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The Foreigner

The Foreigner

The Foreigner by PhoenixAshes
The Foreigner by PhoenixAshes

Description

Description
PhoenixAshes
Nope, he's not an OC.

He is Lin Yao, a prince of the distant country of Xing, and a character who regrettably only appears in the FMA manga.

When he first appeared, I hated him. Now, he's my third favorite character in the series behind Colonel Mustang and Ed. He's such complex guy! He faints when he's hungry and provides a decent amount of comic relief, but his quest to obtain the Philosopher's Stone to satisfy his own ambitions makes him rather dark and creepy at times...

He's also a total badass when he wants to be. Any character that can take on two homunculi at once with nothing but a sword is totally awesome in my book. ^^

Anyways, about the picture...
I was halfway through making a complicated background for this picture when I realized that it just wasn't working. The original frame in the manga that I redrew Lin from had a tremendous ammount of negative space in it. This piece really looked so much better with that same emptiness, so I had to trash my entire background T_T

Lin made in Flash
Background made in Photoshop Elements
Please comment!

General Info

General Info
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Category Anime/Manga » Fullmetal Alchemist
Date Submitted
Views 2209
Favorites... 8
Vote Score 2
Comments 14
Media Digital drawing or painting
Time Taken Nine hours
Reference FMA manga vol. 12

Comments

Comments (14)

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gohstann on February 15, 2010, 2:38:02 PM

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gohstannAwesome!!!! Lin is my favorite! I loved him the first time he triked Ed into paying for his food! ^-^


Spoiler

Hes so cool! His character and relationship to Greed really makes me think hard about the 7 sins and what exactly makes them a sin. I mean... the way that they portray Greed makes me think characters like Ichigo and Naruto are extremely greedy when in the past I never would have thought so...

KaitouNeko on February 22, 2008, 12:14:45 PM

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KaitouNekowow thats awesum! i'm sad he doesnt appear in the anime T.T and neither does May Chang or Xiao May (sp?) ><

mandy94t on January 2, 2008, 11:05:54 PM

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mandy94tawesome...
hve you notced how the FMA dudes have religious beliefs against wearing a shirt?especially Edward, pics of him shirtless are all over God's creation...

tetsuyayamatashi on October 10, 2007, 4:02:19 PM

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tetsuyayamatashiThank you.

There is totally not enough art of Lin. He's pretty awesometacular :}
You did a great job on this.

SpiritGeek on October 3, 2007, 5:02:45 PM

SpiritGeek on
SpiritGeekAwesome work. Especially with the cell shading...

lilycat145 on September 6, 2007, 8:25:46 AM

lilycat145 on
lilycat145that is a really good pic of Lin. ^^

*FAVS*

flasm16 on August 30, 2007, 8:00:38 AM

flasm16 on
flasm16ling is cool

ZiaReN on August 16, 2007, 12:53:23 AM

ZiaReN on
ZiaReNlove the pose! and the background is great!><
gotta read the manga,i watch only the anime

shadow-angel84 on August 14, 2007, 8:45:38 PM

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shadow-angel84ack! I so won't stand a chance in the contest now... love the picture and envy your skills! Good luck in the contest!

Odinette on August 14, 2007, 6:14:49 AM

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OdinetteAwesome piccie