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Kotia is a planet with an abundant supply of life energy. So abundant that living, sentient energy beings are able to exist. (like Laiten) Crystals are relatively common. They are the "vents" of Kotia. There are some areas that exist where clusters of crystals can be found. These are the most magical of areas and the quality of life around them is abounding.
Dark crystals, on the other hand, are an unnatural phenomenon. Karab plants these crystals to filter the good life energy into dark energy, which he uses to survive and empower himself. After one is planted, more will slowly crop up around it. As they grow and spread, the environment changes, getting darker, steadily more barren, and covered in black mist. Once an area has been overrun, dark energy beings known as Reaplings begin to grow and thrive.
Karab needs dark crystals in order to continue to exist. The more crystals there are, the more powerful he becomes.
Good spirits can't touch the dark crystals. When they try, it creates a distorted void were they touch. (Ex. Hand gets distorted and partially not existent)
Good energy beings get turned into dark energy beings, or Reaplings, when in a close enough vicinity.
Dark crystals are also Luca's Achilles heal.
Luca's body creates and is filled with pure energy. If he gets stabbed with a dark crystal, it begins to filter his energy into dark energy.
Unlike spirits, Luca can touch/pick up dark crystals and "purify" them with his powers. (Or destroy them)
When Luca is stabbed, he quickly runs out of energy and no longer able to use his powers. Once the abundance is gone, it begins filtering the rest of the energy that sustains his life. If not removed in time, Luca will die. He only has a few minutes until he collapses with weakness, and within the hour he goes comatose. After that, he'll die within a matter of minutes.
If removed quickly enough, Luca will suffer little damage and his wound will regenerate. (Although, a little slower than normal) Visible signs of poisoning: his blood near the crystal turns black and sludge like. As it progresses, Luca will begin to cough up and drool the black sludge. In the final stages, his emerald green eyes will slowly turn darker until, they to, go black. (At that point he is dead or near death)
Augh!! I wanted to post this sooner, but I got called into work today. And, being the awesome employee that I am, I said yes.
What do you guys think? Any questions?
(Steve, you may notice that I shortened the timespan)
If I think of anything else for this, I'll add it later.
Luca, Karab-Amabo, Reaplings, Laiten, and Kotia (c)
Completely done with
Dark crystals, on the other hand, are an unnatural phenomenon. Karab plants these crystals to filter the good life energy into dark energy, which he uses to survive and empower himself. After one is planted, more will slowly crop up around it. As they grow and spread, the environment changes, getting darker, steadily more barren, and covered in black mist. Once an area has been overrun, dark energy beings known as Reaplings begin to grow and thrive.
Karab needs dark crystals in order to continue to exist. The more crystals there are, the more powerful he becomes.
Good spirits can't touch the dark crystals. When they try, it creates a distorted void were they touch. (Ex. Hand gets distorted and partially not existent)
Good energy beings get turned into dark energy beings, or Reaplings, when in a close enough vicinity.
Dark crystals are also Luca's Achilles heal.
Luca's body creates and is filled with pure energy. If he gets stabbed with a dark crystal, it begins to filter his energy into dark energy.
Unlike spirits, Luca can touch/pick up dark crystals and "purify" them with his powers. (Or destroy them)
When Luca is stabbed, he quickly runs out of energy and no longer able to use his powers. Once the abundance is gone, it begins filtering the rest of the energy that sustains his life. If not removed in time, Luca will die. He only has a few minutes until he collapses with weakness, and within the hour he goes comatose. After that, he'll die within a matter of minutes.
If removed quickly enough, Luca will suffer little damage and his wound will regenerate. (Although, a little slower than normal) Visible signs of poisoning: his blood near the crystal turns black and sludge like. As it progresses, Luca will begin to cough up and drool the black sludge. In the final stages, his emerald green eyes will slowly turn darker until, they to, go black. (At that point he is dead or near death)
Augh!! I wanted to post this sooner, but I got called into work today. And, being the awesome employee that I am, I said yes.
What do you guys think? Any questions?
(Steve, you may notice that I shortened the timespan)
If I think of anything else for this, I'll add it later.
Luca, Karab-Amabo, Reaplings, Laiten, and Kotia (c)
Completely done with
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactOkay... I've never written a critique before, but I'm writing this because when I first saw this I could think of a several things to say, both negative and positive--so bear with me here as I try to write this thing.
When I first saw this, I was scrolling through my messages in full view with no clue of whose art I had gotten in my inbox; I thought the drawing to be quite interesting, and was actually pleasantly surprised to see that you had drawn this, especially since you usually don't color your art with this much detail very often, and even though you do post digital art now and then this is really much better than what I've seen you do!
Well, the first thing that hit me was the crystal. The color and shading are really something; that violet used to color the crystal is really a beautiful color, and the darker shading nearer the the inside of the crystal cluster and the highlighted faces give it plenty of dimension. The way it's drawn is interesting too; it's realistic and instantly recognizable as a crystal, yet has a slightly quirky, cartoonish style to it in the way the lines and angles aren't quite straight and the way complicated parts, like the rough, spiky base of the crystal, are simplified into only a few shapes without losing the overall aspects of what it is.
The blood-like spattering of red seemed a little random when I first noticed it, though after thinking about it I decided that realistic or not, it did work well with the drawing color-wise, bringing out the reddish hues hidden in the crystal that I hadn't noticed before.
However, the blue and green aura/energy stuff rising from it, while making sense in the image, seems to be a wrong color. The blue--almost turquoise, really--and the green really clash color-wise with the mellow blacks, reds and violets of the image(mostly the green and purple, which really do not go well together) and stand out a bit too much. If it was changed to, say, indigo blue and violet, for example, it'd probably blend into the image better and look nicer overall.
The dark, misty surroundings, as well as the Reaplings, are captured well and really set the mood for the image.
And about the trees: it's obvious to what they are, but they seem a little too simple and undetailed to really match the complexity of the picture's main focus, the crystal. Of course they shouldn't be too detailed as to detract attention from the main subject, but they should be of a similar level artistically (is that the right word?) to it so that they don't look out of place in the drawing. They should have at least a little darker shading on the sides to make them appear round and with dimension, and should also grow darker and maybe blurrier the farther the trees are into the background; frankly, crisp, stark white trees look a little odd back there. I also don't know if they're a completely made-up kind of tree that exists purely in Kotia or if they're supposed to rememble birch trees, but if they're the latter I think the bark should have been drawn to look more like the actual tree; birch trees have cracked-apart-looking bark, but the individual 'pieces' of bark are much smaller than this, are more like vertical strips in shape and don't appear to overlap. Of course, if they're not supposed to be birch or birch-like trees completely disregard what I just said about the bark.
I apologize if the star ratings seem a little low to you; I try to be realistic with these things, and when I try to be realistic I tend to be a bit critical. But overall I do like this piece of work, and hope to see more from you like this!