erin-hime

I think the funny thing is that the atmosphere in each one changes.  The first one is just...ew, like I have no idea why Odessa is sitting like that.  The second one is fine, except I can't see back those hideous feet.  And then the third one is currently perfection.  But I will probably find something wrong with it for the thirtieth.

I am glad I managed to catch  the timing before it became too late, because this is something that needs to be done.  I mean, it makes less sense now - going by what you've told me about Aria's story thus far, they're sort of from different times, but meh.  They're also from different stories/planets, so there's that.

This really does look amazing!  I always love doing these collabs, since you always make my art look so much shinier!  Plus...background, lol.  This really does make more sense, them sitting around in a tavern discussing their adventures before heading out on another one (I mean, I think the night idea would have worked fine, seeing as those don't have to be coffee mugs).  Aria recounting something ridiculous that happened to her while Odessa calmly (which is out of character for her, admittedly, so maybe morning does make more sense?) listens.

I sort of wanted to do a straight redo of the original picture, since that's what I did ten years ago, since this was supposed to show off our improvement in art.  I mean, there's nothing about the picture that says that these are HP fan characters, after all.  But the whole idea behind this was to show ten years improvement in general, and hey, why not show off design changes as well?  I mean, ten years ago, these characters hadn't changed at all, but now, they have their own stories and whatnot.  (I count Aria, even if she doesn't have a written story yet, since you have based Coral off her.  Loosely.)

And yes, adding in Regulis was a brilliant idea on my part.  I probably would have added Metallica (HO Odessa's dragon) if I had gone with a straight redo, since I have no idea why I didn't include her in the original, but look at him!  lol, knew it was a good idea to randomly give him a mug as well.  :P

I'm still so in love with Odessa's new design, but Aria turned out great as well!  I wish I could have made her pants as puffy as the design, but that's be hard with her sitting down, lol.  She still looks really good, and I wish you were more confident in writing nowadays, since I do really want to read her story!  I really love the atmosphere of this one, and it just turned out so nice!  I love it, and I'm soooo glad I managed to catch this in time and that you managed to finish it for the anniversary!

(Yes, 💀💀💀 is about an appropriate reaction, because 20 years, holy hell, what happened?)

Write the snippet so it can leave your head and we can enjoy it as well.  >.>

Glad you like it, though, and glad it inspired you a little.  

I really do keep trying to come up with a plot that does not involve these guys, making Discordia that actual villain and all that, but I fail every time.  At least this time around, I made an effort with having Alpha be Discordia’s partner in crime?  (I didn’t really change Alpha’s hair – it’s exactly shoulder length now, so it’s not actually a drastic change?  To me, anyway.)  I really loved the idea of them being polar opposites, which they’ve been for a while now. Omega’s been casual and comfy and alpha classy and elegant.

But Omega’s outfit was based on something I wore one day and felt cooler than I actually was, so I decided to give it to her, for whatever reason.  The hat, I decided, she wears so that she could sort of pass as Alpha when she’s infiltrating.  Also, she likes to wear beanies, for whatever reason, lol.

I don’t think I intended for them to be opposites of each other – the hair is supposed to be opposite – but it just worked out that way, and they look great because of it.  And they match?  I guess?  But yeah, I love Alpha’s outfit, since I was struggling for a bit to really ‘get’ her style. And Omega…yeah,  I guess there’s another reason I like her so much.  ;P

 Yeah, this one I redraw, and I am super glad I did, since it’s one of those rare cases that the redraw turned out far cuter than the original did!  (I totally didn’t realize how many times I redrew this, though, so that was definitely a huge surprise for me as well.)  I really love this one because the expressions turned out super nice.

I feel so bad that Gaius is regulated to background character, and I had such plan for him not to be! Like, I got his to Aeolus and then promptly forgot about his ass (I’m pretending that he had to go back to Helios for whatever reason when they left for Aeolus).  It sucks, because these guys have always been so cute!  But yeah, with how many characters I have, well, its hard to give them all the screen time they deserve.  Maybe I can correct this in the sequel?  I hope.

I think when I set up their coloring, I made sure everything ‘matched’ so that they would always looks great together?  Or maybe I just got lucky, I sort of forget, lol.

I do think entwined tails are a sign of endearment like holding hands, honestly, its just that Kai never remarks on seeing it.  I vaguely remember the first time drawing this how I had them just entwining tails and realizing it looked like a heart, which is why subsequent pictures had the heart.  Just turned out super great and super cute this time around!  So love this, which makes me feel so much more guilty that I couldn’t give him more screen time, ah!  :p