Here's the colored version!

Media: photo of Indonesia (bintan) in the background, pencil drawing digitally colored in photoshop.

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This Illustration is part of a set that sees the characters from The Pirate Balthasar in contemporary clothing.


Cat construction worker and Callista architect:
lineart: [link]
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Westley as a doctor and Cassandra owner of a laundry (that serves the hospital)
Colored version: [link]
lineart: [link]

Foxy as a formula 1 pilot and Lio as his doctor
Colored version: [link]
Lineart here: [link]

Martin is in the Navy clearly and Pea organizes events (like fun raisers and stuff).
Lineart: [link]

Pifo and Quoque have a restaurant
Colored version here: [link]
Lineart here: [link]

Kane is an art teacher and Castalia a graffiti artist
Lineart: [link]
Color: [link]
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STORY why not?
Pea is an event planner and Martin is in charge to organize a retirement dinner for his superior. A story meant to be, you would say, heck no!
This is the classic story of a girl who thinks she knows what she wants, she does everything to get what she wants and then realizes she needed something else. (but it's definitely not giving up her job for love).

Let's just say that, in the XXI century, Pea swoons over another man. This man introduces her to Martin because the poor man has to plan a big event and does not know where to begin.
Pea takes the matter into her hands but is not charmed by uniform nor hunkiness, besides her mind is set over the other guy. At times she is cold but sharp and her ability in multitasking is quite impressive (not to mention her wonderful taste!).

As we know Martin is the kind of guy who expresses himself honestly and directly. At first he thanks her over and over again, stating how he could never ever have done it without her and that she is very good and so he expresses his gratitude maybe a bit too much.
Pea finds this a bit annoying.

Eventually, since Martin knows the man Pea likes, he makes her notice that he is taken by somebody else... to which she replies that she will still conquer him, and why wouldn't she, she has everything a man could possibly desire: isn't she pretty, smart, elegant and witty?

Martin agrees that she does, the only thing lacking is a charming personality. This infuriates her and, set on fire, she decides to go for it (unprepared).
The first attempt to conquer the man fails miserably as she is told, bluntly, that she would be the perfect woman if only she were a little sweeter sometimes.
She goes through many different stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance... and the last one finally leads her to ask for Martin help - since he first pointed out what her problem was.

Thus begins a traning using the basic romantic midi-chlorians in Pea's blood that will turn her into a Jedi of love.... oh yea, I forgot to mention... she is a Star Wars fan.
And this is where we discover that, in her private life, Pea is quite disfunctional and dreams of a Han Solo of her own. *_* (Who doesn't?).

Martin has to deal with all of this and from here on... expect a classic romantic comedy à la French Kiss, happy ending included DURING the event. *_*

Feel free to fanfiction away

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First page:
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Wilson Kane wins a fortune and his future bride at a game of dice from the former pirate Balthasar. When he decides to go and get the girl, the pirate way, by kidnapping her, not only he finds out that she is more than a pirate could ever want from a wife... but that she has 4 identical sisters as well. This discovery hits him when his men, who were supposed to help him out, each kidnaps a different girl... and none of them gets the right one! But Wilson Kane wants the girl he had met and no one else! Luckily for him it will be the girl herself to solve his problem and put an end to his dilemma... a solution that will eventually fling her into a world of adventures on the Mediterranean sea.

Read it on Smack Jeeves:
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The blog:
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The shop:
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