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Class Trial, 2001

Cartoonish digital art featuring characters from 'Ace Attorney'— Phoenix Wright, Miles Edgeworth and Larry Butz— as children. The piece is based on their class trial as 9-year-olds. There's a gradient overlay, cool cel shading, and warm lighting. The background is divided into 3 uneven segments using white stripes, with 3 more stripes radiating from Miles' pointed finger comic-book style.

In the middle stands Miles. He points confidently to his left. His right hand is planted on his school desk, which spans across the bottom of the piece. He's shouting, serious and determined. One of his front teeth is missing, and he's dressed in a red blazer with yellow cuffs and a blue bow tie. A name label is safety-pinned to his blazer, written in Hiragana, with Signal Samurai stickers on it. On the desk sits a pencil and the edge of a paper sheet. It has partially-visible crayon drawings: half a defence attorney badge, scales of justice, and a pair of legs.

Above Miles' outstretched arm is a much smaller drawing of Phoenix, coloured in blues and yellows. It shows him from behind, stood crying at his desk. The background segment for this area has a blue overlay, with a very faint in-game screenshot where other students accuse Phoenix.

To the right, positioned under Miles' arm, is Phoenix, drawn to a larger scale and cut off around the chest. He's crying messily, face screwed-up. His left hand is raised in a fist to partially cover his left eye. He wears a blue t-shirt with red and yellow detailing. In the gaps between him and Miles are red coins, spilling from an empty bag for lunch money. This background segment has a yellow overlay, with more coin shapes barely visible.

To the left of Miles is a relatively smaller drawing of Larry. He grins lazily, brows raised and face freckled. He's missing a bottom tooth. His right arm is lifted as he holds his index finger under his nose; the other drapes over the back of his chair. He's swinging backwards with his knees lifted, a plaster on the left one. He wears a yellow vest, red sweatbands, and blue shorts. Suspended above his head are the trio's Signal Samurai keychains, as seen in the anime adaptation. From left to right is Miles' red charm, Larry's yellow, and Phoenix's blue. The background segment has a red overlay, with a faint anime screenshot of the Signal Samurai characters.

class trial, 2001

[2024 edit: just to clarify, the lines near edgeworth's pointed finger were supposed to mimic those specific, dramatic backgrounds in superhero comic panels. however, looking back now, I'm conscious that they could be seen as somewhat resembling the radiating rays of the rising sun flag. and I'm making this connection because I recently discovered that this symbolism has been used in some official capcom artwork (for dgs, not the main trilogy, but the point still stands, considering I've played both). I wanted to make it clear that it wasn't my aim to represent that imagery in this piece, even if it has been in some of the artwork I've seen. I'm always striving to be more critical of my past art choices, and as such, I want to be more careful in the future. I hope all is understandable and clear!]

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silken-sails

3 years ago

coloured an iris sketch 💞 :>

[ID: A cartoon digital drawing of Iris from The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles. She’s grinning with her eyes shut, one hand raised to press a thumb lightly against her cheek. The shading is a warm orange gradient. The background is white— apart from a light blue circle behind her head, and a dark brown circle at her feet. /End ID]

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silken-sails

2 years ago

A coloured, digital sketch of Mel, Jayce and Viktor from the show Arcane. It's based on a commonly-redrawn Twelfth Night photo; they're cut off at the chest.

Jayce is between Mel to his right, who angles her head away to kiss near his lips, and Viktor to his left, who is leant against Jayce's shoulder, part of his face obscured. Both of Jayce's hands are held in front of him: his right supporting Mel's hand, and his left holding Hextech crystals that Viktor covers with his own palm. Viktor holds a more refined gem in his other fist, near his chest. Mel's free hand gently guides Jayce's chin.

Mel is content, eyes shut; Jayce is smiling, but looks beyond her, still troubled; Viktor frowns weakly, eyes also closed, nose and mouth bleeding onto Jayce's shoulder.

Mel's smudged lipstick and Viktor's blood is emphasised in the same pinkish-red, and the Hextech crystals give off a blue glow. The gold accents of Mel's design and Jayce's jacket also stand out. There are overlays of red on Mel, to blue on Viktor, merging over Jayce.

