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Published: 2011-04-17 03:13:29 +0000 UTC; Views: 38938; Favourites: 401; Downloads: 0
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Description Flare had sought the priceless Golden Pegasus Statue for months. Legend said that with it, the injured could be healed, the lame could walk again, and man could even fly to the heavens. If the legends were true, and her best friend's leg would at last be healed. All the clues and all the advice and all the searching had led her deep into this cave in the mountains, and there it was at last, her Grand Quest complete.

And with its completion, as her hand touched the statue, a Second Quest was now begun: A Quest to undo the First Quest.



It's April 16, Draw a Centaur Day !

And for this year's entry, I present to you Flare as a puzzled winged centauress, the 250,000 pageview kiriban requested by ~10110100 . Ain't she cute with wings?

Big thanks to everybody who joined in the LiveStream while I drew this, and for all the neat suggestions!

For those who're curious, I did this in a single sitting, about 15 hours long. It was done entirely with a mouse. The background was painted in Corel Photo-Paint, and all of Flare herself and the statue were vector art in CorelDRAW, and were composited in CorelDRAW.

See you again after another 250,000 pageviews!

Edit: Per ~10110100 's request, I've removed certain, er, parts from the drawing to make it more G-rated. You can still find the anatomically-correct version on my website.
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Comments: 51

Danason [2017-02-14 22:44:03 +0000 UTC]

She looks amazing!

I would like to write about her adventurers one day. (I know well and she's ok'd it.)

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phantom-inker In reply to Danason [2017-04-01 04:07:10 +0000 UTC]

Well, I have no objections. Β It's up to Flare to decide how her character gets used

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Grendelkin [2016-12-18 09:05:22 +0000 UTC]

Nice artwork!

I like "gotcha"-quests better when they happen to other people....
Dubious wording, hidden curses.... Ever since Quest for Glory: Shadows of Darkness, I've been a big fan of carrying bags to carry and handle suspect treasure.

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FlapperFoxy [2015-07-30 15:43:19 +0000 UTC]

Amazing-love this one!

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faer-windstormfan [2015-04-19 04:01:51 +0000 UTC]

Did you know that your website is broke...?

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phantom-inker In reply to faer-windstormfan [2015-04-19 04:29:40 +0000 UTC]

It seems to be working to me.Β  What's the issue?

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faer-windstormfan In reply to phantom-inker [2015-04-20 00:58:15 +0000 UTC]

It just shows as a bunch of random code on my computer. The "say you are eighteen" box shows up at the bottom, but when I clicked it, it went back to random cde, no images or anything.

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phantom-inker In reply to faer-windstormfan [2015-04-21 01:19:53 +0000 UTC]

Ah, hmm, seems I have a bug. I'll try to get that fixed tomorrow.

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faer-windstormfan In reply to phantom-inker [2015-04-21 17:43:34 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Take your time, I just wanted to let you know.

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phantom-inker In reply to faer-windstormfan [2015-04-25 00:47:57 +0000 UTC]

It's fixed now.Β  And now for the next step...Β  updating it for all the new artwork over the last three years :-/

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faer-windstormfan In reply to phantom-inker [2015-04-25 21:17:38 +0000 UTC]

XD

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Centaur71 [2015-01-03 23:05:29 +0000 UTC]

A winged Centauress? AWESOME SAUCE!!!

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Kaijugame [2014-01-21 16:02:56 +0000 UTC]

That's a cute little story, although I can only imagine what a flying centaur would look like when airborne.

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EvanderAdvent [2013-01-30 17:46:47 +0000 UTC]

For some reason I can'tsop thinking of the original Legend of Zelda game, probably First Quest and Second Quest.

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zandraxofnebulon [2012-12-19 06:08:12 +0000 UTC]

the one i dont understand about these is why people think that they're monsters when they turn into these, i think theyre awesome and would love to be one.

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swagga279 [2012-03-12 01:49:55 +0000 UTC]

she is not anotomically correct, not the 1st place i look, but my eyes were on that part of the screen when it loaded, just sayin

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morgansunshine [2012-02-06 16:22:50 +0000 UTC]

I love this one!

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Montanakittie [2011-11-21 00:13:31 +0000 UTC]

Smart.

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Almiux19 [2011-09-12 18:07:13 +0000 UTC]

nice centaur!

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seanbelanger [2011-04-19 01:57:38 +0000 UTC]

was she want transformtion of centauress or steal that gold centauress ???

