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The Seven Virtues-lineart by ~diana-hnd:icondiana-hnd:

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Apparently last Saturday was World Drawing Day. So my real-life homies decided to get together to just...well.... draw. :P

Needless to say, I didn't know what to draw... Then it occurred to me that there were some characters that I had kept under wraps for a long time. So I figured I should unleash them.

These 7 guys are my rendition of the Seven Virtues.

It doesn't take a genius to figure this out, but it's obvious here that I was inspired by `Endling's rendition of the Seven Sins. Then there was the FullMetal Alchemist, where the baddies were the Seven Sins as well. With all the popularity going towards the sins, I asked myself, "What happened to the Virtues?". Yes, I did see such renditions, but I have yet to see their renditions as widely known as the Sins.

All of Endling's portrayal of the sins were illustrated as girls, and I thought it would be terribly interesting to see if the other virtuous side would be the complete opposite; men. Hey! Gender equality, anyone? :P

The Seven Virtues (along with opposing sin values) used here are (in no particular order):
:bulletgreen: Valour (vs Lust)
:bulletgreen: Benevolence (vs Envy)
:bulletgreen: Generosity (vs Greed)
:bulletgreen: Patience (vs Wrath)
:bulletgreen: Zeal (diligence) (vs Sloth)
:bulletgreen: Temperance (vs Gluttony)
:bulletgreen: Humility (vs Pride)

I was actually having a lot of trouble with how to portray Temperance. But thanks to my real-life homies and the inspiration juices hiked up during World Drawing Day itself, Temperance was finally formed and born! And with his existence, the 7 virtue brothers are finally complete.

Of course, it will be hard to tell who's who, just from the face and design alone. I'm afraid that it is only their personality and behaviour that shows which brother represents a virtue.

So.... try and guess which of them represent which virtue. >=3

The Seven Virtue brothers belong to me, ME, MEEE!!! You steal, I bite! Rar!

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~komodofrog Jun 10, 2009, 7:20:01 AM
Hmmm.... from left to right:
Humility, Benevolence, Zeal, Patience, Temperance,Generosity and Valour?

You're right the virtues need more love. I've seen the deadly sins in several instances but the virtues are kind of downplayed. I can only recall one series right now where I remember them used...
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~diana-hnd Jun 10, 2009, 7:35:31 AM
You got Humility, Benevolence, Temperance and Valour right! :D As for Zeal, Patience and Generosity, heheheh, try again! >=3

Eh, the virtues were used in one actual series? What was it?

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=jetpilot55 Jun 10, 2009, 7:39:27 AM
Umm from right to left because it seemed easier to figure em out that way...

Valour, Patience, Generosity, Temperance, Zeal, Benevolence, Humility

and now left to right so it's easier for you probably
Humility-Benevoloence-Zeal-Temperance-Generosity-Patience-Valour

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~diana-hnd Jun 10, 2009, 7:45:26 AM
You've got Humility, Benevolence, Patience and Valour right! :D As for Zeal, Temperance and Generosity, guess again! ;P

It's interesting to see that Humility and Benevolence seem easily recognizable. I'd have thought people might not recognize Ben.

As for Valour, heh, that's just simply obvious. :XD:

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~Sapphire1010 Jun 10, 2009, 7:55:08 AM
HEY CAN I GUESS? HAHAHAHA

And hey you posted it up! XD Let's do more art trade next time!

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~komodofrog Jun 10, 2009, 7:58:14 AM
Second try!
Shirtless: Generosity
Glasses: Zeal
Robes: Patience

It's a book series called Keys to the Kingdom by Garth Nix. You've got the seven deadly sins, the seven virtues and the seven days of the week.
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~Sapphire1010 Jun 10, 2009, 7:59:55 AM
Oh just a suggestion, try putting the full size slightly bigger, the full view seems rather small in my opinion. ^^; We can scroll side ways so no worries. ;D

Gender equality wise, I would prefer both sides to have a balance of both genders actually. Cause some sins I think would be best portrayed in certain gender and so are virtues. ^^;

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~diana-hnd Jun 10, 2009, 8:00:53 AM
LOL U CHEATER U :iconohuplz:

And yes, we totally should do more art trade. I feel like I short-changed you guys; so many of Seven Virtues fanarts and so little I drew back for y'all, huhu. @_@;;

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~diana-hnd Jun 10, 2009, 8:13:07 AM
Whoopsie. Fixed that, now it should all nice and big to see. :D

Actually, if there's gonna be any girl in the Virtue team, it would be Chastity. But my aim was to make 'em all men. I actually contemplated on making Chastity a man, what a riot it would have been. But for the sake of my sanity (and everyone else's), I opt for Valour instead. :XD:

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