The same drawing, except the colours have been removed— leaving only values over a grey base, with the overlays remaining.

🔴 not enough hours in the day 🔵

I used that iconic Twelfth Night photo as inspiration for this...guess who's finally watched Arcane 😏

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my art arcane mel medarda jayce talis viktor arcane the twelfth night character roles aren't being reflected btw...I just wanted to use the cool pose 😫 the animation in this series is unreal 😭💕 alt text

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silken-sails

2 years ago

Cartoonish, digital art of Ace Attorney characters gathered around a summer barbecue. They're cut off about halfway down. From left to right stands Bruce Goodman, Ema Skye, Lana Skye, Angel Starr, Jake Marshall and Neil Marshall (a couple of years before the SL-9 Incident).

The shading is a warm green, and the barbecue gives off a yellow glow. The background shows a lawn with roughly painted trees and a hedge. The foreground shows the edge of a table with a burger and wine glass, slightly blurred.

Bruce and Neil are the closest to the foreground, at the far left and right respectively. Bruce smiles slightly nervously towards Ema, holding a mustard bottle. Neil grins, spatula in hand, looking over in Ema's direction. Bruce wears a polo shirt and cap; Neil wears a vest.

The rest stand behind the grill. Ema looks mischievously excited as she squeezes ketchup onto an already overloaded hot dog. She has temporary star tattoos, braces, and a t-shirt reading, 'I told a chemistry joke...there was no reaction'. Lana looks amused beside her, holding a can of drink, dressed in a vest and jeans.

Angel and Jake stand close and gaze at each other with flirtatious smiles. Angel, wearing a blue summer dress, strokes a finger lightly against Jake's chin. Jake wears jeans and a bandana, with a cowboy's waistcoat over his bare chest. He touches a burger on the grill with his spatula, which gives off smoke in a cartoonish heart shape.

My full piece, drawn last June, for the @seasonsoflaw calendar project! This was so much fun to work on 💛

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my art ace attorney ema skye lana skye jake marshall angel starr bruce goodman neil marshall this art feels old to me now omg..but I love looking back at it :] alt text

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silken-sails

3 years ago

if you're taking requests, could you draw harebrayne? :) (if not, no worries, your pick!)

He was so much fun to draw! :D especially the hair omg

[sketch requests!]

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my art dgs dai gyakuten saiban albert harebrayne sketch requests thank you for the ask!

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silken-sails

2 years ago

Cartoonish digital art, done in greyscale with colour accents. It's one rectangular panel, like a detailed storyboard frame. The art shows characters from the first Ace Attorney game— from left to right is Gumshoe, Larry, Wright, Edgeworth, Maya and Mia. It depicts a group hug, set after Wright's 1-4 victory. They're stood in a line, so each character's equally visible.

The colour accents include Gumshoe's green coat, Larry's orange jacket, Wright's blue and Edgeworth's magenta suit jackets, Maya's purple haori/beads and Mia's yellow scarf.

Gumshoe is grinning, right hand over Larry's shoulder, left wiping away a happy tear. Larry lays his right hand on Wright's back, and the other ruffles Wright's hair. He has a wobbly smile, eyes brimming.

Wright's back is partially turned towards the viewer. He grins radiantly, holding Edgeworth's arms like he's just pulled away from a close hug. He looks back at Larry. Edgeworth has his left hand pressed on the front of Wright's shoulder, the other over Wright's back. He smiles tearfully as he looks to his left.

Maya hangs her left hand on Edgeworth's upper arm, her right cheek squashed against his shoulder. She's smiling, open-mouthed, right eye squeezed shut. Mia's left hand rests over Maya's waist as she hugs her loosely. She smiles serenely. Her eyes and body glow in the purple-blue shade of her Magatama necklace, which gives off abstract swirls with an overlay effect.

One day someone is going to hug you so tight that all of your broken pieces will stick back together.

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my art ace attorney id alt text phoenix wright maya fey miles edgeworth dick gumshoe larry butz mia fey turnabout goodbyes this really is The Case Ever I'm on a replay now it's killing me /pos something about aa1 is just so special. I love these scrimblos...

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