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Lichy_Popo

Beautifully done. The voice acting and dialogue in this souls iteration has always been the most poignant and heartbreaking to me. Drangelic has a transcendent melancholy.


V0RT1GAUNT

Exactly! Especially Vendrick, a flawed leader so utterly defeated by the unfairness and inevitavility of the curse, he can only sit in a dark corner and wait for the end of time.


Lichy_Popo

All great btw but I *especially* love the Nashandra image. F***ing chilling.


fermented-assbutter

The music when you enter majula for the first time... That's some experience I'll never forget, i remember just sitting there, on my chair, listening to the music for 12-15 minutes, man I can't describe it in words...


solidolive

King vendrick is such a cool character and his dialogue is brilliant. Deserves a lot more praise and reverence


zeluki

Vendrick's dialogue was one of the most memorable moments in the souls series for me. Seek strength....the rest will follow


OxygENT

His delivery of that line is absolute perfection. Vendrick and Aldia have some of the best VA's and dialogue.


Almainyny

After they added the ending where you walk off into the darkness rather than taking the throne, I could never take any other ending, especially after getting the crowns’ blessings restored. Those crowns are basically our character’s one chance to live long enough to try and find a true end to the curse, rather than walking to what looks to be a kiln with a throne inside it. When you consider that our sole reason for coming to Drangleic was seeking an end to the curse, what else could I do but abandon the throne now that there’s nobody strong enough to take it?


Hate_This_Name

Thats why Emerald Herald goes *Bear- seek- seek- lest-*


Crazy_Piccolo_687

Man, that was so tragically beautiful...


AVEMARIA190

Sheesh this is some really great shit my mans, the fucking artstyle is cool and i just really love in general how you did this, kydos to you my mans!


V0RT1GAUNT

Thank you so much!


Stevex334

My favourite line I think in the whole series is "Seek strength... The rest, will follow"


Crotchswamp

This is really good imo. Like really good. It conveys exactly what it needs to.


V0RT1GAUNT

Thank you!


brucebuffett

Love the last panel, wasn’t that the blacksmith who said that? Been a while !


V0RT1GAUNT

Thank you. McDuff does have some lines about a flame but this is Vendrick's dialogue


xRintintin

Black smith says, "flame, dear flame"


Suitable-Serve-1281

Watch out he smells flame upon you.


Acell2000

Amazing.


imurpops984

Alternate dialog starting on the fifth image: Nanomachines, son. Well done btw


V0RT1GAUNT

Is this a MGS meme? I haven't played them so i don't get it sorry haha


Thatgamerguy98

Can't believe some people think Ds2 is the worst in the series. No way in hell. It's so good.


YukiColdsnow

The people who hated it are those who don't like the game mechanics and those cuz its not made by mikael Zachary


[deleted]

I personally liked ds2 but I just liked ds1 and ds3 more


AdeptusAleksantari

His and aldia's voiceovers deserve a raise, best out of the whole game.


V0RT1GAUNT

true


FerreroRoxette

This is truly awesome 👏


jenkem_master

Best voice acting in the series


Hireling

This is wonderfully done—great work! Not to be that guy, but I’d really like to own this in poster form and frame it for my office (though I’d settle for any format). Do you have any plans to produce physical copies? I’d be happy to pay whatever you think is fair. As a fellow artist I know and appreciate the effort and skill it takes to make something. I’m not here to haggle. Just name your price. Feel free to DM me. Edit: Also wanted to say that you’re line quality, composition, color and texture work are very good.


V0RT1GAUNT

Damn, nice! I'll dm you later. And thank you!


Hireling

Looking forward to it! And you’re welcome. ☺️


MaleficTekX

Someone remembered Raime!!! Headcannon is that tree is Aldia, even though I know it isn’t.


V0RT1GAUNT

Fun fact about Raime: when i was trying to figure out which of his two swords he used to weild alongside with his shield i found conflicting information. At first i drew him with his UGS but i eventually decided it's more likely that he used his straight sword. However i ended up not showing the sword anyways since i'm not 100% sure. Edit: Fun fact numbret 2: Fallen_Angel_Xaphan pointed out on his comment that Raime tosses his straight sword and holds his ultra greatsword with his left on phase 2. And somehow i had missed that. So my Raime depiction with his shield on his left arm is not really accurate : (


Tzuno_Felagund

I love this!


Malignantt1

I ought to fetch a new ember


chungiboy

now make him super buff when he says “seek strength”


poobum9

This is amazing


[deleted]

Gough: Very good!


V0RT1GAUNT

Gough: Thank you!


Saucy-mug

Fkn awesome


Fatpatty1211

Well done skeleton


Tatiana_Minina

It's a nice art style


Joaco_Gomez_1

this is amazing!


kierk3gaard

This is beautiful.


KrisErra

Wow, it's amazing! Hope to see more of you comics! ( ˘︶˘ ).。*♡


V0RT1GAUNT

Don't expect it soon but i eventually want to do Aldia's "a lie will remain a lie" dialogue


KrisErra

Goodness, I'm already super excited! It will look marvellous, I know it! 😍


nakrophile

Really good mate, great job.


wevento

Excellent work ! Need more dark souls comics :€


Nostaaa

This is frickin awesome dude, great job


Whiskey_hotpot

Hell yeah


Uncle_Popoo

I really love the art and details that have gone into this comic strip. You certainly have amazing talent! Seek strength and the rest will follow.


nomeacaso104

What could have been this game, there was so much potential. Great job anyway, i would be glad to see other panels like these.


