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Springtime is a time of struggle and dynamic power-shifts. Winter is fading but summer's warmth still far away, and across the battlefield of the early months, flowers and ice wage a ruthless war for supremacy.
But every now and then, on one of those sun-bright days, with a bite of frost still on the wind, there is balance. The seemingly most fragile of flowers are blooming by the snow, and even though the battle is never far away, for a few precious hours, there is peace.
For like life and death you can't have one without the other, and only together can they be complete.

HAPPY 4/11, everyone!

If I ever get the urge to attempt to commit art noveau again, kindly bash my head in and lock me up until I regain my senses, plz? 8D

I got the idea for this when watching spring's first flowers burst defiantly through the snow, and knew at once I wanted to try and draw it. In art noveau style. Because it seemed like such a good idea at the time. Much, much too late did I remember I hate drawing detailed linework, not to mention inking. Curses.

I'm a sucker for white flowers, and snowdrops and anemones are among my favorites. They also seemed to fit the characters well, both aesthetically and symbolically.
The layout of the background design is based on the Kingdom Hearts princesses-designs, those stained glass like ones from the beginning of the game? I had a hard time deciding what to put in the circles at the top - the transition from snowflakes to flowers seemed like the perfect idea for the outer circle, but I must have discarded a handful sketches of the top design before finally settling on the Castle Oblivion crew - although you can only really see three of them, four if that tiny glimpse of Axel's chakram counts. There are six outer circles, though, so.. just pretend the others are down there? And of course the Kingdom Hearts moon in the middle. u.u

Also, Vexen's hair. Er. It looks prettier long when stylized like this? Maybe he used some hair-growth potions or something? Maybe it was this long to start with, before that unfortunate event with Marluxia's scythe back when they were first introduced? Maybe I just like compulsively drawing long hair? The truth shall never be known!

Ah, and the original nudie-version can be found in my Y-gallery account or my Live Journal. :D

Media used: Photopaint CS, Corel Photopaint 9, Wacom Graphire 3.
Art (c) Silvestris, do not use without permission.
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~DARK-ARTS-H8U Jan 29, 2011
Very nice. This piece was innocence with a erotic back ground. It gives me a idea, if i may be to bold to say, for a fan fiction i have seized work on. I see a courtship of sorts in the future.
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*charligal Aug 31, 2010  Professional General Artist
Ur incredible work has a feature here [link]

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*silvestris Sep 2, 2010
Thank you very much. :w00t:
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*charligal Sep 2, 2010  Professional General Artist
Ur welcome!

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~Sinaugustine Feb 16, 2010
Their hair is so beautiful. I love the designs and how they both look like sweet princes-- I mean, princesses, I mean...

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Like the naked please the blind, I know I'm selfish, I'm unkind
Sucker love, I always find someone to bruise and leave behind
All alone in space and time, there's nothing here but what here's mine
Something borrowed, something blue
Every me and every you.
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*ObloquyCondemed Mar 28, 2009
Ah ha!
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Oh I can't just believe I spent so long trying to re-find this -_- oh-well, so totally worth it! <3

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"If pro is the opposite of con, then progress must be the opposite of Congress." --- ~Nghts1lk3r
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*BelleTheBeauty Jul 25, 2008  Student Writer
This is beautiful! :faint:

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May the odds be ever in your favor.
Tick tock, this is a clock.
Seal. Anthem. And out.
<333

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*ghost-of-dreams Jul 16, 2008  Hobbyist General Artist
Wow... This is beautiful... Amazing!!!

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I'll put something else here later, when I can think of something.... ^^;
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~MiahTheStormWolf Dec 5, 2007
There is a flower called angelwing jasmine that only blooms in december, no matter where it is.

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~Dajie Nov 12, 2007
I found this so pure, had I not been raised a christan I would have found it purer

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Saix: Look another heart has been lost to the darkness
Xemnas: And???
Saix: We should return it!
Xemnas: And why in the hell would i do that for?
Saix: If it were your heart you'd want it back you heartless bastard...
Xemnas: And proud of it!!!
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