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Arbalestby `JohnSu

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Arbalest is a pirate gunner's daughter who was accidentally left behind on an air island after they had concluded a raid (her father is very negligent). By the time the crew realized she was missing, it had already been several weeks (very negligent) and no one could remember when they had last seen her, so they're having a hard time of figuring out where to look. They might not even be trying, actually, since apparently nobody cared enough to notice she was missing for so long... *emo emo*

So now she spend her days on this island as a leech on a pastoral community. The locals do their best to ignore her, but she keeps eating their ruined produce and trying to be part of everything. She is like the annoying kid sister of the island who somehow manages to thrive despite everyone's attempts to get her to leave. How they expect her to do that is a mystery, as there are no airships on the island. Perhaps they are just hoping that the pirates will come back one day and take her back with them. Good luck with that, everyone!

But in spite of her unearned unpopularity, Arbalest does have one pretty cool specialty: she can throw an arrow pretty hard. Perhaps not as far or as accurately as her namesake can, but she could probably wreck a bird from a good distance. This ability is a secret, though.

Because nobody pays attention when she's trying to show off. *emo emo*

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This is my first painted work in a long time (I don't count my previous submission as a "paint" job since it used pretty much the same techniques I used in Flash). The last time I tried digital painting was probably...six years ago? I like to imagine I've learned some things during my ventures in Flash and while envying *joodlez's work - namely, that separation of colors is important! Being able to blend colors shouldn't mean I blend all the colors. Otherwise I just get this muddy / noisy piece. Hopefully, moving forward I will continue to learn when to color sharp & flat, and when to color soft & smooth.

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~Jez13 3 days ago New member

Beautiful drawing well done, you are really good

*Jacob-Cross 4 days ago

Nice ^^

~HungrySohma16 Jan 10, 2013 Hobbyist Digital Artist

So beautiful. oAo

~MasterArtPad Jan 3, 2013 Hobbyist Filmographer

COOL PAINTING!!

~boredtodeath555 Dec 10, 2012 Student Artist

Oh my God... Am I seeing that correctly? "Made in SAI"...? For you to venture outside of adobe Flash... Did it hurt?

`JohnSu Dec 10, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I still have most of my eyes, so I'm good

~boredtodeath555 Dec 15, 2012 Student Artist

I see. Most of them. So it was the one on your hand that you lost, wasn't it. You thought the marker would be permanent, but you found out the difficult way.

`JohnSu Dec 15, 2012 Hobbyist Digital Artist

I cried, yet my hand was dry.

~hiru-ma-enjiru Dec 5, 2012 Hobbyist General Artist

lol!

~OrdonCrane Dec 4, 2012

Nom nom Yaaay.

Nice joke with the crossbow name. Question, is the primary foodstuff of the island vegetables? I was just thinking if people don't really hunt, then her skill is USELESS TO THEM. *emo emo*

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