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#21 Ilmatar

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 09:31 AM

I whipped up something silly really quick, and it looks like it, too. Anyhoo, as you might guess, this is from BG1, when they meet Xan for the first (and, um, the last) time. Xan - Imoen - Jaina (PC) - Edwin.

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I just remembered I had actually drawn Xan before this too! I made this pencil doodle for my dear friend SpAE. She actually colored it beautifully, but I couldn't find the colored version! I hope she still has it and posts it here. :D Ooh, and this drawing still has my "message" for SpAE, too. :D

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#22 Kulyok

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 09:38 AM

Aw, it's like Christmas Harry Potter 7 coming early! I'll link this thread at Xan's forum immediately. References to Xan Romance are all so flattering, too! :)

@Domi: This is aquarel - water colours, right?

@Ilmatar: the doodle looks very romantic and promising - I'd love to see the colored version.

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 10:03 AM

Pencil and ps filtering but pretty much amounts to the same thing. I'll give a shot to the more portrait-like one if I have a bit of time.

I'm voting for a colored version too. That drammatic violet is sure memorable.

#24 Ilmatar

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 10:05 AM

Looks like I really gotta kick SpAE and hope she has the colored version somewhere... :D


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#25 IronOx

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 11:00 AM

For all you Xan fans out there, I worked overtime and made this. It's how I picture Xan, personally. A very feminine elven male.

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#26 Menelanna

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 11:29 AM

A very feminine elven male.

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All elven men are very feminine.

Looks very nice. But he is mine. *grabs Xan* My gloomy enchanter! Hear that! Mine!!
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#27 Kulyok

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 11:48 AM

Pencil and ps filtering but pretty much amounts to the same thing. I'll give a shot to the more portrait-like one if I have a bit of time.


Would be great. This one reminded me both of Xan and Snape - very mystique. (Xnape... ?)



For all you Xan fans out there, I worked overtime and made this.


It showed. That you worked overtime, I mean. :) Beautiful, and reminds me of Miyazaki's works somehow.

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 12:01 PM

For all you Xan fans out there, I worked overtime and made this. It's how I picture Xan, personally. A very feminine elven male.

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That sure is some good sprite'n right ther. And, yeah, he seems to be a few eyelashes away from being female, heh.

To be honest, I'm not sure I'll be participating in this challenge. Xan just isn't doin' it for me, for some reason :( . I may take this opportunity to entertain my own ideas for a while. Guess I have some time to think about it, regardless.
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#29 vilkacis

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 12:35 PM

Vilk... Awesome, as always XD You really have THE sense of humour ;)

And, 'bout that SNES game.. From which have you taken the pic? I admit being ignorant when it comes to SNES (the only games from this platform I play frequently are old FF's)...

Thanks :D

The game is Shin Megami Tensei (the second one, to be precise) - probably the only game where you can have Thor, Indra, Susano-O, Cthulhu and Metatron in the same party. (I told you it was hardcore!)

For all you Xan fans out there, I worked overtime and made this. It's how I picture Xan, personally. A very feminine elven male.

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Argh! I know that style reminds me of something, but I just can't place it. Fire Emblem? (Nice Xan, by the way.)

#30 IronOx

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 02:15 PM

Yep yep, inspired from the Fire Emblem serie. Painful to make but so worth it in the end. I'll try and make the other challenges that way too...assuming I have the time.
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#31 vilkacis

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Posted 19 May 2007 - 02:45 PM

Yep yep, inspired from the Fire Emblem serie.

Lucky guess. :D

I have never actually played anything from that series, but I feel like I really should.


[EDIT] Oh, and here's Xan, Phantasy Star style!
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(And since he's pretty much invisible like that, here's a 2x size version as well.)
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Edited by vilkacis, 19 May 2007 - 03:38 PM.


#32 SpAE

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 01:24 AM

Il-ma-taaaaar!~ :D Love you so very much, dear.

this is the color I did on Ilmatar's pic last year, and now I want to redo it. If only for the 'wheee, arts on Xan!' value. Outfit color perhaps not quite bright enough.
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I've been lurking this challenge since it started, but this topic - dear god, this topic is finally getting me in and I'll post an entry as soon as these - horrible assessments are done. :D [/ramble]

This thread? Is full of AWESOME. Seriously dig the sprites so far. (Also, Yousei? Ha! Brill.)


Am also going to be the odd one out here as I've always pictured Xan to be quite masculine/not-pretty looking, just with a gorgeous outfit and fabulous hair (see also: Xan's nose, Xan's incredible pout, Xan's voice actor (<3)).

#33 Ilmatar

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 01:29 AM

Thank you SpAE! I knew I could count on you. :hug: And I am going to keep you to your promise of actually participating to this challenge!

vilkacis and IronOx - you two are my HEROES. Your sprites are absolutely gorgeous, and somehow adorable. :D Very Xan, anyway.


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#34 Jazhara7

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 02:59 AM

Oooh, I love all the entries so far.


Ilmatar, I particularly like the pencil sketch. And the coloured version is great too, SpAE!

vikacis, that little sprite is just too cute.


Morning Glory, yours is great too. Poor Xan!

They're all wonderful!


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#35 -Domi_Ash-

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 06:44 AM

Oh, yep, the color looks great. I like the brightness of the robes.

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 07:54 AM

Sorry, not being artist, I just got to say a few words. :(

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They say that a picture is worth thosand words, but I think that, an image can be destroyed with just four: That is a wererat.

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Yeah, she only needs a boob job. :P Just like Ilmatar/SpAE's Xan.

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#37 vilkacis

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 08:13 AM

They say that a picture is worth thosand words, but I think that, an image can be destroyed with just four: That is a wererat.

If so, the face would be also be covered with fur and thus grey. <_<

Besides, Xan is more ferret than rat.

#38 Kulyok

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 11:05 AM

Oooh, I love all the entries so far.


Ilmatar, I particularly like the pencil sketch. And the coloured version is great too, SpAE!

vikacis, that little sprite is just too cute.


Morning Glory, yours is great too. Poor Xan!

They're all wonderful!


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Word.

When I was about twelve, I got my first computer, Yamaha MSX-2, and I used to make these little cartoons with sprites - a running man, a pair of lovers walking, and so on. The little sprite reminds me so much of these. :)

And I'll be only too happy to see more, of course.

#39 the bigg

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 11:49 AM

Taking up Kulyok's request, a banner for her Xan Romance.
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Made from scratch in slightly less than half an hour using only the Gimp. Some source files are attached in the zip in xcf format. You might notice my persistent bitterness about an element in the romance, and an hint of extreme laziness :)

Disclaimer: as before, no non-free software has been harmed in the making of this comic.

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#40 Ilmatar

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Posted 20 May 2007 - 11:56 AM

The banner is one big spoiler! And let me say, that I was really mad at Xan at that point.... :rolleyes:


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And, just out of curiosity, my dear, what *are* you wearing? :D - Tempest to me.