I wanted to make a nice sunrise...But then I remembered that they are trapped and can't see the sky, so NO SUN! Damn Decarabian! At least the color of the barrier is beautiful 😤
So I decided to update the concept design for this and made it a bit more cohesive. The idea was to have some sort of restrictive elements be more visible to contrast the more chaotic concept of the boss fight
I also tried showing more visible consequences on his body with how his form itself gets slowly stripped along with the corruption and would get worse on the 2nd phase of the fight where he'd be at his most vulnerable. The idea was kinda inspired by what happens to Kiana while trying to shut off a bomb during the animated short Meteoric Salvation in HI3
The two "shells" surrounding him were also softened a bit and made to look like they'd fit together now and matches the overall color palette. Tried to make them look more like hands that would be able to hide him
You can see that I also added the long strip of cloth he has in a couple versions of his archon outfit. I took the idea from an OC of mine designed after typhoons where the trailing end resembles a small cyclone and also just wanted to incorporate some parts of the scrapped Ideas from the old design
And finally, I've changed the top to have the Anemo symbol and made it look like it's grabbing his chest and the smaller one on the collar look like a hand wrapped around his throat. I wanted something in the design to connect with the boss fight's concept where his own element ends up harming him as it tries to get rid of the taint he got. Kinda like how someone's immune system ends up working to their detriment while trying to get rid of something
Yes, I have the song of “No Promises To Keep” in loop! So in honor of FFVII Rebirth I made the Bard with the clothes I made for him in my Final Fantasy AU 👉🏻👈🏻✨
Can we have bride Venti? I love to see Venti in pretty bride dress with Zhongli ❤️
OH! This reminded me of one of my best dreams! Where I dreamed about Venti and Zhongli's wedding but when Venti turned around I can saw that he was pregnant! ASDFGWH Sorry old art but I'm still proud of how it turned out 👉🏻👈🏻 Also Wedding Night Extra! ✨
This is something I said on Twitter but I think it could work here too! At least, I will upload the days here too lol
Sooo YES!! A KnightBard Week will be on March 18 - 24! ✨
I'll be happy if you want to participate! 🥺 You can make Art or a little Fic! Or even a comment about the day lol!
You can tag me or use #KnightBardWeek tag 🛡️🕊️
Some rules!
Remember that you are free to do whatever you want, but I would appreciate that all this was a fun event without discussion!
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-Bard and Knight should appear in your work, no matter if is romantic or just friendship! But please, don't ship them with other people in this 😔 (This is dedicated to the two of them after all)
-Venti can appear!! (HE SHOULD APPEAR 🥺) In any of his forms! Amos and Gunnhildr are welcome too! I guess you can also put Decarabian hehe ✨
-You can follow the Canon or you can make AUs! They deserve to be happy!
-The NSFW is allowed but tag it properly!
I hope you have fun participated or just watching! Thanks for your attention 🥹✨