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phantom-inker In reply to seanbelanger [2011-04-19 02:10:59 +0000 UTC]

Um, neither. Read the description?

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Flek-Lola [2011-04-18 18:07:03 +0000 UTC]

Yes, she looks great with the wings!

Just... I hope she's happy with the transformation herself too... she doesn't look too thrilled... or is she surprised by "us" coming in or the picture being taken?

Nice work! Neat idea too!

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phantom-inker In reply to Flek-Lola [2011-04-19 02:14:35 +0000 UTC]

Per ~10110100 's request, she's a little startled at the result of touching the statue. There's nobody else in the cave with her

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Flek-Lola In reply to phantom-inker [2011-04-19 04:04:47 +0000 UTC]

*nod* I also read afterwards that the 'second quest' was to 'undo the first', so then it became obvious she probably didn't want to stay in that shape.

Again, wonderful piece of artwork!

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Phenoca [2011-04-18 16:28:39 +0000 UTC]

Good that you are submitting new deviations.

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phantom-inker In reply to Phenoca [2011-04-19 02:15:02 +0000 UTC]

I've been drawing. I just haven't had time to do much with finishing anything or posting it.

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Zoekin-3 [2011-04-18 08:35:40 +0000 UTC]

That's really incredible!

Flare looks wonderful.

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phantom-inker In reply to Zoekin-3 [2011-04-19 02:21:36 +0000 UTC]

I think she turned out pretty good too.

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somxt [2011-04-18 07:57:19 +0000 UTC]

your centaur tf are awesome

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phantom-inker In reply to somxt [2011-04-19 02:15:26 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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LuciusAppaloosius [2011-04-18 04:40:45 +0000 UTC]

See, now if they only offered THOSE sorts of archeological "working vacations"......... 7@=Q

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phantom-inker In reply to LuciusAppaloosius [2011-04-19 02:27:17 +0000 UTC]

Well, they don't, but they DO offer Quests. Of course, most Quests end in death, and those that don't rarely have such a nice outcome as this, but still...

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RFortescue [2011-04-17 23:45:14 +0000 UTC]

Just great,
But sorry for her.
They should have put a "Do not touch" sign there.

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phantom-inker In reply to RFortescue [2011-04-19 02:16:54 +0000 UTC]

Who puts a "Do not touch" sign on a lost statue in an overgrown centuries-forgotten cave on an uninhabited Greek island?

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RFortescue In reply to phantom-inker [2011-04-20 22:59:22 +0000 UTC]

The EU does.
Especially in Greece nowadays.

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RFortescue In reply to RFortescue [2011-04-20 23:09:39 +0000 UTC]

Also they may put up a sign: "Bottomless hole somewhere! May lead to another world which is still to be explored further!"

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bluegill [2011-04-17 21:00:54 +0000 UTC]

neat pic

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Ferrabra [2011-04-17 06:38:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I love your centaurs, Pegasus and other pretty strange creatures!

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phantom-inker In reply to Ferrabra [2011-04-19 02:27:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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FluffysTenseiga [2011-04-17 05:06:45 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, as usual! I love that face: it's a bit reminiscent of "...Well shit."

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phantom-inker In reply to FluffysTenseiga [2011-04-19 02:28:47 +0000 UTC]

That seems how she'd react. I'm not sure everybody would react quite the same

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HewyToonmore [2011-04-17 05:04:03 +0000 UTC]

Nice ass.

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chekm8 [2011-04-17 05:01:28 +0000 UTC]

"a Second Quest was now begun: A Quest to undo the First Quest." the greatest description ever... also great piece

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Blazbaros [2011-04-17 04:30:28 +0000 UTC]

X3 Thanks damn awesome

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WOWandWAS [2011-04-17 03:59:57 +0000 UTC]

very impressive, the piece and the method^^

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GGCrono [2011-04-17 03:34:20 +0000 UTC]

Hey, this came out pretty great! Good work on the colors.

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ALostSoul13 [2011-04-17 03:24:10 +0000 UTC]

wow great centaur, look forward to a naga day

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TheDarkNeon [2011-04-17 03:16:42 +0000 UTC]

Crap...there's not enough time to do a centuar! I don't even think i could even do one to begin with! I was a fool to accept too quickly.

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Keeshaba [2011-04-17 03:16:07 +0000 UTC]

It turned out awesome! It was fun to join and watch someone work with a totally different program!

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CharizardAnthony94 [2011-04-17 03:15:07 +0000 UTC]

The quest she was so determined to end just opened up another quest

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