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Not in Your Shadow Forever by ~ManicDraconis:iconManicDraconis:

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©2007-2009 ~ManicDraconis
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Alternate title: Expectations to be Fulfilled.
Oh my...I think I hit my cuteness quotient with this.

This (I guess actually Spoilerish) fanart hails from the lawyerly world of the Phoenix Wright/Ace Attourney games, and since Franziska is present here, I guess that means Spoilers for both games. Kinda. So stop looking if you don't like spoilers...? Moving on...

So what's happening here? One nine-year old Edgeworth is being taken to Germany with his adoptive family, the Von Karmas. Manfred scares the hell outta me; adopting the son of the man you killed, Just so you can crush him when he grows up? WHAT ARE YOU ON, MAN? And then Franziska's with him because I couldn't resist drawing her as a frilly little child. I guess shed technically be two when this happens within the storyline, but I'm not entirely sure she looks that age. She looks rediculously cute, however. Her comment about always being left behind (from the end of JfA) is kinda being ignored right now. Apparently, there's another sister, too, but I have no idea what she looks like.

This happened randomly; started drawing it while watching [Scrubs.], of all things.. I'm actually quite proud of it, since I almost NEVER draw children, and they came out...shockingly well. The only things about this drawing that bother me are the hands, since I have trouble drawing them palm-side-up/facing viewer, and the fact that Miles kinda looks like he's leaning to one side. Granted, little kids will lean heavily to one side when carrying large suitcases, but I think he looks a touch overbalanced. Oh well.
Otherwise....I'm omgTHRILLED with this. Miles came out exactly how I thought he would, and Franziska is just adorable. I can't express how happy I am with how she came out as a whole.

Dang, I wrote a whole essay there.
Miles Edgeworth, Franziska von Karma, and Manfred von Karma('s leg) are from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney and Justice for All, which is totally the property of Capcom.
This here time-consuming fanart is (c) Me, ManicDraconis, however.

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~Tsukoto Feb 28, 2007, 8:01:56 PM
You know what I like most about this picture? The background (sorry! ><;). It just makes this picture practically perfect, the feeling of being in an actual airport/center of transportation is there. All the faceless people, busy going about their own things, rushing here and there (love the random woman that's scolding the child). That is what one of those places are like, and when you're there the other people are rather faceless as you go about your own thing. Plus the sketchiness gives that sense of energy that's in one of those places.

Make no mistake, the foreground is fantastic, but the background totally makes this picture work.

Btw, one thing I noticed, when you hold out your hand to someone (palm upward), I don't believe that the index, middle, and ring finger go straight and the pinky makes such an exagerrated curve. >.o It looks good, just a bit unnatural.

And damn deviantART, I was going to post this earlier but they had to go into maintence like 10 minutes after you posted the picture. ><;

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Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
You cling to your own ways and leave me to mine.--Petrarch
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~ManicDraconis Feb 28, 2007, 9:04:04 PM
Hee. Glad you like it, I'm actually rather pleased with the background. Honestly, that lady scolding her kid, and the other one shaking her fist at the guys running, delight me and were part of what made me actually put as much into the background as I did. (The other part being that I felt that this deseved a background and that I need to draw them someday anyhow.)
I've got this whole set of reasons as to why they're all sketchy, and all the paper grime is still littering the background, but it narrows down to this: 1) Draws attention to the relative spiffiness of the foreground folks, and 2) I didn't feel like making them any more defined anyhow. =D

And I know, agh, that HAND. I redrew it at least a dozen times before it got to the sort of acceptable state it's in now X_x. I wound up bending my left hand around to draw it in the end. In my defense, my pinky does make that sort of exaggerated curve, but for the other fingers, I should've done something to make the palm look more...caved? Like when you move your thumb joint across your palm and it kinda becomes cup-shaped. That would've made it look more natural.
But the pinky...er..maybe I'm double jointed and that's why I drew it looking odd? Mine seriously does that. :wtf:

Drawing hands when you can see the palm= not my forte. I forget too much detail. Probably because I usually look at the back of my hands.
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~ManicDraconis Feb 28, 2007, 9:11:41 PM
Also, it is indeed an airport. Go you!
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~Tsukoto Mar 1, 2007, 2:48:27 AM
Yeah, drawing hands palm-upwards is rather a pain. =x I don't think even I could do it well at this point. o_o Oh well, that's why they say "Practice makes perfect."


Despite there being no such thing as perfect. >> <<

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Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores.
You cling to your own ways and leave me to mine.--Petrarch
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~combatmaster Mar 1, 2007, 8:45:36 PM
never heard of the game but I gotta say I love this pic! :clap: Excellent job ya did there :highfive:

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"Success is not the absence of failure, rather the stride to keep trying."
:wave: God Bless and Be Goodly :thanks:
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~enigmaopoeia Mar 3, 2007, 7:21:26 AM
Aww, this piece just pulls the heartstrings of any fan of the von Karma family. This is just too lovely and I absolutely adore the way Edgey is drawn, and this is coming from a person who doesn't like Edgey much! ^^; It's funny though, to the left, the guy there looks like a skinner Gumshoe; and to the right is Mia wearing a purse. I dunno it wasn't intententional, but it made me smile.

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~ enigmaopoeia
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~ManicDraconis Mar 3, 2007, 10:36:50 AM
Thank you!.
And wow, the Gumshoe and Mia lookalikes weren't intentional. Maybe I had a subliminal desire to include other characters? :D
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~ManicDraconis Mar 3, 2007, 10:49:22 AM
Thanks! It's cool to know that people unfamiliar with the subject still think it's good. ^^
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~zankara Mar 3, 2007, 12:30:46 PM
Wow. Just wow.
Firstly, the background. Secondly, their expressions and the outstretched hands. I'm not exactly sure even what it is, but it just speaks volumes. This is one of the best peices of Phoenix Wright fanart i've seen yet, and i've seen quite a few.
I'll have to check out the rest of your work.
:iconcombatmaster:
~combatmaster Mar 5, 2007, 8:26:45 PM
:clap: most definetly! And welcomes :highfive:

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:idea: Normalcy is based on the general status of the public. :nod: Everyone is insane, so therefore being crazy is normal. :crazy:

"Success is not the absence of failure, rather the stride to keep trying."
:wave: God Bless and Be Goodly :thanks:
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