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To fly in a real sky

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"Space does not have a top or a bottom. You can keep on floating endlessly.
However, I...
I want to fly by my own means.
I don't care even if I fall...
as long as it's in a real sky."

- Alto Saotome
(Macross Frontier The Movie - The false Songstress)


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I guess it's not that well known that Macross Frontier is one of my favourite anime, my guilty pleasure anime, or so to speak. I'm not into the whole Mecha/SF thing, but I really do like Macross Frontier. It's got a decent story, strong characters and the music (OST + Vocal) is quite enjoyable, not to mention that many of the songs Ranka and Sheryl perform stick into your head for hours, days after you listened to them.
The only thing that bothers me is the sheer amount of fanservice those two girls seem to give, but soit, I can live with it.... The thing I like most about MF, however, and it's also the reason I started watching it in the first place, is the main character, Alto. I like him so much, he's deserved a second place on my favourites list (you know who's first.) for the two years I've known him now.

It's sad though, that despite being one of my favourite characters, I never actually drew proper fanart of him. (That is, if you don't count my attempt at manlyfying his haircut, or the Squiby adoptable, so I figured the second anniversary (started watching the anime Sept/Oct 2009) would be a great time to actually draw him: and this is the result.

It's a result I'm quite happy with. :3 I know the angle could be better, but I'm quite pleased with the overal result.
This is the first time drawing space, or a plane (layer/blending mode accident that actually made the VF-25 look better then how I drew it initially), and yes, I'm quite satisfied with my background.

Alto himself, is wearing his school uniform, and the SMS tag. I couldn't read the Kanji on the tag (the references were too small and the anime wasn't helping either), so I just put his last name "Saotome" (早乙女)
From what I understood, the hand gesture is a returning thing in Macross, so I added that as well. It's like making a plane with your hand. :3 And of course the paper plane is there as well... No Alto without a paper plane.

And it's not that different from my original idea. |3


Alto Saotome (c) Macross Frontier/Big West/etc
PS: Thank you for everyone who came to the livestream~
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Vyrilien's avatar
I realized I never commented on this one. Well I already told you as much in the Livestream, but really, such a stunning looking background. There is something about the use of purple and the beautiful arch of the plane's tail that reminds me of the crescent moon. You're being so adventurous with your work and it's really paying off. Beautiful work :heart: