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a civilized battle by ~Sarapsys:iconSarapsys:

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Saturday night truce...still rivals, but competing without the interference of third party grading and commentary.
I think they'd be pretty well matched in a game of chess...I imagine Mello as being more the sort of player who would construct these elaborate, aggressive power plays involving half the board and that demolish half your pieces without your being able to do anything about it once he's got going, and Near more as the type who would sort of hang tight, let you play offense, and pick off your pieces one by one until you suddenly don't have any left. He would probably be a jerk about winning and insist on cleaning out all your pieces before even trying for a checkmate, and Mello would probably gloat and trash-talk to irritate you into making mistakes.
Why is Mello playing white and Near black? Because Mello won last week.
This started out on my computer as a fic, but I got bored of writing it and decided to draw it and blather on about it at yall instead.
I really am starting to like doing fire effects :D they're fun.

DN belongs to Ohba and Obata.

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*AN-Pseudonym Jan 13, 2009, 1:15:36 AM
Oh, that's so amazing. The lighting in it! The colours. I just love the little shadows thrown by the pieces. And Near has put all his captured pieces in a neat line, Mello's just dumped them in a pile! Such attention to detail! I really love Mello's concentrated face too! Yeah, there's nothing about this picture I don't like!
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Mood: Dead ~thecheeseisevil Jan 13, 2009, 3:27:11 AM
This is a really interesting idea... I had never thought of this, but now I can totally see this happening. And of course Mello and Near would have those different styles of playing. XD
The fire looks awesome. :)

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Mood: Adoration ~ChimokonoAngel Jan 13, 2009, 4:57:57 AM
That was such an amazing idea. I love how it's lit up. Looks so real~ Amazing job

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*Raph1966 Jan 13, 2009, 4:58:23 AM
Mello with hot chocolate. Nice touch...and no surprise. :D I like the atmosphere of this, the setting, the lighting. Just nice all around. :)

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~Sarapsys Jan 13, 2009, 5:08:31 AM
Thanks! I love it when people notice those details, hehe.
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*AN-Pseudonym Jan 13, 2009, 9:19:25 AM
And I love it when they are there to notice! :D
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*Nightingale628 Jan 13, 2009, 4:19:02 PM
That's some awesome lighting :D
And you portray their personalities perfectly XD

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Toasty.
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~Sykoticstalker27 Jan 13, 2009, 10:27:00 PM
Beautiful work on coloring and lighting! :clap:

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~rell121 Jan 16, 2009, 11:41:26 AM
The light and shadow is really good. I'm interested in how it would look without the dark lines on the shirt and hair.
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~hisuikousei Jan 17, 2009, 3:24:41 AM
I love the details of their gameplay and the thought you put into it, down to the way the captured pieces are all set up for each player! Awesome work!
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