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FULL VIEW! i promise, it looks better that way.

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words can't describe how happy i am to be done with this friggin' picture... i have NEVER put so much work into a single image... there's probably quite a few errors, but i'm so beyond the point of caring--so you guys better like it or my world will come crashing down. :tears:

i always loved the super smash bros. series; way back when the first was released there was a summer of smash where it was all my brothers and i played. i was sad that i never got a gamecube and couldn't play melee, except on rare occasions. to my elation, i finally acquired a wii this summer and, of course, super smash bros. brawl. :boogie:

it's completely amazing, as many of you probably already know, so of course my mind had to go and dredge this idea up. i started sketching it two weeks ago, and it's pretty much consumed my life ever since. i spent two and a half days on the lineart alone because i used the pen tool so i could get ultra clean lines. i really, really, really wish i was one of those people who can just sketch perfectly clean lineart... i'm way too messy for that.

so basically my whole goal with this was to do something totally different and in many ways better than my usual work. i tried out some new techniques, the most noticeable of which is coloring my lineart. i've also wanted to do more pictures with backgrounds, so they're battling on the battlefield stage. my motivation for choosing pikachu, meta knight, fox, and ike is pretty straightforward: they're all favorite characters and i wanted a balance of oldies and newcomers. i realize i made pikachu's down-b way more impressive than it really is to the point where it somewhat resembles his final smash, but i needed it to fill up that corner.

the question is: who's going to get creamed first? will ike get a boot in the face, or will fox get electrocuted into oblivion? or will meta knight fly in and cherry pick from pikachu? ...the suspense! :D

check out the progress shots here: [link]

references: brawl snapshots i took for pikachu, fox, meta knight, and the battlefield. photo of myself for the angle on ike. several official character artwork images from fire emblem: path of radiance in order to get the details on ike's costume and sword.

fox, ike, meta knight, pikachu (c) nintendo co. ltd.
image (c) me
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Mood: Stunned ~Orange1106 Apr 30, 2013
Absolutely amazing! Possibly one of my favorites in my favorites!
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Mood: Wow! ~Ph03n1x-Warr1or-Z Apr 28, 2013
This is such a beautiful piece. When I first looked at this, the extensive attention to details for each character and the way that they each move in the scene made me think that you took an awesome screenshot in Brawl, transferred it to your computer, and edited it to make it look like it does now. You really have a great eye for using awesome angles and giving the viewer a front-row seat into the battle. Keep up the good work!
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~AngelusPulchra Apr 2, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
Wow...
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~katcatlinkattack Mar 26, 2013  New member Hobbyist General Artist
So cool! you got all the character designs really well!
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~ShadowRider2000 Nov 9, 2012
lol those r all my favourite characters!! thats awesome! :D
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~BethTheWriter Sep 19, 2012  Hobbyist Writer
awesome :icondroolplz:
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~FlyingLion76 Sep 17, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
Just looking at this I knew this pic was awesome. I like the art style and how high quality it looks and the design of everything. Me personally I think Pikachu will win cause he's uber awesome :iconpikachuplz:
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~Metacookie Aug 30, 2012
Pikachu: *charging up Thunder*
Ike: Uh... should I even be standing here?
Meta Knight: Screw this, I'm out.
Fox: Pay attention to me, bro!
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~HoodlumCynder Aug 21, 2012
Great job here. ^^
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!Drawwsome Aug 10, 2012
Very cool.
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