ART BY [iconname]vilani[/iconname]
I've had in my mind for a while now that Lance and Celia are martial arts students. But it wasn't until recently that I wanted to have them drawn like this. I saw Vilani was open for commissions, and I've wanted to get something from her for a long time now, so I figured I'd take the idea to her. I think she did a fantastic job. And I really appreciate her patience in dealing with me.
See, the sketch on the second page was the first thing she sketched out. It's quite cute and all, but it isn't what I had in mind. I didn't give all the pose, position, and angle details in the first description, so she had to redraw the scene. The finished drawing is pretty much exactly what I wanted, so in the end it worked out. I just feel bad for having her redraw the sketch.
Anyway, Lance and Celia are ten years old as shown here. They started Karate class when they were five or six. I picked the orange belt because I didn't want to make them at such high of a rank that it was implausible, but now that I think about it, it may be a little too low for a four or five year student. Then again, I don't know how quickly young children grasp karate.
I know nothing about Karate or any martial art. I used Wikipedia for info on the belt ranks and these stances. Lance's stance is KÅkutsu-dachi, and is what I had in mind from the start. It's mostly inspired by Akuma from the Street Fighter series of games, only Akuma's stance is a bit lower. Celia's stance is Nekoashi-dachi, or Cat Paw Stance. It seemed like a cute pun, but I also like how the stance looks.
The twins aren't sparring or anything. They're about to slowly go through various moves, blocks, and counters as instructed by their sensei. Thus the lack of pads. Also, they take the class quite seriously.
As a side note, Lance grows up to be a karate instructor in the very school he attends as a kid.
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