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+Cannot Silence Me+

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Character  Ace Hardlight

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I've moved accounts! Head over here :iconteira-nova: Teira-Nova :la:


Edit: Alright, I finally got around to 'touching' this illustration up ^^; I finished this during a rushed phase at the time, so I didn't add everything I intended to. Such as Ace's vest texture, a lens flare-like effect on the sword, environment enhancements and some various touch-ups that nobody can notice unless they see the fullsized image, lol.
So the changes may not be obvious unless you compare with the original, side by side.

But yeah, I was upset at the time of drawing this but I am feeling a lot better now and I'm reasonably happy with the result of this. I will do more illustrations like this, I promise! I'm just so caught up on many commissions haha. So yeah I'm feeling well, thanks to the support of friends and fans around here :-) thank you so much again for everything!


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“You’re not indestructible. You are about as close to hells void as I am. Unfortunately for you, I have too much to live for. But you - you have nothing!”

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It's been quite a long time since I done any illustrations from my story, and this is a scene I always wanted to do but didn't get around to it until now. I could have put more effort into this, but I'm going away tomorrow (for 9 days) so I'll be away from the desktop for a while. So it had to be done tonight. I only just started this on Monday... D:

So. what am I going to do when a handful of individuals build up hatred towards me for having different beliefs, different opinions and different interests? Do I turn around and beg you guys (my watchers, friends) to stick up for me, draw revenge art in return? Spit lies about people around the fandom to turn people against one another? Create hateful blogs behind backs? Nope. I don't do that.

All I'll be doing is continuing to do what I love to do. Create art. Or more specifically, R&C (Ace) related artwork.

It's been more than 5 years since I became a serious R&C fan, and nobody on this planet can tell me that I am not a true fan for being different. I have all the games (besides the mobile ones), a large collection of R&C merch and I love working with R&C, Ace Hardlight, DreadZone and the whole Vaelidius idea I formed from there - and more. I know my work isn't the 'best thing' around and isn't all that popular but I do it because I enjoy it to bits. And the muse for this will not be dying out anytime soon. Nobody will kill my spirit. Only I have control over that.
Yes, I am proud of what I have created for Ace & the R&C franchise, or else I wouldn't be putting so much heart & effort into what I do. But I am still learning & growing as an artist whilst I continue along with my projects, and yeah I know it's just fan-work. It's all good fun. Not something to make a career out of. I never planned to be a professional artist anyway.
If people like what I make, then that's all good with me. But if people don't like it, then they shouldn't be stalking my page & every move like an obsessive stalker. That's just unhealthy & creepy. I don't visit pages of people I don't have any interest in, so what gives?

Yeah sure, I don't like some things out there in the fandom but I am NOT a horrible person for having different interests than some other people do. Yes, I can bite back but I only do when I am provoked & when I see people being harassed with little reason. I don't bow down to anybody. I've already spent most of my life dealing with low self esteem, and I am not about to back down into that sort of mindset.

My strength is to continue creating work with heart, the stuff I love to spend my spare time on - not petty hate art, hate blogs and the stalking of people. 

And to those who continue to support me after all these years (or even months, weeks, if you're new?) thank you. You make my stay here at DeviantART more worthwhile, that's for sure. Thank you so much! I will definitely continue producing more artwork for the joy of it. Jeez, this is the first personal piece I've done in ages.

Created with: Paint Tool SAI with small edits in Paintshop Pro 9.
Characters: Kurt, Vaelidius & Verpardi lore (non-canon expansion) © to me. Ace Hardlight © to Sony, developed by Insomniac Games.
References/Help used?: Ashetoret helped with the arm muscle & some of the chest in the rough sketch, while the rest was done by me from scratch.
Elements of the background are referenced from this scene though (to keep it consistent with the story!) but like I said, it was all done myself.


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CheekyPandaxD's avatar
You should make a series of that ace of hearts etc.. If you haven't thought about it already lol and turn these to life because the art is really cool and animating your work would be awesome I saw the ace walking animation,To watch your stories it would be really interesting.
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