially with that lush green texture for the background and the flowers and vines over it!! I think Goth and Throbb's expressions need a little bit of work, but I LOVE how Melody looks behind Throbb, the expression on her sweet little face! I also like the dull-bronze colours you've put on Goth and Throbb's bands!
I too have been interested to see what'll happen with Throbb's character in the 'Gone Batty' series since the scene where Goth found out Melody was human!
Anyway, BRAVO,  well-dome piece with utterly GORGEOUS use of colours that actually make it look very professional - or at least like you put a lot of blood and tears into this!
                             

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to SciFiLover2 [2017-05-03 23:33:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much! ^^
I always enjoy shading hair/fur when I have the chance to give it a semi-realistic look. And I'm happy to know shading in general turned out good, it's one of the things that can either be done relatively quick or take rather long in case I feel it's not quite finished yet. I admit expressions aren't my strong side as I've not done much practice over the years, but I'm still trying to get myself to draw different expressions and improve in that area.
Yeah, I remember him being reluctant about killing her at that point, and especially now that they developed a friendship it seems quite likely he would choose to help her instead of becoming Goth's henchman again.
Well it was about a day's work and my hand did start to hurt at some point, but it was still worth it. XD
In any case, thank you again for the sweet comment.

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TastyRainbow-Boy [2017-04-29 23:39:50 +0000 UTC]

That is really interesting to see this happend You give these characters so much development

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to TastyRainbow-Boy [2017-04-30 00:02:45 +0000 UTC]

I just see the potential in what lilgrimmapple has already done with the story.

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Myuutsuu85 [2017-04-29 11:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Throbb standing up to defend Melody? I like

A very pretty drawing, too.

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to Myuutsuu85 [2017-04-29 12:06:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!

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SUNTAN140 [2017-04-28 21:30:27 +0000 UTC]

AWESOME ART I can see it fitting in the storyline 

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to SUNTAN140 [2017-04-28 23:46:46 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! And yeah, given how the story is going I think there's pretty good chances we will get a scene like this.

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FalkOfNevermore [2017-04-28 20:43:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm in love with the background, wow. It looks beautiful!
And the characters are looking so nice, good job!

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to FalkOfNevermore [2017-04-28 23:46:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm happy you like it so much! ^^

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HronawmonsTamer [2017-04-28 17:48:32 +0000 UTC]

OH SHIT! You tell him, dude!

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to HronawmonsTamer [2017-04-28 20:00:35 +0000 UTC]

Shit's about to go down! >:3

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Whirlpool24 [2017-04-28 03:56:41 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is amazing! 

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to Whirlpool24 [2017-04-28 12:28:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! ^^

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Whirlpool24 In reply to ShadowTheDragonWolf [2017-04-28 17:40:19 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome. It's got my vote.

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Lilgrimmapple [2017-04-28 03:40:22 +0000 UTC]

YEAH! YOU TELL HIM, THROBB!!!   

Omg, holy crap...IEOHTIWEHROIDFJIEHFROWEJROIEHFEWIJFROWIEH!!!!   This picture... the details! Just-...It... I.... You...   IT'S AMAZING!!!! By God, 5am, go to sleep. xDDD If you can. Dude, I love your style so much! Melody looks so cute and the two vampyrum brothers are intimidating!   Don't worry about the background. It compliments the characters really well. 

Ugh! This made my day!   Eeeheeehee!!

Okay, I'm going to put this in slot 10 before I keel over from how awesome this is.   

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SUNTAN140 In reply to Lilgrimmapple [2017-04-28 21:29:14 +0000 UTC]

Should definitely put this scene in your story

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Lilgrimmapple In reply to SUNTAN140 [2017-04-28 21:49:11 +0000 UTC]

I have planned something similar.  

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to Lilgrimmapple [2017-04-28 13:03:55 +0000 UTC]

*steps back before you explode*

Glad I could make your day! XD
I'm really glad you like it so much, it was fun to work on it too, even if it took a bit longer than I had hoped. Still, I'm pretty happy with the result myself, except that the background was going nowhere but I'm glad it still worked out. I was also interested to see how Melody would turn out in my style, even if the poor girl is really worried about the fight that might be incoming, especially given that Goth basically rose from the dead two times by now.

And don't worry about my sleeping hours, I'm basically nocturnal so I often end up being awake til 4 or something, just that I normally don't draw that long. XD

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Lilgrimmapple In reply to ShadowTheDragonWolf [2017-04-28 19:24:59 +0000 UTC]

Personally I like the background. It looks like the bottom of a massive, moss covered tree trunk.  But I agree, backgrounds are a pain, which is why I never work on them. xD; I should probably practice my backgrounds more often. 

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Nocturnal-Daydreamer [2017-04-28 03:34:05 +0000 UTC]

This is definitely getting my vote 8D
Amazing job here, kinda past time Throbb stood up for himself

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ShadowTheDragonWolf In reply to Nocturnal-Daydreamer [2017-04-28 12:27:56 +0000 UTC]

Nice to hear, but there's still one more person to enter, so too early to start voting already. XD
Thanks! And yep, especially given how badly Goth's been treating him all the time.

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