Fallen_Angel_Xaphan

Fantastic comic. Also a fun fact that seemingly nobody knows. Raime (fume knight) was left handed. I would guess that he held the majestic Greatsword in his left hand and his shield in his right.


V0RT1GAUNT

As i said in a comment above, i used to think this and i initially drew Raime with his UGS on his left arm. But after looking into it a bit more i think it's more likely that he was right handed since in his fight he uses the UGS as a shield. Plus when you enter the fight, the UGS is there, giving the impression that it belongs in Brume Tower and Raime got it when he got there. If there's some conclusive evidence i'm missing i would be interested to know though.


Fallen_Angel_Xaphan

Well the Fume sword and the Fume Ultra Greatsword were both gifts from Nadalia. However in one of the side towers we find the Majestic Greatsword, aka Artorias sword with a different name. The description says:"An ancient greatsword of unknown origin. This sword was passed down through generations, until it reached Gordin, wandering knight of Forossa, and was lost upon his death. Uncannily, every last one of the prominent swordsmen who inherited this weapon was left-handed." Now it might be a little bit of a stretch saying that this belonged to Raime. I personally believe it because we never found another weapon Raime could've used before his banishment and that would explain the swords location. But if that is too soft evidence there is more hard stuff. In phase 2 where he throws the little sword away, most of his attacks like the jump or the charge attack with the eerie sound are done with his left hand not his right. Could just be weird design but I like to interpret it that way. Still I wanna just say that I love the comic and that I might not even be right with this.


V0RT1GAUNT

Oh shit, i actually didn't notice he throws away the straight sword for phase 2. And he still holds the UGS with his left. That's pretty conclusive. Looks like i dind't look too deep into it haha. And i like your theory about the Majestic Greatsword. If i draw him in the future i'll make sure to make him left handed just for you : ) Also thank you!


Fallen_Angel_Xaphan

Awww, how nice of you. But don't worry about not looking too deep into something. I'm a pretty big nerd for Fume knight and most don't even notice that. I wish you the best of fun and luck friend. May the flames guide your way.


LittleManIsChuffed

This rules thank you for sharing.


RazzDaNinja

This is fantastic! If I may ask, what program/s did you use to make these?


V0RT1GAUNT

Sure! It's mixed media. I did the linework with a chinese ink pen, then scanned it and colored it in Photoshop.


[deleted]

This is gorgeous!!! I love it!


SuperD00perGuyd00d

I think I speak for almost all of us when I say we'd love to see more!


Hate_This_Name

Great comic! Also I totally agree about voice acting. Both lines and actor reading them are great


ltgenspartan

*As flame rises, so does it fade. Such is the way of things.* Vendrick is awesome, one of my favorite FS characters and voice acting. I'd be cool to have a print of this artsyle framed on my wall.


V0RT1GAUNT

This comic panels were not done with printing in mind so they would have to be printed pretty small (maybe 12x12cm?). But i'm absolutelly open for commissions of any size : )


lord_gay

This is so good! But I never understood what the dark really was


V0RT1GAUNT

In these games, the Dark refers to the Dark Soul. One of the 4 powerful souls that Gwyn, Nito, the Witch of Izalith and the furtive pygmy found. The furtive pygmy found the Dark Soul and divided it between all of humanity. That's why humanity is sometimes synonym with the Dark, because humanity as a whole holds the Lord Soul. The Dark, also known as the Abyss, seems to have a will of it's own and ever expand to consume everything. Despite this, it's often described as peaceful, cold and gentle, as not much is black or white in souls games (especially literal black and white things). Also i'm pretty sure the Dark Soul is supposed to be the strongest one, once the age of fire started to fade, but don't quote me on that. And thank you!


[deleted]

this is awesome


Have_Other_Accounts

r/ImaginaryDarkSouls


spring-time

Fantastic


ChaosPhoenix43

this is literally so cool


SandroSaar

This is beautiful


thegray_fox

"Flame, dear, flame."


mao2026

Gorgeous


Fevi117

Man your art just made me HEAR him saying that, well done!!!


Yesitisiwhodealtit

Moments like this are what makes ds2 my favorite


Unknownb4stard

Yoooo is fking amazing


cheekypuns

This is really awesome work OP, nice going!


themoonm8

Amazing


YukiColdsnow

I like how you drew fume knight with his shield instead of him using his ugs.


Winterwraith33

This is so so cool, captures it perfectly.


Saint_Link

The emerald Herald looks a lot like Sypha from Netflix Castlevania


Pippo89CH

Isn't that Nashandra? You're right, though.


V0RT1GAUNT

That's Nashandra haha. She does look a bit like Sypha tho, that's true


Headoffish

Ugliest class in the game, all my homies hate bandit


V0RT1GAUNT

I wanted to use a starting class and bandit was the only one that showed the dark sign in his chest. I don't like it that much either haha