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Published: 2016-12-24 13:54:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 737; Favourites: 6; Downloads: 1
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Description Theme Song
"Time" - Pink Floyd

" Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

. . . ."
 
Personality in 3 words
Demure, generous, nostalgic



 ---"Guess Who" reveal--->  

Most of you got the theme of time from my guess who picture; which is the big one.  ** Mamoru can go back in time! ** (and relives the same year over and over again, trying to save someone he loves)

Most of the other details are symbolic and story-specific that only I would know....



Mamoru is 18 years old.  His birthday is May 1st.  He is half Indian, half Japanese.

Physical Attributes
5'9"  (175 cm)
He has a strong, semi-muscular upper body (chest, arms, back) due to the physical labor of working in a coal mine.
But, from the stress of his life, constant worrying, and exhaustion - he has dark circles under his eyes
Mamoru's face is rounded with a strong chin bone. His lower bottom lip is dark; oval shaped. Thick eyebrows. Small hint of a sideburn.
Mildly hairy, from chest to feet. (not much on shoulders & back)



Character Astrology
Sun = Taurus // Moon = Aquarius // Ascendant = Cancer

Myers-Briggs personality type:
INTJ



graphite pencil, smudge stick, white gel pen

Mamoru Kuraitsuki / Flowers of Enchantment (c) Zakuro-Kona
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Comments: 41

TaintedTruffle [2017-01-06 04:46:27 +0000 UTC]

good job on the body hair! 

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SunsetBlazer In reply to TaintedTruffle [2017-01-06 05:14:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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InsaneMonkey46 [2017-01-01 05:13:11 +0000 UTC]

You've done well to show a strong build, and I like they you've angled the face differently for each emotion. I also realised that I've missed seeing full traditional drawing like this, so keep up the great work!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to InsaneMonkey46 [2017-01-02 23:26:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much!

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RitellianCaptain [2016-12-31 06:16:38 +0000 UTC]

He is so cute and sweet!  I love his content expression so much! ^^ 

Wonderful song choice!   Since he is a coal miner this song reminded me of him:  youtu.be/KbGisG1To08 XD
Fantastic work!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to RitellianCaptain [2017-01-02 23:26:32 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!! ^^
Ah, I really like the song!! Thanks for sharing!

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RitellianCaptain In reply to SunsetBlazer [2017-01-06 07:05:04 +0000 UTC]

You are most welcome!  
  I'm glad you like it! ^^

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A-KTheLittleFairy [2016-12-29 11:18:01 +0000 UTC]

I like his expressions!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to A-KTheLittleFairy [2016-12-29 22:01:24 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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A-KTheLittleFairy In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-29 22:03:59 +0000 UTC]

You are welcome!

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ReduxBlack [2016-12-28 17:24:36 +0000 UTC]

White Gel pen? Where do you used it?

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SunsetBlazer In reply to ReduxBlack [2016-12-28 18:20:15 +0000 UTC]

There's only a little bit in this picture, on his full body pic--his eyes and lip and a bit on the outline

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sun--shark [2016-12-28 00:59:15 +0000 UTC]

Verrrry interesting character (and I find him really cute!) Even just looking at him, his expressions, he seems kind and generous. Like I said on the other piece, he has a really interesting backstory, and I'm a sucker for a good time travelling story. Awesome job on this!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to sun--shark [2016-12-28 14:30:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!!

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Drayah [2016-12-27 04:26:26 +0000 UTC]

Demure, generous, nostalgic, what fantastic words to describe him! You did a really good job with this too, excellent shading!

He relives the same moment over and over again trying to save someone he loves??? No!! That's terrible!! Is he ever able to save them? Or is it impossible?

INTJ huh? Nice! Isa is an ENTJ

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SunsetBlazer In reply to Drayah [2016-12-27 17:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

Yeah... he lives the same year over and over again in different ways, trying desperately to save this person..... but alas, it is impossible.  EVENTUALLY, he'll break the time loop and return to the story's present (future)

Cool! That personality type definitely suits her

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Drayah In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-27 18:34:42 +0000 UTC]

Oh no! That's so sad! No!! 

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SunsetBlazer In reply to Drayah [2016-12-27 22:00:11 +0000 UTC]

I warned you his story was sad!!

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Drayah In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-27 23:17:46 +0000 UTC]

But you didn't say how sad!!!

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Edge209 [2016-12-27 04:00:55 +0000 UTC]

oh nice!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to Edge209 [2016-12-27 17:22:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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MaddieJK [2016-12-26 18:58:46 +0000 UTC]

Ooooh grey lol

I appreciate sketches considering that's like, half of my dA at this point XDD
His profile is intense XDD
Time control must be so stressful, though I find the idea of avoiding paradoxes a bit of a stretch (aka I agree with Ithilloth)

Overall, great, can't wait to learn more!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to MaddieJK [2016-12-27 17:16:46 +0000 UTC]

Yeah... the whole concept of time travel itself is paradoxical. XD  I'm trying to figure something out that makes sense to me!

