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scala ad caelum clothing is fun to draw

[lightandfellowship]

NOMURA!!! This is why we need full-body official art of all the KHDR characters!

Those aren't just simple straps/cut-outs on Vidar's right hand glove, those are more belts!* The little extra dangly bits (the end tips) are usually obscured by Vidar's body most of the time, and I'm assuming the buckles simply exist unseen on the opposite side of his arm.

*I'm pretty sure despite the blurry zoomed-in quality of the image making it difficult to tell fully.

[invidiatechdemo]

there's something deadly in the way that you move

there's something sickly in the words that you told

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pt featuring the gang!!

[roxasboxas]

One day we'll reveal the truth That one will die before he gets there.

Dark Road anniversary babey!!!!

[kingdomheartssideblog]

A BUNCH of art for a special project >:)

[lightandfellowship]

Please Consider Him (my attempt at a Quadratum Vidar).

Design notes under the read more:

There were multiple elements of Vidar's original design that I wanted to maintain for his Quadratum look: his blue/yellow/black/beige color scheme, his black turtleneck, his asymmetrical top, and his partially uncovered arms. I felt these elements were essential to properly capturing Vidar's vibe, and changing or removing them would make him feel...well, less like Vidar.

For his top, I knew I wanted to simulate the asymmetrical jacket, where one side was longer than the other, and also give him something with a collar since his jacket kinda has a collar, so I thought a half-untucked button-down would do the job nicely. I didn't really want to give Vidar a typical coat or anything long-sleeved, even though that would be a natural route to take given his original jacket, because again, like I said, I wanted some part of his arms to be uncovered. So I made his button-down have rolled up sleeves that are secured in place by a button. I copied the beige lining design from his original jacket, of course, along with the square design on his shoulders, only facing out instead of in so that his collar doesn't overlap it.

I originally considered turning Vidar's sash chain into a pocket chain, since that seems like the most obvious way to translate it into a more modern accessory, but I decided not to for two reasons. One, Baldr's design already features a pocket chain, and I didn't want to pull from other characters' designs. And two, I thought it might conflict with the untucked shirt, making that area of the design too busy. So I decided to turn it into a necklace instead. I also gave Vidar matching earrings, but I mostly just did that for style, not for any specific design reason.

I was really torn about what to do with Vidar's yellow sash. Some options I considered were a yellow buckled belt or a yellow jacket tied around his waist, but I felt like these fashion choices would be too loud for Vidar's personality (idk, that amount of yellow looks fine for Vidar's more traditional clothing, but modern fashion in bright yellow just doesn't feel right for him). I eventually settled on turning the sash into a cloth bracelet. It maintains the knotted cloth look while also being more understated, just a small pop of color on his wrist. I paired it with a beaded bracelet that matches his necklace, and a plain black bracelet on the opposite wrist to resemble his original right glove design. I also noticed that Vidar has some white cloth wrappings underneath his left glove, and even though they're probably not meant to be bandages, I took inspiration from that regardless and gave him a little bandaid on his elbow.

I decided to translate the black obi underneath his yellow sash into a black buckled belt. His original left glove also has studding on the top edge, so I gave this belt some studs as well. I think it helps it to stand out from the black pants better, since they're so similar in hue/value. (Tangent--apologies for not adding belt loops to his pants, I couldn't get it to look right. So his belt is just kinda suspended there without anything securing it in place. Oh well.) I also let him keep the fingerless gloves from his original design but just made them shorter so that they'd be more practical to everyday living. And also so that there's more room for his bracelets.

His pants are basically the same, I just made them a little less poofy, for that jeans-tucked-into-boots look (even though these pants probably aren't jeans). And I wasn't really sure what to do with his boots (shoe design is an enigma to me), so I just took the belts from his gloves and put them on his boots to make them look a bit more interesting.

So yeah! That was my thought process for this design.

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Here's is a video that splices together the conversation Vidar has with Odin in 'True Darkness' in Theater Mode with the one shown in 'To Face True Darkness' to prove a point : that it's very likely that these were

1. the same conversation, considering Vidar basically follows up Odin's mentioning of True Darkness from Section A in "True Darkness"

2. likely took place after Hoder perished and

3. Odin was the one who got the idea of summoning Kingdom Hearts in Vidar's head via him saying that's the only other possible way to theoretically expunge darkness/destroy darkness for good without killing the vessel of darkness. Also, literally gave out the unclear instructions involving seven lights.

I've left the transition between the two scenes clunky/ 'as-is' rather than overediting it to make it seem more seamless than it is so people can draw their own conclusions.

I also made this so even if you disagree with the conclusions I make in the annotated/commentary cut (which is linked in the description of this video) you can at least get to see the two pieces of Odin talking to Vidar alone in the same video.