More Random Drawings

Well, there's not much meaning behind this week's drawing. I just have a whim to draw these two characters. Actually, just wanted to draw something... Lolz.


Rikku, as outfitted in Final Fantasy X-2



Yuna, as outfitted in Final Fantasy X-2
(Somehow, this drawing looks a little weird. I can't figure out what)




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Salvation for the Knight


Well, another blog post on my latest drawing. As the title implies, my current drawing’s title is “Salvation for the Knight”. Another alternative name (though doesn’t make much sense) that I’d prefer is “Salvation: Forthe Knight”. I accidentally discovered the alternative name when saving the file name without entering any spaces.



Anyway, I draw this drawing’s inspiration after listening repeatedly to the 2nd ending theme of Gundam 00 Season 2. The song’s titled “Trust You” and was sung by Yuna Ito. While he full version has been released, I found out that I prefer the TV size version, as this is where the inspiration was drawn from anyway.

Link to the TV size version: here



The song’s pretty touching in my opinion. Unlike other ballads or song genres that flow at this pace, this song isn’t angsty about lost or unattainable love, or even about love (the lovey-dovey kind of love), this song actually feels like it is dedicated to salvation. Nevermind the “I love you, I trust you” part of the chorus; I felt it wasn’t particularly directed to anything tangible, rather it is abstract.



*Whenever I’m referring to the “Trust You” song, it is by convention that I am referring to the TV size version, or the short version featured at the end of Gundam 00, rather than the fully released version*





The song began with a rather sad… maybe more on the tired-of-life kind of piano. Then the backup singer(s) came, giving the distinctive “HaH--HaH--HaH--HaH" tune to it. Honestly, this is the part which captivated me the most. Then came the rather slow rap-like singing of Yuna Ito.



While the verse gives the sense of tiredness (something like when we had just completed a tremendous task, and gave a sigh, but it isn’t a sigh of relief, more like just a sigh) to the song, the bridge (although short) injects some hope into it. It kind of gives the feeling like when we’re walking around aimlessly in a very large, very dark house, and then out in the window, we see a spotlight in the distance, tracing the ground and coming nearer to you so fast that, when it shines through the window and upon you, you were overwhelmed by the sheer brightness of it.



The chorus done its job, I would say that. But the part which really gave the inspiration to draw was the last line. At that moment, the picture that I had drawn immediately popped out in my head. The idea that I had wanted to give was that; salvation had descended. In fact, it was always there in the first place.



Till now, I haven’t decided that the Winged Salvation is an angel, or a valkyrie. Either way, it seems to impart salvation. I specifically chose a knight because of what people usually expected from a knight; honorable and ideally be a savior. However, as popularized by fictions (which, by some degree, could be based on some historical account), knights are a confused lot. They don’t know exactly what they are fighting for, being used more as a tool instead. As popularized, those that knew they were used as a tool became jaded and viewed that hope is just a mere figment of imagination. How would such a jaded knight feel, when in the midst of a battle frenzy, with the sword being swung around madly, the said knight were to suddenly come face-to-face with a tangible manifestation of hope?







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