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Published: 2010-09-26 20:56:53 +0000 UTC; Views: 843; Favourites: 18; Downloads: 6
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Description Finished art, in my gallery? It's more likely than you think!

So, here's the Rag I adopted from *mechanicalkat ! 8DD We had to make some arts to seal the deal, so here's mine. Rags are a really awesome species and have such a cool concept, so you should definitely check out their species ref here .

As far as mine goes, her name is Leikk (pronounced 'lake'), and she belongs to the ESP tribe. Rags lack most senses in their own forms, so they'll seek out a host to be able to make use of theirs. Leikk is no different, though instead of finding/keeping just one host long-term, she's more of a 'wanderer', keeping several more short-term hosts and jumping off to a new one when she decides she feels like it. How she chooses many of her hosts might come across as a bit altruistic, but that's really not why she does it- many of her hosts are people who are in a good spot of trouble or immediate danger, and she'll 'lend' them her abilities (ESP Rags induce psychic ability in their hosts) to get out of it- so say, for example, you had someone being chased down an alleyway/about to get mugged, she'd possess that person, and then make use of offensive abilities (like telekinesis) to take care of the attackers. 8] She'll then keep this person as a host for some decent amount of time (a very fair tradeoff as far as she's concerned in exchange for 'helping' them). How long depends on how suitable she finds them as a host, as well as her own interest level- when she spots another 'opportunity' she'll often take it, which makes me start to wonder if part of why she does this is because she likes the thrill of it/an excuse to put on a good show with her ESP abilities. >__> (Though, taking a host is definitely not the only time she makes use of them by any means; but it's pretty much a given she will then.)

I had some backstory going on for her but it was kind of... not great, so with Sarah's permission I'm going to tweak things a bit before actually posting it here. >33>! Also thinking I'm going to play with her jewelry designs a bit too, since these were mostly just me randomly trying to figure out how to add more shinies.

I'm really happy with how this turned out! 8DD It's been a looong time since I've done an actual picture like this, but I am quite pleased. These guys are a lot of fun to draw, and I think my favorite part was actually drawing in all her tailspikes, yesssss. 8]

Rag species and colorscheme © *mechanicalkat
Leikk's concept belongs to me~!
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Comments: 6

Raverick [2011-01-16 21:32:40 +0000 UTC]

So I was going through some old messages and found thisss, and at first, I swore it was a CSS background! :'D It would make an awesome one. sdfknl I love those fricken legssss. Sorry this is a delayed comment OTL
The way you did the fur on the chest/back leg and tail, looks so nice :'D not the mention the coloring, with the light from the wings. *FAVE FAVE FAVE* Her description/info was also interesting!

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SparkleNinja In reply to Raverick [2011-02-22 05:56:12 +0000 UTC]

This is a very delayed comment-back, but thank you! IT MAKES ME VERY HAPPY TO HEAR THESE THINGS. 8D I had so much fun with those tiny little stick legs, arghhh. <3 I need to draw her again sometime, and figure out more infos too. *this is a short comment lolol* Thank you though Rave! ;333;

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TehLislis [2010-10-02 23:49:24 +0000 UTC]

Oooooo- The wing effect is cool! ^-^! As is the composition! Simple, but foreboding.... I like! And the legs- very other-worldly

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Nafaralton [2010-09-27 02:24:54 +0000 UTC]

Aw yiiiiiiiis, I like your take on Rags! (The muscular especially - Leikk looks realistic for something with normal-plain defying stick feets!) I also like the shinies going on - not just the type (beeeeeeeeads) but! The gold and blue go well together with her fur and pinions, I think!

I guess I like the composition overall, too. Leikk may be at the top, but it's more of a lording, surveying-her-domain kind of way? I dunno; coupled with her characterization I guess it makes sense to me. Speaking of which, I like... that she's "altruistic" in that it lets her show off. How ostentatious! (Honestly, maybe I'm a horrible person but I find people doing good things for reasons other than the goodness of their heart pretty fascinating.)

YAY RAG ADOPTION BUDDIES HIGH FIVE!

Also I guess I've been blind for your past few uploads, but I really like your new watermark! Billowing gogglebeast looks quite epic.

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zoe1718 [2010-09-27 01:15:54 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, I love the spindly limbs and the idea behind the species! Leikk seems like a really interesting character too. I'd like to see what you come up for as far as jewelry designs. This is a great start!

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Antiforce [2010-09-27 00:08:51 +0000 UTC]

I really love how that even if the background has mostly dark colors, the Rag still stands out. And the garbage can and cracks in the wall really add to that "this is probably a city" type of background. I also love the subtle textures in the walls. It makes the wall realistic without being too obvious that you used a texture instead of detailing it out by hand. I love the Rag's pose. It's so dynamic and cool. I love all her jewelry too. Overall, this is a very nice picture. :3

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