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MaddieJK In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-30 16:06:55 +0000 UTC]

lol Well I wish you luck with that!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to MaddieJK [2016-12-30 16:20:56 +0000 UTC]

  Thank you... I need it!

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MegaMaeve [2016-12-25 22:14:28 +0000 UTC]

Such great sketch work! I love how you colored using only greys! 


There's so many tiny details to his profile art, it's absolutely amazing - from the shine of his lips to the hairs covering his arms and legs, from his broad, sturdy built to the bags underneath his eyes, great work! I like how his body type is true to his profession as worker in a mine! He really does look like a young adult, and I think that's great work - it's really hard to properly convey age in someone's physical appearance, and I think you did well in that regard!

I like his haircut, and his nose is really well done, too! (Also, those legs are really well done, btw! Great anatomy!)


He seems like a quiet person (just how many times did I say that before? XD), with an emotional heart. I think his expressions convey his gentle nature (as well as the pain he experienced) well.


Great work! Mamoru has got a really interesting design for sure!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to MegaMaeve [2016-12-26 22:38:04 +0000 UTC]

Ahhh thank you so much!!!

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MegaMaeve In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-27 17:21:00 +0000 UTC]

Np~!

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Naefa [2016-12-25 16:06:09 +0000 UTC]

Looks great wow

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SunsetBlazer In reply to Naefa [2016-12-26 22:36:04 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!! ^^

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Petrotasia [2016-12-25 12:12:34 +0000 UTC]

Eyyy his anatomy looks good! 

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SunsetBlazer In reply to Petrotasia [2016-12-26 22:35:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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JuliaTheSpaceLady [2016-12-25 03:44:33 +0000 UTC]

Cool! I like the hair!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to JuliaTheSpaceLady [2016-12-26 22:35:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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girl-n-herhorse [2016-12-24 22:25:29 +0000 UTC]

Very cool!

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SunsetBlazer In reply to girl-n-herhorse [2016-12-26 22:35:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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SpaceCastaway [2016-12-24 22:12:46 +0000 UTC]

PINK FLOYD  I can see why you would relate this song (and this fragment in particular) to Mamoru. I can think of one another song that could fit him: Downhill by Rishloo . I'm thinking mostly of the very last part of the lyrics, where Andrew Mailloux sings "back to front the loss remains the same". And it's a fine piece of prog music overall though a bit heavier, if you like Pink Floyd maybe you could like it too
Time-controlling powers are certainly difficult to get a grip of. I can't find one time-travelling story that could actually 100% make sense and avoid paradoxes, but I guess that's just the nature of it (also I'm a nitpicker about science stuff). We live only in the now and we can only comprehend now, the rest is fiction/illusion. Have you watched those "Imagining 10 dimensions" videos on Youtube? I find this topic extremely interesting, especially since dimensions travel/bending is something concerning Aevie too.

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SunsetBlazer In reply to SpaceCastaway [2016-12-27 17:04:55 +0000 UTC]

What a beautiful AWESOME epic song!!! Thank you for sharing!! I might just have to add that to my story playlist... It really does fit him well--but his sister, even better... Either way,  I've got a new musical artist to look up!
 I spent most of the whole weekend doing some research and brainstorming ideas about this whole time traveling business. It does seem nearly impossible to avoid some kind of paradox, but I really want this construct to make sense--to me, at least! I watched some of the videos you suggested and they certainly got me thinking... this loop that he goes on must be in a different dimension, but then resonates in some form in the real world... like how in the part of town where he's repeating history, there's such a high amount of energy that people consider it haunted.... or how his tampering with memories makes Ruka go crazy.  
But the one thing that I'm really hung up on is whether he should age or not!!  I think so--but wonder if it makes sense! After time the other characters would surely notice which would be interesting.... but if he's going back to posses his 18-year-old self then would he age?! ... I'm just so confused about it X'D

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SpaceCastaway In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-27 18:57:08 +0000 UTC]

Glad you like it, they're among my fav prog bands, way underrated Feathergun and Eidolon are my favourite albums, my bf says on Feathergun the singer sounds like he hasn't eaten his breakfast, but on Eidolon he definitely did.  
Well, I guess you need a healthy dose of suspension of disbelief with time travel. Most recent theories assume it's impossible to travel to past and influence it because what was done in the past is simply done, so science isn't helpful at all here. You could hypothetically access an alternative course of events though. Also the idea of his "real world" could get very fuzzy with entering alternative realities. If you'd like to make it all according to newest theories, you'd have to leave the idea of "his" reality, I guess, and embrace the idea he just jumps between alternate realities. But you could also leave the realism here in the real world and write as you please. Not everyone needs to be hard sci fi writer  
I would imagine if he enters his own body from the past then he just lands in this particular age and progresses in time from that moment again, like rewinding a tape. Maybe he'd be a very old mind in a body that actually never aged in the same pace. 

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SunsetBlazer In reply to SpaceCastaway [2016-12-30 14:27:16 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for sharing your ideas...... you have given me so much to think about!!!

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SpaceCastaway In reply to SunsetBlazer [2016-12-30 17:40:26 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, happy thinking

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