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"Argia ei pilio - wrath and pardon."
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(you can actually see the faces)

Wrath is a stage that all dark-mages are susceptible to. If one loses too much blood or energy, the stage kicks in, and the mage will take any life in its path to survive. Typically lasting no more than ten devastating minutes, at the end, the subject will either drop down unconscious and wake up later as he was before, or enter Pardon, a conscious, painless stage said to be the Gods' reprieve from the sins the mage has just committed before his own soul swallows him.

The six-pointed star represents Imra, the Alisian Dark Goddess, patroness of wrath and war. The concentric circles represent Rathir, the Light God, patron of forgiveness and pity. Together, the symbols form the six-spoked wheel, the unifying symbol of Alisian culture, representative of man, worldly hardship, and strength.

Fast forward eight hundred years, no more dark-mages, but Alisian society has turned into a world of mobsters, and pride in one's history is strong as ever. The design is, in theory, something one would tattoo on their back.

If you'd like an iron-on version (I have no life and am going ot put one on my messenger bag), please send me a Note and $10 USD (+$2 shipping if international). Don't take and use as a tattoo. That would be creepy.

EDIT: Sorry for makign this appear in your inbox so many times, but I've been trying to touch up the faces in Photoshop.

EDIT II: Heavily inspired by *gottschalk whose name I just learned.

Rivek "Falcon" Ailinar (c) Grace "MingYun" Fong, :iconfongmingyun:

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:iconprodigybombay:
woeee, you totally outdid yourself with the composition. I love how intricate this is~

The symbolism is also a nice touch~ man, I wish I put half as much thought into my pics as you do~

Keeeeeep it up!

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PEANUT BUTTER DOES A BODY GOOD.
:iconlunamiel:
Whoa this is insane. I keep on going from left to right looking at the differences and similarities. Thats crazy! Your attention to detail never fails to amuse me!

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Constructive criticism is loved!
:iconlastshadow:
whoa, that is flippin sweet! the shades are gorgeous and smooth...i'm a big fan of the level of contrast here (:
:icondragonflie:
Beautiful.

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Screw having a sig.
:iconfongmingyun:
Yeah, working on composition... *dies*

I came up w/ the symbolism on the subway home from school, lol. It used to be a 4-pointed star and a single circle (check out the previous pics with Riv's tattoo), but then I was like "duhr, wheel!"

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:iconfongmingyun:
I plotted out most of it before I started shading, if'n that helps explain the technique.

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:iconfongmingyun:
Thanks. XD I :heart: contrast. THe smoothness comes from the bristol board + mechanical pencil combination.

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:iconfongmingyun:
:heart:

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I just have no appropriate words to describe my love for this.
The composition, the contrast in the shading and the two sides. The details and symbolism.
Ohmy.

+ I so want an iron on. But have nothing to put it on. 'cause I'm just so gawthic that all I own is black @__@;
Are you doing prints of this at any stage?
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DX I thought I also had for-dark-fabric iron ons... but it looks like I dont - sorry! (dark ones don't stick as well, by the by). (God, it's so dissappointing when you open a package and find out there's a whole lot of NOTHING inside it)

But yes, there will be a print of this coming out eventually - or I could just make one for you and ship it to you. $8 USD + $2 USD cuz you live in Australia.

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