Merry Halloween Suikoden-style

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I DID IT
IT'S DONE!!!!!!
*dramatic thunderclap*
IT'S ALIIIIIIIVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Oh wait, no, it's still just a piece of paper. Or rather, four pieces of paper, sewn together in some nightmarish Suikoden fanart rendition of Frankenstein.

I really don't know what I was thinking. I must be as mad as Frankenstein (that's "Fra-hnk stein!!") to try to do something this crazy when I've got midterms and a seemingly inordinate amount of projects and papers due... but I did it!! Abby-normal as it may make me, I did ittttt! It may be rushed and I wish I could've been more careful with it, but here it is--my entry for the



Halloween contest! WOOHOO!!!!!
I'm so glad this group exists! It's a great inspiration to draw more Suikoden fanart! (And not do my homework, lol.)

Some people are specifically dressed as other people or characters, and others are dressed as more generic things. Wanna try to guess who everyone is? If so, cover your eyes, 'cuz here are all the answers!! >:3

(They're ordered by page... basically, look left to right-ish, top to bottom. Aw, I'm sure you guys'll figure it out!)

p1
Ted and McDohl as some kinda spirits at a festival--maybe they're both fox spirits?
Odessa in a cute Chinese outfit!
Mathiu as a mobster
Arshtat as a yakuza (/yankee)

p2
Lucretia as Mathiu
Leilei as Apple
Ferid as Teo McDohl
Lyon as Gremio
Nikea as Pahn
Alenia as Cleo
Lym as Ted
The Prince as Tir McDohl
Haswar as Leknaat
Sialeeds as Lady Windy
(A pumpkin as Georg?)

p3
Viki as Kiki <3 (from Kiki's Delivery Service)
Luc as Jiji
Sarah as Tombo
Viktor as a bear
Sierra as Dracula
Nash as The Damsel In Distress
Chris as The Knight In Shining Armor
Nanami as Chairman Kaga from Iron Chef
Retsuo as Hiroyuki Sakai (French Iron Chef)
Hai Yo as Chin Kenichi (Chinese Iron Chef)
Lester as Masahura Morimoto (Japanese Iron Chef)

p4
Tai Ho and Yam Koo as Taisho-era guys
Thomas as Frodo
Cecil and Sam
Stallion as Legolas
Caesar as Pippin
Hugo as Merry
Clive as Aragorn(?)
Piccolo as Gandalf

I must say the Suikoden 1 and Suikoden 5 crossover is my favorite. Can you guys figure out why which characters are which? The reasons are fairly obvious for most of them.

The Lym-as-Ted and Prince-as-McDohl is actually a bit of a parody of my own work: [link]

I also really wanted to draw Ted and McDohl as if they were enjoying a festival. The Toran Lake Castle's back there, too! I wanted to draw a Soul Eater design on McDohl's kimono, but that didn't really work out.

And I got Mathiu and Odessa in there!!! Hoo-hoo! <3 I love those guys.

I've always thought Arshtat would make a great yakuza. That's why she wears those long sleeves--to cover up her tats! XD And the combo of Arshtat and Mathiu worked out well, heheh.

There are lots of little things that're off (like something called perspective, haha!), but I did the best I could in the time I could! It's great to finally have this done. whew! I swear upon my great-grandfather's grave, the next piece I do, I'm taking it slow!

Tai Ho went from looking like Bill Nye the Science Guy to Abe Lincoln... ahh, I really just wanted to try drawing him and Yam Koo in Taisho-era clothes. I'd like to do some illustrations based just on that idear.

I couldn't help casting Nanami as Chairman Kaga, given her complete and utter lack of cooking skills, haha.

materials: four pieces of watercolor paper, pencil, various pens, sharpie, watercolors, lots of brushes, scanner, photoshop, tablet, love

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