Month: January 2014

The Cost of Love

After reading your epilogue (or continuation, as the case may be) for the Secrets scenario, I was haunted by the implications of Spark’s decision to stay with Vahaadi. It’s true that Vahaadi couldn’t live long in the lush, mild environment of Lunarious–but would Spark fair any better in the wastes of the Azaharian desert?

While I was mulling the idea over, an unexpected voice came into my mind with a potential solution…and a serious price.

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Kala holds up a rounded vial. A glowing fluid swirls inside, casting reflections into her sober eyes.

“If you really want to stay with Vahaadi, you may need this,” she says, meeting Spark’s gaze steadily. “It will transform you into a djinni. It may be the only way you’ll survive the harshness of the desert.

But, Spark…

if you drink this, you’ll lose your powers.”

Guady in Gold

So, one day I was surfing the wedinator and I stumbled upon a photo of this crazy gold suit that was shown at some fashion show.  My first thought was “WHO would wear something like that???!”

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My next thought was “Vahaadi. Vahaadi would wear that.”

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And he would ROCK it.

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P.S. I love the way Spark is touching his hair and chest and asking about going dancing. XD She is so flirty without even meaning to be.

Smoky Muses

For Loose Canon Vahaadi I really want to play up his smokiness when he moves.  Whenever he summons something from his hammer space or teleports, there’s a sort of smoky haze. Not quite like Eris, where she melts and tween frames look kinda weird. I think before he teleports or when he’s appearing, his features blur out to like a silhouette, and then the silhouette melts or wisps around.

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As much as I love the animation, I don’t think it’s quite right. Vahaadi’s features should become indistinguishable almost the moment he starts to sublime. But this is so cool I had to post it anyway. *Q*

Eris isn’t a perfect example of what I want Vahaadi’s sublimation to look like, but she inspires me. I particularly like the way her fingers are leaving smoke trails. For the record, no, I don’t think Vahaadi’s hair behaves like hers, like it’s underwater. His clothes and hair act pretty normal.

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This gif is closer to what I think Vahaadi looks like when he uses his magic. A smoky silhouette “becomes” him.

I just think this is pretty.

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Vahaadi’s feelin’ 22

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You and Amanda have both expressed reservations about Vahaadi’s short hair at this stage but I like it. At this age he worked for the wealthy, exploitative merchant, so he keeps his beard and hair presentable and he’s developed some smooth-talking, used-car-salesman charisma. This period of his life is correlated with his sword, which he stole from a suit of Azaharian regalia as he fled his master’s palace.

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Vahaadi In His Prime

I did this on the Sketch Club app as part of a study of Vahaadi as he ages, since we were thinking the pieces of his soul are going to be associated with landmarks/turning points of his life. This is what he looks like at his oldest before becoming immortal and unaging (this look correlates with the soul piece they find in his lair). So basically, this is the way Spark knows him, and the way I usually try to draw him. He’s about 30.

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